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In fire

With a Contraterrene Warhead

In booze

Pintsize

Harriett, Yelling Bird, Randy and The Shame Orb singing Auld Lang Syne

Claireface in Martens bed

Dora proposes to Tai

Sven leaves with Tortura

Space Jam at the Elcott-Chattham Station

Universe crossing with Alice Grove

Veronica announces she's pregnant - with twins

Faye hooks up with Steve

Deathmole plays Maddison Square Garden

Whatever it is, Jeph will shock us

Christmas Spathe Ham with Fried Turkey and Potatoes

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

[ReindeerFlotilla]

I suppose, if we're going to be anatomically correct, if you manage to reach anything other than a limb without injury, you should be congratulated on your flexibility.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Since someone had to say it:

She's flying Tai.  She's a real Tai flyer.  She has Tai hopes. 

[Method of Madness]

Of course she can fly. She's a Tai fighter.

...but can Tai land?

[ReindeerFlotilla]

It doesn't matter if she make a controlled landing or not. Either way, there's gonna be a Tai down. Worse yet, the puns could Tai up the thread for the rest of the week. It only a matter of time before someone gets Tai-ered of it

I, for one, look forward to the Tai-ins/

[St.Clair]

I debated which of these puns was the worst, but in the end, I decided it was...
(go ahead, say it)

[Gladstone]

...a Tai, because they're all tai-rrible.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

They could have been Tai-tanic.

[DrBear]

She can't wait until they Tai the knot.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

That level of squee could be a Tai-breaker.

[Akima]

To bring off an ambush like that requires good Tai-ming.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

Emily helped. For Claire it became a perfect storm, really.

A Tai-phoon, even.

[Rghfrgl]

Without them they might not have gotten together for another 1000 strips.

They managed to get things done in a Tai-mily fashion.

[FunkyTuba]

This thread is going to an-Tai-gonize people who hate puns

[ysth]

People who hate puns?  I don't believe in them. Just a conspiracy of cartaigraphers.

[SubaruStephen]

If anyone deserves her own spin-off comic, it's her, she's the perfect pro-Tai-gonist.

[BenRG]

I'm thinking that Emily has proved that she can keep a secret. How? By keeping Tai's confetti ambush secret and leading Claire in the right direction without tipping her off.

What is Claire's key learning? She never knew just how many friends that she had, all of whom wanted her to be happy! So, have they broken out the "Happy Arbour Day" banner in the office?

Edit
A caption for panel 3:

TAI: "YYYAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!"

CLAIRE: "Omyeffingodz!!!"

[ZoeB]

Thai Fighter



and a Belgian and Italian one too.

[MrNumbers]

The level of responses here has been...

Tai-tanic.

[techkid]

Someone should Tai her up, her sheer exuberance can hardly be con-Tai-ned!

(click to show/hide)

Yeah, it doesn't really work, but I couldn't think of anything better.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Oh, what have I done?    Heh, like I said, something someone had to do.

As for tying Tai up we've already seen that, and by Marten no less. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1302

[Undrneath]

I think they may go celebrate with a round of Mai Tais.

[osaka]

So we know Tai has some vertical and she has a power hug that can crack a Marten in half. Are we sure she didn't play Cornerback in her high school?

Just a sporty thought, after all that Tai talk.

[DSL]

Much later, it was said the puns didn't let up until Tai died.

It was colorful.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

I do wonder if Emily distracted Claire on purpose. I still can't imagine Emily doing anything sneaky, but switching to that subject did help Tai intercept her.






Too subtle?

[MooskiNet]

So we know Tai has some vertical and she has a power hug that can crack a Marten in half. Are we sure she didn't play Cornerback in her high school?

Just a sporty thought, after all that Tai talk.

She could probably play rugby with this lady. 

[KOK]

Randy's a Time Lord?

Randy is eternal.

[Kugai]

Great leap, she must practice Taikwondo.

[Method of Madness]

Randy's a Time Lord?

Randy is eternal.

But Tai is a Taim Lord.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

But Tai is a Taim Lord.

but not ginger.

(fixed quote - Method)

[ysth]

My first reaction to that was that it was some kind of Ginger Baker/Tom Baker mashup joke.

The Glenfartin` seems to be missing its apostrophe.

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

[Rghfrgl]

Faye's falling back in the bottle story just got a lot less subtle.

But I suppose alchoholism generally isn't subtle.

[Gladstone]

Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

Not quite.  But now it seems the booze isn't intended for emergencies anymore.

[Is it cold in here?]

642

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

Okay, doubly wrong, but not about the more important bit.

I should really check before I make a statement like that. =P

[ReindeerFlotilla]

Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

I guess for values of "booze." (Edit: more like values of "brought." This may indeed be the first time Faye has brought alcohol to work for the express purpose of drinking it on the job--as opposed to the bottle for emergencies or a social context.) IIRC (and I am not going to look it up today) CoD had (has?) a bottle of emergency bourbon under the counter, and Dora has no issues with pizza and beer during work. (Beaten to the punch, I have been. Type faster, I must.)

Faye's falling back in the bottle story just got a lot less subtle.

But I suppose alchoholism generally isn't subtle.

To be momentarily serious (not too serious), alcoholism is such a problem word. It's used for the state of being addicted to alcohol in the chemical sense, and for self medicating with alcohol. Faye has a drinking problem. She has pretty much since we met her. But it's not clear if she's addicted, and seems she isn't (IANA doctor. I can only go by knowing too many alcoholics).

Of course, she could be going over the line. I'd say I saw about a quarter or a third of the addicts I've known start by drinking "the hair of the dog" after waking up, which transitioned to drinking at work in all cases. None of the addicts I've known started as emotional drinkers, like Faye. But I figure that's just an artifact of the sample, not an argument that Faye is not an addict.

I'm not saying one has to be chemically addicted to be an alcoholic. Certainly all of the bad stuff happens whatever the cause of one's drinking problem.

(Full disclosure: I might as well be a teetotaler. I like beer. I love Kahlua. Big fan of a fine whisky or rum. I bought a 12 pack of beer 4 months ago-ish. There are 9 or 10 left. I haven't had anything else in that time. I like it that way. Getting a buzz is cheap. So the only experience I have is watching others become alcoholics.)

[Rghfrgl]

The comments get unintentionally depressing when the comment and the plug get mixed together.

Goddamnit Faye It's that time of year again!

[BrusselSprouts]

Third panel Dora looks... sympathetic I guess. She must have come to her senses in the transition between panel three and four.

Also Glenfartin

[St.Clair]

I do wonder if Emily distracted Claire on purpose. I still can't imagine Emily doing anything sneaky, but switching to that subject did help Tai intercept her.






Too subtle?

No, but it is a bit advanced for some.

[MrNumbers]

At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

[Neko_Ali]

I would say that Faye doesn't have an alcohol addiction, in the traditional sense. She isn't always or frequently drunk. She drinks socially, and as a (poor) stress coping mechanism. In that way she has a problem (the stress drinking, not the social kind). But she can also go long periods without drinking, presumably. Still, how much she drank was a problem point for Angus, so it's possible she drinks more than we see 'on screen' and she does have an addiction problem. But she doesn't fit the pattern of other addicts that I've known who pretty much need their fix on a daily basis.

[ysth]

Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

Not quite.  But now it seems the booze isn't intended for emergencies anymore.

Some anti-foreshadowing a bit later: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1807

[BenRG]

Faye's addiction to alcohol was always of the 'stress coping' variety. Because of this, and the nature of her breakup with Angus, there was always the risk that she'd turn back to some form of chemical crutch to avoid dealing with her thoughts and emotions. That's a dangerous path and I'm wondering if she's unknowingly travelling down her father's path.

Fortunately, Dora has found out. Unlike Marten, she doesn't avoid confrontation, so a dramatic intervention may be about to happen (Hannelore on 24/7 Faye-watch? The CoD girls taking it in shifts to watch her?). I suspect that Marten might feel guilty about being so wrapped up in himself that he didn't notice.

At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

::pun::

No, but it is a bit advanced for some.

I'm tongue Taid.

Faye's addiction to alcohol was always of the 'stress coping' variety. Because of this, and the nature of her breakup with Angus, there was always the risk that she'd turn back to some form of chemical crutch to avoid dealing with her thoughts and emotions. That's a dangerous path and I'm wondering if she's unknowingly travelling down her father's path.

Fortunately, Dora has found out. Unlike Marten, she doesn't avoid confrontation, so a dramatic intervention may be about to happen (Hannelore on 24/7 Faye-watch? The CoD girls taking it in shifts to watch her?). I suspect that Marten might feel guilty about being so wrapped up in himself that he didn't notice.

At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

Marten's usually a good egg about other people's problems, but he's got a natural tendency to take people at their word. I'd say he knows Faye well enough that he should have seen through it, under normal circumstances, but's pretty high on endorphins right now. Love, lust, infatuation... that stuff'll impair you. There should warnings about operating heavy machinery.

Anyway, if Faye is seriously on that slope, Dora's really the one she needs. Marty is an awesome friend, but Dora won't put up with it. Addiction or no, Faye needs an intervention. Frankly, bringing this up to Dora is like asking for one, so either Faye knows that on some level or she's really gone past the bend. All other things being equal, I'm not betting on either.

[MrNumbers]

At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

For Faye, a whisper for permission might be as close as she can get to a genuine cry for help.

"Ha ha aren't I being funny asking for this booze by the way I'm finding it really hard to deal with sobriety right now just incidentally"

... Oh man, imagine how she's going to feel the first time she changes the channel to see Angus on TV.

[Akima]

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

Very plausible. A fine example of "Ha ha, only serious."

[Mad Cat]

My first reaction to that was that it was some kind of Ginger Baker/Tom Baker mashup joke.

The Glenfartin` seems to be missing its apostrophe.

You may be thinking of Glen Livet, but that's not an apostraphe, that's just a space. Glenfartin, Glenmorangie, and Glenfiddich are all one word names.

[ysth]

My first reaction to that was that it was some kind of Ginger Baker/Tom Baker mashup joke.

The Glenfartin` seems to be missing its apostrophe.

You may be thinking of Glen Livet, but that's not an apostraphe, that's just a space. Glenfartin, Glenmorangie, and Glenfiddich are all one word names.

No, I was thinkin' of Glenfartin'.

[Is it cold in here?]

There was a story arc long ago about Faye's alcohol usage. She brought it up as a problem in therapy. There was a blowup with Marten about it.

[Rghfrgl]

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

I originally thought todays strip was a bit much. Once I read Faye's first line in the second panel I was 'Alright, Jeph's laying it on too hard and I'm having trouble buying it'. But thinking about it this way, it's not Jeph laying it on for the people who hadn't noticed she's had a drink in her hand every strip she's been in, but FAYE laying it in hard so someone will notice, that's actually pretty solid.

I've turned the corner on todays strip.