Irene then did say with much stress
As she looked at the burning mess
With all that I spent
Bob had no talents to rent
Why didn't I just hire Jess?
MDBS, what was that monstrosity? Six lines, no rhyme in the beginning (post does not rhyme with cost). Come on, you can do better. Redball, you should be proud of that.
Wait, Jess can be a dude's name?e.g. Jess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Collins)
Interesting. I guess it's a generational thing, I know a few guys named Jesse (but other than the Rick Springfield song, none named Jessie), but none who go by Jess.Wait, Jess can be a dude's name?e.g. Jess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Collins)
Short for Jesse (e.g. Jesse James (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James)).
MDBS, what was that monstrosity? Six lines, no rhyme in the beginning (post does not rhyme with cost). Come on, you can do better. Redball, you should be proud of that.Thanks. Just trying to remain topical.
Some people called Jess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess) - both genders.
Some people called Jess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess) - both genders.
Hence my quip about gender. :P
Well my brass nipple isn't quite there yet. Requires some tweaking.
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Move along now.
MDBS, you're thinking of the Punisher. And WAYF..
Zeus made his sister his wife
And she would cause nothing but strife
To those Zeus would fuck
They were shit out of luck
Their punishments less swift than a knife.
I stole the joke from someone else, and it was about Batman as well. ;)Yeah, but it would've been funnier using the Punisher, because then you could claim it was actually lighter and funnier than usual ::)
WAYF - Out of Mind, Out of Sight. S1E11. I can't judge, I can only be happy.
(edit: Damn warning box)Nah, Faye provides punches, not punchlines.
SECOND ON-TOPICAL POST WOO!
Is it me or does anyone see Claire gradually slipping into the role once occupied by Faye. Friend, partner, provider of punchlines.
Cesium123, I already used C++ as a joke in the other thread. 750 yard penalty, player ejected from game. Still first down.Why does it seem like everyone wants to remove about 10% of my weight? The atomic weight of cesium is 133. :roll:
Cesium133, I already used C++ as a joke in the other thread. 750 yard penalty, player ejected from game. Still first down.Why does it seem like everyone wants to remove about 10% of my weight? The atomic weight of cesium is 133. :roll:
Wha't's a four-letter word that refers to a woman, ending with the letters UNT?I was thinking it's rude to call a woman a runt.
...
Give up? It's "Aunt!"
Why, what were you thinking?
The last student is a woman. She takes her gun and goes through, and for a few minutes there isn't a sound and her instructors figure she's failed as well. Then suddenly someone screams and shot after shot rings out, followed by a long series of thumps and crashes. The woman comes out on the other side, finally, spattered in blood and gore.I don't find misandry any funnier than misogyny. Firefox spellcheck flagging it is also disturbing.
"What happened?!" Ask her instructors.
"Well, some idiot filled that gun with blanks, so I had to beat my husband to death with the chair."
Is it me or does anyone see Claire gradually slipping into the role once occupied by Faye. Friend, partner, provider of punchlines.
MD B S, I find your sentence spacing curious. What is your reasoning in this digital age?
Marten will open the card and find out that the wedding is... tomorrow! :psyduck:No. The day AFTER tomorrow. DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN!
Plus, his dad probably wants him to play a role in the wedding itselfIt better not be flower-girl, or Dora will be so upset...
I am totally confused. Didn't we already have the wedding? If not, what wedding is it that I am remembering?They got engaged (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1520)...although the next morning the dad said they were heading up to Vermont (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1522), which I assumed at the time meant they were just going to get married up there. It could be that they did get married, but are having the wedding after the fact for friends and family? Then again, maybe they were just going there for vacation and the wedding is still in its planning stages. Who knows?
Ah, so ironically the reason IS the digital age, the cutting edge of it.
MD B S, I find your sentence spacing curious. What is your reasoning in this digital age?
It is an oddity of the particular and rather... shall I say PECULIAR input method I have chosen. That is if you refer to the odd spacings around punctuation. I am testing a speech to text program developed by a friend of mine. For some reason when I dump the text into this forum I get odd spacing around punctuations.
I choose to break up my thoughts line by line, into smaller paragraphs because it just looks right to me. No other reason.
Is anyone else particularly enjoying the stream of comics with Claire, when she was first introduced i was like "Eh, Background character probably", But now i find she's a great character, especially with the storylines,There was once a run of 70 strips or so that took place on one day, so it's a common thing with QC.
That said, are all these comic strips happening in QCverse time of like one day? cause there sure has been a lot.
Some people who are my superiors in nerdiness track QC time by looking for changes of clothes and growth of hair.
So, presumably Marten goes to the wedding. And I *think* that Marten's father does not know about the fact that Marten and Dora broke up. So he presumably sent an invitation for "Marten +1".His default seems to have been Hannelore in the past.
Whom does Marten take with him?
Some people who are my superiors in nerdiness track QC time by looking for changes of clothes and growth of hair.I won't go that far, but I do notice that it was winter when the proposal took place, and it's now summer. Figure at least 6 months have gone by?
Some people who are my superiors in nerdiness track QC time by looking for changes of clothes and growth of hair.
So, presumably Marten goes to the wedding. And I *think* that Marten's father does not know about the fact that Marten and Dora broke up. So he presumably sent an invitation for "Marten +1".
Whom does Marten take with him?
Is offspring missing their parent's wedding better or worse than a parent missing their offspring's wedding?I don't want to say better, but yes, a parent missing their offspring's wedding would be considerably worse, I think.
After this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1522), I'm not sure she would be welcome ...Considering the fiance played along, I doubt he'd hold it against her.
Why don't you help your son out there DAD and spot him a round-trip ticket.
Why don't you help your son out there DAD and spot him a round-trip ticket.
I understood that that was the idea?
Sorry, sore point. This bugged me the first time a year or so ago when he newsposted or twittered about it when posting a comic, and once or twice since then, and now we get it twice in a month. I don't care what he accepts (helps that I accept most of it too), but I'm not really interested in inserts of what he rejects.
*looks at signature*
Red text...Bluesummers, I usually open mail as soon as I get it if only because I almost never get mail. At least not the snail variety.
This one actually struck me as a bit of a departure: it could have been a Something Positive episode in terms of the emotional dynamics.Faye. Though if we're talking about longer than a few hours... Still Faye. Penelope. Momo. Dora. Angus.
From what we've seen, Henry and Veronica enjoyed parenthood.
Would you trust any of the major characters with a kid?
We can pull off at the next rest stop so you can pee and pick up a bag of doritos.I could go for some cheetos, actually.
I saw it as Martin not going at all and Martin-Dad resigned to that fact.
... almost none of your characters want any (children)!
Tai and Steve I think, Marten, Hannelore (obviously, unless she gets a lot healthier). Pretty much everyone that's given an opinion yea or nay except Faye.... almost none of your characters want any (children)!Apart from this couple and Dora, are there others that we know about? My memory is not that good, I'm afraid. I was a bit surprised by the "almost none" assertion, though.
I saw it as Martin not going at all and Martin-Dad resigned to that fact.
I'm confused. How does "I'm glad you can make it" fit into your interpretation?
Angst, drama, gloom and long distance phone calls
Wait
This is QC!!
Is "hide the carrot" a variation of "hide the sausage?" Perhaps some heretofore unknown vegan euphemism I was totally unaware of... until I made it up?
Jesus Jeph, we know you're Childfree and snipped and proud of it, stop grinding it into the ground. Yes, isn't it horrible that another person can make unreasonable demands and force you to shell out money because you still want them around, so let's make this into another comment on how horrible kids are and how much almost none of your characters want any! That's not children, that's family and friendship.
Sorry, sore point.
let's make this into another comment on how horrible kids are and how much almost none of your characters want any!
chances are that most of the main crew got invites as well.
Actually, no, it would seem. They would most likely have opened their post, and then obviously would have talked to Marten about it. (Scope for some quick retconning here, perhaps...)
she's a business owner who's very reluctant to leave her business in the hands of anyone elseI think Faye would be able to handle things if Dora were to go. She's worked there the longest, and (I think, but not too sure) has looked after CoD once or twice (although if only for an hour here or there). There may be some managerial things to teach Faye, but the shop itself should be fine.
she's a business owner who's very reluctant to leave her business in the hands of anyone elseI think Faye would be able to handle things if Dora were to go. She's worked there the longest, and (I think, but not too sure) has looked after CoD once or twice (although if only for an hour here or there). There may be some managerial things to teach Faye, but the shop itself should be fine.
After this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1522), I'm not sure she would be welcome ...
she's a business owner who's very reluctant to leave her business in the hands of anyone elseI think Faye would be able to handle things if Dora were to go. She's worked there the longest, and (I think, but not too sure) has looked after CoD once or twice (although if only for an hour here or there). There may be some managerial things to teach Faye, but the shop itself should be fine.
I agree with you about Faye being able to handle the shop for a few days, but the problem is Dora - she's shown a considerable reluctance to trust anyone else with her "baby"; far as I know, she still keeps the roasting process for the coffee beans close to the vest, never mind the rest of the managerial duties of the shop. I think it would take Faye practically staging a mutiny and shoving Dora out the door to get her to actually leave CoD for a few days.
You're confusing mutiny and coup.Only one is flown, right?
I'm going to another friend's wedding this summer. It's getting to be an annual event now.
I'm going to another friend's wedding this summer. It's getting to be an annual event now.
It's not for me to judge, but maybe your friend should look into the reasons he or she is getting married annually.
(couldn't resist)
A really close friend has told me multiple times she wants me to be her "man of honor" whenever she gets married... Not sure how I feel about that, but I don't think I can say no. :laugh:
A really close friend has told me multiple times she wants me to be her "man of honor" whenever she gets married... Not sure how I feel about that, but I don't think I can say no. :laugh:
A really close friend has told me multiple times she wants me to be her "man of honor" whenever she gets married... Not sure how I feel about that, but I don't think I can say no. :laugh:
I have a male friend I want to be my Man of Honour even though I never thought of using that term. Take it as a compliment you're such a good friend that she's defying social convention to include you!
Calling it here: Marten in a little boy-shorts formal outfit holding a ring sewn onto a pillow.
With blue hair.
#yagottahavebluehair #hashtagsdontworkontheforum
Even if it's not in the comic it'd be a great print for a con.
Wow, Maurice is way younger than Marten's dad.
I share Hannelore\'s concernsCommercial airliners or feral hogs?
Comic!Guess who's going to be invited to go to his dad's wedding.
i'd bet 100quatloos he's gonna bring claire
Commercial airliners or feral hogs?
Both?
A "save the date" is not a formal wedding invitation.That's what I said! Anyway, I like how Angus has finally convinced Faye to go to New York with him, after she'd previously refused (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2038).
He's gonna bring... Gabby! :psyduck: Did you want something unexpected? There you go.
The pacing of the comic seems to indicate Claire, but I'm really hoping for Emily, because I prefer her awesomeness and potential for comedy, compared to the "let's explore gender issues" that we get with Claire. Not that it's a horrible thing; it's just not my cup of tea.
The pacing of the comic seems to indicate Claire, but I'm really hoping for Emily, because I prefer her awesomeness and potential for comedy, compared to the "let's explore gender issues" that we get with Claire. Not that it's a horrible thing; it's just not my cup of tea.
I haven't seen any "let's explore gender issues" stuff with Claire outside of the arc where she came out as trans* to Marten. I've just seen her be the same snarky, tightly-wound character she was when she was introduced with no new plot interest in her gender identity.
He's gonna bring... Gabby! :psyduck: Did you want something unexpected? There you go.
She won't go to Miami. It's the humidity.
It's the longevity?
How'd that brick get in here?
Amazing, really, isn't it, how simple knowledge can so distort someone's perceptions that they start inserting things that not only aren't there, aren't even close to being hinted at.Now, be fair – while these things "aren't there" in the comic, they've certainly "been here" in the forum.
The forum was, for a while, a train crash,
I haven't seen any "let's explore gender issues" stuff with Claire outside of the arc where she came out as trans* to Marten. I've just seen her be the same snarky, tightly-wound character she was when she was introduced with no new plot interest in her gender identity.
I haven't seen any "let's explore gender issues" stuff with Claire outside of the arc where she came out as trans* to Marten. I've just seen her be the same snarky, tightly-wound character she was when she was introduced with no new plot interest in her gender identity.
Yeah, I was gonna post basically this reply but ihaveavoice beat me to it. Amazing, really, isn't it, how simple knowledge can so distort someone's perceptions that they start inserting things that not only aren't there, aren't even close to being hinted at.
By the way, did anyone get that Faye was doing the double-entendre with Hannelore there?
But such improbabilities only happen in reality, they're far too implausible to use in a comic strip.Of course, all us LGBT peeps know one another from the annual meetings of the homosexual agenda steering committee.
The cougar reference - Faye wasn't talking about wild cats.
If this was real-life rather than QC.... Claire goes with Marten, recognises Maurice as her father* (who she rather despises). He doesn't recognise her though, as he's unaware of her transition.
But such improbabilities only happen in reality, they're far too implausible to use in a comic strip.
[ ... ]
Isn't that more like "seeking to get it on with ..."?The cougar reference - Faye wasn't talking about wild cats.Oh, it was that he meant? Nevermind then, thought I was missing some double entendre, since cougar is just a word for the older women getting it on with younger guys.
It's more of a "hidden" double entendre with Hanners because it just goes over her head. :DA SNEAKtendre.
Dora: For reasons, no.I seem to remember that she has a dress that her rack looks amazing in.
Faye: Away with Angus.
Tai: Dora stays, she stays.
Marigold: No time to buy a dress, too many neuroses to battle down in two weeks time.
Momo: AnthoPC, so probably not.Future Jimbo: "I ain't ever allowed in Florida again."
Hanners: Neuroses. Many people she doesn't know. Probably not.
Penelope/Wil: Not really close, probably not.
Steve/Cosette: Only available in pair, so no.
Jimbo: If he could find him. Might not be fit for weddings.
He's gonna bring... Gabby! :psyduck: Did you want something unexpected? There you go.
Marigold: No time to buy a dress, too many neuroses to battle down in two weeks time.I seem to remember that she has a dress that her rack looks amazing in.
8. @Slaufer... Buffalo Scones. Scones hard-baked with buffalo wing sauce stuffed with buffalo meat-filling...obviously :roll: .
If this was real-life rather than QC.... Claire goes with Marten, recognises Maurice as her father* (who she rather despises). He doesn't recognise her though, as he's unaware of her transition.If this was a soap opera, Claire goes with Marten, recognises Maurice as her father's ex-boyfriend who she had a single night of passion with before he had to leave for Antarctica on an exploration during which he fell into a coma for a year which drove Claire to drinking. After he awoke from the coma in a field hospital in central Africa, he suffered from Amnesia, not knowing anything about his past, only driven by a weird feeling of "I have to go there" to Miami, where he met Mr. Reed. Seeing Claire at his wedding, he recognises her even through the transition, again falls head over heels in love with her despite her now being a woman inside and out, and elopes with her.
But such improbabilities only happen in reality, they're far too implausible to use in a comic strip.
So I'm going for.... Sven. Outside chance, Marigold.
* - or father's ex-boyfriend...
Emily invited him to her beach house and implied he was basically one of her only friends.
Amazing, really, isn't it, how simple knowledge can so distort someone's perceptions that they start inserting things that not only aren't there, aren't even close to being hinted at.Now, be fair – while these things "aren't there" in the comic, they've certainly "been here" in the forum.
I don't blame anyone who reads the forum for holding the idea that we're getting "let's explore gender issues" with Claire.
(The comic has handled it in a nice, calm way, rather low tone perhaps. The forum was, for a while, a train crash, and could easily revert to that form.)
@ScoutX Emily invited him to her beach house and implied he was basically one of her only friends. It's also pretty much fully set up that he and Claire are firm friends at this point.
This may be what I was thinking. But I feel the comic is still trying to explore them in the "trans-people are just people" way. And that her coming out being placed at the climax of the party arc kindof made it important to some extent (though it did handle it well).
Personally, I don't understand most of the trans-community, and I don't think I ever will. I can't really get beyond "people are people," so I can't really wrap my head around why people place so much importance on the distinction between things like cis, trans, pre-op, post-op, gender, sex, bi, bi-curious, genderqueer, queer, gay, pansexual, asexual, or whatever. It's all too much to worry about. And even though it don't understand the differences between half of them, I feel that the labels are somewhat harmful for people who identify with them because it pidgeonholes them into a category rather than letting them just be people. However, this really isn't something I feel like discussing in the forums, so I'm gonna keep my mouth shut for the next week or so (And y'know, discuss at your own risk).
The problem with developing your characters is that, if you're not careful, they lose all the flaws and quirks that make them interesting and become normal well-adjusted people; Faye, Dora and Hanners have all grown and there isn't much to explore about them anymore.
... The problem with developing your characters is that, if you're not careful, they lose all the flaws and quirks that make them interesting and become normal well-adjusted people ...
Geez, DSL, you're old!That joke is a freaking classic.
Marten's either such a screw-up he didn't open a letter/card from his Dad, or he's so passive-aggressive he didn't open a letter/card from his Dad.Or maybe he was in the middle of something when he got it, put it aside, and forgot to open it later. And maybe he expected an actual invitation to follow anyway.
Anyone Jeph can ship, we can ship better, we can ship anyone better than Jeph.
No we can't!
Yes we can.
No we can't!
Yes we can.
No we can't!
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we caaaaaaaaaaaaan!
My opinion is that for a ship to be sunk (even by word of god) it has to have already been out of drydock and set sail, and therefore all ships are valid, even gaudy top heavy ones like the Wasa. For my own use, I mostly don't because I think shipping is ridiculous when we have planes.
Marten's either such a screw-up he didn't open a letter/card from his Dad, or he's so passive-aggressive he didn't open a letter/card from his Dad.Or maybe he was in the middle of something when he got it, put it aside, and forgot to open it later. And maybe he expected an actual invitation to follow anyway.
Marten and Claire will go to the wedding. Marten's dad was expecting Dora to be his date, so she could be the flower girl.
Instead, and after saying no at first, Claire will be the flower girl! :psyduck:
*cough* Shipping is generally frowned upon here. Shipping Hanners with anybody is grounds for slow disembowelment, because it gets really creepy really soon, and we wouldn't want any of that.I remember the days when she was getting paired with Marigold and people were screaming creepiness for all sorts of bad reasons (they aren't lesbians!, etc), so excuse me for being skeptical. She's an adult and fully capable of making her own informed decisions, even if those decisions are made in the minds of fans, Jeph, and his guest strip writers (who have happily flaunted ships that are declared nuclear).
"Fireing point proceedures. Make Tube One ready in all respects."Joke's on you, I'm in an ekranoplane!
Anyone Jeph can ship, we can ship better, we can ship anyone better than Jeph.
No we can't!
Yes we can.
No we can't!
Yes we can.
No we can't!
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we caaaaaaaaaaaaan!
My opinion is that for a ship to be sunk (even by word of god) it has to have already been out of drydock and set sail, and therefore all ships are valid, even gaudy top heavy ones like the Wasa. For my own use, I mostly don't because I think shipping is ridiculous when we have planes.
"Firing point procedures. Make Tube One ready in all respects."
Nuclear-tipped anti-ship missile standing by. Moderator attached to core.As I said (but now more directly and less jokingly) I don't ship because I think it's ridiculous (I'm perfectly fine with what Jeph sketches out for us, unless it's cruel like the Veronica visit), but I do defend all manner of speculation, since that's what we do. The strip is mostly about relationships, so allowing people to speculate about anything EXCEPT relationships is also ridiculous.
Seriously. Don't ship. It attracts moderators, who moderate and YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE MODERATED, FOO.
Crap! I just realized Dora will not be a flower girl!
EDIT: And I think they're getting married in the same place they celebrated their engagement.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1517
How much do you want to bet Marten will try to rent a car only to realize he has no credit card?
How much do you want to bet Marten will try to rent a car only to realize he has no credit card?
We've only ever seen Tai and Raven actually drive or own a car, right?
How much do you want to bet Marten will try to rent a car only to realize he has no credit card?
We've only ever seen Tai and Raven actually drive or own a car, right?
Having moved east from California myself, I can sympathize a little.Being in California, I wonder sometimes how badly it affects us that some federal employees on the East Coast likely don't grasp that some of our counties are bigger than some of their states, never mind an actual state to state comparison. Transportation cost calculations, for instance.
But only a little. I mean, c'mon Marten, you live in a world where Artificial Intelligence has literally transformed robots into living beings, and yet you can't even look up the address of the wedding on the internets?
Also Marigold. (new Momo chassis arc)Dora has a car.How much do you want to bet Marten will try to rent a car only to realize he has no credit card?We've only ever seen Tai and Raven actually drive or own a car, right?
I once saw a loose moose vamoose. But not in Vermont.Did it use a goose as a ruse to board a caboose?
OT: Loki, have you changed your avatar recently? Come back from a fairly long absence? I don't seem to remember you posting much until recently, but you've been around since long before I was.
And as a transsexual, Claire would probably mesh well with the likely crowd make-up of Henry Reed's wedding.With some, yes, but if it's like reality, there's a good to excellent chance that some gays present will be intensely transphobic.
Having moved east from California myself, I can sympathize a little.Being in California, I wonder sometimes how badly it affects us that some federal employees on the East Coast likely don't grasp that some of our counties are bigger than some of their states, never mind an actual state to state comparison. Transportation cost calculations, for instance.
But only a little. I mean, c'mon Marten, you live in a world where Artificial Intelligence has literally transformed robots into living beings, and yet you can't even look up the address of the wedding on the internets?
Why should they rent a Volvo? Do they come with a moose back guarantee?
I want to see Marty and Hannelore drive to the wedding in an AI-car-chassi into which Momo is uploaded.Is Hannelore anything like Datalore?
Then they continue throughout the lands, solving mysteries.
I want to see Marty and Hannelore drive to the wedding in an AI-car-chassi into which Momo is uploaded.We need the fourth member of that cast.
Then they continue throughout the lands, solving mysteries.
We need the fourth member of that cast.Storyline character: "Wait. Yelling Bird was pretending to be Randy ALL ALONG?"(click to show/hide)
That… is the first time I've heard it expressed like that… yet it makes everything so clear, unless… who are the vampires in this scenario, exactly?And as a transsexual, Claire would probably mesh well with the likely crowd make-up of Henry Reed's wedding.With some, yes, but if it's like reality, there's a good to excellent chance that some gays present will be intensely transphobic.
Think werewolves vs vampires if you want an analogy.
I want to see Marty and Hannelore drive to the wedding in an AI-car-chassi into which Momo is uploaded.We need the fourth member of that cast.
Then they continue throughout the lands, solving mysteries.(click to show/hide)
That said, I'd like to see Momo going with Marten. I think it'd be an interesting window into the way QC world handles anthroPCs - for example, I wonder how airport security screening works when you are full of the things that the scans find suspicious?AIs are expected to hire bodies at the far end and internet themselves over, rather than fly.
... Beats the hell out of flying commercial, wouldn't you say?That said, I'd like to see Momo going with Marten. I think it'd be an interesting window into the way QC world handles anthroPCs - for example, I wonder how airport security screening works when you are full of the things that the scans find suspicious?AIs are expected to hire bodies at the far end and internet themselves over, rather than fly.
I once saw a loose moose vamoose. But not in Vermont.
Crap! I just realized Dora will not be a flower girl!
EDIT: And I think they're getting married in the same place they celebrated their engagement.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1517
Americans are cute with their "big states-little states" thing. Most Canadian Provinces are bigger than two or three states combined...except that Alaska place. We gauge travel time in hours on the highway (for instance, my folks are a 10 hour drive away, no big deal).I live in New Jersey and am moving either to Boston or New Hampshire this summer. It's a four or five hour drive, depending on which one I move to. To my cousin in Montana, that's nothing. To me? I'm probably going to only make it once a month, because four hours is a significant journey.
Is it just me, or is it shocking that Marten first forgot that his dad had sent him a wedding reminder, then had to ask for money for plane tickets, and now has to be told he could drive there after his dad already bought those tickets? Kind of a crappy son if you ask me.
I'm a little puzzled by those who say that a ten-hour drive is a mere nothing - do they really have so little else to occupy their time that ten hours is so readily available?
You may have a point! (Depending on the type/condition of the hire bodies, of course.)... Beats the hell out of flying commercial, wouldn't you say?That said, I'd like to see Momo going with Marten. I think it'd be an interesting window into the way QC world handles anthroPCs - for example, I wonder how airport security screening works when you are full of the things that the scans find suspicious?AIs are expected to hire bodies at the far end and internet themselves over, rather than fly.
More like a month or so...but according to the vast research* I've done, half would indeed die, either from dysentery or fording a 20 foot river.
*Oregon Trail
Americans are cute with their "big states-little states" thing. Most Canadian Provinces are bigger than two or three states combined...except that Alaska place. We gauge travel time in hours on the highway (for instance, my folks are a 10 hour drive away, no big deal).Alaska? Meh, two Australian states are larger. Western Australia is roughly 50% larger.
Driven Sydney to Brisbane heaps of times and that is 10 hours minimum.People for countries like the UK tend to underestimate the sheer inadequacy of public passenger transport in Australia too. Sydney to Brisbane by train takes seventeen hours crawling along a rail network designed mainly to transport vast quantities of coal at low cost. One can at least fly to Brisbane, but to visit friends in Taree (https://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Sydney,+New+South+Wales&daddr=Taree,+New+South+Wales&hl=en&sll=-32.856518,151.817322&sspn=2.161815,2.043457&geocode=FSE5-_0dTjwDCSk_dJrzOJgSazFQqDIWaH0BAw%3BFfKBGf4dTGMWCSn_1kW1Z7h1azHgqEOQtAkGBA&mra=prev&t=m&z=9), the practical choice is about three-and-a-half hours by car, or over five hours by train.
Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. :psyduck:
Go with him Hanners!
also, *meese.Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. :psyduck:
Far too true for meese not to be scary.
...the only place in northern Vermont anyone would conceivably fly to would be Burlington... which is a good three hours from Northampton.
I'm a little puzzled by those who say that a ten-hour drive is a mere nothing - do they really have so little else to occupy their time that ten hours is so readily available?
Go with him Hanners!
also, *meese.Moose are no laughing matter! If you hit a moose, it'll brush it off like nothing. Meanwhile, you'll be DEAD. :psyduck:
Far too true for meese not to be scary.
Someone clearly didn't get the memo: "The plural form of “moose” is “moose” because there is only one moose. #facts (https://twitter.com/jephjacques)"
Besides, in the eventuality that Moose replicates, everyone knows the correct plural is Älgar!
On a side-note: The word "Moose (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moose)" confuses me. Not the part about it's real plural being "Moose", that's already the case with Sheep etc., but that it's a borrowed word from Algonquian natives of America. What, no one English ever visited Scandinavia and saw one prior to that?
Edit: Ah, you do use the same word as us in the UK. Elk (Älg) (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elk). It's just you Americans being weird again.
Far too true for meese not to be scary.
(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)If by "breaking a few speeding laws" you mean "driving a Ferrari at top speed and only stopping for gas", then yeah. (You'd have to average 200mph the whole journey).
One of these days, Paul, you REALLY need to come to the US and drive the Route 66 heritage corridor.If Paul can get himself over to Chicago in the next couple of days, I'll drive the corridor as far as Arizona just for the company. Hell, I'd drive to the end. Long as he isn't allergic to cats.
And THEN you can talk about "ten hour drives".
(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)If by "breaking a few speeding laws" you mean "driving a Ferrari at top speed and only stopping for gas", then yeah. (You'd have to average 200mph the whole journey).
Moose:
Elk:
...I'm sorry, those are not the same animal. Similar, yes. But there's a reason we name these things the way we do...
That's pretty much what I meant by "corridor". I've driven the 55-44-40 route a few times, and even got enamored enough by a small town in New Mexico to get a photo of me standing right in the middle of what used to be Route 66:
I don't remember a section like that on I-40, though I've never taken I-40 west of OKC, so it was probably there. There's a county in southern Oklahoma (Carter County, if I remember correctly) where I-35 is gravel held together with tar. Absolutely horrible road surface there; you can't have a conversation in the car because of the road noise.That's pretty much what I meant by "corridor". I've driven the 55-44-40 route a few times, and even got enamored enough by a small town in New Mexico to get a photo of me standing right in the middle of what used to be Route 66:
Driving across the country on I-40 in a u-haul truck containing our worldly belongings and pulling my car on a trailer behind, we went through a stretch of concrete pavement (in Oklahoma?) along which I could not drive faster than 47.5 mph. At 47.5 mph some kind of resonance/harmonic period was reached between the joints on the highway and the wheelbases of the truck and the trailer resulting in a dangerous swaying that threatened to throw us off the road.
I never got the guts up to try to go fast enough to get past that node, so we were getting passed and flipped off by everyone from grannies up to 18 wheelers.
Switching to the blessed asphalt of historic US 66 allowed us to make better time (no joints) and enjoy the countryside a bit. Highly recommended if you've got the time. And if you don't have the time, you should make the time.
I don't remember a section like that on I-40, though I've never taken I-40 west of OKC, so it was probably there.
(P.S. - There is NO WAY you can drive from Chicago to LA in 10 hours without breaking a few speeding laws.)If by "breaking a few speeding laws" you mean "driving a Ferrari at top speed and only stopping for gas", then yeah. (You'd have to average 200mph the whole journey).
You can do Chicago to LA without getting stopped by cops, you just need to have the right charisma.
Sources: I'm Batman. *FWOOOOSH!!!*
Seriously though, Road trips are the shit. Paul, you've gotta rent a car and just start driving. You could end up like little miss trust-your-GPS-unconditionally (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57563958-71/gps-sends-belgian-woman-to-croatia-810-miles-out-of-her-way/), but it'll still be a fun trip.
He asked Hanners just for the car :-\
That's correct, in the UK what Americans call moose are called elk. That excellent photo of the drunk elk is explained in this BBC news story (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999), which handily confirms the fact.
We don't have either in the UK, so it doesn't make a lot of difference what you call them.
Who has a car, is overdue for an appearance, and would be bubbly good company at a wedding?
Who has a car, is overdue for an appearance, and would be bubbly good company at a wedding?
Does Raven have a car?
So why can't he just use the plane tickets? Sure, it'll take a little longer, but what's the big deal? Yes, I made an account just for this because nothing at all has ever bugged me as much as this comic.
I moved the post to Discuss, even though ZoeB did a good job with it, because it raises non-comic issues and documents its points with real-life quotes from feminists that are so vicious I wanted them out of the comic sub forum.Darn good piece of moderating there, thanks. It didn't belong here, even if relevant.
Wi not trei a holiday in Sweeden this yer ?
See the loveli lakes
The wonderful telephone system
And mani interesting furry animals
Including the majestic moose
A moose once bit my sister...
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an
Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...
Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...
For tht matter, now the plane tickets are irrelevant, why does Marten have to take anyone?
I once drove from New Jersey to Connecticut and back. It took a week and I drove 2,000 miles by way of Indiana, Canada and Buffalo. Road trips are pretty awesome indeed.
Edit: Ah, you do use the same word as us in the UK. Elk (Älg). It's just you Americans being weird again.
Let's just nix the word "elk." Moose shall be moose, and the animal known as elk (in N. America) shall be called wapiti.
Try Greyhound all the way from Columbus, to Portland, OR, and back.Yeah, mine was from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Norman, Oklahoma and back. Like I said, east of Pittsburgh, it was fine, but once you get west of Pittsburgh... not an experience I would want to repeat.
Yeah, that's not an experience I ever want to repeat in my life.
If his dad already bought him plane tickets, why can't he just get someone to drop him off at the airport? I'm not sure what his difficulty is...
If his dad already bought him plane tickets, why can't he just get someone to drop him off at the airport? I'm not sure what his difficulty is...
For most purposes, "the airport" for Northampton is either Bradley (=Hartford) or Logan, and for Stowe, Burlington, and that flight would most likely go through Philly or DC. Unless his father's chartered a plane, in which case it was a hell of a thing for him even to consider going by car, it was all kinds of ridiculous for him even to think of it.
What does he need a car for? Can't he just ride his anthroPC? You know, that giant robot whale that he... oh wait. Crap.
Marten,
It is theoretically possible to borrow a friend's car. Return it with a full tank of gas.
...maybe Marten's from San Francisco?
Hanners :cry:
There was absolutely no avoiding this poll being a planes, trains, and automobiles reference was there?
I should clarify. I live in New Jersey. Last summer I had just quit my job and my friend had a week off from work, and we both needed to be in Connecticut the Saturday at the end of his vacation for a day long thing. So we decided to make a road trip, starting by driving to Indiana to see a friend, then driving to Buffalo to see another friend (although getting from Indiana to Buffalo by way of entering Canada in Detroit was just, well...I don't have a reason for that, but it was intentional).I once drove from New Jersey to Connecticut and back. It took a week and I drove 2,000 miles by way of Indiana, Canada and Buffalo. Road trips are pretty awesome indeed.
Wat.
So you...and then...but to do that you had...I...I just don't...
:emotrex: :psyduck:
Is it just me, or is it shocking that Marten first forgot that his dad had sent him a wedding reminder, then had to ask for money for plane tickets, and now has to be told he could drive there after his dad already bought those tickets? Kind of a crappy son if you ask me.I had that thought a day or three back. The consensus seemed to be... "No, he's just a ditz!" I've been reading this comic for five years or so, and I'm trying to remember what I found exciting. I think the vulnerability of the original characters, particularly Faye (believe it or not). Now Dora and Marten aren't together and he just seems to have degenerated into a cardboard punchline with no possibility of growth. I mean, statistically, he'd have to catch a break EVENTUALLY. But he seems to be destined to fall off cliffs and have anvils land on him.
Where in Indiana? I was in Muncie!
Well my friend's friend lived there. I went to a state fair and ate some delicious pie. I forget the name of the pie place, but it was amazing.Thank you for reminding me to check March 14th on the calendar.
That being said, how do people who use the date/month system celebrate Pi Day...
Makes sense, Darkseid loves to attend fashionable functions. ::)
In unrelated news: Kugai, Live Long and Prosper. \\//,
EDIT: Hanners is full of crap, I swear to God. She's faking it for whatever reason, which is yet to be seen. THAT is my wager.
It's not like she's never gotten the flu before.
Raising the question of how someone who doesn't shake hands, maintains scrupulous cleanliness, and probably got a flu shot manages to catch flu. Airborne particles of a strain the vaccine didn't cover?
Raising the question of how someone who doesn't shake hands, maintains scrupulous cleanliness, and probably got a flu shot manages to catch flu. Airborne particles of a strain the vaccine didn't cover?Vaccines are great but even they aren't 100% protection and you still have a very small chance of catching the strains you're vaccinated for. Plus she works at a coffee shop and probably has tons of sick customers.
It happens...yeah, usually it's a different strain.It's not like she's never gotten the flu before.
Comic or it never happened. (Seriously, I can't remember her getting the flu)
I drove it today, Oklahome City to Santa Rosa NM. There were a couple of short stretches of bad pavement on both sides of that border, but nothing really obnoxious.I don't remember a section like that on I-40, though I've never taken I-40 west of OKC, so it was probably there.
Yes, this was between Oklahoma City and the Texas border. Crossing the border into Texas was an "ahhhhh that's much better" moment. This was also back in 1999. I believe since then they've redone that stretch of I-40 with asphalt instead of concrete.
Jesus Jeph, we know you're Childfree and snipped and proud of it, stop grinding it into the ground. Yes, isn't it horrible that another person can make unreasonable demands and force you to shell out money because you still want them around, so let's make this into another comment on how horrible kids are and how much almost none of your characters want any! That's not children, that's family and friendship.
For the baby echidna or platypus, see Monotreme.
Um, that refers to an article about the order. More relevant is what that article tells: "The proper name for an infant echidna is also echidna and not a Puggle as is widely believed."
As much as I'm loath to weaken my argument for the correct use of apostrophes, surely if the commonly-used name for a baby echidna a 'puggle', then that is what it is called.Hence the "(ETA: ... and by denying confirms, if you ask me ...)". You may have missed that ETA, of course ...
I'm curious, what is said argument?
In what way do people use apostrophes wrong?
Hence the "(ETA: ... and by denying confirms, if you ask me ...)". You may have missed that ETA, of course ...
Wait...edited to add? Why not just say "edit"?Exactly. Why? I don't really know; I'm just following the lead. Ten years ago I might have written "Edit:", but I've seen so many others use "ETA:", I've picked up the habit myself.
As an example, Waterstones, a bookshop - which you'd think could get it right - founded by and named after Mr. Tim Waterstone, recently removed the apostrophe from its name.
In what way do people use apostrophes wrong?
Can you think of a way? It's been done. Yes, even that one.
Griz'nakh
Gr'iznakh
Grizna'hk
Gri'z'n'akh
Grizna'hth
G'rizanakh
Griz'nakh
Gr'iznakh
Grizna'hk
Gri'z'n'akh
Grizna'hth
G'rizanakh
... When Henry asked Maurice if he wanted kids and Maurice said he just wanted 20 puggles, the question of whether Jeph knows British nomenclature was answered once and for all. Over here, "puggle" is a rural word for a miscarriage. :-(