Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
Akima:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Oct 2011, 06:33 ---Yes, but like me, he could easily have been a scholarship kid.
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Angus' original remarks about his school seem to me to reveal an outsider's perspective. And going to a "fancy school" doesn't necessarily mean your parents are rich, or that you have a trust fund. Some parents just sacrifice practically everything to their kids' education.
I've lived in cities all my life. My hometown has a population of over 23 million, and when I'm there "the city" means the Shanghai metropolitan area. Now I live in the largest city in Australia, and "the city" is specifically the central business district south of the Harbour Bridge. Australians are incurably suburban. :-)
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Hebes on 19 Oct 2011, 12:02 ---Well, if anyone wanted to know what DJ Squeekz looks like...
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That rat looks disturbingly like Marigold whe she was first ntroduced...
Akima:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Oct 2011, 15:55 ---That rat looks disturbingly like Marigold whe she was first introduced...
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Naaah, I totally called it. It's ratty Skrillex.
jwhouk:
A few observations:
1. Those of you who are not from the US probably don't get the scale of the US - something that even New Yorkers don't quite get. It's based on how the country expanded from the 13 states along the eastern seaboard all the way to the Pacific - very slowly. For example: If someone from Northampton (by the way: it's one word) wanted to drive to San Diego and ComiCon in 2012, it would take them over five days of driving - one way - just to get there. (Over 2,900 miles, and that includes tollways and Interstate freeways). And you wouldn't even get to the Mississippi River (commonly the "dividing line" of the east/west part of the country) until the end of day 2. Kinda explains why Marten hasn't gone back to Cali to see his mom much.
2. A weekend away with the boyfriend/girlfriend is something of a "next step" in a relationship. Faye recognizes that, while Angus is just wanting to spend time with Faye. Angus isn't quite as clueless as Padma, but he probably doesn't realize that he's pushing a boundary for Faye.
3. This could go in a million different ways, all of them ending with a YouTube video that gets two million hits - minimum.
4. DJ Squeakz is da Bomb.
SomeCanadianWeirdo:
So, if Faye actually does go with Angus, will we see New York? Jeph just pushed his art with the outdoor sequences for the hike strips, and New York might be another push sequence, depending on what he has to draw of course.
As far as the size of the US goes I've heard more than one amusing store of visitors who wanted to make a day trip from one part of the US to a part that would take several days by car. Or of writers doing the same thing, having their characters make a trip in an impossibly short time. The same thing can happen writing Canada as well. You can't drive from Toronto to Vancouver in a day.
Driver Alex Roy holds the US contental driving time record, driving from New York to LA in 31 hours and 4 minutes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Roy
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