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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: raoullefere on 15 Nov 2009, 21:23
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Here goes. Trying to fill in for the mighty, mighty Border Reiver.
Howdoya spell Reiver, anyway?
Edit: Pintsize should be the first question. Had a heck of a time getting the poll to work, though. Probably a sign.
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R-E-I-V-E-R
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im not surprised by marigold's actions, oddly enough.
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D'awww. :-D She had a happy moment...but the reaction was awesome!
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She wants him.
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I knew that she had a crush on him.
I daresay that the fourth panel melted my cold, cold heart.
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zomg teh snuggle rape.
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Thanks to the Snuggie, I can rape people without the inconveniences of a regular blanket!
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That fourth panel is killing me with warm fuzzy feelings.
I also have this nagging feeling though that I really, really do not want Marigold to get hurt...
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Adorable. I am very pro-this. I just think Angus is a nice (if slightly bland) guy, though; I was pro- him and Faye, too.
I have an inner Marigold, so I completely understand her actions. Might have done the same thing myself. ;)
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Poor little awkward-turtle.
She should have, um, surprised him more.
- Vague enough statement to be adequately defended when accused of perversion:
Check.
:angel:
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I think faye and angus may hook up but then drama with marigold, oddly enough thats what happened to my former housemate/land lord. He had a girlfriend, she was jealous and wanted him, sent an email to her saying he was cheating on her, traced the email to her, girl gets kicked out, free room so I moved in.
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Wellity wellity wellity, it seems that the prophecies have come to pass exactly as... umm... prophecised... and that Mar-Mar the Awkward does indeed have the crushings for Angus McArgumentpants...
What?
Why are you all looking at me like that?
I JUST ATE HALF A JAR OF PICKELED COCKTAIL ONIONS DAMMIT! IM ALOWED TO ACT A LITTLE CRAZY!!!!
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These Marigold comics are getting darn-near voyeuristic. It's almost a documentary of the modern antisocial individual as she tries to assimilate herself into society, each act of fraternization finding fantastic failure.
AUGH! CURSE YOU JACQUES! YOU'VE MADE ME ALLITERATE!
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I think Faye and Angus should definitely just be friends. It's only since they've started hanging out that she's been able to relax around him and stop seeing him as a threat. So the only question in my mind is, who does Angus really want? I find him so hard to read! He seemed quite keen on Faye until Marten gave that "bitchez be crazy" speech, then he cooled... mystery.
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nah not really, once your told your tangoing with a grizzly bear you watch your feet a bit and make sure you dont screw up the ocho cortados...
Honestly I dont know if Angus is even interested in Marigold. It seems pretty one sided, whereas faye did mention to her Doc that she was attracted to Angus.
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Marigold is just adorable. There is no other word to describe it.
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Cute
There you go, another word to describe Marigold.
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Dawwwww
She's cute like that.
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Cute
There you go, another word to describe Marigold.
Everywhere Zombiedude goes, infants' hopes and dreams are crushed.
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This comic has already made my week.
Little by little, Marigus will come to be. :-D
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Marigold Marigold Marigold. If you really want Angus you're going to have to be a bit braver, and more obvious, than that. The guy almost certainly has no idea you're crushing on him.
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He {Angus} seemed quite keen on Faye until Marten gave that "bitchez be crazy" speech, then he cooled... mystery.
That's a mystery? Would have skeered me just a tad.
I'm hoping Marigold is simply seeing what it's like to snuggle. Still, in some places she'd be up on charges for that. Folks in those parts take snuggle-rustlin' seriously. I admit I have, too, which turned out to be a mistake.
R-E-I-V-E-R
Thanks. Firefox's spellchecker didn't like the i and e in either order, and I studied too much German, but so long ago it simply makes things worse.
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I wonder what sven is up to.
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Hopefully his neck. In cement.
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awe I thought everything was cool with faye and sven now, in a non murder on site basis kind of way...
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I'm cool with it. DOES THAT CONFIRMATION HELP AT ALL?
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Marigold is amazingly vulnerable, isn't she?
Since Angus shows absolutely no romantic interest in her, I can only hope she doesn't expose her hurts too much.
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Is anyone else noticing a bit of a parallel between Marten and Angus? I'm not saying fully, but I can see some similar elements in how things were with their housemates (no clue on the 'were' aspect though with Angus/Marigold) and now Angus pursues Faye with Marigold perhaps having a crush on him and Faye dealing with feelings she had for Marten after Marten and Dora became a couple.
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I don't think Angus is nearly as clueless as Marten used to be.
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Why would anyone have any other droid but Deathbot ? :D
Seriously, the ultimate killer machine. AND its the only droid that actually looks like he could carry stuff and help with cleaning etc, i.e. he could actually be useful.
Second favorite is Merigold. If I have a useless droid, it might be as well a cute female Anime one. :-D
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I don't think Angus is nearly as clueless as Marten used to be.
1) That's hard.
2) I think people underestimate Angus severely. He may be a bit slow on the Marigold thing, but you're bound to miss something like this if you've hit the "comfortable friends" stage with somebody. Or he could like her back? It's not like there was any evidence for Marigold until the last comic or two anyways.
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Uber-cute. It makes me happy seeing Marigold realize that there is, indeed, life outside her own room.
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J'know what Marigold needs?
A day at the Spa!
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I'll tell ya what she needs, 8 inches of Angus BEEF! HA! :lol:
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Is anyone else noticing a bit of a parallel between Marten and Angus? I'm not saying fully, but I can see some similar elements in how things were with their housemates (no clue on the 'were' aspect though with Angus/Marigold) and now Angus pursues Faye with Marigold perhaps having a crush on him and Faye dealing with feelings she had for Marten after Marten and Dora became a couple.
yea i totally see it. but aww.. i think its cute marigold is having feelings for angus. sad its like a love triangle though. since angus is more interested in faye. but i would like angus and marigold to be together. i guess ever since he said marigold is pretty, thats when she started to like him. good luck you two! and faye.. well i would still like her to be with sven. but who knows how jeph will turn the story. but..please add more marigold. she's just so adorable.
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Hey, raoullefere - good effort, keep it up and you too will create polls that make people laugh, cry or just go WTF?
That was a cute comic - cuter would have been both falling asleep with Angus waking up first, but the story develops as it develops.
My question is how these two came to be sharing an apartment when they seem to know so little about each other. I want the backstory.
Gotta go with Deathbot in the polls - I have to admit that it was I who put a wig on the toaster for him...
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yea i totally see it. but aww.. i think its cute marigold is having feelings for angus. sad its like a love triangle though. since angus is more interested in faye. but i would like angus and marigold to be together. i guess ever since he said marigold is pretty, thats when she started to like him. good luck you two! and faye.. well i would still like her to be with sven. but who knows how jeph will turn the story. but..please add more marigold. she's just so adorable.
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The problem here is that Marigold & Faye are operating from two very different emotional standpoints. Mari is just taking those baby sexuality steps while Faye is tiptoeing back into waters she's seen sharks & jellyfish & snapping turtles in. Faye knows emotional hurt so well she's tossed the relationship GPS out the car window while Mari is barreling at redline towards something she only knows through artistic voyeurism & a tad of real life observation.
I expect Angus is a far cry more confident then Marten or any of the other guys just based on his job. He's very passive though, and good at missing clues (I know the feeling). Where he ends up is likely to be with whichever girl manages to put the heartstrings on him first - and unless the course alters that's not going to be Faye.
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I JUST ATE HALF A JAR OF PICKLED COCKTAIL ONIONS DAMMIT! IM ALLOWED TO ACT A LITTLE CRAZY!!!!
The little silverskin ones? Mmmm, they are yummy aren't they? Oh yes, I've been there...
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Ever made "cherry coke" using regular coke and Maraschino cherry juice?
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How was I the first (and only) one to vote for the Linux Anthro PC? C'mon, who here wouldn't want an opensource, stick-it-to-the-man robot? And, to boot, he looks totally awesome, not ubercutesy like momo, kinda quite weird like winslow, and... well, I do really enjoy the aesthetics of the geometrical Pintsize.
Also, I think the last panel of today's comic is the best drawn Marigold yet. Cute (but in a kind of "normal" person way... yeah, that's not a good way to describe it, but I can't think of a better way right now), realistic, and so on.
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I've voted for weirdy-beardy, too. Just a personality thing...
I think Mar-Mar was just taking advantage of a snoozing Angus to try a snuggle on for size - she probably hasn't had many opportunities before. Sorta how MoMo was taking advantage of the doll... well, not really, but like anthroPC, like owner...
But yeah, she's definitely in danger of crushing on him. And as soon as he wakes up the rest of the way, I think he'll realize what's going on. Where it goes from there is anyone's guess!
And I know you will!
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I'm not sure Marigold is necessarily attracted to Angus, but as a professional loner, I can tell you that the desire for simple human contact - snuggles, hugs, any sort of nonsexual touching - can be as overwhelming as carnal desire. She has been closed off to other people for a long, long time by the sound of it. She may just want to be held and not feel threatened by it or have to fear it may lead to a situation she can't control. It makes me wonder what the precipitating event was that made her withdraw so completely. I am thinking the "Carrie" prom scene without the psychic murder spree afterward.
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There is only one possible reaction to panel 4: D'awwwwwwww.
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I think it's the :3 face that does it.
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...but as a professional loner...
Does it pay well?
I am thinking the "Carrie" prom scene without the psychic murder spree afterward.
Yeah, that would do it.
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Although late to the party, as usual, I also voted for PT410x.
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Is it just me, or does Marigold's complexion seem to be improving? Maybe actually showering is helping out.
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Monday's comic fills me with feelings of foreboding and rage.
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How was I the first (and only) one to vote for the Linux Anthro PC? C'mon, who here wouldn't want an opensource, stick-it-to-the-man robot? And, to boot, he looks totally awesome, not ubercutesy like momo, kinda quite weird like winslow, and... well, I do really enjoy the aesthetics of the geometrical Pintsize.
Also, I think the last panel of today's comic is the best drawn Marigold yet. Cute (but in a kind of "normal" person way... yeah, that's not a good way to describe it, but I can't think of a better way right now), realistic, and so on.
I may be a 100% dedicated Linux user, but I probably wouldn't go for a Linux AnthroPC like the one we've seen. It's like looking a system that someone cobbled together from surplus parts, uses a case made out $RANDOM_CONTAINER_MATERIAL and has a fan from Wal-Mart for cooling.
There's better choices. The "We ain't fucking around with kiddie games & leds" setup, the uber small & chic setup that doubles as a server (if suing optional SAN modules), the rackmount gear hidden under the furniture setup, and the "I can ping it, but fuck if I can physically find the damned box" setup.
Mari just needs a hug and might well get one (or more!) if she keeps being too damned cute. If Dora or Tai drags her out to the sex toy store I fear that the cute won't disappear but develop a serious Jeckyll/Hyde complex.
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This has been hinted at by others, but I'm just gonna say it - Marigold is creepy in this comic. She may just want some loving, but if something like that ever happened to me, I'd feel violated! I am a huggy person by nature, but I don't want 'em if I'm asleep!
Marigold - don't be a creeper!
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As much as I dislike "Shipping"... I'm going to admit that was pretty cute.
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Marigold+Angus=<3
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So...
When can we expect to see Moustache ride t-shirts at the QC Store?
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AnthroPC Poll results:
- Momo-tan: if you have to have an advisor, you want her to be secretly sex-crazed just like you. 38 (38.4%)
- A 'neckbeard' Linux model: stick it to the Man, man, er, bot! 5 (5.1%)
- Winslow, so you can bask in his innocence, so long as you keep your hand off other bots' butts. 26 (26.3%)
- Deathbot 9000. Okay, he's not an anthroPC, but he threatened...anyway, he's on the list. (Will someone please, please vote for him?) 15 (15.2%)
- Pintsize: you can never have enough destruction or perversion. 15 (15.2%)
For those who selected him, Deathbot 9000 extends a "hearty congratulations" on your 'rarified tastes.' I will add "Othankyouohgodthankyouthankyou!"
Momo's 'win' hardly surprises me; on the other hand, I find it interesting that wholesale destruction accompanied by slaughter ran neck-and-neck with destruction accompanied by perversion.
And, since Border Reiver recommended WTF material, I present the Poetry Parody Poll. For those who might fret about such, a list of the actual titles and authors will be forthcoming with the results.
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Sauron is watching
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I'd wear a Mustache Rides shirt. It would be ironic because I'm a woman. Or something.
Faye's boobs look particularly spectacular in this comic.
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Faye's boobs look particularly spectacular in this comic.
It's called The Swandri Effect
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OK, this is really, REALLY weird. I HAVE SEEN THIS SHIRT. Somewhere. Probably in a banner ad. If somebody else has seen it and can remember what it was for, that would be awesome because now it's driving me bananas.
Also, is it true that there are parts of the world where thrift stores have a record collection worth looking through? I do not live in such a part myself. (http://www.mandycomics.net/archives/2008-05-29/)
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So...
When can we expect to see Moustache ride t-shirts at the QC Store?
Oh god, I hope never
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A return to QC's indie roots! I INSIST THAT YOU DO MORE OF THIS JEPH! THERE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH ANIME-NESS LATELY!
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Jeph - good work on the plaid, getting the lines to follow the curves of the clothing is challenging. Will you be trying more complex tartans later? If so, save the Royal Stewart for a while.
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I do wonder how many Douche-Wraiths will be wanting Jeph to stock that shirt at the QC Store.
...one already, I see.
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What raises the T-shirt to the pinnacle of douchebaggery: the use of Cooper Black.
Now that's attention to detail.
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And now Marten must take the shirt to the place where it was screened to destroy it.
But who will be Sam (because someone has to carry all the kit)?
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Sven. It'd do him some good to get out of the house and have homoerotic adventures in a far-off sweat-shop.
Actually, scratch that; Marten can be Elrond, Sven can be the Frodo, Steve can be Sam, Marigold can be Arwen, Hannelore can play Eowyn, Dora and Faye can be Legolas and Gimli, and Sara was Boromir until the allosaur turned up.
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Jimbo is Gandalf, Tortura is the eagles, Vespavenger is Saruman and Hannerdad is Sauron?
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The way he does things, I would suspect Hanner's dad to be Tom Bombadil.
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OK, this is really, REALLY weird. I HAVE SEEN THIS SHIRT. Somewhere. Probably in a banner ad. If somebody else has seen it and can remember what it was for, that would be awesome because now it's driving me bananas.
Go to damn near any carnival or fair in a rural area, you'll see it (I'm in west-central PA, dairy country). Although the price is usually more nominal, like 5 cents (or free).
Oh yeah, and at the demolition derby, too.
What? What? I like watching the cars get rammed into the walls... besides, my cousin drives for one. You gotta root for family...
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Jimbo is Gandalf, Tortura is the eagles, Vespavenger is Saruman and Hannerdad is Sauron?
Naw, Sauron is Hannermom, clearly. Though why she'd make a shirt for herself that offers $5000 moustache rides is an open question...but then so is the one about the original Sauron and the One Ring. Seriously, storing your saved point in a wedding band?
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T'wasn't storage: in conjunction with the other rings it was a kind of spirit trap, or suchlike. Which would be in keeping with Hanner's mom, to be sure.
One shudders to think what t-shirts are the Three, the Seven, and the Eight (at least one had to be screwed up in production and replaced by a "smiley face" shirt, because of course no one's going to notice).
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Since when is Dora "leather pants buried in backyard" Bianci hung up about fur?
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"fur" animals are generally much cuter and more protect-able than fat smelly cows. Hypocritical or not, there are plenty of people in the world who wouldn't wear fox/mink/etc. but have no hesitation in draping flayed cow hide over their bodies.
(for the record, i am a leather wearing, cow-chewing barbarian myself)
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Leather's a byproduct: the cows would be killed anyway even if everyone renounced leather. Fur animals are killed because of their fur.
Fur has social-class ramifications. Dora wasn't wearing leather to be a snob. Fur has connotations of "look at me, I live on Park Avenue".
None of which rules out Dora being ethically inconsistent.
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It also fails to rule out "I don't want to get paint dumped on me by some fruitbat with a hate-on" option, which is also quite reasonable in a town where middle-aged women defend themselves from ranting strangers with phrases like "NPR totebag!"
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Also, leather is much easier to pull off as badass than fur.
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Depends on whether you leave the head on the pelt or not - small animals not so badass - wolves and bears, definitely.
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...but as a professional loner...
Does it pay well?
Not bad, but the benefits suck.
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I JUST ATE HALF A JAR OF PICKELED COCKTAIL ONIONS DAMMIT! IM ALOWED TO ACT A LITTLE CRAZY!!!!
Admit it, those were jellied whiteworms, you faux-vegetarian Trog.
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Depends on whether you leave the head on the pelt or not - small animals not so badass - wolves and bears, definitely.
Strength and Honour
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As you can see, I have no taste.
Results from last poll:
- I Smell of the Beer-Scent Eclectic - 6 (12.5%)
- Cautioned by a Nude One Chilly Evening - 16 (33.3%)
- The Exhausted Barhop to His Gal - 10 (20.8%)
- Poet-boy Lives In A Liberal Hip Town - 4 (8.3%)
- Bear Right There! - 9 (18.8%)
- The Hipster Gen - 3 (6.3%)
Original poems:
I Sing the Body Electric-Walt Whitman
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening-Robert Frost
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love-Christopher Marlowe (Ten to one Wil has/had a framed copy)
anyone lived in a pretty how town-e.e. cummings
Bear In There-Shel Silverstein
The Hollow Men-T.S. Eliot
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I can't beleive Dora actually bought that shirt!
(What's more disturbing is that it actually fits so well.)
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Is that Bob?
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Bearded Clam?
Bald Taco?
Huh?
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Vagina.
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I'd like to put my ground beef in her taco, if you know what I'm saying.
I have the best quality ground beef, of course.
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Last I heard it was tainted with a dangerously virulent strain of E. coli. You should get tested.
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So, does that shirt mean Dora will pay you five grand for a ride? Wait, no, Dora's bi, so that...
Y'know, I'm with Hanners. I think it would be simpler to go with Faye's definition. God only knows what Dr. Phil would look like on a Harley, though. And I hope it stays that way.
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Eagerly awaiting my biology and cooking lessons....
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Eagerly awaiting my biology and cooking lessons....
Awaiting the bad jokes here about each girl's hairstyle in 5...4...3...2...1...
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Is it just me, or does Dora look a bit odd to anyone else these past two strips?
Can't quite put my finger on what it might be, though...
Besides sleep deprivation, obviously.
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Bald taco?
I thought Dora wasn't a shaver - at least, not bald...
And I guess we know Faye isn't... I haven't heard "bearded clam" in a looooong time.
I like the way the t-shirt's neck is all stretched out from shot elastic. I have a few 20 year old shirts with the same problem...
My daughters used to wear them as nighties when they were small. Never had to explain what they said, thank god!
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Faye in Panels 4 and 5 is absolutely CUTE with her facial expression!!!
hmm, there's just so many phrases for that... bearded clam, bald taco, pink taco, clamburger... anyone else can add to the list?
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Dora looks different to me too. Jeph seems to have tweaked the artwork again.
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Last I heard it was tainted with a dangerously virulent strain of E. coli. You should get tested.
I'm sure she'll be safe as long as he wears a bun.
Also, I too am a little shocked that after that rant about douchebaggery, she actually bought the shirt.
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Faye in Panels 4 and 5 is absolutely CUTE with her facial expression!!!
hmm, there's just so many phrases for that... bearded clam, bald taco, pink taco, clamburger... anyone else can add to the list?
Muff, snatch, cunt, box, hatchet wound, pussy, vag, poon, coot, beaver, coochie, panty hamster, beef curtains.
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Bald taco?
I thought Dora wasn't a shaver - at least, not bald...
And I guess we know Faye isn't... I haven't heard "bearded clam" in a looooong time.
So, if a girl makes a joke about a bald taco (without ever saying *her* bald taco) I should assume that she waxes or shaves? The jokes do not necessarily correspond to their actual public hairstyles.
And now, I must go kill myself for discussing whether or not characters in a web comic shave their pubic hair.
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Is it just me, or does Dora look a bit odd to anyone else these past two strips?
Can't quite put my finger on what it might be, though...
Besides sleep deprivation, obviously.
Hers, or yours?
To me, it's Hannelore that looks somehow different today. More... I dunno, boyish-looking?
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I've never heard the term bald taco before. It just sounds kind of weird. Pink taco, I've heard, also fish taco.
Beef curtains (http://ugliesttattoos.com/2009/07/07/funny-tattoos-be-still-my-heart/) sounds like the dumbest thing ever. I've never actually heard anyone use that one. I'd laugh at them if they did.
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Someone educate me here: Does the moustache in moustache ride refer to the male or the female? I'm wondering how Dora wearing that shirt should be interpreted.
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Depends on whether you leave the head on the pelt or not - small animals not so badass - wolves and bears, definitely.
Very true. I did not think of that.
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I've never heard the term bald taco before. It just sounds kind of weird. Pink taco, I've heard, also fish taco.
Beef curtains (http://ugliesttattoos.com/2009/07/07/funny-tattoos-be-still-my-heart/) sounds like the dumbest thing ever. I've never actually heard anyone use that one. I'd laugh at them if they did.
Lady maddness, if you don't laugh at someone who uses any of 95% of the Thousand Names of Womanhood, you should really take things less seriously.
My 'favorite' is Catcher's Mitt , (good lord) and I hope to god no one actually says that, or pink torpedo. Yes, this rule holds equally true of the Thousand Names of Manhood, which are, if anything, sillier.
I did learn something, today, though: I'd no idea flesh tuxedo = foreskin. Changes the way Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom" works, somehow.
Edit: just to note, my (least!) favorite 'name' for breasts has to be fun bags. Every time I see it, I still can't believe it.
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Someone educate me here: Does the moustache in moustache ride refer to the male or the female? I'm wondering how Dora wearing that shirt should be interpreted.
Usually male, although I suppose a lesbian with a hormonal imbalance who doesn't wax her upper lip could wear one un-ironically...
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How ironic.
:D
You'd think by now Hanners would be able to pick up on Faye messin' with her head - she's known her long enough.
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She probably would have, but I doubt she was kidding about being more comfortable with Faye's theory. She's happy that Faye messed with her head.
Hannelore has backsassed Faye once or twice... Or maybe just went she-hulk on her.
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Results of the 'Moustache Rides' poll.
- Geraldo Rivera - 6 (16.2%)
- Sarah Silverman - 9 (24.3%)
- That guy Blitzer teased on CNN on the twentieth anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (Jim Clancy) - 0 (0%)
- Alex Trebeck (which may explain the shave) - 6 (16.2%)
- Wilfred Brimley ("Diabetus" testing oatmeal sucker) - 8 (21.6%)
- Dr. Phil - 8 (21.6%)
Conclusion: Several of you watched the Emmys; beyond that, douchiness* is a toss-up (except Rivera, whose seems to have gone down a tad), and no one gives much of a shit about Jim Clancy or Wolfe Blitzer. This last pleases me mightily! Possibly because I'm easily pleased.
*If Colbert can coin the word truthiness, I can create douchiness. Spelling may need some work, though.
Edit: I've been beaten to it. At least I got the spelling right. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=douchiness
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Hey bros, what's up?
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Swear to god I didn't look at the comic before posting the poll. What's happening to me? Is Jeph controlling my mind? Not that there's enough of it to make that a large project, but still...
Somehow, using Bro unironically strikes me as worse than wearing the "Mustache Rides" T. Steve's gonna pay for that, somehow.
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Steve is going to pay $5,000.
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Someone educate me here: Does the moustache in moustache ride refer to the male or the female? I'm wondering how Dora wearing that shirt should be interpreted.
Usually male, although I suppose a lesbian with a hormonal imbalance who doesn't wax her upper lip could wear one un-ironically...
Oh, good. Only I was thinking of an uh... 'inverted' moustache in the case of the female.
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Ah. Yes, well, I'll take one of those "inverted moustache" rides!
Better than those "introverted moustaches", like the one Marten was trying to grow...
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To me, "bro" is only truly obnoxious when it is used in a portmanteau. Shudder.
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Hard time choosing between the Magical Love Gentlemen and the knuckle knife in the poll.
I've never heard the term bald taco before. It just sounds kind of weird. Pink taco, I've heard, also fish taco.
Beef curtains (http://ugliesttattoos.com/2009/07/07/funny-tattoos-be-still-my-heart/) sounds like the dumbest thing ever. I've never actually heard anyone use that one. I'd laugh at them if they did.
Lady maddness, if you don't laugh at someone who uses any of 95% of the Thousand Names of Womanhood, you should really take things less seriously.
My 'favorite' is Catcher's Mitt , (good lord) and I hope to god no one actually says that, or pink torpedo. Yes, this rule holds equally true of the Thousand Names of Manhood, which are, if anything, sillier.
To be honest, I don't know anyone who actually really uses any of those, at least not around me. I wouldn't laugh, I'd :roll: at them in an obvious manner, because that's what I do when people are being obnoxiously juvenile.
For some reason this discussion makes me think of a period novel I read once where a character commented "If my wife can't call carnal knowledge something like carnal knowledge she can marry some other idiot and leave me in peace."
Edit: just to note, my (least!) favorite 'name' for breasts has to be fun bags. Every time I see it, I still can't believe it.
That one's stupid, but I find skin sacks and teats out right skeevy.
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To me, "bro" is only truly obnoxious when it is used in a portmanteau. Shudder.
Wouldn't that be a... portmanbreau?
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I find skin sacks and teats out right skeevy.
Skin sacks is skeezy or worse, but the argument has been made that since breast technically refers to the pectoral area (give or take a bit) of either gender, that teat (pronounced 'tit,' probably thanks to vowel backing) is actually the correct word. Which doesn't mean it cannot get one slapped.
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Oh, God, those portmanteaux get me seething. Like a man should delete all his male contacts the minute he graduates Skull & Bones. "Man-" or "guy-" too. "Guyliner?" "Man-purse?" It's a fucking purse! Call it a "handbag" or a "tote bag" if you want to sound less feminine, but...don't do this!
And "manorexia"...dear God. Taking a disease and putting "man" in front of it - what the hell do you think you're doing? Really?
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I adore people getting all up in arms about the "butchering" of language. So often they fail to realise that the people doing it are generally being ironic, and the rare few who aren't... well, so what? Language changes over time. That's just what it does.
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That one's stupid, but I find skin sacks and teats out right skeevy.
Skin sacks?! Wow...I think that's the worst I've ever heard.
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Anyone think it's ironic that moments after calling people hipster douches for wearing a stupid T shirt, Marten goes out of his way to balk at the term 'bro'?
So either Marten is ironically being a hypocrite, or he's the kind of hipster who makes fun of hipsters because he's insecure about being one. (A hypocritester!)
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Hypstercrite?
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I adore people getting all up in arms about the "butchering" of language. So often they fail to realise that the people doing it are generally being ironic, and the rare few who aren't... well, so what? Language changes over time. That's just what it does.
If you think the ""butchering" of language" is my complaint there, you utterly fail reading comprehension.
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I don't think Marten is being hipstocritical; I think he simply has limits. His is bro, which I understand completely, and mine is portmanteaus. Any portmanteaus, although couple portmanteaus rattle my cage the worst.
I adore people getting all up in arms about the "butchering" of language. So often they fail to realise that the people doing it are generally being ironic, and the rare few who aren't... well, so what? Language changes over time. That's just what it does.
'Snothechanjean, 'smifeerthat everiwordwilooklikthis. It's happening anyway, but I see no reason for a few who think it amusing, or, worse, actually think it's 'cool,' to hasten the process. In other words, yes, the gas can will explode one day, but until then, let's not light our farts near it, okay?
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Guess you don't get many Maori's on this site eh bro?
:D ;)
And no, I am not one.
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Is it just me, or does Steve seem a tad more desperate then in the old days?
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"Did XXX just say YYY un-ironically?"
Is that now a running gag? Or did Jeph just forget he'd used that line before?
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Also, what in God's name makes you think most of the people complaining about the butchering of language are being ironic? I don't think I've ever seen it ironically.
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Wait, I thought he said the butchers were being ironic, not the complainers...
Aw hell, now I'm as concussed confussed confused as you are.
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Probably not, Carl. Assuming the you to be me, and not well, some other person. Who may be me, too, if this solipsism thing is right. Although, if it is, does it matter?
Results of last poll
Question: If things don't work out with waitress-library-awkward zone girl, Steve will need a new set of photos. These should include:
- A photo of Steve with Marten dressed as the Magical Love Gentleman, and Steve holding a sign: "I'll introduce you." - 10 (25.6%)
- A waist-up photo of Steve bare-chested with a knuckle knife clenched in his teeth. (Props to Robert B. Parker) - 4 (10.3%)
- A small print of a portrait of Steve seated wearing Victorian evening clothes, only the wine in his glass in color. Caption: "Never an awkward moment." - 8 (20.5%)
- A full-color backdrop of a nuke exploding, with Steve nude, a fall-out warning circle positioned over his junk. - 8 (20.5%)
- Picture of Steve with bowl of Cheerios. Caption: "Got my ohs!" - 1 (2.6%)
- Picture of Steve holding a platter bearing a large stack of pancakes. - 8 (20.5%)
A slight boost for the MLG pic, but (recalling how little I know of statistics) "Awkward," "Nuke" and, of course, "Pancakes" all seem close enough to be a 4-way tie.
I know, I know: "You ask too many questions!" And it only gets worse, as you can see from tonight's poll. But it's the last one. My brain is all hollow now, so it's someone else's turn. I got a turkey to cook.
Hope that isn't another of those sexual euphemisms.
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Oh, wow. Second voter. But those were some damned hard choices, Raoullefere!
And it's only the baster, not the whole turkey, that's full of innuendo.
And out the other.
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From twitter:
one panel down, gotta grind this one outttttt (http://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/5882429362)
Have I mentioned that I love my job? Because I fucking love my job. (http://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/5819084697)
All I can say is: http://waxy.org/random/images/weblog/love_your_job.gif (http://waxy.org/random/images/weblog/love_your_job.gif)
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Good choices. Nicely done.
Try Deep frying the turkey - it takes much less time and the bird is much juicier.
And as for today's comic - awkward!
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Um, yeah. But Tai's always been pretty
easy relaxed about her sexuality.
I think the reaction of her friend is the best.
You wake up after a fun night with your lover to see a strange man sitting on the edge of the bed holding a vibrator... I'd say her not squealing/screaming (squeeming?) is pretty good!
Also, you can't make good gravy from a fried turkey.
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I guess my initial reaction wasn't the same as others': I got the idea Marten had accedntally extracted the vibrator from the other girl. (Now I think it may have recently fallen out.)
Ew factor aside, given the sort of sexual madhouse Tai has described her dorm to be, I doubt anyone is much surprised at anything. Add to that sleep and/or, ah, over-stimulation fogging the brain, and there goes teh screaming, teh screaming.
Tai's lookin' good in this comic.
Is it just me, or does Steve seem a tad more desperate then in the old days?
Not really. Remember him fretting about how to find Meena again? I wish he would, and how well that turned out for him. But, of course, that wouldn't be as amusing to us.
Try Deep frying the turkey - it takes much less time and the bird is much juicier.
I don't fry anything if I can help it (those turkey fryers scare me a tad, too), and I'm not keen on gravy, either. I do make the latter for those who just can't stuff enough greasy fat down, though. On the other hand, lest I sound a health-prude, I do eat jellied, flavored sugar-blob (cranberry sauce), and sometimes am daring enough to consume the 'rough,' which apparently describes what happens to us older folks when it, ah, passes.
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Awkward for Marten.
I can't make good gravy anyways (from scratch) and rely on canned or instant gravy so that isn't a problem.
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I guess my initial reaction wasn't the same as others': I got the idea Marten had accedntally extracted the vibrator from the other girl. (Now I think it may have recently fallen out.)
Ew factor aside, given the sort of sexual madhouse Tai has described her dorm to be, I doubt anyone is much surprised at anything. Add to that sleep and/or, ah, over-stimulation fogging the brain, and there goes teh screaming, teh screaming.
Tai's lookin' good in this comic.
Eh, you think? I thought she looked exceptionally weird in panel two. Torso, fingers, face, doesn't look like Tai very much. She's picture perfect in the rest of the comic, though.
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I can't make good gravy anyways (from scratch) and rely on canned or instant gravy so that isn't a problem.
That's cause yer fryin the bird! I know, circular logic...
But you need pan drippings... some scorched onions that have been in there for hours... and an old iron roaster that hasn't been cleaned thoroughly in years...
Well, you don't need those, but they help. And don't use corn starch, it's gotta be flour.
'sokay, though. Heinz is pretty good.
[turns away and makes a Calvin & Hobbes "Bleah" face]
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And "manorexia"...dear God. Taking a disease and putting "man" in front of it - what the hell do you think you're doing? Really?
Mancer.
MIV.
Mupus
M--yeah, I'm done.
Wasn't very good anyway.
Anyway, poor Marten MANten.
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College yearbook? Does this really exist?
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Where'd Tai's tattoos go?
And just 'ew' on the vibrator 'recently falling out', it was (most likely) just sitting on the bed.
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Heartily agree about Tai looking very un-Tai like in panel two.
I once bought the awesomest Cajun fried turkey from this restaurant and everyone thought it was the best thing they ever tasted. It's the only fried turkey I ever had and it wasn't greasy at all. Too bad that restaurant closed. I can usually bake a mean turkey. I like to marinate it in Mojo Criollo from Goya. I've never had one go dry on me.
Hope that isn't another of those sexual euphemisms.
Well, there is "stuffing the turkey", but that's more of a smuggling euphemism than a sexual one.
I don't fry anything if I can help it (those turkey fryers scare me a tad, too), and I'm not keen on gravy, either. I do make the latter for those who just can't stuff enough greasy fat down, though.
For those who can't get enough greasy fat, there is just one turkey recipe that will do: turbaconducken (http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/). Bonus? Raw, it looks like like one of those skinless zombie dogs from Resident Evil!
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I just hope the girl in Tai's bed isn't the one that Steve was asking about.
Now that would be awkward!
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Nah, the girl Steve's looking for was blond.
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I might've expected Bailey in the bed. Remember her? Last seen at Tai's impromptu rave in the library, high on Ecstasy and offering make-outs.
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Nice to see 'The Marten Effect' has lost none of it's potency.
Now, the question is, will he tell Dora about this? :D ;)
As for Steve, there's desperation and then there's desperation - You can guess which category I think this fits under.
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Heartily agree about Tai looking very un-Tai like in panel two.
Sadly, that may be why I think she looks good. No offense to Jeph's art, but Tai too often comes across looking like a crazed chipmunk to me. Here she didn't, for the whole strip, in fact. "She look-a like-a girl." Possibly a satiated one.
I once bought the awesomest Cajun fried turkey from this restaurant and everyone thought it was the best thing they ever tasted. It's the only fried turkey I ever had and it wasn't greasy at all. Too bad that restaurant closed. I can usually bake a mean turkey. I like to marinate it in Mojo Criollo from Goya. I've never had one go dry on me.
Sorry if I gave the impression I thought fried turkey was greasy. It's not. I've done the frying-it-at-a-restaurant thing, a local barbecue place, when my guest list suddenly increased. It was awesome. But I'm terrified of doing it myself.
For those who can't get enough greasy fat, there is just one turkey recipe that will do: turbaconducken (http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/).
Someday they're going to wrap—no, I won't say it. Because some silly bugger will do it, and then the world will drown in grease, slipping down the Drain of History, but only to a certain point before causing a clog. Then will be the Coming of the Giant Plunger. And maybe the fearsome god D'rain-oy.
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You say that like drowning in bacon grease and * would be a bad thing. (well, maybe it would be for the devout Jews and Muslims, and the vegetarians, but that just means more for the rest of us....)
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Since she usually binds them, I wasn't expecting her breasts to big quite as large as they are. Plus she's missing her glasses. I think I prefer the demented chipmunk look, though.
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Am I the only one who thinks that might just be a roommate?
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Oh, God, those portmanteaux get me seething. Like a man should delete all his male contacts the minute he graduates Skull & Bones. "Man-" or "guy-" too. "Guyliner?" "Man-purse?" It's a fucking purse! Call it a "handbag" or a "tote bag" if you want to sound less feminine, but...don't do this!
And "manorexia"...dear God. Taking a disease and putting "man" in front of it - what the hell do you think you're doing? Really?
I always preferred putting the word "action" in front of it. Action Purse, Action Eyeliner, Action Belt, etc. It keeps it from being an obnoxious portmanteau and keeps it gender neutral.
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And just 'ew' on the vibrator 'recently falling out', it was (most likely) just sitting on the bed.
That'd be my theory, too, for a variety of reasons, not least of which being that Tai is completely dressed and, therefore, things were likely already, um, finished up (seeing as the other girl appears to have been asleep until Marten sat down).
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How the heck has noboby commented on the "TAI FIGHTER" poster on her door yet???
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Oh, God, those portmanteaux get me seething. Like a man should delete all his male contacts the minute he graduates Skull & Bones. "Man-" or "guy-" too. "Guyliner?" "Man-purse?" It's a fucking purse! Call it a "handbag" or a "tote bag" if you want to sound less feminine, but...don't do this!
And "manorexia"...dear God. Taking a disease and putting "man" in front of it - what the hell do you think you're doing? Really?
I always preferred putting the word "action" in front of it. Action Purse, Action Eyeliner, Action Belt, etc. It keeps it from being an obnoxious portmanteau and keeps it gender neutral.
...I liked you better without the moustache.
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I just hope the girl in Tai's bed isn't the one that Steve was asking about.
Now that would be awesome!
Fixed!
Huzzah.
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Someday they're going to wrap—no, I won't say it. Because some silly bugger will do it, and then the world will drown in grease, slipping down the Drain of History, but only to a certain point before causing a clog. Then will be the Coming of the Giant Plunger. And maybe the fearsome god D'rain-oy.
Perhaps you were going to say 'wrap bacon in bacon'?
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
BEHOLD THE FUTURE
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I have totaly got to show this one to my lesbian friend, get a 'proper' opinion on the situation... Probably helps that she kinda reminds me of Tai...
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Someday they're going to wrap—no, I won't say it. Because some silly bugger will do it, and then the world will drown in grease, slipping down the Drain of History, but only to a certain point before causing a clog. Then will be the Coming of the Giant Plunger. And maybe the fearsome god D'rain-oy.
Perhaps you were going to say 'wrap bacon in bacon'?
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
BEHOLD THE FUTURE
Thought about that one too, but you have beated me to the punch. All I've got is the deep-fried cheese-stuffed bacon patty (http://food.yahoo.com/blog/ahamburgertoday/5226/how-to-make-a-deep-fried-cheese-stuffed-burger-from-bacon).
What is it about bacon that makes people so crazy? I mean, there's bacon flavored mayonnaise (http://www.baconnaise.com/), which is at least food, but there are even bacon flavored envelopes (http://www.jdfoods.net/products/mmmvelopes.php).
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Must make Bacon Explosion. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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I had a bacon explosion once.
Don't ask.
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I might've expected Bailey in the bed. Remember her? Last seen at Tai's impromptu rave in the library, high on Ecstasy and offering make-outs.
Perhaps it's Ashley (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=815#)?
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I had a bacon explosion once.
Don't ask.
Were the resulting medical bills covered by your insurance?
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(http://waxy.org/random/images/weblog/love_your_job.gif)
I love that gif
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Well it looks like the majority definitely agrees with Ellen—they'd smack that ass. And, if not them, the Newsbox.
Thanks to all for bearing with my nonsense for a week. It's been fun.
Until Marten swaps his SG even for a stock Daisy Rock Pepper Mint (http://www.abesofmaine.com/item.do?item=DRDAISYPINK&id=DRDAISYPINK&l=PRICEGRABB), make mine QC!
Edit: the comic in question. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=386
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library girl turns out to be ellens's sister and comedy ensues....
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Oh, God, those portmanteaux get me seething. Like a man should delete all his male contacts the minute he graduates Skull & Bones. "Man-" or "guy-" too. "Guyliner?" "Man-purse?" It's a fucking purse! Call it a "handbag" or a "tote bag" if you want to sound less feminine, but...don't do this!
And "manorexia"...dear God. Taking a disease and putting "man" in front of it - what the hell do you think you're doing? Really?
I always preferred putting the word "action" in front of it. Action Purse, Action Eyeliner, Action Belt, etc. It keeps it from being an obnoxious portmanteau and keeps it gender neutral.
Heh heh...Action Purse sounds like another name for a ballsack.
Daisy Rock Pepper Mint (http://www.abesofmaine.com/item.do?item=DRDAISYPINK&id=DRDAISYPINK&l=PRICEGRABB)
A friend of my cousin's plays one of those in his speed metal band. People think it's a joke until they realize that he is a fucking epic guitarist.
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Oh, God, those portmanteaux get me seething. Like a man should delete all his male contacts the minute he graduates Skull & Bones. "Man-" or "guy-" too. "Guyliner?" "Man-purse?" It's a fucking purse! Call it a "handbag" or a "tote bag" if you want to sound less feminine, but...don't do this!
Seethe harder (http://youtube.com/watch?v=oF97-XVLc-w)
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Daisy Rock Pepper Mint (http://www.abesofmaine.com/item.do?item=DRDAISYPINK&id=DRDAISYPINK&l=PRICEGRABB)
A friend of my cousin's plays one of those in his speed metal band. People think it's a joke until they realize that he is a fucking epic guitarist.
Completely stock, no mods? And being epic might help a tad. Saw a guy once pull some fine blues out of one guitar string secured to a stick. But I couldn't do it.
I seriously thought about buying a Daisy guitar (a better model (http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Daisy-Rock-Rock-Candy-Special-Electric-Guitar?sku=514883#used)) because I've relatively teeny hands and am comfortable in my masculinity. :-D But no stores around here (I have about three within 150 miles, the closest is 75) carry them, or didn't last time I called. I am hesitant indeed to buy one without trying it first.
I actually wanted to use a Sears Mini-shark (http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Sears/Mini+Shark/10/1") (yes, shaped like a shark) in my post, but I couldn't find a picture. To get an idea, the volume pot is the shark's eye. The reviewer makes it sound okay, but I keep picturing the neck overbalancing the body and shaking my head.
Anyway, as Marten doesn't seem to be epic, he'd better stick to the SG. Also, while I'm on the subject, I think the only thing worse than treating comic characters like they're real is treating their guitars like they are real. Which is why it's really embarrassing how I cringe when I read the strip in which Nat throws down the Jackson (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1178). Ouch, ouch, ouch!
Maybe I could call it an Action Daisy. Or maybe not.
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I actually wanted to use a Sears Mini-shark (http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Sears/Mini+Shark/10/1") (yes, shaped like a shark) in my post, but I couldn't find a picture. To get an idea, the volume pot is the shark's eye. The reviewer makes it sound okay, but I keep picturing the neck overbalancing the body and shaking my head.
Could it mean a design like this (http://www.myrareguitars.com/eohaganshark2.html)?
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Daisy Rock Pepper Mint (http://www.abesofmaine.com/item.do?item=DRDAISYPINK&id=DRDAISYPINK&l=PRICEGRABB)
A friend of my cousin's plays one of those in his speed metal band. People think it's a joke until they realize that he is a fucking epic guitarist.
Completely stock, no mods? And being epic might help a tad. Saw a guy once pull some fine blues out of one guitar string secured to a stick. But I couldn't do it.
I don't know about what mods he has, but the image of a flower-shaped guitar in a speed metal band cracks me up.
...I cringe when I read the strip in which Nat throws down the Jackson (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1178). Ouch, ouch, ouch!
Don't worry, I do too.