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WCDT Strips 3491 to 3495 (29 May to 2 June 2017)

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TheEvilDog:
I'd be lion if I said I was expecting that.

Storel:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 29 May 2017, 14:32 ---Similarly, in the armed forces, the most senior nursing position of "Matron" is held by male or female officers without any change in the title.
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That seems a bit silly to me -- "matron" means someone female.


--- Quote from: pwhodges on 29 May 2017, 14:32 ---OTOH, there was a move a few years ago to change the senior nurse on a ward from "Sister" (female) or "Charge Nurse" (male) to "Ward Manager" (either).  But many hospitals have not made the change as it is suggested that patients (especially the older ones) are confused when they find that such a familiar title as "Sister" is no longer used.
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Whereas here in the States it's "Charge Nurse" regardless of gender -- which seems pretty reasonable since we also use "Nurse" regardless of gender. As for confusing the older patients, well, that'll correct itself with time, won't it? Either they'll learn the new term and become less confused, or they'll die off and be replaced by younger patients who have a clue, eh?  :wink:

But it's better to go ahead and change the term and deal with the confusion, IMHO; if you never change it, that just perpetuates a different confusion.

BenRG:
There is something amazingly cute about today's strip. Brun clearly is still on a high from learning that she can tell jokes but clearly her sense of order means that they have to be jokes about dogs in order to be funny. On the other hand, it's great that Clinton feels at ease enough around Brun to try to respond in kind. That said, her 'does not compute' expression in panel 5 reminds us just how difficult holding a conversation with Brun might be. I don't know if Clinton will have the courage to try again after that experience!

If Brun has a difficulty dealing with science nerd jokes that don't involve dogs, it is clear that she has even more difficulty dealing with Claire. Her expression in panel 1 suggests that everything and anything about Claire doesn't make any sense to her whatsoever!

USS Martenclaire:
A group of vets was doing research into canine anatomy but had to stop when there was an accident in the lab.

oddtail:
See, this is the reason I keep going back and forth on how I feel about Brun.

On the one hand, she is an interesting character and can be quite likeable. And I can definitely sympathize with anyone who has trouble interacting with people. I may not struggle to the EXTENT that she apparently does, but I've been there.

On the other hand... I know it's partly for the sake of the last-panel joke, but the very matter-of-fact way she rejects a joke that does not fit what it *should* be kinda annoys me. I guess that speaks to the way her train of thought just goes to places I do not comprehend, but a person who has trouble communicating with people acting like there is a proper way to respond to what she said is something that just rubs me the wrong way. Upon rereading the comic, she doesn't say anything angry or negative, and she seems more baffled than anything judging from her expression (I think it's Clinton's "Sorry" that threw me off), but her reaction is just so off-the-wall, it makes no sense to me that she'd act this way, no matter how fixated she is on dog jokes at the moment. Plus, maybe it's where the comic cuts off. Clinton's "sorry" and a lack of further speech balloons from her seems like she thinks the "sorry" is warranted. If the next strip continues this particular thread of conversation between them, my perception of Brun's reaction might completely change.

Right now, though, how shall I put it... in many situations in my life, I share Clinton's attitude of being overly apologetic. So I have a lot of sympathy for him, especially since he didn't do anything wrong. And my sympathy/empathy for him right now kinda translates into being annoyed at Brun, I guess.

It doesn't help that her jokes are... I'm not gonna say "terrible", because I actually love groan-worthy puns. I honestly do. But they seem super-forced to me, they barely make sense as puns. Although I'll admit, they're very "Brun", I think. She seems to mash two words that kinda have a similar element together for a pun, I somehow think it's very in-character for her to take this very... methodical approach to joking. Doesn't change the fact that I still don't like the jokes.

Or maybe it's just that I don't like characters that act extremely, for the lack of a better word, wacky. Emily is consistently my least favourite character, so maybe there's just something about characters not reacting "normal" that throws me off.

I'm sure I had a point in there somewhere, but seems I've gone into disjointed, random comments on the comic; sorry about that. Hopefully part of my comment is somewhat useful or insightful to someone in some way.

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