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Total Members Voted: 76

[ankhtahr]

Well, it could easily be that he sprinted the 5 minutes it took him to arrive at CoD.

It just makes you wonder, what or who he ran from. Was he chased out of the pizza store?

[rschill]

Either it's a long way from the pizza-shop to CoD, or Dale is out of condition.

Did he sell his car? 

[ankhtahr]

Something is wrong with the Forum I believe. I posted a reply, and it's visible everywhere except in the normal ”thread view”. I can even see it in the ”Topic Summary” in the reply page.

Here's what I wrote:

Well, it could easily be that he sprinted the 5 minutes it took him to arrive at CoD.

It just makes you wonder, what or who he ran from. Was he chased out of the pizza store?

[westrim]

When I picture a pizza boy, Glenn jumps to mind, so that may alter my perception.

[iconmaster]

Yay!  No more glowing glasses! 

Was the May storyline just an elaborate ploy for Mr. Jacques to replace Dale's glasses with normal specs?

If so... well played, Mr. Jacques.

[Masterpiece]

UuuuuuUUUUUU you guys! DALE IS NOW HIRED BY COD!

Raaarhhurghl

[Zebediah]

Either it's a long way from the pizza-shop to CoD, or Dale is out of condition.

Did he sell his car?

There's probably no available parking anywhere near CoD.

I mean, have you ever tried to find an open parking space anywhere in Massachusetts? They're all taken.

[sitnspin]

There's probably no available parking anywhere near CoD.

I mean, have you ever tried to find an open parking space anywhere in Massachusetts? They're all taken.

This is so true. It is insane. I am fortunate that I get a parking spot as part of my apartment, but if I ever actually try taking my car anywhere I can't park when I get there.

[pwhodges]

Well, it could easily be that he sprinted the 5 minutes it took him to arrive at CoD.

It just makes you wonder, what or who he ran from. Was he chased out of the pizza store?

Just trying to work out why the quoted message is invisible.

[EDIT]

Administrator Comment

Now fixed; there is a forum test and repair function which found the error (and a handful of others) without my having to get the server administrator to do an off-line database verification.

[Mlle Germain]

I like the "traditional QC" vibe this story arc has. Faye and Dora in the coffee shop, occasional chats with the other employes (hopefully this will become more frequent now Dale's hired), visits from other characters... Great. Also, it's nice that Dale was hired and that one can actually see his eyes.

[foolsguinea]

More chaos, more customers, and more Sam.

[Method of Madness]

The third kind of makes the first redundant.

[Kugai]

Well, at least we know he was definitely interested in the job. 

[WAYF]

Soon CoD will grow into a hugely successful chain run exclusively by Dora's social circle.

[Kugai]

The nine of The Council of Doom?

[celticgeek]

Dale has an "in" - he knows about the Secret Menu.

[Loki]

The nine of The Council of Doom?

The Fellowship of the Mug?

[celticgeek]

But who has the "ONE RING"?

[Loki]

Pintsize.

You don't want to know.

[Method of Madness]

Actually, it's Yelling Bird (he made four more).

[Coffee_Kaioken]

It's probably not best to tell your new boss that you quit your old job with no notice whatsoever...

Agreed.

Just a few notes on why being a pizza delivery guy can suck after a while:

- You're driving in all kinds of conditions. Rain, snow, when it's dark, when it's blazing hot, etc. and if your boss is an asshole, he'll threaten to fire you if you refuse to deliver in a superstorm.

- You're on your customer's turf and if you have to deliver to a bad part of town - at night - you're pretty much risking your neck.

-  People will tip a waitress/waiter more for walking back and forth with their pizza, than they will a driver who uses their own car/gas. If you deliver part time, you'll pretty much be spending a better deal of what you make on repairs; and if you get into an accident while on delivery, your insurance isn't going to cover you.

It was definitely fun at times, though - I loved driving faster than usual (and getting leniency for it =P), playing my music, having some small talk here and there with the nicer customers, and I had fun messing around with my coworkers in the kitchen/getting free pizza when my boss wasn't in asshole-mode. Still, once I quit, that smell took over a week to get out of my car.

[Barmymoo]

I've only ordered pizza a couple of times. The last time, I absolutely did not tip. I almost refused to pay - the pizza arrived over an hour after it was ordered, stone cold.

[ankhtahr]

Just trying to work out why the quoted message is invisible.

So I apparently really stumbled into an error on this forum software? Hm. I wonder what caused it. I thought all the pages would generate the content from one central database which contains the posts, so when the post appears on one page, it appears on all.

On the other hand: I have no idea how forum software, especially SMF, works.

[pwhodges]

I have no means to find out what happened; I imagine that there are multiple indexes for different purposes, and that one of them got out of step because of an error somewhere.  However, as there were only a handful of errors after several years of the test routine not being run (I didn't even know it was there until I decided to look today), I guess the error is not easy to trigger.

[Coffee_Kaioken]

I've only ordered pizza a couple of times. The last time, I absolutely did not tip. I almost refused to pay - the pizza arrived over an hour after it was ordered, stone cold.

We had one driver who would sometimes get high on the job and take an hour to deliver an order. Maybe your guy was high? 

OH, ON A SECOND NOTE - MARIGOLD'S REACTION IF SHE WALKS INTO COD NOWWWWW

[Carl-E]

That will be Friday's comic / cliffhanger. 

[maxh]

I guess this kills the Claire/Marten shipping, then.

[Carl-E]

I had a job where I could've kept a bong.   



I just used a pipe instead. 

[Is it cold in here?]

The possibly obscure reference.

[Rghfrgl]

I guess this kills the Claire/Marten shipping, then.

Only for I imagine 4-6 weeks.

Shit, that's like 2 years real time...

[jmucchiello]

For the record, I am also not letting someone rub their dick on my ears.


I'm just saying...

[westrim]

It's hard to avoid it if you get whacked in the face by a Broom Made Entirely of Dicks.

[mustang6172]

No ear job?  What a tease!

[Rghfrgl]

No ear job?  What a tease!

When it comes to infections it's best to ear on the side of caution.

[westrim]

It's still too early to tell where this will go.

I'd like to note that this strip is strong evidence that Claire is into dudes, since her mind jumped to dicks and not pussies. Though I must say, rubbing a cat against the side of your face is quite pleasurable.

[Mr_Rose]

Just try not to let it lick the piercing.

[Is it cold in here?]

Not everyone is into aural sex.

[wiserd]

You should never ever let someone rub their dick on your ear if it has any open wounds. That's how people get hearing AIDS.

*rimshot*

[Vurogj]

The possibly obscure reference.

I'm surprised you didn't go straight to the action.

[wiserd]

Not everyone is into aural sex.

Niiiice. 

[Akima]

*rimshot*

Would that be a rimshot on an eardrum?

[Border Reiver]

It's still too early to tell where this will go.

I'd like to note that this strip is strong evidence that Claire is into dudes, since her mind jumped to dicks and not pussies. Though I must say, rubbing a cat against the side of your face is quite pleasurable.

This strip, her reaction to Marten's Dad and also her reaction to Steve's butt at the party.

The lady is hetro. 

[bhtooefr]

Clearly, she doesn't lobe getting fucked in the ear.

* bhtooefr tosses a banana nut muffin in the pun jar

[Loki]

The pun jar has a butter overflow.

[Method of Madness]

The lady is hetero.

Just because she likes one doesn't mean she doesn't like the other. There's no way to know for sure yet.

[Barmymoo]

There's been nothing to indicate that she might be attracted to women. Considering how open and candid the other characters are about their sexuality, I'd have expected Claire to have mentioned it if she were bi by now. While I think it's good not to make assumptions, I hope people aren't assuming that Claire must be attracted to women as well because she's trans. I've never seen any speculation about Dale maybe being bi, for example, or Raven.

[GarandMarine]

I have quit a job like Dale did. Interestingly the only job I wanted to quit like that after the job that shall not be named was working as a barista. The coworkers were fine, the coffee drinks fun to make, but the public at large were apparently part of an attempt to turn me into a serial killer. Dale's gonna need to learn sass, sarcasm and loathing for all human life fast, the public can smell weakness on a barista without these traits.

[Method of Madness]

@Barmy - I really hope you don't think that's what I was assuming. I wasn't assuming anything about Claire's sexuality, I was only responding to a post that seemed to claim with certainty that she wasn't bi by pointing out that we don't know that for sure. As for Raven, I didn't realize people thought she wasn't. Also, didn't Claire say that Marten was lucky for dating Dora? (Or maybe it was the other way around, who knows?)

[Neko_Ali]

That was a very neutral comment. When asked if Marten and Dora dated, Claire responded with a simply 'Lucky.....'. And she has commented that Marten has a lot of really attractive friends. Most of Marten's friends are girls. Really I think Steve and Pintsize are his only male friends. Sven is more like, brother of his ex, he's never hung out that much with Dale or Clinton.  So there is that. Not really an indication that Claire is into girls though. You can appreciate beauty without being sexually attracted to someone. She's definitely into the dudes though, from her reaction in so many strips.

[Barmymoo]

Since I know you well enough to know that you wouldn't make an assumption like "trans women must be attracted to women as well", I didn't think that - but I wanted to make the point in general because I think some people do get very muddled about the relationship between gender and sexuality. It's actually quite nice that people are talking about bisexuality as a thing that really exists, since most of the general media present it as binary: attracted to men, or attracted to women.