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Title: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: ysth on 09 Aug 2009, 22:04
Because no one else did, and I am impatient.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 09 Aug 2009, 22:51
Patience young padawan
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 10 Aug 2009, 00:10
It's a little known fact that Martin also moonlights as a narrator for public access documentaries. 
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 10 Aug 2009, 00:24
So what was Faye doing standing outside the restroom with her arms folded? Was she in hiding from the Wrath of Dora?

Is Faye being preemptively jealous?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 10 Aug 2009, 01:03
Trying to hold it. The person in there now is taking FOR-EV-ER!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Crab on 10 Aug 2009, 02:24
One simalcrum, two simalcra. It's third declension, people!

Remember,member, every day, neuter PLURALS end in -a!

...goddamnit, I didn't even take latin.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: alienatedduck on 10 Aug 2009, 02:31
So what was Faye doing standing outside the restroom with her arms folded? Was she in hiding from the Wrath of Dora?

Is Faye being preemptively jealous?

Or there's some sort of hideous queue. Seriously ladies, I don't know how you manage without doing a small jig or something. Or do you go like 10 minutes before you think you'll need to?

I like how the door says 'Bitchez'. What would the mens say?

I wonder what Dora calls the hamster.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: plethora on 10 Aug 2009, 02:46
Or there's some sort of hideous queue. Seriously ladies, I don't know how you manage without doing a small jig or something.
Jigs. They happen.
Also, that's one of the (many) reasons we go in groups. Someone to take your mind off it.

Faye does look weirdly upset, though.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: willstarrunner on 10 Aug 2009, 02:53
Ha. Funny enough, I've got a hamster I named after Dora.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Akima on 10 Aug 2009, 04:04
One simalcrum, two simalcra.
One simulacrum, two simulacra actually. Or, if you don't like Latinisms, one simulacrum, two simulacrums. How many people use fora as the plural of forum these days? Or dogmata as the plural of dogma? Who knows, perhaps abandoning Latin plurals might discourage people from using media, criteria, and data as if they were singular nouns.

Or maybe, robot-Dora is only one of many, possessed of a distributed-cluster AI which has problems with the whole singular/plural concept...
We are the Dora... We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own... Resistance is futile...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 10 Aug 2009, 04:16
ah latin, i miss it from highschool.  Was fun back then.  I think its cool Marten is tutoring Marigold on beer.
So what was Faye doing standing outside the restroom with her arms folded? Was she in hiding from the Wrath of Dora?

Is Faye being preemptively jealous?
I like how the door says 'Bitchez'. What would the mens say?
Dicks?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Tormuse on 10 Aug 2009, 04:20
Can anyone read what it says on Marigold's shirt?  I've been staring at her boobs the writing trying to make it out and it looks like "Science is a [something] now."
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 10 Aug 2009, 04:24
Can anyone read what it says on Marigold's shirt?  I've been staring at her boobs the writing trying to make it out and it looks like "Science is a [something] now."
a leap now.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 10 Aug 2009, 04:49
ah latin, i miss it from highschool.  Was fun back then.  I think its cool Marten is tutoring Marigold on beer.
So what was Faye doing standing outside the restroom with her arms folded? Was she in hiding from the Wrath of Dora?

Is Faye being preemptively jealous?
I like how the door says 'Bitchez'. What would the mens say?
Dicks?

It's where you can let it all hang out.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: giant_bug on 10 Aug 2009, 04:52
SCIENCE
It works, Bitches.

On the back is a graph of the universe's temperature spectrum from the COBE mission or something, which almost perfectly matches up with the theoretically predicted black body spectrum.

Oh, but why, Mr. Wizard?  Why does it match up so well?

Because it's

SCIENCE.
It works, Bitches.

http://store.xkcd.com/xkcd/#Science (http://store.xkcd.com/xkcd/#Science)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Near Lurker on 10 Aug 2009, 05:14
It sounds like an attempt to feminize it, like alumnus/alumna, but it doesn't really work since it wasn't masculine in the first place...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LTK on 10 Aug 2009, 05:34
Does the Horrible Revelation have these bathroom signs too? If the men's room said 'dicks', though, I would have expected them to be consistent and make the ladies' say 'pussies'.

The shirt doesn't say "It works, bitches", it says "Is a (...) now".
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 10 Aug 2009, 06:24
oh, my, god... I just remembered that when i was in primary school i had a pet Guinea Pig that looked like Dora!...

ITS THE HAIR PEOPLE! My Guinea Pig (which i named 'Precilla', coz the boy one was 'Elvis' - also coz of the hair) was black with a tan patch on the top of its head.


We'll be right back  :-D ...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 10 Aug 2009, 06:43
faye does seem to be a little jealous, but she's always been protective of marten.

dora swings between mad insecurity and calm level-headness quite frequently. i kinda like that, since i can relate. and i suppose most ladies can, also.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 10 Aug 2009, 07:23
ohh, and i believe marigold's shirt says

"SCIENCE! its a verb now."
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Binary on 10 Aug 2009, 10:40
Yes:-

SCIENCE
  It's a verb now

is what I can make out after downloading and blowing up the graphic. Which begs the question, what does the slogan actually mean?

Also, I have never been in a bar that served beer in shot glasses. Although that is an awesome idea. I would be more adventurous in sampling different beers if I wasn't worried about being stuck with a pint of something undrinkable.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 10 Aug 2009, 10:56
I've been in some bars that do that - although the glasses usually hold about 250ml (one cup) - it was nice to be able to sample different types.  If I remeber right, you paid about the equivalent of two pints for the privilege.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 10 Aug 2009, 11:12
Yeah Faye does seem a little upset, just by her body language and what she said in the second panel. I'm not sure if Jeph meant for it to seem like that or not... I think he did. Kind of annoying on Faye's part if she is getting jealous, that's Dora's job. Speaking of Dora... she's annoying.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Headwoünd on 10 Aug 2009, 11:36
[...] is what I can make out after downloading and blowing up the graphic. Which begs the question, what does the slogan actually mean?

Just f'in science it.


Beer with chocolate.. who is to blame for this abominable offspring? In the name of the Reinheitsgebot I demand answers.

No but seriously, I gotta try this.. to the Irish pub!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 10 Aug 2009, 11:42
Speaking of Dora... she's annoying.

What
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Binary on 10 Aug 2009, 11:46
If I remember right, you paid about the equivalent of two pints for the privilege.

Well, that is considerably less awesome. And very bad marketing.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: skine on 10 Aug 2009, 11:54
If I remember right, you paid about the equivalent of two pints for the privilege.

Well, that is considerably less awesome. And very bad marketing.

Not really, considering four cups is two pints.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: kyleg on 10 Aug 2009, 12:05
[...] is what I can make out after downloading and blowing up the graphic. Which begs the question, what does the slogan actually mean?

Just f'in science it.


Beer with chocolate.. who is to blame for this abominable offspring? In the name of the Reinheitsgebot I demand answers.

No but seriously, I gotta try this.. to the Irish pub!
You may need to go to a nice wine store to find some Chocolate stouts, as well as a world of other beers you may have been unaware of. My personal favorite chocolate stouts are made my Rogue and Southern Teir. Youngs Double Chocolate stout is okay and probably easiest to find, but it's fairly unbalanced and best served with food.(Deep chocolate desserts, etc.) Brooklyn makes a chocolate stout that isn't too bad either. My only complaint with that one is it is much more malty compared to the others, but that maltiness may indeed suit your taste.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JohnTheWysard on 10 Aug 2009, 12:14
Also, I have never been in a bar that served beer in shot glasses. Although that is an awesome idea. I would be more adventurous in sampling different beers if I wasn't worried about being stuck with a pint of something undrinkable.


I was at the Boise Green Expo a couple of weeks ago; it was held in loose conjunction with a beer fest with about 30 Northwest breweries. You could buy a set of eight tickets - each ticket got you a roughly two-ounce sample of beer (or you could cash in four tickets for a glass of beer).

The hazelnut ale was the most interesting, but the Black Butte porter was the most satisfying.

Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JohnTheWysard on 10 Aug 2009, 12:20
I think Dora has much less to worry about Marigold than about the foxy babe from the library...

Of course Marigold may be going to blossom soon, but that's a long "soon" I suspect!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Thorbard on 10 Aug 2009, 12:32
I've been in some bars that do that - although the glasses usually hold about 250ml (one cup) - it was nice to be able to sample different types.  If I remeber right, you paid about the equivalent of two pints for the privilege.

There's a chain of pubs here in the UK that do 3 one third pints of the specials whenever theres a 'beer festival' for the price of a pint of any of them.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 10 Aug 2009, 12:57
Speaking of Dora... she's annoying.

What
I am not a fan of Dora and her switching from one extreme to another. I know we girls are finicky and have our mood swings but for whatever reason I find Dora extremely annoying when she does it.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Shadic on 10 Aug 2009, 13:01
After the bout with Shy Library Girl, she's been pretty good about jealousy, actually. Remember the random redhead in CoD?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Binary on 10 Aug 2009, 13:05
I think Dora has much less to worry about Marigold than about the foxy babe from the library...

The foxy babe from the library is doing Steve now...
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1430

Not really, considering four cups is two pints.

I read the OP as saying you were served a cup and charged for two pints. Yes, four cups would be a better deal. A whole bunch of shot-sized measures would be better still.

London bartenders - make it so!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 10 Aug 2009, 13:08
I have been in microbreweries where they do this (four samples of various beers, about 250 ml each) and offer a little sheet telling about each of the drinks in the batch.  Kind of a fun way to check out new beers. 

Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 10 Aug 2009, 13:50
is what I can make out after downloading and blowing up the graphic.

dang. i didn't have to blow it up.

i just squinted. of course, i'm horribly farsighted and see tiny things the best for some reason.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Manix on 10 Aug 2009, 14:04
You know, with this hair Dora looks kinda like this one girl on Ace of Cakes? I gotta find her name.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: AnkhWL on 10 Aug 2009, 16:51
Apparently Faye can't comprehend people learning from their mistakes. OH NOES.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 10 Aug 2009, 21:26
We are the Dora... We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own... Resistance is futile...

I hear The Borg's lawyers are looking for you.   :D  ;)

I think Faye's being a bit childish here.  It's almost as if she's jealous of Marigold taking attention away from her.  Then again, knowing her insecurities, she probably feels threatened by Marigolds sudden inclusion into their little group.

Dora's punishment work here is done.  Though I don't thing she would be mean enough to let Faye wet herself - Would she??
 
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 10 Aug 2009, 21:30
I smiled at Dora being insecure about whether she's overcome insecurity.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 10 Aug 2009, 21:38
Faye doing the Pee-pee dance, I love it!

The real question is, is Faye the kind of person who can't pee if someone's talking to her? (Think Elliot Reed on Scrubs)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 10 Aug 2009, 21:55
Or for an example closer to home, Hannelore (from the story line featuring her mother, which I can never find in the archives).
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 10 Aug 2009, 22:18
Hahaha yes! I love Faye and her pee pee dance! For whatever reason I love her face in the last panel.

Ergh... Dora...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 10 Aug 2009, 23:36
Oh man, I've been in that same damn situation, and I, absolutely CANNOT pee whilst being talked to. There was a guy back in high school who figured that out, and used it against me. How fucking low.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 11 Aug 2009, 00:24
Decidedly evil   :evil:     :-D
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: soniku64 on 11 Aug 2009, 02:15
Anyone notice the black woman walking out of the bathroom is a Faye twin?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 11 Aug 2009, 03:11
Not really
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 11 Aug 2009, 03:20
other than the fact that she has different hair, a markedly different jawline and facial shape, thicker arms, smaller and higher boobs, is narrower-hipped and less chubby, YEAH! she's a total Faye clone! Of the african persuasian!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 11 Aug 2009, 03:26
Totally the same except for all the stuff that's different!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: alienatedduck on 11 Aug 2009, 03:35
Or there's some sort of hideous queue. Seriously ladies, I don't know how you manage without doing a small jig or something. Or do you go like 10 minutes before you think you'll need to?

I like how the door says 'Bitchez'. What would the mens say?

I wonder what Dora calls the hamster.

I like how we saw both Faye doing a jig and the title revealing the bathroom name (Sons of Bitchez). If only we knew what the hamster was called!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 11 Aug 2009, 06:07
Faye's facial expresion >giggle< in panel 3 is still causing me to have >giggle< giggling fits >giggle<... hurr hurr hurr 'Giggling' is a funny word >giggle<.

PS: I may or may not >giggle< be "suffering" from sleep madness >gurk<
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 11 Aug 2009, 11:46
i am a big fan of faye's pee jig and her face in panels three and four. very funny and realistic, because having to pee desperately is a horrible thing and necessitates horrible facial expressions.

Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Headwoünd on 11 Aug 2009, 12:35
You may need to go to a nice wine store to find some Chocolate stouts, as well as a world of other beers you may have been unaware of. My personal favorite chocolate stouts are made my Rogue and Southern Teir. Youngs Double Chocolate stout is okay and probably easiest to find, but it's fairly unbalanced and best served with food.(Deep chocolate desserts, etc.) Brooklyn makes a chocolate stout that isn't too bad either. My only complaint with that one is it is much more malty compared to the others, but that maltiness may indeed suit your taste.

Thanks, noted. :>
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: SleeperCylon on 11 Aug 2009, 13:11
I don't think Dora was that bad before, it was only really one or two incidents that she realized she was wrong about right after.  If Dora was really that possessive she would have insisted Marten end the friendship with Faye long ago.  She's the only other one in that cast he could have realistically ended up with.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 11 Aug 2009, 14:08
I don't think Dora was that bad before, it was only really one or two incidents that she realized she was wrong about right after.  If Dora was really that possessive she would have insisted Marten end the friendship with Faye long ago.  She's the only other one in that cast he could have realistically ended up with.

I dunno, I think if Hanners loosened up a little she would want to be with our pal Marty.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: wargrafix on 11 Aug 2009, 16:30
where is Raven? Its been quite a long time
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 11 Aug 2009, 16:42
I don't think Dora was that bad before, it was only really one or two incidents that she realized she was wrong about right after.  If Dora was really that possessive she would have insisted Marten end the friendship with Faye long ago.  She's the only other one in that cast he could have realistically ended up with.

I dunno, I think if Hanners loosened up a little she would want to be with our pal Marty.

Even if Marten wasn't with Dora, it's not like there are a whole lot of alternatives; Steve is with the library girl (probably), Sven is too unfaithful for her, Jimbo is too drunk all the time, and that leaves...Agent Turing?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 11 Aug 2009, 16:54
Nah, I say of faye did hook up with a random dude from the series it would be amir. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 11 Aug 2009, 17:08
um, has everyone forgotten about angus?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: CleverConveyence on 11 Aug 2009, 18:04
Last time I saw a comic strip this funny I was reading the newspaper.

:\

Oh well, can't be gems everyday.  Gotta have a dud sometime...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 11 Aug 2009, 18:08
where is Raven? Its been quite a long time
Holy frell, have patience. With an absence this long, her return will be awesome.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 11 Aug 2009, 20:31
Or there won't be a return. :(
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 11 Aug 2009, 23:12
Not very damn likely. Raven's just too cute and awesome a character to feed to the allosauri.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 11 Aug 2009, 23:14
I keep telling myself that but you never know. D:
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 11 Aug 2009, 23:43
Marten apparently reads the forums.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 12 Aug 2009, 00:00
Marten apparently reads the forums.

Damn, I was about to make that joke. My hat's off to your quickness, sir. :wink:
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: wargrafix on 12 Aug 2009, 02:41
Martin looks like he's going to have alot of fun.  ^_^
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 12 Aug 2009, 03:17
Ok, just for the record: I have absolutely not even the most remote clue what Marten is talking about in his last statement.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 12 Aug 2009, 03:27
Best to keep it that way...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 12 Aug 2009, 04:21
but no matter what he means- it would likely be the truth.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Caleb on 12 Aug 2009, 06:19
10 minutes of back and forth apologizing.

I wonder what the music track for that scene would be?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 12 Aug 2009, 06:49
does it matter if no one watches it?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: St.Clair on 12 Aug 2009, 07:53
Okay, now he's just mocking us.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 12 Aug 2009, 08:20
Okay, now he's just mocking us.

DING!

Especialy since there was an alarming amount of creepyness occuring in the chat portion of the ustream broadcast. I recall Jeph actualy telling people to tone it down at one point. And while he was trying to work to! Sometimes i worry for the human race...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 12 Aug 2009, 09:28
Hahahaha! I have to agree that Jeph is just making fun of us now. And I like it.

Also, Marigold's fumblings with words and such made me "D'aaaaaw"
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 12 Aug 2009, 10:16
Nah, I say of faye did hook up with a random dude from the series it would be amir. :mrgreen:
um, has everyone forgotten about angus?

*smacks head*

Yes, I did forget about Angus.  And Amir, but we haven't seen him in a while, so that's more understandable.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 12 Aug 2009, 13:00
yeah, that was the first thing i thought when i read today's comic.

i cannot even really express how much marigold/hannelore shippers creep me out. or the absurd number of dudes that pop up and say "oh hannelore is my dream girl, (insert various other creepy and probably sexual things)"

i am sure jeph's freaked-outedness is exponentially higher than mine, since they are his own characters.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 12 Aug 2009, 13:33
hahah I said random character in the series, not likley character in the series.  :-D

but yes hanners marigold shippers are a bit disturbing and I think that was Jeph mocking them.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 12 Aug 2009, 14:50
Yes


Misdirection



Surprise!!!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 12 Aug 2009, 14:56
To be honest, shipping Hannigold appealed to the tragedian in me, not the yuri fan.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LTK on 12 Aug 2009, 16:22
Well, we finally know: http://twitter.com/marigoldfarmer/status/3256629441
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: soniku64 on 12 Aug 2009, 16:57
yeah, that was the first thing i thought when i read today's comic.

i cannot even really express how much marigold/hannelore shippers creep me out. or the absurd number of dudes that pop up and say "oh hannelore is my dream girl, (insert various other creepy and probably sexual things)"

i am sure jeph's freaked-outedness is exponentially higher than mine, since they are his own characters.

That is the reason that he gave on the forums. Too many shippers.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 12 Aug 2009, 18:36
shippers are generally kind of creepy. i mean, the vehement and weird ones anyway.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: H0b0K!n9 on 12 Aug 2009, 19:15
Vehement and weird people period are generally creepy....shippers just make it worse......>_<
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: plethora on 12 Aug 2009, 22:01
shippers are generally kind of creepy. i mean, the vehement and weird ones anyway.

This. There is a difference between "I like this pairing because it is hot/funny/fun to read/whatever" and "zomg you will never convice me that Harry and Draco/Sam and Dean/Jared and Jensen/Dom and Elijah aren't canon/having their relationship covered up by a PR conspiracy!"
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 12 Aug 2009, 23:58
But why shouldn't they think that.


After all, Seven and B'Elanna's on Voyager was!!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 13 Aug 2009, 00:13
i am a big fan of the last panel in tonight's comic. ^^ especially the ripply burp effect.

and faye is being a lot nicer this comic, probably due to copious amounts of alcohol (hence the bubbles around their heads).
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 13 Aug 2009, 00:15
I really don't get the point of burping names.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 13 Aug 2009, 00:20
it's fun, i guess. i never really burp words on purpose, but if i happen to have a burp while i'm talking i usually don't stop.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 13 Aug 2009, 00:22
Faye's sort of the opposite of a mean drunk: she's mean when she's sober.

Should she be getting drunk, though? She could lapse back into having a Problem.

"Mar-mar" would be a fun nickname, foreshadowed by the Dora/Marten dialog consisting entirely of saying just that.

Name-burping has also come up before, with Faye having trouble burping "Whitaker".
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 13 Aug 2009, 00:24
eh, it's been a while. and it's in a social setting, it's not like she's drinking at work or by herself. i think she's ok.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 13 Aug 2009, 00:25
Faye's sort of the opposite of a mean drunk: she's mean when she's sober.

I believe they are called happy drunks.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 13 Aug 2009, 00:48
Well, now we know what's happened whenever Faye's happy like this   :D


I think Mari(bear)gold has Faye beat.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: danman on 13 Aug 2009, 02:35

"Mar-mar" would be a fun nickname, foreshadowed by the Dora/Marten dialog consisting entirely of saying just that.


Also Marble-san , which would make fun of more than one aspect of her, yet be faster to pronounce than her name
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: soniku64 on 13 Aug 2009, 02:38
How about Tagete? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Binary on 13 Aug 2009, 05:24
I feel the urge to point out that today's strip makes it clear that Marigold's shirt slogan is actually

SCIENCE
  IS A VERB NOW

(not "IT'S...")

- Pedantic Pete

Edit: And I still have no idea what that actually means...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 13 Aug 2009, 05:27
I think Mar-Mar is too much like Pen Pen.  But I admit I do like that because of the non-sense converstion Dora and Marten had.  But I think Mar Bear is cool.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: maddness on 13 Aug 2009, 07:27
My nickname is Mari ... I think I'd have to punch anyone who called me Mar-Mar ... probably in the face. I normally don't like to hit people in the face, but I'd make an exception.

That's worse than when I was a kid and my schoolmates tried to tease me by calling me eskimo or esquirrel ... yeah, they were lame, but it was mostly because they didn't have the guts to be mean to me.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: SigPig on 13 Aug 2009, 07:55
Ok I have to ask this question only because I've seen it used quite abit.  What is a "shipper"?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: danman on 13 Aug 2009, 07:58
Ok I have to ask this question only because I've seen it used quite abit.  What is a "shipper"?

AFAIK, shippers are those sick and depraved people , who take random two (usually both female ) chars, and then disgustingly fantasize about them engaging in intercourse and indeed call it fanfic

UPDATE: FIX'D !!!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Mr_Rose on 13 Aug 2009, 08:11
Ok I have to ask this question only because I've seen it used quite abit.  What is a "shipper"?
The term "shipping" is, somewhat perversely, derived from the word "relationship" in the sense that the 'shipper' (a person who "'ships") conjures a romantic relationship between two or more characters in a fictional work and declares that this pairing (or more) is the the only appropriate relationship for the participants to be involved in, regardless of the established canon of the work, the authors directly stated intent and all logic.

Some "shippers" do go on to become "ficcers", or writers of fan-fiction (derivative works of fiction based [generally rather loosely] on an existing work), but that is not to say that all shippers are ficcers or that all ficcers are shippers, though the intersection between the two groups is quite large.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 13 Aug 2009, 08:13
AFAIK, shippers are those sick and depraved people , who take random two (usually both male) chars, and then disgustingly fantasize about them engaging in intercourse and indeed call it fanfic

Fix'd.The QC situation is an anomaly.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: danman on 13 Aug 2009, 08:21
AFAIK, shippers are those sick and depraved people , who take random two (usually both male) chars, and then disgustingly fantasize about them engaging in intercourse and indeed call it fanfic

Fix'd.The QC situation is an anomaly.
Very true, i forgot about the sickos writing this kind of rubbish about the Troika from Buffy the vampire slayer(one of the few US series i like very much) . Blech!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 13 Aug 2009, 08:42
At least Marigold is revealing hereto unknown talents.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: innermoppet on 13 Aug 2009, 09:18
Ok I have to ask this question only because I've seen it used quite abit.  What is a "shipper"?

AFAIK, shippers are those sick and depraved people , who take random two (usually both female ) chars, and then disgustingly fantasize about them engaging in intercourse and indeed call it fanfic

UPDATE: FIX'D !!!

I don't consider shippers or fanfic writers "depraved" or disgusting.  That's pretty judgmental and rude.  Many people fantasize about fictional characters from books and movies and yes even cartoons. The only difference is that fanfic gets written down. There is plenty of traditional fiction (as well as porn) created by taking already established characters and putting them in new settings and giving them new relationships where they *GASP* have sex!

There is nothing wrong with some good old kinky fantasizing. Jeph never seems to have issues with other artists taking his characters to some very graphic and kinky places.  The problem comes when idiots with too much free time won't give it a rest and have to let all of us know their deep dark fantasies in an inappropriate forum. I wish more of them would just write some fanfic, get it out of their systems and move on. That's what I do.

Oh and I vote "Mar-Mar" because it's adorably gag inducing.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 13 Aug 2009, 09:23
It has the drawback of sounding like a ship name for her and Marten. Pity, because the others all seemed kind of lame. Maybe "Stinkypants"? But that's too much like high school Dora.

"Marigeek".
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 13 Aug 2009, 09:39
I like Marigeek. 
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 13 Aug 2009, 09:57
HAHA! Faye can burp like a champ, and such perfect timing! Her face... oh goodness, I lol'd hard. I like Mari for a nickname but at the same time Marigold is such a pretty name! It shouldn't be shortened.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: danman on 13 Aug 2009, 10:04

I don't consider shippers or fanfic writers "depraved" or disgusting.  That's pretty judgmental and rude.  Many people fantasize about fictional characters from books and movies and yes even cartoons. The only difference is that fanfic gets written down. There is plenty of traditional fiction (as well as porn) created by taking already established characters and putting them in new settings and giving them new relationships where they *GASP* have sex!

Well , i do. Firstly , 'judgmental' is justly one of the entries in the "Dictionary of Bullshit" :D , and secondly, there are few ruder things possible on a forum than what said shippers do here.
Yes, many people do have such fantasies, and usually it is harmless, but it is very different to exposing it to public. At best such posts here inane , at worst disgusting.  I do not care  much , they are easy to skip, and i am not sensitive but such exhibitionism is probably not a good sign. I mean, i do consider Faye attractive, but it does not compel me to invent ways she could be coupled with random other chars.



+1 Marigeek is a good nick
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 13 Aug 2009, 10:09
Oh dear... Faye -vs- Marigold burping contest... this can not end well...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 13 Aug 2009, 12:32
I vote Mar-bear. It has a bear! Everything's awesomer with bears. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleeyyr8ln8spjv?from=Main.EverythingsWorseWithBears)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LTK on 13 Aug 2009, 12:38
Marigeek is golden.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 13 Aug 2009, 13:04
Or shorten the name from the front and call her 'gold.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LTK on 13 Aug 2009, 13:34
Or 'Goldilocks'.  :lol:
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 13 Aug 2009, 14:38
AFAIK,

What
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Watched Pot on 13 Aug 2009, 14:45
Marigold's nickname (or Faye's suggestions for it) have sort of been giving me a headache. 'Round these parts, "Marigold" is pronounced with the first syllable identical to the first syllable of "marinate". Using this pronunciation, "Mar Mar" and "Mar Bear" don't exactly roll of the tongue. Due to regional differences in the distinction (or lack thereof) between the pronunciations of Mary, marry, and merry, I'm thinking that in New England maybe the first syllable of "Marigold" rhymes with "bear", making Faye's suggestions much more palatable. But even then, Faye is from Georgia, so maybe that accent is coming into play. On the other hand, she's made efforts in the past to hide her southern accent, so it could still be the New England influence........but it still comes out sometimes when she's been drinking, as she is now.....

Whatever. This over-analysis has been brought to you by Watched Pot: I Will Never Boil.


Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 13 Aug 2009, 15:16
'Round these parts, "Marigold" is pronounced with the first syllable identical to the first syllable of "marinate". Using this pronunciation, "Mar Mar" and "Mar Bear" don't exactly roll of the tongue. Due to regional differences in the distinction (or lack thereof) between the pronunciations of Mary, marry, and merry, I'm thinking that in New England maybe the first syllable of "Marigold" rhymes with "bear"

'Round these parts, the first syllable of "marinate" does, in fact, rhyme with "bear", so you're going to have to explain in more detail.

In particular, which one of the mary/marry/merry vowels [which I know about at least academically] do you envision Marigold (and "marinate") to contain, and which do you suppose "bear" has?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: LTK on 13 Aug 2009, 15:54
Isn't Marigold just pronounced like Mary (with a shorter A) and Gold put together?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Watched Pot on 13 Aug 2009, 16:20
'Round these parts, the first syllable of "marinate" does, in fact, rhyme with "bear", so you're going to have to explain in more detail.

Hmmm....in retrospect that should have been obvious. I'm not much of a linguist, but I'll do my best to explain--I even found a sound file to help! Where I'm from (near Allentown, PA) Mary and merry are pronounced almost identically, and in these two words Mar/mer would in fact rhyme with 'bear'. Marry is pronounced differently, and this is the "mar" used in Marigold (and marinate). Maybe I should just go to the sound file:

http://www.alt-usage-english.org/mmm_rf.wav

The speaker says "Mary, dear, make me merry. Say you'll marry me," using the pronunciations to which I am most accustomed. I would say "Marigold" using the 'mar' sound the way it is pronounced in 'marry' in that sound clip--it doesn't rhyme with 'bear', and actually makes it a bit awkward to say "Mar Bear" or "Mar Mar".
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: H0b0K!n9 on 13 Aug 2009, 16:22
Isn't Marigold just pronounced like Mary (with a shorter A) and Gold put together?

That's how I pronounce it. I figured that was the only way to say it.....apparently I was mistaken....
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 13 Aug 2009, 18:04
Isn't Marigold just pronounced like Mary (with a shorter A) and Gold put together?

That's how I pronounce it. I figured that was the only way to say it.....apparently I was mistaken....
I guess I was too since thats how I was saying it. :|
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: ysth on 13 Aug 2009, 20:16
Tonight:  Faye and Sven will both be bummed out by the death of Les Paul and get together to mutually commiserate, etc.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 13 Aug 2009, 21:55
]AFAIK, shippers are those sick and depraved people , who take random two (usually both female ) chars, and then disgustingly fantasize about them engaging in intercourse and indeed call it fanfic

UPDATE: FIX'D !!!


You seek understanding
Then listen to the music, not the song
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 13 Aug 2009, 22:24
Marten's idea is actually a really good one and I want to do it.

RIP Les Paul <3
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 13 Aug 2009, 22:37
Marten Reed, Genius at work  :D
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Econoline on 14 Aug 2009, 00:34
"Sorry for the out-of-continuity comic" ????????????

I would've been seriously bummed if Jeph had NOT devoted the comic to Les Paul today. (The only question was whether the character doing the tribute would be Marten or Sven--or both.)

Vaya Con Dios, Mr. Paul.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: voyou on 14 Aug 2009, 00:59
the 'shipper' (a person who "'ships") conjures a romantic relationship between two or more characters in a fictional work

Though the "fictional work" part is optional (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_person_fiction#Real_Person_Slash).
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 14 Aug 2009, 04:00
Why the FUthBRRGG^^&#-GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT AT $0CFF3E
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Mr_Rose on 14 Aug 2009, 04:05
the 'shipper' (a person who "'ships") conjures a romantic relationship between two or more characters in a fictional work

Though the "fictional work" part is optional (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_person_fiction#Real_Person_Slash).
I prefer to call those people "stalkers."
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: vettechinohio on 14 Aug 2009, 07:42
I have been in microbreweries where they do this (four samples of various beers, about 250 ml each) and offer a little sheet telling about each of the drinks in the batch.  Kind of a fun way to check out new beers. 



The Buckeye Beer Engine, which is my new favorite food and alcohol hot spot, does this. As a newbie to all things beer related, it makes trying out the hard ciders and fruit beers easier (I hate bitterness so I'm starting light, heh). The first time there we got two samples, which were roughly 250ml glasses, filled to the top, and charged a few bucks each, but after that when we ask for a sample we get about a quarter of that and they never charged us. They have an on tap sheet that lists the type (cider, IPA, lambic, fruit beer, etc.) alcohol by content and bitterness, as well as a short description of ingredients and flavors. And you can't beat them for a burger or fried pickles. Mmnm, I may have to go there tonight...
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: SleeperCylon on 14 Aug 2009, 09:27
Les Paul was like Alexander Graham Bell?  You mean somebody else invented all that stuff and he bogarted the credit by getting the patent through faster?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 14 Aug 2009, 10:21
"Sorry for the out-of-continuity comic" ????????????

I would've been seriously bummed if Jeph had NOT devoted the comic to Les Paul today. (The only question was whether the character doing the tribute would be Marten or Sven--or both.)

Vaya Con Dios, Mr. Paul.
True dat. After I learned of Les Paul's death and sat around thinking about him, I wondered what sort of tribute comic Jeph would make. It just seemed obvious he would. :)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 14 Aug 2009, 10:55
Les Paul was like Alexander Graham Bell?  You mean somebody else invented all that stuff and he bogarted the credit by getting the patent through faster?
No (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: H0b0K!n9 on 14 Aug 2009, 11:35
I'm glad for the deviation. I was totally bummed when I found out Les Paul died....
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 14 Aug 2009, 15:07
i always assumed 'mar-bear' was pronounced like 'mare-bear', making it cute.

even 'mar-mar' would be 'mare-mare', which deviates it from dora and marten's babytalk, in that i assumed their's was 'mar', etc.

and i am a georgia girl myself, and if 'mar-bear' were pronounced unlike 'mare-bear', it would NOT rhyme just because of the accent, damnit. we don't pronounce 'bear' like 'bar' here.

oh and, i vote 'mar-bear'!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: SigPig on 14 Aug 2009, 15:51
Ahhh nicknames.  I'll go with Mari mostly cause I Knew a girl with that name.  Hmm I must be getting sentimental in my old age.  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Shiaar on 15 Aug 2009, 00:38
Les Paul was like Alexander Graham Bell?  You mean somebody else invented all that stuff and he bogarted the credit by getting the patent through faster?
No (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul)

He was talking shit about Alexander Graham Bell, not Les Paul.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 15 Aug 2009, 01:59
I knew that.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 15 Aug 2009, 12:37
I vote Mar-bear. It has a bear! Everything's awesomer with bears. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleeyyr8ln8spjv?from=Main.EverythingsWorseWithBears)

I just spent hours on TVTropes because you linked to it.

I can't decide if that's a good thing or not.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: chrisa1 on 15 Aug 2009, 16:55
Thanks for the Les Paul tribute. Another of the great ones is gone, though his works will live on.

Despite the "progress" of our times, I've always felt that all the progress since the mid-1900's is entirely due to geniuses like Edison and Einstein, and subsidiarily from people like Les Paul, who created ingenious tools based on the early great discoveries. Has anyone in the post-Boomer generation brought any significant contributions to the table?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Jimor on 15 Aug 2009, 17:27
Well, there's this guy who put a treadmill on wheels (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gsaDxK884) so people could run outside.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 15 Aug 2009, 23:05
I vote Mar-bear. It has a bear! Everything's awesomer with bears. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitleeyyr8ln8spjv?from=Main.EverythingsWorseWithBears)

I just spent hours on TVTropes because you linked to it.

I can't decide if that's a good thing or not.

It's the only purpose of linking to TVTropes.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: JD on 15 Aug 2009, 23:54
I spent 5 minutes on there. Boring
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: ysth on 16 Aug 2009, 02:38
I just spent hours on TVTropes because you linked to it.

I can't decide if that's a good thing or not.
The effect has been observed before. (http://xkcd.com/609/)
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: giant_bug on 16 Aug 2009, 10:20
When did drunk-Faye lose her Southern accent?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 16 Aug 2009, 10:24
There's not much space for an accent in four sentences.

The effect has been observed before. (http://xkcd.com/609/)
"It's really good when I can just link to TV Tropes, because then I know you'll have hours of reading without me having to do anything else." (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife)

Edit: Damn. I tvtropes-trapped myself.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 16 Aug 2009, 12:15
When did drunk-Faye lose her Southern accent?

i think its just kind of assumed at this point.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: ModernRonin on 16 Aug 2009, 23:49
> Has anyone in the post-Boomer generation brought any significant contributions to the table?

"The transistor is often cited as being one of the greatest achievements in the 20th century, and some consider it one of the most important technological breakthroughs in human history."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor

Wasn't even discovered until '47, and integrated circuits weren't being made in any significant quantity until the 1970's. The Interbutt didn't really come its its own until the early 1990's.

And 15 years later, we have the webcomic QuestionableContent. ;]
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: bhtooefr on 17 Aug 2009, 03:25
Still, even the foundations for the Internet would have been laid by boomers...

That said, a huge number of non-boomers won't have had a chance yet to bring a significant contribution to the table.

First off, the US census bureau defines a boomer as anyone born from 1946 to 1964. That's a huge range, and it means the oldest non-boomers are 45.

Second, everyone else got the low-hanging fruit a long time ago. There's certainly room to bring stuff to the table, but it'll be harder to do.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: chrisa1 on 17 Aug 2009, 22:15
Still, even the foundations for the Internet would have been laid by boomers...

That said, a huge number of non-boomers won't have had a chance yet to bring a significant contribution to the table [...] the oldest non-boomers are 45.

Second, everyone else got the low-hanging fruit a long time ago. There's certainly room to bring stuff to the table, but it'll be harder to do.

Not sure about 'low-hanging fruit'. Principles of electro-magnetism, and much of electronic paraphernalia into the latter 1900's, were non-trivial things to discover or invent.

I've always approached the issue from my background in artistic expression (music in particular). There's a quote I once heard, though I can't remember the attribution, that says something like: The great banquet of music ended in the early 1900's (post-Romanticism). Now in our age, we are the mice after the banquet, making what we can of the leftover crumbs.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: chrisa1 on 17 Aug 2009, 22:32
> Has anyone in the post-Boomer generation brought any significant contributions to the table?

"The transistor is often cited as being one of the greatest achievements in the 20th century, and some consider it one of the most important technological breakthroughs in human history."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor

Wasn't even discovered until '47, and integrated circuits weren't being made in any significant quantity until the 1970's. The Interbutt didn't really come its its own until the early 1990's. [...]

Most significant work on the transistor came from Bill Shockley (the misanthropic eugenicist), who passed away in '89 at the age of 70. Not really a post-Boomer.

The PC, particularly the Apple, was developed by people solidly in the Boomer generation.

The internet is properly attributed to Vint Cert (born '43) & Bob Kahn (born '38), and not to Al Gore (who is a Boomer).

One post-boomer who does come to mind is Linus Torvalds, who came up with Linux. I'm still not sure how significant Linux is - as much as the transistor?

Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Sep 2009, 16:31
I've always approached the issue from my background in artistic expression (music in particular). There's a quote I once heard, though I can't remember the attribution, that says something like: The great banquet of music ended in the early 1900's (post-Romanticism). Now in our age, we are the mice after the banquet, making what we can of the leftover crumbs.


Reminds me of the very first Dr. Who episode from the 60's.  They tune in a radio transmission of the Beatles, and the girl traveling with the Doctor squees "Oooh, I just looooove classical music!" 

Remember, "contributions" are judged by historians!  Post boomers ain't history yet. 

And the census has it wrong, the baby boom ended in 1960.  In that year, birth rates returned to their pre-war level.  The population was so huge by then, though, that the numbers of births were still quite high.  Also, by that time, early boomers were having their own kids! 
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: plethora on 18 Sep 2009, 20:18
Reminds me of the very first Dr. Who episode from the 60's.  They tune in a radio transmission of the Beatles, and the girl traveling with the Doctor squees "Oooh, I just looooove classical music!" 

OT: What? In the very first episode the companions are from 1963.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 19 Sep 2009, 21:01
The ones he picks up are, yes.  But there was a girl who arrived with him.  The comment was directed at the new companions, I believe...

Of course, it's been a few years since I've gone through the old rotoscopes... but I'm quite sure I'm not mistaken! 
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 20 Sep 2009, 02:18
That was Vicki, from the 25th century. The quote appears in the episode "The Chase".

I have now branded myself irredeemably as a nerd. You must now stuff me in a locker.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: plethora on 20 Sep 2009, 02:44
You win.
I admit I hadn't thought of Susan, but once reminded I was fairly sure it wasn't something she had said. The upside is, I am now watching the 1st Doctor episodes again.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Sep 2009, 05:04
Damn.  Something else I "need" to do now!
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Doc on 20 Sep 2009, 09:55
Aw, now who killed Oglaf?
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Sep 2009, 13:44
Apparantly, we did! 
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 20 Sep 2009, 13:55
I like it that Angus has to LOOK and THINK first before he gives his "rating" lol.

Normally one doesnt need to think a lot if asked if a certain girl is pretty.

Only thing to think about is how to say nicely that she isnt.
Title: Re: WCT: Aug 10-14, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 21 Sep 2009, 08:13
Ummm... wrong week! 

And this was addressed here (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23864.msg860379.html#msg860379) - neither Hanners nor Marigold would've accepted any answer without some analytical thought.  Since he obviously looked and thought, he now doesn't have to explain the thoughts...

Cagey ol' Angus!