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Jim needs a favor... could Samantha stay here for a couple hours...

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"I'm old enough to stay at home by myself!" NEXT YEAR

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"We can keep an eye on her."

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"So, little larva..." I'm not a larva! "...Wanna learn how to use a BLOWTORCH?" YES

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Brazing... "You mean like when my dad makes pot roast?" Different process.

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Lemme show you what I made! (Doesn't involve animal genitalia)

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BEHOLD THE MIGHTY WAR LADLE (I'd wanna see the Attenborough documentary)

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"...And that's how you pull a shot." That was easy!

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And here I thought you hated kids. Normally, yes. But this one has potential.

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I'll mold you in my image. "You mean, like, big boobs?"

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Keep the blade at the same angle or you'll mess up the edge bevel.

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You went on a date with my dad, right? "...But we decided to just be friends."

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Dad's not with mom anymore, he can go on dates if he wants to. He's on one right now.

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"He didn't want me to tell you that, but if you're friends it's okay, right?" ABSOLUTELY

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Hey kiddo. Did you have fun while I was gone?

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Faye taught me how to use a blowtorch, and make expresso, and sharpen knives, and -

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Of all the irresponsible-

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She also taught me how to make an "old fashioned." (Sip)

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So, I usually pay my siter ten bucks an hour - (Fifteen.) Deal. Take a check?

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Total Members Voted: 45

[Blood-Tree]

Would you care to provide probabilities? We can deal with probabilities. We've done it before.

(well, I ignored them)

In my opinion, there's a 100% chance that something involving Dora and Faye will happen at some point in the future.

To the Max!

[iduguphergrave]

Well, to continue with Blood-Tree's theory, there's also the very unstable variable of Faye in this equation. Faye has also well demonstrated her capability of tough love. I think it's very possible that Faye's purposely making this situation as chaotic as possible to force Dora to deal with it better. Or something.

[Throg]

Well, to continue with Blood-Tree's theory, there's also the very unstable variable of Faye in this equation. Faye has also well demonstrated her capability of tough love. I think it's very possible that Faye's purposely making this situation as chaotic as possible to force Dora to deal with it better. Or something.

And then Raven comes in, calculates the probability of Dora getting over her control issues, feeds it into the quantum espressosaurus, hooks it up to a fresh cup of really hot coffee, and turns it on! 

[Somebody]

Sam is Dora's Malevolent Counterintuitive Pathogen

[cesariojpn]

I'm calling it: The War Ladle is gonna catch or cause a fire.

[jwhouk]

"You ALWAYS suggest that."

"It's bound to work EVENTUALLY."

[cesariojpn]

"You ALWAYS suggest that."

"It's bound to work EVENTUALLY."

Dora and Tai have a lesb.....

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[Kugai]

Relax Dora, Faye finally has a Padawan. After all,it's not as if she's gonna take her to The Dark Side






















Oh wait..............














Oh dear.

[Arancaytar]

A terrifying thought, indeed.

[Soulsynger]

You work in a coffee place, you're constantly in touch with "the dark side". (coffee - black - dark - ha ha?)

... btw. WEIRDEST Dora week ever. Tuesday her control issues (which are suddenly more apparent than ever before...) were firing off like new year's eve fireworks and today she's wearing an invisible straightjacket... which is just an unfamiliar and somewhat unlikely look for her.
To me, panel 2 today just looks weird.

Is there a female here that can explain to me the different kinds of emotions conveyed by that pose of Dora's in panel 2? °O

[snubnose]

So ... it will NOT be Cosette who burns down Coffee of Doom.

[JonathanXS]

that can explain to me the different kinds of emotions conveyed by that pose of Dora's in panel 2? °O

I just see it as a variation of crossing her arms. Or maybe she has goosebumps. I dunno.

[Welu]

Yeah, just another way to cross arms, especially if she's cold which is quite possible in a tanktop. The only body language I get from it is sort of trying to protect herself, which comes across a bit in the last panel.

[Border Reiver]

Relax Dora, Faye finally has a Padawan. After all,it's not as if she's gonna take her to The Dark Side
<snip>
Oh wait..............
<snip>
Oh dear.

Relax K,

She'll be redeemed in the final feature after an epic battle (likely using the Malaysian Battle Spatula and the new War Ladle).

The prequels will be forgetable, but the cartoons'll be decent.

[techkid]

Tomorrow's lesson: Cussin' at Customers.

Swearing at Stupid People won't be on the curriculum for a good few years (well, ideally).

[Akima]

She'll be redeemed in the final feature after an epic battle (likely using the Malaysian Battle Spatula and the new War Ladle).

Er... Wouldn't she have to get her arm cut off first? George does so love the arm severin'.

[jwhouk]

Jeph's In Canada, Eh? What'd be different if QC's setting was North of the Border?

Faye would be the ex-pat American with the funny accent.    6 (8.7%)
Marten would always be going Oot and Aboot.    3 (4.3%)
Hannelore would wear a tocque all the time.    5 (7.2%)
Dora would have a pronounced French accent.    6 (8.7%)
Marigold would REALLY like poutine.    8 (11.6%)
Angus would be a radio analyst for the local junior hockey team.    1 (1.4%)
Steve would be a provincial MP.    2 (2.9%)
Coffee of Doom would be Timmies of Doom.    5 (7.2%)
Yelling Bird would be Yelling Beaver.    17 (24.6%)
Pintsize would still have a huge porn collection.    5 (7.2%)
"We do NOT say 'oot and aboot', you HOSER!"    1 (1.4%)
Socialized self-hatred would be known as "Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Fan Club"    2 (2.9%)
Enough of the Canada jokes. It's bad enough we have guest strips.    2 (2.9%)
Spathe Canadian Bacon!    6 (8.7%)

Total Members Voted: 69

[Black Sword]

I'm not sure if Sam looks more appalled or astonished at the idea of developing a Faye bosom.

[Bachi-Atari]

Just curious how her dad's gonna put her to sleep with that expresso in her

[DSL]

She'll be redeemed in the final feature after an epic battle (likely using the Malaysian Battle Spatula and the new War Ladle).

Er... Wouldn't she have to get her arm cut off first? George does so love the arm severin'.

Well, we learned early on that is one thing the Malaysian Battle Spatula does quite well.

[Method of Madness]

So ... it will NOT be Cosette who burns down Coffee of Doom.

If I remember correctly, she never burned down her places of business, but her working at places caused things to happen to them. So since she's working at Coffee of Doom, if anyone burns it down, it's still Cosette's fault.

[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]

Yeah, just another way to cross arms, especially if she's cold which is quite possible in a tanktop. The only body language I get from it is sort of trying to protect herself, which comes across a bit in the last panel.

I think she might be consciously trying to not be controlling the situation.  It's not the same body language of 1755-1756 but I imagine she's a lot calmer/more self aware about it now.  And I'm not a lady, but sometimes I make that pose if my arms are already crossed when I see someone doing something really stupid but it's not my business.

Also, because SMBC has something to say on just about every topic: Body language.

[Method of Madness]

Would it be wrong  to make a word filter that changed "expresso" to "espresso" just because that mistake bothers me more than it should?

[Redball]

Filter away! The misspelled word looks like a Hogwarts spell, maybe the quickndirty version of expelliarmus or a spell causing instant peristalsis in your opponent's intestinal tract.

[Bachi-Atari]

Would it be wrong  to make a word filter that changed "expresso" to "espresso" just because that mistake bothers me more than it should?

Oops

[cvcharger]

You work in a coffee place, you're constantly in touch with "the dark side". (coffee - black - dark - ha ha?)

Hmm, should that be one for the pun jar?  Besides, everyone knows that the dark side is at the Secret Bakery...

Because they have cookies.

[Boomslang]

Would it be wrong  to make a word filter that changed "expresso" to "espresso" just because that mistake bothers me more than it should?

It's not a mistake. It's an Americanized spelling and pronunciation of a foreign word. Everyone understands what is meant when someone orders an expresso, some people just choose to be jerks about it.

[Method of Madness]

Wasn't calling you out, Bachi, it just bugs me. And Boomslang, I wouldn't consider it "an Americanized spelling", that's like "color" instead of "colour". "Expresso" actually changes the pronunciation of the word, as well as making it, well...not a real word.

[ink slinger]

I'm not sure if Sam looks more appalled or astonished at the idea of developing a Faye bosom.

She appears to be a bit frightened, which is not unusually depending on how old she is supposed to be (do we know her age? I can't remember). I've known women who said that, as young girls, they were terrified about developing breasts as large as the other women in their family. Some, as adults, are glad they did. At least one is sad that she didn't.

(And, wow, I just realized that I have spent a lot of time in the friend zone; lots of talk about boobs but not a lot of actually seeing them.)

[Redball]

I consider "espresso" correct. But Wikipedia points out that both are loan words, espresso from the French, expresso from Spanish, and have the sense of "press out." Express is a verb sometimes used to refer to what happens when grapes or other fruit are pressed in the first step to making wine. The usage I recall is that the juice is "expressed."

[jmucchiello]

Just curious how her dad's gonna put her to sleep with that expresso in her

I'm pretty sure she's of the age where he puts her to bed by saying, "go to bed." It's her problem if sleep won't come.

[Redball]

We didn't actually see her drink the espresso. I didn't like coffee at all until I went to college. About the same time I learned to like beer. Wonder what that means....

[pwhodges]

Merriam-Webster's dictionary acknowledges expresso as a variant of espresso, as does the New Oxford American Dictionary.  What we may feel about it is a separate matter from the usage that they record!

[Is it cold in here?]

Sam is 13. Strip 1958, referenced in her wiki entry.

[Blackjoker]

Warladle vs. Malasian Battle Spatchula proving run perhaps? 

I suddenly remember an incident at a chinese place I went to with flying spatulas..

[Kugai]

Hmmmmm


Next door to The House of Flying Daggers?

[pwhodges]

Uh-oh!  Sam has not made Dora happy telling her about Jim's date!

[iduguphergrave]

I can practically see Dora's psyche shatter.

[Omega Entity]

I pretty much suspected he was going out on a date, with how vague he was in his explanation.

Am I the only one who thinks he should have been up-front with the reason of why he needed a sitter? I mean, he could have just said 'I'm going out on a date and the sitter can make it'. Now it just looks like he's being sneaky, however unnecessary it might (should?) be.

[Mordhaus]

Busted!

[Method of Madness]

At least he didn't lie about it.

[akronnick]

At this rate, in the next comic Faye will be teaching Sam how to make explosives in a bathtub.

Either that, or she'll introduce her to Pintsize!

[Truec]

Why does Coffee o' Doom even have a chef's knife?

[Method of Madness]

Right, a chef's knife makes much less sense than a broadsword.

[Torlek]

At least he didn't lie about it.

This is Dora we're talking about. Not divulging all details is just as bad as lying in her world. She's going to go ballistic on him. I just hope he has the balls to call her on it.

[Is it cold in here?]

The chef knife is for chopping carrots.

[Method of Madness]

It looks like she's upset, but restraining herself. Hopefully she manages to keep doing so.

[pwhodges]

This is Dora we're talking about. Not divulging all details is just as bad as lying in her world. She's going to go ballistic on him. I just hope he has the balls to call her on it.

Just so.  Marten didn't lie about Cosette hitting on him, which wasn't even a thing that he did - and look where that led, especially when he called her on it.

[iduguphergrave]

While I definitely don't want her to go ballistic (and I don't think she will in front of the kid), I think she has the right to be a little upset. Sam has a point - if they're gonna be friends, Jim should be able to admit where he's going.

[pwhodges]

The trouble is that Dora doesn't do a little upset.