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To her house.

To her parents house.

To the internet!

To a game store.

To a Game Stop.

To a new character, because there aren't enough already.

To Capcom headquarters.

To Marten

To the batmobile.

To the barricades.

To the moon.

[Method of Madness]

Does anyone actually use those Bluetooth things anymore? I haven't seen one in years. Headphones, sure, but those are visible.

[Akima]

What kind of sadist would design a friendly robot to look like a giant spider?

Masamune Shirow.

I use a Bluetooth headset with my mobile all the time. It's unsafe and illegal to use "both-ears" headphones when riding a bicycle or driving a car, and the headset lets me leave my phone securely stashed in the back pocket of my cycling jersey without fiddling with cables. You might not even notice me wearing it, depending on whether I have my hair up or down.

[Method of Madness]

Fair enough. My car has built in Bluetooth, but even before I got it I would just put my phone on speaker because I tried a Bluetooth headset once and it was really uncomfortable.

[Mr_Rose]

Does anyone actually use those Bluetooth things anymore? I haven't seen one in years. Headphones, sure, but those are visible.

You probably haven't seen one because they shrunk. A lot. A typical model now is shorter than the top two joints of your index finger, about as wide and half as deep, and light enough to hang comfortably from your ear using only the part embedded in the ear canal for support.

[St.Clair]

Which means it's now even harder to tell whether the person talking to themself is on the phone or just, well...

[pwhodges]

My wife uses hearing aids, and has a small thingy that hangs round her neck which connects to her phone by Bluetooth and to her hearing aids by T-loop, and has a microphone for the return path.  It works well for her as a hands-free setup in the car.

[Masterpiece]

I use Bluetooth sometimes for file transfers between my PC and phone. And I have a wireless loudspeaker that also acts as a wireless charging unit.

[Method of Madness]

I meant Bluetooth headsets, Masterpiece.

[Masterpiece]

Sorry Method, I saw "Bluetooth thingies" and thought you meant Bluetooth in general.

[Method of Madness]

It's all good.

[mustang6172]

Did the Coffee of Doom door always swing inwards?

[cesariojpn]

Did the Coffee of Doom door always swing inwards?

There are doors out there that swing both ways.

[Method of Madness]

There's a Dora there that does, too. (Come on, someone had to.)

[RedWolf4]

Oh, that was terrible. Good call.

*Laughs anyway*

[westrim]

What kind of sadist would design a friendly robot to look like a giant spider?

Masamune Shirow.

See:

For a giant sentient talking apparent spider, it doesn't seem to be aware that most people would find its existence dubious and/or terrifying. All he's doing for me though is reminding me (and making me sad) that Tachikoma don't exist.

This forum habit of puns is aDorable.

[jwhouk]

Look, if I want puns, I'll read Pearls Before Swine, okay?

[westrim]

Claire is now officially a member of the cast; she's tweeting.

So... what happens when summer is over in 1000 strips or so, and she's not a summer intern?

[Loki]

As someone with mild arachnophobia, I probably shouldn't ask, but is there a real spider that Gordon's appearance is based on?

Edit@Westrim: She could always hang out at, say, CoD.

[westrim]

As someone with mild arachnophobia, I probably shouldn't ask, but is there a real spider that Gordon's appearance is based on?

Edit@Westrim: She could always hang out at, say, CoD.

Apparently, jumping spiders. It did get up on that counter easily. But don't worry, they just want to be friends.

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But that's too easy! The only reasonable way she could stay in the picture is to start a relationship wit- oh god, not my spleen!  not me, the Allosaur, shoot the Allosaur! 

[GarandMarine]

-h Pint Size of course!

[Loki]

On a completely comic-unrelated liquid-container related note, I considered getting a CoD mug, but looks like they are sold out already. I suppose that means things are going well for Jeph

[Kugai]

Does anyone actually use those Bluetooth things anymore? I haven't seen one in years. Headphones, sure, but those are visible.

I use a Bluetooth Earpiece for my Mobile.  Don't wear it all the time - that just makes you like a prat - but I find it useful.


Anyone consider that this may be Genevieve?     

[K1dmor]

 That terrified face  .

[Is it cold in here?]

Everybody who said that a friend would blurt something has been proven correct.

[GarandMarine]

Oh shit! Clinton run now dude. You might be able to get enough distance that she'll be out of range with her chakram.

I freaking love Claire and Marten's faces in this though. The shock is beautiful! This will lead to some discussion clearly.... and maybe... just maybe....

[westrim]

It looks like Clinton really wanted to get that out, and didn't consider whether it should get out. At least not from him, in that way.

[Is it cold in here?]

Maybe it will be a bonding experience for them, sharing embarrassment over something harmless, like doing karaoke.

[K1dmor]

 And now everybody loves Clinton because he broke the silence curse  .

[Is it cold in here?]

I think you're only supposed to call your siblings "stupid" when the only people around are family.

[pwhodges]

I hadn't noticed that it worked like that!

[Lubricus]

Interesting turn of events...

[Masterpiece]

thank you, Clinton! This week is about to get a lot more interesting.

[westrim]

I think you're only supposed to call your siblings "stupid" when the only people around are family.

If the shippers have their way, eventually Marten will be, which means he already is according to the Ellicott Chronospatial Fold Principle. It was mathed out one day when its thinker was asked why he was wearing pajamas in the lab at 3 p.m.

The police finally took out the Allosaurus, by the way.

[GarandMarine]

Maybe it will be a bonding experience for them, sharing embarrassment over something harmless, like doing karaoke.

Karaoke is anything but harmless. That's like calling Stalin's gulags unusually severe boarding schools.

[mtmerrick]

Am I the only one who thought 'why the hell is his tongue green' in the last panel?

(yes, I realize NOW that it's a book. It just looks really weird)

And horrified Claire may well be my favorite facial expression Jeph has ever drawn.

@Westrim: you took down the Allosaurus? D= I sent him to HELP!

[Is it cold in here?]

Well, given some of the things I've heard about old English boarding schools ...

[GarandMarine]

How many of those things you've heard came from periodicals or films you could legally show to those under the age of 18?

[pwhodges]

You want stories?  (OK, it's not like I was there in the nineteenth century or anything...)

[westrim]

@Westrim: you took down the Allosaurus? D= I sent him to HELP!

Tell that to my spleen.

[TinPenguin]

Claire isn't horrified that he mentioned the snuggles, she's just appalled at being interrupted mid-snark.

[ThinksTooMuch]

Clinton is definitely not the first person I would have expected to spill the beans.  But like many such things, in retrospect it makes perfect sense.

[mtmerrick]

@Westrim: you took down the Allosaurus? D= I sent him to HELP!

Tell that to my spleen.

>_<

have you no experience with dinosaurs? its common practice to reward an Allosaur for good behavior with a fresh spleen.

you need this book:



Here it is, page 14.

Allosaurs love spleens. the fresher the better. To ensure good behavior, always give them a spleen before a difficult or unpleasant task. It is also common to give them one afterwards, to reinforce good behavior.

[Storel]

Claire is now officially a member of the cast; she's tweeting.

So... what happens when summer is over in 1000 strips or so, and she's not a summer intern?

Edit@Westrim: She could always hang out at, say, CoD.

But that's too easy! The only reasonable way she could stay in the picture is to start a relationship wit- oh god, not my spleen!  not me, the Allosaur, shoot the Allosaur! 

In many cases, a summer intern who does well enough at the job may be offered a permanent position by the same employer. Don't know how well that would fit into Claire's schedule, as once this "summer" ends the "fall" semester will start and she'll have classes, but we'll see.

At any rate, since she's got a Twitter account now, she's permanent cast -- she won't just go away when the "summer" ends. If nothing else, she could simply hang around at CoD or the Secret Bakery in between classes.

[TimO]

Yay, more Claire and Marten uncomfortableness, this should definitely be a winner for pushing an interesting storyline further.  It may not be a win for them personally, but it works for us.

[Is it cold in here?]

If humans were logical, this would make them more comfortable with each other, since each now knows that the other tries to avoid causing them embarrassment.

[Radical AC]

It seems Jeph spent a lot of time researching and putting effort into Claire to get her "right."  Twitter or no, I don't think he would invest that much in a character to drop them.

[cesariojpn]

Goddamn Clinton, you try hard to make sure people don't out Claire, and you go and do this shit.

[Lubricus]

Claire isn't horrified that he mentioned the snuggles, she's just appalled at being interrupted mid-snark.

+1 awesomeness for you! 

[Akima]

It looks like Clinton really wanted to get that out, and didn't consider whether it should get out. At least not from him, in that way.

Yes. I think that would have been better shared privately "bro to bro". Not that either Clinton or Marten is very bro-ish, but you know what I mean.

[ZoeB]

Can we switch to spider puns now? I couldn't find that many on the web...

Not sure if that's got legs...