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Title: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: kjohnnytarr on 01 Mar 2009, 23:12
OMG @1350!
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Post by: HappyGrar on 01 Mar 2009, 23:15
What the hell ass balls?!?

I...I have nothing to say but that. Nothing.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: AshiHalfangel on 01 Mar 2009, 23:15
He looks rather handsome in tonight's comic. lol And I mean that in a non creepy way. It was quite a shock to see him.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Damien on 01 Mar 2009, 23:16
This comic reminds me of this picture: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/images/barack-president-of-awesome.jpg

You can get a sticker of it at Newbury Comics I think.

But, yeah, it's excellent to see Steve again, in addition to seeing Steve self-possessed again.
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Post by: deuxmind on 01 Mar 2009, 23:17
I think Steve looks rather handsome in this comic in a completely creepy way.
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Post by: kjohnnytarr on 01 Mar 2009, 23:20
Steve is a dude I could kick it with.
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Post by: mustang6172 on 01 Mar 2009, 23:20
I think the evil mastermind should have been petting a kitty, but otherwise good comic.
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Post by: rainbow kittens on 01 Mar 2009, 23:21
I had to reread the comic a few times to fully digest what I was seeing.

I very much like it.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: kurzon on 01 Mar 2009, 23:21
"The US Department of ... kicking your ASS!"

lulz
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Post by: Leper on 01 Mar 2009, 23:26
mother of fuck.

bout damn time
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Post by: sleepless3 on 01 Mar 2009, 23:29
Am... am I the only one who is so excited about this comic, I'm grinning?
It is so awesome!    :laugh:
I... I can't decide which part is my favorite...!
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: the_shankmaster on 01 Mar 2009, 23:31
I feel so fulfilled.
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Post by: ironi on 01 Mar 2009, 23:31
STEEEEEVEE! I have to join the people who said he looks good in today's comic (I'm not a creep, I swear).  I hope we continue to see more of him. Jeph, please don't let him disappear for another twenty years (or however long its been). 
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: snubnose on 01 Mar 2009, 23:31
Good week start ... but where the heck is the weekly comic thread ?
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: FourNineFoxtrot on 01 Mar 2009, 23:32
I registered here just to say this:


Fuck.  Yes.


Mister Jacques, if the Fonz jumping over a shark on water-skiis had been even a fraction so specfuckingtacular, they would have made a spin-off of Happy Days where he jumped over shit every episode.

This made my day.

I now have to go shit a brick.  A brick made of awesome. 

Afterwards, there's a celebratory bottle of Bushmills waiting for me.  I'll hoist a glass to you, man.

Shit, who am I kidding, I don't bother with glasses.  But I'll hoist the damn bottle.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Shadic on 01 Mar 2009, 23:32
Proof this comic needs more Steve.
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Post by: westrim on 01 Mar 2009, 23:36
AHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAH!
No wait, I'm  okay, I'm okay....
AAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHA 'Sounds of a scuffle as the psychologists tackle me'.

Btw, the girl in the second panel has been seen before, but I forget her name.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: RaptorShadow on 01 Mar 2009, 23:37
Steve needs his own spinoff. Clearly.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: RubyTuesday9 on 01 Mar 2009, 23:49

Btw, the girl in the second panel has been seen before, but I forget her name.


Her name is Meena, she was Steve's girlfriend the last time we saw him pre-tequila monster.
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Post by: Malek on 01 Mar 2009, 23:57
Freaking Epic!!! GO Steve way to make a come back.
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Post by: naparker on 02 Mar 2009, 00:01
What I really want to know is when can i see a t-shirt entitled "The US Department of Kicking Your Ass".

Brilliant Comic... absolutely top flight sir.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: svelte on 02 Mar 2009, 00:04
What I really want to know is when can i see a t-shirt entitled "The US Department of Kicking Your Ass".

Brilliant Comic... absolutely top flight sir.

Would be better as

The US Department
...of Kicking Your Ass
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: B_lazey on 02 Mar 2009, 00:08
Oh god third person in a row making one of their first posts a request for a "US department of Kicking Your Ass" t-shirt.
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Post by: naparker on 02 Mar 2009, 00:40
Oh god third person in a row making one of their first posts a request for a "US department of Kicking Your Ass" t-shirt.

Because it would be awesome. In the same way Electric Six is awesome.
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Post by: Bayley on 02 Mar 2009, 00:50
that was pretty fantastic.



did anyone else notice steve's facial hair in the first and last panel consists of dirty 2-day scruff....but for some reason his mustache is clean shaven?


....did steve retire from ass-kicking government agent to a simpler life of amish bliss...two days prior to running into marten?
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Twelvth on 02 Mar 2009, 01:06
Oh god third person in a row making one of their first posts a request for a "US department of Kicking Your Ass" t-shirt.

I also require such a shirt.
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Post by: look out! Ninjas! on 02 Mar 2009, 02:14
Yes. Shirts for all.
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Post by: jrittenhouse on 02 Mar 2009, 02:56
When was the last time we saw Meena; I'm trying to remember.  A link would be wonderful....
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Post by: tinkerbell on 02 Mar 2009, 03:29
When was the last time we saw Meena; I'm trying to remember.  A link would be wonderful....

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1029 - that is the last instance of storyline interaction

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1039 - that is the last time Meena had a line but obviously it does not really contribute to the story.
Title: Thank you, JEPH!
Post by: zeku on 02 Mar 2009, 05:50
Now. . . show us what Sara has been up to.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Superkid11 on 02 Mar 2009, 06:00
OMG OMG OMG

... I totally called it. In my mind. I figured he was up to something like this. I WAS RIGHT.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Imnawtinsane on 02 Mar 2009, 06:43
This comic was so unbelievably epic, that I now think Jeph is 10 times cooler. it blew my mind, it came from nowhere, answered out calls for Steve's return, and in a totally kick ass way. I've just said only things you could have/probably did think of yourself, but I needed to rant to someone about how epic htis was.
Title: Re: Thank you, JEPH!
Post by: bicostp on 02 Mar 2009, 07:19
Now. . . show us what Sara has been up to.

Being digested. You really don't want to see that.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: imapiratearg on 02 Mar 2009, 07:25
Man, why does Steve got such a bad rap with the ladies?

's no fair, man.
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Post by: Siibillam-Law on 02 Mar 2009, 07:41
Steve appears to be most popular character in the series. I'm sure if Marten didn't make an appearance for 300 strips and then came back there wouldn't be such fuss

also:

STEVE! WOOO!
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: benji on 02 Mar 2009, 07:46
I don't know. I remember people starting to grumble when Marten didn't show up for a whole week one time. If he disappeared for a year, I'm sure there would be plenty of reaction.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Noff on 02 Mar 2009, 08:47
Steve isn't the most popular, he's just the likable everyman/best friend character, and in spite of that we never see him. 

Today's comic was the funniest in a long time.  I didn't really like Meena or Dave, but I hope Steve drops in at least occasionally. 
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: raoullefere on 02 Mar 2009, 09:08
Proof this comic needs more Steve.
It's exactly not that. This comic absolute proof this is as much Steve as we do need. This wouldn't be nearly as much fun if we saw him every other strip. The last time I enjoyed Steve this much was when he escaped after being stuck in a closet for weeks. (A guest strip way back when).

Now Steve needs to disappear again, then come back in about six months (our time), having been transported to the Planet of Spunky, Chunky Mary-Lou Retton clones to give them personal infusions of genetic material, and then been brought back a trifle run down. There were forty million of them, after all.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: altered_carbon on 02 Mar 2009, 09:12
Meena is a bitch! And Dave is a jerk!

But seriously, that's sad for Steve. At least he came out on top in the end. And it's nice to have a little absurdism injected back in the comic, after all the drama and whatnot.
Way to mix it up a bit Jeph.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: zynk on 02 Mar 2009, 09:44
Anyone have interesting theories as to what Tortura's scar is from?
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Post by: cgarci21 on 02 Mar 2009, 11:03
^ Nope, but WAY TO GO STEVE! We may have missed him but he was there all along kicking ass to save the world.

Even if it was a drug-induced hallucination. At least he's lucid.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Random832 on 02 Mar 2009, 12:42
Yay, it's Steve!
/It's like Christmas... and Decemberween... and Agnostica... all at once!
//those are all at once. Literally. As in they all fall on 25 December.
///SHUT UP! >_<
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: AngelofShadows on 02 Mar 2009, 13:26
Dave was supposed to be Uber nice! Random Proposing is not nice. At all.

Also, I to want a shirt that says Property of the US Department....of kicking your Ass.
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Post by: Escape Velocity on 02 Mar 2009, 13:35
This reminds me of some trivia I read a while back about the TV show Alias...apparently J.J. Abrams first came up with the idea for the show when he was serving as the executive producer of Felicity, and he sort of half-seriously kicked around an idea where Felicity would go off for the summer and become a secret agent, then come back in the fall like nothing had happened.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: emmaleigh on 02 Mar 2009, 13:42
did anyone else notice steve's facial hair in the first and last panel consists of dirty 2-day scruff....but for some reason his mustache is clean shaven?

It is entirely possible that is just how he has decided to wear his facial hair.
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Post by: Prominent Internet Figure on 02 Mar 2009, 13:51
I'm so sick of Steve.  Can we get a break from him?
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Post by: apotheosis on 02 Mar 2009, 14:07
Another new guy, who just finished reading through QC in its entirety for the first time this weekend, here to humbly request a "Department of Kicking Your Ass" t-shirt.

...please.  :-)
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Shawn on 02 Mar 2009, 14:14
This reminds me of some trivia I read a while back about the TV show Alias...apparently J.J. Abrams first came up with the idea for the show when he was serving as the executive producer of Felicity, and he sort of half-seriously kicked around an idea where Felicity would go off for the summer and become a secret agent, then come back in the fall like nothing had happened.

lol, I remember hearing that.

The best stories come from things that are done randomly (like Steve), because those are what end up being truly original :p
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: bhtooefr on 02 Mar 2009, 14:36
Oh, and this comic didn't JUST jump the shark.

It jumped the shark, grabbed onto a low-flying Apache helicopter, hijacked it, and blasted the fuck out of the shark with the machine gun.

But, mere shark jumping... I think that was done in comic 1, with Pintsize. :lol:
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Post by: RefD on 02 Mar 2009, 15:11
(http://creotia.com/refd/USDoKYAseal.gif)
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Post by: naparker on 02 Mar 2009, 15:27
I APPROVE. Let it be so. 
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Post by: tragic banjo on 02 Mar 2009, 15:33
Oh, and this comic didn't JUST jump the shark.

It jumped the shark, grabbed onto a low-flying Apache helicopter, hijacked it, and blasted the fuck out of the shark with the machine gun.

But, mere shark jumping... I think that was done in comic 1, with Pintsize. :lol:

Don't forget the

SHARK REPELLENT BAT SPRAY
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: manlington266 on 02 Mar 2009, 15:37
I want a haircut like Steve's in panel 2.
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Post by: giant_bug on 02 Mar 2009, 16:18


For bonus points, Steve should have made his escape in a Subma-copter!
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Post by: bobby on 02 Mar 2009, 16:25
I love Steve, he provides some much needed masculinity to counterpoint Sven's narcissism and Marten's sensitivity. He's a dude. He usually has facial hair.
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Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 02 Mar 2009, 17:20
QC won't have "jumped the shark" until Marten, Faye, and Dora have an orgy.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Superkid11 on 02 Mar 2009, 17:31


For bonus points, Steve should have made his escape in a Subma-copter!
Holy fuck I just recently read that comic.
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Post by: tragic banjo on 02 Mar 2009, 17:50
QC won't have "jumped the shark" until Marten, Faye, and Dora have an orgy.

Bah, that's just a plain ol' threesome.  You need six people for it to officially count as an orgy.

And I will have no part in speculation on which six people it would be.

but I hope Tortura is one of them.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: wargrafix on 02 Mar 2009, 18:08
Austin powers had his mojo...Steve has The Muttonchop
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Post by: championofkhorne on 02 Mar 2009, 18:30
Let us hope that the comic doesnt jump the shark, as well.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 02 Mar 2009, 21:10
QC won't have "jumped the shark" until Marten, Faye, and Dora have an orgy.

Bah, that's just a plain ol' threesome.  You need six people for it to officially count as an orgy.

And I will have no part in speculation on which six people it would be.


I meant, Marten, Faye, Dora, as an existing threesome, go out and find other threesomes to hook up with, and invite everybody back to Hanners' place.  :-P

IMO If Jeph wanted to go there, and he was very careful about it, I think he could pull off a Marten-Faye-Dora threesome without jumping the shark...
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: bhtooefr on 02 Mar 2009, 22:19
The thing is, Dora would freak out and get horribly jealous.
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Post by: Darke on 02 Mar 2009, 22:37
And Hanners would freak out and explode.
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Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 03 Mar 2009, 03:20
The thing is, Dora would freak out and get horribly jealous.
No, 'cause she'd be the ringleader.
And Hanners would freak out and explode.
Her rigid corpse would be discovered at the bottom of the pile of sweaty bodies after it was all over, her innards charred from what was almost a spontaneous human combustion.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Zingoleb on 03 Mar 2009, 04:14
Another new guy, who just finished reading through QC in its entirety for the first time this weekend, here to humbly request a "Department of Kicking Your Ass" t-shirt.

...please.  :-)

I'm with the newbie legion on this one.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: bhtooefr on 03 Mar 2009, 05:52
No, 'cause she'd be the ringleader.

If it were anyone other than Faye, yes... but, it'd be so ridiculously far out of character for Dora to agree to that, let alone initiate that, with Faye.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: pwhodges on 03 Mar 2009, 06:24
Dora fancies the idea in 305 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=305), but less in 600 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=600).  Marten, not so much: 765 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=765).  Faye... 1039 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1039).
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Post by: Surgoshan on 03 Mar 2009, 07:06
(http://www.29point97fps.com/temp/steven.jpg)
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Post by: bhtooefr on 03 Mar 2009, 08:23
Do note, however, that 305 was before Dora and Marten were dating. ;)
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: championofkhorne on 03 Mar 2009, 12:01
Dora was much more risque before she actually got to be actual friends with the people involved. Apparently for her it is easier to make vague sexual innuendo if you dont know the people that well
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: LucyStag on 03 Mar 2009, 12:22
(http://www.29point97fps.com/temp/steven.jpg)

HEY STEVE!

(And Bubs as the voice of the wheelchair?)
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: championofkhorne on 03 Mar 2009, 15:27
I dont get it
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Post by: Surgoshan on 03 Mar 2009, 15:50
It's from a sbemail.  If you don't know what that is, don't worry about it.  Homestarrunner's day is way gone.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: giant_bug on 03 Mar 2009, 19:48
I think the problem with Steve is that he was mainly there so that Marten would have somebody to complain to about his love life.  When Marten started dating Dora and being all happy and shit, Steve became superfluous. 

I'd guess that J.J. figured that the Steve/Meena plot really had nowhere else to go, which is why we hadn't seen him in so long.  Now Meena's been written out, Steve is available again for wacky hijinks. (Too bad; I liked Meena.  Favorite line: "The weird part is that I found two watches.")

Or maybe Steve is making a comeback because Marten is about to experience Major Girl-Drama and will soon need a sounding board.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: sofiabailote on 03 Mar 2009, 22:41
Anyone have interesting theories as to what Tortura's scar is from?

nope, but I think Steve should have been naked in that scene.

Just sayin'
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: sofiabailote on 03 Mar 2009, 22:44
QC won't have "jumped the shark" until Marten, Faye, and Dora have an orgy.

a menage a trois doesn't count as an orgy.

Besides, a Marten, Sven and Steve threesome would be more interesting... in a shark jumping perspective, of course.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 03 Mar 2009, 23:58
QC won't have "jumped the shark" until Marten, Faye, and Dora have an orgy.

a menage a trois doesn't count as an orgy.

Besides, a Marten, Sven and Steve threesome would be more interesting... in a shark jumping perspective, of course.

True, but it'd be a lot less fun to watch  :lol:
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: maddness on 04 Mar 2009, 06:47
Or maybe Steve is making a comeback because Marten is about to experience Major Girl-Drama and will soon need a sounding board.

I've been thinking that Marten's dissatisfaction with his lack of direction seems to be spreading into his relationship with Dora. He tells Steve it's great in a very meh sort of way.
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Post by: giant_bug on 04 Mar 2009, 15:49
Anyone have interesting theories as to what Tortura's scar is from?

Tortura's scar is a dueling scar.  Bad guys in old novels often had thick German accents and dueling scars from their fencing days at Heidelberg.
Nice to see that the old trope is still around.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: raoullefere on 04 Mar 2009, 21:51
I've been thinking that Marten's dissatisfaction with his lack of direction seems to be spreading into his relationship with Dora. He tells Steve it's great in a very meh sort of way.
Or he might be avoiding yelling "It's grrreattt!" (so to speak) to a friend who's been harshly dumped. Kind of like saying, "Nya, nya, nah nyaa, nyaa, I make good choices. All of yours suck!"

Remember, Marten doesn't know Steve has post-breakup alcoholic delusions of being Derek Flint. Or maybe Michael Corben.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: sofiabailote on 05 Mar 2009, 01:37
Anyone have interesting theories as to what Tortura's scar is from?

it's the scar that's been missing from Faye's chest.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: TheHappyBerry on 05 Mar 2009, 17:17
I just have this to say....

(http://www.lukesurl.com/comics/2009-03-04-yourcountry.gif)
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Post by: maddness on 05 Mar 2009, 22:17
TheHappyBerry FTW!
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Post by: NotAFanOfFenders on 06 Mar 2009, 11:25
Please Donate TheHappyBerry some internets. I mean, I won't, but someone should.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: head_wizard on 14 Mar 2009, 21:29
I was happy to see Steve as well just to have some other guys around, despite Martin having so many female friends sometimes you need a guy to talk with.  Plus with Will gone he and Penlope could start up again, she made better sense for him anyways in my mind.
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Post by: Siibillam-Law on 15 Mar 2009, 01:13
What? Penny's not gonna cheat on Wil just cos he's not there all of a sudden
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: championofkhorne on 16 Mar 2009, 14:30
if by all of the sudden you mean for at least a few months, judging by weather change and Dora's hair growth
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Post by: raoullefere on 17 Mar 2009, 08:40
And, given Steve's track record, if Wil could stay gone another two months, it'd all be over except for the drinking and hair alterations.
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Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Mar 2009, 16:50
Does Steve have enough depth for Pennelope?
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Post by: thaX on 18 Mar 2009, 17:23
(http://creotia.com/refd/USDoKYAseal.gif)

Ok, I am voting for this T-Shirt.
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: championofkhorne on 19 Mar 2009, 00:03
iono if that would look good as a tatoo, though.

most government agencies, especially high ranking ones, have special tattoos
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: Thiefree on 19 Mar 2009, 06:30
It's... not a real department.

I'm sorry.  :-P
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: championofkhorne on 19 Mar 2009, 13:53
EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE


i guess if you put the tattoo on your ass it would be ok but it isnt the US department of kicking our own ass.

though if it was i nominate George W as head of department
Title: Re: Holy shit STEVE!
Post by: raoullefere on 19 Mar 2009, 18:14
most government agencies, especially high ranking ones, have special tattoos
I'd love to see the tats for these:
Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
Farm Service Agency
U.S. Trade and Development Agency

You just know they'd be badass.