0564: "Crossbows"

[Faranya]

I read it as a far simpler joke: the classic nightmare scenario of going into a situation where everything seems utterly bizarre, but it makes sense to everyone else in the room, and not only are they laughing at you for not seeing the obvious, you're doomed because of it. The only thing missing is the part where the guy looks down and realizes he's not wearing pants.

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

[Quizatzhaderac]

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

There is no such thing as pants.

[Shale]

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

But he didn't notice!

[Squirx]

Deinonychus beat velociraptors any day!

[Chuff]

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

There is no such thing as pants.

How are you bending that pants?

[beanjavert]

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

There is no such thing as pants.

Pants are an illusion.

...And so is death

I'm seriously hoping this is a Half-Life reference, but it seems more meta than that.

[TappingTheLine]

Man, am I glad I read this comic. It led me to go back over my own research notes. Now I've got my javelins, umbrella, and seven gallons of cottage cheese all ready for this Wednesday.

I now get this comic. Thanks.

[nwest]

This may be a longshot, but sometimes we have to use a bit of lateral thinking for some of these comics to make sense.
I believe there must be a link between the words bow and boson, perhaps a pun. By Tuesday, they were supposed to find the Higgs Boson particle.
Option 1: something to do with getting our Boson (bows on).
Option 2: ...actually that's all I've got.

[numbskull]

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

There is no such thing as pants.

Pants are an illusion.

...And so is death

I'm seriously hoping this is a Half-Life reference, but it seems more meta than that.

How can be death an illusion when in fact you really die?

[RebeccaRGB]

But he isn't wearing pants...no one is.

There is no such thing as pants.

Pants are an illusion.

...And so is death

I'm seriously hoping this is a Half-Life reference, but it seems more meta than that.

How can be death an illusion when in fact you really die?

Because life is an illusion.

[nairbv]

I was just kind of assuming that this, or something like it, really happened. I could imagine a situation in which some physics types were hanging out, someone had some strange stuff laying around, one asked about it, and the others decided to respond by making fun of him not "getting it," even if there was nothing to get.

[deety]

I'd always thought it tied into the episode of Angel named "Supersymmetry": http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/transcripts/071_tran.html