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Marten Reed Cleaners LTD

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My, my, MYYYYYYYYYY Delilah!!!!

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Resetting Tai

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Marten swings

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A week of Yelling Bird and Sweet Tits

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Butts!!!!

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Total Members Voted: 85

[Method of Madness]

Will somebody please fix the thread title?

Yep!

Honestly, I'd be very, very surprised if Marten was being serious. It's just such a...not-Marten thing to do.

I think that's why he did it.

[Kugai]

Give that man a drink


He needs it to put out the flames.

[Method of Madness]

Nothing too strong, though.

[Indicible]

That... didn't go so well.

So, in Marten's list?

Makeouts with Pintsize
Makeouts with Delilah
Makeouts with yet unknown young lady

[cpflux]

In the page 2626,
If Marten's still alive
If Delilah can survive,
They may find...

...In a future page that ends with a twenty,
Marten Reed tries to act as though it's all funny.
He may look like he struck out, all limp,
Well, in fact, I think he just did.


If the wordplay is awful, you have my apologies, but I couldn't help but riff on my favorite Futurama episode.

[Lubricus]

Poor Marten! He should try reading this forum, that should give him a few clues... Then again, maybe not.

About dates, BTW: I really like the taste of dates, but it's practically impossible to find fresh ones up here in the frozen north. All we have is the dried ones. I've always wanted to taste fresh dates. But as a married man, I guess I'm stuck with dried ones...

[NilsO]

Seems like Marten is getting desperate. And pathetic. Unless this is part of a grand master plan, I would like to forget the whole party and all the participants (except Tai, but including Marten).

[Method of Madness]

You'd like to forget Marten?

[sitnspin]

I interpreted it as him joking while also hoping she'd agree. Joke flirting is relatively safe. You toss it out there and if she flirts back, great; ifshe doesn't, you get to save face since it was not a serious attempt. Judging by his face in the last panel, I am guessing he expected more of a light chuckle. No one wants the idea of making out with them to be gut-busting hilarious.

[Is it cold in here?]

This one's not really comparable.

[Sidhekin]

How on Earth did she figure he was serious?!

ETA: Oh wait, she's seeing (through) his deadpan and raising him one?

[Akima]

Wow... Marten...Really?

Yeah... That was pretty much my reaction. I certainly hope Marten was not serious.

[Antario]

if this were earlier in the night she might set him up with somebody thats actually interested, walk of shame of a different kind incoming

[Lubricus]

Marten seems utterly unable to land a woman on his own initiative. It looks like he's completely dependent on meeting someone willing to take charge herself, which again means he'll only ever be together with women who will be far more assertive than him, I guess.

[Loki]

Aaargh.

Is it bad that one of my first thoughts was "OMG, the forum is gonna eat him alive!"?

[Lubricus]

Well, at least that means that SOMEONE is eating him! 

[ysth]

I'm reserving judgement till next Marten strip (which I truly hope will be tomorrow).

[Delator]

Marten is as serious as Delilah's orange pants are ridiculous.

[pwhodges]

No Marten, that is not how to do it...

[NilsO]

You'd like to forget Marten?

Yes. He can move back to California, track down Padma (in a creepy and pathetic way), and finally move in with his mother. Life in QC do not have to be centered on Marten, even if he has been with us since Number One.

[rschill]

Meh, sometimes you gotta put it out there and get shot down just to clear the air and break the tension.

[Soulsynger]

I stand by my preferred prediction that Delilah and Marten will just have a nice conversation in which she'll give him some insightful outsider's perspective.

Same as with Lieutenant ... Porter (or something?) up on the space station a while back?
Marten really needs to reflect a bit on who he approaches and HOW...
I mean you can't just fire randomly in every direction and expect to hit what you need or want.

Smooooooth.

...as sandpaper.

[Thrillho]

Um... that tactic can work.

Kinda cold to laugh in his face, but if you're going to make the 'I am going to tell you that fun things are going to happen and then they are going to happen' you need to kinda be prepared for that shit.

As far as having a reason to not make out with him, I think 'I am not sexually attracted to you and that is both the minimum and maximum necessary reasoning not to do so' would do.

[Storel]

Oh Gawd, Marten... 

[techkid]

Dang, Marten... skipping the whole "getting to know you" bit and just going for the goods is a pretty big low. Not quite bottom of the barrel, but close.

You got tomorrow to redeem yourself, better make good use of it.

[Technetium]

sometimes I have a hard time deciding which comic has the more pitiful main character, this one or Megatokyo. That was painful.

[Jazzmaster]

Would people be calling Marten "pathetic" if Delilah actually agreed to it?

Serious question.

[Sidhekin]

M: You can pay me back with makeouts.
D: Okay.
M: Wait, what?

[McFace]

Meh, sometimes you gotta put it out there and get shot down just to clear the air and break the tension.

This is true. I have personal experience with this. It can turn out rather well in the end.

Anyway, I'm in the "he wasn't particularly serious" camp on this one.

[ZoeB]

Poor Marten.

I've come to the conclusion that being a guy must be hard.

[Thrillho]

Would people be calling Marten "pathetic" if Delilah actually agreed to it?

Serious question.

Precisely. This isn't even slightly pathetic if it succeeded. In fact if it had succeeded it would be pretty badass, or at least quite alpha male. This kind of thing CAN work.

[Nepiophage]

Poor Marten.

I've come to the conclusion that being a guy must be hard.

No shit.

[snubnose]

I've come to the conclusion that being a guy must be hard.

Well ... yeah, I suppose so.

[Method of Madness]

skipping the whole "getting to know you" bit

Wasn't he getting to know her during the party?

[judemorrigan]

I see Marten took Dora and Faye's expectations of an ill-advised hookup a bit too much to heart.  Not that D doesn't seem like a nice enough person, but yeesh. 

[Black Sword]

I honestly think Marten's joking, just that he was expecting a much milder reaction. Hell, I would make similar kinds of jokes and expect smiles or snark, not belly laughter.

[NilsO]

I've come to the conclusion that being a guy must be hard.

Indeed. I wish some memories from my younger days could be erased. It was some terrible years.

[Thrillho]

I would never for a second pretend to act like being a guy is harder than being a girl.

[Lubricus]

I would never for a second pretend to act like being a guy is harder than being a girl.

This. I mean, I had some frustrating times as a young man, but we have it WAY easier than the women. Don't forget that, guys.

[Mlle Germain]

I don't think Delilah laughing like this is necessarily mean and making fun of Marten. Possibly it's just that' she finds the situation awkward and thus reacts with laughter. I will admit that I would find being asked directly for makeouts - even if possibly in jest - terribly awkward if it was from a guy I'd just met that evening and talked to nicely, but probably was not interested in romantically. I mean, come on - when you have only just met somebody, the chances are pretty good that you're not romantically interested in them, just simply because you don't know them.
Also, Delilah might be a bit like Padma in reacting to things very spontaneously without thinking about whether this might be insensitive and hurt someone.

[KOK]

And she may not be quite sober.

[br_alm]

I'm sad for Marten. Nothing ever seems to work out the way he wants, at least romantically... I think it's time for things to work out a little better for him, otherwise it's just too depressing. 

[gprimr1]

I think he was serious but more in the "what do I have to loose if I suggest it" way?

It's the first time he's met her, he may never see her again.

[Game and Watch Forever]

Also, Delilah might be a bit like Padma in reacting to things very spontaneously without thinking about whether this might be insensitive and hurt someone.

Beat me to it! This is very similar to Padma's reaction to Marten attempting to dance...

Also, count me in with the people that think he was seriously joking, but would have been totally for it if she agreed. I think it's sad to see him trying so "hard" and fail. I say hard, because now on a second read-through, I can't help but continue to read it as awkward. And I probably read it as awkward the first time, because it's Marten. Wonder if I would reread it with more confidence in his words if he had actually succeeded.

On the topic of Delilah, I really do think she must like men to some degree or another or else Tai would have said SOMETHING. Or if not said, at least had a less positive reaction than "". And it sounds like they've discussed relationships before, since Delilah knows of Dora, so I imagine she'd at least know some of her history (though perhaps not).

[Schmorgluck]

I sincerely hope that Marten was joking there. I mean, there's being awkward, and there's being a douche.

[marsman57]

I didn't have a problem when Marigold tried to leverage Momo's chassis, but this is soliciting prostitution.

I feel like I should save this comic to preserve its badness in the event Jeph wants to "fix" it.

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[marsman57]

Marten seems utterly unable to land a woman on his own initiative. It looks like he's completely dependent on meeting someone willing to take charge herself, which again means he'll only ever be together with women who will be far more assertive than him, I guess.

Have you met his mother?

[DrBear]

Today's question:
Would you rather be shot down by:
a. Delilah laughing at you.
b. Faye punching you.

[rschill]

I sincerely hope that Marten was joking there. I mean, there's being awkward, and there's being a douche.

It is kinda douchy...  but then maybe not.  I dunno, I keep flipping back and forth.  I was never very good at making the first move, flirting, or anything like that. 

[Thrillho]

Today's question:
Would you rather be shot down by:
a. Delilah laughing at you.
b. Faye punching you.

Faye punching me would be kinda hot.