Topic: WCDT Strips 3531 to 3535 (24th to 28th July 2017) (Read 48885 times)

hedgie · « **Reply #100 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 13:40 »

This place creepy? Wherever did you get that idea? <edited for sanity>

Thrillho · « **Reply #101 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 13:48 »

Yeah. That isn't even really a funny joke to be honest so we'll stop there.

NemesisDancer · « **Reply #102 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 13:54 »

I think Hannelore's new haircut makes sense - the clothing drawn on characters at the moment implies late spring/early summer (mostly T-shirts and vests but still the odd hoody for colder spells) and people often get haircuts this time of year as the warm weather makes short hair more practical

Endellion · « **Reply #103 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 15:22 »

Oh darn, has Claire had a Clairecut again? I like the floof!

Nooooooooo!

Thrudd · « **Reply #104 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 18:24 »

Quote from: flondrix on 26 Jul 2017, 06:09

How many geeks have had the epiphany that if you buy the exact same sock in bulk and get rid of the rest, you never have to match up socks again?

Hmm, all my socks are McGreggors but three different shades. I always go for a shade different from the ones I already have so I can tell the newer ones from the older and the ancient ones apart.
I also may have a dozen black T's of which half are crew and half V neck.

The Floof is endangered - save the Floof - wheres PETF when you need them

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #105 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 19:24 »

Quote from: flondrix on 26 Jul 2017, 06:09

How many geeks have had the epiphany that if you buy the exact same sock in bulk and get rid of the rest, you never have to match up socks again?

It wasn't an epiphany really, more like I just needed to make space in the sock drawer for the 75 pairs I won from the Snap-On tool guy.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #106 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 19:31 »

New comic! Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #107 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 22:03 »

Tiny, gentle pillow fight!

oeoek · « **Reply #108 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 22:17 »

Everybody should have patpatpillow friends!

BenRG · « **Reply #109 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 23:23 »

Today's strip is maximum cute on many levels. I do like how Marten and Claire have adapted to Hannelore's particular needs. Hanners looks like she doesn't know whether she's grateful or if she should be telling them off for being silly!

Seriously, though, I wonder if Hannelore is ready to consider what she was thinking in yesterday's strip and what it means for her. Does this mean that she's 'over the hump' when it comes to her germaphobia? Is she really able to consider putting off personal cleaning for a few hours because she can't face it or was it just fatigue talking? They're big questions to answer because Hannelore's obsessive/compulsive cleaning is a huge impediment to her being able to do lots of other things at the moment.

Personally, I think that it's a result of having an 'outdoors life'. Working at Coffee of Doom and all the other things Hannelore does has forced her to compromise her obsessive cleanliness in many ways. It's now reached the point where her brain is able to leapfrog triggers; it's just that this is the first time she's consciously realised this.

brasca · « **Reply #110 on:** 26 Jul 2017, 23:47 »

Seems that Hannelore is more freaked out by not being freaked out about being dirty. Perhaps she's concerned about losing her identity.

St.Clair · « **Reply #111 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 00:17 »

Someone needs to inform her, IMO, that "you are not your neuroses; you are not your disorders; you are not your illness."
Which is hard for a lot of people to accept, when those problems are so big that they do have a habit of eclipsing/supplanting/replacing your identity.

Kugai · « **Reply #112 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 00:48 »

Pillowfight!!!

Hehe

And I'm back. Seems I wound up with a former - and Banned - Members ISP address, which had ME Banned. Thanks to Devcca, a friend who is a Member here and Paul, who she PMed on my behalf, I'm able to sign in again.

Penquin47 · « **Reply #113 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 00:50 »

Claire is adorable and I love the idea of pillowpats for someone who doesn't like to be touched - even though we've seen Hanners getting better enough to hug someone (she hugged Marten after getting the job at CoD), now is not the time to push that.

Devcca · « **Reply #114 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 00:52 »

Quote from: Kugai on 27 Jul 2017, 00:48

Pillowfight!!!

Hehe

And I'm back. Seems I wound up with a former - and Banned - Members ISP address, which had ME Banned. Thanks to Devcca, a friend who is a Member here and Paul, who she PMed on my behalf, I'm able to sign in again.

That would be the gentlest pillow fight I ever seen

No problem, Kugai. I'm glad you're back!

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #115 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 04:23 »

Can't help but notice that Hanners has STILL not had a shower... and doesn't seem to be freaking out at all.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #116 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 07:32 »

Quote from: brasca on 26 Jul 2017, 23:47

Seems that Hannelore is more freaked out by not being freaked out about being dirty. Perhaps she's concerned about losing her identity.

I recently read a comment from someone in a human service profession that people often identify with their problems and are afraid to lose them because they'd be mutilating their sense of self.

OldGoat · « **Reply #117 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 08:38 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 27 Jul 2017, 07:32

Quote from: brasca on 26 Jul 2017, 23:47
Seems that Hannelore is more freaked out by not being freaked out about being dirty. Perhaps she's concerned about losing her identity.
I recently read a comment from someone in a human service profession that people often identify with their problems and are afraid to lose them because they'd be mutilating their sense of self.

Truth. Change is scary to a great many people. They'll keep hitting their head on a brick wall because that they know how to do.

Bollthorn · « **Reply #118 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 13:25 »

Hanners is so fricking adorable!! :3

Akima · « **Reply #119 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 15:36 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 27 Jul 2017, 07:32

I recently read a comment from someone in a human service profession that people often identify with their problems and are afraid to lose them because they'd be mutilating their sense of self.

Attachment can be a subtle thing that creeps up on you from unexpected directions.

Comfort pillow-patting is adorable, and so is Hanners's new hair.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #120 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 19:28 »

Go go Gadget Lament Configuration.

Kugai · « **Reply #121 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 20:44 »

It is The Cube

I just hope Optimus gets there first

Tova · « **Reply #122 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 21:38 »

It's a table sugar cube gift dispenser.

cesium133 · « **Reply #123 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 21:45 »

It's also a doomsday machine.

Tova · « **Reply #124 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 22:14 »

Wrapped sugar cubes are pretty much the devil incarnate, so yes.

pwhodges · « **Reply #125 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 22:52 »

For some reason it reminds me of this:

It's probably just as useful.

BenRG · « **Reply #126 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 23:24 »

I think that I understand Claire's dilemma here. We've all seen things that we feel compelled to buy even though we have no use for them (even if said use was clearly defined). With me, it's pop science books that I never end up reading. The point is that the urge to buy something just so you feel that there was a reason you had for going into the shop is pretty strong and my mother has a startling large number of bookmarks from museum gift shops as a result.

Onto the subject at hand: You know that Claire has moved in and that she and Martin are a serious long-term relationship because she's started to redecorate. It's started with new adornment to the furnishings and curios that she thinks will 'make the place look nicer'. Trust me that a full redecoration can't be far behind!

As for said curio, I think it's one of those pseudo-perpetual motion machines that you trigger then can auto-hypnotise yourself by staring at when you're bored or stressed.

Finally, I can hear Pinhead saying to Pintsize: "Yo, little brother! Mom is gonna be mad at you for going out without telling her when you'll be back!"

Akima · « **Reply #127 on:** 27 Jul 2017, 23:32 »

It's surprisingly easy to imagine Pintsize with nails stuck into that round melon of his.

Jakk Frost · « **Reply #128 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 06:48 »

Oh lord I just realized Hannelore has that awful looking Reverse-Mullet haircut $:-\$

(That's what I call it, anyways)

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jul 2017, 23:24

Onto the subject at hand: You know that Claire has moved in and that she and Martin are a serious long-term relationship because she's started to redecorate. It's started with new adornment to the furnishings and curios that she thinks will 'make the place look nicer'. Trust me that a full redecoration can't be far behind!

She may bump heads with Faye over that, though.

OldGoat · « **Reply #129 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 10:42 »

May as well start looking for a place to put Claire's antique oak roll-top desk now, Marten. (I know, she doesn't have one - YET, but she already has funds set aside for when she finds it. She'll need it for her inkwell, quill pen, and blotter. And don't forget the sealing wax!)

Thrudd · « **Reply #130 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 12:18 »

I never could fathom the use of wax when sealing.
Then again it took me ages to comprehend the idea of wearing comfortable dance shoes when clubbing.

DSL · « **Reply #131 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 12:21 »

Are we headed into an adorable-off between Claire and Hannelore?

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #132 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 14:22 »

Quote from: DSL on 28 Jul 2017, 12:21

Are we headed into an adorable-off between Claire and Hannelore?

Nah, they're going to accidentally buy one each of the Potara Earrings and fuse into Clanelore, whose cuteness is maximum.

OldGoat · « **Reply #133 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 14:38 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 28 Jul 2017, 14:22

Nah, they're going to accidentally buy one each of the Potara Earrings and fuse into Clanelore, whose cuteness is maximum.

OMG, a strawberry blonde mega-hottie with blue-green eyes could be weaponized cuteness.

JimC · « **Reply #134 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 14:51 »

I was thinking that Claire is starting to look disturbingly like Marten's mother.

Sullivan · « **Reply #135 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 19:56 »

Shouldn't Pintsize want to be a Cenobyte?

BenRG · « **Reply #136 on:** 28 Jul 2017, 23:42 »

Sorry Sullivan but Jeph already made that joke in the strip footer text.

Case · « **Reply #137 on:** 29 Jul 2017, 08:06 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 28 Jul 2017, 14:22

Quote from: DSL on 28 Jul 2017, 12:21
Are we headed into an adorable-off between Claire and Hannelore?
Nah, they're going to accidentally buy one each of the Potara Earrings and fuse into Clanelore, whose cuteness is maximum.

Or maybe Haire?

WareWolf · « **Reply #138 on:** 29 Jul 2017, 12:15 »

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jul 2017, 23:24

I think that I understand Claire's dilemma here. We've all seen things that we feel compelled to buy even though we have no use for them (even if said use was clearly defined). With me, it's pop science books that I never end up reading.

With me, it's history books, especially from used bookstores. I have more than I'll ever read.

Stoutfellow · « **Reply #139 on:** 29 Jul 2017, 12:29 »

Quote from: WareWolf on 29 Jul 2017, 12:15

With me, it's history books, especially from used bookstores. I have more than I'll ever read.

Oh, I know that one. I have a Kindle, and there's a huge amount of history you can pick up in e-form at Project Gutenberg. (Just finished a 19th century history of the Fourth Crusade....)

Sam_bedge · « **Reply #140 on:** 30 Jul 2017, 07:20 »

Given the casts previous history with encountering military hardware. I'm going with it's the key of combination for Pintsize and Bubbles. Bubbles is not going to be happy to see that again....

If Winslow, May and Momo join they form Mega-Mecha-Shipper. Roomba forms the rocket pack to become Ultra-God-help-us-saurus...

WareWolf · « **Reply #141 on:** 30 Jul 2017, 09:36 »

Quote from: Stoutfellow on 29 Jul 2017, 12:29

Quote from: WareWolf on 29 Jul 2017, 12:15
With me, it's history books, especially from used bookstores. I have more than I'll ever read.

Oh, I know that one. I have a Kindle, and there's a huge amount of history you can pick up in e-form at Project Gutenberg. (Just finished a 19th century history of the Fourth Crusade....)

And even more you can pick up for 1.99-2.99 via the daily sales at Bookbub.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #142 on:** 31 Jul 2017, 06:58 »

::Reads latest strip::

::Reads it again::

::Looks for David Willis' signature at the bottom::

"Awh, come on....."

Method of Madness · « **Reply #143 on:** 31 Jul 2017, 16:49 »

Quote from: JoeCovenant on 31 Jul 2017, 06:58

::Looks for David Willis's signature at the bottom::

Do you want everything to go horribly for all involved?

Tova · « **Reply #144 on:** 31 Jul 2017, 22:18 »

Well, the fact that you both continue to read his comic does strongly suggest that you do.

Gyrre · « **Reply #145 on:** 01 Aug 2017, 06:29 »

Quote from: Akima on 27 Jul 2017, 23:32

It's surprisingly easy to imagine Pintsize with nails stuck into that round melon of his.

Likely with the plank/bat still attached to them.

Gyrre · « **Reply #146 on:** 01 Aug 2017, 06:43 »

Quote from: WareWolf on 29 Jul 2017, 12:15

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jul 2017, 23:24
I think that I understand Claire's dilemma here. We've all seen things that we feel compelled to buy even though we have no use for them (even if said use was clearly defined). With me, it's pop science books that I never end up reading.

With me, it's history books, especially from used bookstores. I have more than I'll ever read.

*raises hand sheepishly*
Antique books. Especially if it's older than 1955.

I just wish my first edition 'A Princess of Mars' was in better condition. The poor thing's binding is coming undone. At least my oldest book is still in good-ish condition; 'Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero' from 1848.

pwhodges · « **Reply #147 on:** 01 Aug 2017, 07:33 »

My oldest book

Nepiophage · « **Reply #148 on:** 01 Aug 2017, 09:46 »

Quote from: Gyrre on 01 Aug 2017, 06:43

'Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero' from 1848.

With the original illustrations. Thackeray drew his own illustrations, so they are PART OF THE BOOK! but no modern publisher will include them. I've been trying for years to find such an edition.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #149 on:** 01 Aug 2017, 09:58 »

Quote from: Nepiophage on 01 Aug 2017, 09:46

Quote from: Gyrre on 01 Aug 2017, 06:43
'Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero' from 1848.

With the original illustrations. Thackeray drew his own illustrations, so they are PART OF THE BOOK! but no modern publisher will include them. I've been trying for years to find such an edition.

Maddeningly, this doesn't say too much about the illustrations...

https://www.createspace.com/7165643

BUT.. this looks promising...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/282564162246?chn=ps&dispItem=1&adgroupid=46481853114&rlsatarget=pla-327226398402&abcId=1129006&adtype=pla&merchantid=101715732&poi=&googleloc=1007321&device=c&campaignid=861899468&crdt=0

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