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WCDT strips 4126 - 4130 (4th to 8th November 2019)
TV4Fun:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Nov 2019, 01:54 ---Can anyone explain the "Sven is not a mooch" comment? My American English dictionary defines mooch (as a noun), as a beggar or scrounger. Sven is well-off so why would he be begging? Especially off May? I am confused.
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I don't think anyone understands that comment. You are correct on the definition of mooch, but Sven is nowhere to be seen here. I think perhaps it is meant to contrast Sven to May, who is acting like a little bit of a mooch here, or to say Sven probably should owe May a little bit for repairs, seeing as he did deposit at least some of the, ah, material in her leg socket, but those are just guesses.
TheEvilDog:
So if we apply Occam's Razor, Jeph made a mistake and meant May, not Sven.
Wingy:
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Nov 2019, 01:54 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 06 Nov 2019, 01:15 ---Technical Note:
Do you remember when May's right arm fell off? That was an issue with the retaining ring too. I'm thinking that early decay of those particular components is a known issue with that class of chassis.
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Sounds feasible. Or scheduled maintenance on hard-worked components has been neglected.
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Having fixed my share of retaining rings on various devices, I can see why they would be covered under a maintenance system (replace every 300,000,000 steps or annually, whichever comes first), which we know May's Chassis no longer has support from. And having seen May in action before, she'll figure out a way to repay everyone eventually.
alc40:
--- Quote from: TV4Fun on 06 Nov 2019, 02:01 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 06 Nov 2019, 01:54 ---Can anyone explain the "Sven is not a mooch" comment? My American English dictionary defines mooch (as a noun), as a beggar or scrounger. Sven is well-off so why would he be begging? Especially off May? I am confused.
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I don't think anyone understands that comment. You are correct on the definition of mooch, but Sven is nowhere to be seen here. I think perhaps it is meant to contrast Sven to May, who is acting like a little bit of a mooch here, or to say Sven probably should owe May a little bit for repairs, seeing as he did deposit at least some of the, ah, material in her leg socket, but those are just guesses.
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The Sven comment was used at the bottom of comic 4101, so perhaps Jeph started from that comic and accidentally left the bottom phrase unchanged.
Stoutfellow:
Just a thought: perhaps the comment is meant contrastively: Sven is not a mooch (but May is).
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