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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 10 Jun 2012, 19:19
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Okay, here's your #### WCDT.
(Sorry, my employer isn't being very nice right now.)
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Fionnuala, of course.
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I'm thinking Elizabeth.
Sorry to hear that :(
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One simple statement that should explain everything, especially if you've been following the news in the US:
"I work for the state of Wisconsin."
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I've heard about that, but at 18 I've already moved past my youthful idealism to pessimistic cynicism, and stopped paying much attention to the political climate. Can you recap?
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I was going to say "Aurelia" just because I really like that name, but that would make more sense for a blonde.
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Let's give jwhouk a politics-free zone in which to decompress and find enjoyment.
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I based my vote for redhead on her physical resemblance to an old college friend, her personality so far is wildly different though.
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Jephina?
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The redhead's my favorite, but she's got the "librarian attitude" down pat. I've worked in libraries for 14 years now, and I've never seen a librarian do anything that a "Library Associate (one of my library job titles)" couldn't do with a week's training. Still, we're all just "support staff" for the librarians.
It's a real caste system.
I vote for "Roswitha." Saxon for "Strong Voice," she was also the first playwright in post Roman Europe. Plus, roses are red...
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Comic's up! Nice to see a bit of friendly violence...
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Talia still looks like she'd rather be watching Adventure Time.
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Yeah, finally it's not Marten on the receiving end.
(yeah, yeah I know it's not the first time... no need for an archive crawl)
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The redhead's my favorite, but she's got the "librarian attitude" down pat. I've worked in libraries for 14 years now, and I've never seen a librarian do anything that a "Library Associate (one of my library job titles)" couldn't do with a week's training. Still, we're all just "support staff" for the librarians.
It's a real caste system.
I´m not saying that it isn't a kind of lush job.. but if you can do anything anyone working at a busy academic/research library can, you ought to get a raise, my friend :)
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The only way to get a raise is to have dirt on the trustees.
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I am trying to be less boring with my panel compositions lately! It is probably not good enough yet, but at least I\'m putting in the effort.
We haven't noti-OW!! WHAP!!
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Marten has a superb exasperation face going on in panel 1. I like how Jeph's trying to push himself with the art a bit more - it does pay off.
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Book-bully is wide open for an assault complaint, or perhaps a forceful and deeply-deserved elbow in the gut... Definitely interesting variations in viewpoint in the art though.
"I work for the state of Wisconsin."
I recall reading something about that.
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The brown girl is taking the whole thing hilariously serious - taking notes is bas enough, assaulting a fellow intern is taking it a bit far, though...
EDIT: An afterthought: The tall girl looks rather less Asian today, don't you think?
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Roger, and we have a confirm on stiff-necked condemnation of comic-strip slapstick. Burn was nominal.
Counting down to Internet Tough Guy Declarations of how They Wouldn't Take That Crap From Notebook Girl in 5, 4, 3, 2 ...
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Really? We see this kind of behaviour from Faye all the time, they might well be friends from the course or something. It's not really that big a deal.
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Roger, and we have a confirm on stiff-necked condemnation of comic-strip slapstick.
Really? We see this kind of behaviour from Faye all the time
I feel like we've had this discussion about three thousand times already. :-\
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I like book-whacky girl. :-D
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I put my vote in for Rhea. It's a bit different, but it does seem to suit her (in my opinion, anyway).
Still, she doesn't let up, does she?
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Getting people to carry out training is challenging, first you have to know what you are actually supposed to be teaching them.
Then you should have a good idea of the background level of knowledge of your students - If someone goes teach them "Math" do you jump right to calculus, or figure out if the folks have learned the basics first? Easiest way to lose a student is to try and teach to an inappropriate level.
And then finally, you either need a prepared plan or an earthshattering level of competance in the subject matter to actually present the material off the cuff.
Marten still doesn't know what these young ladies are supposed to be learning, although he's now got an idea of their background knowledge, and the coffee should give him a few moments to come up with a plan. And we all love it when a plan comes together.
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Roger, and we have a confirm on stiff-necked condemnation of comic-strip slapstick.
Really? We see this kind of behaviour from Faye all the time
I feel like we've had this discussion about three thousand times already. :-\
As somebody who regularly watches NCIS when Channel 10 in Australia can be bothered to run it, I'm actually quite okay with head-slapping. As Gibbs puts it, a slap in the face is an insult. A slap in the face is a wake-up call.
Besides which, minor physical violence seems to be a highly effective way of conveying disapproval in comic strips. :P
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Let's give jwhouk a politics-free zone in which to decompress and find enjoyment.
Thank you. :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
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"I work for the state of Wisconsin."
I recall reading something about that.
Yeah, I'm experiencing a failed recall of emotion right now. It's three stops down from Bitter Recriminationville.
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I like book-whacky girl. :-D
I dunno. All those nice thick reference books on the shelf and she uses a spiral composition book? 40-50 pages max?Well, maybe it was for the ease of deployment.
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That's very odd. If red's a graduate student, shouldn't she be very appreciative of the value of coffee? Then again, we have tall-and-skinny demonstrating that intelligence is not a requirement for grad students.
I should note that recalls should only be used in the case of serious breaches of public faith and morality, or in cases of extreme incompetence. It was a waste of money all around, and patience and good planning for the next election cycle would have been better ways to approach the matter.
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From the looks her co-interns are giving her in Panel 4, seems like the redhead just isn't wound a little tight, but has that reputation to match. Who knows: maybe she's a go-getter, focused on her career as an MLS / MLIS, and will be a challenge and contrast to our Noble Hero and Perennial Slacker. It's not like the ONLY REASON a female character shows up is to be a love interest.
The last bit of QC Dump #39 on Tumblr -- Jeph saying "I have Plans for her" and the redhead saying "I don't like the sound of that" bodes well for the future. :-D
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Politics in Discuss, please.
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It must be Wednesday if Marten is getting a friggin' coffee.
At least Notebook Intern didn't use the Silmarillion.
Redhead Intern can match her actions to the situation, which not everyone can. She fought back quickly when she thought she was in a fight, cooled off immediately when she discovered she wasn't.
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That's very odd. If red's a graduate student, shouldn't she be very appreciative of the value of coffee? Then again, we have tall-and-skinny demonstrating that intelligence is not a requirement for grad students.
I should note that recalls should only be used in the case of serious breaches of public faith and morality, or in cases of extreme incompetence. It was a waste of money all around, and patience and good planning for the next election cycle would have been better ways to approach the matter.
All we know is that Tall-and-Skinny is quiet. That doesn't necessarily mean she's dumb.
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Unless you're one of those people who think recreational drug use of the illegal variety constitutes as stupid. But intelligent people can make stupid choices.
Though she may be labeled a slacker, due to her original 'Permission to get high as hell and watch Adventure Time' question, while there for the purpose of getting training for a job related to her field of study.
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It must be Wednesday if Marten is getting a friggin' coffee.
Well, we know they only serve friggin' lattes on wednesdays, maybe they have other friggin' variants on other days. Or maybe he'll go to tSB - they might serve friggin' coffees all the time.
EDIT: Typo. I hate typos!
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It must be Wednesday if Marten is getting a friggin' coffee.
Well, we know that they only serve the friggin' LATTE's on wednesday, we don't have any confirmation on what other friggin' beverages are sold on other days, if any. Whatever day it is in the QCverse, it may be the day for a friggin' coffee, we just don't know because we've never seen anyone try to order a friggin' coffee. Yes I take this stuff way too seriously, why do you ask? (Imagine these are my face in rapid succession) :-) :wink: :-) :wink: :-) :wink: :-) :wink: :-)
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I'm surprised that Big Red didn't see the brilliance of Marten's plan; a nice chat over coffee to build some rapport and find out what they want to learn would be the obvious way to start.
I predict that after doing this whole training shtick Marten will discover that he has the skills to be a library management guru.
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so the question I'm left with is whether Marten will take them to TSB or CoD...
IIRC TsB is closer, but CoD is probably better for drinks, and comedy
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IIRC TsB is closer, but CoD is probably better for drinks, and comedy
Oh, I don't know. A trip to TsB does have the potential for some amusing awkwardness. Sure, Elliot is more likely to be sympathetic than anything else, but Renee or another employee might have something to say. Besides, between Marten's ability to misinterpret gestures and the presence of the intern trio, much hilarity could still ensue.
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Or maybe they have, you know, a coffee maker in the office?
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Or maybe they have, you know, a coffee maker in the office?
Uh ... doubtful. Though I'm sure if there was one it would be nice except when being terrorized by Pintsize
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It's called a breakroom and the library definitely has one (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1779).
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I don't see a coffeemaker in there? :roll: :-D
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I guess the coffee they're drinking came from the infestation of Columbians in the library walls. At least they serve some purpose. And a mean cup of joe.
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unless they're warming up water for tea
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wait! in panel 2 under Marten's arm, it looks like a handle.... I'm probably wrong
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Even if there's not one in the library, there has to be a coffeeshop on campus.
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Roger, and we have a confirm on stiff-necked condemnation of comic-strip slapstick.
Heh... Yes, a fair point.
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Unless you're one of those people who think recreational drug use of the illegal variety constitutes as stupid. But intelligent people can make stupid choices.
Intelligent people are more likely to try drugs, according to a British study IIRC.
If I wasn't military, I'd give marijuana a shot. Safer than tobacco and similar to alcohol, minus chance of poisoning or overdosing.
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Eh, debatable, I think. It depends on how they're judging intelligence.
My brother and his friend were huge potheads in college. I don't see his friend enough to comment, but there was some long-term effects on my brother, even after he quit. And that was over a decade ago.
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I'm finding it a little difficult to like red-haired intern at the moment, just something about her attitude really puts me off. That said, tall intern and notebook intern seem like fun (that might be more from the old adage "Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt").
But hey, its still early days and we shall see what happens. And somehow I can't see Marten showing up at work, show three interns around for presumably several minutes and then head out for coffee, so I'd say they'd go to breakroom.
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I kind of get where she's coming from. She seems like this is part of her long-term career path, and so it's kind of understandable how she'd be a little pissed off if they're not taking it seriously.
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Somebody not taking interns seriously? Perish the thought! What was she expecting?
(I've been irate all day and I think I'm taking it out on the forum sorry)
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wait! in panel 2 under Marten's arm, it looks like a handle.... I'm probably wrong
I don't see it.
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wait! in panel 2 under Marten's arm, it looks like a handle.... I'm probably wrong
I don't see it.
There's a suspicious appliance behind him that we only catch a glimpse of, that could very well be a coffee maker.
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Is a "suspicious appliance" an appliance that acts in a way that arouses suspicion, or is it one who regards the rest of the world suspiciously?
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Hm, poor wording on my part. 'There's a bit of an appliance showing that looks suspiciously like it could pass for a coffeemaker.'.
Better? :-D
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Calling it now...they head to TSB for coffee.
Elliot notices Tall Girl, and begins to develop a crush.
Hilarity ensues.
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wait! in panel 2 under Marten's arm, it looks like a handle.... I'm probably wrong
I don't see it.
There's a suspicious appliance behind him that we only catch a glimpse of, that could very well be a coffee maker.
Personally, I was thinking toaster.
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The object directly behind Marten was too large to be a toaster, though. It's taller than the microwave.
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Good eye. I stand corrected.
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We'll probably find out that the redheads last name is Dinozzo :-D
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I'm finding it a little difficult to like red-haired intern at the moment, just something about her attitude really puts me off.
You don't like gingers period....just like the good Doctor. (http://youtu.be/uXCpY_3Sac8?t=7m55s)
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I'm finding it a little difficult to like red-haired intern at the moment, just something about her attitude really puts me off.
You don't like gingers period....just like the good Doctor. (http://youtu.be/uXCpY_3Sac8?t=7m55s)
I'm still at a total loss as to why so many people misinterpreted that scene.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/6936081/Doctor-Who-does-not-have-anti-ginger-agenda-says-BBC.html
He wants to be ginger.
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Indeed, that's disappointment, not relief.
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Jeph has just said on LiveStream that there will be names today.
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Jeph has just said on LiveStream that there will be names today.
Cool! I'm beginning to enjoy the current storyline a great deal, actually. Didn't see that coming.
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They don't need names.
You can identify them by their bra sizes.
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So grumpy girl is a Claire. I have a niece and a granddaughter called that, and four more in my office - I guess it's a popular name!
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Must be the name. QCClaire looks just about exactly like a Claire I know IRL. "My" Claire is wound way less tight, though. Also, she usually addresses me as "Camel Face." I'm pretty sure it's a term of endearment.
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Ouch. I can't stop thinking of Debussy. Claire, the loon ...
Oh well, at least I'll remember her name. The other two are still kinda, um, blank slates to me. Though I suppose book sniffer could be ML-y ...
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Just catching up today. What I really like is that Marten was confronted, and dude didn't go spineless. He just confidently stated the truth of the situation and took charge.
Kind of nice to see him be assertive, even if its assertively admitting he has no idea what he's doing.
Also, while Marten has his negative qualities. I think Claire could honestly learn some "go with the flow" from him. She seems to be the type who is very uptight and expects things to be certain ways and stresses when they aren't. That is really a stressful kind of life to live.
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expects things to be certain ways and stresses when they aren't.
Dora? :P
Also... From the first time I saw her I knew Emily had a book fetish.
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I think both Claire and Marten could learn from each other.
Claire to be more fluid and Marten to be more purposeful/less aimless.
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Also... From the first time I saw her I knew Emily had a book fetish.
I wonder if it's a book fetish or addiction to the book smell, with all the paper mites, bed bugs,... inside them.
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There should be spray cans with some of those odors. "New booklet from a brand new video game" would be one of the best ones.
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Also... From the first time I saw her I knew Emily had a book fetish.
I wonder if it's a book fetish or addiction to the book smell, with all the paper mites, bed bugs,... inside them.
I have a bit of a book fetish myself. It's dangerous for me to go near second-hand book shops; I always come out with a stack of beautiful, aromatic, old books. My interest is partly visual, partly literary, partly olfactory.
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Redhead's name?
Susie 4 (9.8%)
Rhea 6 (14.6%)
Norkita 4 (9.8%)
Dianne 3 (7.3%)
Linda 6 (14.6%)
Phyllis 7 (17.1%) <-- Of course, Jeph ignored us all and named her "Claire"
Khatia 1 (2.4%)
Mugadashi 0 (0%)
I'm running out of ideas. 4 (9.8%)
Something else someone's already mentioned. 6 (14.6%)
Total Members Voted: 41
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We'll probably find out that the redheads last name is Dinozzo :-D
PHWEEET! Two minutes for bad punning!
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Or as Victor Borge said, "Clear de S'loon."
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My mind is slightly boggled that Emily (and presumably Claire and Gabby too) had to "beat out dozens of other applicants" for a library internship. Dozens? I had no idea such positions were so highly sought after.
More interesting viewpoints, especially the third panel.
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Hm, poor wording on my part. 'There's a bit of an appliance showing that looks suspiciously like it could pass for a coffeemaker.'.
Better? :-D
Oh, I understood what you meant, but English is such a marvelous toy I couldn't resist playing with it.
This is the second Claire, after Dora's consultant.
I wonder how people from a competitive process will react to Marten's Type B personality. Interesting that Emily is the one with East Asian facial features but it's Claire who has the Taipei personality.
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Right, Emily is now my favourite. Anyone who takes an internship just so they can be around the scent of books is alright in my book.
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Well... I love old books smell... the yellow pages... the delicate and worn out covers... and love the design of Emily... she's perfect!
( yes... I'm a library weirdo ok? not THAT weirdo, but a weirdo nowadays...)
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I think we've figured out how the library works. Tai picks excellent go-getter interns to do the actual library science, freeing her and Marten to do tasks that don't require huge amount of effort.
I might be selling Tai short, she has shown a certain amount of "savvy" in dealing with the administration.
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( yes... I'm a library weirdo ok? not THAT weirdo, but a weirdo nowadays...)
Why? Because you like old books? I don't see how anyone could be considered weird for liking old books. I love them. Every week I go to this old bookstore and buy a book, chances are I won't get around to read it, but you know what? I don't care, I love books. The scent, the crinkle of the pages, what's not to love?
That said, I'm somewhat loathe to bring a book with me when I'm travelling, mainly because I always seem to end up destroying them in my backpack, so I bring a kindle with me now.
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When Marten walks into CoD, escourted by three
chicks attractive girls (sorry, sorry, rocker-guy-lingo), I want Disturbed's song "Down with the Sickness" to play.
(This could actually happen... they might just be within Dora's music taste.)
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That said, I'm somewhat loathe to bring a book with me when I'm travelling, mainly because I always seem to end up destroying them in my backpack, so I bring a kindle with me now.
So... You're happier destroying your Kindle? :-D
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Well... that´s why I said NOT THAT kind of weirdo... but, I concurr... nothing more lovingly that an old-new book...
About the sad fact of destroying books in your backpack... you can buy the hardcover edition for home, and the soft cover to travel... ( at least that's what I'm doing...)
And yes... I like Emily very much... can I have one for Christmas? XD
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Oh, I understood what you meant, but English is such a marvelous toy I couldn't resist playing with it.
This is the second Claire, after Dora's consultant.
I wonder how people from a competitive process will react to Marten's Type B personality. Interesting that Emily is the one with East Asian facial features but it's Claire who has the Taipei personality.
:mrgreen: ding ding ding, winnah!
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Heh, I've always been partial to gingers, freckles, and girls in glasses. So, Claire is my favorite so far....
...except for.... does she have buck teeth? Or a SEVERE overbite? So severe her teeth don't fit in her mouth?
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Woohoo! Old book smell! Yesssssss!
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Wonder what plans Jeph has for the girl.. actually I'd be happy if he'd just let it play out the way it does, even if that should mean Claire quietly disappears, like some other characters did.
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Well, the way it plays out is up to Jeph, innit?
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Weird that people already lust after Emily. Asiaphilia anyone? :?
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Claire. Homegirl. It is good that you have a professional attitude and all, but calm the fuck down. You are like the zenith of 'taking things too seriously', from what little we've seen of you, I mean god damn.
Emily has my vote for Best Intern because she knows what's up. She likes old book smell and she likes Adventure Time while partaking of the cannabis-leaf. Good on you, Emily.
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Weird that people already lust after Emily. Asiaphilia anyone? :?
Weird that people lust after any comic character, really, but why assume it's because she's Asian? Maybe it's because she's laid back, enjoys the tomfooleries of Jake and Finn and joined a competitive library internship for the smell.
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Weird that people already lust after Emily. Asiaphilia anyone? :?
Weird that people lust after any comic character, really, but why assume it's because she's Asian?
Because it had already started last week after we'd seen her for a grand total of two panels.
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Weird that people already lust after Emily. Asiaphilia anyone? :?
Asian women are gorgeous. Tall Asian women are stunners.
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When Marten walks into CoD, escourted by three chicks attractive girls (sorry, sorry, rocker-guy-lingo), I want Disturbed's song "Down with the Sickness" to play.
(This could actually happen... they might just be within Dora's music taste.)
And Dora goes psycho over Marten with three hot girls.
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People like old books; I have an old book (http://cassland.org/images/PrayerBook/).
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And Emily becomes third in a series of women in Marten's life who like to innocently (or seemingly innocently) push buttons. Emily has Claire's combination figured out; I still think Padma knew what she was saying most of the time and then there's Dora "... or would you prefer a quick f**k on the counter?" Bianchi.
Marten's learning to enjoy it, especially since it's not his buttons being pushed this particular instant.
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I had a friend called Emily at school who looked similar to this Emily (and no, she wasn't Asian, just dark haired and slender with pale skin). Not that tall though. Also, I had a friend called Claire with red hair. No friends called Gabby though.
My guess is that Claire is about 20, 21 and still taking life very seriously in general. Whoever said it's stressful to live that way is right but you can't just decide to stop doing it!
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People like old books; I have an old book (http://cassland.org/images/PrayerBook/).
That's beautiful dude. I have an old book too but it's like a child comapred to yours! Got a 150 years old Bible that I found at a thrift shop with a section of old stuff. I should take some pics of it. The front and back are quite gorgeous. I'm not religious, but damn... This is the kind of stuff I just have to own and keep safe for generations.
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Weird that people already lust after Emily. Asiaphilia anyone? :?
Asian women are gorgeous. Tall Asian women are stunners.
It's not just that she's Asian (though they do tend to be striking), but this:
Emily has my vote for Best Intern because she knows what's up. She likes old book smell and she likes Adventure Time while partaking of the cannabis-leaf. Good on you, Emily.
This so hard. So far she's a woman after my own heart :-D
When Marten walks into CoD, escourted by three chicks attractive girls (sorry, sorry, rocker-guy-lingo), I want Disturbed's song "Down with the Sickness" to play.
(This could actually happen... they might just be within Dora's music taste.)
Shit's gonna be so pimp.
But seriously folks, I hope Steve or Angus is there or something and implies jealousy at the...visually pleasant company Marten keeps. Then again you could be jealous of Marten for that all the time.
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People like old books; I have an old book (http://cassland.org/images/PrayerBook/).
Fascinating. I didn't realise that prayer-books were assembled from parts printed at different times. And calligraphy too! If you don't like old books, I think there is something wrong with you. Old books (http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/sutra/accessible/introduction.html) are awesome.
My guess is that Claire is about 20, 21 and still taking life very seriously in general.
All the girls are grad students (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2205), having presumably obtained their (typically in the USA, I think) four-year Bachelors' degrees, so that seems a bit young, but otherwise, yes.
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She could've been an advanced student - I started taking college classes when I was 14 (to the point that the college that I went through had to revise their systems to handle someone under 15).
She also wouldn't be the first advanced student in QC - for that matter, she's not even the first redhead female advanced student in QC, Ellen was a minor when she was introduced to the comic.
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Am I the only one who has noticed that Claire's body language supports that she would be more timid or socially inward yet it conflicts with how serious she actually is? If we take a look at her in the panels we have been presented she seems to hold her body in a very introverted way. The most noticable example is in the latest comic where she is holding her arms as she walks.
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She could've been an advanced student - I started taking college classes when I was 14 (to the point that the college that I went through had to revise their systems to handle someone under 15).
She also wouldn't be the first advanced student in QC - for that matter, she's not even the first redhead female advanced student in QC, Ellen was a minor when she was introduced to the comic.
Why would a 14 year old student be that different than a 15 year old student? Both are ridiculously young for college.
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I started taking college classes when I was 14 (to the point that the college that I went through had to revise their systems to handle someone under 15).
Why would a 14 year old student be that different than a 15 year old student? Both are ridiculously young for college.
In our universe computers do what they're told. And theirs hadn't apparently been told to handle accommodate 14 year olds in their system.
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Claire. Homegirl. It is good that you have a professional attitude and all, but calm the fuck down. You are like the zenith of 'taking things too seriously', from what little we've seen of you, I mean god damn.
Yo dawg. I heard you like highly-strung characters. So I made a serious remark about a serious remark so you can laugh while you laugh.
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Is it just me, or is there a weird little bump under Claire's jawline in a number of the panels that she's been in? Calling her as the transgender, if there is one.
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Gabby has it too, sometimes.
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Gabby has it too, sometimes.
All three of them are transgendered!! WHAT A TWIST!!
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Gabby has it too, sometimes.
Really? I don't see it.
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In 2206 you can see it on Gabby and Emily.
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Gabby has it too, sometimes.
All three of them are transgendered!! WHAT A TWIST!!
No the twist is going to be that Marten is a transgender!
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In 2206 you can see it on Gabby and Emily.
Still not seeing it. Maybe the resolution's too small on my monitor or something.
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No the twist is going to be that Marten is a transgender!
Well, he does look good in a corset.... (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1305)
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We'll probably find out that the redheads last name is Dinozzo :-D
PHWEEET! Two minutes for bad punning!
*Gibbsmacks jwhouk*
She's definitely on the way to blow a microchip.
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Am I the only one who has noticed that Claire's body language supports that she would be more timid or socially inward yet it conflicts with how serious she actually is? If we take a look at her in the panels we have been presented she seems to hold her body in a very introverted way. The most noticable example is in the latest comic where she is holding her arms as she walks.
I've met people that were typically introverts, who were also confrontational. It's like they don't say much, but damn if you find the right, er wrong topic to discuss in front of them they will chew the hell out of you. Maybe this is one of those things that Claire takes issue with.
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I just had a thought: Think Gabby might be related to Renee from The Secret Bakery (the one with glasses).
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Am I the only one who has noticed that Claire's body language supports that she would be more timid or socially inward yet it conflicts with how serious she actually is? If we take a look at her in the panels we have been presented she seems to hold her body in a very introverted way. The most noticable example is in the latest comic where she is holding her arms as she walks.
I've met people that were typically introverts, who were also confrontational. It's like they don't say much, but damn if you find the right, er wrong topic to discuss in front of them they will chew the hell out of you. Maybe this is one of those things that Claire takes issue with.
Possibly, for all I know I'm reading to far into it and Jeph is just fucking with my mind.
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If I have to pick a favourite, I think it'll be Gabby. I'm enjoying all three in different ways.
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Why are we so certain that one of the interns is transgender? ("Transgender" is not a noun (http://www.deeplyproblematic.com/2010/05/transgender-is-adjective-not-noun-or.html), people, it is an adjective - you cannot be a transgender, you are a transgendered person. Or more precisely you are a woman who was born male, or simply a woman.) Did Jeph say so on his Twitter? I don't follow anything other than the comic and the forum.
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Some people think it would be "edgy", and therefore must happen (it's a bit like shipping, but without the actual shipping bit). Maybe they'll be disappointed, and then we can discuss whether Jeph has sold out to the forces of convention by, you know, depicting average sorts of people as sort of average.
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That is so stupid :O
I hope non of them used to be a dude or whatever, just out of spite.
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That is so stupid :O
I hope non of them used to be a dude or whatever, just out of spite.
I refer back to my Marten is the transgender theory.
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Reading the past few comics, I'm thinking Clinton has a sister.
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I suspect Claire would be better suited to presenting a TV programme about books (and she seems to have the drive to get there). I was wondering if she should consider becoming a teacher/tutor/lecturer, given her stated mission, but that clashes with her hate of "babbling conversation", "yelling", etc.
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I refer back to my Marten is the transgender theory.
What - as an example of how silly this can get? Doesn't it occur to you that Dora or Padma would have noticed? Or his mum, even (remember, we've seen him as a baby and as a child).
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I refer back to my Marten is the transgender theory.
What - as an example of how silly this can get? Doesn't it occur to you that Dora or Padma would have noticed? Or his mum, even (remember, we've seen him as a baby and as a child).
Just as an example as how silly the forum can get about theorizing.
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7huCJ2kBUJ4/SskktlGuhgI/AAAAAAAAArg/ohf-MuiTz7w/s400/Graham_Chapman_Colonel.jpg)
Right! You forum posters! Stop that theorizing! I think it's silly!
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I voted Claire will break first because if they are going to CoD, Faye will puncture her intensity. I also think Emily & Hannelore will hit it off as friends because of the decidedly off-kilter way they have of appreciating things, except Hanners will want to clean all the books. Gabby will reveal a sense of humor to match Faye's. Dora will be just a little taken aback to see Marten walk in with 3 young women. She will be further taken aback when Sven shows no interest in any of them.
And why did Tai really need Momo with her if she's just watching Adventure time? Did she just want to throw Marten on his own with the interns for the lulz or was it "for his own good" to put him in a situation where he has to come up with something on his own merit? Is she training the interns or is she training Marten?
Yes I'm theorizing! And it's silly! Silly is good.
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She is training Momo.
I just had a thought: Think Gabby might be related to Renee from The Secret Bakery (the one with glasses).
Maybe penelope is pizza girl!
Why are we so certain that one of the interns is transgender? ("Transgender" is not a noun (http://www.deeplyproblematic.com/2010/05/transgender-is-adjective-not-noun-or.html), people, it is an adjective - you cannot be a transgender, you are a transgendered person. Or more precisely you are a woman who was born male, or simply a woman.) Did Jeph say so on his Twitter? I don't follow anything other than the comic and the forum.
Jeph made a passing comment on twitter (which I can't find now) asking if all-female colleges allowed transgender students. Forum jumped to conclusions. The world kept turning.
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Damn! I'm getting to like Gabby a lot! She has a charmingly simple outlook, IMO.
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Feeling bad for Claire. God knows I've been in that position. She tries to express her affection for something and nobody gives a fuck anymore about halfway through her statement. EVEN THOUGH they were the ones who asked.
I call "kinda impolite jerk" on Marten for this. Or am I just taking this too hard?
(I myself developed a few nice and cozy insecurities that way. Especially the one where you automatically assume no one is interested in or proud of whatever you do, ever. °O)
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Gotta hand it to Jeph here. Art and sequential variation in this one are ridiculously invested. Especially like the white-red "fat" guy in the background of panel 4.
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Feeling bad for Claire. God knows I've been in that position. She tries to express her affection for something and nobody gives a fuck anymore about halfway through her statement. EVEN THOUGH they were the ones who asked.
(I myself developed a few nice and cosy insecurities that way.)
I call "kinda impolite jerk" on Marten for this. Or am I just taking this too hard?
He might be too interested in (one of) the other girls to notice. But still, it is kind of shitty, and not what I'd expect from Marten. I hope this isn't a new trend for him.
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Feeling bad for Claire. God knows I've been in that position. She tries to express her affection for something and nobody gives a fuck anymore about halfway through her statement. EVEN THOUGH they were the ones who asked.
(I myself developed a few nice and cosy insecurities that way.)
I call "kinda impolite jerk" on Marten for this. Or am I just taking this too hard?
He might be too interested in (one of) the other girls to notice. But still, it is kind of shitty, and not what I'd expect from Marten. I hope this isn't a new trend for him.
Marten's teaching her an important life lesson: Keep your answers/statements concise; we don't need your life's story.
A bit harsh, perhaps, but true.
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He might be too interested in (one of) the other girls to notice. But still, it is kind of shitty, and not what I'd expect from Marten. I hope this isn't a new trend for him.
It was a bit of a dick move, for sure. For Claire, this could be one of only a few outlets for her (I can see a bit of myself in her in that respect).
I have to agree. Being a jerk doesn't suit Marten's persona (not the one we've been following, anyway).
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Marten's teaching her an important life lesson: Keep your answers/statements concise; we don't need your life's story.
A bit harsh, perhaps, but true.
She needs it.
Yeah, I know comic exaggeration but she comes across as not capable of functioning socially.
Then again, that's about par for a character in this comic, right? (How many are in therapy yet? How many ought to be? How many left, then?) Not sure why Claire has me facepalming moreso than the other dysfunctional characters ...
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I think Claire has been much more of a jerk than Marten has been - from "We're GRADUATE STUDENTS" to expecting that they should all stop and listen to her pontificate.
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Marten's teaching her an important life lesson: Keep your answers/statements concise; we don't need your life's story.
A bit harsh, perhaps, but true.
Exactly... I personally hate musicals so this strip isn't too different from the singing robot (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999). In fact, I preffer the singing robot way more (who wouldn't?). Find her less annoying.
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I'm not sure I understand how Marten expressed uninterest here. Seems like he's being pretty polite and directing small-talk questions at each of the group in turn. This seems especially like a situation where if he didn't take a moment to involve the other members in the conversation he'd just be chatting up the most talkative member of the group for the entire trip.
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Maybe I'm nitpicking but it really bothers me that Claire the OCD organizer uses bad grammar when using "their" as a singular pronoun:
"A good librarian educates! Enriches their community!"
Dammit Claire! :x
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Claire strikes me as a combination of Marigold and Hannelore - obsessive but also a tad acerbic towards outsiders.
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So - which of our intrepid interns will break first?
Claire (WAY too high strung) 27 (50%)
Emily (the book fumes will get to her eventually) 4 (7.4%)
Gabby (Too many whacks to the head.) 3 (5.6%)
Marten (He's gonna just snap one of these days!) 7 (13%)
Tai (She shouldn't have dropped the PCP in with the acid) 2 (3.7%)
Momo (It was inevitable - all that Victorian porn.) 5 (9.3%)
Space Ham! 0 (0%)
EXPLAIN STEAMPUNK! 6 (11.1%)
Er... Waffles? 0 (0%)
Total Members Voted: 54
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Maybe I'm nitpicking but it really bothers me that Claire the OCD organizer uses bad grammar when using "their" as a singular pronoun:
"A good librarian educates! Enriches their community!"
Dammit Claire! :x
"They" or "their" is a genderless singular pronoun in English and has been for centuries.
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That said, I'm somewhat loathe to bring a book with me when I'm travelling, mainly because I always seem to end up destroying them in my backpack, so I bring a kindle with me now.
So... You're happier destroying your Kindle? :-D
Heh, more like: paperback book + backpack filled to capacity + two flights and attendant checking by security personnel + repeating = mulch by the time I get home.
Kindle + 1/5th the thickness of a book + hard plastic = 50+ books I can choose from anytime I travel
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I don't think Marten and the other interns were being particularly rude. They were just carrying on their conversation, and Claire paused mid-stride to pontificate without realizing it.
Claire is a particular type of young adult: takes herself and her chosen profession extremely seriously, out of enthusiasm as much as pride; high-strung, perhaps comes across more mean or single-minded than she really is. I been there; life will be hard for her, but vastly amusing, in retrospect. :-\
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BoDJangles, that reminds me of an earlier strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=811).
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Isn't there some sort of Internet rule that goes: The more deliberately outrageous you are for the sake of satire, the more likely it is some numbnuts out there will take you seriously?
Or is that just writing in general? (Paging Mr. Swift)
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Ah, Claire. So tightly wonder that on a good drop she could bounce 70 feet into the air. Either that or she'll have a breakdown before she's 30. Both of which would be fun to see.
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Isn't there some sort of Internet rule that goes: The more deliberately outrageous you are for the sake of satire, the more likely it is some numbnuts out there will take you seriously?
Or is that just writing in general? (Paging Mr. Swift)
There's something close; Poe's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law) is about the difficulty of separating parody from sincerity when describing religious fundamentalism specifically, but I don't know of a more general form.
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Ah, Claire. So tightly wound that on a good drop she could bounce 70 feet into the air. Either that or she'll have a breakdown before she's 30. Both of which would be fun to see.
Fixed that for you. (Have done it myself.)
And yeah, I expect to see her experience several very hard collisions with Reality. Kind of sad, really. :-\ Still, that's part of being young.
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That said, I'm somewhat loathe to bring a book with me when I'm travelling, mainly because I always seem to end up destroying them in my backpack, so I bring a kindle with me now.
So... You're happier destroying your Kindle? :-D
Heh, more like: paperback book + backpack filled to capacity + two flights and attendant checking by security personnel + repeating = mulch by the time I get home.
Kindle + 1/5th the thickness of a book + hard plastic = 50+ books I can choose from anytime I travel
Yeah, but it's hard to have a proper book burning with an E-reader. Plus it's more toxic.
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Oh poor poor naive Claire, take it from someone who's worked (Okay maybe "worked" isn't the right word, whatever you want to call high school library student aide.) in a school library for two years: the whimsy feeling of being in a library will fade quickly. There is pointless babbling in the form of any students actually in the library for anything but last minute homework, from the same group you get your running and yelling, and the idiocy is a given. Or maybe that's just because I worked in a highschool library. Although Claire is right, there is more than just stamping books and shushing people. There's shelving. Endless shelving of book after book till you notice trends in the check out patterns and start wondering who the hell is checking out so much Anne Rice. There's also stamping and barcoding upwards of 50 textbooks. And no, they won't let you shush people, that's the librarians job, you'll be busy shelving or hiding from the librarians so they think you're shelving.
That all said I did learn how to shelf by the Dewey Decimal System and how to juggle paperbacks, sadly I can't list that as job experience since it wasn't a job. Woe is me.
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Ahhh
Claire's a true Bibliophile.
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Or a Bibliodon (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1210).
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Over on Tumblr Jeph said that none of the interns is currently intended as a romantic interest for Marten, but leaves the possibility open for that to develop later.
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That's kind of spoilery, isn't it?
Modified: Just read his response, I guess I misunderstood. If anything, it's the anti-spoiler because even he doesn't know. Interesting.
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"No distractions, no pointless babbling conversation, no yelling or running around like an idiot. Just peace and quiet."
Bwa-ha-haaa! Newbies!
2 months ago I chased and caught a chicken in our library's parking lot (the same one where I rescued a baby fieldmouse 5 years ago). Saturday I'm Obi Wan Kenobi for the kickoff of Summer Reading (same library where I was Snape in a teen mystery). There's a YouTube video of when someone hid two salmon in the ceiling of the men's room and we didn't find them for almost a week. My other library had album release parties indoors after closing, and once a SWAT team had a standoff across the street. A patron told me that my job description should be: "I make people's lives better."
It's all distractions and conversations and running around and noise.
Seriously, libraries are the awesomest places to work in the world. I wouldn't leave the library for anything.
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What I don't get is where the clowns come into play, GK? ;)
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That all said I did learn how to shelf by the Dewey Decimal System and how to juggle paperbacks, sadly I can't list that as job experience since it wasn't a job. Woe is me.
I don't know where in the world you are, or what the conventions there are, but, in the UK at least, you can mention it on your CV (what Americans call a Resume) even if it wasn't an official job.
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2 months ago I chased and caught [ ... ]
It's all distractions and conversations and running around and noise.
Seriously, libraries are the awesomest places to work in the world. I wouldn't leave the library for anything.
Where do you work and can I apply for a work-placement? FOR LIFE?!
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My college library is so depressing I can basically hear the staff thinking "please kill me, god".
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Smoothie is a banana mashed with a hammer? So... a banana hammerck?! Get it?!
Bwa-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaaw! I crack me up some times! Pfffrrrrt.
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And I see Marten is still mopey about girl-attention (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2034)...
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Wish I'd watched the stream now, I'm curious about the specials...
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@Soulsynger - That's terrible. I don't mean not funny, I mean terrible. Think about it. (shudders)
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@Soulsynger - That's terrible. I don't mean not funny, I mean terrible. Think about it. (shudders)
*sound of cogs (heh...) clattering*
... Ergh. You're terrible! °O
(... but thanks for the veiled compliment.)
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I would trust Hannelore to make a delicious, un-hammered banana smoothie.
Mind you, look at the specials board. She'd probably die of fright if somebody asked her to make those.
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Ha, I guess you're welcome? It wasn't really a compliment or an insult, I just cringed when I thought of a hammer smashing...I'll stop there.
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I love how whenever they aren't actively engaged in anything else, the interns all default to looking in all directions in a wide-eyed, slightly-nervous way. It's a nice realistic illustration of first-day-on-the-job nerves, and it also looks hilarious when they're all doing it in a group.
Cheers to Jeph for skipping the obvious joke about Marten and three ladies: "ducklings in tow" is much more fitting and unpredictable.
The interns are clearly-differentiated individuals, and at the same time they're a nice cohesive unit for a lot of gags.
I'm really enjoying the art in this storyline, especially the details of everyone's body language.
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Claire was being abrasive and super unlikable. Marten has actually been very polite to her, considering that she accused him of hazing them and basically called him incompetent to his face! When someone does that, they can't jolly well expect the person they were unpleasant to to turn around and be all flowers and smiles to them, because that's not how humans work!
There's also the fact that, frankly, Claire seems to be more prone to geek social faux pas than even fucking Marigold, what with starting out completely tightass and now sperging out about the perfection of libraries. I think that her being left out of the conversation and the group is baaaasically her own doing.
Anyway. Enough about Claire. Who's stil the best intern? Emily is still the best intern. She needs to become bros with Faye. Or Tai. Maybe bromance Tai? All I know is someone who hears about a smoothie consisting of smashed banana and immediately wants to try it is a good person.
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Claire seems to be more prone to geek social faux pas than even fucking Marigold
Hey now, why is it a faux pas to fuck Marigold? She's a nice girl!
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(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/jacket.jpg)
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I still don't quite have a handle on Emily, but I like what I see of her.
Definitely.
And the roomies' interplay is still going strong.
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Claire seems to be more prone to geek social faux pas than even fucking Marigold
Hey now, why is it a faux pas to fuck Marigold? She's a nice girl!
....I want to be mad at this, but I can't, that was well played. Good on you. :wink:
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Claire seems to be more prone to geek social faux pas than even fucking Marigold
Hey now, why is it a faux pas to fuck Marigold? She's a nice girl!
This. (... is the reason why I love the English language)
I wonder how Emily spends her leizure time. ... is she a Mythbustress?
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Wish I'd watched the stream now, I'm curious about the specials...
I saw the end. Jeph wrote them behind their heads so I didn't see them either.
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We will find Gabby didn't hear it quite right: Smoothie orders are given to Hanners, who is smashed.
You don't expect her to do this sober, do you?
And I, too, am curious about the specials. Did Hanners write them? She has those ... thoughts ... sometimes.
Although the fourth one sounds disgusting.
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We will find Gabby didn't hear it quite right: Smoothie orders are given to Hanners, who is smashed.
I don't know, it looks like Hannelore is delighted to get that order - I can absolutely see her enjoying the prospect of attacking a banana with a hammer!
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Emily orders a smoothie. Hanners disappears to the back room. Thumps, splatters, and screams are heard. Hanners emerges with a gleeful smile and a not-so-innocent smoothie.
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@Soulsynger - That's terrible. I don't mean not funny, I mean terrible. Think about it. (shudders)
*sound of cogs (heh...) clattering*
... Ergh. You're terrible! °O
(... but thanks for the veiled compliment.)
No, I think that was a Doctored compliment. ;)
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So - which of our intrepid interns will break first?
Claire (WAY too high strung) 36 (53.7%)
Emily (the book fumes will get to her eventually) 5 (7.5%)
Gabby (Too many whacks to the head.) 3 (4.5%)
Marten (He's gonna just snap one of these days!) 7 (10.4%)
Tai (She shouldn't have dropped the PCP in with the acid) 2 (3%)
Momo (It was inevitable - all that Victorian porn.) 7 (10.4%)
Space Ham! 0 (0%)
EXPLAIN STEAMPUNK! 7 (10.4%)
Er... Waffles? 0 (0%)
Total Members Voted: 67
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And yes, I will do a new poll for today. :P
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Okay, so Emily is now the most likable intern so far. She's getting all the best lines. Jeph may have Plans for Claire, but Emily has gotten the most chill funny laid-back personality so far.
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As for the vote, I chose Banana Smoothies, but I feel that Friggin' Latte is missing from the list!
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I voted for "Coffee from a cup Faye drank out of" but now I feel like a perv.
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I went for Fresh F###in' Bagels because I liked the alliteration.
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I voted for "Coffee from a cup Faye drank out of" but now I feel like a perv.
Based on my reasoning, I would just feel like an asshole, you see I wouldn't knowingly drink after a stranger (the title fits for Faye), I would just get it for someone else to unwittingly drink. Then after they finish it, I tell them. Mwhahaha. Then again, if it was first thing in the morning, and I hadn't had my coffee yet, I probably wouldn't know the difference even if a gorilla spit in it.
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I voted for "Coffee from a cup Faye drank out of" but now I feel like a perv.
Based on my reasoning, I would just feel like an asshole, you see I wouldn't knowingly drink after a stranger (the title fits for Faye), I would just get it for someone else to unwittingly drink. Then after they finish it, I tell them. Mwhahaha. Then again, if it was first thing in the morning, and I hadn't had my coffee yet, I probably wouldn't know the difference even if a gorilla spit in it.
And now you've got AIDS
(http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videopics/familyguyyouhaveaids.jpg)
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Can I have a coffe from a cup Emily drank out? XD
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I voted for "Coffee from a cup Faye drank out of" but now I feel like a perv.
Based on my reasoning, I would just feel like an asshole, you see I wouldn't knowingly drink after a stranger (the title fits for Faye), I would just get it for someone else to unwittingly drink. Then after they finish it, I tell them. Mwhahaha. Then again, if it was first thing in the morning, and I hadn't had my coffee yet, I probably wouldn't know the difference even if a gorilla spit in it.
And now you've got AIDS
(http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videopics/familyguyyouhaveaids.jpg)
Well, it's a good thing I make my own coffee then. So I guess that goes back to me being an asshole.
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:-D Three interns, one cup ... and a time traveling stainless steel dinosaur espresso machine.
Wonder how we can fit the IT angle in on this? :psyduck:
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A single coffee bean, lovingly pounded into your forehead.
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I do get the feeling that Claire and Penelope would become fast friends if/when they meet, both have a love of books and are slightly high strung.
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Or maybe they'd hate eachother. Funny how that works, but sometimes all the similarities just make the differences more glaring and all the passion just makes them harder to reconcile. It's like you meet somebody who's just like you in every respect, but they're a prescriptivist and you're a descriptivist and all you do is fight about it.
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Well, at any rate, Hannelore seems more or less open to Emily right off the bat, with the slight :3 face.
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Hanners made me smile for the first time today. <3
Also, why is Daft Punk @ 200 dB not an option? It's by far the best special.
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200 dB (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1205)
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And it's no longer an option because someone reported them to the OSHA inspectors. Turns out that 200dB is past the "ear bleeding" and significantly into the "bones turning to powder" range which, for some obscure reason, is considered hazardous. Weird.
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My favorite isn't so much a special, but if I recall, that their sizes are "Small", "Medium", "Large" and "What the fuck?"
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Quite literally, it turns out that 200 dB is enough to cause lung ruptures and death. WW I soldiers kept dying without obvious internal injuries when they were too close to an explosion.
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To answer the comic title, Marten would be Dilbert. The rest of them are interns. Although they don't exist in a world obviously and unsubtly written by a lazily and self-masturbatorily misanthropic writer, so really, none of then can be Dilbert. Although both Jeph and Scott Adams do both make it extremely obvious when they post in forums. The key difference is that Jeph accomplishes this by setting his username to "Jeph", and not by kissing his own ass so much that you know it has to be him.
Sorry, went off on a bit of a rant there. I saw colours in my head...
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I voted for "Tequila Latte w/ worm", but the one I like most is the carrot-pickle-espresso monstrosity (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=694). Be damned if that didn't have me coughing my lungs up after reading it!
I'm re-reading the archives, see.
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Darn, I was going to go with a Conan The Librarian joke, but I think I'm too late
Death Metal Latte.
Just for fun, it would be served by Lemmie :-D
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Hanners made me smile for the first time today. <3
Also, why is Daft Punk @ 200 dB not an option? It's by far the best special.
You know, I probably would have picked that if it was on the list of specials, but oh well.
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I couldn't post this earlier because of erratic internet access.
I've been reading through the archive of Unshelved (http://www.unshelved.com/) in small chunks since the guest comic by Bill Barnes (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2049) (I'm up to october 2010 right now). Am I the only one who thought Claire's exhilarated panegyric to libraries made her sound a bit like Tamara?
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No, you're not the only one although I think she's definitely more of a cross between Tamara and their new volunteer/graduate/whoever-she-is. Unshelved's RSS feed breaks every few months for me so I keep on forgetting to keep up with it and lose track of character names.
I like Emily. She seems very serene compared to the rest of the cast.
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BLAM
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ;D
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I like Emily. She seems very serene compared to the rest of the cast.
And quirky inside: I love it. She enjoys CoD for what it is.
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Yay for asian intern ^-^
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Yup, every strip I like her more.
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Happiness is a smashed banana!
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Ha!
I´mma check out my fruit basket.
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Wow! That's an instant favourite for me - great strip! And like others have said, Emily gets better every day!
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How would one even drink that? Or do you eat it with a plastic lobster toy?
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Favorite moment of the week
"Can I have that one?"
"No."
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Even Faye likes Emily.
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Emily's expressions are great. I really like Faye in the background of Panel 1 and Hanners somewhat disturbed expression in the last panel. Maybe she's on clean-up duty.
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Various impressions:
Emily seems genuinely happy with her smashed-banana "smoothie." ("Lumpie"?) Apparently expectations were created.
Hanners has the only "normal" reaction in today's strip.
That's an awfully small hammer by CoD standards.
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Happiness is a smashed banana!
Asante sana.
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Happiness is a smashed banana!
Here's some music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYzkBiJn5Y&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYzkBiJn5Y&feature=player_embedded)
{edit}For those of you who don't get the reference, here's part of an old British marketing campaign (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfzhiZ9ZCCw). They can't do it now because it's since been made illegal to advertise tobacco products on TV.
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I concurr... Hanners had the only one "normal " expression in the strip...
Faye keep being the most huggable-cuddable sexy badass monster in CoD
Emily... pretty and sweet as a strawberry's cake in mama's home... ( I really like her... anyone has meet somebody like her?)
Claire... desesperately trying to fit...
:laugh:
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The tradition passes down from generation to generation (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=448).
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I think this week's MOTW is automatically "Banana SMASH!"
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Tall Asian intern is hot I hope we see more of her.
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Happiness is a smashed banana!
Asante sana.
I laughed SO hard! *wipes a tear* ... *giggles* Thank you for that.
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My favorite isn't so much a special, but if I recall, that their sizes are "Small", "Medium", "Large" and "What the fuck?"
Small, Medium, Large, and "Fuck you bladder (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=167)". For me, the specials board has never improved on Specials: Were pretty good, for a ska band (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1278).
I like Emily. She seems very serene compared to the rest of the cast.
Dharma with banana. I love Emily's expressions of disappointment and satisfaction.
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I like Emily more with each and every comic.
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Happiness is a smashed banana!
That ... plus Emily in the last panel ... really needs to be a T-shirt. And/Or an apron. And/Or a tote bag. And/Or a mousepad. And/Or ...
Jeph? TopatoCo?
Also ... what else do they keep behind that counter at CoD? The potential for speculation boggles the mind.
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[ ... ] Also ... what else do they keep behind that counter at CoD? [ ... ]
Replicator. Fresh outa Star Trek. Thats why.
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We know there's at least a broadsword, Emergency Whiskey, and mouthwash (Plan Omega - if I'm feeling ambitious I might do an archive trawl for links).
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We know there's at least a broadsword, Emergency Whiskey, and mouthwash (Plan Omega - if I'm feeling ambitious I might do an archive trawl for links).
No! No! Speculate! Be like Soulsynger!
EDIT: It occurs to me The Site That Must Not Be Linked actually calls this "Hammerspace."
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We know there's at least a broadsword, Emergency Whiskey, and mouthwash (Plan Omega - if I'm feeling ambitious I might do an archive trawl for links).
And a laptop computer (seen in 469 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=469), 479 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=479) and 732 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=732), and mentioned in 1242 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1242))
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Yay for asian intern ^-^
Tall Asian intern is hot I hope we see more of her.
Really, guys? We know their names now, you guys can use them. :psyduck:
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In the time required for Hannelore to make one smoothie, Faye erased the board and wrote out new specials? Has this been happening throughout the whole comic and I've only now noticed?
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Plus, Battle Spatula and War Ladle.
Funniest comic in a while, great pacing. Jeph may have had plans for Claire, but Emily seems to becoming the new fan favorite.
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In the time required for Hannelore to make one smoothie, Faye erased the board and wrote out new specials? Has this been happening throughout the whole comic and I've only now noticed?
Are they new though? We only see the left side in 2209, and the right side in 2210, they could easily (and appear to me to) read :
Blood Latte
Scab Mocha
Bone Americano
Hot Dog Muffin
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In the time required for Hannelore to make one smoothie, Faye erased the board and wrote out new specials? Has this been happening throughout the whole comic and I've only now noticed?
Are they new though? We only see the left side in 2209, and the right side in 2210, they could easily (and appear to me to) read :
Blood Latte
Scab Mocha
Bone Americano
Hot Dog Muffin
That's how I read it, too. Although the last panel of 2210 could be read on its own as "dog muffin," which takes things to a new level entirely.
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[EDIT: It occurs to me The Site That Must Not Be Linked actually calls this "Hammerspace."
Talk about fridge brilliance (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridgeBrilliance).
:evil:
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No! No! Speculate! Be like Soulsynger!
That hurts, mate. But you're right. Gotta dial down the crazy a notch.
... And I think the mighty War Ladle (yep, capped) left the house together with Sam.
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Happiness is a smashed banana!
That ... plus Emily in the last panel ... really needs to be a T-shirt. And/Or an apron. And/Or a tote bag. And/Or a mousepad. And/Or ...
Jeph? TopatoCo?
Also ... what else do they keep behind that counter at CoD? The potential for speculation boggles the mind.
+20 Bag of Holding, of course.
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I think we're burying the lead here, people.
Faye actually went out of her way to MAKE A CUSTOMER HAPPY!
I don't think this has happened ... unless you count Angus, of course
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I think we're burying the lead here, people.
Faye actually went out of her way to MAKE A CUSTOMER HAPPY!
I don't think this has happened ... unless you count Angus, of course
Yes but the extra effort was an excuse to exhibit violent, extreme behavior. So it's a plus all around.
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Also, it allowed her to deny Claire the smoothie.
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Faye actually went out of her way to MAKE A CUSTOMER HAPPY!
Without being asked!!!
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It's called "We have a Reputation to Uphold."
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What's YOUR favorite Coffee of Doom Special?
Banana Smoothies! 8 (15.7%)
Death Metal Latte! 6 (11.8%)
Chili and Pop Rocks in a Mocha! (aka "Number 28") 2 (3.9%)
Electroclash Frappe! 0 (0%)
Red Bull and Peanut Butter! 1 (2%)
Cat Hair Latte and Litterbox Brownies! 1 (2%)
Specials... were pretty good for a Ska band 0 (0%)
Fresh F###in' Bagels 9 (17.6%)
Banana Mocha, Banana Brownies, Banana Bread... 4 (7.8%)
Yak Butter in Everything! 4 (7.8%)
Granola Mocha and Crunchy Chai! 0 (0%)
Tequila Latte w/worm 2 (3.9%)
Savory muffins and pizza water 0 (0%)
Bone marrow scones and latte! 0 (0%)
Spathe Ham! (Okay, okay, it's not a special.) 2 (3.9%)
Coffee. Just... coffee. 5 (9.8%)
Coffee that Faye's already drunk from the cup. 7 (13.7%)
Total Members Voted: 51
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Hot dog muffin sounds like an actual edible special. I bet it would even taste great.
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No! No! Speculate! Be like Soulsynger!
That hurts, mate. But you're right. Gotta dial down the crazy a notch.
... And I think the mighty War Ladle (yep, capped) left the house together with Sam.
You don't understand. I wanted speculation! Dial up the crazy. It would be fun. Maybe even a poll.
See, like the transporter. Or a portal of some sort. Wil's motorcycle. Penelope's Pizza Girl costume (not confirming or denying anything. It's for Halloween.) Or that emo girl Dora keeps tied up so she can steal her clothes and dress like an indie librarian. Or Sara.
THE ROBOT HAMSTER!
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I think we're burying the lead here, people.
Faye actually went out of her way to MAKE A CUSTOMER HAPPY!
I don't think this has happened ... unless you count Angus, of course
In either case, was she actually going out of her way. Maybe there are people that are genuinely pleased by Faye's behavior.
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Ok, Emily is awesome.
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Thanks, JW.
Man, Em's tall.
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I don't normally vote in these things but I refuse this particular poll because of lack of choice: Hats! There must be small hats behind the CoD counter or there is something wrong with the universe.
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(SMACK)
I forgot the flower pots!
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Wasn't that battle spatula in the storage room?
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The battle spatula would make great banana smoothies.
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Wasn't that battle spatula in the storage room?
Yeah, I was gonna say that I thought they kept that in back.
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Emily is officially my new favourite character.
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The entrance to Narnia is also under the counter
The left one idiot!!
The right one leads to Mordor
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The entrance to Narnia is also under the counter
The left one idiot!!
The right one leads to Mordor
Considering who owns the place, this makes a kind of sense.
I keep reading Jeph's "NEWWW SHIRRRT" post as somehow referring to the action of the comic. A smashed banana shirt?
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SOMEONE finally updated the cast list. (http://questionablecontent.net/cast.php)
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The entrance to Narnia is also under the counter
The left one idiot!!
The right one leads to Mordor
Considering who owns the place, this makes a kind of sense.
"I went to Gorgoroth and all I escaped with was this t-shirt."
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SOMEONE finally updated the cast list. (http://questionablecontent.net/cast.php)
I love how Sara is still in there.
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SOMEONE finally updated the cast list. (http://questionablecontent.net/cast.php)
I love how Sara is still in there.
One might still use that for speculation. Like maybe Sara IS Pizza Girl, but had to disappear and reintroduces herself as Penelope?
Or something. That's my messing with people's heads done for today.
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She feigned her death to be able to be Pizza Girl 24/7! Of course!
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SOMEONE finally updated the cast list. (http://questionablecontent.net/cast.php)
So Cosette is still employed at CoD... I was beginning to fear she was the victim of an allosaurus attack.
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So Cosette is still employed at CoD... I was beginning to fear she was the victim of an allosaurus attack.
Nope, she's just constantly delivering pizza all around town...
You don't understand. I wanted speculation! Dial up the crazy. It would be fun. Maybe even a poll.
[ ... ]
So confused.
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So Cosette is still employed at CoD... I was beginning to fear she was the victim of an allosaurus attack.
Nope, she's just constantly delivering pizza all around town...
You don't understand. I wanted speculation! Dial up the crazy. It would be fun. Maybe even a poll.
[ ... ]
So confused.
What's to be confused about, these forums wouldn't be so entertaining if there wasn't at least a little bit of crazy speculation going on.
SOMEONE finally updated the cast list. (http://questionablecontent.net/cast.php)
I love how Sara is still in there.
One might still use that for speculation. Like maybe Sara IS Pizza Girl, but had to disappear and reintroduces herself as Penelope?
Or something. That's my messing with people's heads done for today.
That makes so much sense now, when Sara disappeared, Pizza Girl suddenly appeared. And they're both blonde. Though, I'm not sure if they're bodies and such would match because Sara left before Jeph started changing his art style and Pizza Girl came in afterwards. I think.
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The art change is why a case could be made for Sara as Pizza Girl, we have no idea what Sara would like in the current art style.
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The entrance to Narnia is also under the counter
The left one idiot!!
The right one leads to Mordor
Considering who owns the place, this makes a kind of sense.
"I went to Gorgoroth and all I escaped with was this lousy t-shirt."
FIFY :-D
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What's behind the Coffee of Doom's counter that you wouldn't mind checking out?*
* - BESIDES the Baristas, pervs. 8 (32%)
The Hammer of DOOM! (In which to make Banana Smoothies) 1 (4%)
Malaysian Battle Spatula 1 (4%)
The Broadsword of DOOM! (A cheap replica of Excalibur) 1 (4%)
The War Ladle! 0 (0%)
The Laptop of DOOM! 0 (0%)
The wi-fi hotspot! 1 (4%)
Marigold's spare DS (she left it there after she got a 3DS) 0 (0%)
Will's motorcycle keys! 0 (0%)
The Mouthwash of DOOM! 0 (0%)
The Emergency Bourbon! 3 (12%)
Freezer for the Emergency Haagen-Dazs! 0 (0%)
A ROBOT HAMSTER! (Hanners brought in a working prototype for fun) 0 (0%)
Daft Punk CD's! 1 (4%)
A spare Pizza Girl Costume - but it's NOT PENELOPE'S! 1 (4%)
A +20 Bag of Holding! 1 (4%)
Hammerspace! 5 (20%)
Space Ham! 0 (0%)
Waffles, of course. 0 (0%)
You mean there's something ELSE behind the counter???? 1 (4%)
Of course there is - the FLOWER POT HATS! 1 (4%)
Total Members Voted: 25
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The art change is why a case could be made for Sara as Pizza Girl, we have no idea what Sara would like in the current art style.
Well if someone with volume one of QC scanned the redrawn Sarah we would have a closer idea as to how she would look.
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Wait, there's a redrawn Sara in the book? Well...shit.
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I just realised Claire's problem with the smoothie. She didn't ask for a smoothie, she asked for that smoothie. I suspect that Faye wanted that one for herself.
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Wait, there's a redrawn Sara in the book?
No, there wasn't one in the book.
The only characters Jeph had to re-draw were Marten, Faye, Steve, Pintsize and Natasha.
EDIT: Oh, and Dora and Vicki (aka Marten's ex).
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The new cast list is a bit random...
I'll say, it's almost as if the characters are ordered in terms of their importance in Jeph's head or something equally arbitrary.
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Really, guys? We know their names now, you guys can use them. :psyduck:
Yes. "Really." I forgot her name and didn't feel like going back and looking. So..."really".
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The entrance to Narnia is also under the counter
The left one idiot!!
The right one leads to Mordor
Please. One does not simply crouch into Mordor.
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The right one leads to Mordor
Please. One does not simply crouch into Mordor.
At least not without bringing coffee one doesn't. Who can guess how Sauron prefers it?
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He wakes and says hello, turns on the breakfast show,
She fixes coffee in the Sammath Naur
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Who can guess how Sauron prefers it?
Decaf skim latté for irony points?
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This could finally explain Starbucks.
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Who can guess how Sauron prefers it?
Since no one is taking the bait:
BLACK
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I figured Sauron prefers a red eye.