/            |                            |
 So, the regular strip's |  But we still              |  Canned can-can
 been interrupted again. | have no can-can            |     zebras?
Cube has some moderately |    zebras.                 |    /          I could
startling revelations to |      |    Problem solved.  |  /\          substitute
 make, but I'd rather    |      |    I found an extra | /  \         canaries if
 save them for graphical |      |      can of them.   | ----    /\ - that would
strips. Right now, let's |    /\        /\ /          |        /  \ be better....
 have a wacky plotline   |   /  \      /  \           |        \  /
 with no significant     |   ----      \  /           |         \/
  lasting effects.       |              \/            |

   \               ;     |  \              ?   | \Zebras don't just  /
   What's all this       |  Uh huh...          |  go boom, not even
    punctuation?      .  |              ''     | under high pressure.
  )                  !   |  Go back to bed.    |   You two are up
             /{]         |   We'll have it  :  | &  to something.
\       Zebra can  /\    |^     cleaned up.    |                /\
 \   #  shrapnel. /  \   |   /\ /       /\     | Yes. Now go   /  \
--              \ \  /   |  /  \       /  \    | back to bed.  \  /  >
                   \/    |  ----       \  /    |   /            \/

           /              |   #             |     \
 You're doing something   |---+---|         |   ... Nethack LARP?
upsetting with all that   |       |---------| I guess _maybe_ that's 
punctuation, I just know  |  /\   |     /\  |  not too obscure....
         it.              | /  \  +    /  \ |
                          | ----  |    \  / |
                          |-------|     \/  |
                          |       |--+------|
     
 Make the bad                      | Well what do you know.  |  
ampersand go                       | Remember the last set   | Cont'd. 
away.... make   Robert, calm down. | of emergency text-mode  |  
  the bad       It's just incoming | strips, when you made   |   
ampersand go     mail. It's not    | that joke about the     |--------  
   away....      going to attack.  |   mind's necessarily 
 /\ /                 /            | incomplete understanding
/  \               /\              |   of Time?
\  /              /  \             |     /       Dimly.... Was
 \/               ----             |  /\          that canon?
                                   | /  \           \
                                   | ----             /\