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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: mustang6172 on 21 Nov 2012, 22:35

Title: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 21 Nov 2012, 22:35
This is the first thread that redirects to all previous Turkey comics... that I have started.

238 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=238)

498 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=498)

760 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=760)

1019 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1019)

1283 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1283)

1544 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1544)

1804 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1804)

2064 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2064)

2326 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2326)

Wow this comic is old!
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 22 Nov 2012, 00:03
HOBOHLBOHBLHOBLH!

(This thread won't be good for my mental health.)
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Ph2 on 22 Nov 2012, 07:15
Marten and Jimbo have yet to the vertical tango. I'm disappointed.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 22 Nov 2012, 07:28
Marten and Jimbo have yet to the vertical tango. I'm disappointed.
Wait... shouldn't that be horizontal? Or are you being meme-meta? I ... ow, my brain.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 22 Nov 2012, 08:28
*headdesk*
I have known about the word and meaning of 'shipping' for YEARS. But I didn't, until just know, realize its etymological origin, I just assumed there was some background I missed out on, like an amusing amount of internet words. I even READ that comic when it came out! AARHGH.  :psyduck: :psyduck:

Also you know what's funny? Back about the time the Hannelore / Marigold Turkcomic, while I wasn't reading this forum (I only started lately with Claire), I had actually wondered here and there if that was going to happen. I felt like, while there certainly were some barriers that Jeph had written a surprising amount of chemistry between the two that could have meant he was going that direction with it.

Then the 'not lezzing out' comic happened and I began to realize that he was kind of pissed when it came to that subject. I'm guessing there were some uh...oddities going on here and elsewhere regarding the matter. Especially since a mod mentioned a rule specifically against shipping, there *must* have been some drama.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 Nov 2012, 08:36
Good research! Would you like to add that to the wiki (http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/OMG_Turkeys)?
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 22 Nov 2012, 08:56
Wait, the Padma arc was a whole year ago? What the hell, time.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: lepetitfromage on 22 Nov 2012, 09:19
Dear Mustang,

You are awesome for putting this thread together. Woooooooo turkeys wooooooooo  :-)


~LPF
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: riccostar on 22 Nov 2012, 18:18
You just saved me multiple hours, you have my thanks.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Redball on 22 Nov 2012, 19:01
I have known about the word and meaning of 'shipping' for YEARS. But I didn't, until just know, realize its etymological origin, I just assumed there was some background I missed out on, like an amusing amount of internet words.
Took me a while too, to figure out it's "relationship" shorn of all but its suffix and turned into a transitive verb.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 22 Nov 2012, 19:08
Yet it can still be a noun, as in "ship-to-ship combat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShipToShipCombat)".
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Redball on 22 Nov 2012, 19:25
Yet it can still be a noun, as in "ship-to-ship combat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShipToShipCombat)".
Neat link and a fun read! I might try to prove the point that your example is the verb turned into a noun (a gerund?), but I'm not smart or logical enough to do so.
Oh hell, I'll try:
I like the thought of a relationship between characters A and B. I relationship them. I ship A and B. If I and my allies have a verbal battle with those who prefer a relationship between A and C, it's a ship (A and B)-to-ship (A and C) battle. If we're all close enough, perhaps it's a battle with bottles in a bar. You're right. Ship is a noun, I guess, but it still carries the sense of transitive verb. Interesting. I like the verb, I engage in it between just a couple of characters, but no temptation to do it in print.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 Nov 2012, 19:25
Is it just me, or did the turkeys look skinny this year?
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: DSL on 22 Nov 2012, 19:35
I believe they are wild turkeys. Appropriate, no?
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: riccostar on 22 Nov 2012, 21:46
They seem to be females this time! (hence the skinniness I believe)

I lost it at this quote from a turkey page I was just on:
Quote
Beware of an attack by a male turkey. Various fleshy parts of the turkey's head turn bright red during courtship or when the turkey is agitated. They may attack if they show any of these signs. Keep an eye on their snood and wattle if you get too close.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 Nov 2012, 22:20
I can't figure out whether "snood and wattle" sounds more like a pub game or a construction technique.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 22 Nov 2012, 22:32
Good research! Would you like to add that to the wiki (http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/OMG_Turkeys)?

Already did.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: DrBear on 23 Nov 2012, 10:57
I have learned a lot from this thread. I always thought that when there were complaints about "shipping" two people it's that the reader wanted them to work for UPS or FedEx and Jeph had something against delivery companies.

OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 23 Nov 2012, 11:01
You could have at least tried to...
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 23 Nov 2012, 11:02
I have learned a lot from this thread. I always thought that when there were complaints about "shipping" two people it's that the reader wanted them to work for UPS or FedEx and Jeph had something against delivery companies.

OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

When I ship characters I use a very large box.      And I ship them as far away as I can.    Who the hell wants to listen to sloppy-kissy makeout-slurps?    :roll:
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 23 Nov 2012, 11:04
I can't figure out whether "snood and wattle" sounds more like a pub game or a construction technique.

It's a specific form of underwater arc-welding.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 23 Nov 2012, 11:25
...that was turned into a pub game, especially near naval shipyards. 
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 23 Nov 2012, 11:28
...and also involved lug wrenches...
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: DSL on 23 Nov 2012, 11:42
"The Snood and Wattle" is the name of my English-style pub. We serve Wild Turkey.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Nov 2012, 11:55
OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

The shipping line?
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: DSL on 23 Nov 2012, 13:16
OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

The shipping line?

I was going to say steamship line, but I don't want to deal with any incoherent demands from Mr. Farmer.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 23 Nov 2012, 15:22
God DAMN IT!!
 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2198)
GOD DAMN IT
GOD DAMN IT
GOD DAMN IT
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 23 Nov 2012, 16:31
EXPLAIN STEAM ENGINES.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 23 Nov 2012, 17:02
This thread is a real turkey.

I suggest we ship it far, far away.

Like maybe to Tuckahoe, New Jersey.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: DSL on 23 Nov 2012, 18:00
COURSE: History of Engineering (HIST107/ENR 107)
INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Harold F. Callahan, SFPD
FINAL EXAM (Essay): Explain steam ... punk.
Title: Re: The Great Turkey Thread
Post by: Whitey Fats on 23 Nov 2012, 18:02
I love the turkey comics