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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 25 Jul 2010, 20:06
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Comic-Con has come and gone (and thankfully Jeph didn't lose an eye in the process).
Let us now discuss the newest member of our ensemble cast: RIPPY THE RAZOR! :laugh:
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Early comic is EARLY. :mrgreen:
Anyone else notice how similar this Claire is to Cosette, at least dressing-wise?
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Oh my. Jeph is going to get so many butthurt emails from the Fluffy Bunny crowd over this strip. "How dare you portray a member of the Craft as a cantankerous old bitch rather than gentle and saintly, blah blah, we are not Satanists, blah blah, never again the Burning Times, blah blah, Threefold Law, blah blah..."
(Note: the above is with reference to humourless pseudo-Wiccans, not the ones who are well-rounded, can laugh at themselves, and aren't constantly on the defensive about their faith because they know it well enough they don't have to be.)
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Back to "the timid, easily-manipulated Penelope I thought I knew", I see.
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...I'd find it funny if it was Cosette's Aunt.
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Am I the only one who thinks that Penelope may even start exploring Wicca? Either that or she'll become a born again Christian.
If she's never found anyone "spooky" then she's going to start questioning everything.
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Am I the only one who thinks that Penelope may even start exploring Wicca? Either that or she'll become a born again Christian.
If she's never found anyone "spooky" then she's going to start questioning everything.
No. Let me clarify that: No, she's not going to go spiritual on us in any way, shape, or form, or; no.
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I always thought Pen had an agnostic/atheist bent. I vaguely recall that she mentioned her parents were strict church-goers, or some sort.
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"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
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Am I the only one who thinks that Penelope may even start exploring Wicca? Either that or she'll become a born again Christian.
If she's never found anyone "spooky" then she's going to start questioning everything.
I think we should be more worried that Faye will take a turn to the unconventional after today's strip.
She was practically down on one knee begging to be taken to Alderaan to learn the ways of The Force so she could become a Jedi, like her father before her.
Or maybe I've just been spending too much time vicariously cos-playing through all the Comic-Con related tweets I've been reading all weekend.
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Back to "the timid, easily-manipulated Penelope I thought I knew", I see.
Well, the two are not mutually exclusive. Claire's just the alpha female in this situation. Kind of helps in her profession.
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It's Gandalfs aunt!!! :-D
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Pennelope's religious views (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1288) set forth without ambiguity.
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"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
Because there's a mountain of scientific evidence for curses, right?
I'm not Penelope. I'm fine when people take things on faith, so long as they recognize that it is faith.
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Oh my. Jeph is going to get so many butthurt emails from the Fluffy Bunny crowd over this strip. "How dare you portray a member of the Craft as a cantankerous old bitch rather than gentle and saintly, blah blah, we are not Satanists, blah blah, never again the Burning Times, blah blah, Threefold Law, blah blah..."
Really? Maybe I should send him an email from the Semi-Morbid Bunny crowd over how much I liked the character.
Actually I didn't realize Dora or Claire were Wiccans. I thought the implication was closer to Claire being a generic traditional witch, as opposed to a neopegan Wiccan. After all, Wiccan's don't hold copywrite to the word witch, and any occultist could call themselves a witch if they want. I've never associated Wiccans with anything other than a fuzzy bunny mentality. All the Wiccans I've ever meet could best be described as marshmallows at best, and at worst fluffy bubbly bimbos. Think like Legally Blonde sorta thing.
"White magic! We only use white magic! Healing! Good stuff! You know? Helping people! We most definitely do not use black magic to curse people with migraine headaches and unusual rashes (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial)"
White magic? Where's your robe?
(http://i27.tinypic.com/30256bs.jpg)
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"Young lady, you may not share my belief system, but I'll kindly ask you to respect it in my presence".
What? Like you're respecting Penelope's skeptical viewpoint in her presence, eh? At least Penny didn't threaten/poke/strike you with a stick! *
* Claire's behaviour would probably (IANAL) constitute assault in Australia, even if she did not actually touch Penelope with her cane, because her act clearly caused Penelope to feel apprehension. If she did touch her, it would be battery too.
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... isnt that the old lady from the Sexshop ?
SCNR :-D
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"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
Because there's a mountain of scientific evidence for curses, right?
I'm not sure that's what Nightson meant. I think he was referring to the self-contradiction of Penelope believing in luck, but not in curses. They're BOTH superstitions.
Also, now Hannelore is going to be working at Coffee of Doom she will need a new T-shirt.
I'm O-CoD-elicious!
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There's limits to respecting other's belief systems Akima - when someone starts off with being very rude about yours you don't have to go - "I respect your disbelief in mine, but I would appreciate you not being so rude about it." Where I come from that's called being a sap - if you don't believe in something strongly enough to stand up for it, you really don't believe in it that strongly.
And that is simply a gesture with the cane to emphasize her point. The assault comes later. If the tea doesn't.
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"Young lady, you may not share my belief system, but I'll kindly ask you to respect it in my presence".
What? Like you're respecting Penelope's skeptical viewpoint in her presence, eh? At least Penny didn't threaten/poke/strike you with a stick! *
* Claire's behaviour would probably (IANAL) constitute assault in Australia, even if she did not actually touch Penelope with her cane, because her act clearly caused Penelope to feel apprehension. If she did touch her, it would be battery too.
Claire didn't disrespect Penolpe's viewpoint, she just asked her to be respectful of it.
Australia has a really thin definition of assault, Claire didn't even threaten Penolpe.
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Pennelope's religious views (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1288) set forth without ambiguity.
Yep, that is definitely unambiguous. And I hit it spot on with her "religious upbringing".
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I must have the opposite experiences of most everyone here regarding people like Claire.
However, knowing that one of his two fanboy moments was for Brandon Sanderson and that I have both the first book of the Mistborn & the twelfth of the "They nailed my coffin shut but you're still reading" on the stand isn't that comfortable. Being stuck on a specific book for near six months due to work has got me a bit testy - if Claire starts acting like those women I'm going to giggle for a day or two before tracking Jeph down for a sound beating with the entire unending series.
I'll give him Mieville though. I haven't read anything past The Scar, and am pissed this summer hasn't given me the chance to catch up.
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And that is simply a gesture with the cane to emphasize her point. The assault comes later. If the tea doesn't.
Shoving a stick into someone's chest (looking at it again, it really does look as if it makes contact), or even brandishing it at someone sufficiently vigorously to cause them to rear back as Penelope does, goes well beyond a gesture IMHO.
Claire didn't disrespect Penolpe's viewpoint, she just asked her to be respectful of it. Australia has a really thin definition of assault, Claire didn't even threaten Penolpe.
Tastes vary of course, but I would call poking a stick at or into someone's chest more threatening than respectful. Certainly if someone deliberately poked their cane into my chest, I would regard it as threatening. Australia's legal definition of assault is essentially the same as the British one. Assault is behaviour that causes a person to apprehend violence. An actual act of violence is not assault, but battery, a different and separate offense. Generally speaking, laying hands (or sticks) on another person without their consent or lawful reason is risky behaviour.
Penelope was rude, and I hope I would not have made the same remark, so I have no problem with Claire's verbal response. But taking it to a physical level, especially with someone in no position to respond in kind to an elderly woman? Not a nice lady.
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And that is simply a gesture with the cane to emphasize her point. The assault comes later. If the tea doesn't.
Shoving a stick into someone's chest (looking at it again, it really does look as if it makes contact), or even brandishing it at someone sufficiently vigorously to cause them to rear back as Penelope does, goes well beyond a gesture IMHO.
I think the problem comes from people getting Assault (the legal term) mixed up with Battery (again, legal term) in their minds, mostly because they have never really had to deal with either in a legal context and are generally working off what's said on cop shows. Which generally contain hilarious amounts of bullshit, such as the mythological right to "one phone-call" that started in the USA and has migrated across the world as shows like TJ Hooker get re-run.
"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
Well said. Substituting one slightly milder superstition for another does not free you of superstitious thought.
... isnt that the old lady from the Sexshop ?
No. Entirely the wrong body type and facial structure. Also this one either has a stoop or is very short.
Actually I didn't realize Dora or Claire were Wiccans. I thought the implication was closer to Claire being a generic traditional witch, as opposed to a neopegan Wiccan. After all, Wiccan's don't hold copywrite to the word witch, and any occultist could call themselves a witch if they want. I've never associated Wiccans with anything other than a fuzzy bunny mentality. All the Wiccans I've ever meet could best be described as marshmallows at best, and at worst fluffy bubbly bimbos. Think like Legally Blonde sorta thing.
...have you ever actually watched Legally Blonde?
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Faye looks so cute today!!
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Shoving a stick into someone's chest (looking at it again, it really does look as if it makes contact), or even brandishing it at someone sufficiently vigorously to cause them to rear back as Penelope does, goes well beyond a gesture IMHO.
I find it sad that people think that such a gesture (even if it makes contact) amounts to anything more than emphasis; something to do with the modern world, I suppose.
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Pennelope thought it was more than emphasis. Look at her physical and verbal reaction. If Claire did not intend that reaction, she would have apologized for alarming Pennelope.
She didn't shrink away like that in 751.
If Claire wants respect, she can damn well get it the old-fashioned way.
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Faye looks so cute today!!
Wait, today Monday or Today comic-time? I mean, both are true, but I was wondering about the specifics.
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Actually I didn't realize Dora or Claire were Wiccans. I thought the implication was closer to Claire being a generic traditional witch, as opposed to a neopegan Wiccan. After all, Wiccan's don't hold copywrite to the word witch, and any occultist could call themselves a witch if they want. I've never associated Wiccans with anything other than a fuzzy bunny mentality. All the Wiccans I've ever meet could best be described as marshmallows at best, and at worst fluffy bubbly bimbos. Think like Legally Blonde sorta thing.
...have you ever actually watched Legally Blonde?
Unfortunately yes. I was referring to her pink bimbo behavior. Even though she validated herself as a lawyer (through a hilarious stupid, and almost dues-ex plot twist that ended up not using any lawyering skills at all), that still didn't make her any less of a pink obsessed stereotypical blonde bimbo with all the personality of a rock.
Which is more or less how all the wiccans I've yet met seemed to act. Creepy perky if you ask me. It seems to be some sorta fad that is running amuck cause it's "Like I'm like totally a wiccan, cause it's like totally cool to be a white witch! Like Totally!" I don't know if they think they are trying to be like Glinda the Good Witch of the North or what, but it's annoying really.
EDIT: On second thought, maybe comparing them to like that cartoon Totally Spies would've been more accurate than Legally Blonde. Oh well.
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I think he was referring to the self-contradiction of Penelope believing in luck, but not in curses. They're BOTH superstitions.
This reminds me of an interview I heard on the radio a few years ago. The interviewee had studied "lucky" and "unlucky" people. He found that those that were unlucky saw the costs of a situation whereas those that were lucky saw the opportunities. He used some hypothetical examples to see how his subjects would react. The one that was mentioned in the interview I listed to was something to the effect of:
"You go to the bank but the bank gets robbed and you get shot in the arm. How do you feel about that."
Unlucky people said things to the effect of: "Just my luck to go in the bank on the day bank robbers were going to turn up."
Lucky people said things to the effect of: "At least it wasn't my head." One of them even stated, "Great! I can sell my story to the papers and make lots of money!"
I'm pretty sure the programme was BBC Radio 4's Start the Week. A check with a search engine makes me think that the interviewee was Richard Wiseman promoting his, then, new book "The Luck Factor".
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I guess "speak softly and carry a big stick" embodies Claire perfectly :evil:
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I don't know which is worse—Penelope playing IHOP special, or Faye being moron enough to want what looks to be a worse bitch than herself on the team. And is Dora daft enough to still want to hire Cosette after Steve's performance? I mean, my god, she had an out that even he can't doubt, judging by how he was hovering over Cosette during the shopping trip.
Now, if Dora were Hannermom, what she'd be doing right now is working out exactly how to get Cosette hired at, say, Starbuck, not trying to 'cure' her.
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"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
Oh yes, because saying "There's no such thing as curses, she just got bad end of the many variables that happen through life" is so much better.
Or just, you know, call it luck.
Anyhow, great comic!
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"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
So... curses are superstition, but there is such a thing as bad luck. Huh. :P
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I find it sad that people think that such a gesture (even if it makes contact) amounts to anything more than emphasis; something to do with the modern world, I suppose.
The cultural acceptability of touching people (especially strangers) for "emphasis" or any other purpose varies a great deal. My Australian and my Chinese selves both say: "Keep your hands to yourself!"
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Most British style legal systems (UK, Canada, Australia, US, etc) define assault as the application of force to someone, or the threat of application to someone without their consent. So yes, holding up a cane and holding it close to someone's chest while making a statement could lead to an arrest for assault. Battery, at least in Canada and the Commonwealth nations is a term used in civil law when you're suing someone and refers to the physical injury suffered as a result of the assault, and has no bearing in any criminal aspect of the matter.
The question is would a reasonable person feel that the little old lady was threatening you with the stick, or if it was her very assertive/commanding presence that made you feel as if you needed to obey.
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Poking a stick towards somebody and we're on a discussion about assault on the first page.
Way to take everything far too seriously, QC Board. No wonder Jeph avoids this place like the plague. :|
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even if this WAS assault, Pen would never press the issue, so it's completely irrelevant.
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even if this WAS assault, Pen would never press the issue, so it's completely irrelevant.
Plus, given that Faye has yet to suffer any consequence for her rather more unambiguous cases of assault...yeah. (I'm not saying "lock Faye up"; I'm just pointing out that in light of the comic letting her get away with that means that a mere cane-poking isn't going to be an OMG Major Plot Point either.)
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Poking a stick towards somebody and we're on a discussion about assault on the first page.
Way to take everything far too seriously, QC Board. No wonder Jeph avoids this place like the plague. :|
This.
No, seriously: all she did was waggle the cane in front of Pen. If that's anything, it's intimidation. And I suspect that intimidation worked well on Penelope.
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When we last left our heroes, they were:
Wondering about Dora's "new hire". - 2 (6.9%)
Wondering if Cosette is going to be "in trouble". - 11 (37.9%)
Trying to figure out who Tai's going to "hit on" next. - 2 (6.9%)
Musing over Marigold's "WOW antagonists". - 1 (3.4%)
Going "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" - 7 (24.1%)
Eating porridge pancakes and asps - "very dangerous". - 6 (20.7%)
Total Voters: 29
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Maybe Cosette can rub that doggie cream on her asp. :-D
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I was always of the opinion that Cosette was a Poodle name anyway :-D
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And let the speculation about Cosette's natural hair color begin... now.
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Plus, given that Faye has yet to suffer any consequence for her rather more unambiguous cases of assault...yeah.
A fair point. I should remember to close the molly-guards (http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/m/molly-guard.html) on my hot-buttons. Sorry.
Dog-bottom cream? Meh... Women put odder things on their faces, including faeces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale_feces).
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That's not a prognosis, but a diagnosis - tut, tut.
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And let the speculation about Cosette's natural hair color begin... now.
Brunette. She's the opposite of Dora.
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I must tip my hat to Claire for not 'finding' a curse no matter what. But on to more important things. It saddens me that Cosette isn't a natural sky-top*. But I agree it raises the question of her natural color. Would Steve know? Or does she have hardwood floors?
*Sorry, been spending way too much time at Superdickery lately.
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Black hair with a white streak
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"There's no such thing as curses, she just has bad luck."
Oh Penelope, why must you be the vocal atheist when you don't bother to think things through.
Oh yes, because saying "There's no such thing as curses, she just got bad end of the many variables that happen through life" is so much better.
Or just, you know, call it luck.
I agree. Anyone who has a problem with Penelope using the word "luck", what suitably atheistic/non-superstitious/scientastic word or term would you have her use instead? I thought it was pretty clear that she's using luck in the "random, uncontrollable occurrences" sense of the word, not the "rabbit's foot/broken mirror" sense.
* Claire's behaviour would probably (IANAL) constitute assault in Australia, even if she did not actually touch Penelope with her cane, because her act clearly caused Penelope to feel apprehension. If she did touch her, it would be battery too.
Well according to Australian law, if you're a woman with small breasts only pedophiles will ever be attracted to you*. Just goes to show how much Australian law is worth.
*That's 100% true, it is not in any way an internet rumor.
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Black hair with a white steak
That reminds me of Nightshade[1] or Chelsea[2]. Who were you thinking of?
[1] From the Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold series of books
[2] From Clan of the Cats
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Probably Rogue.
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Rogue has brown hair, developing the white streak only after she drained the powers from Carole Danvers.
I suspect that claire's "diagnosis" is something that even Pen can accept, being that it's based on observation. My first thought though was"Why was she carrying taht with her?"
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Rogue has brown hair, developing the white streak only after she drained the powers from Carole Danvers.
I suspect that claire's "diagnosis" is something that even Pen can accept, being that it's based on observation. My first thought though was"Why was she carrying that with her?"
She's a dog breeder. She probably keeps that stuff in her purse in case one of her grand champions takes a flier into the nearest mud puddle.
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She is so like some dog breeders I know - I guess Jeph has met the type too.
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Black hair with a white steak
I like the typo better. A white steak through the heart should cure her... regardless of the diagnosis!
And yes, I know it's stake. Give the homey-nym a break.
And Akima, thanks for the new term... My dad used to call the little metal boxes he put over the power tool switches in his shop "lightning guards". People thought he was nuts... how's a metal box going to protect a switch from lightning?
His nickname for me as a kid was lightning. The only thing I did quickly was eat...
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She is so like some dog breeders I know - I guess Jeph has met the type too.
Well, they say you should write what you know. And he did just buy a dog...
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Man, if only Jeph had been able to wait 18 more strips to introduce a witch, I would have loved him forever.
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Man, if only Jeph had been able to wait 18 more strips to introduce a witch, I would have loved him forever.
...what's the significance of 1735?
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I don't know.
But 1734 is a somewhat obscure tradition of traditional witchcraft.
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So its about 60 years old this tradition? Wicca being about that old and all, and other concepts of "witchcraft" generally being made up (well the European stuff anyways, shamanism is a completely different animal).
Faye and Penn would make an interesting bandit duo - one could imagine them distracting the victims easily enough.
Rule 34 engaging...now.
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I quite approve of the new hair color.
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So I guess Sara is still hiding in the off-peak shifts...
Or Faye has a very low tolerance for blondes.
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And Akima, thanks for the new term...
I can't take credit for molly-guard; it's a common term in the computer industry. Crypto-flaxen conspiracy, on the other hand, positively rolls off the tongue! Even though Dora is the only crypto-blonde at CoD, so it must be a very small conspiracy.
Edit: And I wonder if Dora's considered putting on cage-fights in the basement...
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Battle maidens at 20 paces -- I like it. :-D And wow, both Hanners and Cosette are going to work at CoD. That could be a wonderment in slapstick.
I like the new haircolor on Cosette. No telling if that's closer to her original haircolor (I was gonna guess ginger), but it looks nice. Hopefully she won't go the extra step of getting her hair cut like Steve's so they can look more similar a la Dora and Marten. :wink:
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Ah, peace through violence.
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Sexy bank robbers from CoD (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1217)
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Holy shit. Steve. :-o I want your girlfriend. (The wet look (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShowerScene) in effect.)
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Faye and Penn would make an interesting bandit duo - one could imagine them distracting the victims easily enough.
Rule 34 engaging...now.
I'll be in my bunk...
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I think that Penelope has definitely settled in to the CoD way and has left her Padawan status behind :-D
I think Cosette is gonna fit right in.
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Faye and Penn would make an interesting bandit duo - one could imagine them distracting the victims easily enough.
Rule 34 engaging...now.
I'll be in my bunk...
I am fairly tired of that meme. You have no idea how many times I have had to delete it on TVTropes from entries that had nothing to do with Firefly. /end rant
Sexy bank robbers from CoD (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1217)
They could always pose for Actiongirls. Not field work, but they would get to pose with guns in little or no clothes. Or, um, so I heard.
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So, Dora goes from not hiring friends to hiring nearly everyone she knows. Interesting.
So I guess Sara is still hiding in the off-peak shifts...
Or Faye has a very low tolerance for blondes.
Whaddya mean? Penelope, Hanners, and Dora, if she'd go to her natural color—nothing but blondes, now that Raven is gone. Not that this would matter, as it's long been obvious Faye has a low tolerance for many, many things.
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Holy shit. Steve. :-o I want your girlfriend.
You want someone that is likely to drive any business she works for under?
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So, Dora goes from not hiring friends to hiring nearly everyone she knows. Interesting.
So I guess Sara is still hiding in the off-peak shifts...
Or Faye has a very low tolerance for blondes.
Whaddya mean? Penelope, Hanners, and Dora, if she'd go to her natural color—nothing but blondes, now that Raven is gone. Not that this would matter, as it's long been obvious Faye has a low tolerance for many, many things.
Penelope and Hanners. Dora is a purplette (like brunette). Which leaves Faye as a brunette. I wonder what Cosette's natural colour is.
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So, Dora goes from not hiring friends to hiring nearly everyone she knows. Interesting.
Yep. She sure has standards, all right.
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Penelope and Hanners. Dora is a purplette (like brunette). Which leaves Faye as a brunette. I wonder what Cosette's natural colour is.
Cosette is a brown, I'd think. That reddish-ness is probably from all the henna that she dumped into her hair.
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Did I miss Cosette moving in with Steve, or is he just wandering into dorm showers?
And am I the only one who thinks she looks utterly vacant here, especially in panel 3?
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Mad Cat is the President of the Crypto Flaxen Conspiracy.
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Penelope and Hanners [are blondes]*. Dora is a purplette (like brunette). Which leaves Faye as a brunette. I wonder what Cosette's natural colour is.
A blonde covered by purple is a blonde still; she's simply waiting to spring out when you least expect it.
Hell, maybe Faye has a point.
Did I miss Cosette moving in with Steve, or is he just wandering into dorm showers?
And am I the only one who thinks she looks utterly vacant here, especially in panel 3?
From what I recall of dorm, showers, male ones, mind, had I an SO with her own place, I'd use it when possible, especially if I was performing a task like dyeing my hair.
And yes, you are. What she looks is damned attractive, moreso than Jeph's ever drawn her—for a girl who's not real, of course, Harumph.
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Did I miss Cosette moving in with Steve, or is he just wandering into dorm showers?
Well that explains why she is wearing a towel in the first place. I wonder if Steve has his own key to the place or a dorm-mate let him in and told her where she was. From what I experienced, dorm keys are usually special and expensive.
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I think Raoullefere is saying that Cosette is using Steve's bathroom rather than the dorm.
As for Steve getting into a dorm, dorm security is notably lax. If you look even a little like a student (or not, I'm late 40's), someone leaving the dorm will be polite and hold the door for you so you don't have to fumble around for your key card. College students typically have no sense of danger (which explains a LOT of stupid things that happen at college).
And it's why, in her first semester at school, one of my daughters was robbed and beaten at gunpoint in her dorm room. By another student. Who was never caught.
And every time after that, when I went to get her at the dorm, some idiot would still hold the outer door open for me. No questions, no ID, nothing. I frequently read the riot act to them.
There's no such thing as foolproof security when you're trying to secure a building full of fools.
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Sorry, I thought that was obvious. Thanks, Carl. Only you understand me! :-D
God help you, you poor man.
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"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
– Douglas Adams
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I got my coat with my dorm key in it stolen. well the key doesn't have a lot of info on it they won't know which dorm it might open. And of course we have dorm security patrolling the area regularly that will complain if we left a window open at night on the first floor. But there was a laptop stolen before in our dorm. And some youngsters broken into our kitchen to smash the fire alert.
I know from a girl in my hall that she went with a small towel covering only her lower half to the shower once at her boyfriend's dorm.
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When I was in college, we didn't lock the dorms.
Wait, that was only five years ago.
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Only you understand me! :-D
I certainly hope not! Nothing personal, mind you...
God help you, you poor man.
Someone must be helping. She's alive, well, and has a good outlook on life.
Gave up on school, but you can't have everything.
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Considering that Smith College is an all-girls school, I think someone might notice it if Steve walked into the dorm.
And besides, it's summertime - which means Cosette probably moved in with Steve in the interim.
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Cosette is indeed very fetching in this comic!
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Sorry, I thought that was obvious. Thanks, Carl. Only you understand me! :-D
I certainly hope not! Nothing personal, mind you...
God help you, you poor man.
Someone must be helping. She's alive, well, and has a good outlook on life.
Gave up on school, but you can't have everything.
School-schmool, that sounds good!
And I was just kidding. Actually, nobody understands me. Except me, of course. We have some pretty interesting conversations betimes, me and me, complete with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YZTYci5yo&feature=related
">theme music[/url].
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As for Steve getting into a dorm, dorm security is notably lax. If you look even a little like a student (or not, I'm late 40's), someone leaving the dorm will be polite and hold the door for you so you don't have to fumble around for your key card. College students typically have no sense of danger (which explains a LOT of stupid things that happen at college).
College students at least have the excuse (unless they went to boarding-school) that they're probably having their first experience of communal living. In my experience the "look like you belong there and you'll get in" principle applies in most environments and across all age-groups. Tailgating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggybacking_(security)) is a big problem in just about any communal secure environment, and it is so tempting to do it, especially when carrying something in both hands.
There's no such thing as foolproof security when you're trying to secure a building full of fools.
Applies to computer-system security too. Don't get me started. But isn't it nice to know that you look so harmless? :)
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There's no such thing as foolproof security when you're trying to secure a building full of fools.
Have you tried welding the fuckers in?
Or did you need people to be able to use the building as well?
Applies to computer-system security too. Don't get me started.
Argh. I just got done trying to run a tiny network of like twenty systems. But wouldn't you know it? There's always one.
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What is wrong with Cosette?
She's cursed. - 1 (2.4%)
She's just unlucky. - 4 (9.5%)
She's a klutz. - 8 (19%)
She's going out with Steve. - 7 (16.7%)
She's a character in a webcomic. - 12 (28.6%)
She hates porridge and pancakes. - 3 (7.1%)
Asps. Very dangerous. - 7 (16.7%)
Total Voters: 42
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There was something on Cosette's Twitter feed about telling her parents she was still in classes, or something similar? Maybe she was covering up moving in with Steve.
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There was something on Cosette's Twitter feed about telling her parents she was still in classes, or something similar? Maybe she was covering up moving in with Steve.
CosetteIsClumsy so here's what I did this week: stuck around for graduation, convinced my parents it was okay if I stayed up here this summer. good job, me.
tai_fighter @cosetteisclumsy dude smif graduation was like three weeks ago
CosetteIsClumsy @tai_fighter sssh, my parents don't know that ;)
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Hanners's last line in today's strip is WIN. Even though the context isn't quite the same, I'm reminded of Homer Simpson's mantra: "Leave your ass, Homer! Leave your ass!"
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Hanners is keen ain't she - that's cute! :-D
Ummm
TMI Faye, TMI
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So.....it's a coffee shop....and the sun is apparently up......and they still don't open for two more hours? Maybe's Dora's business sense isn't as good as I thought it was....
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So.....it's a coffee shop....and the sun is apparently up......and they still don't open for two more hours? Maybe's Dora's business sense isn't as good as I thought it was....
Well there have been a couple indicators that they don't exactly open at the crack of dawn. All those late night happenings, Marten being late for work because of Dora sexing, the Great Veiling Entry, etc. I guess they're just open for lunch and afternoon traffic or something.
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Dora is a purplette (like brunette).
I'm too lazy to look it up, but Dora explicitly said she is a blonde just like her brother.
Bianci is even a name for blondes in Italy or something.
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Hanners breaks a new personal cuteness record today, especially in panel two.
It seems she got the hang of non-creepy smiling.
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So.....it's a coffee shop....and the sun is apparently up......and they still don't open for two more hours? Maybe's Dora's business sense isn't as good as I thought it was....
Who knows? We don't even know what day of the week it is in the strip. But if Faye needs two hours to *ahem* get moving in the morning, I'd suggest more fruit and vegies in her diet. Or hot prune juice.
Following up on Jeph's poop joke with a laxative joke; I am such a classy lady...
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So.....it's a coffee shop....and the sun is apparently up......and they still don't open for two more hours? Maybe's Dora's business sense isn't as good as I thought it was....
Who knows? We don't even know what day of the week it is in the strip. But if Faye needs two hours to *ahem* get moving in the morning, I'd suggest more fruit and vegies in her diet. Or hot prune juice.
Following up on Jeph's poop joke with a laxative joke; I am such a classy lady...
That was a shitty joke *dodges rotten fruit.* :-D
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That was a shitty joke *dodges rotten fruit.* :-D
Nah, it was a good joke. Totally wrecked 'em.
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This has nothing to do with bowel movements, and everything to do with avoiding a repeat of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1592), doesn't it?
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I find it amusing that while Hanners is waiting outside CoD, the blank, smiling expression on her face is the same as the cute kitty on her bag.
Also, I fail to understand Dora's logic. If neither she nor Cosette are wearing their natural hair color, why does it matter whether Cosette is dyed blond? Sure, Dora could go back to her natural hair color, but it'd take months to grow it out. She'd have to "artificially induce" her natural hair color by bleaching and re-dyeing it.
And given Dora's personality, I don't see her going back to blond anytime soon... black, white, blue, cherry red, or orange, but not regular blond. Just call it a hunch.
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So, Faye, this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4) was just an empty threat?! :-P
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I just want to say this: when I saw the first panel of today's (Thursday) comic, I suddenly had the theme from the Mary Tyler Moore show go through my head...
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Poor Faye. It's one thing to endure the Great Casualness from a SO, another to suffer it with no side benefits (or at least none you want). I'm sure Dora has no problem 'popping in' for a moment, then deciding it's conversation time.
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Tailgating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggybacking_(security)) is a big problem in just about any communal secure environment, and it is so tempting to do it, especially when carrying something in both hands.
Until I looked at the ref, I was really confused. Although people have been known to mooch from a tailgate* at college, I didn't see how it related to Carl's point, since it's done out in the open.
*A picnic served from the back of a truck or car, once a simple affair, now, as in most such things (http://images.usatoday.com/travel/_photos/2008/09/25/osford2x-large.jpg), completely out of control (http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2007/0927/pregame5.jpg).
And, hoo-boy, you should've seen it when the school still allowed actual cars in the Grove.
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Dora is a purplette (like brunette).
I'm too lazy to look it up, but Dora explicitly said she is a blonde just like her brother.
Bianchi is even a name for blondes in Italy or something.
She turns blonde when she lets her hair grow out. Like, say, back when she first met Cosette (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323) (and her name was "Beauvais").
This has nothing to do with bowel movements, and everything to do with avoiding a repeat of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1592), doesn't it?
I'm thinking you're right. Faye's probably still not comfortable with morning snuggles from either gender.
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237 and 239 are the earliest references to Dora being blonde.
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This has nothing to do with bowel movements, and everything to do with avoiding a repeat of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1592), doesn't it?
Maybe. But, depending on he strength of the fan in the restroom, she may just be needing that amount of time for the evidence to dissipate.
So, it's early. Sun's up in summer around 5 AM, CoD opens at what, 7? 8? Still plenty of time for the morning trade. And why should Faye wait for her morning... ablutions?
Raoullefere, tailgating is just following too closely, so closely that the door doesn't have a chance to shut between the person in front of you and yourself. It's a great way to get in places you don't belong, so long as you don't look too out of place.
Don't you just love multiple usage words?
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This has nothing to do with bowel movements, and everything to do with avoiding a repeat of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1592), doesn't it?
I think it was more learning from Tai's experience (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1694).
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I was thinking the 1st panel of todays might make a nice screen wallpaper.
Just sayin'
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Nah, it was a good joke. Totally wrecked 'em.
Wrecked 'em?! Damn near killed 'em!!
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Panel One would indeed make a nice wallpaper.
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When did Hanners become a gnome? I swear she has the same nose as the Keebler elves.
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There's…something about Hanners' lipless smile that grows more disquieting each time i see it. A bit like Jessica hearing Piter De Vries' voice for the first time in Dune. Perhaps Faye should leap to defend herself from this…Hannelore.
Raoullefere, tailgating is just following too closely, so closely that the door doesn't have a chance to shut between the person in front of you and yourself. It's a great way to get in places you don't belong, so long as you don't look too out of place.
Don't you just love multiple usage words?
I know the other use; in fact, I never knew the one I posted until I was exposed to it in college. And now, thanks to years of brainwashing indoctrination, it's the first meaning that comes to mind.
And tailgating isn't a patch on, say, just for multiple uses. I advise people to run from it, too.
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So, if everyone in the strip is working at C. o' D., then who do they serve coffee to in the strips?
Maybe the need for more staff helps the believability of the strip in one sense - small shops still need more than 3 people on staff. Maybe it's an opportunity for Jeph to bring in a larger cast of characters that can be involved for shorter periods of time? Maybe some old friends will return for cameos? Maybe the whole thing really does end in a caffeine-induced orgy.
Thoughts?
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So, if everyone in the strip is working at C. o' D., then who do they serve coffee to in the strips?
To the male characters.
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I was thinking the 1st panel of todays might make a nice screen wallpaper.
Just sayin'
Seconded. I'd hit that.
...The wallpaper. Not Hanners. Hannelore is too lovable to hit on. Not to mention two-dimensional, literally.
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I know from a girl in my hall that she went with a small towel covering only her lower half to the shower once at her boyfriend's dorm.
There's an old joke/urban legend about a college girl who, for whatever reason, was caught having to make it from the shower to her room with only a small hand towel to cover herself, and who realized that there were witnesses about.
So she used the towel to cover her face, on the theory that the most embarrassing thing she could reveal in that situation was her identity.
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Panel 1 might make a great wallpaper, but I really like Hanners' earnest/intense expression in panel 4 versus Faye's embarrassed one. As to Dora being the type to pop in while Faye's on the throne, she does seem likely to ignore such personal space/privacy issues, but I have a feeling that if Dora timed that wrong, she'd be running back out of there tout suite considering previous poop-humor related to Faye. And no, I don't have any links to those, but I do have a link to this:
http://hijinksensue.com/2010/07/28/san-diego-comic-con-fancy-picto-comic-pt-2/ (http://hijinksensue.com/2010/07/28/san-diego-comic-con-fancy-picto-comic-pt-2/)
You may perhaps recognize a certain webcomic artist in panels 1 and 3. ^_^ (I knowit's sorta unrelated to the thread, but I didn't see this posted anywhere else, so, well, yeah.)
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Hey, panels 4 through 6, with the red spikes, it's R. K. Milholland (of Something*Positive)!
Also, my attempts at some wallpapers; They're pretty crude, just some enlarging, softening and sharpening...
800x600 (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/4841619233_f235109b02_b.jpg)
960x600 (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4841627785_cc28fef93e_b.jpg)
1024x768 (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/4842259100_a6a33e445c_b.jpg)
Unfortunately, flikr won't let me do wider than 1024...
Please, someone do bigger and better!
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I, uh, guess none of you noticed Jeph post it in his Twitter feed.
http://questionablecontent.net/random/1719p1.jpg
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Until I looked at the ref, I was really confused.
Of course I'd never consider including a link to clarify ambiguous terms... :-D Especially when writing for readers accustomed to a dialect foreign to me.
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Panel One would indeed make a nice wallpaper.
800x600:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img832/9397/hannerscod800.th.jpg) (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/hannerscod800.jpg/)
1024x768:
(http://a.imageshack.us/img832/9305/hannerscod1024.th.jpg) (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/hannerscod1024.jpg/)
These are self-made, of course, but still...
EDIT: I love the large version Jeph posted, but it's a bit TOO big for my (ancient) 1024x768 screen. Doesn't mean I didn't download it, though.
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Me neither, Thanks, Jeph!
Until I looked at the ref, I was really confused.
Of course I'd never consider including a link to clarify ambiguous terms... :-D Especially when writing for readers accustomed to a dialect foreign to me.
I'll swoney, y'all got no eye-deah, chile. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdi-8V5-pkk
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Maybe someone who still has hair can answer this: the old witch said that a dye job had "fried" the girl's hair. She advised her to only wash it every other day, with dog shampoo. Instead, she dyes it again. What happens to fried hair when someone does that? Would it get brittle and break off? Instead of too many blondes, Coffee of Doom could have some blondes and a girl with a buzz cut.
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Can anyone read the invisible punchline? I'm guessing it is supposed to say "tight ass"
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The only thing I know is that when people try to dye hair a lighter color, it usually involves bleaching in some way or form, and bleaching is usually what does the damage. I don't know if hair coloring itself does any damage.
Edit: Today's comic: Something tells me Jeph's seen those looks in panel 4, before. When disciplining Shelby, probably.
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I am Dora, hear me roar :-D
Faye has a point though.
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I can understand Cosette being scared of Dora, given that her first encounter with her involved pinpoint eyes, a psychotic grin, and a sword. Also she hasn't, despite Dora saying "We're friends," really spent that much time socializing with her yet. But Hanners, even considering her OCD-related timidity, has seen enough sides of Dora for such a long time that she should know better by now. That said, her scared-face in the second-last panel is adorable.
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I'm still a bit sad we didnt got a new character from this, but otherwise its fun. :-)
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EDIT: I love the large version Jeph posted, but it's a bit TOO big for my (ancient) 1024x768 screen. Doesn't mean I didn't download it, though.
Forgive me for being (potentially) obtuse, but where did Jeph post that? I wouldn't ask if I hadn't already spent a good deal of time trying to figure it out myself.
Your edits are perfectly good, but I have a larger screen resolution so I'd like the highest-res image I can find. I can easily resize it to suit if need be.
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I can understand Cosette being scared of Dora, given that her first encounter with her involved pinpoint eyes, a psychotic grin, and a sword. Also she hasn't, despite Dora saying "We're friends," really spent that much time socializing with her yet. But Hanners, even considering her OCD-related timidity, has seen enough sides of Dora for such a long time that she should know better by now. That said, her scared-face in the second-last panel is adorable.
Then again, Cosette might be worried because her first impression of Dora was psychotic, while Hanners might be worried just because this is her real first work experience and she doesn't have other bosses to compare to.
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Except her mum - and she wouldn't want Dora to be that scary!
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Dora hired Hanners AND Cosette??? God help her-and the other employees. Between Cosette's clumsiness and Hanner's OCD induced hijinks, well...it'll be entertaining for us to watch anyway. Which is the point.
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I'm guessing everyone reading this was thinking what Faye said in the last panel before she said it. And Hanners' main experience with bosses is her mother, so that look may be, "OMG, working for Dora's going to be just like working for Mom." That'd scare me, anyway.
I give Hanners a month, max, QC time. Which may be two years to you and me.
I can't decide if I like Cosette's new color or not. But I do wonder if the real reason it had to be changed was Jeph got tired of the shading he was likely having to do with the red.
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Forgive me for being (potentially) obtuse, but where did Jeph post that? I wouldn't ask if I hadn't already spent a good deal of time trying to figure it out myself.
Look back in this thread! Specifically:
I, uh, guess none of you noticed Jeph post it in his Twitter feed. http://questionablecontent.net/random/1719p1.jpg
I think Dora should make her staff salute! (http://www.funnycoolstuff.com/images/female-soldiers.jpg)
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So, when do they get the aprons?
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EDIT: I love the large version Jeph posted, but it's a bit TOO big for my (ancient) 1024x768 screen. Doesn't mean I didn't download it, though.
Forgive me for being (potentially) obtuse, but where did Jeph post that? I wouldn't ask if I hadn't already spent a good deal of time trying to figure it out myself.
<snip>
I, uh, guess none of you noticed Jeph post it in his Twitter feed.
http://questionablecontent.net/random/1719p1.jpg
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What will happen the first time Hanners and Cosette work together?
Whatever it is, it will not end well. - 3 (8.6%)
Someone will end up on fire. - 11 (31.4%)
The end of CoD as a viable business venture. - 3 (8.6%)
Agent Turing will show up again - 6 (17.1%)
One word: Allosaurs. - 5 (14.3%)
Thelma and Louise. - 3 (8.6%)
Laverne and Shirley. - 3 (8.6%)
Asps, Porridge and Pancakes: Oh my! - 1 (2.9%)
Total Voters: 35
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Dora's fourth panel response is pretty much dead on, even in some chain/franchise places.
I'd add, from harsh experience the last few months:
Do not cause me to have to call poison control. (safety violations)
Do not cause me to have to fill out an accident report. (Yes, the blade is _very_ sharp)
Do not over-caffeinate yourself. I will find you an unpleasant task to work off all that energy with. (Mass Starbucks orders are bad. As in, running around the room playing tag while customers watch bad)
Then again, those could fall under ISO Standard Fuck-Up
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So, when do they get the aprons?
I think the aprons are a backup threat, but can't find the link
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837.
Oh, @#%!, Cosette in the same room as the Malaysian Battle Spatula.
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837.
Oh, @#%!, Cosette in the same room as the Malaysian Battle Spatula.
I think the broadsword is slightly more worrisome.
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837.
Oh, @#%!, Cosette in the same room as the Malaysian Battle Spatula.
I think the broadsword is slightly more worrisome.
You're kidding right?
At least the broadsword only has two sharp edges.
Now that I think of it, where did Dora get one of those anyway; they're kinda illegal to make or sell in Malaysia and you won't get one through customs in most western nations...
I mean, my fighting spoon and arming fork were heirlooms so I guess Dora got her spatula that way but still.
It's a pity I might never be able to complete my combat cutlery place setting.
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837.
Thank you for finding the comic about aprons! :-)
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I give Hanners a month, max, QC time. Which may be two years to you and me.
Wow, it's just like Inception!
"Non... Je ne regrette rien..."
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837.
Thank you for finding the comic about aprons! :-)
In the comments below 837, Jeph himself refers back to 10 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=10) in reference to the aprons. But I'm pretty sure that 30 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=30) is the last time we see them, or Sarah.
Maybe they attracted too many allosaurs?
Edit: Aprons last seen in 65 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=65), Sara in 66 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=66), no h.
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I bow to your mastery of the archives.
Should the title of the strip about Cosette's curse have been "The Claire Witch Project"?
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Should the title of the strip about Cosette's curse have been "The Claire Witch Project"?
Ba-doom tish! (http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true)
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I am somewhat surprised that the "tomahawks and judo holds" moment is winning hands down... am I missing something?
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I suppose both of us are. I voted for Faye actually admitting a hard-ass boss would've fired her.
I give Hanners a month, max, QC time. Which may be two years to you and me.
Wow, it's just like Inception!
"Non... Je ne regrette rien..."
Actually, it was meant to be just like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43Lnqs-eUg
">Lorne Greene[/url]. But I decided there was a fair chance only Carl-E, Border Reiver, and possibly some assorted Canadians would know who he was (no, not the 'Host' from Angel, although there is a connection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Greene#Tributes), probably because Joss is a fairly weird guy).
Should the title of the strip about Cosette's curse have been "The Claire Witch Project"?
You're obviously counting on us not working out how to throw rotten tomatoes through the intertubes.
*Squish*
And, so far, you've been right.
So far.
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I am somewhat surprised that the "tomahawks and judo holds" moment is winning hands down... am I missing something?
It's classic CoD.
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I suppose both of us are. I voted for Faye actually admitting a hard-ass boss would've fired her.
I give Hanners a month, max, QC time. Which may be two years to you and me.
Wow, it's just like Inception!
"Non... Je ne regrette rien..."
Actually, it was meant to be just like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43Lnqs-eUg
">Lorne Greene[/url]. But I decided there was a fair chance only Carl-E, Border Reiver, and possibly some assorted Canadians would know who he was (no, not the 'Host' from Angel, although there is a connection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Greene#Tributes), probably because Joss is a fairly weird guy).
Ah, the Voice of Doom - I miss you Cdr Adama
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He will always be "Pa" Cartwright to me.
I identified more with Hoss than either Adam or Li'l Joe.
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He will always be "Pa" Cartwright to me.
I identified more with Hoss than either Adam or Li'l Joe.
Oddly, the older I get, the more I identify with Adam (not to mention Pernell Roberts' reasons for leaving the show). But never Lil' Joe. Nor Charles Ingalls, nor Whosman Smith.
Ah, the Voice of Doom - I miss you Cdr Adama
Yes, I always laugh when I read that sobriquet.
And I see I was correct. Am I the only one of us three whom it bugs a bit that all of the 'Cartwrights' are dead now?
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Time marches on. What bugs me more is the people I've worked or played with, roughly my age, who have passed away.
One of my colleagues, 6 years my junior, suffered massive internal organ failure. One day he was complaining about how tight his pants had gotten and that his feet were swollen, the next day the ambulence he called was too late. The autopsy was inconclusive. All they could tell was that the swelling was from the kidneys failing before the liver and pancreas went. He basically drowned.
The next year one of my poker buddies, 4 years older than I, also complained about his pants getting tight, even though he was losing weight. He had a case of shingles, too, which the doctor chalked up to stress. By the time they found the lymphoma, he only had 3 days left.
So I've been working real hard on keeping my pants fitting loosely... if they suddenly get tight, and it isn't pizza night, call somebody!
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The Moment of the Week:
Claire the Witch - 2 (5.7%)
Penelope gets intimidated - 0 (0%)
Cosette gets the once-over - 0 (0%)
Doggy Shampoo and Doggy Butt Cream! - 5 (14.3%)
Cosette re-dyes her hair! - 2 (5.7%)
"Crypto-flaxen conspiracy" - 4 (11.4%)
Tomahawks and Judo holds - 10 (28.6%)
Adorable Hannelore! - 7 (20%)
Morning bowel movements - 1 (2.9%)
Dora's speech - 1 (2.9%)
"How would I still be employed if she was that much of a hardass?" - 3 (8.6%)
Total Voters: 35