1022: "So It Has Come To The Claw"

[mconor]

Alt-text: " 'Come to what?' 'You. Me. This Moment.' "

[CorruptUser]

It works even better if you have retractable floors with lava pools. Piranha tanks can be used if you don't have the budget.

[Jorpho]

I understood "In Accordance With Prophecy" to do similar things. But no, this is better: it's more accurate.

[rhomboidal]

It must be like living in a Tennessee Williams play when they run out of kitty litter.

[toadpipe]

Why would you want to create dramatic tension? Drama, in real life, is boring and tedious.

[u_2_guy]

This will be very useful on Facebook:
"i just had the best workout EVAR!!!1!"
"so. it has come to this..."

[Ameseree]

I would find it more believeable if one of them had a cat and/or a handgun with a scar and/or an eyepatch on his or her face.

[Coyne]

S: "We ran out of cat food."
H: "So. It has come to this."
S: "Come to what?"
H: "You. Me. This moment."
S: "What's so special about this moment?"
H: "So. It has come to this."

[ryan]

I have come all the way from 1984 to say: we have run out of cat food.

[karanj]

So. It has come to this.





^{sorry, had to be done}

[Plutarch]

'So It Has Come To This' - that is a good phrase for all occasions. 'And this too will pass' is also said to be applicable at any time.

[Quicksilver]

Nice observation Randall. I think about random crap like this all the time. Probably would have worked better as a 1023 comic, it would create instant dramatic tension for what the 1024th comic might be about.

[Eternal Density]

I must remember this for when the opportunity presents itself.

Me: "So, it has come to this."

Other: "To what?"

Me: "To a chance to try something I saw on xkcd."

[Paulmichael]

This comic definitely got a laugh out of me. I am so using this phrase at work tomorrow!

[mbklein]

I'm gonna go respond to 12 random Facebook statuses with "So...It has come to this" right now!

[drainbramaged]

THIS.

Every day for the rest of my life.

[Djehutynakht]

I could definately use this.

The trick is to evolve the resulting conversation into something intriguing and, if possible, off topic.

[ijuin]

The drama here to me makes it look to me like they are implying that they were eating cat food due to being unable to get regular food, and now that has run out too, which means that even more extreme measures must now be taken (e.g. eat the cat).

[noneckbeard]

So good.

[Ben's Brook]

I'm definitely going to use this at some point tomorrow or the next day.

"So, hows life been for the past few weeks?"
"Ummmm......So.It has come to this."

[koogco]

"But will it be enough?" is another good one that can be applied to a lot of situations.

[aesc]

I think, "Aaah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal," can be used in about the same way. Especially if you get that "Aaah" just like Wash because it's the perfect noise to make when something bad happened but it's nothing you're going to freak out about.

But it's good to change it up.
"I think we'll call it your grave!"
"So... it has come to this."
"Now die!"
"Oh dear God, oh no--"

Yep. About the same. Going to remember this for those people who just insist that you should respond to everything they say in a text message conversation even though they didn't say anything worth responding to.

[Hawknc]

I'm disappointed that I bought dog food on my way home today, before seeing this comic. A golden opportunity missed.

[Vael]

The male porn star "It" ejaculated while listening to "This'" music album!

*edit: Sorry. But not really.

*double edit: Album title: 'You. Me. This moment.'

[Creativity-Null]

I have come all the way from 1984 to say: we have run out of cat food.

Thought Police, "so it has come to this..."
Big Brother, "where is my cat food?"

[da Doctah]

Also effective in many of the same situations:

And your point would be...?

Excellent! My plan approaches fruition!

That's just what they want you to think.

Show me your nay-nays.

[addams]

S: "We ran out of cat food."
H: "So. It has come to this."
S: "Come to what?"
H: "You. Me. This moment."
S: "What's so special about this moment?"
H: "So. It has come to this."

Nice Loop. Very nice Loop.
This Loop when shared can devolve into giggles.

Good you! Nice Loop.

[Red Hal]

Nice Loop. Very nice Loop.
This Loop when shared can devolve into giggles.

Good you! Nice Loop.

Very nice Loop.

[J L]

There are countless novels structured around this kind of dialogue. Sad to say, especially Fantasy.

[gaurwraith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLkpWx_3Z60

[zukenft]

"So...it has come to this"
And thus began the long and arduous journey to find a single bag of iPurr™ cat food

[threedognice]

Why would you want to create dramatic tension? Drama, in real life, is boring and tedious.

This is true only because you live inside a soap opera. Personally, I live inside a Shakespeare play, so drama is excellent over here.

[MathUhhhSaurus]

So, is this like how "Guile's theme" goes with everything?

[twmcneil]

I'm pretty sure they're going to eat the cat now.

[Jackpot777]

I have come all the way from 1984 to say: we have run out of cat food.

I have travelled in time from the space year 1970 to say: get off my lawn!

[addams]

Nah. They won't eat the cat.

Cats have a way of looking at me that tells me where I am on the food chain.

Below Cat.

1. I am human.
2. The stick figures represent humans.

1. I am below real cats on the food chain.
2. Stick figures are below stick figure cats on the food chain.

That seems simple enough and problem solved.
Oh! Those stick people need some stick cat food; Now!

[AvatarIII]

bonus points for making it look like you are badly dubbed. score multiplier for length of pause between "so" and "it" with added steely gaze.

[Catmando]

I'm disappointed. I want to use this sometime during this period (I'm in web dev) and haven't gotten the chance. Oh well. I'm sure I'll get the chance later. Anyone used it yet?

EDIT: SUCCESS!

[AvatarIII]

Nah. They won't eat the cat.

Cats have a way of looking at me that tells me where I am on the food chain.

Below Cat.

1. I am human.
2. The stick figures represent humans.

1. I am below real cats on the food chain.
2. Stick figures are below stick figure cats on the food chain.

That seems simple enough and problem solved.
Oh! Those stick people need some stick cat food; Now!

You assume the cat's look is not just a defence mechanism designed to make you think that you are below it on a food chain, much like some non-dangerous animals have evolved to look dangerous.

You also assume that all humans are at the same point on the food chain.

[Eklop]

Hi, i'm a colombian reader and this last comic seemed to me like the final of "no one writes to the coronel"... the coronel wife ask him about what are they going to eat... and the coronel replies: "Shit"... look for yourself...