- Larisa: Upper management?
- The Devil: Yes, upper management.
- The Devil: You don’t want to know what they did to Odin when it came out that he tampered with the driver’s logbook.
- The Devil: …
- The Devil: Sometimes, on calm winter nights, you can still softly hear his screams and pleads for mercy.
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Why would an eight-legged horse need a logbook?
@ Cervisia:
Regulations. From upper management.
I…don’t get it.
I think “tampered with the driver’s logbook” is based on Odin being a bit of a traveler.
Also, in the USA trailer truck drivers can get in BIG trouble if caught with false information in the logbook. (Regulations involving maximum driving time in a day/week.)
From TvTropes:
Cloud should meet Odin, and be worried about Zantetsuken, someday, hehe!
Well, Larissa has signed her soul away, and now Sandra’s life (and afterlife?) are in the balance.
I’ve still got that feeling there’s more going on here and the Big G is playing a shell game.
@ TvTropesgotmehooked:
Here in Sweden (and the rest of the EU) you have to have an electronic log on your truck if it is over 3,5 ton and the bus if you have more than 9 passenger seats. And you can just drive 4.5 hours before you have to have a 45 minutes break and then drive for another 4.5 hours. :p
And there are heavy fines for breaking those rules.
(I have the bus driver-licens myself)
Bergman wrote:
We have that here in the US now too, mainly for large corporate drivers, but I think some states require it for all drivers as well.
So, Novil, was it intentional that you have the Devil dressed the same as Steve Jobs?
Wait, why the hell am I seeing this a day before it says it was published? I’m going insane :l
heythereadventurer wrote:
It is ‘published’ around midnight in Germany, which means you and I get to see it on Sunday and Wednesday afternoon. 🙂
It’s either that or time travel! 😛
@ heythereadventurer:
Norvil is in Germany. That’s probably a few timezones ahead of you.
All-Purpose Guru wrote:
A lot of people ‘dress like Steve Jobs’. Heck, sometimes I ‘dress like Steve Jobs’.
He didn’t create or own tight pants and weird shirts! 😆
That’s…a decent reference to Norse Mythology.
Ok, definetively this one has become my favorite arc of all times, I wonder how many months will pass until we see the end of this xD
@ Eydel:
Lol, I think Novil learned something during the Butterfly arc.
I loved that story; then again, I was able to read it in one sitting. 😉
zee archive binge wuz grate
Cervisia wrote:
Odin is the owner of eight-legged horse… The name of the horse of Odin is Sleipnir…
Trimutius wrote:
Even horses need periodic rest breaks.
I…feel like there’s a mythology gag here that I’m not really getting. Can someone explain?
@ Psychronia:
Odin rides an awesome horse named Sleipnir. According to legend, his trusted stead can fly and has eight legs, so he can run crazy-fast.
Modern travelers (those who operate trailer or tanker trucks, or busses; gods of transportation if you will) usually are required to comply with regulations and have a logbook to record driving hours and the trip manifest.
Odin is implied to have cheated on the sheets and got in big trouble for it. 😛
The legends of ancient gods frequently depicted severe punishment for those who cause chaos.
But this is only my interpretation. I’ve learned more today about mythology than I did in the previous two decades of my life.
Always invoke a vague group of merciless allmighties instead of admit breaking one rule void the whole set. including the ones which protect you from your peers.
@ All-Purpose Guru:
Maybe it is Steve Jobs. He is dead after all. He would probably revolutionize hell.
@ Bergman:
In the US, we’re in a transition phase where logs are concerned. My company, Covenant Transport, uses eLogs already as do the majority of the large carriers, but the many of the smaller companies and independents still use paper logs. US DOT put out a notice of compliance for 2017/2018 that all commercial motor vehichle carriers move to elogs by a set date which I can’t remember, atm. Naturally, this is causing a bunch of angst, mostly by independents, as elog systems are not cheap on a per truck basis; even if the equipment itself isn’t that expensive, the subscription fees are expensive.
So, there are rules that govern even the gods, and said rules are backed with draconian punishments. Time to become a lawyer and learn ‘The Rules’ inside and out.
Ah well, I hear Odin is also known as the betrayer of warriors, so if so, then really, no loss.
Am I the only thinking of Larissa asking, “What does it say about tracking down Thomas J god, and filling his underpants with cheesewiz, while he is wearing them?”
Did they pluck out his eye? Maybe replace it with a bomb set to detonate in case he ever tries to break the rules again?
i just started reading sandra and woo 2 days ago and now i’m all caught up! my favorite webcomic ever 🙂
“You don’t want to know what they did to Odin when it came out that he tampered with the driver’s logbook.”
Let me guess, they took out his other eye? Hung him on Yggdrasil again?
Well that… got really dark, from a supernatural being’s point of view.
@ Cervisia:
you got that wrong: the eight-legged horse is called “Sleipnir”. Odin, the father of Thor and Loki, is actually human-like and would probably need a logbook for…I dunno, viking-stuff.
It would be hilarious if Odin was just babysitting Loki and Thor, and Odin called the Devil telling him to stop telling people he was in torment.
I’m pretty sure lotsa people figured out who’s gonna die and that it won’t really impact the comic much with how it’s gonna happen.
The Auditors probably set him to endure watching snail races backwards until his time is served.
Sleipnir is the equivalent of an eight-wheeler, and would definitely need a tacho in Europe. The question is, how did the High Old Ones find Odin was fiddling the records? Did Loki do a Snowden?
@ knite:
True, but I do not think it will be Larissa. What do you think is going to happen, when Larissa tells Cloud, Cloud’s mom, and Cloud’s sister? And who do you think they are going to take it out on? Larissa, who is trying to save Sandra and Cloud, or the divine powers who are trying to mess with Cloud’s future?
Theory: Larisa will eventually meet Upper Management, aka Novil, and threaten to kill him if he doesn’t spare Sandra.
“If I die, so do y– oh crap. Oh CRAP.”
“Mmm-hmm. I’ve been ready for a LONG time. I don’t see much of a difference between twenty years and twenty hours.”
“…Don’t you mean twenty seconds?”
“Please. You don’t deserve so little torture.”
@ Jon:
Why would Cloud be worried about a steel-bladed sword?
Nonsense nobody is above Wotan, he reigns surpreme.
The author should be careful with his blasphemy, there’s still room under the snake besides Loki for him.