The only one that would just be too absurd is the Faye one.And that's why I voted for it.
What would be an obvious set up is Yelling Bird teaching at bible school or something.
8-string guitar? 8-string guitars are for amateurs.
(http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/60/fada4b9de0cd435ea98b46087e711e67/l.jpg)
Sorry, I had to vote for the Wendy's option.
Sorry, I had to vote for the Wendy's option.Hey, some of us have lived in Central Ohio all of our lives, and have lived through bombardment with ads featuring Dave Thomas, despite being in the largest age group on the forum...
...and all the blank stares are just verification that jwhouk and I are of an age slightly further along than the majority of the forum...
Jeph has really been taking us for a ride the whole damn time. :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:Taking us for a ride would be the first 500 strips of the comic.
Taking us for a ride would be the first 500 strips of the comic.
Q: How many guitars does a guitarist need?
A: One more.
'This will never happen. Ever.'Probably not. Unless it does.
Claire will become the annoying skinny redhead in the current commercials.Sorry, I had to vote for the Wendy's option.Hey, some of us have lived in Central Ohio all of our lives, and have lived through bombardment with ads featuring Dave Thomas, despite being in the largest age group on the forum...
...and all the blank stares are just verification that jwhouk and I are of an age slightly further along than the majority of the forum...
Marten is actually married with three kids (and the oldest plays Samantha)!And a good chunk of the main cast* is married to him. Including Steve. Everyone wins!
And the rest of the main cast is married to him. Including Steve. Everyone wins!
"Need ain't got nuthin' to do with it."
I think Claire and Marigold are really married. They where married in W.O.W
I think Claire and Marigold are really married.
Isn't there already a 12 string guitar?
Ah, the Pikasso. I have enough problems playing a bass with four strings to think about playing a guitar with 42 strings...8-string guitar? 8-string guitars are for amateurs.
(http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/60/fada4b9de0cd435ea98b46087e711e67/l.jpg)
FYI folks that's an actual guitar not a photoshop creation. It's the Pikasso, created by Canadian luthier Linda Manzer for Pat Metheny.
Heh, it's like the Firebolt of guitars..."Jeph-K Rowling" won't even say the exact price.
It was expensive enough for Harry to hesitate buying one, and he's fucking loaded. Which makes me wonder how(click to show/hide)
It was expensive enough for Harry to hesitate buying one, and he's fucking loaded. Which makes me wonder how(click to show/hide)(click to show/hide)
Ah, the Pikasso. I have enough problems playing a bass with four strings to think about playing a guitar with 42 strings...
Holy shit, didn't he spend two grand on that Telecaster? So we're talking seven grand or so on this.If they gave him the same amount he paid for it, which I find highly unlikely. But then again I have never traded in a used instrument.
Marten can't ever bring himself to do anything about pursuing a woman he's attracted to, but show him a guitar and he throws caution to the wind.
Regarding Harry Potter:(click to show/hide)
I came here thinking "someone's bound to figure out how much that thing costs".
I was not disappointed :-D
Regarding Harry Potter:(click to show/hide)
Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.
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Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.
Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.
Which one? The one he plays (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=909) in Deathmøle?
Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.
Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.
Which one? The one he plays (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=909) in Deathmøle?
Because I not think tha was any more significant to him than the Stratocaster he sold (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=256) to get to Northampton.
I would have to say it is stupid to spend all your money on a guitar but I would do the same upgrading my drum set.
That is a highly irresponsible action, but guitars are AWESOME so I cannot be upset
Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.
Marten no doubt said the same when he bought the Telecaster.
Which one? The one he plays (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=909) in Deathmøle?
Because I not think tha was any more significant to him than the Stratocaster he sold (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=256) to get to Northampton.
(Neither of those is the vintage Gibson SG (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=931) he bought for $1600)
Isn't that all men on some level? Ships, Space ships, cars, high end computers, rifles, airplanes, a tall ship and a star to steer her by, etc. Besides, guitar like this, be with ya till the day you die.Gender has nothing to do with it. A few years ago I spent <more money than a non-bicycle-nerd would consider sane> on gears for my bike...
My cover is blown! Start the robocalypse without me!
Could be worse. You could be a bandicoot.I wouldn't mind being eternal.
Congratulations Marten, you are now officially Tai's Bitch.Hey look, the old business cards (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=85) still fit.
I am the shame orb.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-URP!
Comic's up!He wiped out his savings, not his income.
Geez Marten, you've made bad decisions before, but WOW. Good luck taking ANYONE out on a date now, because all you'll have are FOODSTAMPS.
"Yes, I'd like the quarter-pound of store-brand bologna, and my date will have a dented can of crushed pineapple."
Geez, everyone's acting like he just took a loan against his testicles. He paid with money he already had. The object of his desire might not have been especially sound, but his method of payment was as sound as possible.Yes, he could have done something really stupid, like put it on a credit-card, or borrow money to buy a new car...
Geez, everyone's acting like he just took a loan against his testicles. He paid with money he already had. The object of his desire might not have been especially sound, but his method of payment was as sound as possible.
Eh, it's just the comic storyline marching on. Sometimes it takes turns that defy Elucidation space.Geez, everyone's acting like he just took a loan against his testicles. He paid with money he already had. The object of his desire might not have been especially sound, but his method of payment was as sound as possible.
I think we're being negative waves is that the storyline took an abrupt turn from Claire+Marten "shipping"/trolling to him buying something expensive completely out of left field. I understand fully it's Jeph's comic and he has every right to do as he pleases, but for some of us readers, the sudden shift is abit jarring.
I know Marten's feelings though. Whenever I handle a beautifully crafted sword, I have to resist the urge to break out the credit card (obviously that only happens in very rare cases, but still).The sword handling or the credit card out-breaking?
Oh, Faye, you've changed your tune.Not really?
Eh, it's just the comic storyline marching on. Sometimes it takes turns that defy Elucidation space.Is that related to Euclidian space?
Maybe he'll invite Claire to join the band, SO HE CAN HAVE MUSICAL MAKEOUTS WITH HER! :evil:We need a poll for what instrument she would play.
We need a poll for what instrument she would play.
I vote keyboard.
Quite librarian by day, headbanging drummer by night.
Instrumental bands usually do.
Ain't character growth a wondrous thing to behold?
Um, sure, that works :laugh:Eh, it's just the comic storyline marching on. Sometimes it takes turns that defy Elucidation space.Is that related to Euclidian space?
If that's an autocorrect, it's epic. If it's a pun, I think I'd prefer lower case, but it's still a win. 8-)
Ain't character growth a wondrous thing to behold?
I'm just glad she learned contractions.
Q: How many guitars does a guitarist need?
A: One more.
That's almost right: A: At least one more.
Quote from an ad in Guitar Magazine: Need ain't got nuthin' to do with it.
(Note: I only have three guitars, myself, so far.)
The clairenet.:psyduck:
The Sousaphone. - 3 (16.7%)
Left out of the poll is the utterly obvious: The clairenet.+1WOULDPUNAGAIN
Panel three: are Faye's boobs REALLY lop-sided, or is the Bearmonster a trompe l'oeil whose eyes follow you around the room?
Eh, it's buildup to an entirely new arc. If it were a TV show, I'd be the start of a new season. It doesn't bother me one bit. (though admittedly I am disappointed that we're not seeing me of marten & Claire)
also swords are awesome. Once I have my own place, and, y'know, money, I want one. A REAL one. Either a hand-and-a-half, or a katana. And I'm gonna learn how to use it god dammit.
Panel three: are Faye's boobs REALLY lop-sided, or is the Bearmonster a trompe l'oeil whose eyes follow you around the room?
They are, it's been mentioned in comic. I'm too lazy to look it up now.
Comic's up!He wiped out his savings, not his income.
Geez Marten, you've made bad decisions before, but WOW. Good luck taking ANYONE out on a date now, because all you'll have are FOODSTAMPS.
"Yes, I'd like the quarter-pound of store-brand bologna, and my date will have a dented can of crushed pineapple."
Geez, everyone's acting like he just took a loan against his testicles. He paid with money he already had. The object of his desire might not have been especially sound, but his method of payment was as sound as possible.
i have no real idea why, but i really don't care for the idea of marten and claire as anything more than just platonic, so i'm pretty happy that a new arc's begun.Platonic relationships can be really solid...
I am not known for my archive fu, but here it is. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1405)Panel three: are Faye's boobs REALLY lop-sided, or is the Bearmonster a trompe l'oeil whose eyes follow you around the room?
They are, it's been mentioned in comic. I'm too lazy to look it up now.
Then I developed the energy and my archive fu failed me. It was a scene at the coffee shop featuring Dora, Faye, and Hannelore. There is something about Hannelore's piercings being symmetrical but then she goes on about trivial asymmetries in the rest of her body. Faye says one of her own breasts hangs lower than the other, and she calls it the "underachiever". The last panel is Hannelore offering to go get her calipers and apply them to Dora to quantify Dora's imperfections.
It is time to ask for help from one of my superiors at archive knowledge.
The next unexpected expense or employment interruption will put him in debt. He lives in a country without socialized medicine. He can't afford a deductible now. All it would take would be one raccoon and he'd be in real trouble.He should still have credit available to take care of that, and he lives in Massachusetts which is somewhat better about such things.
i have no real idea why, but i really don't care for the idea of marten and claire as anything more than just platonic, so i'm pretty happy that a new arc's begun.Platonic relationships can be really solid...
Left out of the poll is the utterly obvious: The clairenet.Until proven otherwise, I'm assuming her middle name is Annette.
Who will play the Gaffophone, then? Dale?
Raven will ask to play to tambourine and fail miserably.
Left out of the poll is the utterly obvious: The clairenet.Until proven otherwise, I'm assuming her middle name is Annette.
$5 from the pun jar...Actually, better make it twenty.Yes, it was quite good. Thank you for noticing. ::) But nope, it was free.
"Daddy didn't allow puns when I was growing up."Makes sense that he wouldn't allow puns. Have you seen the quality of puns that physicists come up with? It starts with the "Kamiltonian" and just gets worse from there.
Should there be a comic up? I'm not seeing one.If you're talking about today's (Wednesday's) comic, I couldn't get it to show up in IE for some reason, but it did in Chrome. So if you're using IE, try a different browser.
Forget reasons of comic, if you're using IE for ANYTHING, use another browser.
"If you're using IE..." is the modern version of "if you're using a rotary phone..."GOD DAMMIT
"If you're using IE..." is the modern version of "if you're using a rotary phone..."When I was a kid, my grandparents still had a rotary phone... I remember trying to use it right after they started requiring 10-digit dialing in Maryland. I couldn't dial it fast enough to get a call through before the phone system got bored, especially because I tried it with my parents' phone number, which had 8s, 9s and 0s.
Why is she calling it a bass?
what would you call something like that?
I wonder if there's a true guitar-bass combination, with the six guitar strings, the four bass strings, and maybe a couple strings in between.Besides the example I already saw, if you stretch the concept of 'guitar' a bit, some of the Chapman sticks (the 12 strings) have close to that sort of arrangement. And god only knows what some crazed luthier has concocted.
Or batar. (The first a is long, so bay-tar).That puts me in mind of an instrument designed for Michael Bay, perhaps with an explosion key.
I feel like this is some terrible joke I just don't comprehend. :psyduck:Master batar. Master debater. Master (Norman) Bates. Getting it now?
That puts me in mind of an instrument designed for Michael Bay, perhaps with an explosion key.What on earth do you mean "perhaps"?
Well, the instrument itself could be an explosion.That puts me in mind of an instrument designed for Michael Bay, perhaps with an explosion key.What on earth do you mean "perhaps"?
Did someone make the joke about a lead violin being awfully hard to play due to enormous weight yet?Lead violin in Deathmøle?
If not, consider it made. The mental image is hilarious.
The heaviest of heavy metal...
Damn, the current topic is one I have almost nothing to contribute to.
Sweet!Damn, the current topic is one I have almost nothing to contribute to.
Don't worry, you can still bitch about other things.
Anyone can burn a house down now, thanks to Aperture Science's new Combustible Lemon™ (patent pending)
Anyone can burn a house down now, thanks to Aperture Science's new Combustible Lemon™ (patent pending)
Besides the example I already saw, if you stretch the concept of 'guitar' a bit, some of the Chapman sticks (the 12 strings) have close to that sort of arrangement. And god only knows what some crazed luthier has concocted.
Or batar. (The first a is long, so bay-tar).If playing it gave you joy, I suppose it would be happy batar (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1779)...
I'd ask Akima to pay the pun jar. But I am too intimidated by her. Can someone else do it while I go fetal in the corner?Are you a man or a mouse?
Are you a man or a mouse?
[ ... ]
Ah. In that case, shall I introduce you to my two cats?
Or batar. (The first a is long, so bay-tar).That puts me in mind of an instrument designed for Michael Bay, perhaps with an explosion key.I feel like this is some terrible joke I just don't comprehend. :psyduck:Master batar. Master debater. Master (Norman) Bates. Getting it now?
It's not something you should do alone >:DYou need some percussion.
Only reason to use IE is if you're using Windows Phone or Windows RT - Microsoft platforms that do not allow third party browsers.
If you're using Windows Phone, whatever, I don't get it but it's your phone bill.
If you're using Windows RT, you're using computers wrong.
It's not something you should do alone >:D
I personally find windows phone (and ios) highly underdeveloped/unfinished-feeling products that simply don't have the software to be as versatile and powerful as I need the computer in my pocket to be.Only reason to use IE is if you're using Windows Phone or Windows RT - Microsoft platforms that do not allow third party browsers.
If you're using Windows Phone, whatever, I don't get it but it's your phone bill.
If you're using Windows RT, you're using computers wrong.
I'm not using RT, but why the hate? IE10 is quicker than Chrome on my PC right now, so I'm using it. And I enjoy Windows Phone. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I advertised for it (http://noyansthingstoremember.tumblr.com/post/35561840589/im-on-tv-ma).
Landlines? Who even HAS a landline anymore?Me. But it gets worse: I don't have a cell phone.
My dad still has a circa-1960 rotary phone in his houseWe also had a rotary phone at my house when I was growing up. It disappeared a few years ago, though :(
a) there are no Cellular carriers who offer non-unlimited minutes anymore.I only have 300 anytime and 500 night/weekend a month, although my texts and data are unlimited. (To be fair the minutes and the data have been grandfathered for years)
How did things that were unimaginable within living memory turn into things we can't live without?
2. Forget about twoA wise policy. There's no such thing as two.
For those who don't agree with my opinion, I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.Last week was a sudden change in direction, and this week seemed to exist mostly as a confirmation that the change was made.
...I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.
"Don't be that guy".
I'm in exactly the same situation, actually.Landlines? Who even HAS a landline anymore?Me. But it gets worse: I don't have a cell phone.
waits patiently…
Okay, now that you've gotten hold of some smelling salts, understand that for various reasons I rarely leave my house. So far, at best a cell has been something fun I don't really need. I needed that new guitar far more. Anyway, I think the day may be coming when I finally break down and get on a cell plan, but so far, I've not really needed it.
Who's DYW?If you don't know, it may be best you never find out.
Oh, and Damn you, Willis, for inflating a different balloon this week instead of letting the one you had all blown up go boom.
Let's just say that he's known for trolling his readers.
@Valdís- Wait, how'd that happen?
MUST POST MOAR.
For those who don't agree with my opinion, I'm sorry, but four strips about 8 strings will not make me like them more. This feels like a chicken out by Jephzibah after two hugely interesting previous weeks.
And besides, I'm more of an acoustics man. I want a 12 string.
Who approved that? :psyduck:@Valdís- Wait, how'd that happen?(click to show/hide)
Who approved that? :psyduck:Don't knock it so quick, it was part of an awareness campaign that contributed to a 10 percent drop in sexual assault in the city that featured it (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/12/01/edmonton-sexual-assault-awareness-campaign-dont-be-that-guy_n_2224228.html).
Stay tuned!
Edit: OK, no, I was getting it confused with when Marten's speech bubble looked like it was coming out of Claire's mouth (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2322).Also possibly the exact strip when shipping of the pair began.
Perhaps the same person who approved.(click to show/hide)
Boot.At least it wasn't us, the US. Also, those ball gags look more like they're being forced to use throat lozenges. But 'use larger ball gags' probably shouldn't
He can't on knees.Does Pintsize even have any Fukienese (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Fukienese)?
Is this character development for Marten? That he actually had second thoughts about buying a guitar?
Just when you think Pintsize can't sink to a new low, he does.
More like thinly veiled product placement or an author living vicariously thru his work, but what do I know.....?
Not sure what the issue is with the anti rape poster, seems like a pretty effective counter.My objection is that "don't be that guy" is usually used for relatively minor things, so using it for rape seemed incredibly inappropriate.
Didn't think the guitar had a whammy bar...Doesn't every guitar have one? How else do you get more star power?
Also, howdy all.Welcome to the forum.
My objection is that "don't be that guy" is usually used for relatively minor things, so using it for rape seemed incredibly inappropriate.
Wouldn't that defeat the very nature of cred, though, to give it to yourself? As I understand, cred is earned by whatever means it is earned in your relevant field.
See, this is exactly why I think this is effective.
This comic has confirmed my belief that AnthroPCs are like cats, if they were capable of human-level cognition, and instead of putting butts in our faces, they show us goatse.
Threw my back out! Yeah! <5 hrs ago>
I want to try and stand up but I am afraid of searing agony <3 hrs ago>
nope, still can't stand up <3 hrs ago>
Called 911. This is the worst pain I have ever experienced. <1 hr ago>
Ibuprofen, ice, muscle relaxants. Thank god they don’t have to move me. 10/10 on the pain scale. <1 hr ago>
Boss is hurting...Quote from: '@jephjacques (twitter)'Threw my back out! Yeah! <5 hrs ago>
I want to try and stand up but I am afraid of searing agony <3 hrs ago>
nope, still can't stand up <3 hrs ago>
Called 911. This is the worst pain I have ever experienced. <1 hr ago>
Ibuprofen, ice, muscle relaxants. Thank god they don’t have to move me. 10/10 on the pain scale. <1 hr ago>
Other than the trolling, would you recommend either of his comics?I recommend all of Willis' comics. Just expect to cuss him when he trolls you. I admit I prefer DOA, though. Then again, I never have been able to 'catch up' with Shortpacked, so I may be selling it, well, you know.
The amount of health problems Jeph suffers on average is really staggering to me sometimes. :-\I'm sure he'd be happy to settle for "staggering" right now.
12h
breaking news: still can't stand up
1h
I managed to crawl, sloth-like, to and from the bathroom with only a couple minor spasms.
31m
I'm improving, slowly. Hopefully I will be able to sit in a chair tomorrow.
I think you mean before Joyce and Walky ended? Cause that dragged on for years...No, Shortpacked! 1.0 started, I believe, in January 2003. I may have been vaguely aware of it before, but I properly "discovered" it in October 2004, one strip before it ended. You probably never saw it though ... or forgot about it, if you did ... since the "reboot" of January 2005 (really a new comic with the same title), I don't think I've seen The Original Series on the .net. A pity. The strip of 2004-04-11 alone was worth the run. :)
Shortpacked! was more parallel - not just common characters, there were incidents that definitely crossed over, like when Amber found out about Mike's Walkyverse past in an incident with a giant stickybun terrorizing the city, or when Ultracar's maker turns out to be Joe. I don't recall a Shortpacked! reboot, though, but I haven't archived it since I first started reading it.
Oh hey, there are still people online. Awesome.
Momo, for example, wants... to be recognised as an AI girl without that distinction marking a significant difference. In other words, she wants to change the world such that the global memetic concept of real girls includes AIs alongside organics.There are certain parallels with this world there.
I'd say it's best to start with Roomies, actually.I started with DOA. I think it's easier to get a handle on because it hasn't been running as long. I went back to Roomies/Walkie/Joyce and Walkie after that, but somehow I could never make the transition to Shortpacked 2.0. Someday, I ashll go dive in. Anyway, all of those work as a 'pre-boot' of DoA just as well as the other way around.
The older comics set up the Walkyverse (in which Shortpacked is in, so there's a lot of references to get), and the entire premise of Dumbing of Age is that it's using the Walkyverse's characters in a non-scifi environment.