Topic: WCDT (HA!) 12-16 July 2010 (1706-1710) (Read 61567 times)

jwhouk · « **Reply #50 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 05:50 »

Quote from: HiFranc on 13 Jul 2010, 03:57

Quote from: WhyNot on 13 Jul 2010, 03:52
Maybe I'm retarded, but when did Faye get a scar on her right breast (see last panel)? Or is that chocolate/caramel from an order?

She got it in the car accident she had when she had her nervous breakdown (after the whole thing with her father) a few years ago.

Fixed to be a bit more precise.

Akima · « **Reply #51 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 05:54 »

Quote from: Tuitsuro on 13 Jul 2010, 05:15

You mean like this?

I'm not sure which is more disturbing. Posting a pic of Cthulhu Cunt. Or visually quoting "Starship Troopers". Or that I recognised it. Or that, in her interview outfit, Hanners looks more than a little like her mother.

Binary · « **Reply #52 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 06:04 »

Quote from: Akima on 13 Jul 2010, 03:09

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"Even though you're a tremendous, dripping hate-cunt"
That made me blink, and I'm Australian. And I can curse in two languages simultaneously.

Yeah, I've saved a local copy of the comic just in case Jeph gets cold feet again and changes it.

HiFranc · « **Reply #53 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 06:36 »

Quote from: WhyNot on 13 Jul 2010, 05:33

Quote from: HiFranc on 13 Jul 2010, 03:57
Quote from: WhyNot on 13 Jul 2010, 03:52
Maybe I'm retarded, but when did Faye get a scar on her right breast (see last panel)? Or is that chocolate/caramel from an order?

She got it in the car accident she had when she had her nervous breakdown a few years ago.

Thanks. I'm brainfarting never having seen it before...I'd blame it on being monday, but it's tuesday so that doesn't fly!!!!

We all have those days. I've been through the early archives so many times it's embarrassing. I've just looked up the relevant strips (Oh No Robot is useful for saving time) and, in the ones that I could find, the scar isn't visible (to us).

http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=131
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=307
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=454

and a subtle hint in:

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=174 (Faye's comment in the last panel)

Mad Cat · « **Reply #54 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 08:01 »

Quote from: Tuitsuro on 13 Jul 2010, 05:15

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"Even though you're a tremendous, dripping hate-cunt"

You mean like this?

[pic of face of a "brain bug" from Starship Troopers]

Oh! that's grody!

pwhodges · « **Reply #55 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 08:28 »

Scar first appears here, with comments by Jeph (who knows he sometimes forgets it).

Carl-E · « **Reply #56 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 09:15 »

Quote from: Mad Cat on 13 Jul 2010, 08:01

Quote from: Tuitsuro on 13 Jul 2010, 05:15
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"Even though you're a tremendous, dripping hate-cunt"

You mean like this?

[pic of face of a "brain bug" from Starship Troopers]
Oh! that's grody!

Grody, yes. But technically, it's not "dripping".

Kind of a good thing, really. Too much sand.

IanClark · « **Reply #57 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 10:45 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Jul 2010, 08:28

Scar first appears here, with comments by Jeph (who knows he sometimes forgets it).

Pintsize's comment in the last panel of the second one has probably resulted in at least two not-too-bright couples breaking up. Also just breaking.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #58 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 10:48 »

Working with this crew might inspire Jimbo's next novel.

Yeah, though, the fact that Faye was first an employee and then a friend does make it different, even as close as they are; it's the same with Tai and Marten. I mean, nothing Dora's done with Faye has been as egregious as the hood-piercing incident.

Arancaytar · « **Reply #59 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 11:20 »

So is Dora going to hire Cosette, Hanners, both or neither?

Mojo · « **Reply #60 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 11:21 »

Do I have to point out that we need that Coffee of Doom T-shirt?

Heliphyneau · « **Reply #61 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 11:42 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Jul 2010, 12:11

If Coffee of Doom is to be destroyed, I think it would be funnier if Pintsize did it. The Pintsize Apocalypse has been prefigured in guest strip 681.

Well, sure, though that was a guest strip. Thing is, if Pintsize destroyed CoD, a lot more than just CoD would be destroyed -- at the very least, Northhampton would be removed from the map, though in a more extreme scenario Pintsize could, in his attempt to create a super-volcano of coffee, destroy all life on the planet, thus making the robot uprising moot. Cake mix for everyone! (Everyone robotic, anyway.)

Hanners applying for the job is cute, but I can see Dora's point -- she's already friends with Hanners, plus I don't see Dora being able to yell at her as effectively as someone she doesn't know as well yet. I mean, Dora needs someone she can boss around and either not get a lot of guff back or not feel guilty about. My vote's still for Lydia, unless Dale has a female guild-mate no one in-strip has met yet . . .

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #62 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 12:25 »

I'm pretty sure Dora's answer is just bullshitting around the fact that she simply doesn't want to hire Hannelore, for any number of reasons.

Carl-E · « **Reply #63 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 14:04 »

No, it's true - never hire your friends.

And especially not your relatives.

jwhouk · « **Reply #64 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 14:28 »

Quote from: Mojo on 13 Jul 2010, 11:21

Do I have to point out that we need that Coffee of Doom T-shirt?

No.

snubnose · « **Reply #65 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 15:36 »

Quote from: Tuitsuro on 13 Jul 2010, 12:25

I'm pretty sure Dora's answer is just bullshitting around the fact that she simply doesn't want to hire Hannelore, for any number of reasons.

I disagree. I think she completely has a point. She didnt employed Marten for the very same reason, remember ?

You can have a person be your employee and then be your friend, but making a friend an employee is a whole different story.

raoullefere · « **Reply #66 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 16:01 »

Mien gott, I'm agreeing with Snubnose. Must be one of those days. But the Marten precedent is a good one—maybe he'll tell Hanners later.

Dora was and is boss first and friend second when she's at the shop, and Faye has shown more than once that she knows it. She may bitch and whine, but she understands the dynamic. One may argue that Raven was a friend first, but their relationship had 'cooled,' for lack of a better word, enough by the time Dora hired her that I don't think it counts.

But Dora has become not only a friend to Hanners, but also something of a mentor/mother/sister. I'm sure working for such a person is not what Dr. Whosname has in mind. How can Hanners have normal responsibilities when her employer knows all about her issues and limitations and is more concerned about them than her performance on the job?

BTW, I imagine this shoots down Tai, too, which is probably a good thing; she's not exactly a model employee as I recall. And, as I've said, Steve may have hulled Cosette's chances. Me, I'm more and more hoping, if it has to be an established character, that it's Lydia. She would bring an entirely new dynamic to CoD, I suspect. Plus, it's be embarrassing for Faye. Can't have enough of that, you know.

Edit: Plus, it'll be embarrassing for Faye. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #67 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 16:59 »

It's generally not a good idea to hire friends and relatives, true. But I doubt that's Dora's reasoning, I mean she lives with one employee and is fairly good friends with the other; and she was already good friends with Raven when she started the shop. So as much as it's good advice, it's not advice she has ever followed. Instead, I think she mulling over the idea of Hanners working at a coffee shop, realizing that there's very little chance that she'll work out, and simply letting her down easily instead of flat-out saying she sucks.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #68 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 19:18 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Jul 2010, 16:01

Dr. Whosname...
Plus, it's be embarrassing for Faye. Can't have enough of that, you know.

Dr. Buenvenida.

Yes, the Principle of Maximum Awkwardness must be maintained.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #69 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 22:24 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Jul 2010, 16:01

Mien gott,

Mein. MEIN! [/nerd rage]

Carl-E · « **Reply #70 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 22:34 »

I'm taking issue with the whole "Dora and Raven were friends first" crowd.

Exhibit A - Dora's smart-assery to Raven indicates that, rather than a friend, they happened to be members of the same "club". Raven was more along the lines of someone Dora "put up with".

Friendship (of a sort) didn't happen until much later, when some of Raven's savant abilities started to show through.

And Exhibit B - "I thought you and she were friendly-like", and "... they're nice enough kids" doesn't exactly sound like close friedship. In the previous page, it even appears that Raven had to hunt Dora down to ask what had happened to her - not exactly the way good friends keep in touch!

I rest my case.

On its laurels.

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #71 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 22:38 »

The only thing I suppose I could say in defense of my position is that Dora implies she's known Raven since high school; before she owned CoD.

raoullefere · « **Reply #72 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 23:17 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 13 Jul 2010, 22:34

I'm taking issue with the whole "Dora and Raven were friends first" crowd.
[…]

Actually, I said 'one may argue that,' then shot down the argument. Don't know if that puts me in the crowd or not.

Quote from: Near Lurker on 13 Jul 2010, 10:48

[…]nothing Dora's done with Faye has been as egregious as the hood-piercing incident.

I neglected to compliment you on the truth of this comment.

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 13 Jul 2010, 22:24

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Jul 2010, 16:01
Mien gott,
Mein. MEIN! [/nerd rage]

Dammit. You know what I think? I think you guys are making me make mistakes. In fact, I blame you, Dliessmgg (attempts to cram Dliessmgg into a Pokemon egg, fails). Because I never made typos begore. Neber.

Kugai · « **Reply #73 on:** 13 Jul 2010, 23:23 »

Boss Of The Year - Dora Bianchi

snubnose · « **Reply #74 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 01:04 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Jul 2010, 23:17

Dammit. You know what I think? I think you guys are making me make mistakes. In fact, I blame you, Dliessmgg (attempts to cram Dliessmgg into a Pokemon egg, fails). Because I never made typos begore. Neber.

If you fail to translate trivial stuff like "oh my god" into german without a serious error that makes the result look more like dutch then like german, then maybe it would be a not too bad idea to not try write anything in german in the first place ?

Even if your assumption I'm bad at english would be correct, you would have to translate the hard and not the easy stuff.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #75 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 01:35 »

Fortunately Hanners would never act on it, but it was ill advised of Dora to say to someone that literal-minded "Fuck 'em both".

HiFranc · « **Reply #76 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 01:38 »

Quote from: snubnose on 14 Jul 2010, 01:04

[...]
If you fail to translate trivial stuff like "oh my god" into german without a serious error that makes the result look more like dutch then like german, then maybe it would be a not too bad idea to not try write anything in german in the first place ?

Even if your assumption I'm bad at english would be correct, you would have to translate the hard and not the easy stuff.

Ich habe viel Deutsch verlernt, aber ich koennte probieren, dein Woerte zu uebersetzen, wenn du auf Deutsch tippen wuerdest.

I don't know if my grammar was right but, for everyone else, I wrote:

Quote

I've forgotten a lot of German but I could try to translate your words if you were to type in German.

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 14 Jul 2010, 01:35

Fortunately Hanners would never act on it, but it was ill advised of Dora to say to someone that literal-minded "Fuck 'em both".

I don't think Hanners is that unaware of the world.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #77 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 02:10 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Jul 2010, 23:17

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 13 Jul 2010, 22:24
Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Jul 2010, 16:01
Mien gott,
Mein. MEIN! [/nerd rage]
Dammit. You know what I think? I think you guys are making me make mistakes. In fact, I blame you, Dliessmgg (attempts to cram Dliessmgg into a Pokemon egg, fails). Because I never made typos begore. Neber.

It's just one thing that's done wrong again and again and again and again.

HiFranc · « **Reply #78 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 02:11 »

It looks like those that voted for Hannelore were right. I see disaster ahead.

{edit}The title states that it's 7kHz at 120 dB.

A human scream/baby cry is approx 3 kHz. The limit of human hearing is about 20kHz if you're a teenager or younger, and it's approximately 15kHz in later life (the loss of sensitivity to the upper frequencies is a gradual process).

Depending on the source the threshold of pain is 110-130 dB (bear in mind that dB is a logarithmic scale so 30 dB is n times as loud 20 dB, 40 dB is n times as loud as 30 dB, etc). In some sources, it's said that n=2 and in others it says that n=10.

Does anybody have a sine wave generator connected to a speaker so that we can hear what 7 kHz sounds like?

Akima · « **Reply #79 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 02:14 »

OMG! Hanners is a pod-person!

snubnose · « **Reply #80 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 02:27 »

As I said, this will be fun.

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #81 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 03:06 »

Quote from: snubnose on 14 Jul 2010, 01:04

If you fail to translate trivial stuff like "oh my god" into german without a serious error that makes the result look more like dutch than like german, then maybe it would be a not too bad idea to not try write anything in german in the first place ?

Fix'd it for you

raoullefere · « **Reply #82 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 03:09 »

Nothing good came come of this. I give Hanners a week before Dora beheads her. Toss-up whether it's with the broadsword or the battle-spatula.

Anyway, it's only part-time. I assume Dora will need another full-time if she's got to offload 20 hours plus the extra she's been giving Dora and Penelope.

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 14 Jul 2010, 02:10

It's just one thing that's done wrong again and again and again and again.

Hey, I before E except after C unless it's siege, friend, thief and some other crap words I can't remember right now. But I do know no one ever said anything about mein.*

*No, I don't seriously believe this.

thret · « **Reply #83 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 04:27 »

Panel #2 today kinda makes me want to see a t-shirt of a cute skull going o.O

Y · « **Reply #84 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 05:36 »

Quote from: HiFranc on 14 Jul 2010, 02:11

It looks like those that voted for Hannelore were right. I see disaster ahead.

{edit}The title states that it's 7kHz at 120 dB.

A human scream/baby cry is approx 3 kHz. The limit of human hearing is about 20kHz if you're a teenager or younger, and it's approximately 15kHz in later life (the loss of sensitivity to the upper frequencies is a gradual process).

Depending on the source the threshold of pain is 110-130 dB (bear in mind that dB is a logarithmic scale so 30 dB is n times as loud 20 dB, 40 dB is n times as loud as 30 dB, etc). In some sources, it's said that n=2 and in others it says that n=10.

Does anybody have a sine wave generator connected to a speaker so that we can hear what 7 kHz sounds like?

You can do that in audacity, anyway made an audio file here: http://mfi.re/?r2jvzkj3jjm2xzg . It is 5 secs of 7khz sine, square, sawtooth and last square without alias.

Mojo · « **Reply #85 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 05:44 »

Is... this the first time we've seen the world from behind the CoD counter?

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #86 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 06:03 »

Quote from: Mojo on 14 Jul 2010, 05:44

Is... this the first time we've seen the world from behind the CoD counter?

I guess Hannelore is bringing a new perspective to CoD? [awesomesmiley.jpg]

jwhouk · « **Reply #87 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 06:07 »

Quote from: Mojo on 14 Jul 2010, 05:44

Is... this the first time we've seen the world from behind the CoD counter?

Sorry, did you say something? I can't hear anymore after listening to that squeal...

HiFranc · « **Reply #88 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 06:07 »

Quote from: Mojo on 14 Jul 2010, 05:44

Is... this the first time we've seen the world from behind the CoD counter?

We have seen things from behind the counter before (panel 2).

Quote from: Y on 14 Jul 2010, 05:36

Quote from: HiFranc on 14 Jul 2010, 02:11
[...]

Does anybody have a sine wave generator connected to a speaker so that we can hear what 7 kHz sounds like?

You can do that in audacity, anyway made an audio file here: http://mfi.re/?r2jvzkj3jjm2xzg . It is 5 secs of 7khz sine, square, sawtooth and last square without alias.

Thank you very much for that.

jwhouk · « **Reply #89 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 06:08 »

How bad could Cosette be as a CoD Barista?

Not bad at all; she makes a decent capuccino.    - 0 (0%)
Not too bad, except she forgets people's orders.    - 2 (4.5%)
Okay, she breaks a few dishes, but other than that...    - 1 (2.3%)
A couple of scald marks on Penelope - what's the big deal?    - 8 (18.2%)
Okay, she DID blow up the espresso machine...    - 1 (2.3%)
It's bad. 911 was called twice last week.    - 4 (9.1%)
CoD is closed temporarily until they can rebuild the burnt out hulk.    - 8 (18.2%)
Asps. Very Dangerous. You go first.    - 10 (22.7%)
She even burned the PANCAKES!    - 3 (6.8%)
...AND the Porridge!    - 7 (15.9%)

Total Voters: 44

Antsan · « **Reply #90 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 07:23 »

Quote from: HiFranc on 14 Jul 2010, 01:38

Ich habe viel Deutsch verlernt, aber ich koennte probieren, dein Woerte zu uebersetzen, wenn du auf Deutsch tippen wuerdest.

I don't know if my grammar was right

That was completely correct, though it sounds a little bit formal.

@topic:
And I was wondering, whats happening here.

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #91 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 08:24 »

Quote from: Antsan on 14 Jul 2010, 07:23

@topic:
And I was wondering, whats happening here.

Boxbot's being a whiny bitch again? Or Hannelore's superpower is to audibly break the fourth wall into other comics...

Carl-E · « **Reply #92 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 08:35 »

O_o

o_O

OK, this might work out. Hiring a person with genuine OCD can be a real problem (unless you need repetitive tasks done*), and we know that the germophobia will force her into keeping the place clean, but I'm worried about the dynamic between Dora and Hanners. It is a bit more of the mother/mentor thing than boss/employee. That could work, but it's gona be a delicate line for Dora to tread, and she's not the most stable person out there, either.

As my favorite computer voice once said, "It'll all end in tears, I know it!"

*that was meant to be a joke. My apologies to the hand washers, door lock checkers and item touchers out there.

sudamerican · « **Reply #93 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 10:18 »

faye looks cute today. i really love her pained expression in the last panel

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #94 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 10:27 »

Quote from: HiFranc on 14 Jul 2010, 06:07

Quote from: Mojo on 14 Jul 2010, 05:44
Is... this the first time we've seen the world from behind the CoD counter?

We have seen things from behind the counter before (panel 2).

I bow to your mastery of the archives.

IanClark · « **Reply #95 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 10:46 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 14 Jul 2010, 08:35

O_o

o_O

OK, this might work out. Hiring a person with genuine OCD can be a real problem (unless you need repetitive tasks done*), and we know that the germophobia will force her into keeping the place clean, but I'm worried about the dynamic between Dora and Hanners. It is a bit more of the mother/mentor thing than boss/employee. That could work, but it's gona be a delicate line for Dora to tread, and she's not the most stable person out there, either.

As my favorite computer voice once said, "It'll all end in tears, I know it!"

*that was meant to be a joke. My apologies to the hand washers, door lock checkers and item touchers out there.

Dammit Gordon Sharp is not a computer voice!

Anyway, I agree with your interpretation. Not only does there run the risk that they'll experience troubles between them, but it leaves a huge risk for Hannelore to become psychologically dependent on Dora. I mean, before she was sort of the mother figure she never had (that is to say, one who never ran people through wood chippers), but in a small enough dose that it wasn't dangerous. Now that she's gone from that capacity to also taking on the role of her boss, Dora basically runs her life and doesn't realize it. Which is dangerous for both of them.

Unrelated side note, but hiring Hanners is going to be the biggest test so far of CoD's anti-bachelorette power.

nothing · « **Reply #96 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 11:01 »

when I read the one of 13/07/10 (frenemy employment) I immediately thought the sign should say "Bulgarian Yoghurt in everything"

Delirium · « **Reply #97 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 13:47 »

oh HELL yes. the return of Hannelore-That-Was makes me so happy. I hope this means she's getting over her flanderization.

pwhodges · « **Reply #98 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 15:05 »

Quote from: HiFranc on 14 Jul 2010, 02:11

The limit of human hearing is about 20kHz if you're a teenager or younger, and it's approximately 15kHz in later life (the loss of sensitivity to the upper frequencies is a gradual process).

Don't kid yourself. My limit was down to 17kHz when I joined the BBC at age 22, which I was told was average, and is about 11kHz now. Not to mention the gentle tinnitus; I'm used to it now, but went to see an audiologist about it (useless) about 25 years ago - I have no recollection of when it started or first became noticeable.

Carl-E · « **Reply #99 on:** 14 Jul 2010, 17:15 »

I actually had an odd hearng "dropout", which I found out when I worked at a public radio station. We broadcast the Met operas, and they would send a full spectrum of tones, from 20 Hz (you don't hear that, you feel it) to 24 kHz. The idea was to tweak the soundboard so that the full spectrum was being broadcast.

I could hear everything except the 15 - 17 kHz range, and above 21 kHz. It faded then returned, and the only way I knew they were sending those tones was the announcement and the VU meter pegging. But those high tones - they were killers. The older engineers just looked at me covering my ears, ad laughed.

That was over 20 years ago, but I can still hear up to 14 kHz (anything higher is gone, and so I can't hear the 15 kHz mosquito ring).

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