Ol’ Gnome 12 has a few secrets of his own… and a history with certain players in this tale, methinks. 
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So I guess the gnome appearing next to the cloaked woman IS Gnome 12…..
Woohoo gitten interesting.
Love the snorkeling fairy in the beer….. I hope to be able to do the same thing sometime
And again, love the added glowage, makes the effect so dynamic. BOOSH!
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the barfly is side-splitting silly yet witty
I may never drink ANYTHING in that bar again after this series of events.
Johanan, just request a mug with a flip top cap on it. Keeps those fairies out of your drink everytime.
Good idea. Nice to see someone has brain cells that weren’t factory-installed in me.
KOHR AXIOM?! Am I the first to get that joke?
Sounds scientific.
I’m afraid so: thanks for pointing it out, though.
Damn cutaways to side stories! My head is gonna explode!
And please, explain the Kohr Axiom reference. I no get it.
Just a small aside for a strip or two, and I second the request on the Axiom reference.
This gives some references on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=core+axiom
Good hunting!
I was wondering about it when his full name was first mentioned in the gnome report….. maybe it just refers to him being the only main (core) character in the story who is what he is, he has no hidden agenda, pretty straight forward and needs no explanation – just some flashbacks maybe
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Either that or Dave is just messing with our heads…
David is ALWAYS messing with our heads.
that pixie is living my dream!
ROFL, that snorkeling fairy… XD
What’s the relationship between gnomes and fairies/pixies?
In the case of one pair we know, apparently pretty romantic.
Wow. That fairy has a huge drinking problem
I’d say the drink has a huge fairy problem.
^ THIS. Well. Except that she doesn’t look all that big … so the drink only has a little fairy problem.
And, the truth be known, I’d be OKay with it if a fairly went snorkeling in my drink, especially in this bar. Even if (especially if?) she pee’d in it, I think it’d just add a kick.
I mean … it’s fairy pee. And, just how much could there be? Like a dewdrop’s worth? I’ve had beers out of dirtier glasses than that in my favorite bars around Philly and NYC.
Does that explain why your WANTED poster looks like that?
I told them to sketch my good side. But, y’know, artists.
And, anyone who thinks I’m being gross or something … do you know which end of a yeast your beer comes out of ..? Yep. Fairy pee is beginning to sound pretty tame, eh?
Crap i got caught snorkling again! Nothing wrong with a lil Pixie Dust. Just makes the drink a little more magical, that’s all.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
This cracked me right up guys. LOVE it.
P.S. TOLD you the “elusive gnome” was Giles.
Good call. Wouldn’t you love to be around when David & Co. (or else David and Those Weird Voices Inside His Head) come up with all these plot twists? I would.
I had dinner with him last April at the Wet Gill (which looked suspiciously like Olive Garden), it was an entertaining evening. My wife said it was like eating dinner with two of me. (I’m still not sure how to take that remark).
Oh, that is FUNNY.
Take it as a compliment. At least something that would be if WE said it. 
Your wife meanwhile might appreciate my new twist on an old proverb: “Great minds think alike… unfortunately, so do small minds!” 
For some reason, all that reminded me of meals at Oregon Institute of Technology. Bunch of mad scientists (actually engineering students of one stripe or another). Bwahahahaahahahahhaa!
We had kind of our own table because most engineers are not creative people, despite the stereotype.
Speaking of those chained to F=ma, ΣM=0, Ho=Hf and ΣV=0: isn’t it scary how many politicians and dictators have been civil engineers? Start looking it up and you will see what I mean. Why not mechanical or electrical or chemical engineers? One usually thinks of lawyers (and most are), but why those we think of as practical people? On the flip side, you have a few really principled ones like Mark Hatfield.
29 comments and none about the fact that kohr’s full name looks like an anagram of some sort
The only thing I could figure out that was cogent was “Oh, Mix Okra,” which doesn’t make a lot of sense. I cheated using an anagram solver and those could only find parts, and so it was an exercise in trying words and seeing what was left of the letters. Other combinations left letters or groups of letters that didn’t work, like “moria khx”
Because it only looks like an anagram to you.
“Axiom” is a real word and “core axiom” is a real term, and both are commonly used in discussions of formal logical systems. What’s the closest shave possible with Occam’s Razor? That Kohr Axiom’s name is a pun on the well-established term “core axiom”.
It says something interesting indeed about David that he would even think of that.
How do you take Schroedinger’s Cat for a walk? Or feed it? Whats the probability of a can of cat food materializing in the box with it at the right time?
My favorite string theory is that cats like to watch strings being dragged across the floor nearby. Although string theory could be thought of as that field of materials science that deals with cordage of different polymers… not. Perhaps string theory deals with why the strings on instruments break during a concert as opposed to the prior practice session.
So That’s how they get the fairie dust in the drinks.