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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 07 Oct 2012, 04:34
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This week, we're expanding the options.
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I predict that this party will happen completely normally and there will be no drama.
If there is drama, it will be Dora/Tai related.
And I don't want that. :psyduck:
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Nah. They'll be Anguish and Flay drama, fallout over Friday's Butt-Scan incident.
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I don't think there'll be any drama with Fay and Angus - the forum is far more bothered about that incident than the characters involved in it ;-)
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We've seen Marigold dance before.
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Here's hoping for plenty of drama. That's always fun~ :3
(Except when it's annoying. But hey, details.)
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Whatever happens most of us will be here commenting on it.
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Jeph could mess with us completely by having it happen offstage.
Does Sven count as a friend of Marten's? Bringing him along would help implement the Principle of Maximum Awkwardness.
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If Hanners gets a direct invite, I reckon she'd invite Sven on another "practice date" as I'm sure she would appreciate tips on navigating the social minefield that is a party.
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Mari just got Dale'd.
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I see no Dale. Only swimsuit discussion.
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"STOP DANGING ME" has the potential to be the quote of this entire year. ;D
Also, Angus's Male Gaze may have been foreshadowing...
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Jeph could mess with us completely by having it happen offstage.
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang.
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Will Mari wear the swimsuit?
Is it as dang-worthy as they say?
Will it catch the attention of a certain afroed pizza delivery man?
Only time will tell.
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I'm just not sure I believe her, sorry. But yes, if true, daaaang.
As for Dale, she already has his attention; seeing her in a swimsuit may blow his mind. :psyduck:
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"No buts", huh Faye? I'm thinking there's gonna be plenty of butts.
:evil: :evil: :evil:
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Am I the only one who would be grossed out wearing another girl's swimsuit? That's basically sharing panties.
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Am I the only one who would be grossed out wearing another girl's swimsuit? That's basically sharing panties.
As long as they've been washed and there're no skidmarks, I fail to see the problem.
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"No buts", huh Faye? I'm thinking there's gonna be plenty of butts.
*the demanding clatter of loose change inside a glass jar labeled "bad pun jar" can be heard*
Ahem...
... also, it HAS been a while since we had some nice head-cinema content in the comic. I always enjoy my imagination being sparked. :D
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I wonder if they're going to a pool (which means possibly no party this week) or if they're bringing swimsuits because they're going to the party now.
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Just had a thought:
If Emily invited people last week (real time) for a party possibly happening this week (real time) it would be probable that at least a week (if not two) has passed in QC-time over the weekend.
Because who invites someone on "thursday" for a party on "tuesday". So to speak. In my experience it would be minimum of a week prior.
I find that thought interesting. °O
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The party's on "this" Saturday, so whatever day it was when Emily gave him the invitation, it was almost certainly less than a week prior.
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Nevertheless, we are indeed skipping time.
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I guess. Like I said, we don't know if it's the day of the party yet.
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Looking at who's gathered, I think it's pretty safe to assume they're getting ready to leave for the party. Marten invited Faye, which means Angus by proxy, and I assume Momo invited Marigold.
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I wouldn't wear someone else's swimming costume, nor someone else's underwear either. It just feels weird.
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Yeah, you might catch the lurgy.
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Omigosh, this means we'll have SWIM SUIT SHOTS this week.
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Omigosh, this means we'll have SWIM SUIT SHOTS this week.
Inb4 people asking whether someone invited Hanners!
... did someone invite Hanners? :psyduck:
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Spare t-shirt and shorts probably would have been fine for Marigold, but that doesn't give you this little piece of humor.
And I see Willis has already posted HIS image of what Marigold's wearing on his tumblr.
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Marigold fanservice comin' up!?
Probably...
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Is the twitpic supposed to be the one she borrowed? Because I don't think it looks especially good on her...
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Ah! A Bro moment.
And now they both really want to see.
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Is the twitpic supposed to be the one she borrowed? Because I don't think it looks especially good on her...
Doesn't have to look especially good...
just better than Faye!
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Ah! A Bro moment.
I think you mean a broment.
8-)
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Poor Angus digging himself a hole.
On sharing swimsuits. See college girls do it occasionally. I'd never borrow underwear or a swimsuit from a bloke though. Too weird.
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We're moving into full-on Azumanga Daioh / general anime series shout-out mode here. A beach episode.
If anyone's gonna wear a full-length 1920's swimsuit, I'd imagine it'd be Hanners!
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We're moving into full-on Azumanga Daioh / general anime series shout-out mode here. A beach episode.
If anyone's gonna wear a full-length 1920's swimsuit, I'd imagine it'd be Hanners!
Not so sure on that. If anyone, it'd be Emily wearing some funky swimsuit. Though, there are two ways an Emily suit can go. Crazy 1920's conservative, or anime shout-out skimpy.
We've seen Hanners in a form fitting dress before and short shorts and a tank top. I think she'd wear a bikini or possibly a more swim competition style.
Now, given her neurosis, I don't think she'd enter lake water without a hazmat suit on.
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Can Momo swim?
She can shower, but that's not the same as immersion.
She's probably heavier than water.
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You don't have to get in the pool at a pool party.
It must be currently a warm enough climate in QC time, or at least an indoor pool.
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I'm pretty sure they're swimming in the lake.
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Well I'd imagine it's probably late summer and the intimation is that Emily's parents are loaded so the lake house is probably in the Berkshires. So I'd say warm enough for a pool party but the lake, if it's anything like the mountain lakes in the Southern Appalachians, stays cold year round and swimming is only for the brave.
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Angus's Male Gaze may have been foreshadowing...
:.(
I hate men. They have no loyalty.
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Am I the only one who would be grossed out wearing another girl's swimsuit? That's basically sharing panties.
As long as they've been washed and there're no skidmarks, I fail to see the problem.
Yes, you're the only one.
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Angus's Male Gaze may have been foreshadowing...
:.(
I hate men. They have no loyalty.
Well that's about one of the largest generalizations I've ever seen.
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We're moving into full-on Azumanga Daioh / general anime series shout-out mode here. A beach episode.
If anyone's gonna wear a full-length 1920's swimsuit, I'd imagine it'd be Hanners!
It's perhaps a pity that in the QCverse the Bikini H-bomb test didn't completely destroy the island.
If it had, the popular swimsuit might be Nothing Atoll.
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I'm pretty sure by the end of the week Tai will have gone crazy and asked Dora to marry her.
And since I'm already making insane predictions, Angus shall serenade Faye with a rousing rendition of "Baby Got Back".
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However, in a wacky misunderstanding, Faye will think he is serenading Marigold instead, and throw him into the lake.
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Then Emily, misreading the situation, will jump in the lake, causing everyone else at the party to do so.
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And they'll burst into rewrites of Abba songs! Then Tai and Dora will inexplicably go off in a boat instead of actually getting married, but it's ok because Marten's mum and Marigold's dad will get married instead.
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Why am I now humming The Owl and the Pussycat in my head?
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Angus' problem won't be Faye throwing him into the lake per se; it will be Faye throwing him across the lake like a skipping stone to hit the far bank and its long ignored pebble beach.
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I feel so special.
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Just one more person there saying it and Marigold would have been gang daaaaaaang'd!
OK that was bad and I should feel bad I'll let myself out now...
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No need, just pay up
[rattles pun jar]
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Am I insane, or do the recent comics seem to be leading toward a potential reappearance of Francis after he was reassigned to an earth-based lab? :psyduck:
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Can't it be both?
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Just one more person there saying it and Marigold would have been gang daaaaaaang'd!
OK that was bad and I should feel bad I'll let myself out now...
It was still a dangsome.
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And they'll burst into rewrites of Abba songs!
Marigold & Momo - "Dancing Queen". Faye & Angus - "Honey Honey". Tai & Dora - "Gimme Gimme" (a girl after midnight). Marten & Dora - "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Hanners - "I Have A Dream". The Librinterns - "Summer Night City". Steve & Cosette - "Waterloo" (and the deck collapses pitching everyone into the lake).
Why am I now humming The Owl and the Pussycat in my head?
Because you are English? Or perhaps it is the way Marten and Angus are Learing. By their Male Gaze combined (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUF1nEQ_2c), they can see through a wooden door!
A journey of 2000 POSTS begins with a single step (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23161.msg823203.html#msg823203).
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Emily's party will be...
A small, quiet affair with only a dozen people in the lake house. 9 (7.1%)
A wide-open thing where half of New England is invited - and the other half crashes the party! 15 (11.8%)
Full of drama, because that's what QC's all about, right? ;) 20 (15.7%)
Won't be as popular as that house party Tai threw a while back, but close. 3 (2.4%)
Where we see Marigold dancing - for REAL - for the first time! 9 (7.1%)
The usual "wrong peson wakes up in the wrong bed" thing. 12 (9.4%)
And that "wrong person" will likely be Tai - waking up next to MARIGOLD! 2 (1.6%)
Interesting, after she finds Tai's clothes in her dishwasher. 8 (6.3%)
Bigger than Woodstock ever was. 4 (3.1%)
About the same as Doc Elicott-Chatham's birthday party - arguments about quarks and such. 3 (2.4%)
Meme laden! 10 (7.9%)
Next week. We never get to these things right away in QC-time. 32 (25.2%)
Total Members Voted: 52
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Can't it be both?
Note that I didn't specify it as exclusive or. :roll:
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And they'll burst into rewrites of Abba songs!
I'd prefer some old blues numbers:
Faye and Marigold - 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy (alt. Built For Comfort)
Marten, Amir and Hanners - Playing With My Friends
Hanners - Everthings Gonna Be Alright
Tai and Dora - Who'll Do The Leaving?
Sven - Change My Way
(added a missing / - Method)
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This makes me wonder now: who is the curvier of the two between Faye and Marigold? I'm going to say Mari on this one especially going off of Faye's reaction walking out of the room.
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Angus' problem won't be Faye throwing him into the lake per se; it will be Faye throwing him across the lake like a skipping stone to hit the far bank and its long ignored pebble beach.
No, that's Love Hina.
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BEACH EPISODE BEACH EPISODE.
Will Marigold adopt / be adopted by an Iriomote Mountain Cat?
Will Emily collect sea slugs from the bottom of the lake?
Will Dora fall asleep and awaken to see Hanners standing over her with a butcher knife?
How many Questionables are gonna have BikiniHanners imprinted on the inside of their eyelids? :roll:
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Will Dora fall asleep and awaken to see Hanners standing over her with a butcher knife?
Oh my gah I want this to happen now. Of course that would be funny even if it didn't happen at the beach.
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so yeah, pretty much the rest of the cast will probably be there.. will we get a chance to catch up on Penelope and Wil? Steve and Cosette? Sven and... nobody? Raven and... everybody?
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GAH! I want to see Mari in the swimsuit now!!! NOW! :psyduck:
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Why am I now humming The Owl and the Pussycat in my head?
Because you are English?
No (well yes, I suppose, but) because they sailed away in a boat (later they got married, of course).
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Oh dear god, it's hunger games, QC edition, any minute now Emily's gonna vault over a tree and shoot Angus.
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"Be Prepared"!
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It's fun watching Momo look shocked. I guess she doesn't spend that much time around The Pugnacious Peach.
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Oh. Dear. God. Emily lives in the woods... in a house made of gingerbread, cake and sugar! °O
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Will Marigold adopt / be adopted by an Iriomote Mountain Cat?
Well, she hasn't had a "relationship" with Kamineko to prepare her.
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"Be Prepared"!
So now instead of humming The Owl and the Pussycat, you're humming Tom Lehrer? (:
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"Be Prepared"!
So now instead of humming The Owl and the Pussycat, you're humming Tom Lehrer? (:
And nobody else is thinking of lions and hyenas here?
(Hm hm hm ... teeth and ambitions ... hm hm ... *hums*)
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Am I really tired (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1696) or is everyone's head a little weird? Is it because of the windshield? :psyduck:
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I suppose "No Outlet" (which sounds like blocked drains to me) is the American equivalent of "No Through Road"? And does Faye routinely carry a KA-BAR, or whatever that blade is? Does Emily carry a tanto?
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In some states, the sign will say "no outlet" in others, it's "dead end."
Each state has its own little quirks and style to the way they administer traffic regulation.
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[ ... ] Does Emily carry a tanto?
Judging by her height I'd say she's a wakizashi person.
And am I to deduct by this car's passager-list that Dora and Tai are together in the other car? ... they will be taking the "scenic route" no doubt.
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Judging by her height I'd say she's a wakizashi person.
And am I to deduct by this car's passager-list that Dora and Tai are together in the other car? ... they will be taking the "scenic route" no doubt.
I, too, was wondering about that. Without Momo to guide them Tai/Dora could easily get lost. Unless they are giving Hannelore a ride. I would trust Hanners to read the map rather than Tai.
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I'm sitting here trying to figure out what kind of car that is.
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Ford Fiesta (he asked on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/255450662215753728) for a photo of one from that angle).
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I think the looks in the last panel are less "whoa, she's got a knife" and more "where the hell did that come from?"
After all, she's wearing a tank top and figure hugging jeans; there's not much hiding space there. Unless its internal; more support for my "she's part robot" hypothesis, no?
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My wife will tell you the story of hitching a lift with her friend at university who for the whole journey had a scalpel hidden between her breasts for "security". The knife is bigger than that, but then so is Faye bigger than the friend.
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Did she stab herself with it? That sounds like it could have gone fairly badly.
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I think the looks in the last panel are less "whoa, she's got a knife" and more "where the hell did that come from?"
After all, she's wearing a tank top and figure hugging jeans; there's not much hiding space there. Unless its internal; more support for my "she's part robot" hypothesis, no?
She could just as easily had some stashed away in Angus' car. But then, nothing would really surprise me about Faye.
I say "some" because a real prepared sportsman would never just carry one...
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In some states, the sign will say "no outlet" in others, it's "dead end."
Each state has its own little quirks and style to the way they administer traffic regulation.
I know here in my state we use both, but the "no outlet" is usually reserved for residential areas with multiple roads in a neighborhood, but no access out of the "neighborhood" unless you get back on the road you came in on. Dead End is usually one street that ends in a cul de sac or just ends.
And yes, I've done the same as Faye on "less then kosher" road trips. I usually carry my Jayne Cobb bowie knife though.
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I prefer my Russell Boat Knife, but that looks like a serious knife Faye's got there.
Although if she was truly prepared for that she'd have a shotgun in her bag with a deer barrel and a mix of slug and buckshot. And a satellite phone to contact local law enforcement.
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Did she stab herself with it? That sounds like it could have gone fairly badly.
She sat very stiffly for the whole journey, I gather.
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Oh Faye. Always prepared for instances like these. Also I could have sworn that was a Prius from that angle. Never would have guess it was a Ford Fiesta.
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I'm beginning to think Faye was special forces with an anger problem in another life. It would explain so much.
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Emily's party will be...
A small, quiet affair with only a dozen people in the lake house. 9 (6%)
A wide-open thing where half of New England is invited - and the other half crashes the party! 17 (11.3%)
Full of drama, because that's what QC's all about, right? ;) 24 (16%)
Won't be as popular as that house party Tai threw a while back, but close. 4 (2.7%)
Where we see Marigold dancing - for REAL - for the first time! 12 (8%)
The usual "wrong peson wakes up in the wrong bed" thing. 13 (8.7%)
And that "wrong person" will likely be Tai - waking up next to MARIGOLD! 6 (4%)
Interesting, after she finds Tai's clothes in her dishwasher. 10 (6.7%)
Bigger than Woodstock ever was. 4 (2.7%)
About the same as Doc Elicott-Chatham's birthday party - arguments about quarks and such. 4 (2.7%)
Meme laden! 10 (6.7%)
Next week. We never get to these things right away in QC-time. 37 (24.7%)
Total Members Voted: 63
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I'm pretty sure this is more Cabin in the Woods than Hunger Games.
Blow the conch.
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I can't tell; is Faye carrying a knife... or a dildo?
I suppose either way, she's prepared. :P
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I can't tell; is Faye carrying a knife... or a dildo?
I suppose either way, she's prepared. :P
If QC were set in my state of Indiana, she'd be carrying a revolver as well as the knife.
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A dildo with an edge?
No.
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Just a few random thoughts after reading the comic, and then all the posts...
1. Emily is setting a snare for Martin. Think about the beautiful children they could make, and the potential is there for discount fruit smoothies.
2. Faye is far to violent and aggresive to have been special forces in a past life. I am thinking Inquisition torture mistress.
3. Hanners in a swim suit? I think more likely Hanners in a space suit! With full detox support software in case of a tear and/or puncture.
4. The afor mentioned knives are fine examples of personal defense items, but if I am going into the woods on a dead end road, Mr. Glock is coming with :)
5. Tai and Dora in a car with Hanners. Hm, Hanners could drive while.... wait, never mind. I did not just almost put that in writing :angel:
6. Mortal Kombat! QC style. My money is on Faye
7. Pintsize needs to make an appearance, I think. Maybe him and his mates hooked up feeding the party over the internet and chanting TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!
8. As they all settle around a campfire for smores and chocolates, a strange mist rolls in off the lake. A short, thin figure appears among them wearing dirty green cover-alls, holding a butchers knife and wearing a white hockey mask. As the group screams and gathers together for protection, the figure rips off the mask to reveal Sara! The stains on her clothing are dried remnents of allosaurus. She demands overtime, and Marten lovins to make things right for her dismissal from CoD.
9. The author of this post reply clearly needs to cut back on caffiene.
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Ford did some restyling, looks like, on its baby Escort, in keeping with the "Let's melt it and put it in front of a high-speed fan" school of design.
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My problem is that it's far too new for bunch of hipsters to be driving.
I assume it's Angus', since he's driving - straw man pays that well?
Maybe it was rented for the occasion...
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I can't tell; is Faye carrying a knife... or a dildo?
I suppose either way, she's prepared. :P
If QC were set in my state of Indiana, she'd be carrying a revolver as well as the knife.
Reminds me of one of my favorite stories about my dad... one time we were visiting my uncle in New Jersey (he lives near Trenton), and during the visit we went into Philadelphia. We got lost at one point and ended up in a bad neighborhood. My uncle was panicking ("Get us out of here!"), and my dad calmly reached into the storage compartment between the two front seats, pulled out a pistol, and said "We'll be fine." My uncle started panicking for a different reason: "You brought a gun into New Jersey!?"
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There are still pretty modest swimsuits that have about the same coverage as the tank top and shorts Hanners wears when she's being comfortable. I think she would draw the line at swimming in something that's not heavily chlorinated.
If Angus is making good money, then he's working for people who have money, which might result in some interesting ethical compromises. Maybe the Fiesta was a graduation present?
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Shouldn't Momo be strapped into a booster seat? :police:
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BEACH EPISODE BEACH EPISODE.
Technically Hot Springs episode. Beach would entail them in more sunnier climate.
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For comic #2292... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292)
1. Gibbs' Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife.
2. The Zero Tolerance 301 folding-knife would be my preferred knife of choice, were I able to bring myself to spend 300 USD on it. (I have to make do with a generic manual folding knife, which probably would not save me from a rabid tapir out for my fluids :-( )
3. Well we know that Dora has her own car, so that is probably how she and Tai will travel. The question now is whether Hanners will be at the party too? I do not recall Hanners having a car (though obviously she could afford one as well as private parking space).
4. It will be amusing to see if Jeph does a strip with Dora, Tai, & Hanners in their own respective car. Or any others en-route to Emily's lake house party (or man-hunting event).
5. It will be interesting to see the cast in their respective swimsuits, both males and females.
6. Someone (jmurf67) copying my posting style? Good thing I do not enforce any of the patents 8-) .
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Tai also has her own car. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1916) And asked Dora to the party.
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My problem is that it's far too new for bunch of hipsters to be driving.
I assume it's Angus', since he's driving - straw man pays that well?
Maybe it was rented for the occasion...
Angus did go to one of those super-fancy prep schools for rich kids. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1599) Could be a present from Ma and Pa.
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I'm pretty sure Hanners will wear a bathing suit in a attempt to work up the courage to go in the lake, but ultimately she's probably going to chicken out.
Side Note: Since Faye's hands aren't visible in the second panel and she is tilted slightly to her right, she could very well be pulling the knife out of a compartment in the door. Most cars have them and it would be big enough to hold the knife.
Shouldn't Momo be strapped into a booster seat? :police:
Honestly, besides cometic damage nothing bad could really happen to her.
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Pendrake, that yellow's nearly invisible!
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I'm pretty sure Hanners will wear a bathing suit in a attempt to work up the courage to go in the lake, but ultimately she's probably going to chicken out.
Or announce the water has the Hanta Virus or something similar.
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My bet is that Hanners' "swimsuit" for anything other than tank of distilled and purified water would be a hooded drysuit with new neck and wrist seals, along with a full-face mask, the whole to be discarded after one use.
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And then Hanners surprises everyone by jumping into the lake in a bikini, before she realizes that no, it isn't just an outdoorsy-decorated pool, and no, it isn't chlorinated.
The party starts off with tears and several containers of chlorine.
Meanwhile, Pintsize emails horse porn to Emily as revenge for Marten not inviting him. Emily doesn't realize what it is and shows Hanners.
Poor Hanners.
(Also, I bet Pintsize is getting lonely. Marten hasn't hung out with him or anything in quite a while, and now he's going on another trip without him? Poor little guy.)
And then all my suspicions are debunked in one fell swoop, right? But if that's another suspicion... Ergh, I'm wandering into paradox territory.
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Egads! Another number poster. From now on I will show the proper respect in my posts that include numbered lists. Anyone who can use a Gibbs rule has my respect! :-D
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When did Faye get a Ka-Bar?
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7. @Method of Madness... That would probably be because I used beige 8-) .
8. "Gibbs' Rule #9" in yellow or red would have probably been too eye-searing for some of our forum-cast. Plus I generally use yellow for linking. (example: Gibbs' knife: the ZT 301 (http://gotknife.com/zero_tolerance-Ranger-ZT301.aspx) [P.S. Edit Add: huh, it auto-colors it orange by default now? that is must be (relatively) new]
9. @jmurf67... I do not know about you or others, but I generally use number-separation posting since it makes it easier to quote from. And these particular forums love their quote-tunnels :psyduck: .
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Ha, fair enough. I just know I had to select it to read it because otherwise it looked like this:
(http://i47.tinypic.com/28u5rp5.jpg)
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The "Ka-Bar" is what's left of the Broadsword of Doom after a night of rage-augmented whetstoning.
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Momo is about teenager size, so a seat belt should be adequate. We don't know how mechanically robust she is.
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To be brutally honest, years of reading numbered lists in corporate documents means that as soon as I see a post with a numbered list, my eyes automatically glaze over and I just have to skip to the next post. Sorry! That's just how it is.
I like paragraphs, though. Paragraphs are great.
Rationally speaking, the mere presence of a number in front of a paragraph shouldn't have that effect on me, but it does. Gah!
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What does it mean that this doesn't look at all sketchy to me? Looks just like the lake I went to as a kid...
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Two words, and they're in the poll: STEPHEN KING.
King lives in New England, and sets most of his horror stories IN New England.
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Note for those outside of the US: "New England" is generally considered to be the section of the northeastern part of the country, generally made up of the states of Massachusetts (the setting of most of QC), New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The term comes from the fact that the area was one of the first English colonies in the "New World" back in the 17th century.
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What does it mean that this doesn't look at all sketchy to me? Looks just like the lake I went to as a kid...
It doesn't mean anything at all...Jason. New England
Hold on there...there's a New England?
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Pendrake, that yellow's nearly invisible!
I am confused. The default forum background color is about a 70% grey, and the normal text is almost white. How could you not see the yellow text?
Do you have some sort of alternate forum skin that only mods can use? :?
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Note for those outside of the US: "New England" is generally considered to be the section of the northeastern part of the country, generally made up of the states of Massachusetts (the setting of most of QC), New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The term comes from the fact that the area was one of the first English colonies in the "New World" back in the 17th century.
It's a part of the world that I haven't yet visited, but would very much like to.
Don't worry, Faye's got her blade.
Is this telling us not to worry because Faye has her blade, or in spite of it?
Edit:
Forgot to mention: there is a New England in NSW, Australia as well. So not only is there a New England, there is more than one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(New_South_Wales)
Now that I come to think of it, "New England, New South Wales" is kind of funny.
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I do, but I don't think it's restricted to mods. I guess I keep forgetting I use an alternate one until I occasionally get logged out and see the default. It looks like this. I've had it since the forum switched months back, and it wasn't really a problem until people recently started using bright-coloured text.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/33aujw7.jpg)
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Note for those outside of the US: "New England" is generally considered to be the section of the northeastern part of the country, generally made up of the states of Massachusetts (the setting of most of QC), New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The term comes from the fact that the area was one of the first English colonies in the "New World" back in the 17th century.
Folks from Rhode Island and Connecticut might disagree with your list.
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Note for those outside of the US: "New England" is generally considered to be the section of the northeastern part of the country, generally made up of the states of Massachusetts (the setting of most of QC), New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The term comes from the fact that the area was one of the first English colonies in the "New World" back in the 17th century.
Folks from Rhode Island and Connecticut might disagree with your list.
Well Rhode Island doesn't count (they know what they did :x) but yeah you need to include Connecticut and "possibly" part of down-state NY.
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Ha, what did Rhode Island do?
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Somewhere between Roger Williams and those flaming assholes at the nightclub?
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What could you possibly have against Roger Williams? He was strongly for religious freedom and was an abolitionist before it was cool.
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On the new Fiestas - they're actually pretty dang roomy on the inside, and I don't see why there'd be any trouble fitting 5 people in one, especially with Marten's scrawniness and how petite Momo is. I drove one for the better part of the summer for my job, and they're quite nice, actually. As for price, they're really not all that expensive, either - $14k MSRP.
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What could you possibly have against Roger Williams? He was strongly for religious freedom and was an abolitionist before it was cool.
Yeah, and I wasn't cool; I was drawing a timeline from RI's origin to the last large event there that came to mind.
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What could you possibly have against Roger Williams? He was strongly for religious freedom and was an abolitionist before it was cool.
Yeah, and I wasn't cool; I was drawing a timeline from RI's origin to the last large event there that came to mind.
Is there anything that's large about Rhode Island?
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What could you possibly have against Roger Williams? He was strongly for religious freedom and was an abolitionist before it was cool.
Yeah, and I wasn't cool; I was drawing a timeline from RI's origin to the last large event there that came to mind.
Is there anything that's large about Rhode Island?
(http://i.imgur.com/BFR0g.png) (http://imgur.com/BFR0g)
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It probably isn't a good thing that my first thought of modern day Rhode Island is the fictional town of Quahog. I guess my second thought would be Brown.
Hahaha, god damn it, I waited too long to hit post and iDug beat me to it.
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For comic #2292...
1. Gibbs' Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife.
Ahhh, Jethro Gibbs, the exception to the rule 'Never bring a Knife to a Gunfight.'
Hmmmmmmm
Why is it I suddenly hear Jason Vorhees' theme??
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Do you have some sort of alternate forum skin that only mods can use? :?
There are three forum skins at present (the default, a reproduction of the old plain gray, and a "normal" light background one), and anyone can choose any of them by going to the Look and Layout page of their profile. All are in use by some forumites. This is one reason that the rules and guidelines request that colour is not added unnecessarily to posts - the other is the avoidance of eye-bleach in general (I could block it, but don't want to be quite that much of a killjoy).
5- Write English. There are many non-native English users here, so we don't expect grammatical perfection and consistency of spelling. But please, no 1337-speak, ALL CAPS, or excessive use of smileys :evil:, marquees, fancy fonts and colours and such; and please try to spell people's (and characters') names right - it's only polite.
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Angus's Male Gaze may have been foreshadowing...
:.(
I hate men. They have no loyalty.
Ummm... yes we do. We absolutely do. Do some men's eyes, on occasion, follow the swaying backside of a passing women? Yes, they do - but despite what some people think, a sideways glance is not at all connected to a lack of loyalty. If a woman drools at a shirtless hunk on True Blood, does that mean she is planning to cheat on her boyfriend? No, it doesn't. We're humans, we have libidos, and they don't shut completely down when we enter a relationship. A sideways glance every now and again is nothing to sneeze at.
Now, Angus' complete lack of consideration in looking /staring at another woman when Faye is right next to him - well, he's just an idiot. Doesn't mean he's not loyal.
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A sideways glance every now and again is nothing to sneeze at.
Totally unrelated to the main topic at hand: if something is "not to be sneezed at it" is important. A sneeze used to be an expression of contempt or disregard, and to sneeze at something was to consider it of little value or import.
Of course, it's usually after a post like this that the poster is shot down by their own linguistic failures.
EDIT: Thinking about it, slang and idioms do have different meanings in different places, even in the same language. Perhaps I got the wrong end of the stick.
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I check women out as they walk past too - that doesn't mean I wouldn't be loyal to a partner (it also doesn't mean I'm attracted to them).
That road does look dubious to me, but having driven down similarly-dubious roads to reach Redball's lake house I would simply assume that that's how American roads are!
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Aaaand... Momo hides behind Marten - that must be a first!
(Actually someone did try to hide behind Marten once, which he pointed out would be ineffective, but I can't remember the occasion right now.)
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HOORAY FOR AXE MURDER! ;D
Emily's parents' house has a swimming pool right above a giant lake? I guess the lake is the pool, maybe?
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Let me guess... this is how she cuts turkey/chicken/banana smoothies...
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It's cold. She's about to go chop some firewood, and put on a ski mask for warmth.
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Neither would surprise me in the slightest. Of course, a lake is also a convenient place to hide a body, at least for a short while.
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Yep, must be some ridiculously mundane explanation.
Although I wonder why she needs the mask...does it really splatter/splinter that much?
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HOORAY FOR AXE MURDER! ;D
Emily's parents' house has a swimming pool right above a giant lake? I guess the lake is the pool, maybe?
I don't know what's funnier; Emily's terrified look (insofar as you can tell behind the hockey mask), or that Angus and Faye were expecting that.
To me, the deck looks to be built out over the lake itself (looks to be a bit of a height (probably 30-50 feet? My depth perception sucks sometimes)).
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Even with a mask and hatchet, Emily looks adorable. :-)
Besides, I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation ridiculous explanation that only makes sense to Emily.
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Oh dear, Hannelore has murdered Emily and is wearing her hair as a wig.
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Oh dear, Hannelore has murdered Emily and is wearing her hair as a wig.
That's not consonant with Jeph's note below, though.
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Even with a mask and hatchet, Emily looks adorable. :-)
Besides, I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation ridiculous explanation that only makes sense to Emily.
That's easy - she's going to split some kindling (you use the full size axe for the bigger pieces, but want the handiness of a hachet for kindling), and in the interests of safety has put on a mask.
The other explanation is that its funny.
I on the other hand would like to know where Marigold has gotten off to.
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Emily, what the fuck. Your place is way too upscale for Crystal Lake. You need to be channeling "American Psycho" instead. They're supposed to be walking in to find the place covered in plastic wrap and "It's Hip To Be Square" blasting.
Oh well, at least we know why there's the thousand-person limit (waaaaayyy too much blood, even given the Deep One progenitor that probably dwells in the lake).
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Oh dear, Hannelore has murdered Emily and is wearing her hair as a wig.
That's not consonant with Jeph's note below, though.
What did you think Jeph was going to write, with Hannelore standing right there with a hatchet?
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Okay, a hammer I could understand, for banana smoothies. But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.
And where the heck *is* Faye keeping that knife?
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You can use the back of an axe head as a hammer; my mother used to jump out of her car when it stalled at the lights and hit the corroded battery terminals with the back of an axe like that so that she could start it again - it alarmed the drivers around to see her apparently swinging an axe at the engine!
(Memories from the distant past R Us!)
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See, I wouldn't react overmuch to someone swinging an axe at an engine. I figure its their car, if they want to hack it to bits that's their problem. Bit rude to do it at the lights with a queue behind you, but then some people just are.
If they swung an axe at the engine, looked startled, and started running away, on the other hand.…
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Okay, a hammer I could understand, for banana smoothies. But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.
And where the heck *is* Faye keeping that knife?
Faye never put the knife down! Unlike SOME people, she's prepared.
Also, Emily needs the axe for the murders, duh. Why isn't Marigold on panel? Emily already killed her. Marten is about to run outside to discover her body to a terrible crescendo in the soundtrack!
(No he isn't, this is stupid, Emily is joking.
See, I wouldn't react overmuch to someone swinging an axe at an engine. I figure its their car, if they want to hack it to bits that's their problem. Bit rude to do it at the lights with a queue behind you, but then some people just are.
If they swung an axe at the engine, looked startled, and started running away, on the other hand.…
Eh, still not too much of a big deal unless the car gives chase.
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But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.
To cut down cherry trees of course!
Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.
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Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.
I doubt our friends are freddie for this!
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Note for those outside of the US: "New England" is generally considered to be the section of the northeastern part of the country, generally made up of the states of Massachusetts (the setting of most of QC), New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. The term comes from the fact that the area was one of the first English colonies in the "New World" back in the 17th century.
Folks from Rhode Island and Connecticut might disagree with your list.
Yeah, thing is? Most of Connecticut is beholden to the state of New York, and Rhode Island - well, like MDSB said, they know what THEY did.
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"You don't even know a thousand people"
Does anyone actually know a thousand people in their immediate community well enough to invite them to a party at someone else's place on short notice? (Though I do make it a point to NOT post event invitations on FB/Twitter just in case...)
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The comic will end with an epic duel between Emily and Hannelore for the right to kill and butcher Marten and company.
Hannelore will favour a neat and ordered approach in contrast with Emily's hack'n'slash method. The duel is as much to settle on how they should be murdered as it is about who does the murdering.
Raven then randomly interrupts their duel after having flown in on her submacopter wielding a zweihander shouting THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
Then stuff starts getting really interesting. :laugh:
"You don't even know a thousand people"
Does anyone actually know a thousand people in their immediate community well enough to invite them to a party at someone else's place on short notice? (Though I do make it a point to NOT post event invitations on FB/Twitter just in case...)
In terms of being able to recognise, name, and perhaps remember, the number is around 150 or so people, it's called Dunbar's Number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number) and you can read more about it on the link.
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[Yeah, thing is? Most of Connecticut is beholden to the state of New York, and Rhode Island - well, like MDSB said, they know what THEY did.
This is all about the incident with those people right?
When are you guys gonna forget about that? The property damage wasn't that severe.
Or is the other thing?
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Never bring a knife to a gunfight. Always bring a knife to a costume party.
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[Yeah, thing is? Most of Connecticut is beholden to the state of New York, and Rhode Island - well, like MDSB said, they know what THEY did.
This is all about the incident with those people right?
When are you guys gonna forget about that? The property damage wasn't that severe.
Or is the other thing?
Were you even there? :? Then stay out of it. :x When the entire state apologizes and buys me a pony then we can move on. :roll:
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I would like to report that the State of Rhode Island (AND Providence Plantations ... ) has stolen my pony.
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Jeph's Azumanga addiction is showing. :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6IZHEIQwA)
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That road does look dubious to me, but having driven down similarly-dubious roads to reach Redball's lake house I would simply assume that that's how American roads are!
Yeah, but you and Eed left the knives at home the second time you came out, right?
And the deck isn't built out over the lake, but over a steep slope down toward the lake, with out-of-view steps leading down to a dock.
I've been there.
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But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.
Well duh, to make mayonnaise, of course!
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Ha, damn it, it's just a noodle incident? I was hoping there was an actual reason people he didn't like Rhode Island.
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Momo in panel 3: "If I was capable of doing so, I would be pissing myself in terror right now."
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While Emily is adorable enough in her mask and wielding a hatchet, I did find myself fawning over her cute picture on the wall behind Faye.
Also, it seems that she has a cat. This just gets more pleasurable by the second. Emily has now retroactively always been my favorite QC character.
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I seem to remember Raven talking about using Marten as a human shield.
Why is Momo hiding?! She's the best equipped of all of them to handle a violent situation. Maybe her social protocol database says you're supposed to honor the intentions of someone acting scary by acting scared?
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"You don't even know a thousand people"
Does anyone actually know a thousand people in their immediate community well enough to invite them to a party at someone else's place on short notice? (Though I do make it a point to NOT post event invitations on FB/Twitter just in case...)
A good friend of mine passed away several years ago - the symptoms were misread, and by the time they found the lymphoma, he only had two days left. He was 46.
His memorial service was held in a local theatre a week later. It seats 950, and it was SRO. He was active not only in the community theatre, and in the human services community where he worked, but in every neighborhood he lived in, and kept in touch with everyone. Even when he didn't keep in touch, he'd get hold of you one in a great while and catch up.
There are not enough people like that in the world.
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Ha, damn it, it's just a noodle incident? I was hoping there was an actual reason people he didn't like Rhode Island.
Oh no, it's real. RI was founded on the basis of separation from existing groups. It was originally a haven for those that had offended someone enough that they needed to leave wherever they used to live. They even "seceded" from Britain two months before independence was declared!
And, if you meet someone currently from RI, you'll find that not much has changed over the last 250 years. :-P
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But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.
To cut down cherry trees of course!
Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.
Oh stupid me, but what does Angus' "Called it" mean?
Is it like in "call dibs", he foresaw that this would happen?
Or ...?
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This is a trap, isn't it. Emily's luring us into the wood so she can hunt us for sport. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292)
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When I first saw the house I did a double take - it really looks like one of those kit houses from the SEARS catalog circa 1900.
I play a certain horror RPG set in the early 1900's (Fellowship of The White Star - a mini con is this weekend) where these things crop up in stories and bad things happened.
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Ha, damn it, it's just a noodle incident? I was hoping there was an actual reason people he didn't like Rhode Island.
Actually Rhode Island and I have a short history together. I was there during a difficult period of my life and have come to associate the entire state with FAILURE and DOOOOOOOM.
Not healthy I know, but... they know what they did and when they apologize then we can move on. Until then, they are my least-favorite state.
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...I'm kind of hoping this is exactly what it looks like.
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So Rhode Island is the Australia of America?
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wait these guys are hipsters but i dont hate them
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What did you think Jeph was going to write, with Hannelore standing right there with a hatchet?
The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou)
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Yeah, but you and Eed left the knives at home the second time you came out, right?
I don't think May had a knife either time. I think I left mine in the car the second time.
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Prediction: Emily is making kindling for the evening's bonfire with a very tiny hatchet. She's wearing the hockey mask to...protect her face from flying wood chips?
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No it's much simpler she wants to show them her new knife and hockey mask Gotta say she looks cute even wearing that
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maybe Emily thinks that this is what a normal lakehouse party host does from the movies! or maybe Tai and Dora are already there and they're doing some role playing...or doing some gladiator fights...or something...
also as often happens when I don't visit this forum for a while, I clicked a link to take me to the previous thread (on the right) and not the previous page (on the left) and it was the one on conduct and everyone was mad and I was confused for entire minutes of reading since I didn't check notice the timestamps and was wondering what the heck went on in this week's WCDT yesterday...
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But why in the holy hell would Emily need a hatchet.
To cut down cherry trees of course!
Angus did call it, and now he voorhees disaster.
*golf clap* well played.
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Oh stupid me, but what does Angus' "Called it" mean?
Is it like in "call dibs", he foresaw that this would happen?
Or ...?
Yes, it means "I predicted this (out loud)".
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Oh stupid me, but what does Angus' "Called it" mean?
Is it like in "call dibs", he foresaw that this would happen?
Or ...?
Yes, it means "I predicted this (out loud)".
To quote Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged:
Cooler: "Oh, and will someone answer that phone? Because I FUCKING CALLED IT!!"
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Never bring a knife to a gunfight. Always bring a knife to a costume party.
Depends on how close you are. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckz7EmDxhtU)
Not a perfect experiment, but pretty decent.
Also, I'm going to go ahead and guess that the hatchet is for fish killing.
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Where did Marigold go? She was sitting behind Angus in the car and now she's dissapeared.
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Where did Marigold go? She was sitting behind Angus in the car and now she's dissapeared.
Standing behind Emily with a fry pan, I'll bet.
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She's still in the car glued to the DS. She hasn't noticed they've arrived yet.
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Prediction: Emily is making kindling for the evening's bonfire with a very tiny hatchet. She's wearing the hockey mask to...protect her face from flying wood chips?
Nah, I don't think it's anything that obvious. I bet she's been inspired by Faye's banana smoothie recipe, and has devised an unconventional use for the axe. Maybe banana splits: use the axe to (messily) split the banana, and to chop up some fresh pineapple and nuts for toppings. Or hotdogs: flatten the weiners with the side of the axe before tossing them on the BBQ.
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She's wearing the mask because a zit just appeared and she's self-conscious about it.
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Depends on how close you are. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckz7EmDxhtU)
And how good you are (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzYeyynhPGw)
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Jeph is finding that his nicotine withdrawal is making it hard to work, so there
may be (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/256299533846339584) is a filler (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/256305788950310912) today (OTOH, at least once when he's done that before he's found that it motivated him to carry on to produce a real comic after all - we shall see).
It can only be good that he gives up smoking though, so I send him my best wishes and encouragement for keeping that up.
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To give up smoking sucks! He's got to find something else to keep him occupied, preferably some kind of mindless work like... digging holes or punching stuff. Helped me. Good luck to him.
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It can only be good that he gives up smoking though, so I send him my best wishes and encouragement for keeping that up.
Yes. I'll take as many filler strips as it takes.
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Whilst I'm all for taking care of your health (both in giving up smoking, and in recognising the need for a day off), the suspense is rather uncomfortable. I cannot think of an explanation that makes any sense.
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Cudos to Jeph for deciding on giving up paying money to get sick! :-P
I never understood the appeal.
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Yeah, but you and Eed left the knives at home the second time you came out, right?
I don't think May had a knife either time. I think I left mine in the car the second time.
Didn't we bring a dog the second time?
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Whilst I'm all for taking care of your health (both in giving up smoking, and in recognising the need for a day off), the suspense is rather uncomfortable. I cannot think of an explanation that makes any sense.
There's your problem; assuming the explanation has to make sense. There's no actual reason it has to; even basic physics is a bit fluid in QCland.
Cudos to Jeph for deciding on giving up paying money to get sick! :-P
I never understood the appeal.
It's not exactly an appeal really, or at least the smoke itself isn't at first, but once you've got past the choking and coughing stage as your lungs and throat vainly try to warn you that this shit is terrible the addiction is already starting to set in…
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It's not exactly an appeal really, or at least the smoke itself isn't at first, but once you've got past the choking and coughing stage as your lungs and throat vainly try to warn you that this shit is terrible the addiction is already starting to set in…
Yep... never got past that stage and never got the appeal of TRYING to.
It's quite an enigma to me. Then again, even some waterpipes make me cough...
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*waves flags that say "Go Jeph" around while cheering* Kick that nicotine's ass~!
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*waves flags that say "Go Jeph" around while cheering* Kick that nicotine's ass~!
Is your avatar smoking something? It just looked like that to me for a second there. °O
(Yay, brain, way to criss-cross my visual and mental imagery!)
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*waves flags that say "Go Jeph" around while cheering* Kick that nicotine's ass~!
Is your avatar smoking something? It just looked like that to me for a second there. °O
(Yay, brain, way to criss-cross my visual and mental imagery!)
xD No, he's got a sword over his far shoulder. The brown thing sticking out the right side of his head is the hilt, and the blade is on the other side.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, he'd prolly be slicing his shoulder in half irl. But that pic was less about realism and more about screwing with colors x3
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*waves flags that say "Go Jeph" around while cheering* Kick that nicotine's ass~!
by the power of all his bonercats combined!
EDIT: WOAH (http://bonercat.tumblr.com/)
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xD No, he's got a sword over his far shoulder. The brown thing sticking out the right side of his head is the hilt, and the blade is on the other side.
[ ... ]
Man, I mistook the sword tip for a pointy ear all those months... °O
But I DO like the avatar. Always a nice dash of color in the grey forum style I use.
(And just now I was told to cease and decist with using pink for font color. No problem at all and I understand why... I'll just miss the color.)
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Strength Jeph, you can do it. Beat the weed.
Never saw the attraction of sticking burning plant matter between my lips and inhaling, but I know that some do and I know that it is really hard to stay quit.
Do what you have to.
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EDIT: I don't remember there ever being a Halloween arc before, but a fair few of the comics that I read are starting to gear up for late-October weirdness.
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So Rhode Island is the Australia of America?
That is very insulting to Australians. :-D
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On the appeal of smoking: the early smokes have a pleasant ephorizing effect, that fades rather quickly as tolerance builds up. The problem is the addiction builds up even quicker, so by the time the pleasure has, if not totally disappeared, become insignificant, you're already addicted.
I really should try again to quit smoking, but I have too much on my mind these days. Last time, I lasted four months before I started smoking again because I was overwhelmed by the stress and frustrations of job hunting.
Anyway, courage, Jeph, and if I can make a suggestion that did help me handle the withdrawal: drink a lot of water. When I had a bout of withdrawal, I guzzled a pint of water, and it somewhat relieved me. Plus, in the long run, I think it helps cleaning your body of the remaining toxins.
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One more thing to thank my dad for. I'd go with him on installation jobs on winter breaks when he was still smoking, and that work van was awful small with its windows rolled up. I developed a strong dislike before it ever occurred to me to start smoking.
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IDK if Jeph will ever read this, but I read (first in a webcomic (http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/2000/09/07) - which you should all read - though I have heard of it elsewhere) that keeping a load of cigarettes in a jar of water will help. Every time you feel like giving in, take the lid off and sniff it.
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As someone who has attempted to quit smoking a couple time, you have my sympathies, Jeph. Best of luck.
As for the appeal... I dunno, I still like it most times and I've been smoking for over 10 years (since my early teens). I started smoking as a stress and depression reliever, I suffered crippling depression and PTSD as a teen (and on into my 20s) and smoking helped alleviate it to a degree. It is possible it was just psychosomatic and just worked by giving me something else to focus on. The amount I smoke always fluctuates with how bad my depression gets. Right now I am doing relatively well and barely smoke at all. During the height (or depth) of my illness I was up to two packs a day. Years of therapy later and I barely smoke a pack a week.
The addiction aspect is a huge factor, though, to which I can attest due to the couple of time I actually tried to consciously stop. I never got to the point of not liking it, the times I tried to quit was because I know it isn't good for me, no matter how much I like it. I do know people who have gotten to the point that they hate it, but they keep doing it because of the addiction.
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Never understood the appeal either, even as a stress reliever. But I guess some stress relievers don't work for others.
Weightlifting and music works for me. And considering how much people likely blow on smokes in a given week, you could probably easily get a gym membership or get your own weights. Paying to give yourself possible lung cancer down the line....never understood the desire to even risk that.
That said, amazing tabaco is legal and weed isn't. Not that I smoke weed, but literally every polisci major I knew in college did. I'd rather people were able to smoke weed that is far safer than kill themselves with tabaco.
That said, hope Jeph beats it. Smoking is a nasty business. Have family friends who have done it in the past.
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IIRC, nicotine bonds to nerve receptors in the brain (most noticeably in the hippocampus, the emotion and pleasure-center). As a result, when the nicotine starts leaving, you feel like crap until those nerves balance back out. The process takes about fifteen days.
If you can make it that far, you've beat the physical addiction. After that, it's just the habit that needs to be broken...
And that's even harder, for some!
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I do music, too. And yoga and meditation. I don't limit myself to one form of stress relief. I have vastly expanded my coping mechanism toolbox as I have gotten older. Music, dancing, sex, skateboarding, and surfing when I get the rare chance. I am pretty versatile. I like to keep my options open. I started smoking when I was young and thoroughly messed up psychologically and emotionally with very little in the way of a support structure. I definitely would not start now and I would not recommend it to anyone thinking of starting.
I have a daily yoga and meditation routine that has helped significantly. I recommend those way more. The benefits are far less dubious and there are no negatives.
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Weightlifting and music works for me. And considering how much people likely blow on smokes in a given week, you could probably easily get a gym membership or get your own weights.
Yeah, I've started planning my quitting, and I think getting a swimming-pool card would be a good idea. I find weightlifting and jogging rather boring, but I can't get enough of swimming.
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The best way to get rid of a addiction is to replace it with another addiction. I suggest drawing BonerCats.
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Re: smoking, I only smoke when I drink, and even then only rarely (I'll bum the occasional cigarette, maybe a couple times a month). I don't think I've ever felt the need for a cigarette, and I consider myself extremely lucky. I don't consider myself a smoker, though.
Also, I support Ph2's suggestion. And Soulsynger, I appreciate it. It means I don't have to highlight your posts anymore to read them.
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But wasn't doing that the highlight of your day?
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My days are so long, I'm not sure I could select just one highlight.
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All this talk about cigarettes ...
... and not a single butt?!
What is this forum coming to?
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Well, it obviously depends on each person. I never got the appeal because it just never worked for me as a stress reliever... I find myself smoking at parties though and for some reason I like it a lot.
I just can't let myself buy stuff like that... I enjoy buying cds and other music related stuff way more than any other thing so when I think that I can get a cd instead of 2-3 cigarette boxes... The wish to try it out more than I do at the moment disappears right away.
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Poor old Jeff, giving up the smokes ain't easy.
I was really looking forward to finding out what Emma-Lee was going to do to Martin, Feigh, Enguss, and Moe2. I'm sure it's been mentioned already, but what did happen to Marygold? Presumably she's travelling with Thai and Dorah? Or maybe Hannalaw?
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It's not too late for Raven to show up. I'd like to see what happens when Emily and Raven are in the same room. Wearing banana smoothies as hats?
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Well, it obviously depends on each person. I never got the appeal because it just never worked for me as a stress reliever... I find myself smoking at parties though and for some reason I like it a lot. I just can't let myself buy stuff like that...
This is basically me, I'll smoke one or two at a party or a bar now and again, and I do get something out of it, but I've never bought a pack for myself and don't ever see myself doing so. (Especially when they're reaching $10 a pack, and even more if I'm in the city)
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All this talk about cigarettes ...
... and not a single butt?!
What is this forum coming to?
I wish I thumb this up or like this or whatever.
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You're right. But I was just noting on FB that I can't italicize or bold or do other things to text over there. This forum, the only one in which I participate, has spoiled me.
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A back road, a sign that says "NO OUTLET"...
It's official. Emily lives in Amityville. 10 (5.6%)
No, she's related to the Blair Witch. 7 (3.9%)
Her actual last name is "Azuma da C'thulu" or something. 16 (8.9%)
Don't worry, Faye's got her blade. 28 (15.6%)
And Momo's got her electric shock. 23 (12.8%)
And Marigold's got her Nintendo DS. 15 (8.3%)
I don't remember my Ford Fiesta looking like THAT. 6 (3.3%)
And fitting four people and an AnthroPC? There goes Willing Suspension of Disbelief. 10 (5.6%)
It's actually a quite nice place on the lake. Their neighbor, Beatrice Chatman, thinks so. 8 (4.4%)
Or is it Stephen King? 7 (3.9%)
Worse: It's Tom Clancy. 7 (3.9%)
IT'S A TRAP! It's the script from the new movie, "The Hampshire Hipster Massacre!" 19 (10.6%)
Waffles, Spathe Ham, WE ARE WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY, etc. 3 (1.7%)
...But seriously - a Ford Fiesta? 21 (11.7%)
Total Members Voted: 76
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... and not a single butt?!
I wish I (could) thumb this up ...
That just sounds... wrong.
Duck, duck, GOOSE!!
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Go Jeph.
Remember it was easy for me, but I'm probably one of those rare people who was able to give up cold turkey after six years of smoking.
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My folks both quit cold turkey the day the surgeon general's warning came out in '64.
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My dad tried to quit numerous times. He started again each time. It ended up killing him.
Stick with it, Jeph, and never go back.
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That is very insulting to Australians. :-D
Ah, but Australians take pride in descending from criminals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet), and corrupt soldiers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps#The_Corps_and_rum_trafficking_in_NSW) who were at least as bad as the convicts they guarded. To be descended from a First Fleet convict is like having ancestors who came out on the Mayflower!
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Really, Super Nintendo?
Don't get me wrong, I'm a strict retro gamer, but SNES isn't exactly rare.
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Probably less about rarity and more about nostalgia.
That said, I would totally be THAT PERSON at somebody else's house.
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Ah, but Australians take pride in descending from criminals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet), and corrupt soldiers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps#The_Corps_and_rum_trafficking_in_NSW) who were at least as bad as the convicts they guarded. To be descended from a First Fleet convict is like having ancestors who came out on the Mayflower!
This would be less funny if it weren't absolutely true. :lol:
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So, will Emily's initial appearance be explained next week, or will it be left in the background to worry us subliminally for the next few weeks?
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You'd think Marigold (likely via Momo) would have every emulator/ROM out there already.
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You'd think Marigold (likely via Momo) would have every emulator/ROM out there already.
Maybe she's really into anti-piracy policy.
Either way I think she should spell it "vidya", being a nerd as she is and all...
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You'd think Marigold (likely via Momo) would have every emulator/ROM out there already.
Maybe she's really into anti-piracy policy.
I'd think a ROM/EMU and the real deal would be totally different experiences. I mean, you've got the game and all on one hand, but you're not actually playing the game on the console.
AND OHGODS SHE JUST IMMERSED HERSELF IN GAMES X'D
/dies
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Faye and Marigold look exactly the same. Jeph should at least have them wearing different glasses.
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Really, Super Nintendo?
Don't get me wrong, I'm a strict retro gamer, but SNES isn't exactly rare.
well, they have robots and everything already, maybe it's further in the past for them OR things just evolve faster and get unpopular faster or any other random excuse, really : D
also somebody stop her, she might drown in the ocean of cartridges otherwise...
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Faye and Marigold look exactly the same.
Apart from the different colour, length and style of their hair; completely different nose shape; Marigold's zits...
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So, will Emily's initial appearance be explained next week, or will it be left in the background to worry us subliminally for the next few weeks?
Background, and since we've called it, there will be 4 panels of exposition on Monday.
Or Not.
Mar-bear's geeking out, but it won't go beyond cute unless she starts rubbing herself with cartridges.
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Wait, what are those - oohhhh.
North American SNES carts were weird.
Then again, so were North American SNESes.
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The drinking water as displacement thing is a good trick for any addiction - it's how I try to avoid comfort eating. It doesn't work consistently because sometimes I just want to eat and damn the fact that I don't need to.
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Wait, what are those - oohhhh.
North American SNES carts were weird.
Then again, so were North American SNESes.
They look more like Master System carts to me.
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Were there more designs to SNES carts? I know the SNES got a redesign late in its product cycle (Sega Genesis got two), but wasn't aware of cart redesigns.
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[...] SNES [...]
Gesundheit !
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Heh!
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Don't care don't care don't care get to the bathing suits!
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Were there more designs to SNES carts? I know the SNES got a redesign late in its product cycle (Sega Genesis got two), but wasn't aware of cart redesigns.
(http://www.inorganik.net/_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/il_fullxfull.157383233.jpg) American
(http://www.sammlerparadise.de/bilder/SNES/Spiele/superMarioKart/superMarioKart.png) European
Or old/new, I don't know, the first SNES and SNES games I saw were in 1996.
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They look a bit more like N64 cartridges to me, due to the label taking up most of the cartridge. Also, I can definitely make out a triforce, but I have no idea what the rest are.
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Nah, they're American SNES cartridges alright. N64 had a rounded top.
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Who the hell keeps their cartridges in a plastic tub? You leave them stacked on a shelf to gather dust so you can complain when they don't work and you have to blow the dust out of them. It's tradition!
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Nah, they're American SNES cartridges alright. N64 had a rounded top.
Ya, but the SNES cartridges have a tiny little label, the N64 ones cover up a decent section of the actual cartridge.
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I can definitely make out a triforce, but I have no idea what the rest are.
There appears to be a copy of Super Metroid in the pile. Doesn't look quite like the real cover, but it definitely looks like Samus in her power suit.
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Were there more designs to SNES carts? I know the SNES got a redesign late in its product cycle (Sega Genesis got two), but wasn't aware of cart redesigns.
Yes, it was one of several things Nintendo did to enforce regional restrictions. Japan and Europe got rounded cartridges, North America got rectangular cartridges. See the SNES page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES#Regional_lockout
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Were there more designs to SNES carts? I know the SNES got a redesign late in its product cycle (Sega Genesis got two), but wasn't aware of cart redesigns.
Yes, it was one of several things Nintendo did to enforce regional restrictions. Japan and Europe got rounded cartridges, North America got rectangular cartridges. See the SNES page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES#Regional_lockout
that's...interesting to know. Although I don't get why they removed the colors from the american version and replaced them with shades of gray and purple.
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I guess we know what's coming next week! (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/256857880882470912)
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A back road, a sign that says "NO OUTLET"...
It's official. Emily lives in Amityville. 11 (6%)
No, she's related to the Blair Witch. 7 (3.8%)
Her actual last name is "Azuma da C'thulu" or something. 16 (8.7%)
Don't worry, Faye's got her blade. 28 (15.3%)
And Momo's got her electric shock. 24 (13.1%)
And Marigold's got her Nintendo DS. 15 (8.2%)
I don't remember my Ford Fiesta looking like THAT. 6 (3.3%)
And fitting four people and an AnthroPC? There goes Willing Suspension of Disbelief. 10 (5.5%)
It's actually a quite nice place on the lake. Their neighbor, Beatrice Chatman, thinks so. 8 (4.4%)
Or is it Stephen King? 7 (3.8%)
Worse: It's Tom Clancy. 7 (3.8%)
IT'S A TRAP! It's the script from the new movie, "The Hampshire Hipster Massacre!" 19 (10.4%)
Waffles, Spathe Ham, WE ARE WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY, etc. 3 (1.6%)
...But seriously - a Ford Fiesta? 22 (12%)
Total Members Voted: 77
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Heh
Marigold - The gamer version of Scrooge McDuck
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I hate regional lockout stuff unless there is an extremely good reason. If there is content in the game that is illegal in country X, then fine, lock out that section. Otherwise, let me play my game. Why does buying a game in Europe mean that I can't play it in Japan?
(Added a / -Method)
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Heh
Marigold - The gamer version of Scrooge McDuck
So while everybody else is swimming in the lake, Marigold will literally be swimming in cartridges?
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As long as she wears a swimsuit I have no objections.
Like, at all.
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Faye and Marigold look exactly the same.
Apart from the different colour, length and style of their hair; completely different nose shape; Marigold's zits...
I misread that "z" as a "t" on first glance...
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Wishful thinking.
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For comic #2295...
1. A bit late in saying, but wall-picture of young Emily is quite cute.
2. I expect the "lake party" story-arc to go on for a while, especially since Jeph is in the process of giving up smoking, though probably not as long as the "QC in space" arc. So while I expect more guest & filler strips, I also completely understand if these things occur.
3. Oh gods... Super NES, one of the major players of the early Console Wars. So much nostalgia, and yet also featured hallmarks of video-game history. My personal and memorable favorites...
- a. Chrono Trigger (#1). Lauded as the best of the Chrono-series. Chrono Trigger was notable for its non-linear storyline (time travel!) & various optional quests which affected the myriad possible ending(s). Think Mass Effect #3 on 16-bit graphics, but with more than 3 endings and most of the endings very satisfying to the players (even the "evil" endings). I spent months playing & replaying to see all the endings, and enjoyed them all.
- b. Final Fantasy #6 (JAP) / #3 (US). Second only to the more widely acclaimed Final Fantasy #7 in the FF-series, Final Fantasy #6 was tale so epic in length and story-telling, that when the Apocalypse occurs and passes, that only marks the first-third of the game. A evocative soundtrack despite using a simple MIDI. A wide cast of playable characters, each with a story to tell & learn.
There was an opera scene that was both heart-touching & (later in-scene) hilarious; when the rakish but noble-souled thief jumped in to romance the beautiful clone-general away from the amorous & vengeful advances of the giant talking octopus. [....what? it's opera]. I played the Final Fantasy #6 to its maximum time & levels without regret.
Oh, and my personal topmost favorite characters amid the wide playable cast were the twin crown-prince brothers, one of whom sacrificed his own personal freedom & dreams for his twin's, by "cheating" his brother out of a king's crown (& its heavy responsibilites) that neither brother wanted to bear, via a coin toss with a double-sided coin.
- c. the Legend of Zelda (#3): A Link to the Past. A hero's journey & struggle across two parallel worlds, begun with a special "soulmate" bond between the young nephew (Link) of an elderly swordsman, and a desperate princess (Zelda). A bittersweet ending for the hero Link and princess Zelda, because despite having defeated the evil overlord (Ganon) and restoring both worlds and the lives lost, the soulmates are tragically separated by the gulf of parallel worlds in the end.
- d. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Taking most of the Super Mario Bros. cast into a "traditional" RPG setting, most players never understood the game was actually a tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure rather than the "standard" RPG theme(s). Super Mario RPG parodied & spoofed many other popular RPGs of its time, and poor Mario was the butt of many a joke and pseudo-abuse. I had a lot of good laughs playing through.
- e. Super Metroid. A strong female action-hero (Samus Aran) years before Lara Croft strut across PlayStation-1 video screens with her large pair of...guns. I even felt a bit sad when she had to fight the baby metroid alien that imprinted on her (forcibly grown to giant monster size by the bad guys), which later sacrificed itself to protect Samus from the end-boss.
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For comic #2295...
2. I expect the "lake party" story-arc to go on for a while, especially since Jeph is in the process of giving up smoking, though probably not as long as the "QC in space" arc. So while I expect more guest & filler strips, I also completely understand if these things occur.
The space arc lasted 61 strips, but since this arc has a much larger cast (well, actually smaller, but Ol' Jephy-Boy didn't focus on the other scientists) so it will probably last a lot longer. My money is on 500 strips.
Also, Marigold's hair today is really similar to strip 2107 except it is pigtails and not a ponytail. Is this her "party time" hairstyle?
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I can, just barely, imagine Marigold preparing for a party by washing her hair. Actually doing anything with it? Unlikely.
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I read somewhere that the size of Lara Croft's...guns (what is is this, Dracula?) was either a mistake or a prank by one of the office monkeys that got kept when everyone else saw it.
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I can, just barely, imagine Marigold preparing for a party by washing her hair. Actually doing anything with it? Unlikely.
Well, to be fair, doing something fancy with your hair when you plan to go swimming seems a bit pointless.
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And our MOMENT OF THE WEEK was? (Top Three Answers on the board...)
Ready to go? Everyone got their swimsuits? 0 (0%)
I don't have a swimsuit. You can borrow one of mine! 0 (0%)
Well? I-I can't wear this! Here, lemme see. 0 (0%)
No good? TOO good. She looks better in it than I do. 1 (1.9%)
Daaaaaaaaang (STOP DANGING AT ME) 14 (26.4%)
Four hipsters and a robot in a Ford Fiesta. 1 (1.9%)
Where the #### are we? No idea. Momo? 0 (0%)
My GPS indicates that we should turn here. You mean THERE? 0 (0%)
NO OUTLET. This is a trap, isn't it. Emily's luring us into the woods to hunt us for sport. 2 (3.8%)
I'm prepared. (KNIFE OF DOOM!) 5 (9.4%)
The lake house. Good thing I didn't invite a thousand people (you don't KNOW 1,000) 0 (0%)
Hello? Emily? Anybody home? 0 (0%)
Emily - In hockey mask and hatchet! Angus: "Called it." 8 (15.1%)
("The big plot twist at the end of QC is that Emily murders everybody, not Hannelore.") 0 (0%)
JUMP FOR IT, PRIMATE! (Jeph's quitting smoking) 5 (9.4%)
Are we the first people here? Gabby's out on the dock (no explanation?) 0 (0%)
IS THAT A SUPER NINTENDO? (CRASH) 3 (5.7%)
You've met Faye - this is her boyfriend Angus. 0 (0%)
...And that's Marigold. 1 (1.9%)
I LIKE VIDEO GAMES 13 (24.5%)
Total Members Voted: 24
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I can, just barely, imagine Marigold preparing for a party by washing her hair. Actually doing anything with it? Unlikely.
Well, to be fair, doing something fancy with your hair when you plan to go swimming seems a bit pointless.
True, but "putting it up" so it doesn't end a tangled mess isn't a bad idea. Pigtails may be her preferred swimming hairstyle. My own daughters tended towards braiding each other's hair in the car on the way to the lake / ocean / pool.
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I read somewhere that the size of Lara Croft's...guns (what is is this, Dracula?) was either a mistake or a prank by one of the office monkeys that got kept when everyone else saw it.
http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/23252696050
It was one of those throw-it-in type mistakes.
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Pigtails may be her preferred swimming hairstyle.
Or maybe she figured out she looks good with pigtails. Okay, given her self-esteem, "kinda okay".
But she looks damn fine with pigtails. Step by step, she might be building her own personal attractiveness, without falling into beautiful all along (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeautifulAllAlong) territory.
And I'm curious about how she'll look in a swimsuit.
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Or maybe she figured out she looks good with pigtails. Okay, given her self-esteem, "kinda okay".
But she looks damn fine with pigtails. Step by step, she might be building her own personal attractiveness, without falling into beautiful all along (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeautifulAllAlong) territory.
Which, of course, she doesn't believe for one moment. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880)
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There is a sliver of opening to the idea. She blushed when Angus said she was pretty and was delighted when people said so at The Horrible Revelation.
If Momo is cooking for her and taking her on walks she may begin to see a difference.
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...and taking her on walks...
Arf!
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Which, of course, she doesn't believe for one moment. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880)
Yeah, that's what I was alluding to. What I mean is that there are more realistic ways for her to be more alluring.
Then again, to say the least, she doesn't try very hard. Most of the time she doesn't try at all. She looked nice in that white dress, although I personally find it too generic, not really conveying of who she is. One's outfit should be a statement, lest it just be superficial.
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There is a sliver of opening to the idea. She blushed when Angus said she was pretty and was delighted when people said so at The Horrible Revelation.
If Momo is cooking for her and taking her on walks she may begin to see a difference.
I think Momo did it is now a pretty reasonable explanation for anything weird that happens to Marigold/Marigold does.