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Dora's got her next career planned out.

Jim and Dora - I'll be scared when their plan comes together.

Jim the Hipster Baker.

"Totally have time to clean this up."

Dora the baby breeder, nice ring to it.

Check Please!

Marigold starting to dance.

Marigold stopping when she got an audience...Creepy Hanners.

Babies - Awful, little mewling poo-larvae.

Technically Jim's divorced next Tuesday.

:I Dora, finally gets the hang of Jim's humour...hopefully.

[Kugai]

Perhaps TinPenguin

But given the nature of the crowd so far, I wouldn't be surprised about the make-up of those at Tai's party.



Dawwww.  Marigold is cute at that moment.  I love Hanners face in the last panel too.

[TheEvilDog]

Today's poll results;

Never assume, Jim. It only leads to trouble.  0 (0%)
Dora being kinda understanding? Welp, I'm definitely terrified.  2 (3.1%)
Hello parental cliches for describing their kids.  1 (1.6%)
Dora might be right with the maths, but I still wouldn't trust her accounting.  4 (6.3%)
Jim. Step One: Open Mouth. Step Two: Insert Foot.  29 (45.3%)
CHECK PLEASE!  10 (15.6%)
No Jim, it wasn't a joke. It was stupid.  9 (14.1%)
Awww, no dessert...  9 (14.1%)

Total votes: 64

[slingstone]

Rereading comic #1368 totally makes it sound as if Steve and Marten when to college together.

It's been mentioned that Marten went to college in California, right?  Do any schools there get enough snow to partake in a sport like Speed Beer?

[Is it cold in here?]

Marten and Steve kissed on a dare once (mentioned in 1639).

Was Marigirl blushing because she was having a good time, or because she was uncomfortable with the PDA in front of her?

[TinPenguin]

More the first. I think she was blushing because she was uncomfortable that Hanners was aware of her having a good time and was looking at her with that eagerly encouraging "look-you-can-do-it-really-when-you-try" smile

[Near Lurker]

Every teen/college party I ever went to, I would just dig straight into the bottles of the hard stuff.  Burn all those germs away!

(This is one of many reasons I wasn't invited to too many.)

[foolsguinea]

Stop creepin', Hanners.

[Tova]

The "We" of "We're" means "All of my gay friends."

I find this idea that Tai couldn't possibly have any other straight friends, and that Marten is somehow unique in his status as a straight friend of Tai's, to be bizarre, to say the very least. Marten isn't that special.

[Tova]

Tova, I thought the imaged contained in that "incorrect" link of mine would be interpreted as a playful, not-at-all-serious counter to your archive-hunting, but now you know for certain that I was just messing with you! Next time, I'll try to add an oooooobviously before the means, or use something italic of a similar nature to remove any doubts in future posts.


No promises, though! If I don't tattoo the reminder on my body, I might not remember.

I didn't click on it so, yeah, ok. 

[jwhouk]

...Dora?!

Nope, not her. Look at the lips.

[Heliphyneau]

Hee!  And awww.  Excellent strip, and a complete absence of dialog!  That's kinda rare for QC.  Maybe Hanners should ask Marigold to teach her how to dance (and no, I'm not suggesting any pairing, sheesh).  Hanners might even figure out how to dance without spilling her drink, unlike that doof in panel 2.  Dancing with a 3/4 full flimsy plastic cup without spilling is standard Kegger 101 (is that still a required course?  ).

For some reason, I'm picturing Marten either holed up in a corner drinking and commiserating with Tai or gamely serving beverages instead of drinking them himself.  I know it takes Jeph forever to draw these party scenes, but the results are well worth it.

[cesariojpn]

Apparently, I see Hatsune Miku in the last panel.

[wrwight]

I also was wondering who the guy in the background of panel 2 is. He isn't one of the bros or Steve, as suggested, but he really looks familiar. I'm looking through the archives, but I keep getting distracted by the story, ha.

[Mr. Doctor]

I've never seen that guy before, doesn't look familiar at all.

[Near Lurker]

...Dora?!

Nope, not her. Look at the lips.

...her lips are out of sight.

(I meant the one kissing awesome-hair-girl, because they've got the same hair and ear tunnel, even though, probably not, if nothing else because the title says "meanwhile," and that skirt doesn't really look like her style.  It's the kind of funny coincidence that makes me wonder if it's going to be a plot point, though.)

[questionablecontentfan]

Marigold's little secret is that she was going to wear the outfit she has on in my avatar, but she couldn't deal with being hit on by that many guys and girls in one night. :p

Oh, and because Tai would have taken one look and jumped her. Hehe.

[JohnTheWysard]

For some reason, I'm picturing Marten either holed up in a corner drinking and commiserating with Tai or gamely serving beverages instead of drinking them himself.  I know it takes Jeph forever to draw these party scenes, but the results are well worth it.

In the few high school/college parties I attended that involved dancing, I usually ended up "running records" (this is 1964 we're talking about, folks - 45rpm Top Forty) and occasionally serving drinks.

Not a time I want to relive   

[cuzsis]

To that end, with Marten being the only person here at this party on the prowl,

I almost spat tea at the screen when I read that.

You know what I mean.   Okay, not on the prowl uh...

on the... Walk?

On the stroll?

 

 On the amble?

 On the saunter?

 

[Akima]

Marigold wore such a nice dress that time she hung out at Marten's place. It makes me sad that she decided to wear hermit clothes to this party. I just gotta keep reminding myself that QC isn't a teen movie where the nerdy girls get transformed.

I wouldn't wear a nice dress to a student party; it would just be asking for it to be ruined. Hannelore probably wouldn't have the experience to know this (I don't think we've ever heard that she went to college), but perhaps Marigold has.

More the first. I think she was blushing because she was uncomfortable that Hanners was aware of her having a good time and was looking at her with that eagerly encouraging "look-you-can-do-it-really-when-you-try" smile

Yes. Though Hanners is having her usual problem with smiling in a non-disturbing manner.

And Marten on the prowl? A Three Toed Sloth winning the Olympic 100 metre sprint would be more probable.

[Somnus Eternus]

To that end, with Marten being the only person here at this party on the prowl,

I almost spat tea at the screen when I read that.

You know what I mean.  Okay, not on the prowl uh...

on the... Walk?

On the stroll?

 

 On the amble?

 On the saunter?

 

On the meander.

[gangler]

To that end, with Marten being the only person here at this party on the prowl,

I almost spat tea at the screen when I read that.

You know what I mean.  Okay, not on the prowl uh...

on the... Walk?

On the stroll?

 

 On the amble?

 On the saunter?

 

On the meander.

On the Patrol.

[cuzsis]

To that end, with Marten being the only person here at this party on the prowl,

I almost spat tea at the screen when I read that.

You know what I mean.  Okay, not on the prowl uh...

on the... Walk?

On the stroll?

 

 On the amble?

 On the saunter?

 

On the meander.

On the Patrol.

 On the cat walk...wait no.

[TheEvilDog]

Marigold wore such a nice dress that time she hung out at Marten's place. It makes me sad that she decided to wear hermit clothes to this party. I just gotta keep reminding myself that QC isn't a teen movie where the nerdy girls get transformed.

I wouldn't wear a nice dress to a student party; it would just be asking for it to be ruined. Hannelore probably wouldn't have the experience to know this (I don't think we've ever heard that she went to college), but perhaps Marigold has.

The same goes for brand new white shirts, or new shirts in general. In fact the more expensive the shirt is, the greater the probablity of someone vomiting on it, or a drink being spilled on it the first time you wear it at a college party.

[CompSarge]

I would LOVE to see Marten make out with another guy. Just sayin'.
If I recall, he's thought about it before, even if jokingly.

Not in the comic, that I can think of - the incident with Padma and Steve debunks it well enough, I'd say.  There was a strip that Jeph himself modified as a joke (if you're thinking of the Marten and Steve one), but not as part of the comic itself.

Pretty sure he meant this.

There was also this comic, though it was not in a joking manner.

[Is it cold in here?]

Hannelore probably wouldn't have the experience to know this (I don't think we've ever heard that she went to college), but perhaps Marigold has.

In strip 596 she talks about how she "got through college", but on Formspring she said she didn't go to college. Rather than admit that Jeph might have made a mistake on a minor point, we can hypothesize that she has a college-level education implemented with tutors.

[Dust]

To that end, with Marten being the only person here at this party on the prowl,

I almost spat tea at the screen when I read that.

You know what I mean.  Okay, not on the prowl uh...

on the... Walk?

On the stroll?

 

 On the amble?

 On the saunter?

 

On the meander.

On the Patrol.

 On the cat walk...wait no.

On the limp?

[ysth]

You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind...

Heh. Since I rediscovered the glorious Safety Dance I request it in clubs wherever I go

Which version?

[Near Lurker]

Um - this sounds like it could be not-a-joke.  He needs to stop joking like this.

[akronnick]

Dang, Jim! You yank on Dora's chain any harder it's gonna snap in like fourteen places!!!!!

[Tova]

Dora off her guard is pretty funny, I think.

Very!

[pwhodges]

Divorce can be a tedious and drawn-out process, and dating before the decree absolute (or even the earlier decree nisi) arrives is entirely likely, and commonplace I'd say.

[themacnut]

Well, I no longer think it's likely they'll end up in bed together-Dora is still so uncomfortable with even being touched by Jim that he'll be lucky if he can get a goodnight peck on the cheek in. It's like Dora's been channeling Hannelore, at least as far as Jim's touch is concerned.

And yeah, his "jokes" aren't helping matters any, he really needs to quit it if he wants a second date. Seems to me he's been out of the dating game a long while, hence his being so bad at it (which stands to reason if he's just coming out of a long-standing marriage).

EDIT: Also, dating before the divorce is declared final may be common, but the way things are going here, if it turns out he wasn't joking about that it may be the final straw that makes Dora run away screaming into the night, never to talk to Jim again.

[Tova]

Well, I no longer think it's likely they'll end up in bed together

I'm more than a little surprised that you entertained the idea to begin with, honestly.

[themacnut]

Figured Jeph might do it to mess with the forums, to have everyone on it "caterwauling" as he said. But at this point that development would make no sense considering how the date's been going.

[pwhodges]

But people do make really bad decisions (I mean Dora, not Jeph).

[Tuitsuro]

Hmmm... I think I like this guy!  He comes off as a bit of a creep, but seems harmless enough.  

[Tova]

But people do make really bad decisions (I mean Dora, not Jeph).

Fair point. I suppose it wasn't entirely inconceivable.

I guess I just didn't see it as at all likely, and figured that it would probably be some revelation that would provide the drama. This one may yet provoke a bit of caterwauling, who knows.

[gangler]

"I'm joking, but it's also quite true." *Wink*

[Loki]

Over here in Germany, law requires a couple to live separately for at least a year before they can be legally divorced. (That or they'd have to have really severe circumstances, for example violence in the family.) So I admit I completely failed to understand what the big deal is the first time I read the comic.

On a related note, I am going to my girlfriend's grad party today.

[squishything]

Just adding to the Jim love here. Liked him since he was first introduced. It'll be interesting if he sticks around in some capacity for a while, it's a cool way of expanding and 'aging' the strip's social circle along with its characters (and author).

Then again, I've always been a fan of huge, complicated multi-generational comics...

[akronnick]

Pretty soon this'll be Something*Positive...

[VonKleist]

You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind...

Heh. Since I rediscovered the glorious Safety Dance I request it in clubs wherever I go

Which version?

extended, of course!!

There´s also the live version which is brilliant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsKlZaYNnM

In fact I like that one best because of the dancing : D

[Akima]

"Awful little mewling poo-larvae" has to be phrase of the week.

[wrwight]

Wow, I'm surprised there isn't more upset over the possibility of Jim's divorce not being final. Having gone through one myself, I know how it is, but I guess I'm just still hopeful that being so affected by divorce is not just the status quo these days. Guess I shouldn't be surprised though.

[pwhodges]

The thing is, the breakdown of my first marriage was complete and absolute the day it happened (there was a lot of working up to it, though).  The fact that the legal and administrative matters then took some months was just a tedious process to be gone through, not something that prevented me moving on in my life - it was finished long before I reached the stage of making new plans, anyway.

[DSL]

Why yes, Dora off her guard is pretty funny. Jeph should (and probably will) do more of it.

[Sylentknight]

Jeph's sense of humor seems almost better attuned to Faye. Of course Faye has father issues so...
Oh! Oh my...

Then again, if Marten's mom happens to come to town....
 

[jwhouk]

I can't decide if Jim's being creepy, has a bad sense of humor, or is just being a tool.

[TheEvilDog]

Maybe his wife is divorcing him because of all the bad jokes?

I can just see how that explaination went over with the daughter.

Mom: "Oh sweetie, we're not getting divorced because of you."
Samantha: "Then why are you two getting divorced?"
Mom: "Your father's crappy jokes, I've had enough of them."
Samantha: :I

[TinPenguin]

If I ever get married, I can foresee being divorced for a similar reason.