Topic: WCT 24-28 January, 2011 (Read 92581 times)

pwhodges · « **Reply #200 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 16:53 »

All the Doctors - starting with:

jwhouk · « **Reply #201 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 17:17 »

Quote from: Akima on 26 Jan 2011, 15:50

Quote from: jwhouk on 26 Jan 2011, 06:29
Nothing personal, Mr. Moderator sir, but FTFY (Americans call them that; "flats" are a type of women's shoes).
So? Mr. Hodges is English (or at least lives in Oxford), and was not putting the word "flat" in the mouth of an American person or character, so why should he use anything but his native dialect of our mostly shared language? Are you going to start nitpicking my Australian English next*? Should I start using USAnian spelling conventions, for example, to avoid pricking your precious bubble of cultural uniformity?

*In Australia we refer to "flats" as "units", and either is way shorter than "apartments". Short words have been preferred to polysyllables by users of English far more skilled than I, such as Abraham Lincoln, George Orwell, and Winston Churchill.

Hey now!

Just remember: the USA, the UK and Australia are three nations divided by a common language.

Faye would refer to the place as an apartment, so that's where the FTFY came from. Either that or "place".

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #202 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 17:39 »

Quote from: Murphoid on 26 Jan 2011, 14:33

Dora is all messed up about the breakup too. I seem to remember she promised to seek help. I wonder if there is a moment in her past like the moment in Fae's past that caused her to be like she is.

Dora's brother is a sex addict of some kind and Dora seems to gravitate toward abusive relationships. Perhaps they have a shared trauma?

This is a fascinating thought. I'm not convinced that Dora's problems can be accounted for without worse things in her past than we've seen.

Raoulleferre makes a case that their parents were neglectful.

jwhouk · « **Reply #203 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 21:12 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 26 Jan 2011, 17:39

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Raoulleferre makes a case that their parents were neglectful.

Let's see: Dad spent his earlier years as a freelance photographer for National Geographic, which means he traveled all over the world; Mom seemed to be pretty free-wheeling (lighting up and fantasizing about Marten in front of Dora!). I'd suspect that they were like some of the parents in John Hughes movies - completely clueless, focused mostly on themselves, and pretty much expecting the school system to teach their children a sense of right and wrong.

Maybe that's not out-and-out child neglect, but it's damnably close.

Of course, we don't know when the Bianchis moved to Florida (as Dora mentioned in 442). Maybe they left in the middle of her HS years, when the "fake friends" were frequent?

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #204 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 21:39 »

Quote from: Akima on 26 Jan 2011, 00:54

And she has an unposted drafts folder too eh? Very sensible. There's nothing wrong with a good cathartic rant. Offline. In a text-editor with no "send" or "post" button.

That reminds me.....Did Pintsize ever have access to Dora's Computer?

jwhouk · « **Reply #205 on:** 26 Jan 2011, 21:41 »

I'm also assuming that Dora re-did her hair after kicking Sven out of the apartment.

pwhodges · « **Reply #206 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 00:49 »

Hi Steve! Crass as ever!

(And Marten's also wearing the same shirt, so time has quite definitely not passed.)

CEOIII · « **Reply #207 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 00:52 »

FEH on crass. Steve's trying to cheer up his friend, which puts him slightly above his mom. (Hitting on that waitress for him doesn't count.) Cosette needs to hush.

Delator · « **Reply #208 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 01:05 »

Steve...

......don't ever change.

jwhouk · « **Reply #209 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 01:11 »

...Now I'm intrigued about Cosette's grandma.

The Dandy Inferno · « **Reply #210 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 01:23 »

So THAT'S what Steve's face looked like under all the hobofuzz! I half-expected a clan of tiny ninjas to be living in there by now!

snubnose · « **Reply #211 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 01:37 »

Oh, thats not true. Martens Mom offered to spend the rest of her life in prison, so she tried really hard to cheer Marten up.

Her skills at cheering up are just even worse than those of Steve. Which quite honestly is quite a feat, considering todays comic.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #212 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 02:06 »

...Cosette, you have a scary grandma.

And oh good Lord, Steve.

Antario · « **Reply #213 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 03:04 »

cosette is being awefully cool about it ;o

most GF's would flip out if you'd suggest that

and you'd never think her as being capable of doing stuff that crazy, she must have been completely carparked

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #214 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 03:32 »

Yeah Steve's got balls to suggest that right in front of his friggin girlfriend. But he better watch it if he wants to keep said balls.

You know what I'd like to know? How Marten and Steve met each other. I'm just sayin', they're not very similar so I wouldn't be surprised if there was an interesting story behind how they got to be buddies.

cyro · « **Reply #215 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 03:42 »

I dunno, they seem to have similar interests in broad terms (music, beer, boobs) just different personalities. Steve is outgoing, blunt and decisive. Martin is more reserved, tactful and somewhat less decisive. Lots of friendship have these dynamics. There probably is a story behind it, but the friendship itself isn't really unusual.

Quote from: The Dandy Inferno on 27 Jan 2011, 01:23

So THAT'S what Steve's face looked like under all the hobofuzz! I half-expected a clan of tiny ninjas to be living in there by now!

I miss the "hobofuzz" already. Steve's beard was awesome.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #216 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 04:58 »

Quote from: cyro on 27 Jan 2011, 03:42

I dunno, they seem to have similar interests in broad terms (music, beer, boobs) just different personalities. Steve is outgoing, blunt and decisive. Martin is more reserved, tactful and somewhat less decisive. Lots of friendship have these dynamics. There probably is a story behind it, but the friendship itself isn't really unusual.

Even so I'd like to know how they met. I just like having backstories you know?

My own best friend and I are very dissimilar in a lot of ways; I know it's not unusual but it's still interesting, I think.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #217 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 05:11 »

The Bachelorette party - where many women demonstrate that they have the same drives as the menfolk, but can be more adept at not generally advertising it. Or so I've heard....

Border Reiver · « **Reply #218 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 05:25 »

New poll

Old poll

Other things we need to avoid as well as "ice cream fatness" and "shameful blog posts" Going on a six month plus country music and blues bender 11 (15.9%)
The tequila monster (seriously, tequila is a horrible drink) 15 (21.7%)
Looking for "Mr./Miss/? Right (Now)" 11 (15.9%)
Let's try a complete wardrobe and lifestyle makeover 6 (8.7%)
Sorry, I was thinking about pancakes and waffles, what was the question? 26 (37.7%)

Total Voters: 69

Right now I'm feeling cheerful with some Fats Domino on the iTouch

Carl-E · « **Reply #219 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 06:17 »

I'm going for the decent jam session. After something big failing (and feeling like a big failure for it), having something else you do go well can be a very ... enlightening experience.

And it's an excuse to get Sven into the deathmole group - I'd love to see Him, Hanners, Marten and Amir Longtymnosi (I found his last name), they'd really rock!

Antario · « **Reply #220 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 06:23 »

Quote from: iduguphergrave on 27 Jan 2011, 04:58

Even so I'd like to know how they met. I just like having backstories you know?

My own best friend and I are very dissimilar in a lot of ways; I know it's not unusual but it's still interesting, I think.

im guessing they met when marten had just broke up with the girl he followed to northhampton (cant find her name atm ;o) and he was moping around in a bar
but some things suggest they met a little earlier, maybe right after he moved?

it would be cool to get a flashback arc about this

btw this poll shows a distinct lack of random titties

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #221 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 06:36 »

Steve doesn't seem to know Marten as well as he thinks he does. The Pugnacious Peach realized that Marten wouldn't go to a strip club.

maddness · « **Reply #222 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 06:59 »

Steve is just being his usual tactless self. Total bro move though. "Heartbroken? Let's hit the strip club/get you drunk/get you laid!" I think Cosette has a right to be peeved. Her boyfriend is talking about hitting the strip club and random titties in front of her. Some girls are cool with that sort of things, some aren't and I think, as her boyfriend, Steve should know which category she falls in to.

I think outgoing, attention grabbing people need a sidekick. A quiet friend who's there for them, goes along/let's themselves be dragged along on their adventures, but doesn't steal center stage.

akronnick · « **Reply #223 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:00 »

I don't think Steve is thinking entirely about what's best for Marten.

Quote from: Carl-E on 27 Jan 2011, 06:17

...Amir Longtymnosi (I found his last name)...

What kind of name is that, Pakistani?

Kugai · « **Reply #224 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:02 »

Ahh, Steve, we knew we could rely on ya

And Cosettes grandmother does sound scary.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #225 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:10 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 27 Jan 2011, 06:36

Steve doesn't seem to know Marten as well as he thinks he does. The Pugnacious Peach realized that Marten wouldn't go to a strip club.

Big difference between trying to imagine Marten at a strip club (and failing) and him never actually going to one. Sometimes you just can't imagine people in certain situations, even though it is likely that they may have done that.

Though given what Veronica used to do (or still does), and the fact that there were often burlesque dancers at their home when he was growing up, I seriously think Marten kinda sees stripclubs as being something similar to what Veronica may have done (Not saying she was a stripper, but as a fetish model, she may have done special performances at clubs. Not that Marten would have watched, but it would have been something he'd rather not think about). And given that only a few days before, there were a pair of breasts for him to admire, I don't think he's quite in the mood to see a stranger's breasts shoved into his face.

Other than that....woooo, Steve's back!

Skewbrow · « **Reply #226 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:11 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 27 Jan 2011, 06:17

And it's an excuse to get Sven into the deathmole group - I'd love to see Him, Hanners, Marten and Amir Longtymnosi (I found his last name), they'd really rock!

Seconded (not for the first time

).

Quote from: akronnick on 27 Jan 2011, 07:00

What kind of name is that, Pakistani?

The only google hit I got pointed at Philippines. Tagalog? I'm afraid my only guess to the meaning of that name would be that 'long' means what we think it does, and 'tymnosi' refers to a part of male anatomy.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #227 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:15 »

Quote from: Antario on 27 Jan 2011, 06:23

btw this poll shows a distinct lack of random titties

Yes, because Marten's indicated that random boobage isn't going to cheer him up. Granted, he made no mention of specific boobage and I omitted that as an option because that would be too easy and playing to the lowest common denominator.

Maybe tomorrow.

Carl-E · « **Reply #228 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:21 »

Quote from: Skewbrow on 27 Jan 2011, 07:11

Quote from: Carl-E on 27 Jan 2011, 06:17
And it's an excuse to get Sven into the deathmole group - I'd love to see Him, Hanners, Marten and Amir Longtymnosi (I found his last name), they'd really rock!

Seconded (not for the first time ).

Quote from: akronnick on 27 Jan 2011, 07:00

What kind of name is that, Pakistani?

The only google hit I got pointed at Philippines. Tagalog? I'm afraid my only guess to the meaning of that name would be that 'long' means what we think it does, and 'tymnosi' refers to a part of male anatomy.

More cryptic than I intended, I suppose. Unless we're all just pulling legs here.

Just in case, sound it out.

Long-tym-no-si.

Armadillo · « **Reply #229 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:22 »

I've never understood why many women get so upset about strip clubs. If a guy so much as LOOKS at one of the girls wrong, it's a dislocated shoulder and a Fresh Prince-style tossout for him.

Based on the videos I've seen online (and why would they lie to me), women can get away with an infinitely larger amount of stuff in a strip club than a man can. Personally, strip clubs bore the shit out of me. Why would I want to blue-ball myself like that?

kent_eh · « **Reply #230 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:48 »

Quote from: Armadillo on 27 Jan 2011, 07:22

I've never understood why many women get so upset about strip clubs.

Cool Story Bro mode: engage!

A few decades back, I had a part time job as a chauffeur for a stripper agency.
Basically drive the girls (and male strippers too) between bars on weekends and evenings.

Their opinion was that they were exploiting the customers much more than they were being exploited. They were in control of the interaction with the customers, not the other way around.

Customer: drunk, horny, throwing money (literally) at the stripper. Yelling "you're beautiiifulll". Not getting laid at the end of the night.
Stripper: getting paid well, able to get random people to buy them drinks and throw cash at them, able to go home with anyone in they bar they choose, or not. Basically being paid to be the life of the party.

And, the crowds at the male stripper gigs were wayyy wilder than the guys ever got watching "random titties".
The women in the crowd were loud, and active. Out for a party night.
The guys were polite applause, and try not to look like a total perv... until they got slobbering drunk.

jwhouk · « **Reply #231 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 07:53 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 27 Jan 2011, 06:17

And it's an excuse to get Sven into the deathmole group - I'd love to see Him, Hanners, Marten and Amir Longtymnosi (I found his last name), they'd really rock!

I'm AFRIDI you got his last name wrong. Yes, Jeph did name him. No, I'm not going to reveal where I found that.

...And I'm hoping that our Bakery lady is related to him somehow.

Antario · « **Reply #232 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:07 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 27 Jan 2011, 07:53

Quote from: Carl-E on 27 Jan 2011, 06:17
And it's an excuse to get Sven into the deathmole group - I'd love to see Him, Hanners, Marten and Amir Longtymnosi (I found his last name), they'd really rock!

No, I'm not going to reveal where I found that.

dont be a tease, share the secret info compendium your hinting :<

jwhouk · « **Reply #233 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:13 »

Let's just say it's back in the website's archives, if you know where to look.*

And I'm going with TheEvilDog - considering that Mom just blew through town** recently, going to a strip club would just remind him too much of how mom embarrassed him in front of his friends and made him more miserable.

As for "How Marten Met Steve" - It would not surprise me in the least if Steve's dad "knew" Marten's mom. I mean, his dad has been divorced several times already...

* - Hint: Google "questionable content cast".
** - GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER, PEOPLE.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #234 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:14 »

Quote from: Antario on 27 Jan 2011, 08:07

dont be a tease, share the secret info compendium your hinting :<

My guess, Jwhouk got it from the QC cast page.

And Jwhouk, my point was that Marten might have grown up around strip and fetish clubs, for him, it might be something of a "meh" situation while Steve might be going "woooo boobs!"

jwhouk · « **Reply #235 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:23 »

'Tis true. Normally, going to a strip club for Marten would be like going to your mom's (or dad's) workplace would be for you.

On a different note: The cast list (see signature line) has been updated!

Carl-E · « **Reply #236 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:39 »

You sir are a brilliant workaholic. And I was only remembering a former kerfuffle about his last name...

Blackjoker · « **Reply #237 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 08:58 »

I imagine Marten at a strip club would be a lot like Something Positives Davan

Carl-E · « **Reply #238 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 09:36 »

Worse, he wouldn't be cruel. And with his luck, one of the older strippers would recognize him -

"Marty, hi! I haven't seen you or your mom in ages! How is she, anyway?"

Murphoid · « **Reply #239 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 09:59 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 27 Jan 2011, 00:49

Hi Steve! Crass as ever!

(And Marten's also wearing the same shirt, so time has quite definitely not passed.)

Unless he is so depressed he can't bring himself to change clothes.

(I can't take off this shirt man, it was the last shirt I was in when she dumped me. I can smell her perfume on it.)

The Duke · « **Reply #240 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 10:10 »

Quote from: The Dandy Inferno on 27 Jan 2011, 01:23

So THAT'S what Steve's face looked like under all the hobofuzz! I half-expected a clan of tiny ninjas to be living in there by now!

There actually is a clan of tiny ninjas living on his face. You can't see them, because they're ninjas.

DSL · « **Reply #241 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 10:27 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 27 Jan 2011, 09:36

Worse, he wouldn't be cruel. And with his luck, one of the older strippers would recognize him -

"Marty, hi! I haven't seen you or your mom in ages! How is she, anyway?"

Worse than that: Veronica would *be* there. Friends in the City, right ...

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #242 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 10:28 »

Quote

Benny Hill/Monty python/Blackadder marathon

What? Fawlty Towers/Are You Being Served/Keeping Up Appearances would be a better combo.

raoullefere · « **Reply #243 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 10:46 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 26 Jan 2011, 17:39

Quote from: Murphoid on 26 Jan 2011, 14:33
Dora is all messed up about the breakup too. I seem to remember she promised to seek help. I wonder if there is a moment in her past like the moment in Fae's past that caused her to be like she is.

Dora's brother is a sex addict of some kind and Dora seems to gravitate toward abusive relationships. Perhaps they have a shared trauma?
This is a fascinating thought. I'm not convinced that Dora's problems can be accounted for without worse things in her past than we've seen.

Raoulleferre makes a case that their parents were neglectful.

Damn. Knew my ears were burning.

It certainly sounds like it, when I hear Dora's side of things. But, then again, she could simply be ~~a more delusional crackpot than I realize~~ an unreliable narrator.

Anyway, noticed today that Cosette is becomeing the most attractively drawn girl in the cast. The darker hair was a good move, even if she was coerced.

And thank god, no Stooges in the poll. I don't get that at all.

Emperor Norton · « **Reply #244 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 10:54 »

Quote from: Akima on 26 Jan 2011, 15:50

Quote from: jwhouk on 26 Jan 2011, 06:29
Nothing personal, Mr. Moderator sir, but FTFY (Americans call them that; "flats" are a type of women's shoes).
So? Mr. Hodges is English (or at least lives in Oxford), and was not putting the word "flat" in the mouth of an American person or character, so why should he use anything but his native dialect of our mostly shared language? Are you going to start nitpicking my Australian English next*? Should I start using USAnian spelling conventions, for example, to avoid pricking your precious bubble of cultural uniformity?

*In Australia we refer to "flats" as "units", and either is way shorter than "apartments". Short words have been preferred to polysyllables by users of English far more skilled than I, such as Abraham Lincoln, George Orwell, and Winston Churchill.

As another comment on that... I live in the US, and the word flat to mean apartment IS used here. Seriously, that was a pretty petty post(jwhouk's, not Akima's).

Mustakyy · « **Reply #245 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 11:03 »

Quote from: cesariojpn on 27 Jan 2011, 10:28

What? Fawlty Towers/Are You Being Served/Keeping Up Appearances would be a better combo.

Damn, those were quite good shows.

Hmm, how would The Office(prefering the original version, thou the us version is quite good too)/The Fast Show/Father Ted-marathon sound?

(the original idea of Hill/Pythons/Blackadder was almost perfect, if Benny hill would be changed to Fawlty/Office, that would be massive overdose if brilliant comed, IMHO)

Yup, I'm fan of britcom, i know..

Murphoid · « **Reply #246 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 11:31 »

Quote from: Mustakyy on 27 Jan 2011, 11:03

Quote from: cesariojpn on 27 Jan 2011, 10:28
What? Fawlty Towers/Are You Being Served/Keeping Up Appearances would be a better combo.

Damn, those were quite good shows.

Hmm, how would The Office(prefering the original version, thou the us version is quite good too)/The Fast Show/Father Ted-marathon sound?

(the original idea of Hill/Pythons/Blackadder was almost perfect, if Benny hill would be changed to Fawlty/Office, that would be massive overdose if brilliant comed, IMHO)

Yup, I'm fan of britcom, i know..

The Office UK, was a different form of entertainment. Garvis's performance as branch manager was at times just painful to watch, but not in a bad way. Where Carrel plays him as a lovable loser idiot, Garvis played him as an unaproachable, full of himself, ignorant dolt with few redeeming qualities.

I watched the UK series just reeling at the branch managers ineptitude. Garvis' performance put me in mind of Andy Kaufman's practical joke on the audience style of comedy.

Garvis' new sereis an idiot abroad is full of the same, "I can't believe this" type of comedy.

Murphoid · « **Reply #247 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 12:38 »

Quote from: Andy147 on 27 Jan 2011, 12:13

"Gervais", not "Garvis".

I stand corrected.

quix0te · « **Reply #248 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 13:08 »

"Grandma PUT my hand there"
I believe I found a picture of her grandma (its totally safe for work btw)
http://wedinator.icanhascheezburger.com/2010/04/30/funny-wedding-photos-keg-stand-grandma-best-wedding-ever/

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #249 on:** 27 Jan 2011, 13:12 »

Quote from: Mustakyy on 27 Jan 2011, 11:03

Yup, I'm fan of britcom, i know..

Can I have Four candles?

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