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Two people making out.

5 (7.6%)

Kids playing video games.

3 (4.5%)

...and NOT on the library computers.

7 (10.6%)

Someone using the bathroom sink as a sponge bath.

5 (7.6%)

Horrid abuse of the Victorian Porn Collection.

1 (1.5%)

The entire collection of MAD Magazine, from issue 1.

5 (7.6%)

A robot. Seriously. And it WASN'T Pintsize. (Thankfully)

2 (3%)

Police arresting someone for not paying their fines.

0 (0%)

Someone eating between the stacks.

6 (9.1%)

Someone smoking/drinking/dropping acid in the stacks.

4 (6.1%)

Someone re-enacting the Death Star trench scene with desk chairs and paper hats.

8 (12.1%)

COMPILING....

20 (30.3%)

Total Members Voted: 64

[ElvisRevenge]

Dude, the second I saw that Marten agreed that Hannelore was pretty, I RAN MY ASS OVER TO THIS FORUM.

And what do I find?

NOBODY TALKING ABOUT IT!

It's like I'm the only one even TRYING to ship these two.

HARUMPH

[bhtooefr]

Mainly because any shipping that involves Hannelore is frowned on, due to it exceeding the creepy threshold almost all the time.

[Finvara]

I was under the impression that ALL shipping was frowned upon here, regardless of how cute or hot some couples might be, or how amusingly ill advised other couples would be.

[Valdís]

I can't think of a single exercise that will alter the shape of Marten's shoulders though. I suppose he could do some weirdly-specific exercises that would bulk up the muscles around them, but basically it's down to bone structure.

Could always get some tips from Jesslyn. Dat pre-transition denial and attempting to "masculinize" the feelings away.

Shipping Hannelore

Inconceivable!

[K1dmor]

Also, what's up with all the hate for puns, I liked Claire's joke ^^'

No reaction. No groan. No return sally.
I'll go out on a limb and say this relationship has no future. Though that's a matter of a pinion.

See, that's a great pun. I thought Claire's pun was great, too.

 No, she must be pun-ished (?).

 
 

We'll see. It sort of depends on Martens reason for not replying - it might be an attempt at teasing or something.

 Jeph said:

If he had responded it only would have encouraged her.

[ElvisRevenge]

WELL I'M IN THE THICK OF IT NOW



RAISE THE ANCHOR, BITCHES!

[Finvara]

Great puns NEED encouragement! You don't want her to feel guilty about her urge to be an artist, her medium the pun! What would this world come to if she felt guilty, hiding her puns like a Red Skelton in her closet?

[K1dmor]

And no comments about Claire's face/reaction in the third panel? 

[Valdís]

I just realized it slipped my mind what a push-up specifically meant in English (Armhävningar) and when I googled it I got a bunch of links and pictures of push-up bras. 

I guess because we don't translate that part ("push-up bra" -> "push-up behå"), so it gets more prominent on our searches.

And no comments about Claire's face/reaction in the third panel?

Edit: Opps. Thought of the wrong one. Yeah, yay blush-attacks. :3

[riccostar]

(_)

We can start the pun jar at Claire, then we'll pass it around until everyone in violation has put in their dues. 

[pwhodges]

It's like I'm the only one even TRYING to ship these two.

You will find this addressed in the stickies at the top of this forum, especially in the "Conduct in this forum" thread.  This reads like a historical document now, because the forum has changed - but anyway, we find plenty to talk about without the shipping, and the fact is that uncontrolled shipping pretty quickly leads back to the bad behaviour.  Note that discussion arising from the actual interaction of the characters in the comic need not be seen as shipping - but once it calls itself shipping, then its agenda is seen to have changed.

[Xader]

Hey Marten!

[de_la_Nae]

I swear Jeph made this comic just as an excuse to draw Claire-faces again. Blush, Bad Joke 'Eh, eh?', and Pout all made guest appearances!

Damnit, I thought it strange Zoe would have fucked up a spelling that badly; she's usually pretty conscientious-seeming about that sort of thing. I didn't *actually* get it until Akima. Thanks for the assist, also I love/hate you both.   (bonus points to Finvara)

[Sidhekin]

If he had responded it only would have encouraged her.

Incorrigible punster.

Do not incorrige.

[de_la_Nae]

Also as to exercising...I can't think of any exercises off the top of my head that would work *directly* on shoulder/shoulderblade region muscles, but quite a few of the arm exercises should have an effect.

Actually it occurs to me that weighted shoulder-shrugs are a thing too.

[Soulsynger]

I swear Jeph made this comic just as an excuse to draw Claire-faces again. Blush, Bad Joke 'Eh, eh?', and Pout all made guest appearances!
[ ... ]

Also  -face. (Does that count as a pun?)

[Bluesummers]

And no comments about Claire's face/reaction in the third panel? 

Actually, I'm just wondering if she ever paid Cosette the $20 and copped a feel. I think she's earned it by now. Man up, Steve! 

[Is it cold in here?]

Shipping Hannelore

Inconceivable!

A good pun since she's on the Pill.

[jmucchiello]

I'm shocked at it being Marten being that cold over a pun.

[themacnut]

Dude, the second I saw that Marten agreed that Hannelore was pretty, I RAN MY ASS OVER TO THIS FORUM.

And what do I find?

NOBODY TALKING ABOUT IT!

It's like I'm the only one even TRYING to ship these two.

Sorry dude, but Marten knows better than anyone in-comic (and most of us readers know even better than that) that he and Hannelore have no future as a couple, not with those issues she has about sex and even kissing being icky and nasty. He'd have a better shot at stealing Faye away from Angus, or running off to California chasing Padma (and we all know his chances of succeeding at either of those range somewhere between nanometer-slim and none).

Basically, shipping Marten and Hannelore is a waste of time; heck, shipping Hannelore and ANYONE is a waste of time, her issues simply preclude her having a full romantic and sexual relationship. And yeah, the mods kinda frown on it anyway.

[Halloween Jack]

I've worked in a library for many years, and the weirdest thing that I've seen is someone come into the library to sell steaks--not from a fundraising catalog, but steaks that had obviously just "fallen off a truck." They were a little put out when I kicked them out. I've occasionally caught people getting or about to get sexual, and more often come across evidence of same (pages in certain books stuck together, used condoms in wastebaskets), but that's really not unusual--it was well known at one of the universities that I attended that a certain men's room on one of the less-used floors of the university library was the campus cruising spot.

Also, Marten doing some exercise that built up only his deltoids would make him look like one of those World of Warcraft avatars that are really skinny but have huge shoulder pads. He should look into some basic weightlifting; there's a school of thought that says that, unless you're a bodybuilder, you really only need to do the overhead press, the bench press, and the squat to stay in shape.

[Carl-E]

(_)

We can start the pun jar at Claire, then we'll pass it around until everyone in violation has put in their dues.

Should be able to get enough for a round of drinks...

[Kugai]

Oh come on Marten!!!

That was a damned good pun.

 

[westrim]

(_)

We can start the pun jar at Claire, then we'll pass it around until everyone in violation has put in their dues.

Should be able to get enough for a round of drinks...

Or perhaps a round of pizza.

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, I was also surprised at Marten's complete non-reaction.

[de_la_Nae]

I dunno if I'd say that's a non-reaction. Deadpan glare?

[Method of Madness]

I dunno, doesn't really look like deadpan or a glare to me. But that'd be just as bad, come on, Marten. That was a solid pun.

[Bluesummers]

At least MarBear and Momo gave it a thought...

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, but that wasn't a clever pun, that was just mean.

[Bluesummers]

Mean, yet hilarious. It even got Emily's attention, and I'd imagine that can be difficult at times.

[RedWolf4]

Attention is easy. Focus is the one you want.

[westrim]

Honestly, I know what Claire feels like, because I've been there. It's not a joke falling flat; you know it's good, and you know the audience knows it's good. It's more like they're reacting as though you've done a Bad Thing and are trying not to encourage it by giving you any attention, which is pretty demoralizing since you thought you were doing a Good Thing- jokes are fun, right? And then the second guessing sets in and you worry if you're a jerk, or they're jerks, or you should swear off puns altogether. Then 5 minutes later you make a joke about Dr. Hu being a President of China with two hearts.

[hakko504]

OK, seriously Emily, what are you taking? Maybe time to stop?

[Lubricus]

OK, seriously Emily, what are you taking? Maybe time to stop?

IDK, Emily might seem borderline psychotic at times, but this was not one of them.

[mustang6172]

Didn't we used to have a penalty box for these puns?

[westrim]

I'm starting to wonder if Emily is in fact an alien using a human puppet to explore our world.

[Bluesummers]

Didn't we used to have a penalty box for these puns?

Only at the coffee shop. Unfortunately, the Library is Tai's domain, and as long as she gets stoned and watches Adventure Time on the clock, these ridiculous puns will continue to occur.

[techkid]

As strange as it might be, it got me wondering, how do the "runners" celebrate their victory? By sticking out the thumb and pinky? (You know, like how some IRL runners raise their arms after crossing the finish line).

My mind goes weird places sometimes.

[Is it cold in here?]

I wonder whether Emily's brain works kind of like Jeph's.

[Soulsynger]

I did not see dongs. I did not see dongs. I did not see dongs.

Damit Emily! You're worse than Willis!

[Barmymoo]

Hahahahaha wonderful, this might be my favourite strip ever.

[Akima]

Then 5 minutes later you make a joke about Dr. Hu being a President of China with two hearts.

I Xi what you did there, but that joke will soon be out of date.

I know how Emily feels. I had a similar reaction on discovering Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms".

[RedWolf4]

I remember I did that in class once.

Sat outside cackling for the whole lesson . . .

[shlominus]

panel #2, pic #2, epic! 




ps: 

[LordVaughn]

I don't know why, but I found Emily's laughter on the third panel rather unsettling, as if the tone of her voice changed to make it boom through the library in a manner enough that by the time Marten hears it, it sounds like something outright demonic. And given this is a comic where there were at least three occurences of someone using eldritch speak, I can't say if this would be too out there or not.

[themacnut]

Yeah, Emily's reaction does not surprise me at all, and seeing that the last panel is almost certainly what's in her head at that moment, I get why she's laughing so hard. Arms race indeed. 

[DSL]

Let's have a hand for Claire, Emily and 2368.

Nope. Not sorry at all.

[WAYF]

Sorry DSL, I only have two hands to give.

[NoOne3]

I can't think of a single exercise that will alter the shape of Marten's shoulders though.

Any small thing matter. Even a set of pushups, and chinups/pullups will make a difference, at least in the shoulders department.

Anyway, does anyone else can smell a possible plot development, where some of Marten's bros will fall for Claire, with possible mutuality? If asked for a little wing-help Marten might find himself in kind of a greek tragedy conflict there...

[Border Reiver]

Let's have a hand for Claire, Emily and 2368.

Nope. Not sorry at all.

You should be though.