Wait wait wait... that dog! It's actually Yay's!
I'm pretty sure that SB's dogs are greyhounds.
Offering the challenger a free bat is what makes Claire’s mom a good sport.Naw, screw that. Somebody breaks into my place, they signed up for broken bones.
At first, the distance view could have concealed the excess fur but the second strip makes it clear that they're lean. Cosmo is clearly quite furry though. So the only way it could be one of spook's dogs is if it hasn't been seen yet. So while i could be right about this, i admit i don't have evidence for it yet and am therefore not justified in my conclusion that the borzoi is originally theirs. I only suspect!
Offering the challenger a free bat is what makes Claire’s mom a good sport.Naw, screw that. Somebody breaks into my place, they signed up for broken bones.
I'm going for a homerun swing to the base of the back of their skull at an upward angle.
Offering the challenger a free bat is what makes Claire’s mom a good sport.
One would hope.Offering the challenger a free bat is what makes Claire’s mom a good sport.Naw, screw that. Somebody breaks into my place, they signed up for broken bones.
I'm going for a homerun swing to the base of the back of their skull at an upward angle.
The bats pertain to dog ownership. I don’t think she’s going to arm a home invader to be fair.
I'm pretty sure that SB's dogs are greyhounds.
Hm, you may be right. The only place we see their dogs is in this strip here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3418 and the tail of one of them here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3969 . In contrast, we see mrs augustus' new borzoi in https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3878 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3879 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3881 and in today's strip here https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4046
So, does anyone else think that Cosmo is inspired by Ollie?Who?
Given his own fuzzball, Jeph seems to have a thing for pointy dogs in general.Shebly wasn't pointy.
So, does anyone else think that Cosmo is inspired by Ollie?
Who?
You can lose your pet that fast in us? Here, it takes months until you are no longer able to claim your pet.Some shelters are more overcrowded -- or enthusiastic -- than others. And they're not all no-kill.
You can lose your pet that fast in us? Here, it takes months until you are no longer able to claim your pet.It varies from state to state and even from county to county, but 72 hours isn't uncommon. Given that microchipping technology is easily accessible and getting less and less expensive, it's not all that unreasonable.
Given his own fuzzball, Jeph seems to have a thing for pointy dogs in general.Shebly wasn't pointy.
And Dora apparently keeps a dagger on her at all times, or at least when she’s working.
Sometimes I forget that animal protection is basically nonexistent in that respect in us..You can lose your pet that fast in us? Here, it takes months until you are no longer able to claim your pet.Some shelters are more overcrowded -- or enthusiastic -- than others. And they're not all no-kill.
My first reading was that Dora snatched the kris out of Hannelore's blouse.That would be Hannelore's clone. (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1662)
That would be a -huge- change for Hannelore...
I’m fond of the term “dog-breath humidity” which perfectly describes a particular kind of summer weather.
My first reading was that Dora snatched the kris out of Hannelore's blouse.That would be Hannelore's clone. (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1662)
That would be a -huge- change for Hannelore...
My first reading was that Dora snatched the kris out of Hannelore's blouse.
That would be a -huge- change for Hannelore...
That would be Hannelore's clone. (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1662)
Not necessarily. Hanners has been known to carry weapons for self-defense.
True but a ritual dagger would still be a bit out-of-character for her. The only weapon I've ever seen her carry is a pepper spray!
True but a ritual dagger would still be a bit out-of-character for her. The only weapon I've ever seen her carry is a pepper spray!
She also (very briefly) tried out a telescoping baton, but then hurt herself with it. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1575
I dunno about dog's ears - despite having a couple of dogs myself, I've never indulged - but I know that dog burps smell like a combination of whatever they ate or licked last and something dead.
I dunno about dog's ears - despite having a couple of dogs myself, I've never indulged - but I know that dog burps smell like a combination of whatever they ate or licked last and something dead.
My cats' breath is typically a melange of ass and old spoiled fish.
Would that be an acceptable athame? Genuinely not certain...Depending on the Tradition, maybe. There is no central authority in Wicca or Neo-paganism that can decide what is or is not an acceptable working tool. I do know people who use a kris.
I've sort of wondered if Hanners' Dad added some... enhancements. And what those might be. And what unintended effects they might have had.
Hmmmmm....
I's been my experience that dogs smell fucking terrible, no matter how clean they are. But YMMV.Dogs want to smell terrible. Dogs absolutely love to roll in filth. It's an evolutionary thing. They're predators, and they want their prey to think "there's a big pile of poo nearby" rather than "there's a big dangerous pack of dogs nearby."
I dunno about dog's ears - despite having a couple of dogs myself, I've never indulged - but I know that dog burps smell like a combination of whatever they ate or licked last and something dead.
My cats' breath is typically a melange of ass and old spoiled fish.
This is true, also for my cats. But, their chest and forehead in particular smell like heaven. I imagine dogs have similar spots, so perhaps their ears then(?)
Which reminds me: https://soranews24.com/2015/12/10/japan-finally-bottles-the-scent-of-a-cats-forehead-now-available-to-spray-on-your-belongings/
I’m fond of the term “dog-breath humidity” which perfectly describes a particular kind of summer weather.
So, south central Kansas or somewhere else?
When I lived there, our cousins from Texas would complain about the humidity and say that they could at least drive to the ocean back home.
Dogs are like quarks: they cannot exist outside of a pile of filth, just like a quark cannot exist outside of a hadron. If you remove the filth from a dog, the dog will generate new filth from the background vacuum.I's been my experience that dogs smell fucking terrible, no matter how clean they are. But YMMV.Dogs want to smell terrible. Dogs absolutely love to roll in filth. It's an evolutionary thing. They're predators, and they want their prey to think "there's a big pile of poo nearby" rather than "there's a big dangerous pack of dogs nearby."
Cats, on the other hand, don't want you to smell them at all. Which is why they are so obsessive about burying both poo and pee, and why they'll spend an inordinate amount of time grooming themselves.
I have no explanation as to why dogs love to rummage through catboxes for, uh, "treats." We had two cats and a dog in my house in my teenage years, and it was something I observed first hand far, far more often than I wanted.
I's been my experience that dogs smell fucking terrible, no matter how clean they are. But YMMV.Dogs want to smell terrible. Dogs absolutely love to roll in filth. It's an evolutionary thing. They're predators, and they want their prey to think "there's a big pile of poo nearby" rather than "there's a big dangerous pack of dogs nearby."
Cats, on the other hand, don't want you to smell them at all. Which is why they are so obsessive about burying both poo and pee, and why they'll spend an inordinate amount of time grooming themselves.
I have no explanation as to why dogs love to rummage through catboxes for, uh, "treats." We had two cats and a dog in my house in my teenage years, and it was something I observed first hand far, far more often than I wanted.
Yes, Hanners is a lot smarter than baseline but the multiple layers of gene alterations have left her with a string of genetic neurochemical disorders that leads to most of her mental health issues.
Hannelore is back YEY!! ^.^
Would that be an acceptable athame? Genuinely not certain...Depending on the Tradition, maybe. There is no central authority in Wicca or Neo-paganism that can decide what is or is not an acceptable working tool. I do know people who use a kris.
If you decide to pack one, keep it sprinkled with lime juice just in case you encounter a Berbalang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbalang_(legendary_creature)).
I've always found it a bit sad that Clin-ton never seemed to have any luck in that regard. Emily was essentially disinterested, Brunhilde wasn't interested for different reasons, and even Roko never pursued her fantasies about the actual appearance of human abs.Hmmm. A second try for Hanners by Clinton now that she might be a bit more receptive. If he can get over memories of the previous attempt...
Given that Roku needs to have a rule that Melon not cause explosions after 9 PM, any pet would clearly have to either be deaf or completely passive so as not to be stressed by the loud noises and general shaking.
I'm so glad OCD can be fixed with just a few mental shifts.
Hannelore discovered the Poop Buddha.
As for poop being poop, I had to struggle to reach the same point. There's a pretty good reason for having a poop-touching taboo, since it's full of harmful microbes. But at the end of the day, if you're careful about washing, it's pretty much like handling dirt. Getting it on you isn't going to kill you, you just need to be a bit extra careful about really, really cleaning it off. Preferably with something that's good at killing off those microbes.
I'm pretty sure that SB's dogs are greyhounds.
Hm, you may be right. The only place we see their dogs is in this strip here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3418 and the tail of one of them here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3969 . In contrast, we see mrs augustus' new borzoi in https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3878 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3879 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3881 and in today's strip here https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4046
There's also #3901 "Multiple Anatomy". It's overwritten for some reason on questionablecontent.net with "Family Citrus" (compare #3901 (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3901) and #3906 (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3906)), but is saved on imgur (https://i.imgur.com/zjXef1Z.png).
I do hope Hanners remains somewhat quirky, or she'll just fade into the background....
Years ago, Jeph said that he knows the reason for Hannelore's mental health problems and that it is a plot point. I cannot remember where or when he said that.
What she's done is found a useful mind-exercise to help her basically not freak out all the time when dealing with the unhygienic.
... I do think that people in developing world countries can rightly be a bit annoyed about these people from the First World with no problems coming to them, dripping with disposable wealth and wanting to 'experience' different cultures without any real personal stake other than curiosity and some condescending attitude about 'noble and exotic primitive ways'.
Someone also mentioned about having a knife on hand at all times. I feel the same way because you never know when something needs to be cut or sliced or scraped off. Heck, i use mine at work practically every day. However, i would point out that the small blade in a swiss army knife or pliers multitool is more than enough for these purposes - there's no need to go all "Crocodile Dundee" with a "propa knoife" like Dora is kind of going here.At least Mick Dundee's knoife was a "tool knife", albeit a big one. Dora's is, I assume, an athame put to self-defence purposes?
I know that soap isn't magic disinfectant, it's mostly a surfactant, and that I will not die if i use the occasional bathroom without soap. But I just. Can't. Not without hand sanitizer or something instead of soap.Why should you not wash after bathroom? I remember when I was younger it wasn't as bad, but then suddenly I started washing them every time and more, after my first gf found it icky. Now I wipe the seat of the toilet every time, even if that does nothing in terms of bacteria.
I am so massively uncomfortable with today's comic that I created an account to comment. That is just not how mental illness works. It isn't how OCD/anxiety work specifically.
^^^THIS^^^Quote from: GentlewomanOtterI am so massively uncomfortable with today's comic that I created an account to comment. That is just not how mental illness works. It isn't how OCD/anxiety work specifically.
The interesting thing here is that Jeph has first-hand experience of mental health challenges.
I wonder if Hannelore's enlightenment was just the capstone on her months of exposure therapy, which were the real cure. That would make more sense.
Thank you, Old Goat. It's not the same for everyone, and I'm starting to think that to some degree, Jeph's experiences are closer to mine than some of the other posters on this subject. I know that there's no "cure" for mental stuff, but for a number of things, I tend to think of myself as "cured", just because they no longer impact my daily life.Yep. For me part of it was realizing that I'd never be cured in the sense that it would go away and never bother me again. It's still there, but I've acquired the ability to cope with it, or at least a large part of it. And, y'a know? That's even better.
Many studies have shown that the use of consumer antibacterial wash products is no better at removing germs than plain soap and water.
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Triclosan has also been implicated in the rise of resistance to antibiotics – those life-saving, bacterial infection-fighting medicines we are running out of.
A lot of people seem to be jumping to the conclusion that Hanners is cured when she never said anything of the sort. Having a breakthrough is not the same as being cured, it's a step, sometimes a significant step, but still just a step. Coping strategies are not cures, they are methods for making your condition more manageable.Hanners is straight up saying she isn't grossed out by anything anymore. If that isn't a cure I don't know what is. And if he doesn't want to claim this cure is universal, maybe don't portray it as deep wisdom that applies to life itself.
Hanners is straight up saying she isn't grossed out by anything anymore.
Hanners is straight up saying she isn't grossed out by anything anymore. If that isn't a cure I don't know what is. And if he doesn't want to claim this cure is universal, maybe don't portray it as deep wisdom that applies to life itself.
Also real nice to see that you're all supportive of all kinds of causes, so long as they don't conflict with the golden rule that Jeph is above criticism and can do no wrong. OCD can be cured by shoveling shit. The Lord has spoken. Tell your friends it's their fault they have problems.
Hanners shovels yak shit for a week
New comic!That was Dora's close to a promise when she left. She gets to reintroduce herself to Mr Burny.
Nice to see they saved Hanner's job for her.
I already thought it was weird that latrines needed shoveling, but that's because I only know latrines from history class, the thing the romans use for instance. I thought animals just shit all over the place. If it's manure then it's suddenly way less gross than if it was poop.It is true, herbivore dung is 'way less icky than omnivore or carnivore shit - some equestrians think horse apples smell good. Once they dry out cowflops are actually pretty inoffensive. Suburban kid that I am, I can't really tell the difference between common dairy cow dung and buffalo (American bison) dung, and I suspect the same is true of yak poo. I know Native Americans and white settlers alike on the Great Plains used sun dried dung as heating and cooking fuel - not much firewood to be had out there and what little there is is of poor quality.
New comic!
Nice to see they saved Hanner's job for her.
A lot of people seem to be jumping to the conclusion that Hanners is cured when she never said anything of the sort. Having a breakthrough is not the same as being cured, it's a step, sometimes a significant step, but still just a step. Coping strategies are not cures, they are methods for making your condition more manageable.
Is this the first time we've ever heard Hannelore say the F-word?
We might see a return of JUICY or her mom, both of which would test her.
It’s also possible Hannelore thinks she’s “better” because she’s been practicing her self care skills in a context wildly divorced from her daily life. It might be that when she’s presented her old triggers she struggles more. We might see a return of JUICY or her mom, both of which would test her.Oenone, please correct me if I'm reading it wrong, but the way you cast that first sentence using quotation marks makes it sound to me like you believe Hanners is deluded in her belief that her condition has improved.
Contemporary accounts suggest that the parrot, agitated by the crowds attending Jackson’s funeral at his home in 1845, launched into a profane tirade while surrounded by mourners. Later, funeral attendee Rev. William Menefee Norment wrote, “Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet, got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house.”
Winslow, you can't be poisoned by snakes or scorpions, you big baby.
EDIT: I'm no country boy, but I've got the good sense not to stand behind a large ungulate.
Poor Winslow.I didn't mean to.
I've been kicked by a goat. Hurt.
Winslow, you can't be poisoned by snakes or scorpions, you big baby.
The Emperor Scorpion was my favourite childhood creepy-crawlie!)Is that the huge, jet black one with the relatively wimpy venom that they use on TV and movies because it looks so scary but is almost harmless to humans?
It’s also possible Hannelore thinks she’s “better” because she’s been practicing her self care skills in a context wildly divorced from her daily life. It might be that when she’s presented her old triggers she struggles more. We might see a return of JUICY or her mom, both of which would test her.Oenone, please correct me if I'm reading it wrong, but the way you cast that first sentence using quotation marks makes it sound to me like you believe Hanners is deluded in her belief that her condition has improved.
I would argue that if she feels better and is finding it less challenging to negotiate the world around her, she IS better. If it takes a JUICY or Beatrice level trigger to disrupt her day now, that's still a major improvement. Her threshold used to be much lower.
Is that the huge, jet black one with the relatively wimpy venom that they use on TV and movies because it looks so scary but is almost harmless to humans?
Is that the huge, jet black one with the relatively wimpy venom that they use on TV and movies because it looks so scary but is almost harmless to humans?
Isn't it the bigger the better? At least if Indiana Jones was right. Though this one seems like it can cause quite a bruise with it pincers.
Isn't it the bigger the better? At least if Indiana Jones was right. Though this one seems like it can cause quite a bruise with it pincers.That's actually what most of the articles I found using Google said, they rarely use their stings because their pincers are so bad-ass. Looking at them, I reckon they must not taste very good because if they did, we'd be calling them Forest Lobsters or something like that.
People saying and believing they’re fine when that isn’t the case has been a recurring thing here.That's because it's a recurring thing in real life.
That's because it's a recurring thing in real life.
I'm so with you, Brother. Winston Churchill called it his "black dog." Time and again he thought he'd run it off but the son-of-a-bitch kept on coming back.That's because it's a recurring thing in real life.
Yep, I've made a lot of progress with my depression in the last few years.
I've also got a referral for more therapy coming because after a bad stretch recently I realized that I still wasn't okay.
"When you have a junkyard dog snapping at your heels, the best thing to do is to turn around and kick it in the chops."
I've got a few coping mechanisms. I find a place where I can scream and not be a nuisance and curse very loudly until I sober up. I go to the park and scream at the ducks (they deserve it... probably). I listen to Punjabi folk metal...
Doesn't always work, though. Sometimes you have to call in reinforcements.
Godspeed, my fellow depression warriors.
People saying and believing they’re fine when that isn’t the case has been a recurring thing here.That's because it's a recurring thing in real life.
"When you have a junkyard dog snapping at your heels, the best thing to do is to turn around and kick it in the chops."From Mongolia:
I've got a few coping mechanisms. I find a place where I can scream and not be a nuisance and curse very loudly until I sober up. I go to the park and scream at the ducks (they deserve it... probably). I listen to Punjabi folk metal...
Doesn't always work, though. Sometimes you have to call in reinforcements.
Godspeed, my fellow depression warriors.
Hanner's dad is super-wealthy in his own right. I don't think Hanner's mom can really hold anything over her head to get her to play ball with her. If they reconcile, it'll be on Hanner's terms, not her mom's.
They're only poisonous if you eat the stinger.Is that the huge, jet black one with the relatively wimpy venom that they use on TV and movies because it looks so scary but is almost harmless to humans?
Isn't it the bigger the better? At least if Indiana Jones was right. Though this one seems like it can cause quite a bruise with it pincers.
I've always understood the smaller the scorpion, the more deadly the venom. Or at least the smaller varieties are more likely to be the truly poisonous ones.
It's probably a phobia, unrelated to how much damage they can do.Maybe he at one point watched Phase IV and the scorpion scene still terrifies him?