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WCDT Strips 3426-3430 (27 February - 3 March 2017)
TheEvilDog:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Mar 2017, 01:35 ---I think that the problem here is that Hannelore didn't communicate clearly enough to Dora what she found and why Dora might care whether Hannelore gave it as a gift to her friend. In this case, a valuable industrial-era antique that a collector almost certainly would want to bid for on eBay.
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You're assuming that Hannelore knew there was something more special about the clock than "this is an old clock and I have a friend who is interested in clocks". You can't communicate what you don't know.
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That's true but it's an assumption that I feel safe in making. To me, in panel 5, Hannelore isn't saying: "Well, I didn't know", she's saying: "Maybe you should be more aware of what's down there!"
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You think it's safe to assume that Hanners knowingly defrauded Dora?
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I wouldn't say knowingly or intended to. With two parents who are rich enough to be have Bond Villain-esque workplaces (volcano for HannerMom and space station for HannerDad), I think Hanners has a very different concept of money compared to the rest of the cast. $3000 might sound like a pittance to her, but for someone like Dora, who does walk a thin line despite being a business owner....well, like I said, earlier, it can be jarring to see that kind of money being given away, especially when Dora didn't know about the clock's value.
Tova:
Yes, it would be a bit jarring. On the other hand, if Brun had never walked through the door, Dora would probably eventually have just chucked the thing out.
It's a bit of a freak occurrence, after all. You wouldn't have any idea unless you had specialist knowledge. Pick up some random old clock and it will most likely be worthless... precisely because there are so many of them out there. The odds of finding something like this are low (by definition, really).
I don't think that Hanners is so dislocated from reality that she thinks $3000 doesn't mean anything to Dora. I think it's far more likely that it didn't occur to Hanners that an old cheap-looking clock is rare and thus valuable. If she'd had the required knowledge, then Brun and Hanners would have had at least one excited clock conversation by now. Instead, they had a pun conversation. :)
Hey, maybe 50-year-old mouse poop is, in fact, rare and valuable*.
* Probably not.
pendrake:
For comic #3429...
*comes up to counter*
One WTF-size Iced Cappuccino, please.
[Dora]: That'll be 5000 dollars.
*checks wallet* Dang. *puts down three 20-dollar bills* Okay, give me an Iced Blood instead.
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(Do not 'get' my joke? Check the prices sign behind Dora.)
chris73:
Brun is likely quite uninterested in selling this valuable start on a new clock collection. Maybe when she's employed she can get some renter's insurance to cover it.
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In that case it definitely should be given back to Dora
DonInKansas:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 02 Mar 2017, 13:40 ---Give it time Dora, Hanners has yet to find the secret door to the hidden treasure toom left over from the Prohibition Era. :-D
The waiver makes sense after all, what's down there are an industrial grade Coffee Grinder and Roaster.
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Don't forget possible death by Coffee Spiders.
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