Grippy's a bit more loquacious than last time we saw him.

The title quote comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act 3, Scene ii). It is said by Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, about the Player Queen in the play-within-a-play (Halmet calls it The Moustrap to be snarky to his Uncle, although that's not its actual title). In Shakspeare's time, to "protest" meant to "avow" or "affirm" rather than to "object", as we now understand the word. So in other words, ol' Gertie thinks that the Player Queen is being a bit too sincere and solemn to be plausible in her vows about not remarrying should her husband die. Of course, Gertie did remarry upon the death of her husband, the king -- she married his brother, the new king (who bumped-off the old king!). Understandably, Hamlet was a bit miffed about all this, so he moped around a bit (actually, a lot) before deciding to do something about the situation, and it all went down hill from there.

What's all this to do with the story? Nothing really, other than that Grippy is "protesting" (avowing) that he is a fellow Blip a bit too much. The only problem is, he's protesting it to the wrong people, doh!

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