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MOMENT OF THE WEEK TIME!

TWO WEEKS?
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"I just wanna KNOW, y'know?"
- 0 (0%)
Glad we had sex before all the emotional talky stuff.
- 1 (2.2%)
Walking is better than headphones.
- 0 (0%)
She flew across the country for COFFEE.
- 2 (4.3%)
Common sense was never one of his or her strong suits.
- 4 (8.7%)
"We have a lot in common."
- 0 (0%)
"Not THAT. (Well, not that I know of.)"
- 0 (0%)
I didn't know moms could blush.
- 5 (10.9%)
Good luck, mom. I love you.
- 3 (6.5%)
I could end up with three dads! That's so many DADS!
- 10 (21.7%)
This is gonna sound awkward...
- 0 (0%)
You have a coffee date and this is the only place you trust Sam.
- 3 (6.5%)
You're psychic.
- 1 (2.2%)
Her name is Veronica, you met her online, and she's here from California on business.
- 10 (21.7%)
WHOAAAA.
- 7 (15.2%)

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Author Topic: WCDT: 2686-2690 (21-25 April 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread  (Read 25256 times)

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That depends on the Vocal Coach

Us classical vocal coaches fiercely discourage singers from sounding like Pavarotti in the first place. He's a bad role model for pretty much everything music related.
Three Dads isn't that far from Three Tenors. How about Three Tenors who happen to have Children?
I don't really know anything about Pavarotti, but...what's wrong with sounding like Pavarotti?
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'My dad could beat up your dad!'
'What, all three? DOUBT IT.'

That would be made of win.
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Jeph's out of the country, and tomorrow is Friday.

He is going to cliff-hanger us, isn't he?
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I've just noticed -- Veronica has left her bag in Marten's apartment.

Where Pintsize can play with the contents.
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Going off topic, but it's worth mentioning, if you like picking apart vocal techniques:
Pavarotti had good enough luck to have a huge lyric voice (rare), and bad enough luck for it to be minimally agile. Therefore, his phrases and rhythms were always somewhat clumsy--there's that certain breathless, tense, disorganized quality, which apparently made him hard to conduct and accompany. The average singer shouldn't imitate that style of singing, because the average singer should have a more maneuverable voice naturally, or work hard to develop one. His way of approaching high notes successfully circumvents the problem, which is why he sounds nice, but anyone who has an ear for technique gets a little uncomfortable (he's covering his own mistakes, essentially). Same problem with some big female singers; anyone else tries it, and it sounds contrived and ridiculous. It's hard to explain with words. If you listen to his masterclasses, by the way, even he realized this, and did not try to lead students into doom (Technique of Doom, with the Phrasing of Doom); he spoke about the passaggio, and managing breath, and expression, and so on. However, I use his recordings sometimes to show singers how to properly cover high notes; he struck a perfect balance, which gives him such a superb, ringing sound color (further assisted by a natural tendency to be loud).
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Thanks for explaining!
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COMIC!

Sam's WHOA just makes the entire comic.
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Sounds of QC:

The sonic boom from the "Hanner of the Gods" should be coming round again.    10 (23.3%)

When the boot's on the knob, put the headphones on!    4 (9.3%)
The crack of Mom's whip.    3 (7%)
The sound of Jim screaming as he runs away! Runs away!    4 (9.3%)
The shouts of horror when Angus reveals he's moving away!    3 (7%)
...or groans when he reveals he didn't get the job!    1 (2.3%)
Cake batter and big boobs?    4 (9.3%)
THE CAKE IS A LIE!    2 (4.7%)
Space Ham, Space Waffles, and the Finest Space Tea!    4 (9.3%)
DJENT DJENT DJERRRRRRRRRRR    4 (9.3%)
Smirk of contempt.    4 (9.3%)

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Psychic Dora and impressed Sam.  Whoa!
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And a new poll is up - the once-traditional MOMENT OF THE WEEK!
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Comic loads in IE but not Firefox.  Usually it's the other way around.
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It wasn't working on Chrome so I went to the image directly, but now it's loading.
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Yeah, I had to futz with it a bit before it finally loaded. Server propagation, I suspect.
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For a second I thought he was going to warn Dora that their date was going to be at CoD.... that would have been weird.
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Dora is one chill bro.  8-)
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I loved that moment of dramatic irony before Dora pulled the psychic card.
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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Vera is a separate name in its own right from a completely different source (it was my mother's name, as it happens).
In fact, Vera means "faith" in Russian (as I am sure you are aware).
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My own prediction for Monday's strip --

JIM: You know her?
DORA (or FAYE): She's Marten's mom.
JIM: But she's not old enough . . . Oh.

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Faye and Sam can make a second sword, and complete the set.

Jim has ditched the soul-patch (good) but not the oddly sparse stubble?
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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Vera is a separate name in its own right from a completely different source (it was my mother's name, as it happens).
In fact, Vera means "faith" in Russian (as I am sure you are aware).

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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Vera is a separate name in its own right from a completely different source (it was my mother's name, as it happens).
In fact, Vera means "faith" in Russian (as I am sure you are aware).

Vera means true in Italian. Veronica means true image. -o not -a because image is male. Somebody made up a story about a piece of cloth showing a picture of Jesus because a woman wiped his face with it on the way to the crucifixion. If the name "true image" was made for this fictitious woman as part of the story or if it was added later I don't know.
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Hahahaha, Dora, what a perfect response to Jim's saying "You're psychic"!  :-D

Of course, while Sam is impressed with Dora's "psychic abilities", Jim will undoubtedly be suspicious that either (a) Dora knows this woman somehow, or (b) Dora's been stalking him. (For maximum drama, he would jump immediately to b.)

Does today's P2 Martenmom have green hair?

Sure looks like it to me.

(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Veronica Lodge in the Archie comics is sometimes called Ronnie for short, IIRC.
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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Vera is a separate name in its own right from a completely different source (it was my mother's name, as it happens).
In fact, Vera means "faith" in Russian (as I am sure you are aware).

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"Six men came to kill me one time, and the best of them carried this. It's a Callahan Full-bore Auto-lock. Customized trigger, double cartridge, thorough gauge. This is my very favorite gun... I call it 'Vera'."


Quit postin' pictures of me, I'm liable to to all embarrassed.


In other news my favorite thing in today's comic is that Sam is already on Faye's shoulders by panel four and that is both hilarious and adorable~
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Jim, Jim, Jim. We need to talk, man. It's good that you shaved the soul patch for your date with Veronica, but YOU SHOULD HAVE SHAVED THE REST OF YOUR FACE TOO.

Or else grown the beard all the way out. This in-between stubble just shows a serious inability to commit.
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I like today's comic.

Jim, Jim, Jim. We need to talk, man. It's good that you shaved the soul patch for your date with Veronica, but YOU SHOULD HAVE SHAVED THE REST OF YOUR FACE TOO.

Or else grown the beard all the way out. This in-between stubble just shows a serious inability to commit.
Oh yes, I agree. This kind of looks like he just forgot to shave or didn't have time - which maybe is actually the case.
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Strangely, Jim left the patchy stubble, but seems to have Grecian-formula'd away the grey temples!  And worn a suit.

Is he trying hard to look his best, but being lovably disorganized?

Or is he really into stubble?
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Hahahaha, Dora, what a perfect response to Jim's saying "You're psychic"!  :-D

Of course, while Sam is impressed with Dora's "psychic abilities", Jim will undoubtedly be suspicious that either (a) Dora knows this woman somehow, or (b) Dora's been stalking him. (For maximum drama, he would jump immediately to b.)
Thinking about it, I guess Jim has every reason to be very suspicious. Like a coincidence beyond belief, and beyond any rational explanation. Still, VV must have sought him out somehow, and initiated contact. Perhaps VV controls one of the NSFW websites Jim is a member of, leading him to theory (a). No doubt Jim is a long-time VV fanboy, and being contacted by VV herself must have been a dream come true.

Theory (b) requires serious hacking abilities. Dora might have hired Marigold to do the job.

Anyway, Jim should run away ASAP.

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I'm not sure why Jim is surprised at all? Unless Veronica didn't mention she's Marten's mom. I rather presumed that was by some way brought up as to why someone from the opposite coast even knew of him, let alone had a reason to contact him. That they had people they knew in common. Marten and Dora particularly, but the rest of the coffee shop crew as well.

I think it's a bit amusing myself that Dora went out with Marten, and a date with Jim, who is now going to go on a date with Marten's mom. :)
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I'm not seeing the green at all in any of the VV panels. (shrug)

He hasn't replied at all to how Dora knows the "Veronica" part. That's going to be an interesting way to start next week.

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And, as for THIS week:

MOMENT OF THE WEEK TIME!

TWO WEEKS?    0 (0%)
"I just wanna KNOW, y'know?"    0 (0%)
Glad we had sex before all the emotional talky stuff.    0 (0%)
Walking is better than headphones.    0 (0%)
She flew across the country for COFFEE.    2 (6.7%)
Common sense was never one of his (or her) strong suits.    3 (10%)
"We have a lot in common."    0 (0%)
"Not THAT. (Well, not that I know of.)"    0 (0%)
I didn't know moms could blush.    4 (13.3%)
Good luck, mom. I love you.    3 (10%)
I could end up with three dads! That's so many DADS!    5 (16.7%)
This is gonna sound awkward...    0 (0%)
You have a coffee date and this is the only place you trust Sam.    3 (10%)
You're psychic.    1 (3.3%)
Her name is Veronica, you met her online, and she's here from California on business.    5 (16.7%)
WHOAAAA.    4 (13.3%)

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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Veronica Lodge in the Archie comics is sometimes called Ronnie for short, IIRC.
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My mouse, Veronica, and a little girl I know named Veronica both go by Ronnie, plus there is miss Lodge so I believe it is acceptable.
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Well. VV:s first mail, to the bakery's mailbox, might have looked something like this:

"Hello Sexy!

My name is Veronica. I'm a mature professional model living in California. I like self-sufficient men who enjoys a firm hand at their side. I dislike drinking alone and like long walks under the stars. Click the link for some pictures of me and and please answer this mail if you are ready for love.

/Veronica"

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I KNEW IT!!!!!!!

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I wonder if Jeph is setting us up for something next week.  When Sam last visited CoD, Jeph appeared to make a deliberate point of having Sam distracted while Tai kissed Dora.
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When was that?
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Dora kind of saved this week for me.

I thought Marten's punchline Thursday fell flat.
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The more I think about it the more freaked I think he'll be about Marten:

Dora: Marten's ex
Dora, who he went on date with, is now dating Marten's boss
He's about to go on a date with Marten's mother
And Marten dated one of his employees
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Poor Jim, trapped in the Martrix without ever even having met the man(-child), IIRC.
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MOMENT OF THE WEEK TIME!

TWO WEEKS?    0 (0%)
"I just wanna KNOW, y'know?"    0 (0%)
Glad we had sex before all the emotional talky stuff.    1 (2.3%)
Walking is better than headphones.    0 (0%)
She flew across the country for COFFEE.    2 (4.5%)
Common sense was never one of his or her strong suits.    4 (9.1%)
"We have a lot in common."    0 (0%)
"Not THAT. (Well, not that I know of.)"    0 (0%)
I didn't know moms could blush.    5 (11.4%)
Good luck, mom. I love you.    3 (6.8%)
I could end up with three dads! That's so many DADS!    9 (20.5%)
This is gonna sound awkward...    0 (0%)
You have a coffee date and this is the only place you trust Sam.    3 (6.8%)
You're psychic.    1 (2.3%)
Her name is Veronica, you met her online, and she's here from California on business.    9 (20.5%)
WHOAAAA.    7 (15.9%)

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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

Veronica Lodge in the Archie comics is sometimes called Ronnie for short, IIRC.

Like the Two Ronnies?
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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

You can call her anything you like, but her name is Veronica...
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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

You can call her anything you like, but her name is Veronica...

I wondered how long it would be before someone mentioned that song...  8-)
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(Also, is Vera a nickname for Veronica? 'cause it's a hassle typing out the full name.)

You can call her anything you like, but her name is Veronica...

I wondered how long it would be before someone mentioned that song...  8-)

The name always makes me think of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjo1PZ4UIwg

The fanfare at the start is not part of the song.
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