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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: raoullefere on 04 Jul 2010, 21:14
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Here we go. Jeph actually beat us to the punch!
Poor Steve! I'd feel sorry for him if it weren't so funny. And he better take Tai up on that offer; it'll save him months of annoyance.
Edit: Yes, yes I did screw up the thread-head. (Anyone know how to fix that?)
Edit edit: I fixed it, and yet admit to it, and I don't know why. Christ, no one's looking anyway. Poll in the making.
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I'd say this is the best QC in at least a month.
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Poor Steve! I'd feel sorry for him if it weren't so funny. And he better take Tai up on that offer; it'll save him months of annoyance.
Won't make a difference, knowing Tai, she'd go ahead and seduce Cosette and pay the penalty cookie.
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Steve'd probably buy a cookie factory to watch.
And he definitely had that coming. God I love the fact Cosette has such a sense of humour.
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What about Cuddle-burgh and Talk-About-Our-Relationship-ton?
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AND THEN THEY ALL FUCKED!
:lol:
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Not the first invitation to the Marten train (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=305).
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Wow - I am truly impressed. Despite your obsessive inventorying of the comic.
What about Cuddle-burgh and Talk-About-Our-Relationship-ton?
Those aren't on this line. When the conductor and engineer both have SO's, it's an express run to Bitter-Recrimination-ville. Unless you break down in Hiding-The-Affair-opolis. Where you can be stuck for a very long time before someone finds you...
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What about Cuddle-burgh and Talk-About-Our-Relationship-ton?
I think Cuddleburgh is a suburb of Satisfaction Heights. But Carl is right: I'm not sure Talk-About-Our-Relationship Place is on the Romantic Encounters Line. Sounds more like a spot on the Long-Term Relationship Line, possibly where it junctures with the Breakup Bullet Train.
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I think Cosette and Marten wouldnt have been such a bad match.
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Good to see that Tai can be bought for baking.
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I think Cosette and Marten wouldnt have been such a bad match.
Probably true, but don't let Dora hear you say that, unless you are skilled in single combat with the broadsword!
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Best weapon to have in a sword fight is a handgun. Dr. Jones I'd like some back up on this one.
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Marten must have taken some acting classes in college.
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In Soviet Cthulhu, Cookie summons YOU!
.. wait, that actually made more sense than I intended. nvm.
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AND THEN THEY ALL FUCKED!
:lol:
...IN BED!!
(SUPER DOUBLE REVERSE IRONY POINTS!)
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Best weapon to have in a sword fight is a handgun. Dr. Jones I'd like some back up on this one.
If, and only if, the stupid bastard you're facing doesn't rush to close, but instead stands there, I don't know, perhaps twirling his blades at you and chuckling like a moron. Otherwise, it can be a mixed bag—much depends on how fast the swordsman is vs. how good the nerves of the guy with the handgun are. And there's also the added fun that the gun may misfire or, if it's an automatic, jam —swords generally don't do this.
Dr. Jones had the advantage of being the hero of a movie that wasn't exactly hellbent on depicting realistic combat. Otherwise, his well-gnawed bones in South America might not have cared much who won any swordfights in Egypt.
Anyway, I'm fairly sure a Louisville Slugger would serve Dora about as well. The broadsword's likely more about intimidation than splitting someone's head open.
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I think Cosette and Marten wouldnt have been such a bad match.
Probably true, but don't let Dora hear you say that, unless you are skilled in single combat with the broadsword!
Or the Malaysian Battle Spatula - that fucker is sharp apparently.
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I WANT CTHULHU COOKIES!!! I want them right damn now. :mrgreen: Interestingly, they aren't Cthulhu-shaped, which means they must be made with bits of real Dark One. Mmmmmm . . .
Panel 3 was frikkin' hilarious! I love that Cosette went from the 'wait, what?' expression in panel 2 to completely going with it. And Steve's 'I am not amused' expression in panel 4 is win. He totally deserved to be teased. Nice to know that Tai can be bought for cookies, heh.
Say, on the outskirts of Orgasm-town, isn't there a store called Bone-A-Rama? Can't remember if it's one of those huge discount stores or if it's one of those outlets with the 'slightly irregular' merchandise . . .
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I suddenly imagine Steve commenting in mild annoyance once they reach Coffee of Doom, at which point Dora hears it, but not all of it, just enough to get angry or insecure...then Marten will somehow be glued to the ceiling and Tai stuck to a wall due to static cling.
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All these comments and none on Marten's AWESOME SCHNOZ in panel 3. Guy's got a real Roman.
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I just can't stop seeing Marten having two left arms in panel three: one hanging down and showing beyond his back, and the other going to Cosette's back to support her as she drops her crutch.
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All these comments and none on Marten's AWESOME SCHNOZ in panel 3. Guy's got a real Roman.
Thank you so much for using the word "schnoz"; you made me laugh.
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I just can't stop seeing Marten having two left arms in panel three: one hanging down and showing beyond his back, and the other going to Cosette's back to support her as she drops her crutch.
That is a "Fridge Logic" moment.
Truth is, the one behind his back is actually the material from the hoodie, I would reckon. (Remember, Marten's a bit on the skinny side, and that hoodie is probably a bit big on him...)
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I must commend you on resisting the oppurtunity to lay a tropetrap (http://xkcd.com/609/) on that last post.
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Last Night's Poll Results:
If you were to take a train to a place that described your last romantic encounter, that place would be named:
Boredomberg ------------------------- 1
Disappointment Junction --------- 10
Fun'n Frisky Corners ---------------- 4
Promise City -------------------------- 3
Satisfaction Heights ---------------- 6
Volcanoville -------------------------- 0
Whatisthissexstuffanyway Flats --- 5
Wreck Hill ----------------------------- 6
Soooo…we seem overall to be a teensy bit dissatisfied with our encounters. It's possible those of us at Disappointment Junction could try lowering (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xLsRI7-hBs) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CRr-q9B1eI&feature=related ">our[/url] expectations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRcj9WbHLjk). Those of us who've stopped at Whatisthissexstuffanyway Flats perhaps need to retake sex-ed or possibly just get out of the house more. And you lot at Satisfaction Heights can get those smug looks off your faces right now!
Grrr. The Poll title only has so much room. Here's the entire question: What's your favorite Cthulhu Cookie product? note: prolonging gorging upon Cthulhu Cookies products may or may not result in enhanced senses, occult powers, and/or enhanced physical abilities but will result in increased paranoia and, eventually, incurable insanity.
I just can't stop seeing Marten having two left arms in panel three: one hanging down and showing beyond his back, and the other going to Cosette's back to support her as she drops her crutch.
Great. Now I can't stop seeing that. Even so, I really like the art in this strip. Marten and Tai's profiles are great (that's been one weak point of Jeph's, but not now) and Cosette's 'bedroom eyes' are FTW. They change her whole look: by golly, she's attractive! I mean, for a drawring, of course.
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I must commend you on resisting the oppurtunity to lay a tropetrap (http://xkcd.com/609/) on that last post.
Maybe jwhouk avoided the direct tropetrap, but I really don't see how "Fridge Logic" (a plot point that you don't realize is illogical until an undefined period of time after the movie/show/whatever is over) applies to that in any way. It's an optical illusion, maybe. You can look it up yourself if you want to, I won't be responsible for providing a link.
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I must commend you on resisting the oppurtunity to lay a tropetrap (http://xkcd.com/609/) on that last post.
Resist the Dark Side you must.
Chocolate Chip Cookies - The food of the Gods :-D
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Where is the comic ?
Whats that poll supposed to be ?
Oh, I see.
Still I have trouble choosing ...
And seriously, Marten does NOT have two arms...
... err wait, thats not what I wanted to say.
Anyway the left "arm" in front is just a part of his dress, while the backward arm is the real one.
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Bah. My favorites aren't there. I'm totally craving some Nyarlathin Mints right now.
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Angus going for the 'Evil Bastard of the Week' Award :-D
And Hanners is leading with her chin. :lol:
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Truth is, the one behind his back is actually the material from the hoodie, I would reckon
Anyway the left "arm" in front is just a part of his dress, while the backward arm is the real one.
That's one vote for each (left) arm so far.
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How like socially underdeveloped Marigirl not to pick up on the game.
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I think Cosette and Marten wouldnt have been such a bad match.
Probably true, but don't let Dora hear you say that, unless you are skilled in single combat with the broadsword!
I ... um ... nope ... damn ... I'm toast.
Truth is, the one behind his back is actually the material from the hoodie, I would reckon
Anyway the left "arm" in front is just a part of his dress, while the backward arm is the real one.
That's one vote for each (left) arm so far.
You know what, checking a second time, you're completely right. Marten DOES have two arms on that picture.
P.s.: Err ... THREE arms, two left ones, of course.
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The way Hanners is going, you think Marigold's making up for lost time. :-P And she's cybering!
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"And then that giant dog!" I laughed out loud, which probably means I'm a bad person. Or Australian. Whichever.
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Or you have an appropriate sense of humour for this site.
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I vote C.) Both. ;)
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Or you have an appropriate sense of humour for this site.
This is only true if #939 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=939) is your current favorite strip (even if it was a Guest comic).
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Who's to say that it isn't?
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Or you have an appropriate sense of humour for this site.
I.E. You love Leslie Nielsen movies.
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Bahahahaha!! :laugh: Jeph is on a roll this week, and he's only two strips in! And Akima, you're not the only one who literally laughed out loud at Hanners' line: "My favorite part was when you took on those four guys at once! And then that giant dog!" And I'm not an Aussie, so that ain't it. :wink: Hell, the whole strip makes me giggle, to the point that it took me a few reads through to notice that a word was left out on panel 4 (in Hanner's dialog, I believe the missing word is "got"). The expressions are all great too.
Now if only they could get some Cookies Cthulhu (TM), perhaps from a door-to-door Cthulhu Scout . . .
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Summanus's Sumptuous Shortbread Fingers (made with real fingers!)
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Exactly. From real Scotts, too!
The more I read this strip, the more I realize Angus really is an effective debater. He knows just how to get Hanners to say exactly what he wants her to, and is obviously pitching his voice so he seems to be agreeing and enthusing with her, rather than busting his gut laughing.
Or you have an appropriate sense of humour for this site.
I.E. You love late-period Leslie Nielsen movies.
Fixed (his early stuff was pretty serious—I mean, The Poseidon Adventure [1972] is only funny for those with a select sense of humor. They, of course, laugh their asses off when Shirley Williams is swimming to her character's death and especially when Gene Hackman is swinging on the valve wheel, bitching to God, who, naturally, lets him die. Horrible people. Horrible.).
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Our secretary sends these out occasionally. Sorry, but I had to...
On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
So God agreed......
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.."
The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"
And God agreed......
On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"
And God agreed again.......
On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God. "You asked for it."
So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life GOM has now been explained to you...
Enjoy it while you can, kiddos!
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That sounds exactly like the sort of dick move the god of the bible would pull, actually.
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"With all that innuendo, no wonder her butt's sore."
LLTBM
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Angus going for the 'Evil Bastard of the Week' Award :-D
And Hanners is leading with her chin. :lol:
I don't think that's the part of the anatomy Hanners is leading with.
I hope Jeph realizes someone, somewhere, is drawing some very nasty porn of Hanners and Mari. And those 4 guys. And then that giant dog! :laugh:
Question: Giant Dog? Mari fighting The Red Bearon? I thought she was higher level than that. (Disclaimer: All I know about WoW I learned from the TCG.)
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Fixed (his early stuff was pretty serious—I mean, The Poseidon Adventure [1972] is only funny for those with a select sense of humor.
What about "Forbidden Planet", the movie Star Trek has been ripping off for decades? It's hard to watch, because Nielsen being serious looks so much like his parody of being serious!
With all that innuendo, no wonder her butt's sore.
Badoom-tish!
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I think what made it for me was Angus' line, "You'll break the spell!"
There is a certain magic to keeping something like that going despite the eventual realization by the speakers of what they've really said...
But what set the scene was Marigold's surreptitious looking up the hall in the first panel, as though she were afraid of getting caught. And her look of horror when Angus begins engaging with Hanners, weaving the "spell". She knows Angus, she knows what's coming, and she's absolutely powerless!
The devil may be in the details, but it's the details that really make QC what it is!
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With all that innuendo, no wonder her butt's sore.
Badoom-tish!
Innuendo, and out the other...
C:/audio/soundfx/rimshot.mp3 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=747#)
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In your endo! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhtFKNNd04A)
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One very appropriate product: Innuendo (http://www.dvice.co.nz/sex-toys/anal+toys/enemas+%26+anal+relaxants/3598-innuendo-natural-anal-muscle-relaxant). :evil:
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Fixed (his early stuff was pretty serious—I mean, The Poseidon Adventure [1972] is only funny for those with a select sense of humor.
What about "Forbidden Planet", the movie Lost in Space and Star Trek have been ripping off for decades? It's hard to watch, because Nielsen being serious looks so much like his parody of being serious!
Fixed. Except Star Trek TOS also rips off The Enemy Below (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemy_Below).
As for Nielsen, that's part of the shtick. I don't think he'd have been nearly so successful at comedy, especially in Airplane! and perhaps Police Squad and derivatives (namely, the Naked Gun series) if he hadn't made a reputation as a serious actor beforehand and approached the comedy roles in much the same way. To me, Nielsen's always funniest when he's perfectly serious and the comedy flows from the situation more than when he's purposefully doing slapstick. Thus Frank Drebin is funnier than Father Mayii, but less so than Dr. Rumack.
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With all that innuendo, no wonder her butt's sore.
Badoom-tish!
Innuendo, and out the other...
C:/audio/soundfx/rimshot.mp3 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=747#)
In your endo! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhtFKNNd04A)
One very appropriate product: Innuendo (http://www.dvice.co.nz/sex-toys/anal+toys/enemas+%26+anal+relaxants/3598-innuendo-natural-anal-muscle-relaxant). :evil:
Those jokes are really bad... friendo (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_%28film%29#Anton_Chigurh). :wink:
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Last Night's poll: What's your favorite Cthulhu Cookie product? note: prolonging gorging upon Cthulhu Cookies products may or may not result in enhanced senses, occult powers, and/or enhanced physical abilities but will result in increased paranoia and, eventually, incurable insanity. Chuck D. Ward, Mngr.
Byatis Berkeley Bearded Biscotti - 1 (3.4%)
Cthulhu's Great Old Chocolate Chip Cookies - 11 (37.9%)
Daddy Dagon's Snickerdoodles - 4 (13.8%)
Hastur's Royal Lemon Thins - 2 (6.9%)
Gol-goroth's Triple Fudge Experiences - 3 (10.3%)
Mama Hydra's Peanutbutter Pleasers - 3 (10.3%)
Summanus's Sumptuous Shortbread Fingers - 2 (6.9%)
Zushakon's Black and White Delights - 3 (10.3%)
So over a third of you want to be a slave of the great priest of the old ones eat chocolate chip cookies. And one person either loves alliteration or craves biscotti—or perhaps both, excessive wretch. Mayhap that one will soon rue these hedonistic ways!
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I prefer my biscotti clean shaven.
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Anyone having an issue seeing the Ustream feed for tonight?
EDIT: Disregard. RazinfrazinFrazzerazzin New Settings for Adobe FLASH. :P
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Yay for Darth Hanners! Sorry Captain
Needa Angus.
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In your endo! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhtFKNNd04A)
http://loneverse.com/hellbound/hellbound.php?date=2005-12-08
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That's not an OMGWTF size coffee, thats like a medium at best.
Also, Dora, Hanners knows things about Marten that he himself doesn't even know.
It's amazing what you can tell from a blood sample (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1607).
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Also, Dora, Hanners knows things about Marten that he himself doesn't even know.
Hanners has the whole apartment building wired. You know, just in case!
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Yeah, but wired with what? Cameras or c4? Or possibly both?
I'm not entirely sure what Faye is doing, asking Marigold about Angus's fetishes. It's fairly obvious she wouldn't know. Plus it'd be Hannelore-brand creepy if she did.
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Actually, he DOES have something creepy in his linen closet. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1016)
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It's worse than that Faye - there's all these plastic and pewter figures all over the apartment some nights.....
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The answer's easy; she watched them move in through the spy-holes she has drilled through the ceiling of their apartment.
Unbeknownst to Faye, Marten, or the real-estate agent, this is why the last occupants moved out.
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You know, if Dora stops to think about it long enough, she'll realize how Hanners knows what's in Marten's closet.
I mean, she helped her move in, after all...
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And she's been over often enough. If simple curiosity couldn't keep her out of Dora's party favor box, what's to keep her from peeking into any other storage unit?
Coffee size; Large, but not extra. About 24 oz? Definitely less than a quart...
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And she's been over often enough. If simple curiosity couldn't keep her out of Dora's party favor box, what's to keep her from peeking into any other storage unit?
Coffee size; Large, but not extra. About 24 oz? Definitely less than a quart...
Nah, I look at those cups all day long. Her hands make it look like 20 oz at the most, 16 oz at the least. I didn't think it was unusually large.
Hey Jeph, if you ever need a coffee shop consultant! *points at herself*
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How 'bout closet full of cat skulls on doll parts? ^_^ I really like the layout, perspective, and facial expressions/body language in panel one -- it says so much with almost no dialog.
Also, I now want to see a Super Big Gulp-sized coffee cup or mug -- or even a watercooler-sized one that comes with its own rolling cart! I mean, this is the Coffee of Doom shop . . .
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I think Marigold stole Marten's old hoody.
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Why is the blackboard blank?i don't recall ever seeing it blank before.
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It's early yet; they just erased yesterday's specials, and haven't put up today's. Faye hasn't even finished her coffee, and baristas are their own first customers!
I love coffee - the taste, the smell, the little oil slick on top - but due to a medical condition, I am a tea-totaller. Gotta get my caffeine somehow!
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Jeph, if you're reading this, Dora looked the best she's looked (to me anyway) with the new hair so far in panel one.
Keep up the good work.
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it seems to me that introducing someone with chronic insomnia and cartoonish ocd to a mmorpg is a bad idea.
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For the other players, yes, yes it is. Maybe this is Marigold's revenge on Dale's group, the guys who fawned over the other girl player, etc.
I agree that the coffee needs to be at least half again bigger to reach OMGWTF proportions. Unless, of course, Jeph feels it's too small.
And screw the anthropc chassis; Marten's had much stranger things (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=155) in his closet.
So it's not canon. Sosumi. Besides, I enjoy Steve's appearance there on quite a few levels.
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Re: GWS guest strip
I thought McPedro was supposed to be Hazel's personal drunk hallucination. Like the Tequila Monster, he's only seen anthropomorphic when alone or with one person who's sloshed.
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It might be surprising what's in Angus' closet :evil:
Is it me, or is Dora looking more like Marten - or visa versa?
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You know that at some point they're going to get the idea of impersonating each other for a day.
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It might be surprising what's in Angus' closet :evil:
Is it me, or is Dora looking more like Marten - or visa versa?
They've had the same plumage for a while now... (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=618)
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You know that at some point they're going to get the idea of impersonating each other for a day.
Well it is canon that Marten looks good in a corset (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1305). I always wondered about that...
It's worse than that Faye - there's all these plastic and pewter figures all over the apartment some nights.....
OMG! Not table-top gaming?! <Akima places a stone on the goban, and punches the clock> How nerdy is that?
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Something that really struck me about today's (soon to be yesterday's strip is that Faye tries to thank Marigold not by simply thanking her, not by the Gunga Din approach*, nor by a silent look of respect before moving on to other things, but by trying to get Marigold to conspire with Faye against Angus. I can't figure out if this simply is the best Faye can do as far as being friendly goes (which is sort of sad) or delusions on her part (since, lesbian innuendo aside, MG's far more likely to 'side' with Angus, is she not?).
Meanwhile, I wish the new poll would go up. I've been…
Hold on, that's me, isn't it? Sigh Prepare for something half-assed. Okay, more half-assed than usual.
*"You're a better man than I am," or words to that effect
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Yesterday's Poll results: If word gets around abut Angus’s head games with Hanners, next thing you know, we’ll see:
Dale using it to extort cooperation from Marigold via his WoW organization Werve (We Exploit Rumors Vilely and Excessively) - 1 (3.4%)
Hanners deciding Angus has outlived his usefulness. - 6 (20.7%)
Dora mentioning her daydream of taking on four guys and ‘winning.’ - 3 (10.3%)
Tai countering with her own ‘victory’: she once ‘overcame’ seven with one lick. - 6 (20.7%)
Faye punches Angus for no particular reason. (Granted, we’ll probably see this anyway) - 8 (27.6%)
More oblique references to Shelby (Jeph’s giant dog). - 5 (17.2%)
So a slight majority of you favor the veritably certain. Note on Tai: She (or I) didn't say seven of what (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valiant_Little_Tailor).
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Duuuuude! Tai doesn't lick flies!
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(since, lesbian innuendo aside, MG's far more likely to 'side' with Angus, is she not?).
My wife tells me that even women who actively dislike each other will pass along warnings about creepy men. If Angus were, say, keeping whores in his closet (excuse me, pantry), then it would be normal for Faye to expect Marigirl to give her a heads up.
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Which is why he keeps them chained and gagged in the local storage facility instead. ( Yelling bird runs the facility, obviously.)
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I said,
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!
Now, about that cuppa joe... maybe its OMGWTF because it's a 24 oz espresso!
Hmmm... 24oz, 26oz, 28oz... didn't Datsun used to make those?
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Um ... no pancakes ? Damn ...
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The name... is Nissan.
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Back in the days of the 240, 260, and 280 Z's, they were sold in the USA under the Datsun brand. Sometime after the 280 but before the 300, Nissan dropped the 'Datsun' name and sold cars as Nissan's.
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Okay, I'm officially convinced: my humor is WAY too dry.
My previous post was a take-off on their advertising campaign in the mid-1980's when they dropped the Datsun brand.
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Faye Whitaker, you're going to Hell. (And apparently taking Angus with you.)
And Faye's action in today's comic makes up for Dora hiring herself to be Faye's representaion to the art-buying public in a strip I'm sure someone will post a link to forthwith.
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Cheers for Dora and Penelope calling Faye on her lame denial that there's something between her and Angus. "Nothing's been decided yet," my ass. Time to get out of the middle of the road, Faye, before you get squished like a grape. (I wonder if that line's in the new Karate Kid movie, which, by the way, I cannot freaking believe they remade.)
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Is forthwith a preposition?
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Cheers for Dora and Penelope calling Faye on her lame denial that there's something between her and Angus. "Nothing's been decided yet," my ass. Time to get out of the middle of the road, Faye, before you get squished like a grape. (I wonder if that line's in the new Karate Kid movie, which, by the way, I cannot freaking believe they remade.)
i've actually heard it's pretty good. though they could have at least had the good sense to call it 'the kung fu kid'.
i get the sense that today's strip comes from jeph suddenly realizing that he has used coffee ship as the same plot device three times.
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Note on Tai: She (or I) didn't say seven of what (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valiant_Little_Tailor).
*gasp*. I managed to get in a "Seven of Nine, obviously" comment before Kugai did! :laugh:
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Am I a terrible person for thinking Faye's shirt would be much funnier if it said "PROBLEM SOLVERS" instead?
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I wonder if that line's in the new Karate Kid movie, which, by the way, I cannot freaking believe they remade.
Especially setting it in CHINA, and the kid learns kung-fu. But hey, no difference, right?
Faye's "refurbished Starbucks employees" line made me giggle. I have a vision of a warehouse somewhere with ex-Starbucks being trained with cattle-prods. "This is coffee, but this" <zap> <zap> <aieeeee!> "is untreated sewage. See the difference now?"
Is forthwith a preposition?
No.
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Social disgraces?
Am I a terrible person for thinking Faye's shirt would be much funnier if it said "PROBLEM SOLVERS" instead?
+1 (or should that be +2?)
Is forthwith a preposition?
Adverb.
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And Faye's action in today's comic makes up for Dora hiring herself to be Faye's representaion to the art-buying public in a strip I'm sure someone will post a link to forthwith.
You mean this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1645).
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Adverb.
Thank you.
You mean this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1645).
Yes, that's the one, forthwith.
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Great, they can hire Marigold. Everyone's problems solved, forthwith.
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Great, they can hire Marigold. Everyone's problems solved, forthwith.
Isn't Dale courting her? ;-)
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Not yet.
Just wait, though...
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well now we know why Raven's gone FFFFFUUUUUUU
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No.
There is another. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=325)
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Okay, she had a line. that means she has to have her SAG card, so... what's the new character's name?
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I said,
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!
"Whatcha got there, Joe?"
"Whores, Billy! Whores!"
"Well, where'd you get 'em?"
"I just found 'em! Lyin' around!"
:-D
And yes, an unfinishing school where they learn social disgraces (tip of hat to Rimwolf for that term) fits. As does the final blackboard "item" that says "We have way too many bananas" -- pretty sneaky metaphor, Jeph. :wink:
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I wonder if that line's in the new Karate Kid movie, which, by the way, I cannot freaking believe they remade.
Especially setting it in CHINA, and the kid learns kung-fu. But hey, no difference, right?
Is forthwith a preposition?
No.
If it's set in China, chances are the 'Kid' isn't learning karate, but hey! let's slap the "Karate Kid" name on it anyway, then protest that "It's really different! Updated, even!" Pfui.
If the film is that different, the producers should've given it a different name; instead, they decide to cynically (ironic, since if it is like the 1984 KK, cynicism is a stake through its heart) 'cash in' on the original instead of letting this possibly different film stand on its own two (or one, carefully balanced) feet. Like the quote in my post says, you can't have it both ways. What I really see here is a hope by Daddy Smith that the KK 'magic'* that shot Macchio to stardom and the covers of Tiger Beat so girls he could get arrested for being involved with could swoon over him (Macchio was 23 at the time) will also work for Jaden. Again, better to have let it happen, or not, on it's own.
*Read: if it had been made two years earlier or two years later, The Karate Kid would've likely been a 'cult classic' (meaning nobody watched it on first release), but it happened to appear when it had no competition whatsoever—the year before, for example, it would've been up against The Outsiders (which also featured Macchio). Also they'd be calling the current film The Kung-Fu Kid in the U.S., too, and only admitting it owed some of its plot to The Karate Kid in interviews even while explaining how it wasn't that film, not at all—just has some homages.
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Cheers for Dora and Penelope calling Faye on her lame denial that there's something between her and Angus. "Nothing's been decided yet," my ass. Time to get out of the middle of the road, Faye, before you get squished like a grape. (I wonder if that line's in the new Karate Kid movie, which, by the way, I cannot freaking believe they remade.)
Well middle of the road is pretty much the way things went with Marten and Sven so it's not surprising that she'd start to do it with Angus too.
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Note on Tai: She (or I) didn't say seven of what (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valiant_Little_Tailor).
*gasp*. I managed to get in a "Seven of Nine, obviously" comment before Kugai did! :laugh:
Bugger!! That's what I get for doing my shopping one day late :-D
Marigold working in CoD
Won't it then become a hangout for Horde fanatics?
Dale could be in a lot of trouble.
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If it's set in China, chances are the 'Kid' isn't learning karate, but hey! let's slap the "Karate Kid" name on it anyway, then protest that "It's really different! Updated, even!" Pfui.
Actually, it's not set in China, but in a country that's just like China, especially with the same cool "exotic" locations to film, except everyone speaks English, even when they're talking to a fellow native, so that it makes sense to drop a 12-year-old American boy with no Chinese into a local school...
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If it's set in China, chances are the 'Kid' isn't learning karate, but hey! let's slap the "Karate Kid" name on it anyway, then protest that "It's really different! Updated, even!" Pfui.
Actually, it's not set in China, but in a country that's just like China, especially with the same cool "exotic" locations to film, except everyone speaks English, even when they're talking to a fellow native, so that it makes sense to drop a 12-year-old American boy with no Chinese into a local school...
Either that or Paramount loaned them a Universal Translator :-D
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Hmm, indecision, I had to go with Thor's Hammer even though the Tub O Doom was rather compelling too.
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Apparently. others were more compelled than you.
Results of Last night's poll: If Coffee of Doom were to try some new sizes, which do you think will be the best seller?
Mighty Mug Here it comes to start the day! (24 oz coffee) - 3 (9.7%)
Thunderjug Makes you run while others walk (28 oz coffee) - 5 (16.1%)
Thor’s Morning Mallet To hammer yourself back together (32 oz coffee) - 8 (25.8%)
Uncle Dionysus’s Cureall Keg Good for what you did to yourself (64 oz coffee) - 2 (6.5%)
Tub of Doom (128 oz coffee, refillable, comes with battery-powered microheater devised by Faye and possibly wheels) You know who you are, and you know you just gotta have it - 13 (41.9%)
A large noprize, with wheels, for those who got the Bond reference.
And now for the last and lamest poll yet.
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I'm tempted to vote for Tai because she needs a relationship break but, considering she's already a supervisor at library, I can't see her willingly join CoD.
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C'mon Jeph, you know you'll never be able to limit yourself to just sixteen adorable quirks in a whole weekend.
But if you do narrow it down to sixteen, then next week can be a single elimination tournament World Cup style...
"Sixteen sexy girls will challenge themselves to become Coffee of Doom's next...
"Bitchy Bachelorette Barista"
Or they could just put up some fliers on the bulletin boards at Smiff or one of the other colleges.
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Uh, typo in last panel, last sentence. It should be "I think it's giving me an ulcer".
Although a typo in the comic title would have been much funnier - after Faye's attempt to pimp out the CoD staff yesterday, "Thank God It's Not Pubicly Traded" would have been a hoot.
Edit: typo is fixed now.
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I think the new employee is going to have to be someone new.
Let's have a look at the options:
Tai: Already a supervisor in library so she'll be asking for a demotion to join CoD (unless it's as an Assistant Manager and, even then, it may still be)
Marigold: She's already employed by her father to maintain web stuff so probably wouldn't want to work in a coffee shop. Also, considering her general level of hygiene, Dora probably wouldn't want her.
Hannelore: She runs her own company and, given her OCD, might have trouble serving people. After all, we all know how well that worked out last time (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1002).
Cosette: From Dora's point of view, her clumsiness might get in the way.
Natasha: Not the cleanest of people and, given how she lost her last job, probably not the most reliable.
Amanda: She likes living at home so wouldn't be interested.
I've only mentioned women because Dora has already hinted (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=657) that she is only looking to employ women (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=688).
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If she wants to build her own harem it's her business. But in this economy you're braving a lawsuit to be hiring only attractive single 20-something females.
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If she wants to build her own harem it's her business. But in this economy you're braving a lawsuit to be hiring only attractive single 20-something females.
I did wonder about that but wasn't sure about laws Stateside. I know that she would breaching both UK and European Laws.
To be fair to Dora, I don't think being single, attractive or being in their 20s is a prerequisite -- just the group 1she knows.[1]
[1] I think that, under British Law, that's still a breach of the Law because jobs (unless they are internal only) need to be properly advertised and shown to have a fair selection mechanism. However, I'm not an expert so I might be wrong.
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Dale - because a man can work 4 jobs - not well, but that's not the point.
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I did wonder about that but wasn't sure about laws Stateside. I know that she would breaching both UK and European Laws.
I'm no expert, but generally speaking companies in the US aren't allowed to discriminate by age, gender, religion, race, or disability. How they go about enforcing that can vary from state to state.
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You forgot a few...
Sarah - will bring back the allosaur trade
Raven - fanservice at its best!
Lydia - finally finished her degree and is now ready for the job most music majors wind up with (it's this or, "you want fries with that?)
The real Pizzagirl - the pizzeria closed, and CoD wants to branch out into coffee delivery.
OK, the first two are technically rehires... and there must be others. Maybe Ellen's back from her semester at sea?
And I've been wodering about this - four weeks ago, WCT (Weekly Comic Talk) became WDT. Just a typo? Is this a new acronym I'm missing?
Want to make one up?
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You forgot a few...
Sarah - will bring back the allosaur trade
Raven - fanservice at its best!
Lydia - finally finished her degree and is now ready for the job most music majors wind up with (it's this or, "you want fries with that?)
The real Pizzagirl - the pizzeria closed, and CoD wants to branch out into coffee delivery.
I forgot about Lydia and the real PG. I think Lydia would be the one who'd fit in best in CoD. After all, she's not extreme in any way and already acquainted with them. Dora would like her because, apart from being a good person and committed worker, she doesn't put up with Sven's crap.
I think that Lydia should be the next employee. Dora gets a good worker and Sven has even more reason to stay straight.
I did wonder about that but wasn't sure about laws Stateside. I know that she would breaching both UK and European Laws.
I'm no expert, but generally speaking companies in the US aren't allowed to discriminate by age, gender, religion, race, or disability. How they go about enforcing that can vary from state to state.
For a summary for British Law, here's some information from a Government website (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/ResolvingWorkplaceDisputes/DiscriminationAtWork/DG_10026557). Age was introduced about two or three years ago.
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Could always hire Sweet Tits. :)
If you want to be sadistic, Jeph could do a Mary Sue character and see how bad his characters abuse him.
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Welcome to QC and its forums, drmike.
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I think that's my fault - I mistook the "D" to stand for "Discussion".
If he did bring back Sara orRaven, it wouldn't be a webcomic first; a certain Demonic Barista over in the Twin Cities (http://wapsisquare.com/comic/hard-to-believe/) brought back a former employee for a return gig (http://wapsisquare.com/comic/09282001/).
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Webcomic Debating Team?
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Wallaby Dionysus Therapy.
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Wonky Doom Triangle
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I've been wodering about this - four weeks ago, WCT (Weekly Comic Talk) became WDT. Just a typo? Is this a new acronym I'm missing?
Woder no more—I cut and paste the title so as to get it right when I do the WCT, mainly because my brain desperately wants to call it the WTC, which is strange, as I'm not dyslexic so far as know I. When a less lazy bastard does the WTC next week, it should return to normal. But if it makes you feel any better, how about Wadering Deviant Taskforce. I mean Wandering—I thonk. :-D
[blah glah]
Tai: Already a supervisor in library so she'll be asking for a demotion to join CoD (unless it's as an Assistant Manager and, even then, it may still be)
Marigold: She's already employed by her father to maintain web stuff so probably wouldn't want to work in a coffee shop. Also, considering her general level of hygiene, Dora probably wouldn't want her.
Hannelore: She runs her own company and, given her OCD, might have trouble serving people. After all, we all know how well that worked out last time (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1002).
Cosette: From Dora's point of view, her clumsiness might get in the way.
Natasha: Not the cleanest of people and, given how she lost her last job, probably not the most reliable.
Amanda: She likes living at home so wouldn't be interested.
I've only mentioned women because Dora has already hinted (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=657) that she is only looking to employ women (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=688).
Let my start by saying it is shocking to me that I actually posted a relevant poll—I try very, very hard not to do that. Meaningless twaddle is ever my goal. And, of course, you may be responding to Jeph's comment. Still, I feel I owe you a response, based on my premise:
Marigold: She's much cleaner than she once was, but, as I say, a challenge. A mighty, mighty….
Hannelore: You covered why I didn't include her.
Cosette: Got it in one. And she's not single.
Natasha: Also, she's got wealthy parents who apparently prefer to throw money at her rather than deal.
Amanda: Dunno about your reason, but if Faye were my sister, the last thing I'd want to do is work with her. Anyone who sees as many flaws in herself as Faye does can only be harsher to a sibling.
Now for Carl-E's paddle in this river:
Sarah - CoD's great matchmaking failure. It does not want!
Raven - didn't want the "Where's Raven" crowd acting up. Besides, she's as likely to settle down as a housefly.
Lydia - I thought about Lydia, but there's only so many choices you can put into a poll before everything starts getting one vote, esp. when each one averages only thirty respondents. Also, it was funnier picturing Sven working for Dora.
The real Pizzagirl - I already told you how the Cafe felt about Sara.
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MORE TRYOUTS
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MORE TRYOUTS
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I'd pay to see Axe Cop vs. Yelling Bird. Seriously.
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MORE TRYOUTS
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I'd pay to see Axe Cop vs. Yelling Bird. Seriously.
How exactly would Yelling Bird fight back?
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Whit the orb of shame.
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Thinking of how Coffee of Doom hired Penpen, this oughta be fun.
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Coffee-press gangs.
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As for hiring regs, I think it might depend on how many employees you have. IE if you have less than 15 employees you might not be subject to certain regulations. This might be a small business loophole or something similar that Dora can use.
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With apologies to Mr. Dylan.
Come entrpreneurs and small businessmen,
for the rules that you work by have shifted again,
and your workforce and staff of young women and men
will need to be insured tomorrow!
with healthcare, a pension and a good dental plan,
for the rules, they are a changin'...
(c) me, now.
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Coffee-press gangs.
But who/what would be the Bounty? :-D
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What's the quicker-picker-upper got to do with it?
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The quicker picker upper is love. Which fails to answer the question and instead posits a new one...
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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
At least, for picking up...
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Not when it's on fire all over the table (yes this actually happened to me...).
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Spilled a flaming shot, did we?
That'll impress the ladies...
Not as much as a burned-off moustache, though. That was a really bad night.
At least it grew back...
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You weren't supposed to sip it!
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The quicker picker upper is love. Which fails to answer the question and instead posits a new one...
Yes, it does. Ferinstance, after the flames are extinguished, how is love going to clean up the mess IanClark and Carl-E made? And can love* <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDeDNidI74Q ">hold up a coffee cup and saucer after it's wet[/url]? I think not.
(On a side note, when Nancy says "You bet I can prove it's better than that towel," is it just me that thinks she really, really wants to add, "Bitch"?)
*Make sure to sneer here for best effect.
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You weren't supposed to sip it!
I didn't. There was a bit of flaming residue left in the glass after it went down. And the glass of water in the face... well, I know she was just trying to be helpful, but it was already out.
Like I said, a bad night.
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Bad dates involving fire (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1014).
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Boss Of The Year Dora Bianchi