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Title: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 11 Mar 2012, 05:22
And yet ANOTHER week aboard the Good Ship E-CT.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Border Reiver on 11 Mar 2012, 07:21
This is the week - the week where we find out the secret origin of Yelling Bird..
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 11 Mar 2012, 07:57
Or perhaps we found out how Randy became ETERNAL?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: specter177 on 11 Mar 2012, 11:34
Randy never became eternal, he just was.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: idontunderstand on 11 Mar 2012, 11:37
otherwise he wouldn't have been eternal.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 11 Mar 2012, 12:03
Does eternal have to go in both directions?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Sidhekin on 11 Mar 2012, 12:41
In all directions.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: specter177 on 11 Mar 2012, 12:44
Does eternal have to go in both directions?

You're thinking of immortal.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 11 Mar 2012, 13:23
Depending on the definitions, immortals can sometimes be killed.  But good point.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Akima on 11 Mar 2012, 16:05
"Embrace Eternity!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: RyanW1019 on 11 Mar 2012, 21:55
The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks made a great distinction between immortal and invincible.

(click to show/hide)

PLEASE tell me one of you has read it, I loved it but haven't found a single other person who's read it yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Ethereal on 12 Mar 2012, 02:54
Well, they made eye contact!  Now Marigold just needs to partake of booze or the equivalent to help her get through this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 12 Mar 2012, 02:54
So - will this be Twue Wuv?  Nah, that's much too simple!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Lubricus on 12 Mar 2012, 02:57
I wonder how the work rota is on the space station - if the scientist ends up in a relationship with Marigold, will they actually manage to get any time together?  :?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Merrick on 12 Mar 2012, 02:58
Has it not occured to this guy that not only is it difficult to buy Pokemon games in space, it is also difficult to HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE ON EARTH?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Skewbrow on 12 Mar 2012, 03:06
I wonder how the work rota is on the space station - if the scientist ends up in a relationship with Marigold, will they actually manage to get any time together?  :?

Hmm. I am getting a vibe that Mr York is a graduate student. I may be wrong, but to me stress-energy tensors sounds more like a study group/seminar/thesis topic rather than a topic for a serious research project. Grad students are supposed to work 24/7, so your concern is valid. But they have also been known to take breaks every now and then - particularly when not under the pressure of an imminent deadline.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Lubricus on 12 Mar 2012, 03:28
I wonder how the work rota is on the space station - if the scientist ends up in a relationship with Marigold, will they actually manage to get any time together?  :?

Hmm. I am getting a vibe that Mr York is a graduate student. I may be wrong, but to me stress-energy tensors sounds more like a study group/seminar/thesis topic rather than a topic for a serious research project. Grad students are supposed to work 24/7, so your concern is valid. But they have also been known to take breaks every now and then - particularly when not under the pressure of an imminent deadline.

Well, certainly! I spent a lot less time studying than I did other stuff myself, as a student. But still, taking breaks might not be easy when living on a space station - I would guess that you need a pretty serious reason for going back to Earth with any kind of regularity. Well, it probably doesn't go that far anyway. We'll see.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Border Reiver on 12 Mar 2012, 04:20
That went better than expected.

Hopefully, Marten remembers that Hanners isn't a beer person.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Delator on 12 Mar 2012, 04:32
Really Francis?  :psyduck:

Marigold, I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but...you can do better.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: DSL on 12 Mar 2012, 05:07
Get going on that drink, Marten. Hanners will really need it when she gets back from washing her hands. Have one ready for Marigold, too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: RyanW1019 on 12 Mar 2012, 05:58
Looking ahead a few strips, it seems inevitable that Marigold will meet Hanners in the bathroom. I wonder whether she'll try to give her a pep talk or just push her back out again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Gholateg on 12 Mar 2012, 06:28
Oh no good can come from this... No good can come from giving your pokemon game to someone who doesn't know about it...

Save loss and space madness in Five...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Black Sword on 12 Mar 2012, 06:45
Gholateg, you are absolutely right. I predict KO'd mons and half of money lost. Also, you're a Dune fan, aren't you?

I wonder what Hanners is going to say? We know they're going to meet in the bathroom, so it's inevitable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Mar 2012, 06:52
You guys are assuming a couple things...

A)  There's probably more than one bathroom, and Marigold will seek a less convenient one;

II)  Marigolds telling the truth in the first place and not looking for a place to hide.  A dark place. 


With lasers. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Welu on 12 Mar 2012, 06:57
I really like the cast Twitter. Adds another level of funny.

Quote from: @marigoldfarmer
@hanneloreEC D: O: D:< O: D:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 12 Mar 2012, 06:58
This being Marigold a long distance cyber relationship might be just her thing.  Like Hannelore, but for different reasons, I doubt Marigold has had much experience with having a physical relationship with anyone, even something as limited as making out.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: themacnut on 12 Mar 2012, 07:10
Really Francis?  :psyduck:

Marigold, I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but...you can do better.

I'm thinking that maybe Francis can do better. Not trying to hate on Marigold, but he can at least try talking to a girl who won't run away when he tries talking to her.

Unless that's most girls' reaction to Francis' approach...

Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Mar 2012, 07:33
Just the ones he's attracted to. 


Life can be perverse like that. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: themacnut on 12 Mar 2012, 07:35
True, all too true.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: alienatedduck on 12 Mar 2012, 07:47
Oh no good can come from this... No good can come from giving your pokemon game to someone who doesn't know about it...

Save loss and space madness in Five...

Yeah, Marigold, convinced by Hanners, will come back and find out he's the first person ever to MURDER a Pokémon.

Or he'll have caught a shiny Pokémon, Marigold will love him forever and have more babies than her lady parts can handle.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 12 Mar 2012, 09:13
This being Marigold a long distance cyber relationship might be just her thing.  Like Hannelore, but for different reasons, I doubt Marigold has had much experience with having a physical relationship with anyone, even something as limited as making out.

I believe her first kiss, which she initiated, was with Angus - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1692
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Mar 2012, 09:24
Aaah yes, drunken first kisses. 


Why do I hear "Memories" softly playing in the backgroiund? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: StevenC on 12 Mar 2012, 09:26
Uhhhhhhh, I think Jeph might have snapped.
http://jephjacques.com/post/19182723406/see (http://jephjacques.com/post/19182723406/see)
There's MariXHanners I think.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Welu on 12 Mar 2012, 11:02
That's fanart though. He's mocked the Rule34'rs many a time.  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: iduguphergrave on 12 Mar 2012, 11:24
I'm thinking that maybe Francis can do better. Not trying to hate on Marigold, but he can at least try talking to a girl who won't run away when he tries talking to her.

Unless that's most girls' reaction to Francis' approach...

Yeah but she left her DS with him so he knows she'll be back (she probably did it unintentionally but the effect is the same).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Throg on 12 Mar 2012, 11:42
Yeah, I dunno ... one could argue Marigold was more comfortable and a better match with Major Otaku. At least she sat in the same room with the guy for six hours, and they have common ground to talk about something. Francis seems to be all like "hrr drr locked in the lab for fourteen months, hrr drr zomg bewbs i'm in luuuuuuuuuv"





Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Magdalena on 12 Mar 2012, 11:52
Yeah, I dunno ... one could argue Marigold was more comfortable and a better match with Major Otaku. At least she sat in the same room with the guy for six hours, and they have common ground to talk about something. Francis seems to be all like "hrr drr locked in the lab for fourteen months, hrr drr zomg bewbs i'm in luuuuuuuuuv"

I don't doubt that there's some pent up sexual frustration on Francis part, but you can't speculate that he truly is only after some booty. I like to think that there are guys out there who truly do like girls like Marigold: Chubby, nerdy, and quiet/shy. (My husband is proof there is.) Anyway, I have a feeling that Hanners (even though she's been on Earth for years now) would be a bit more protective if she thought the situation were anything akin to "just a booty call." Hanners has a distinct way of knowing things like Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter.

Also, the Major pulled out not only the Girl Scout Cookies but the Magical Love Gentleman manga as well, which has been well established as a Yaoi manga. I won't point fingers or anything but even my husband who LOVES manga/anime of all sorts admitted it would be hard for him to enjoy an entire manga based purely on Yaoi-ness. It's possible the Major is not really interested in Marigold or females in general.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 12 Mar 2012, 12:05
I personally think the interaction between Francis and Marigold was freakin' adorable. Couldn't have been better, imo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Throg on 12 Mar 2012, 12:20
Also, the Major pulled out not only the Girl Scout Cookies but the Magical Love Gentleman manga as well, which has been well established as a Yaoi manga. I won't point fingers or anything but even my husband who LOVES manga/anime of all sorts admitted it would be hard for him to enjoy an entire manga based purely on Yaoi-ness. It's possible the Major is not really interested in Marigold or females in general.

Good point: I forgot the manga is yaoi.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 12 Mar 2012, 13:14
Uhhhhhhh, I think Jeph might have snapped.
http://jephjacques.com/post/19182723406/see (http://jephjacques.com/post/19182723406/see)
There's MariXHanners I think.

That's just so wrong    Hanners belongs to Tai anyway


Hmmmmmmm

Hanners will probably find Marigold hiding aboard Spaceship, curled into a ball and trying to convince Spaceship to take her home.

Then again ............
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 12 Mar 2012, 13:15
Considering how Angus reacted to it, though, it's also probably pretty damn good.  Good enough to enjoy on its story merits alone, even.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kamendae on 12 Mar 2012, 14:07
All I have to say is...

LET ME SHOW YOU THEM.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 12 Mar 2012, 15:57
Yeah, but that's not fair on your part. ;)

By the way - Jeph's latest tumblr dump suggests we've got a few more weeks of this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: crazy20164 on 12 Mar 2012, 20:04
oh man does EV training suck, betcha francis does something to mess it up. what stat you think marigold is training?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: akronnick on 12 Mar 2012, 20:33
TO WINDOOOOOOWS!!!!!! TO THE WALLS!

Yeah, I'm not sure L'il John and the Eastside Boys is the right choice in this situation.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 12 Mar 2012, 20:38
It's a good thing Hanners doesn't know the rest of the song.  It's quite...unsanitary.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Sorflakne on 12 Mar 2012, 20:42
"Flirt back."
"How??!"
"I-I don't know, I've never flirted with anyone before."

XD



I'm really, really tempted to buy one of those DnD game prints.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: RyanW1019 on 12 Mar 2012, 20:46
No.

NononononononoNO.


no
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: iduguphergrave on 12 Mar 2012, 21:01
Again?! Ouch.  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: FunkyTuba on 12 Mar 2012, 21:24
I love qc in space. That's it
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: squab on 12 Mar 2012, 21:43
Since no one has asked....

How do you think she broke her tailbone in the FIRST place?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 12 Mar 2012, 21:44
Hannelore isn't entirely correct.  She did sort of flirt with that poor guy she gave the Smile of Doom to. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1399
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Delator on 12 Mar 2012, 22:40
Marigold's look of resignation in the last panel is absolutely priceless.

EDIT: Also, not entirely sure Station is sober yet.  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: iduguphergrave on 12 Mar 2012, 22:48
Hannelore isn't entirely correct.  She did sort of flirt with that poor guy she gave the Smile of Doom to. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1399

And remember when she accidentally got flirty with Marten (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1659) that one time. Funny that she did a better job of it when she wasn't trying. :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: cesariojpn on 12 Mar 2012, 23:52
Station needs a defrag. I think the autobots Skids and Mudflap from that god awful Transformers movie infected the system.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 13 Mar 2012, 00:02
Funny, I always took Marigold for a Linkin' Park girl myself



I don't suppose suggesting MariBear be herself would help at this stage.  She really should have brought Momo with her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: sluthy on 13 Mar 2012, 01:25
She really should have brought Momo with her.

You know, until you just said that, I didn't even notice she wasn't there. Wow.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: cesariojpn on 13 Mar 2012, 01:31
She really should have brought Momo with her.

You know, until you just said that, I didn't even notice she wasn't there. Wow.

Momo is in the bigger model, but I think her older body still exists somewhere (unless it's been traded in already).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Lubricus on 13 Mar 2012, 01:50
Hannelore isn't entirely correct.  She did sort of flirt with that poor guy she gave the Smile of Doom to. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1399

And remember when she accidentally got flirty with Marten (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1659) that one time. Funny that she did a better job of it when she wasn't trying. :-P

That's probably more common than you think...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Lubricus on 13 Mar 2012, 01:54
oh man does EV training suck, betcha francis does something to mess it up. what stat you think marigold is training?

Knowing Marigold, probably something aggressive. So, Attack or Special Attack. Dragonite has a high Attack base, so that should fit, and its Special Attack is quite decent, too. She could be going for a Hurricane or Hyper Beam Dragonite, perhaps, and then SA is important.

*Taking off Pokemon Nerd Hat*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 13 Mar 2012, 04:09
Marbear, the poet's wisdom is peerless, and you would do well to keep further verses from this sonnet in mind when considering your suitor's state of mind. Observe:

Quote from: The noted poet whom Station references in today's comic

Shorty crunk, so fresh, so clean.
Can she pump? That question been harassing me, in the mind
This bitch is fine
I done came to the club about 50-11 times
Now can I play with your panty line?


Further stanzas might advise you on how to exploit this to your advantage, Marigold dear. It all depends on whether you can, in fact, twerk it. Can you twerk it, Marigold? Do you dare to attempt such?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Border Reiver on 13 Mar 2012, 04:34
Not to denigrate the poet here, but I think Station is in this for the lulz.

I'll get the popcorn for the rest of this ride.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Mar 2012, 05:30
Momo not being there probably has a simple explanation. She couldn't get time off work, or at the very least didn't feel comfortable asking for time off so soon after starting her first job.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Mad Cat on 13 Mar 2012, 06:02
I can't be the only one here with no idea who this "poet" is, or the name of this "work".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: sleypy on 13 Mar 2012, 06:09
I can't be the only one here with no idea who this "poet" is, or the name of this "work".

Lil' Jon Get Low
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: sleypy on 13 Mar 2012, 06:13
Being that Space Station is both the windows and the walls it concerns me he would choose this poets particular song...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Throg on 13 Mar 2012, 06:53
Tiny nitpick: was Hannelore always taller than Mari? 

Also, there was a comic where a CoD customer attempted to flirt with Hannelore, and she fulfilled the mean barista requirement without even trying...no idea how to go through the archive.

Has Jeph ever considered // has anyone ever volunteered to meta-tag the archive?

 



Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Mar 2012, 06:54
So, how much longer can this go on?

FOREVER! They'll all move up to the space station and live HAPPILY EVER AFTER.     10 (15.4%)
We wouldn't have any more AnthroPC hijinks, though.     2 (3.1%)
One of the group will stay up at the station and have "a reasonable number of babies".     15 (23.1%)
This is the last week, guys. Really.     1 (1.5%)
Hannerdad will make the BIG REVEAL on Friday - "You were cloned, Hanners."     6 (9.2%)
...or something like that.     15 (23.1%)
This week will be "Meanwhile, back planetside..."     2 (3.1%)
MOAR SPATHE HAMMM!!!!     2 (3.1%)
Just here for the Party (and the Space Waffles!)     12 (18.5%)

Total Members Voted: 65

-----

Yes, WAYF, the second choice in the new poll is all yours.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: DSL on 13 Mar 2012, 09:14
Tiny nitpick: was Hannelore always taller than Mari? 

Also, there was a comic where a CoD customer attempted to flirt with Hannelore, and she fulfilled the mean barista requirement without even trying...no idea how to go through the archive.

Has Jeph ever considered // has anyone ever volunteered to meta-tag the archive?

Here ya go. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1856) And thanks for reminding me of one of my all-time favorite Hanners moments. I would have loved to plant a bug in her ear about the subjective nature of enjoyment, and how the senses play off one another. (And now I'm imaging how she would react to the phrase "bug in her ear.")
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Mar 2012, 09:16
The one downside to Tapatalk is missing out on the polls.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 13 Mar 2012, 09:30
Tiny nitpick: was Hannelore always taller than Mari? 

Also, there was a comic where a CoD customer attempted to flirt with Hannelore, and she fulfilled the mean barista requirement without even trying...no idea how to go through the archive.

Has Jeph ever considered // has anyone ever volunteered to meta-tag the archive?

Here ya go. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1856) And thanks for reminding me of one of my all-time favorite Hanners moments. I would have loved to plant a bug in her ear about the subjective nature of enjoyment, and how the senses play off one another. (And now I'm imaging how she would react to the phrase "bug in her ear.")

At first I thought it was during the practice run with Sven:

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753

Still unintentional  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 13 Mar 2012, 09:35
The one downside to Tapatalk is missing out on the polls.

Last January, the developer of Tapatalk said in their forums (http://tapatalk.com/forum/threads/what-about-polls.9010/) that poll support is planned, but he can't yet put a date on it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jmucchiello on 13 Mar 2012, 11:48
I can't be the only one here with no idea who this "poet" is, or the name of this "work".
Goooooogle it. I did.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: DSL on 13 Mar 2012, 12:34
Panel 2: Hanners is holding her hands up the way a surgeon would after scrubbing up. Nice touch, that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: LTK on 13 Mar 2012, 12:39
I hold my hands up like that when they're wet and I need something to dry them with. Don't have to be a surgeon for that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Asterus on 13 Mar 2012, 12:51
I hold my hands up like that when they're wet and I need something to dry them with. Don't have to be a surgeon for that.
I saw the poll, then I saw the first 5 words of your post, and I immediately though "Dynamite"
Back on topic: I can't imagine holding my hands like that after washing. If my hands are still wet, the water runs down my sweatshirt sleeves, and it they're dry, I would be using them for something already.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: LTK on 13 Mar 2012, 13:39
So you don't roll up your sleeves when you wash your hands?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Throg on 13 Mar 2012, 13:47
Tiny nitpick: was Hannelore always taller than Mari? 

Also, there was a comic where a CoD customer attempted to flirt with Hannelore, and she fulfilled the mean barista requirement without even trying...no idea how to go through the archive.

Here ya go. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1856) And thanks for reminding me of one of my all-time favorite Hanners moments. I would have loved to plant a bug in her ear about the subjective nature of enjoyment, and how the senses play off one another. (And now I'm imaging how she would react to the phrase "bug in her ear.")

Thanks DSL.

Also Border Reiver is right: Station has definitely gone the 4chan 'lulz' route.
Sheesh. Imagine an AI that learned socialization from /b/. The horror, the horror.


Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: FunkyTuba on 13 Mar 2012, 15:52
Wayf! You forgot a "poet"!

"Life can be a challenge/Life can seem impossible/It's never easy/When so much/Is on the line."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Asterus on 13 Mar 2012, 16:39
So you don't roll up your sleeves when you wash your hands?
I do, but only up to about my elbows. Holding my hands vertically makes the elbow the lowest point water would go, so that's where it ends up. Of course, I really could solve the entire issue by not wearing a sweatshirt every day, but that's too much work.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Mar 2012, 18:50
Challenge for the day: Someone wanna try guessing all of the songs listed in the poll?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: akronnick on 13 Mar 2012, 19:38
Not much of a challenge when Google exists.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Mar 2012, 21:24
I didn't bother googling the ones I didn't know, but I did know the first 5.

(I'm nerdy in the extreme, whiter than sour cream)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 13 Mar 2012, 21:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmtn-BMB6o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: ChaosWolf on 13 Mar 2012, 23:14
A disturbing observation courtesy of the /co/mrades at 4chan:

Quote
They are in a women's restroom.

Station is able to communicate with them, suggesting he has some means of observational sensors in place to detect their location and respond.

In the bathroom.

Station is watching you pee.

Then again, he did ask Hanners once if she was decent and if he could appear in her room, so maybe the visual perception in "privacy" zones like bathrooms and bedrooms is linked to the hologram, and audio stays active for monitoring purposes in case he's called-upon...

So... he's just listening to you pee?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 13 Mar 2012, 23:20
Unless it's a system that functions on voice-recognition - i.e., it really actively starts listening once it's spoken to. Hanners does, after all, say "Station!" before it responds to her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 14 Mar 2012, 00:05
Now come on, say it with me now.

D'awwww!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: akronnick on 14 Mar 2012, 00:09
A disturbing observation courtesy of the /co/mrades at 4chan:

Quote
They are in a women's restroom.

Station is able to communicate with them, suggesting he has some means of observational sensors in place to detect their location and respond.

In the bathroom.

Station is watching you pee.

Then again, he did ask Hanners once if she was decent and if he could appear in her room, so maybe the visual perception in "privacy" zones like bathrooms and bedrooms is linked to the hologram, and audio stays active for monitoring purposes in case he's called-upon...

So... he's just listening to you pee?

For the continued safety of station occupants and the efficient operation of the station, Station monitors all aspects of station function and operations at all times.

To allow the human occupants of the station to go about their business without freaking out, Station maintains strict privacy protocols, i. e. he doesn't pop in on you while you're peeing or when you are alone in your quarters unless you request his assistance, there is an emergency, or he just really, really feels like it.

It's a polite fiction, but after a few days you don't even notice the constant presence of the all controlling Artificial Intelligence.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: nonethousand on 14 Mar 2012, 00:44
maaan... Jeph is really going to have this Hakase person becoming a regular (while still mute) presence in this story-arc? :-D

bwt: hi folks! it's been a while since my last post in here! :-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: J on 14 Mar 2012, 00:54
physics dude is smooth
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: WAYF on 14 Mar 2012, 00:57
Yes, WAYF, the second choice in the new poll is all yours.

You're too kind. ;D
It also works well because, let's face it, Marigold is very white and nerdy :P

Interestingly enough, Marigold seems to self-loathe for being antisocial and incapable of getting a boyfriend, yet paradoxically refuses to believe that anyone could see her as attractive. I think that our science man accidentally made exactly the right approach there, since outright asking her would probably have caused her to freak out again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 14 Mar 2012, 01:01
I think if the rest of QC was just these two flirting awkwardly forever in space I could be okay with that
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 14 Mar 2012, 01:17
Dawwwwwwww

Marigold, like Hanners, still has some issues - mostly dealing with self-confidence and self-image, but she is a lot better than the shut-in she was when we first met her.  She still lacks confidence and is still a little socially awkward, but she's definitely improved.

I think he actually suits her.



Cuteness alert.   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 14 Mar 2012, 01:25
maaan... Jeph is really going to have this Hakase person becoming a regular (while still mute) presence in this story-arc? :-D

Perhaps she's SweetTits' cousin!
Title: Re: WCDT: (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: nonethousand on 14 Mar 2012, 01:34
maaan... Jeph is really going to have this Hakase person becoming a regular (while still mute) presence in this story-arc? :-D

Perhaps she's SweetTits' cousin!
:psyduck:
the horrible revelation! :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Border Reiver on 14 Mar 2012, 04:30
I really have nothing to contribute to the current discussion, except to say that I'm enjoying this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: TinPenguin on 14 Mar 2012, 04:31
Francis is just as adorkable as Marigold. :-D

Although he missed out the "would you like to have a reasonable number of babies y/n" part.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Mar 2012, 05:05
That's really more of a third date question.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Jabberwocky on 14 Mar 2012, 05:20
What, no poll option for "いつか失ってしまうのかな / 薄れていく 笑顔と君を守りたいから / 響く僕を呼ぶ声さえ枯れ / 時に沿う風にかき消されたって / 君を見つけ出す "?

(Though thematically, it's more of a Faye song.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Throg on 14 Mar 2012, 05:45
Now come on, say it with me now.

D'awwww!

Okay, I admit it.

I dawwwww'd.

Yes, that IS exactly the right adorkable approach.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Mar 2012, 07:11
Confession: when a friend told me about a guy she was dating, and that it might turn into something, I told her "maybe you'll fall in love and have a reasonable number of babies".  She responded that the guy was one of 8 kids.  Eep.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: iduguphergrave on 14 Mar 2012, 08:57
8 is not reasonable. But it's enough. (does anyone get that?)

Happy Pi Day!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: RyanW1019 on 14 Mar 2012, 09:02
Possibly overlooked in the adorableness going on in panels 3 and 4: is that another child genius in panel 1 or is she the one we've already seen?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 14 Mar 2012, 09:12
Same one as before.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Madmartigan on 14 Mar 2012, 09:33
Whoda thunk the cooped up scientist of all people would be so refined in the art of flirting.  Well played, York.  Well played.

Space babies, Hanners.  You may get em. :-o :angel:


Interesting.  Hanners had to go wash her hands after touching Marbear's clothed shoulders.  She didn't have to go take a hot shower after Marten "tickled her."  Just an observation. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Sorflakne on 14 Mar 2012, 09:57
The blog post was informative, but seeing as I haven't heard of 60% of the comics listed, I think my free time for the next year is shot.

*archive binges*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Penheart on 14 Mar 2012, 10:36
That was the cutest and most A+ earning pick up I have ever seen. I think my own soul awwed and gave that guy the biggest high five at the same time.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Loki on 14 Mar 2012, 11:49
I awwed too, then a few hours later I thought "...boy, I really hope for him he saved before pulling the game out of the DS" (since the dialogue where you can write messages only comes up if you don't have a card in the slot).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 14 Mar 2012, 11:59
8 is not reasonable. But it's enough. (does anyone get that?)

<groooooannnnnnn>

Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Omega Entity on 14 Mar 2012, 12:23
I awwed too, then a few hours later I thought "...boy, I really hope for him he saved before pulling the game out of the DS" (since the dialogue where you can write messages only comes up if you don't have a card in the slot).

Actually, it depends on the settings. You can have it load to the regular screen, or have it load the cart directly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Mar 2012, 12:23
Haha, I didn't even see that reply until just now. I second the groan.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Redball on 14 Mar 2012, 12:33
8 is not reasonable. But it's enough. (does anyone get that?)

Happy Pi Day!

I dunno, how about eight groans and we quit?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Thrudd on 14 Mar 2012, 13:15
8 is not reasonable. But it's enough. (does anyone get that?)

Happy Pi Day!

I dunno, how about eight groans and we quit?
That's what she said  :-D ..... Don't look at me like that!!!  :oops:     

[ lets just hope this mom doesn't suffer that same fate as Joan Bradford  ]
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Mar 2012, 13:27
I've never actually seen the show. All I know about the show is that clip from Family Guy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Akima on 14 Mar 2012, 14:47
Tiny nitpick: was Hannelore always taller than Mari?
Hannelore is tall. She's at least as tall as Marten (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2054), never mind Marigold.

I'm just coasting along, wondering how a DS produces typed text that looks like it was written by an eight-year-old. Or does the DS support some sort of stylus input? <goowiki goowiki> Ah, I see it does, in which case Francis' calligraphy is awful.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Mar 2012, 14:52
Well, he is a guy, also writing with a stylus is harder than writing on paper.  (I tried writing a bit on my Galaxy Note the other day, it looked significantly worse).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Redball on 14 Mar 2012, 14:58
Tiny nitpick: was Hannelore always taller than Mari?
Hannelore is tall. She's at least as tall as Marten (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2054), never mind Marigold.

I'm just coasting along, wondering how a DS produces typed text that looks like it was written by an eight-year-old. Or does the DS support some sort of stylus input? <goowiki goowiki> Ah, I see it does, in which case Francis' calligraphy is awful.
I would guess he's a little stressed. If I were about to show such strong feelings for Marigold, I'd probably be stressed as well, and calligraphically challenged.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: StevenC on 14 Mar 2012, 15:00
If you think that looks awful you haven't seen a lot of awful writing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 14 Mar 2012, 17:56
And he's probably a doctor, too - which would explain the bad handwriting. :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Earin on 14 Mar 2012, 18:00
Well, he is a guy, also writing with a stylus is harder than writing on paper.  (I tried writing a bit on my Galaxy Note the other day, it looked significantly worse).

DS screens aren't that sensitive either. His writing there is probably about as good as most people can manage if they're not being deliberately meticulous.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: squab on 14 Mar 2012, 21:14
The blog post was informative, but seeing as I haven't heard of 60% of the comics listed, I think my free time for the next year is shot.

*archive binges*

This is exactly why I try to avoid reading new webcomics >_>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Akima on 15 Mar 2012, 01:30
Don't go to fanfiction.net Marigold. If there is evidence for Sturgeons Law, that is it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: slydon on 15 Mar 2012, 02:15
Still has to be better than Marigold's Harry Potter fanfic.
AND IT WAS VERY SEXY
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Theyis on 15 Mar 2012, 05:17
Marygold X Pintsize: the erotic conclusion...   :psyduck:

That is just wrong...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 15 Mar 2012, 07:12
I AM THE WANG LORD!!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jmucchiello on 15 Mar 2012, 08:00
Quote from: Akima link=topic=27927.msg1079857#msg1079857 date=13318002
Don't go to fanfiction.net Marigold. If there is evidence for Sturgeons Law, that is it.
[/quote
Sturgen's Law also implies that 10% of that website is not "crud".

Of course, the response to Sturgeon is "There are worse things than crud." :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Mad Cat on 15 Mar 2012, 09:23
"NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO 'LEZ OUT'!"

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1492
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: celticgeek on 15 Mar 2012, 09:51
Get well soon, Jeph!

Iechyd da!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Welu on 15 Mar 2012, 09:54
Hope Jeph is okay.

This comic is still funny.  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Yarin on 15 Mar 2012, 10:48
who else thinks there needs to be a webcomic section of fanfiction.net
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Loki on 15 Mar 2012, 12:12
Actually, it depends on the settings. You can have it load to the regular screen, or have it load the cart directly.

I had, in fact, forgotten that, but he still would have to quit the current game in some way or other.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 15 Mar 2012, 19:06
who else thinks there needs to be a webcomic section of fanfiction.net

Seconded

After all, it is a legitimate 'Artform' these days.



I'd be more scared if there was a MarigoldxFaye selection.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Mar 2012, 01:10
Comic!

I have only one thing to say:

"WHO YA GONNA CALL?"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: slydon on 16 Mar 2012, 01:12
This reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Mar 2012, 01:21
This reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?

"That would have worked if you wouldn't have stopped me."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Akima on 16 Mar 2012, 01:33
Did pirates drink whisky? I suppose they'd drink anything they could get their hands on, but I associate them more with brandy and rum. Or baijiu if they were South China Sea pirates of course.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: steveh11 on 16 Mar 2012, 01:37
Insert obligatory "I hope they don't cross the streams" joke here. ;-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: iduguphergrave on 16 Mar 2012, 01:50
It's refreshing to see a Ghostbusters joke that didn't involve that line, really.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Mar 2012, 02:04
When the light turns green, the trap is clean!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Mar 2012, 02:05
What would be a better choice of a poet for Marigold in this situation?

"You can't always get what you want..."    4 (6.8%)
"They see me roll on/my Segway/I know in my heart they think/I'm white n' nerdy..."    20 (33.9%)
"I got passion in my pants/and I ain't afraid to show it, show it, show it, show it/I'm s sexy and I know it..."    9 (15.3%)
"Wanna put my tender/heart in a blender/watch it spin round/to a beautiful oblivion..."    3 (5.1%)
"I want your horror/I want your design/'Cause you're a criminal/as long as you're mine..."    3 (5.1%)
"I ain't never seen nothin'/that'll make me go/This crazy all night/spendin' my dough..."    2 (3.4%)
"I got a meeting in the ladies' room/I'll be back real soon..."    4 (6.8%)
"To every living worm/write an omen/To every living walking/through the twilight..."    0 (0%)
"It's an easy feat/And magic makes it all complete/You have my little ponies/Do you know you're all my very best friends?"    3 (5.1%)
"There once was a girl from Nantucket..."    2 (3.4%)
"Where's the Spathe Ham?"    5 (8.5%)
"Life can be a challenge/Life can seem impossible/It's never easy/When so much/Is on the line."    4 (6.8%)

Total Members Voted: 59
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Sullivan on 16 Mar 2012, 02:17
I LOL'd both at "skeptics" and at "1984". Wonderful one-two punchline, and not at all in the direction the strip looked to be going from the start! Bravo!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: cesariojpn on 16 Mar 2012, 02:37
Did pirates drink whisky? I suppose they'd drink anything they could get their hands on, but I associate them more with brandy and rum. Or baijiu if they were South China Sea pirates of course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Soulsynger on 16 Mar 2012, 02:58
Holy aardvark! Hanner' dad was a Ghostbuster!

Also, ... is there a special word to describe Station's sense/style of humor? I get the feeling it would be one hell of a funny word.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: akronnick on 16 Mar 2012, 03:05
"WHO YA GONNA CALL?"

Hannerdad, apparently.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Jynto on 16 Mar 2012, 03:17
Hannerdad's comment raises the question of what year QC is set in. Since he mentioned 1984, it can't be that far from the present day, (unless he actually meant 2084??) If QC is set in the current year (2012 at the time of writing) then that would make him 28 when he designed the paranormal containment unit (PCU).

However then I remind myself that time moves far slower in-comic than it does in real life. So assuming that the first comics were set in the present day, and 1-2 years have passed, that makes it 2004-5. That means they have Twitter in the year 2005? Actually since they also have humanoid robots, I shouldn't be surprised.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Mar 2012, 03:32
The QCverse has the special property that although time moves much more slowly there than here, it none-the-less remains in step with our time.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: akronnick on 16 Mar 2012, 03:37
The QCverse has the special property that although time moves much more slowly there than here, it none-the-less remains in step with our time.

I propose that we refer to that statement as Hodge's Law from now on.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Mar 2012, 03:52
<pedant>Hodges's</pedant>

The form Hodges' is recommended by some, but is generally out of favour these days.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Mar 2012, 04:15
The form ending with "s" makes more sense to me, but not to my spellchecker.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Milesb on 16 Mar 2012, 06:20
Where's Marigold gone? /smirk
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Mar 2012, 06:37
Where's Marigold gone? /smirk

Why, to look at the stars and hold hands, of course. :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Throg on 16 Mar 2012, 06:48
The QCverse has the special property that although time moves much more slowly there than here, it none-the-less remains in step with our time.

Or, as another noted Doctor had stated, it's "more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...stuff".



Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 16 Mar 2012, 07:05
The QCverse has the special property that although time moves much more slowly there than here, it none-the-less remains in step with our time.

I've described that as being set in "the continuous present," which is common to comic books and comic strips in general.   The current isseue of your favourite superhero comic, unless it's deliberately set in a certain period, takes place roughly at the time you read it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 16 Mar 2012, 07:25
Spellcheckers often have issues with proper nouns.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: TheEvilDog on 16 Mar 2012, 07:46
I know it shouldn't bother me, I know its only a comic, but there is one detail that is really annoying me today. Unless the whisky was stored in a waterproof, airtight cask and was immune to the effects of water on wood (i.e. rotting the wood) or buried in mud, that whisky was stored in a bottle for at least 200 years and it will taste terrible. Whisky (I'm not going to get into the differences of distilling because the one thing they all have in common is being aged in a cask), only, and I do mean this, only ever ages in a wooden cask. Once its out of the cask, that's it, that is all it will ever age. If its in a bottle, it doesn't matter if it is stored in a dark, cool area, it will start to break down after a while.

Sorry about that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Mar 2012, 08:18
The late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was once served at a celebratory meal a champagne from each decade of her life.  When the champagne from ~1900 was poured it was dark and syrupy; it is recorded that on tasting it she simply remarked: "very interesting".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: celticgeek on 16 Mar 2012, 08:40
Come on now.  Whisky is immortal. 

And my spell checker does not like the word whisky.  Obviously it is a tee-totaler. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 16 Mar 2012, 09:42
Or just American.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: celticgeek on 16 Mar 2012, 09:43
Well, there is that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: TheEvilDog on 16 Mar 2012, 09:54
Or just American.

Actually, the spelling depends on the language. Irish English and American English tends to use whiskey, while the likes of Canada, Scotland, Japan and Wales use whisky. That said, there are always exceptions where a brand will use a particular spelling. The real difference comes down to how the spirit is distilled and the methods used. And why, yes, I did work at a distillery for a time.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: celticgeek on 16 Mar 2012, 10:00
Well, I actually spell it "Laphroaig". 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: squab on 16 Mar 2012, 10:12
I know it shouldn't bother me, I know its only a comic, but there is one detail that is really annoying me today. Unless the whisky was stored in a waterproof, airtight cask and was immune to the effects of water on wood (i.e. rotting the wood) or buried in mud, that whisky was stored in a bottle for at least 200 years and it will taste terrible. Whisky (I'm not going to get into the differences of distilling because the one thing they all have in common is being aged in a cask), only, and I do mean this, only ever ages in a wooden cask. Once its out of the cask, that's it, that is all it will ever age. If its in a bottle, it doesn't matter if it is stored in a dark, cool area, it will start to break down after a while.

Sorry about that.

Let's assume it somehow got buried in mud/sand at the bottom of the ocean?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: FunkyTuba on 16 Mar 2012, 10:31
that whisky was stored in a bottle for at least 200 years and it will taste terrible

I'm sure everything you said is true, but a couple of points:

1) the comic described it as "rarest", not "best" or "tastiest" ... it's still going to be valuable as a novelty even if it's not very nummy
2) they haven't tried it yet

so I don't see where any of it should bother you...yet.  perhaps Jeph's going to go to a joke about exactly what you described on Monday.

Also. remember that Jeph's universe might include a physics/chemistry exemption for the decay of whiskey in bottles submerged in pirate ships. It's up to him.

The last time something like this came up was when Dora had to roast more coffee for COD's same day use (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1936) having forgotten to roast extra for TSB. We mentioned that that wasn't going to work in the forums, so Jeph graciously nodded to us in a following comic (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1938). Basically, I think the threshold is this: if Jeph can twist it into a good joke, it'll get noticed, if not, he'll ignore it  and move on to something that's better/funnier/more interesting.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: DSL on 16 Mar 2012, 12:33
Who said it has to be a pirate ship from the time of the Spanish Main, me hearties? The distaff half of the Good Morning crew only said pirate ship. Station's assuming, or just effin' around.

For all we know, this was recovered from a Somali pirate dhow one of the KillSats zapped last week. Or maybe from a boat belonging to that guy who wrote the scraper app; that'll learn 'im.

Actually, I 'm pretty sure Jeph will have something better.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Mar 2012, 12:39
Actually, I presume the whisky's done with and Monday will move on.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Mar 2012, 13:32
We could also pretend that the scientists put a hypodermic through the cork and injected nanobots that restored the whiskey's chemical properties.

What if the whiskey story continues? Hannerdad drunk would be just the kind of thing Jeph would explore.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Redball on 16 Mar 2012, 14:00
We could also pretend that the scientists put a hypodermic through the cork and injected nanobots that restored the whiskey's chemical properties.

What if the whiskey story continues? Hannerdad drunk would be just the kind of thing Jeph would explore.

Whose butt might he pat? Marigold's? Would he stoop to pat the bottom of the little orange-haired scientist?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: CompSarge on 16 Mar 2012, 14:24
Or maybe he's a horny drunk (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1506)  :evil: :evil: :-D :-D :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 16 Mar 2012, 14:40
"Get back here, Station!" 


Might explain Spaceship's missing pants...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 16 Mar 2012, 17:03
But .... but .... but ....


WHERE'S THE RUM??!!!!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Schmorgluck on 16 Mar 2012, 19:06
This reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?
Is this a reference to Mason, from Dead Like Me?

Did pirates drink whisky? I suppose they'd drink anything they could get their hands on, but I associate them more with brandy and rum. Or baijiu if they were South China Sea pirates of course.
Let's not forget ratafia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratafia), as far as pirates of the Atlantic Ocean and the Carribean sea are concerned. But I guess you could argue it's included under the "brandy" category you mentioned.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Mar 2012, 19:32
This reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?
Is this a reference to Mason, from Dead Like Me?

(PHWEEEET!)

"Penalty, Scmorgluck, two minutes for not recognizing a line from the GREATEST COMEDY EVER." (Son, you better go rent yourself a copy of Ghostbusters ASAP.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 17 Mar 2012, 06:59
Kids nowadays! 

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Schmorgluck on 17 Mar 2012, 07:01
I must admit, I haven't seen it in years. More than a decade.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Border Reiver on 17 Mar 2012, 07:07
Or just American.

Actually, the spelling depends on the language. Irish English and American English tends to use whiskey, while the likes of Canada, Scotland, Japan and Wales use whisky. That said, there are always exceptions where a brand will use a particular spelling. The real difference comes down to how the spirit is distilled and the methods used. And why, yes, I did work at a distillery for a time.

Generally here in Canada it depends on where the nectar of the gods was distilled that will effect how we spell it.

I spell it in one of the following ways:  Highland Park or Bushmills.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Mordhaus on 17 Mar 2012, 14:04
Crazy pirate ghosts? Now all we need is Korn to show up to help the kids solve the mystery.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 17 Mar 2012, 15:37
And our "Moment of the Week" would be...

"So, uh..." I'M EV TRAINING MY DRAGONITE    2 (5.7%)
I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM    0 (0%)
"She's wonderful!"    0 (0%)
THE SCIENCE MAN IS FLIRTING WITH ME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!    0 (0%)
Flirt back! (HOW?) I don't know...    1 (2.9%)
As with all matters of the heart, a poet said it best:    0 (0%)
"Let me see you get low you scared you..."    0 (0%)
"I'm gonna break my tailbone again...    0 (0%)
"Listen, I'm really sorry, but I was fiddling with your DS and glitched out..."    0 (0%)
WHAT (I don't know what I -) GIMME    0 (0%)
YOU ARE VERY PRETTY WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO LOOK AT THE STARS + HOLD HANDS Y/N    20 (57.1%)
(Full blush) This is a really weird glitch    4 (11.4%)
Interlude - Marigold visits fanfic.net    1 (2.9%)
We all chipped in and got you a present - A bottle of whisky?    0 (0%)
Recovered from a sunken pirate ship!    0 (0%)
Almost seems sacriliege, but whisky's meant for drinking, eh?    0 (0%)
YARR, WOE BE THE SCALLYWAG WHO OPENS BLUEBEARD'S SPECIAL BOTTLE 'O WHISKY!    2 (5.7%)
Nice try, Station.    1 (2.9%)
You bloody skeptics are no fun at all.    0 (0%)
Drat. I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the paranormal containment unit I designed back in '84.    4 (11.4%)

Total Members Voted: 35
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: iduguphergrave on 17 Mar 2012, 16:18
Crazy pirate ghosts? Now all we need is Korn to show up to help the kids solve the mystery.

No dude they were ghost pirates.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: LTK on 17 Mar 2012, 16:46
Crazy pirate ghosts? Now all we need is Korn to show up to help the kids solve the mystery.

No dude they were ghost pirates.
The difference being... one kind are ghosts who became pirates in ghost-being, and the other are pirates who died and became ghosts?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Kugai on 17 Mar 2012, 19:41
And then there are those who were cursed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Carl-E on 17 Mar 2012, 20:26
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Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: WAYF on 17 Mar 2012, 23:37
What would be a better choice of a poet for Marigold in this situation?
"They see me roll on/my Segway/I know in my heart they think/I'm white n' nerdy..."    20 (33.9%)
"I got passion in my pants/and I ain't afraid to show it, show it, show it, show it/I'm s sexy and I know it..."    9 (15.3%)

Nerdiness trumps sexiness! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Mar 2012, 06:47
Perhaps nerdiness IS sexiness?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 18 Mar 2012, 08:23
Marten thought Velma was kinda hot.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: DSL on 18 Mar 2012, 09:35
Perhaps nerdiness IS sexiness?

Whaddaya mean, "perhaps"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Mar 2012, 10:03
You're right.  I should have said "mayhaps".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2141-45 (12-16 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week EIGHT????
Post by: jwhouk on 18 Mar 2012, 18:55
And our "Moment of the Week" would be...

"So, uh..." I'M EV TRAINING MY DRAGONITE    3 (8.1%)
Flirt back! (HOW?) I don't know...    1 (2.7%)
YOU ARE VERY PRETTY WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO LOOK AT THE STARS + HOLD HANDS Y/N    20 (54.1%)
(Full blush) This is a really weird glitch    4 (10.8%)
Interlude - Marigold visits fanfic.net    1 (2.7%)
Almost seems sacriliege, but whisky's meant for drinking, eh?    1 (2.7%)
YARR, WOE BE THE SCALLYWAG WHO OPENS BLUEBEARD'S SPECIAL BOTTLE 'O WHISKY!    2 (5.4%)
Nice try, Station.    1 (2.7%)
Drat. I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the paranormal containment unit I designed back in '84.    4 (10.8%)

Total Members Voted: 37