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Therapist: "You have control issues... When that instinct is frustrated, you have trouble coping."

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Examine the ways your desire for control affects your everyday life.

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I'll start by checking myself for feathers and talons 'cause I'm a ####ing HARPY.

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We'll also discuss your hypersensitivity to criticism.

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TIG Faye!

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"Why the long face?" "Therapist says I have control issues." "Well, yeah."

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(Beat) I mean, REALLY? "I appreciate the effort."

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Think about all the ways my control issues affect my life - and it's DEPRESSING.

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ALL of my relationships have been affected by it... "It makes you a good boss."

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Really? You think I'm a good boss? Best one I've ever had.

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I still say he has to pee the espresso straight down.

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EspressoBonercat!

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The piss arc is the whole POINT, you dictator

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Steve and Beers - Six of 'em!

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How was your trip? Get any space-booty while you were up there?

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Dude, I was in OUTER FRIGGIN' SPACE.

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So, no? Nope.

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Hey Mar-Bear, let's trade glasses. I wanna see how bad your prescription is.

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Blrgh. Yeah mine is super-strong.

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Faye puts on Marigold's - and suddenly, everything's ANIME-shifted!

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THAT'S NOT WHAT MY PRESCRIPTION IS LIKE. (I wish that was what it was like.)

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Total Members Voted: 47

[RyanW1019]

Okay, I'm calling panel 3 sadface-Dora as the most D'awww-inducing cute/pitiful we've seen her in the entire comic. Hell, possibly even in the whole comic, barring a few of Hannelore's (obviously) or perhaps some of Faye's at her darker moments.

Note: If you don't agree with me, make sure you noticed her eyebrows turning up at the inside corners; without that detail she just looks grumpy.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Dora's face  looks subtly different here to me.  Another style shift in the offing?

[Vurogj]

Okay, I'm calling panel 3 sadface-Dora as the most D'awww-inducing cute/pitiful we've seen her in the entire comic. Hell, possibly even in the whole comic, barring a few of Hannelore's (obviously) or perhaps some of Faye's at her darker moments.

Note: If you don't agree with me, make sure you noticed her eyebrows turning up at the inside corners; without that detail she just looks grumpy.

I don't know if I'd go that far, at least not while this Dora expression exists, but you do make a good point. There is certainly more than a hint of grumpy in there, which makes it a more compelling expression to look at.

[Kugai]

i'dve thought Dora would make a better Gargoyle

Don't they have one already, and her name is Demona?

Yes, but Dora would whup Demonas ass.   


Did Dora really expect nothing more than an honest answer from The Pugnacious Peach?

[Mordhaus]

I did a double take. Why was Faye using a Tig unit?

[Carl-E]

To make a latte, according to the title. 


I'm guessing it's more statuatory than that, though. 

[CompSarge]

I chuckled, then I d'awwwwed.  To be fair, Dora should have seen that one coming.

[cesariojpn]

Dora's face  looks subtly different here to me.  Another style shift in the offing?

Her hairstyle is throwing me off. I don't like it.

[Akima]

I did a double take. Why was Faye using a Tig unit?

She is a sculptor in metal, so might well use TIG welding, and it might be a visual metaphor for the way Faye burns Dora? I notice that Jeph painted the gas cylinder the correct green for Argon, a common inert gas used in TIG welding. Colour me impressed.

[pwhodges]

If his comment was sincere, then he'd do well to stop trying to teach Jeph to suck eggs

Sincerely lacking in life experience, I'd say.

[Border Reiver]

Still trying to figure out why Faye had her welding gear at the front counter.  And where is her visor?  This isn't Star Wars, there is OHSA rules to be followed in the workplace dammit!

[Bachi-Atari]

Still trying to figure out why Faye had her welding gear at the front counter.  And where is her visor?  This isn't Star Wars, there is OHSA rules to be followed in the workplace dammit!

I really hope she wasn't planning to burn the shop down while Dora was gone and just didn't make it.

[kent_eh]

Still trying to figure out why Faye had her welding gear at the front counter. 

Being colorblind, I didn't pick up on the colour code of the tank.

I was assuming that it was an airbrush, and the tank was nitrogen or oxygen.

Now, why she would be airbrushing is almost as much a mystery as why she'd be welding in a coffee shop, but I'm willing to let it go as a non-sequitor placed there simply to  drive us mad with speculation.

[pwhodges]

Presumably she's working on the next sculpture (coffeesaurus?); why Dora has allowed or suggested that she do it in CoD is a mystery (or is it the next plot point?)

[Carl-E]

She fnally got fed up and spot welded Pintsize's mouth shut.  Now, she's trying to hide her "weapon" under the counter with the others. 

[DSL]

Until someone pointed out the TIG welding aspect I assumed it was a helium tank for party balloons and was imagining Faye's dialogue in a Donald Duck voice.

[St.Clair]

That is some serious Dorapout.

[DSL]

One might say, aDorable.

One might also duck and cover after saying that.

[jmucchiello]

Dora's face  looks subtly different here to me.  Another style shift in the offing?

Basically the same as http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=2079. So, I don't think so.

[GerPronouncedGrr]

I really hope Faye was wearing some kind of glove/long sleeve combo when she was welding. I decided to be a tough guy yesterday and not do that, and now I have a sweet UV-B* burn on my arm.

*The "B" stands for "bad".

[iduguphergrave]

One might say, aDorable.

One might also duck and cover after saying that.

As cute as it is, her therapist wants her to try and discover why she feels that way. I guess you could say that he wants Dora to be... an Explorer.

[specter177]

One might say, aDorable.

One might also duck and cover after saying that.

Put a dollar in the pun jar.

[Redball]

Does the pun jar take PayPal?

[Cinead]

I'm pretty sure that the gas cylinder contains carbon dioxide since it's gray. That's the color code for CO2 in this neck of the woods. (I live in Keene,NH which isn't too far away from Northampton,MA)

[DSL]

Does the pun jar take PayPal?

There is a "donate" button to click.

[Mr. Doctor]

I'm not going to lie. I laughed with this strip and wanted to give Faye a high five.

[Is it cold in here?]

I really hope Faye was wearing some kind of glove/long sleeve combo when she was welding. I decided to be a tough guy yesterday and not do that, and now I have a sweet UV-B* burn on my arm.

*The "B" stands for "bad".

Welcome, new person!

Faye presumably knows some of the safety precautions, since she's done metal sculpture. On the other hand, isn't there a safety rule about having flammable materials nearby?

[RyanW1019]

Is it possible they use the gas to make some sort of home-brew carbonated drink? I don't know too much about beverage preparation...

[FunkyTuba]

A coffeeshop I frequent keeps a blowtorch around for browning off brulle tops in sugar on certain drinks, but the model Faye's using seems a bit overkill for that use, so I assumed it was gear for working on espressosaurus.

[GerPronouncedGrr]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

For those who are curious, Faye is likely using something like this here welder. It's about as portable as they come, plugs into a standard 120V single-phase outlet, and has enough power to do all but the largest jobs efficiently. Dora's electric bill is going to go up, and the Coffee O' Doom is going to smell real weird for a while, but there's no reason it wouldn't work otherwise.

As for the person saying the grey bottle is CO2, well, yes CO2 bottles are grey, but that bottle is standard argon green, as someone else pointed out previously. Also, in the first panel she's holding a TiG torch, plus the title of the comic is rather leading.

To the blowtorch theory, arc welders don't work that way. They only generate heat when they arc through something both solid and conductive. If Faye is making a drink with that thing, let's see... Well I suppose she could be using the welder to pump heat into a metal cup with a beverage in it, but that is so, so silly.

My conjecture, based on the fact that Faye is rather crafty, is that she was making/modifying something to either, A) help out around the shop, B) spruce the place up, or C) murder/maim Pintsize/customers.

EDIT: The rule about having flammable materials around is, "DON'T DO IT!".

[Tobimaro]

Faye Whitaker is as subtle as the torch she was using.  And almost as dangerous unless precautions are taken.   

[Akima]

I really hope Faye was wearing some kind of glove/long sleeve combo when she was welding. I decided to be a tough guy yesterday and not do that, and now I have a sweet UV-B* burn on my arm.

At least you were wearing a visor, or you wouldn't have been able to see to type that. I was in the ER at work once when the ambulance brought in a guy who had been arc-welding without proper eye protection. It was not a pretty sight. Welders are not toys.

[GerPronouncedGrr]

My boss MiG welds with no protection at all pretty much constantly. Just closes his eyes before making the actual weld. It's utter idiocy, and terribly dangerous, but he seems to be immune to heat, UV rays, and slag. One of my co-workers tried it once and ended up with an arc burn on his eyelids. Personally, I have no desire to go blind, so helmet it is.

EDIT: I'm really want to see what Faye's welding helmet looks like. Different personalities choose different helmets, in my experience. I'm curious to see what her design choice says about her.

[DSL]

Concerns over your boss' eyesight and general health aside (which seems to be his attitude) -- why would I trust a weld he makes? My limited understanding of TIG welding is that it requires a certain precision as far as distance of arc tip from the weld, as well as feeding in the fill metal, which seems to be an impossibility with one's eyes shut.

[GerPronouncedGrr]

Yes, you're definitely correct, he never TiGs like that, and to be honest if anyone could I would be *very* impressed. But MiG is just point and shoot, if what you're doing doesn't have to be structurally sound. It's like a glue gun. A really, really hot, dangerous glue gun for metal.

[Kugai]

Faye's one of those who welds the story together



*Drops a slip of Latinum in the jar*

[Is it cold in here?]

Given Dora's' musical tastes, perhaps they need a welder to prepare the metal lattes.

Would anyone be surprised if one of the specials turned out to be a cup of scrap iron?

[DSL]

Yes, you're definitely correct, he never TiGs like that, and to be honest if anyone could I would be *very* impressed. But MiG is just point and shoot, if what you're doing doesn't have to be structurally sound. It's like a glue gun. A really, really hot, dangerous glue gun for metal.

Ah ... I misread you. MIG, not TIG. Still and all, though ... he doesn't really set a good example for the rest of the shop, does he?

[cesariojpn]

Yes, you're definitely correct, he never TiGs like that, and to be honest if anyone could I would be *very* impressed. But MiG is just point and shoot, if what you're doing doesn't have to be structurally sound. It's like a glue gun. A really, really hot, dangerous glue gun for metal.

Ah ... I misread you. MIG, not TIG. Still and all, though ... he doesn't really set a good example for the rest of the shop, does he?

Wait, when did we get into discussing Russian Military Hardware?

[DSL]

That would be MiG, with the lowercase "i," not MIG.

[Penheart]

I really hope Faye was wearing some kind of glove/long sleeve combo when she was welding. I decided to be a tough guy yesterday and not do that, and now I have a sweet UV-B* burn on my arm.

*The "B" stands for "bad".

Your talking about a place that both has a Malaysian battle spatula and a broad sword behind the counter and once used it to crack open a pot on one of their employe's heads.

[GerPronouncedGrr]

My comment wasn't so much about workplace safety as it was about Faye needing SPF Irish. I wouldn't want to be around for the complaining and battle spatula throwing if she got an arc burn all over her arms and hands.

[DSL]

Faye's probably used the TIG welder to combine the Battle Spatula, the Fighting Spoon and the Anti-Robbery Broadsword into the Swiss Army Knife of Doom.

[akronnick]

...Swiss Army Knife of Doom.

Does that come equipped with a Useless Broom Made Entirely of Dicks?

[GerPronouncedGrr]

And possibly a butt opener?

Wait, do I have to pay the pun jar for that?

[iduguphergrave]

I'm guessing Faye's an Andres Serrano fan.

Seriously, Faye what the hell

[Throg]

B...Bonercat...
     ...PissCat. Catpiss. CatCoffee. PissCoffeeCat...

 

[Kugai]

That would be MiG, with the lowercase "i," not MIG.

Da comrade

[cpflux]

Wait...

Which orifices do the milk and steam come out of?

[cvcharger]

I can see why she was welding at work.  1)  Pintsize would find some way to create mischief with an espressosaurus kitty that can pee coffee.  2)  Pintsize + welder = We better get the hell outta here.