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Planes.

1 (2.7%)

So who's taking him down to the airport, just to fly back up to Burlington? #FAIL

2 (5.4%)

Trains.

1 (2.7%)

The station is a bit out of the way (Amtrak line is up in Amherst).

1 (2.7%)

Automobiles.

4 (10.8%)

But *whose* automobile? Marigold? Steve? EMILY? CLAIRE??????

14 (37.8%)

Hitchiking? Walking?

0 (0%)

Uhm, no. Skinny indie boy legs won't get him out of NoHam.

0 (0%)

Spaceship? Stealth blimp?

1 (2.7%)

Hannelore's sick, remember?

0 (0%)

Bus?

1 (2.7%)

Like he would last on a Greyhound.

3 (8.1%)

Bike?

2 (5.4%)

Harley's aren't his style.

1 (2.7%)

AnthroPC?

0 (0%)

Okay, now you're just getting silly.

6 (16.2%)

Total Members Voted: 33

[ink slinger]

Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. 

[Akima]

Americans are cute with their "big states-little states" thing.  Most Canadian Provinces are bigger than two or three states combined...except that Alaska place.  We gauge travel time in hours on the highway (for instance, my folks are a 10 hour drive away, no big deal).

Alaska? Meh, two Australian states are larger. Western Australia is roughly 50% larger.

Driven Sydney to Brisbane heaps of times and that is 10 hours minimum.

People for countries like the UK tend to underestimate the sheer inadequacy of public passenger transport in Australia too. Sydney to Brisbane by train takes seventeen hours crawling along a rail network designed mainly to transport vast quantities of coal at low cost. One can at least fly to Brisbane, but to visit friends in Taree, the practical choice is about three-and-a-half hours by car, or over five hours by train.

[de_la_Nae]

Road Trip would be fun, but some would have to wait outside. Wedding parties are pretty serious business, dunno if Jeph's gonna try and go that route or not.

I don't really see the Marten/Claire thing. Jeph likes drawing Claire and Emily lately, but Emily's hard to have a conversation with. I guess mayyyybe if you see Claire as falling for him just because she has few/no other friends, which is possible...but I'm not willing to call that quite yet.

Since the ship conversation keeps coming up, I will say that every time I come across QC porn I laugh. And no, so far it's not actually been intentional, oddly enough.

[ukrayf]

Marten's dad is progressive, and mature. I doubt he'd invite transphobic people to his wedding.

Where did that come from, anyway?

[riccostar]

Go with him Hanners!

also, *meese.

Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. 

Far too true for meese not to be scary. 

[Valdís]

Go with him Hanners!

also, *meese.

Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. 

Far too true for meese not to be scary.

Someone clearly didn't get the memo: "The plural form of “moose” is “moose” because there is only one moose. #facts"

Besides, in the eventuality that Moose replicates, everyone knows the correct plural is Älgar!


On a side-note: The word "Moose" confuses me. Not the part about it's real plural being "Moose", that's already the case with Sheep etc., but that it's a borrowed word from Algonquian natives of America. What, no one English ever visited Scandinavia and saw one prior to that?

Edit: Ah, you do use the same word as us in the UK. Elk (Älg). It's just you Americans being weird again.

[jwhouk]

...the only place in northern Vermont anyone would conceivably fly to would be Burlington... which is a good three hours from Northampton.

Ran it through Streets & Trips. It's about 2:45, shooting up I-91. I could do that to get to something in Milwaukee, if I really had to, and it wasn't the crappy weather we've been having in Wisconsin as of late.

[jwhouk]

I'm a little puzzled by those who say that a ten-hour drive is a mere nothing - do they really have so little else to occupy their time that ten hours is so readily available?

One of these days, Paul, you REALLY need to come to the US and drive the Route 66 heritage corridor.

And THEN you can talk about "ten hour drives".



(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)

[riccostar]

Go with him Hanners!

also, *meese.

Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. 

Far too true for meese not to be scary.

Someone clearly didn't get the memo: "The plural form of “moose” is “moose” because there is only one moose. #facts"

Besides, in the eventuality that Moose replicates, everyone knows the correct plural is Älgar!


On a side-note: The word "Moose" confuses me. Not the part about it's real plural being "Moose", that's already the case with Sheep etc., but that it's a borrowed word from Algonquian natives of America. What, no one English ever visited Scandinavia and saw one prior to that?

Edit: Ah, you do use the same word as us in the UK. Elk (Älg). It's just you Americans being weird again.

Heh, you're right, I didn't see that at all.  I admit that I'm never able to go through an entire conversation with someone about those things without throwing the meese thing out there.  I then wait for them to roll their eyes and then ask them to explain "geese" if they're so confident. 

[DSL]

Far too true for meese not to be scary.

The last Meese that really scared me was named Edwin.

[Method of Madness]

(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)

If by "breaking a few speeding laws" you mean "driving a Ferrari at top speed and only stopping for gas", then yeah. (You'd have to average 200mph the whole journey).

[Redball]

One of these days, Paul, you REALLY need to come to the US and drive the Route 66 heritage corridor.

And THEN you can talk about "ten hour drives".

If Paul can get himself over to Chicago in the next couple of days, I'll drive the corridor as far as Arizona just for the company. Hell, I'd drive to the end. Long as he isn't allergic to cats.
My route parallels the corridor: From St. Louis, southwest on I-44 to Oklahoma City, then 40 to Albuquerque.

[jwhouk]

That's pretty much what I meant by "corridor". I've driven the 55-44-40 route a few times, and even got enamored enough by a small town in New Mexico to get a photo of me standing right in the middle of what used to be Route 66:

[Redball]

And I never leave the freeway except for the two overnight stops. I'd make an exception for a tourist, and the cats would probably forgive me.

[Bluesummers]

(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)

If by "breaking a few speeding laws" you mean "driving a Ferrari at top speed and only stopping for gas", then yeah. (You'd have to average 200mph the whole journey).

You can do Chicago to LA without getting stopped by cops, you just need to have the right charisma.

Sources: I'm Batman. *FWOOOOSH!!!*

Seriously though, Road trips are the shit. Paul, you've gotta rent a car and just start driving. You could end up like little miss trust-your-GPS-unconditionally, but it'll still be a fun trip.

[cesium133]

I drove from Maryland to Oklahoma once, stopping at my brother's house in Kentucky on the way. Bit of advice: never try to drive across Tennessee in August in a car without AC.

[Carl-E]

Moose:



Elk: 





...I'm sorry, those are not the same animal.  Similar, yes.  But there's a reason we name these things the way we do...

[Method of Madness]

I once drove from New Jersey to Connecticut and back. It took a week and I drove 2,000 miles by way of Indiana, Canada and Buffalo. Road trips are pretty awesome indeed.

[Valdís]

Moose:
Elk:
...I'm sorry, those are not the same animal.  Similar, yes.  But there's a reason we name these things the way we do...

No, those are American usages. In the UK it said it was the same as an Älg.

    (UK) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose.
    (North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose. Elk never have flat antlers; moose do.

This is an Älg:





Looks like what you called a Moose to me.

[FunkyTuba]

That's pretty much what I meant by "corridor". I've driven the 55-44-40 route a few times, and even got enamored enough by a small town in New Mexico to get a photo of me standing right in the middle of what used to be Route 66:

Driving across the country on I-40 in a u-haul truck containing our worldly belongings and pulling my car on a trailer behind, we went through a stretch of concrete pavement (in Oklahoma?) along which I could not drive faster than 47.5 mph. At 47.5 mph some kind of resonance/harmonic period was reached between the joints on the highway and the wheelbases of the truck and the trailer resulting in a dangerous swaying that threatened to throw us off the road.

I never got the guts up to try to go fast enough to get past that node, so we were getting passed and flipped off by everyone from grannies up to 18 wheelers.

Switching to the blessed asphalt of historic US 66 allowed us to make better time (no joints) and enjoy the countryside a bit. Highly recommended if you've got the time. And if you don't have the time, you should make the time.

[cesium133]

That's pretty much what I meant by "corridor". I've driven the 55-44-40 route a few times, and even got enamored enough by a small town in New Mexico to get a photo of me standing right in the middle of what used to be Route 66:

Driving across the country on I-40 in a u-haul truck containing our worldly belongings and pulling my car on a trailer behind, we went through a stretch of concrete pavement (in Oklahoma?) along which I could not drive faster than 47.5 mph. At 47.5 mph some kind of resonance/harmonic period was reached between the joints on the highway and the wheelbases of the truck and the trailer resulting in a dangerous swaying that threatened to throw us off the road.

I never got the guts up to try to go fast enough to get past that node, so we were getting passed and flipped off by everyone from grannies up to 18 wheelers.

Switching to the blessed asphalt of historic US 66 allowed us to make better time (no joints) and enjoy the countryside a bit. Highly recommended if you've got the time. And if you don't have the time, you should make the time.

I don't remember a section like that on I-40, though I've never taken I-40 west of OKC, so it was probably there. There's a county in southern Oklahoma (Carter County, if I remember correctly) where I-35 is gravel held together with tar. Absolutely horrible road surface there; you can't have a conversation in the car because of the road noise.

Then there was the time when I was on U.S. 220 in Somerset, PA, with some kids from Baltimore. One of them had fallen asleep, and when he woke up he was surprised to see a freeway instead of the dirt road he thought we were on...

[FunkyTuba]

I don't remember a section like that on I-40, though I've never taken I-40 west of OKC, so it was probably there.

Yes, this was between Oklahoma City and the Texas border.  Crossing the border into Texas was an "ahhhhh that's much better" moment. This was also back in 1999. I believe since then they've redone that stretch of I-40 with asphalt instead of concrete.

[Kugai]

I have a solution

Let the Moose drive.

[Bluesummers]

It's OK guys, I'm totally safe to drive. Seriously. Gimme the keys, I'll use both front hooves I promise.

[cpflux]

(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)

If by "breaking a few speeding laws" you mean "driving a Ferrari at top speed and only stopping for gas", then yeah. (You'd have to average 200mph the whole journey).

You can do Chicago to LA without getting stopped by cops, you just need to have the right charisma.

Sources: I'm Batman. *FWOOOOSH!!!*

Seriously though, Road trips are the shit. Paul, you've gotta rent a car and just start driving. You could end up like little miss trust-your-GPS-unconditionally, but it'll still be a fun trip.

Wanted to do a road trip across the U.S. when I was moving out from California, but dang are rental fees ever expensive for anyone under 24.

[K1dmor]

 He asked Hanners just for the car 

 And...no more Tannelore  .

[Near Lurker]

Hmm.  I wonder if any of his interns might have a car?

[K1dmor]

 Wait, so Winslow and Momo will take care of her?

 That means that Marigold (Angus+Faye in the city) will be alone? (and she has a car!).

[westrim]

Maybe he can go with Steve. Steve is his best bro, right? And he has a car, right?

...

BROS! BROS! BROS!

[Barmymoo]

That's correct, in the UK what Americans call moose are called elk. That excellent photo of the drunk elk is explained in this BBC news story, which handily confirms the fact.

We don't have either in the UK, so it doesn't make a lot of difference what you call them.

I sort of went on a road trip in the States this summer - Redball and I drove up to Wisconsin which wasn't very far but still a reasonable distance, and I did a fair bit of solo driving around Indiana. I really don't see the appeal though; it's nice to chat to whoever you're travelling with and get to where you're going, but I'd far rather split those two off - chat over dinner, coffee, whatever, and get the train to my destination.

[Loki]

He asked Hanners just for the car 

That was not really what I got from it. His top priority was arranging for her to be taken care of. Not "But you MUST drive me, how am I supposed to get there otherwise??1111". I interpret his face in panel 5 as "welp, I hope she is alright". And then the practical question kicks in.

Also, I propose for the new poll to be "How will Marten get there", but I assume JW already had the same idea.


...I propose he will fly on the Roomba.

[Ravenswing]

Heck, Northampton is relatively blessed by public transportation.  Try living in GREENFIELD without a car (which I am), 20 minutes to the north.  Not much of a picnic.

But that being said, getting to Burlington is relatively easy.  He grabs a PVTA to Amherst, where the Vermonter train does one route a day to Burlington.  It's 70 bucks round trip, which in his shoes isn't likely to be cheap, but Dad can pay for that much.  (It's a lot less hassle than flying, for which he'd have to take a pair of Peter Pan buses to get to Bradley Airport in Connecticut.)

He could also take a Greyhound bus directly from Noho, but that's half again as expensive.  Go figure.

[westrim]

I have way too much knowledge of British nomenclature to trust their opinion on what anything should be called.

[Is it cold in here?]

Who has a car, is overdue for an appearance, and would be bubbly good company at a wedding?

[Valdís]

That's correct, in the UK what Americans call moose are called elk. That excellent photo of the drunk elk is explained in this BBC news story, which handily confirms the fact.

Stage 1) Open story, smile at story - realizing that the picture posted in this thread wasn't red from being shot and put on display by a hunter in a weird way.

Stage 2) Scroll down

Stage 3) Sees "Online fans help moose beat death" as a related story, read it as "help beat moose to death". -> "Gods damnit..  "

Stage 4) Open story and realize that it was actually talking about saving a moose from being put down, instead getting his own area.

Everything went better than expected.

We don't have either in the UK, so it doesn't make a lot of difference what you call them.

Apparently you used to have them, at least in Scotland, according to this other related link I ended up at about some Scottish guy's project to reintroduce species.

..Elk shall reign supreme! Boo, Moosers!

[Overkillengine]

Who has a car, is overdue for an appearance, and would be bubbly good company at a wedding?

Does Raven have a car?

[FunkyTuba]

WOO FRIDAY CLIFFHANGER!

[Mad Cat]

Did I miss something? Was there a commitment for Hanners to drive Martin, so he got refunds on his plane tickets?

[Is it cold in here?]

Who has a car, is overdue for an appearance, and would be bubbly good company at a wedding?

Does Raven have a car?

A New Beetle. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=423

[Barmymoo]

Mad Cat, that wasn't specifically referenced but it's how I'm interpreting today's comic.

[Is it cold in here?]

(moderator)
ZoeB pointed out that depressingly many gay men and a small but prominent number of feminists would not be accepting of Claire if they knew about her history. To put it mildly.

I moved the post to Discuss, even though ZoeB did a good job with it, because it raises non-comic issues and documents its points with real-life quotes from feminists that are so vicious I wanted them out of the comic sub forum.

The post is at http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28644.0.html , unless one of the moderators merges it with the existing thread on trans* issues.
(/moderator)

[LittleKing]

I hope Marten asks Steve to come with and they get into all sorts of crazy shenanigans! I love Martens little (big) harem, but they're always around, a little testosterone would be fun for a change

Sidenote - I wonder why Marten has so few male friends? And the ones he does have don't really appear a lot, do they?

[Near Lurker]

Because marketability.

[DSL]

Feeling another road trip coming on, a short one this year maybe. It's been a while.

About 2376, I just wanna say: Love the body language in Panel 2. Hanners is back in little-sister mode and "please don't be mad at me" and Marten, a bit taken aback, is the one broadcasting the "DON'T GET YOUR GERMS ON ME" vibe.

[planetickets]

So why can't he just use the plane tickets? Sure, it'll take a little longer, but what's the big deal? Yes, I made an account just for this because nothing at all has ever bugged me as much as this comic.

[Valdís]

So why can't he just use the plane tickets? Sure, it'll take a little longer, but what's the big deal? Yes, I made an account just for this because nothing at all has ever bugged me as much as this comic.

According to Jeph's tidbit at the bottom "At least he got a haircut?" (and Tannelore?), so let's just presume he refunded them given the time-lapse. At least we can clear potentially wasting his dad's money by not even using them off the list that way. 

[ZoeB]

I moved the post to Discuss, even though ZoeB did a good job with it, because it raises non-comic issues and documents its points with real-life quotes from feminists that are so vicious I wanted them out of the comic sub forum.

Darn good piece of moderating there, thanks. It didn't belong here, even if relevant.

One minor correction - TERFs aren't feminists, any more than National Socialists are Socialists, or Westboro Baptists, Baptists.

Can we talk about Moose - Mooses - Mice - Meece now?

Wi not trei a holiday in Sweeden this yer ?

See the loveli lakes

The wonderful telephone system

And mani interesting furry animals

Including the majestic moose

A moose once bit my sister...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an
Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...

Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...

For tht matter, now the plane tickets are irrelevant, why does Marten have to take anyone?

[Method of Madness]

He doesn't. He just needs a way there.

[Throg]

Well, at least no more Tannelore. Doesn't Marigold have a car?

Somehow I'd think Marten wouldn't consider Marigold as a last-minute wedding date anyway, what with her social phobia and all.

And I kinda picture Marten asking Hannelore just for the sake of a snazzy entrance on a stealth hovercraft.

[FunkyTuba]

For tht matter, now the plane tickets are irrelevant, why does Marten have to take anyone?

Because otherwise Monday's comic will be Marten in a different shirt vaguely moping about having had to go.
Dora: "so how was the wedding?"
Marten: "it was okay...the return flight sucked. how is Hanners doing?"
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