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Prosthetic arm

Prosthetic hand

Real arm (yours)

Real arm (someone else's!)

Detachable head

(running gag of your choice)

[NilsO]

Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.

I always fumble with USB cables

[Loki]

Dale seems like a kind of gentleman who would appear to a date suitably prepared to suit up.
Or maybe Marigold bought them.

[snubnose]

Todays comic is awesome LOLz.

[hakko504]

Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.

I always fumble with USB cables

Well the proper procedure for inserting an USB cable is a 3 step process:
1. Try it one way up first. Realise that it doesn't fit.
2. Turn it upside down, and try again. Still doesn't fit.
3. Turn it back to the original position and try again. Now it fits!

[snubnose]

Is it really a common thing that people have trouble putting them on? I've never heard of that before!

Bed sheets or condoms?

Well ... those are both pretty tricky, actually.

I'm inclined to believe Marigold. I'd go into more detail but this isn't the TMI thread.

TMI BOMBARDEMENT FROM SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.

I always fumble with USB cables

Well the proper procedure for inserting an USB cable is a 3 step process:
1. Try it one way up first. Realise that it doesn't fit.
2. Turn it upside down, and try again. Still doesn't fit.
3. Turn it back to the original position and try again. Now it fits!

Yes, USB cables are proof that space has at least four dimensions.

Thus this way of insertion is the correct and only way for connecting USB. 

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2388

[aphanisis81]

I know that way back when Faye and Sven first slept together, Jeph spent a few strips teasing/trolling readers who thought that a Faye pregnancy scare would be a good storyline. And good for him for dismissing such an obvious and overly-dramatic source of drama.

However...

Look at the way Marigold is carrying the sheets in panel 1. Does that not look like a dark blue maternity dress covering a baby bump?

FORESHADOWING!!!!!

Now, my wife is 5 months pregnant, so it might just be that I'm projecting big time. But I'm calling it right now, albeit 100-1 odds against, Marigold's knocked up.

[NilsO]

But I'm calling it right now, albeit 100-1 odds against, Marigold's knocked up.

If anybody is getting pregnant, it is Hanners (from sitting on the soiled bedsheets). It would be the ultimate immaculate conception. I suspect it does not fit in the storyline, but it would be fun to see Hanners try to cope with diapers, pooping, and vomiting.

[Zebediah]

Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

[aphanisis81]

Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

Right, but wasn't the Hanners pregnancy scare the trolling I mentioned above? Which is to say, it wasn't really a pregnancy scare, it was Jeph fucking with us and Hanners being Hanners. I don't think Marigold and Dale will actually have a baby; I was just predicting some sort of fallout or anxiety to that effect. And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.

[celticgeek]

Well the proper procedure for inserting an USB cable is a 3 step process:
1. Try it one way up first. Realise that it doesn't fit.
2. Turn it upside down, and try again. Still doesn't fit.
3. Turn it back to the original position and try again. Now it fits!

I recall a little joke about 5 1/2 inch floppy disks (don't give me any crap, I'm old):  "There are 8 ways to insert a floppy disk (more if you fold them).  Only one way works."

[pwhodges]

I recall a little joke about 5 1/2 inch floppy disks (don't give me any crap, I'm old)

It was easier to fold the original 8" floppies (and correspondingly harder to avoid kinking them).

[lot_jockey]

Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

That is not categorical evidence. Faye says, "Maybe someday." That being said, I don't think Jeph would ever do a pregnancy arc. Way too stereotypical.

[NilsO]

Read Jeph's comment below the comic. That's where he categorically says he will not have babies in his comics. Of course, he has every right to change his mind.

[aphanisis81]

Read Jeph's comment below the comic. That's where he categorically says he will not have babies in his comics. Of course, he has every right to change his mind.

Obviously there's a big difference between a baby and a 13 y/o, but the introduction of Sam as a semi-regular character was pretty jarring. I mean, she serves a very specific function - either comic relief in a situation of otherwise-nigh-unbearable awkwardness, as in the hiking arc, or to show the stark difference in attitude toward children exhibited by Faye and Dora - but it was still weird to see anyone younger than college age playing a real role in the strip.

[NilsO]

I recall a little joke about 5 1/2 inch floppy disks (don't give me any crap, I'm old):  "There are 8 ways to insert a floppy disk (more if you fold them).  Only one way works."

I remember a PC model with 2 floppy drives. In the bottom drive, the floppy had to be inserted upside down 

[Asterus]

So I'm half awake and near-sighted without my glasses eight now. As a result, I didn't actually see the condom wrappers my first time through and thought Marigold couldn't remember the last time she changed her sheets. The end product of that is that I got to enjoy the comic twice ^.^

[Nepiophage]

It's very hard to put one on if you unroll it first 

[Zebediah]

Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

That is not categorical evidence. Faye says, "Maybe someday." That being said, I don't think Jeph would ever do a pregnancy arc. Way too stereotypical.

no babies in my comic

no babies

Looks pretty categorical to me.

[NilsO]

It's very hard to put one on if you unroll it first 

Daaaang, that would be a typical newbie error, and also a very probable explanation in this case. I would assume Dale must have hurt a lot, before they finally got it right

[lot_jockey]

Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

That is not categorical evidence. Faye says, "Maybe someday." That being said, I don't think Jeph would ever do a pregnancy arc. Way too stereotypical.

no babies in my comic

no babies

Looks pretty categorical to me.

Ah, for some reason, I don't get the newsposts on the bottom of the archives in my current browser. My apologies (also, does anyone know how to fix that?). However, I also remember Jeph saying that there would never be a wedding in the comic, and look how that turned out.

[Method of Madness]

I view those posts merely as his thoughts, not as actual canon (and certainly not as spoilers).

[marsman57]

Ah, for some reason, I don't get the newsposts on the bottom of the archives in my current browser. My apologies (also, does anyone know how to fix that?).

I have noticed they do not show up in Internet Explorer. You could define a custom CSS file that took care of this I imagine. It might be more trouble than it is worth though.

http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/ht/htcssuseriewin.htm

[Kugai]

no babies in my comic

no babies

ZPG in the QC world then.

[Method of Madness]

Clones? Although for ZPG there'd have to be no death as well.

[Zebediah]

Simple. Everybody downloads into an AnthroPC body, and they all become immortal.

Of course, anyone who's ever watched Doctor Who knows the drawbacks of that.

(click to show/hide)

[Is it cold in here?]

Or Marigold's hope chest.

[Kugai]

Methuselahs Children?


That leaves the question of when Jeph adds Woodrow Wilson Smith to the cast.

[Mr_Rose]

Simple. Everybody downloads into an AnthroPC body, and they all become immortal.

Of course, anyone who's ever watched Doctor Who knows the drawbacks of that.

(click to show/hide)

Oi! Those aren't uploads; they're brains in robotic jars. And they're reprogrammed/lobotomised to serve the higher cyberman command structure. That's, like, the opposite of awesome.

[Zwammy]

But I thought EVERYONE know Banana's wear Pajamas!!

Oh, cheese and whiskers!

[Zwammy]

What I'm wondering is where they got the condoms. My best theory is they got them from Angus' reserve.

No way - after how fast she moved with Science Guy on the station, she probably had a bucket of them for the date with Dale. Dale may have had a fused four-year-old one in his wallet, but you can bet Marigold was prepared.

[Schmorgluck]

Well, another theory I have is that Momo maintains a reserve of those for Marigold. In that case, the conversation in which Momo told Marigold about it is hilarous to imagine.

[Shootz]

I don't know about you guys but I always make sure I have at least one with me whenever I go on a date, to a party/event/function or whatever. Better to have and not need than need and not have right?

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Marten should know better than to touch anything in Pintsize's prop collection.  He doesn't know where it's been.  Of course you could also say the same thing about touching Pintsize.

[NilsO]

Pintsize is a dickhead

[Jazzmaster]

Pintsize is a dickhead

NICE.

[Method of Madness]

Yes, very nice. Almost like he read the title

[cesariojpn]

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

He obviously forgot about this.

[Is it cold in here?]

Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1119


(Fixed the link - Method)

[snubnose]

[...] And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.

Just for the record, it usually takes longer for a pregnancy to turn visible.

[NilsO]

Other pregnancy references:

• 726
• 922
• 1277
• 1482
• 1905
• 2009

[Shjade]

[...] And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.

Just for the record, it usually takes longer for a pregnancy to turn visible.

Clearly Marigold is a speedrunner. Sequence-breaking pregnancy is where it's at.

(No not really, jeez.)

[aphanisis81]

[...] And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.

Just for the record, it usually takes longer for a pregnancy to turn visible.

Well yeah, and the fact that she LOOKS pregnant turns out to be because she's holding a sheet, not because she literally IS pregnant. That's why I called it foreshadowing.

[Schmorgluck]

Looks like Marten keeps living up to his last name.

[Zebediah]

Marten should know better than to touch anything in Pintsize's prop collection.  He doesn't know where it's been.  Of course you could also say the same thing about touching Pintsize.

In the case of Pintsize, knowing where he's been may be scarier than not knowing where he's been.

[Neko_Ali]

I don't know about 'scarier'. Perhaps 'legally culpable' or 'accessory after the fact'.... In either case, ignorance is probably bliss...

[NilsO]

In the case of Pintsize, knowing where he's been may be scarier than not knowing where he's been.

There are at least two aspects here:

• Where he has been (geographically).
• Where he has been (anatomically), or rather: What he has seen or touched.

Geographically, he isn't around much. Mostly because of his own physical limitations, but also because no-one dare to take him anywhere. He has been to Mexico by himself (here and here), and he has also managed to get down to CoD by himself. Otherwise, he mostly stays inside the apartment building.

Anatomically, it is another matter. All of it perverted and disgusting. He is interested in all things anal, and is on a quest to find all pornography on the internet. He also has a collection of porn accessories, as revealed in today's strip.

[Kugai]

QC Visual Aids


Guaranteed to get the point across.

[Loki]

Revealed? Dude had a fleshlight at around 1805.

[Is it cold in here?]

Looks like Marten keeps living up to his last name.

A slender Reed?

Reeds make music. I wonder if Jeph did that deliberately.

[Rghfrgl]

 Jeph was saying he was drawing Hanners skinnier. And now Faye looks even curvier than usual.

 I think she stole her curves.