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WCDT strips 4126 - 4130 (4th to 8th November 2019)
Gyrre:
--- 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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A mooch more specifically seems to carry the conotation of the beggar/scrounger being unwilling to make an effort to reciprocate others' generosity towards them. Often referred to as an 'unrepentant mooch'. A number of sitcoms have one of these characters.
EDIT: Found a good entry on Urban Dictionary:
--- Quote --- Someone who takes and takes but never gives. They could take food, money or anything that you give them but never give you anything in return.
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hedgie:
Aye. They're the one who is perpetually, magically absent when it gets to be their round, or conveniently "forgets" their wallet every time that they go out. Their actual income or resources don't matter.
David F:
--- Quote from: alc40 on 06 Nov 2019, 06:09 ---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.
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Supporting your theory, the topline got reused as well. Comic 4128 has "4101: IOU" at the top, not the correct number.
The reuse is kind of amusing given the situation, though...
andrybak:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 05 Nov 2019, 17:02 ---Roko hasn't experienced a bread episode since The Squishing, has she? Maybe that's the problem, her bread lust is gone.
(If she's got a kink for bread, does that make her a pansexual?)
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Roko was crushed in #3900, and checked out The Secret Bakery in #3959.
Find out more at the QC Wiki!
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: andrybak on 06 Nov 2019, 11:21 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 05 Nov 2019, 17:02 ---Roko hasn't experienced a bread episode since The Squishing, has she? Maybe that's the problem, her bread lust is gone.
(If she's got a kink for bread, does that make her a pansexual?)
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Roko was crushed in #3900, and checked out The Secret Bakery in #3959.
Find out more at the QC Wiki!
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I know. I was just too eagar to do the pan (spanish for "bread") gag. Since my life hasn't been threatened I must assume no one got the joke.
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