Topic: Did you notice that? (Read 142170 times)

cesium133 · « **Reply #100 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 06:29 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 27 Jun 2013, 18:04

Reminds me of his little hat smile. Also I MUST TRY SPEED BEER. I hope someone posts it in December so I can get all my classmates to do it, especially because it snows a lot in New Hampshire and well...exams.

I don't think it would ever work here. There's almost no snow in the winter and there are no hills to sled on if it does snow. Also, most of the beer sold in Oklahoma is low alcohol content, so everyone would lose the game by hypothermia rather than by passing out. Plus, I would need friends.

jwhouk · « **Reply #101 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 07:38 »

"If we had any eggs, we could have ham and eggs." (pause) "If we had any ham."

Method of Madness · « **Reply #102 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 11:30 »

So beer can't be sold above a certain ABV or is there just a higher tax on it?

cesium133 · « **Reply #103 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 11:40 »

Beer sold in most stores is limited by ABV to no more than 3.2%. Some liquor stores are allowed to get exceptions to that rule, but if they do, they're not allowed to refrigerate the beer. Oklahoma is weird, but it could be worse. Could be Pennsylvania...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #104 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 12:17 »

Not allowed to refrigerate?

cesium133 · « **Reply #105 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 12:21 »

Yup:

Quote from: Wikipedia

Any beverage containing more than 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% alcohol by volume, that is, most liquors, wines, and typical beer, may only be sold in licensed liquor stores at room temperature

Alcohol Laws of Oklahoma

Zebediah · « **Reply #106 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 12:33 »

Ah, but do they legally define "room temperature"? If you refrigerate the entire store, there may be a loophole.

cesium133 · « **Reply #107 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 12:49 »

So I read the actual law, and it says, "Provided, all alcoholic beverages are to be sold at ordinary room temperature." I'm guessing if you refrigerated the entire store, they could make an argument that your room's temperature isn't "ordinary."

edit -- To try to get this thread back on topic, I'm wondering what question Dora, Faye, and Penelope are trying to find an answer for in the first frame of this comic.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #108 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 14:55 »

Given how crude the characters are, the most widely believed guess at the time was "What food would make the worst personal lubricant?".

Method of Madness · « **Reply #109 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 14:58 »

Well yeah, it's pretty obvious, I didn't even know it was disputed. What else would they be answering?

cesium133 · « **Reply #110 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 15:04 »

It did seem kind of obvious, but when I read it I did wonder if that could be the answer to some other question...

jwhouk · « **Reply #111 on:** 05 Jul 2013, 17:41 »

An intrepid reader in the WCDT spotted the small mistake Jeph made with the Google Search screen in 2484.

Look all the way over on the left: that "ph" is part of Jeph's Google Plus "greeting" line.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #112 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 07:59 »

In a world with Anthro-PCs being part of society a magazine called "Applied Robotics" apparently doesn't mean the same as it would in our world…

2072

cesium133 · « **Reply #113 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 09:45 »

It's a centerfold of the new model of the Jude Law chassis.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #114 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 10:06 »

It's surprising how much you can find on every archive binge.

There are homeless Anthro-PCs in QCverse.

"Will Torrent 4 Casa"

cesium133 · « **Reply #115 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 10:31 »

Pretty sure that's "Will Torrent 4 Cash".

ankhtahr · « **Reply #116 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 10:38 »

Huh, you're right.

Still means that there are Anthro-PCs which are worse off than others.

Kugai · « **Reply #117 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 11:00 »

Either that, or Pintsize was out trolling for cash to update his porn stash.

Storel · « **Reply #118 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 15:13 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Jul 2013, 14:55

Given how crude the characters are, the most widely believed guess at the time was "What food would make the worst personal lubricant?".

And dijon mustard was really the worst they could come up with? What about horseradish sauce, or wasabi, or Dave's Insanity Sauce?

cesium133 · « **Reply #119 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 15:19 »

The Hoodie Memorial makes a return in 1744.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #120 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 16:42 »

I had totally missed that.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #121 on:** 06 Jul 2013, 17:47 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 05 Jul 2013, 12:17

Not allowed to refrigerate?

Well, who (except for the British) wants to drink warm beer?

I'd guess it's an attempt to make stronger beer unable to be consumed immediately.

Storel · « **Reply #122 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 12:03 »

Quote from: bhtooefr on 06 Jul 2013, 17:47

Well, who (except for the British) wants to drink warm beer?

I'd guess it's an attempt to make stronger beer unable to be consumed immediately.

To be fair, in Britain "room temperature" is a lot cooler than in the US...

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #123 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 12:30 »

Yeah, no idea where this "warm beer" thing comes from. Not actively, mechanically, chilled sure. Not served over ice either. But stored underground in cold cellars for the most part, definitely.
Besides which, all cooling a beer does is stop the aromatic molecules from getting into your nose, destroying the true flavour.

Of course that's a problem for the recycled piss Budweiser corp. and Coors sell, as then you can tell what it was, so they naturally recommend chilling.

jwhouk · « **Reply #124 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 17:02 »

Now, you do have to understand that a lot of brewmasters here in the States had to do their crafting and brewing in caves and cellars, mostly because they didn't have castle-like structures here that they had in Europe. And beer does not keep well on transit, so it had to be cooled so it could be shipped outside the city - because not every city in America had a brewery.

<== Actually learned a few things the last time he took the Miller Brewery tour in Milwaukee.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #125 on:** 08 Jul 2013, 17:03 »

Maybe I'll check that out if I'm in Milwaukee. Does Miller taste less crappy when it's fresh?

Border Reiver · « **Reply #126 on:** 09 Jul 2013, 04:15 »

Probably not - I have yet to taste a beer from the major American brewers that is worth drinking - the smaller craft brewers do an acceptable to an excellent job depending on your tastes.

Thrudd · « **Reply #127 on:** 09 Jul 2013, 05:18 »

Is that "little" German restaurant in downtown Milwaukee with that awesome menu still there.
I heard that the Safehouse was mainstreamed and ruined in the process.

jwhouk · « **Reply #128 on:** 09 Jul 2013, 06:45 »

Maders will be there forever and ever. Safehouse has indeed been ruined, sadly.

Storel · « **Reply #129 on:** 09 Jul 2013, 14:22 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 09 Jul 2013, 06:45

Maders will be there forever and ever. Safehouse has indeed been ruined, sadly.

Darn, my wife will be bummed to hear about Safehouse. She's a Milwaukee native, but hasn't lived there for a long time.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #130 on:** 09 Jul 2013, 15:13 »

Quote from: Storel on 08 Jul 2013, 12:03

To be fair, in Britain "room temperature" is a lot cooler than in the US...

Um no, not really! The US has air conditioning, like, everywhere. I was cold all the time I was inside in the USA. And then I went outside and melted. The UK is just typically roughly the same in and out, at least in temperate seasons.

Loki · « **Reply #131 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 00:03 »

I am not sure whether I ever noticed the magazine Harriet is reading in this strip.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #132 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 00:20 »

Studying medicine can teach you how to torture, I doubt she wants to help YB. (I wonder what Yelling Bird's real name is)

ChaoSera · « **Reply #133 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 00:38 »

Hanners' apartment number is 36. Never noticed that before.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #134 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 01:10 »

Is 36 special, or is it just "I know her apartment number"?

ChaoSera · « **Reply #135 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 01:13 »

Pretty much just the latter. I'm bored at work.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #136 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 01:24 »

Not judgin', just curious if I missed something.

Loki · « **Reply #137 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 01:37 »

I thought that Hanners' appartment number kept changing through the strip?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #138 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 01:41 »

I was under that impression also.

jwhouk · « **Reply #139 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 05:53 »

Hey! Looks like Spaceship might actually get a brother of sorts in short order:

British Space Plane to get Engine Flight Test in 2020

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #140 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 06:25 »

Fun fact: the Skylon has a theoretical twin sister, in the form of a hypersonic commercial jet airliner, using similar tech to hybridise a regular jet and a scramjet. London to Sydney in five hours, crossing the pacific via the North Pole because there's none of that pesky "land" or worse "human habitation" to mess up with the sonic boom…

TinPenguin · « **Reply #141 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 06:33 »

Even if Skylon ever gets made, I won't trust something sounds like a hybrid of Skynet and the Cylons...

DSL · « **Reply #142 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 07:36 »

Quote from: Loki on 19 Jul 2013, 01:37

I thought that Hanners' appartment number kept changing through the strip?

It's to confuse the secret nanobot spies of her clone doppelganger.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #143 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 08:31 »

The wiki tries to list all of Hannelore's apartment numbers.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #144 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 08:38 »

Quote from: TinPenguin on 19 Jul 2013, 06:33

Even if Skylon ever gets made, I won't trust something sounds like a hybrid of Skynet and the Cylons...

I just want it to fly in the gloss black livery it has in the artist renders, because of extra awesome.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #145 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:57 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Jul 2013, 00:20

Studying medicine can teach you how to torture, I doubt she wants to help YB. (I wonder what Yelling Bird's real name is)

The most dangerous human being you know is your doctor. Unless your doctor is also a Navy SEAL. In which case he's the most dangerous person any of us know.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #146 on:** 21 Jul 2013, 04:25 »

I ship Hanners and Indy.

Carl-E · « **Reply #147 on:** 21 Jul 2013, 21:48 »

Hanners does, and that's the only ship that floats!

Schmee · « **Reply #148 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 23:38 »

Has anyone noticed the similarity between Dale's boss at http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2497 and the nudist guy at http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2304?
Coincidence?
I THINK NOT

Storel · « **Reply #149 on:** 23 Jul 2013, 23:47 »

Hmm. Well, if it is him, he's replaced the soul patch with a mustache. Otherwise, yeah, he looks very similar.

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