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YES!

5 (9.4%)

Only if I could turn it off.

16 (30.2%)

Would it hurt?

3 (5.7%)

NO. The rise of the machines & all that.

4 (7.5%)

NO. I'm a Luddite (I'm posting this via snail mail)

4 (7.5%)

No. Just, no.

14 (26.4%)

IT'S A CARTOON!

0 (0%)

Waffles. Definitely Waffles.

0 (0%)

I'd prefer something Bluetooth instead.

2 (3.8%)

Is that a Nook, a Kindle or an iPad Hanners has?

5 (9.4%)

Total Members Voted: 51

[jwhouk]

Marigold's Disappeared! Oh Noes!

"Okay, let's split up. Shaggy, you and Scooby check out that scary looking corridor over there. Velma, Daphne and I will look around Hannerdad's office for clues."

[Carl-E]

Unfortunately, all i can think of when I hear scooby doo references anymore is this...

[cesariojpn]

Elliot just kidnapped Marigold!!

[akronnick]

Marigold's Disappeared! Oh Noes!

"Okay, let's split up. Shaggy, you and Scooby check out that scary looking corridor over there. Velma, Daphne and I will look around Hannerdad's office for clues."

Ruh, Roh!

Unfortunately, all i can think of when I hear scooby doo references anymore is this...

I fail to see any problem with that whatsoever.

[FunkyTuba]

Will the chief of security be named:
Fink?
Chester?
Curvy?

[Method of Madness]

I haven't seen the comic that got taken down, I wonder if it'll be changed at all for Monday.

[RyanW1019]

I doubt it, it's not like that many people saw it, and as far as I know nobody's spoiled it yet.

[Method of Madness]

Well I mean he might just decide to change it a bit.  I wonder if anyone saved it just in case.

[RyanW1019]

I did. Screenshotted it, then put the pieces together and saved it.

Not sure why, other than to prove that I saw it.

If he doesn't change tomorrow's title, it'll be "Lieutenant Hardass."

[pwhodges]

Well I mean he might just decide to change it a bit.

Hardly, as the reason for doing it early was that he wouldn't have time for it otherwise, being away.

[Carl-E]

"Lieutenant Hardass."

That can be taken SOOOO  many different ways...

[Method of Madness]

I did. Screenshotted it, then put the pieces together and saved it.

Not a criticism, I'm just confused.  Why wouldn't you just right click and save image?

[pwhodges]

I presume he means he took each frame from the UStream, not the whole at the brief moment that it was posted by mistake (which he couldn't have predicted).

[Schmorgluck]

Will the chief of security be named:
Fink?
Chester?
Curvy?

Chad.

[DSL]

Will the chief of security be named:
Fink?
Chester?
Curvy?

Chad.

Now that is some serious callback-fu there, folks.

[Throg]

Will the chief of security be named:
Fink?
Chester?
Curvy?

Chad.

Now that is some serious callback-fu there, folks.

And that would be profoundly, utterly, hilariously creepy.   

[Welu]

Unfortunately, all i can think of when I hear scooby doo references anymore is this...

The colour frame at the bottom makes me want to think it was one of those drawing challenges where they were given set colours with which to create something.

[jwhouk]

Will the chief of security be named:
Fink?
Chester?
Curvy?

Chad.

Oh, my goodness. That would be simultaneously awesome and creepy.

[RyanW1019]

Never mind.

[DSL]

Oh, for Pete's sake, go play the caption game or the Weird Al lyrics game that's in the inflight magazine thread. Or, do you have any ideas about spinning space stations?

[RyanW1019]

Oh, for Pete's sake, go play the caption game or the Weird Al lyrics game that's in the inflight magazine thread. Or, do you have any ideas about spinning space stations?

Fine, fine...

[jwhouk]

Someone wanna tell Mr. Disneyland Man he forgot to get the strip to update?

[akronnick]

Aw leave 'im alone he's havin' fun at Disneyland.

He'll update the strip by and by.

[Method of Madness]

Tagalongs > Thin Mints

[truestatic]

And there it is.

Poor guy, stuck up there for months at a time with no new material.  And sure, he could get something electronically, but a kindle just doesn't hold a candle to a good book.

[pwhodges]

And there I was assuming that the cookie box was another book (we don't have those cookies here that I know of).

[westrim]

*Whooshes in, settles* Marigold: "NO! We just got flown up in a passenger liner shuttle with only three people. Space travel is clearly very cheap per pound in our universe, so get your own damn cookies."

Tagalongs are the best, but Samoas are a close second for me. Who are all the boring/old people that get thin mints?

Wait, Jeph was at Disneyland today? My mom went there this morning! *deliberates on waking her with an image text captioned "have you seen this man?"*

[DSL]

I was strictly a Thin Mints and Trefoils guy until the Dulce de Leches showed up. Waiting now for the ones I ordered from my great-niece to arrive.

[Indicible]

He must be a cousin of Belfangan Clouseau.
Oh, well, we all have our embarrassing pastimes.

[jwhouk]

Thin Mints for the win.

[CompSarge]

Who are all the boring/old people that get thin mints?

*raises hand*

I also like thanks-a-lots, lemonades, and tagalongs. Thin Mints are amazing when they've been frozen, though.

[LTK]

When did Willy Wonka set up shop in the US?

[TinPenguin]

The thing I want to know, how did he know what she had in her backpack? Does he search all luggage personally, or has Lt. Potter simply been instructed to inform him of all items brought on board that may, ah, "require further inspection".

[Skewbrow]

Most likely there aren't that many people entering and leaving. Therefore the security personnel may have a lot of time per passenger. Also, that job may become rather boring after the novelty of being on a space station wears off.

[Border Reiver]

Don't agree right away Marigold!

See what he's got to offer in exchange.

[JRDelirio]

Most likely there aren't that many people entering and leaving. Therefore the security personnel may have a lot of time per passenger. Also, that job may become rather boring after the novelty of being on a space station wears off.

  Yeah, really.  After a while it would be like being posted to some Antartic radio station or to a missile silo somewhere outside Blizzard Flats, Montana. So we got one recent graduate who posted embarassing pics to Facebook and one who's an Otaku/Geek... yep, this does look like a thinly disguised lousy but glamorous-sounding posting to get people out of sight until they fulfill the mandatory tour and are let go.

Although small detail:  Potter earlier refers to her CO as a Major, and this title says "Lieutenant Hardass" and the guy has the youthful look of an Lt.;  so this is probaby just the officer in charge of this watch.  Though with 128 people aboard your security detail would likely be just about a dozen people at most
And  now we know the answer to some questions from last week: obviously in the QCverse the USAF uniform regulations are entirely different from ours (for one, nobody does his duty shift in his Class A's; the boss would be wearing the same flight suit or just in shirtsleeves.).

[lepetitfromage]

Tagalongs are the best, but Samoas are a close second for me.

Mmmm....yes. Samoas are a special kind of delicious.

And there I was assuming that the cookie box was another book (we don't have those cookies here that I know of).

 

[Milesb]

You know, as a UK resident I'm slightly baffled at all this cookie discussion, but it's making me hungry!

Also, anyone think Lt. Hardass looks like a slightly older Marten? Not that I'm implying anything by that observation, simply noting that they have similar features.

And I'm glad Marigold isn't in any trouble.... yet.

[DSL]

I think Station's holo-avatar is what Marten would look like if he took better care of himself (except for being transparent and blue).

[TinPenguin]

I've read people here saying that Jim, Hannerdad, and now this guy look like older Marten.

A simpler conclusion is that they are all drawn by Jeph and so share features of the same art style. Personally, I've never seen the resemblance, but it is only to be expected that when a cartoonist draws any person, they may well look a little like an existing character.

[DSL]

You're no fun.

So you won't go along with my idea that the EC101 bears a resemblance to Faye?

A tad exotic, exciting and mysterious, a bit wide at the hips, apt to fly off, generally transports other characters into unusual circumstances, with a controlling intelligence that is headstrong, sometimes capricious and occasionally forgets its pants.

[Soulsynger]

A wooden desk on a space station? ... just no.

[lepetitfromage]

And I'm glad Marigold isn't in any trouble.... yet.

Until she decides that she doesn't want to share 

[TinPenguin]

So you won't go along with my idea that the EC101 bears a resemblance to Faye?

A tad exotic, exciting and mysterious, a bit wide at the hips, apt to fly off, generally transports other characters into unusual circumstances, with a controlling intelligence that is headstrong, sometimes capricious and occasionally forgets its pants.

Now that one sounds plausible.

[Deadlywonky]

You're no fun.

So you won't go along with my idea that the EC101 bears a resemblance to Faye?

A tad exotic, exciting and mysterious, a bit wide at the hips, apt to fly off, generally transports other characters into unusual circumstances, with a controlling intelligence that is headstrong, sometimes capricious and occasionally forgets its pants.

Sir we've lost contact with DSL, just before blackout we heard a woman yelling 'Sonic Hip Attack!' I fear he's gone sir.

Stop being so fayetalistic.

[Throg]

Is it really the cookies, or is it the manga?  I think somebody called it in the last WCDT -- he just wants to indulge being an otaku, which I imagine is about as accepted in the military as being a brony.  

Marigold's "you have GOT to be kidding me" expression in the last panel is hilarious.  

Maybe the head of security is just a major anime nerd and wants another fan to talk to?

"Colonel Sosuke wants to have a word with you about this... 'Magical Love Gentleman'."

Ding ding ding, winnah!

[jwhouk]

You know, as a UK resident I'm slightly baffled at all this cookie discussion, but it's making me hungry!

Also, anyone think Lt. Hardass looks like a slightly older Marten? Not that I'm implying anything by that observation, simply noting that they have similar features.

And I'm glad Marigold isn't in any trouble.... yet.

Girl Scout Cookies >>>>>> the best digestives you could ever think of.

[jmucchiello]

You know, as a UK resident I'm slightly baffled at all this cookie discussion, but it's making me hungry!

Look up Girl Scout Cookies in your favorite search engine. This is one of the times of year the Girl Scouts of America sell overpriced boxes of well-made cookies to raise funds for Girl Scout activities.

Why Marigold decided to bring her Girl Scout Cookie stash with her to the space station is what I don't understand. One never brings those things out in public, someone will ask for you to share them.

[jwhouk]

<snip>
After a while it would be like being posted to some Antarctic radio station or to a missile silo somewhere outside Blizzard Flats, Montana. So we got one recent graduate who posted embarrassing pics to Facebook and one who's an Otaku/Geek... yep, this does look like a thinly disguised lousy but glamorous-sounding posting to get people out of sight until they fulfill the mandatory tour and are let go.
</snip>

I basically said that in our discussion about the Lieutenant. It's like the USAF wanted a presence on the station, but wanted to put "expendables" up there in case the ol' Doc went over the edge.

[jwhouk]

A wooden desk on a space station? ... just no.

And for my last question of the morning - why?