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Title: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 07:37
You'll pardon me if I'm a bit distracted this week. Hockey on the Brain and all that.

EDIT: Fixed the title. I gotta start paying attention.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 13 Jan 2013, 08:33
Sounds like the puck will be moving all the way to midsummer this year.

Here's to hoping that not a single merry hour will go wasted.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 13 Jan 2013, 10:49
That's really pucked up.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: PintsizeForPresident on 13 Jan 2013, 11:56
Stop it or I'm gonna puck!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stoutfellow on 13 Jan 2013, 12:54
A minor point, but it's been niggling at me: the strip numbers in the WCDT titles (e.g., 2363-2367) are no longer in synch with the actual strip numbers. This week's strips will begin with #2362.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 13 Jan 2013, 13:02
I just wish we were in increments of five again. :(
Title: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 14:00
...

Where did the numbering go off?

Wait: there were only four strips 2 weeks ago b/c of his surgery, right?

Doy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2363-2367 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2013, 14:18
No, he missed one between Xmas and New Year, between 2350 and 2351, because on 27th Dec he was snowed in and had no guest strip, so we got this sketch of Claire (http://www.questionablecontent.net/images/snowedin.jpg) (which not everyone could see because of corrupt code in the page) which was not numbered or subsequently linked on the archive page.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 14:21
Gotcha on that. We have it fixed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Jan 2013, 14:45
Isn't hockey going to end when it usually does, just with fewer games?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 13 Jan 2013, 16:02
...when the players fall through into the lake? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 17:46
Ha ha.

No, actually, it's going to be MUCH later. Last possible day of the Stanley Cup Finals is going to be June 28 - which is two weeks later than it was this year.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Jan 2013, 17:48
Two weeks isn't that much, considering it started months late.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stoutfellow on 13 Jan 2013, 18:08
Gotcha on that. We have it fixed.

Thank you. It was really bugging me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 13 Jan 2013, 19:44
...when the players fall through into the lake?
Do ice-hockey matches still take place on lakes?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Jan 2013, 20:02
If by lakes you mean on top of basketball courts, then yeah.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 20:25
Well, yeah, they're 200' by 85'* indoor man-made lakes.

* - 60.96 meters by 25.9 meters, for those of you outside of North America.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Jan 2013, 20:41
Lakes made out of wood.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 21:11
With metal-aluminum supports and a cement base. And paint and stuff in-between ice layers. Maintained by mobile CNG-powered converted jeeps that shave layers off, reheat them and spray it back onto the surface.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 13 Jan 2013, 21:27
If you listen to Bach compositions in certain keys you could find yourself with a two minuets (minor)

(he reaches for the hockey pun, and SCORES! (sort of))
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 13 Jan 2013, 21:44
I await shenanigans. Hair notwithstanding, I expect some good ol'-fashioned asswhuppins soon. Probably upon Marten, or Emily if she keeps up her act.

Nandebayo! *WHACK*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 13 Jan 2013, 21:49
I wouldn't mind some Tai/Dora relationship happenings (and voted for), but the last option says it all. Not that we mind, of course.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 13 Jan 2013, 21:52
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/927b82fbccf00cc69d8557480b1ca500/tumblr_mglpjwoDvx1qzlnwmo1_400.gif)

 Still cute  :angel:
 It looks like she'll  be in the next strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Jan 2013, 21:52
If you listen to Bach compositions in certain keys you could find yourself with a two minuets (minor)

(he reaches for the hockey pun, and SCORES! (sort of))

PHWEEEET!

Ref is waving it off!

"Five minutes for REALLY BAD PUNNING!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 13 Jan 2013, 22:34
Thank you for giving me an excuse to use this again:
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/wayf_photos/HorriblepunfoulONE_zps9f216b88.gif)
(Source, in case anyone was wondering (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/feed-dump/5666-Van-Dump))

Re: The comic!

Yeah, careful Marten. It's way too easy to sound like you're boasting when you talk about your experiences like that. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 13 Jan 2013, 22:39
If you've been skipping the QC cast twitter feed lately, there was just a long burst of Emilyisms.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: maxh on 13 Jan 2013, 22:40
Claire comics are best comics.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 13 Jan 2013, 22:41
Hurr Durr Hipster Hurr...so sayeth the Clairion.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 13 Jan 2013, 22:43
Wet blanket Claire
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 13 Jan 2013, 22:46
MARTEN AND CLAIRE MAKING TEH -- [hit by anti-ship missile]    :-o

What I meant to say is Marten and Clarie should h--  [bolt of lightening]   :x

Damn it they should hoo --  [smite]   :-o




Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 13 Jan 2013, 23:00
Not gonna happen. I mean, Marten's standing right at the entrance to somebody's place of business. That is clearly NOT primo makeout real estate. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 13 Jan 2013, 23:24
QC: Goin' back to its roots since 1985.

*off-stage* What? It's only been around since 2003? Shit...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 13 Jan 2013, 23:34
Not gonna happen. I mean, Marten's standing right at the entrance to somebody's place of business. That is clearly NOT primo makeout real estate. :P
Everything's primo real estate when you're horny, apparently. (once had to ask a slobbering couple to GTFO move aside so I could enter the store they were exchanging saliva in front of... mixed feelings in that situation)

@Comic:
Marten is a victim of the "prindy" curse. Prindy stands for "pre indie" with "automatic indie" being a popular synonym.
It makes everything coming out of your mouth sound underground and/or indie by default to most other people.


edit:
My new title is making me uncomfortable. oO
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 13 Jan 2013, 23:37
If by lakes you mean on top of basketball courts, then yeah.

I'm sure I could come up with some sort of Lakers pun here, but i refuse to go there!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 13 Jan 2013, 23:37
Not gonna happen. I mean, Marten's standing right at the entrance to somebody's place of business. That is clearly NOT primo makeout real estate. :P

Ok I'll try again in a couple of days.    They can't possibly have many more of those anti-ship missiles in storage.    Things are bloody expensive.    [walks away with a huge purple welt on left ass-cheek]   :meh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 13 Jan 2013, 23:40
Not entirely relevant, but is anyone else not a fan of Claire's random lock of hair that isn't in the ponytail?

I mean, her hair looks fabulous when it's down (as evidenced last week), but with her hair up, I just really don't like how her hair has ... migrated, more or less, you know?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 13 Jan 2013, 23:41
Well, yeah, they're 200' by 85'* indoor man-made lakes.

* - 60.96 meters by 25.9 meters, for those of you outside of North America.
:police: No, that's 60m by 30m for us outside of North America. (IIHF regulation)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 14 Jan 2013, 00:09
Well, yeah, they're 200' by 85'* indoor man-made lakes.
* - 60.96 meters by 25.9 meters, for those of you outside of North America.
:police: No, that's 60m by 30m for us outside of North America. (IIHF regulation)

We're talking about the NHL here, not the KHL. :P ;)

And the funniest tweet of the day:
Quote from: The_Rabbit42
@jephjacques I don't like this brand new concept of QC discussing indie music. It's dangerous and needs to stop before it gets out hand...

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 14 Jan 2013, 00:13
Not entirely relevant, but is anyone else not a fan of Claire's random lock of hair that isn't in the ponytail?

I mean, her hair looks fabulous when it's down (as evidenced last week), but with her hair up, I just really don't like how her hair has ... migrated, more or less, you know?

She could always wear a headscarf or something to avoid your bare Claire hair stare.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 14 Jan 2013, 00:21
*explodes*


edit:
@WAYF below: You mean "Daaaaaaaaang."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 14 Jan 2013, 00:54
 :x

I should break out my pun foul gifs again, but that's not technically a pun... daaannng.  :-P

-You're right Soulsynger. Edited.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Yarin on 14 Jan 2013, 02:13
It's official Martin has gone from quirky guy who likes indie music to hipster douche who thinks he's better than us i hate those guys
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 14 Jan 2013, 02:21
jwhouk, the UK also uses feet and inches.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 14 Jan 2013, 02:59
The UK has a love/hate relationship with the metric system.  There was a time when I could buy plasterboard (aka drywall) in the size: 1219mm x 900mm - that is: 4' x 2'11.43".  This arose from trying to make as many lengths as possible sorta metric (the length 300mm even gets called a "metric foot"), while still respecting the fact that the studding in partition walls has been spaced at 16" intervals since the use of plasterboard began.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 14 Jan 2013, 04:03
D'awww butthurt Claire is cute.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Jan 2013, 04:04
jwhouk, the UK also uses feet and inches.
Why?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 14 Jan 2013, 04:26
Because of the Weights and Measures Act 1824.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: StevenC on 14 Jan 2013, 04:43
It's official Martin has gone from quirky guy who likes indie music to hipster douche who thinks he's better than us i hate those guys
Almost 10 years and people still don't get his name right.
Also, what? What made you think that? Are we reading the same comic?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 14 Jan 2013, 04:57
It's official Martin has gone from quirky guy who likes indie music to hipster douche who thinks he's better than us i hate those guys
Almost 10 years and people still don't get his name right.
Also, what? What made you think that? Are we reading the same comic?
I think he was using rhetorical hyperbole. ... Or am I being naive?

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 14 Jan 2013, 05:07
jwhouk, the UK also uses feet and inches.
Why?

Why not?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 14 Jan 2013, 05:41
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I just deleted a couple of posts which were (a) irrelevant to this thread, and (b) veered toward the forbidden subject of religion.
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Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 14 Jan 2013, 07:06
jwhouk, the UK also uses feet and inches.
Why?

Why not?

Too expensive to put wheels on everyone's legs.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Yarin on 14 Jan 2013, 07:11
It's official Martin has gone from quirky guy who likes indie music to hipster douche who thinks he's better than us i hate those guys
Almost 10 years and people still don't get his name right.
Also, what? What made you think that? Are we reading the same comic?
I think he was using rhetorical hyperbole. ... Or am I being naive?

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I was being rhetorical and auto correct screwed up the spelling  I do hate arrogant hipsters pretentious pricks
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Midwesterner on 14 Jan 2013, 09:40
Count me in as another person who has been wondering how Tai and Dora have been doing. (Speaking of sapphic relationships in comics, one day I followed a Go Get a Roomie banner ad on here, and promptly fell in love with that comic.)

Although Claire is shooting up my list of favorite characters like a rocket. She might even have topped Hanners and Tai.

Also it's weird to see QC back in the vein of "reference to indie band I've never heard of." When I was archive binging, I'll admit there were quite a few references that I was like  :?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Jan 2013, 11:38
I'm not a huge fan of Claire, to be honest. Today's comic certainly didn't change that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 14 Jan 2013, 12:52
I'm kind of indifferent toward her myself, but she definitely has had a few moments I thought were cute. I think she doesn't have as much of a filter from her brain to her mouth as the other characters, and that can get old pretty fast. I don't have much patience for people who say whatever comes to their mind without thinking, whether it's heinously rude or heinously stupid or heinously unnecessary (not saying she does/dd this; just saying I know a lot of people without that filter that do these things). Claire's punchline this strip is similar to what I'd say in my head, not out loud. If she trusts him so much, there really isn't a need to be that snarky. There's a difference between her jab and the playful ribbing from Faye. (Then again, I do from time to time say things that reallllyy come out the wrong way that seem hurtful when I don't mean them to be. Maybe she's just more awkward than I realized.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 14 Jan 2013, 13:09
Hmm. Is "prickly" a fair word? I can think of two occasions when she's gone seriously negative, and in both she apparently felt under attack (wrongly so, since both involved Marten).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 14 Jan 2013, 13:15
I thought it was an interesting take on what one person would consider a fond memory just being a weird / pretentious / boring story to the listener. 


I've told enough of those stories in my day...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Jan 2013, 13:17
Yeah, but she asked if he knew the band, and not only had he heard of them, he'd seen them! Why would she find that boring?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 14 Jan 2013, 13:28
I thought it was an interesting take on what one person would consider a fond memory just being a weird / pretentious / boring story to the listener. 


I've told enough of those stories in my day...

Guilty as well. And later told by the same people that I don't communicate enough. rrrrrrrrrrrrrr ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 14 Jan 2013, 13:51
If you listen to Bach compositions in certain keys you could find yourself with a two minuets (minor)
That passed so far over my head, I didn't even feel the slipstream.

Australia went metric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia) before I came to live here, but it was not until 2008 that laws requiring certain goods to be packaged in legacy Imperial unit sizes, despite being labelled in metric units, were repealed, and the custom persists. Jam is still often sold in 453g (1lb) jars, for example.

Marten isn't a hipster douchebag, but dear me, I can see why Claire might feel that way. I sympathise with prickly people, but calling Marten out on it like that was a little hostile. And yes, as others have pointed out, back to the future with indie hipster snobbery jokes!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aquaisces on 14 Jan 2013, 14:20
Claire does seem to be one of the more (if not the most) uptight characters in the strip, doesn't she? Not that I don't still love her, but mannn....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Blood-Tree on 14 Jan 2013, 14:44
Anyway...

If, like myself, you too are an ignorant brute who has only recently emerged from the broken wastelands beyond the edge of civilisation you may not have realised that ReaderCon, as featured on Claire's t-shirt, is a real thing:

http://www.readercon.org/ (http://www.readercon.org/)

I'm sure she had fun at the 'Meet the Pros(e) Party'.

(And, apropos Mr Mascis; it's Joseph in wiki citato)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 14 Jan 2013, 16:21
For all the criticism of Marten around here, people sure do turn quickly on any character that even fleetingly gets angry at him.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Jan 2013, 17:46
If he doesn't deserve it, sure.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 14 Jan 2013, 18:06
Indie music references in QC?  When did this start?  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 14 Jan 2013, 18:41
And so, after a few days of fussing with hair, QC returns to its roots.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 14 Jan 2013, 20:16
Ahh, a colourful hair reference.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 14 Jan 2013, 20:32
Yeah, but she asked if he knew the band, and not only had he heard of them, he'd seen them! Why would she find that boring?

 Maybe she's just jealous. (?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 14 Jan 2013, 20:51
And she is doing a great job of it, too. 

Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 14 Jan 2013, 20:52
Or is the shop watching you Hanners


 :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 14 Jan 2013, 20:54
The SSSH made me think of this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2030).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: kaeawc on 14 Jan 2013, 21:05
Oh Hanners ^_^ if you ever did flip out and kill us all we wouldn't be able to stop you because you're too adorable.

Looks like Jeph goes completely silly on us wins
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sorflakne on 14 Jan 2013, 21:10
Hanners is so infectious.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 14 Jan 2013, 21:18
Claire does seem to be one of the more (if not the most) uptight characters in the strip, doesn't she? Not that I don't still love her, but mannn....

Pennelope is hard to beat.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 14 Jan 2013, 21:20
The SSSH made me think of this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2030).

Funny, it reminded me of Rapidfire 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVcAW1RUd64#t=00m54s).
(While you're there, the rest of that episode is pretty darn perfect and you should watch it)
(What no I'm not an obsessive LoadingReadyRun fan I don't know what you're talking about)



I love the idea that Hanners is "watching the shop" because who knows what it could get up to when you're not looking.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: AnthroCetus on 14 Jan 2013, 21:26
Someone has a crush on Hannelore.
And it's me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Midwesterner on 14 Jan 2013, 22:13
Yeah, Hannelore is my favorite character. Everything she does is squee worthy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 14 Jan 2013, 22:16
If he doesn't deserve it, sure.

IMO he doesn't deserve a lot of the bashing in here either.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Yarin on 14 Jan 2013, 22:21
The SSSH made me think of this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2030).
Nice it reminded me of gir saying "I'm guarding the house"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skaltura on 14 Jan 2013, 22:57
Claire does seem to be one of the more (if not the most) uptight characters in the strip, doesn't she? Not that I don't still love her, but mannn....

Pennelope is hard to beat.

Especially with all the stories about her pasta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penne).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Jan 2013, 23:13
Someone has a crush on Hannelore.
And it's me.
You've got competition.  >:D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 14 Jan 2013, 23:15
Someone has a crush on Hannelore.
And it's me.
You've got competition.  >:D

 Of course....Station  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 14 Jan 2013, 23:18
Someone has a crush on Hannelore.
And it's me.
You've got competition.  >:D
Of course....Station  :laugh:
OH GOD DAMMIT *facepalm* I feel dumb now...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Random Wanderer on 14 Jan 2013, 23:28
Remember to blink, Hanners!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 14 Jan 2013, 23:42
I love how customers are so attuned to Hanners and her quirks, that they actually participate in it.

Oh Hanners, you so wuvvable!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 15 Jan 2013, 00:09
Hanners is so infectious.

I think I heard her scream somewhere in the distance just now. How can you be so cruel?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: tuxedobob on 15 Jan 2013, 00:16
Oh, come on, Hannelore isn't that dumb.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Eyeless Blond on 15 Jan 2013, 00:24
I love how customers are so attuned to Hanners and her quirks, that they actually participate in it.

Oh Hanners, you so wuvvable!
I'm waiting for Faye and Dora to come back to see a crowd of people, spilling into the street, staring quietly and intently at the shop.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pendrake on 15 Jan 2013, 00:30
For comic #2363...

1. I never tire of non-sequitur strips with "Tannelore."

2. Also, "Tannelore" continues on.  I now wonder if this will be a permanent skin-tone for her?  (Unless I missed a Jeph comment saying so?)

3. Had to do some archive digging because I wondered if the guy in #2363 was the same as the guy who attempted to flirt with "Tanners" back in #1856: The Inner Universe (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1856).  Leaning towards, "not the same guy," but I am also quite weary at this late-hour post-work posting so I could be wrong.

4. Warning - while you were reading, +7 more customers are now lined up in Coffee of Doom all shushing you now. You may wish to review your post.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 15 Jan 2013, 01:29
Also, "Tannelore" continues on.  I now wonder if this will be a permanent skin-tone for her?

Maybe her new skin tone is meant to show that she is becoming healthier? Even if that wasn't Jeph's meaning, I like to think of it like that.

Quote
Warning - while you were reading, +7 more customers are now lined up in Coffee of Doom all shushing you now. You may wish to review your post.

WIN!  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 15 Jan 2013, 05:31
If Hanners is going all sentry on the store, shouldn't she be carrying the store broadsword at the slope?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 15 Jan 2013, 07:44
Someone has a crush on Hannelore.
And it's me.
You've got competition.  >:D

 Of course....Station  :laugh:
Naaaaaah, many people came long before station.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: StevenC on 15 Jan 2013, 12:49
It's official Martin has gone from quirky guy who likes indie music to hipster douche who thinks he's better than us i hate those guys
Almost 10 years and people still don't get his name right.
Also, what? What made you think that? Are we reading the same comic?
I think he was using rhetorical hyperbole. ... Or am I being naive?

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I was being rhetorical and auto correct screwed up the spelling  I do hate arrogant hipsters pretentious pricks
Ah, I see. I take everything back and claim the opposite.
Detecting rhetoric on the internet is haaaard.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 15 Jan 2013, 12:59
I love how customers are so attuned to Hanners and her quirks, that they actually participate in it.
Unconscious mind-control powers... Trivial for someone connected to the Deep Ones (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 15 Jan 2013, 14:09
Hanners is wonderful and I love how her essence can just get people to join in her endeavours like that.  I would definitely be staying there helping her sshhhh!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 15 Jan 2013, 15:26
If Hanners is going all sentry on the store, shouldn't she be carrying the store broadsword at the slope?

She's a mind warrior....she wouldn't have the heart to get blood all over her. Except in her dreams...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 15 Jan 2013, 15:52
Hanners is wonderful and I love how her essence can just get people to join in her endeavours like that.  I would definitely be staying there helping her sshhhh!

I wouldn't be helping her shush people, but I would be in the corner under the poster of the statue of liberty saying lol, being deeply amused by the free entertainment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 15 Jan 2013, 16:36
The lengthening shadow next to the cash register is a nice touch.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 15 Jan 2013, 17:24
I love this comic!

The only problem (if it even is a problem) is that Hanners was asked whether she "can handle things" while they're gone.

The literalist in me would like to see her actually handling things (like the cash register, the portafilters, grinders, cups, customers, etc).

For her to be so intent on watching the shop, Dora should have asked "You sure you can *watch the shop* while we're gone?"

That said, I Still Love This Comic!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 15 Jan 2013, 17:34
The lengthening shadow next to the cash register is a nice touch.

Oh Jeph, you so sneaky! I didn't even notice that!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 15 Jan 2013, 18:38
What's in store for this week?

More Hairy Stories!    1 (1.9%)
WWADD? (What would Azumanga Daioh do?)    3 (5.7%) 
Tai and Dora relationship development.    7 (13.2%)
Faye and Angus relationship devolvement.    4 (7.5%)
Something else-ment.    4 (7.5%)
Emily's deep, dark past.    8 (15.1%)
Claire talks about her past.    9 (17%)
Jeph goes completely silly on us.    12 (22.6%)
Not that we mind, of course.    5 (9.4%)

Total Members Voted: 53
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Ph2 on 15 Jan 2013, 19:56
I was half expecting Mr. Dude there to ask if he could shit on her tits. I guess Jeph wasn't feeling that silly/throwbacky.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 15 Jan 2013, 20:50
I think that that joke is actually specific to Cosette (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1752).

I wonder if Faye and Dora are going to return to find Hannelore surrounded by people (followers? :P ) watching the shop with her. Just... staring at the ceiling?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 15 Jan 2013, 20:53
"One of us.  One of us.  One of us."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 15 Jan 2013, 23:29
...Claire.  Broadsword.  Large crowd.

This has the potential to end badly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 15 Jan 2013, 23:36
Hannelore should carry something like an epi-pen but full of anti-anxiety medication.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 15 Jan 2013, 23:38
That's great!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DonInKansas on 16 Jan 2013, 00:05
The first thing I thought of after reading this comic is that "Coffe of Doom" should be in a scarier font. :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 16 Jan 2013, 00:29
"It is an elegant weapon, for a more civilised age."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 16 Jan 2013, 02:24
Jam is still often sold in 453g (1lb) jars, for example.

This is still the case in the UK, only in reverse - there wasn't a law requiring things to be sold in Imperial, to my knowledge - there was EU legislation requiring things to be labelled in Metric. So everyone, especially market grocers, went on selling in Imperial quantities but labelling and charging in metric. It's not just independent retailers though; I buy 454g bags of frozen Quorn mince from Sainsbury's (I like the fact that in Australia, a metric lb is 1g lighter!).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 16 Jan 2013, 03:17
The first thing I thought of after reading this comic is that "Coffe of Doom" should be in a scarier font. :psyduck:
Like what? COMIC SANS? (I was surprised to find it was actually a font option)

Unconscious mind-control powers... Trivial for someone connected to the Deep Ones (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753).

That will be useful when humanity uses giant robots to fight them in a few months.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 16 Jan 2013, 03:23
Wow, Hanners has only been working at Coffee of Doom for like 600 strips. Already seems like forever. Possibly because I started reading after she started working there.

But yes, this is a stark reminder of just how new Hannelore is to having a normal job in a normal life.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 16 Jan 2013, 03:31
Claire really hasn't learned much about Marten's circle of friends, has she?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 16 Jan 2013, 03:50
The first thing I thought of after reading this comic is that "Coffe of Doom" should be in a scarier font. :psyduck:
Like what? COMIC SANS? (I was surprised to find it was actually a font option)

Too scary.

No-one had better say anything negative about books while they are in line.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Jan 2013, 04:01
(I was surprised to find it was actually a font option)

I thought at first the options would be determined by your computer; but actually I think they are programmed in to the forum software - basically the list is that of one of Microsoft's "font packs", or maybe their "web fonts" (of which Comic Sans is one).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 16 Jan 2013, 04:29
"It is an elegant weapon, for a more civilised age."

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side, kid."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheCollyWolly on 16 Jan 2013, 05:36
I like to imagine that Hanners hasn't blinked since Dora and Faye left.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: slydon on 16 Jan 2013, 06:06
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/927b82fbccf00cc69d8557480b1ca500/tumblr_mglpjwoDvx1qzlnwmo1_400.gif)

 Still cute  :angel:
 It looks like she'll  be in the next strip.
Obligatory Admiral Ackbar (http://24.media.tumblr.com/927b82fbccf00cc69d8557480b1ca500/tumblr_mglpjwoDvx1qzlnwmo1_400.gif)

True story, I was getting lunch with a couple of my coworkers and I notice a cute redhead on the street.
Me (to one of my coworkers): "Psst. See that redhead over there?"
Coworker: "It's a guy."
Me: (deflated) "He has pretty hair."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 16 Jan 2013, 07:04
Hannelore should carry something like an epi-pen but full of anti-anxiety medication.
This should be a real thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 16 Jan 2013, 07:29
A boy in my choir does that, only for "epipen" read "hip flask" and for "medication" read "gin".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 16 Jan 2013, 07:36
Sounds like it's time to break out the emergency bourbon again. Though hopefully not at the same time as the sword....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 16 Jan 2013, 07:42
Sounds like it's time to break out the emergency bourbon again. Though hopefully not at the same time as the sword....
Yeah, she might injure something.

Like her hand.

too soon?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emmyisnotcool on 16 Jan 2013, 07:53
Hannelore should carry something like an epi-pen but full of anti-anxiety medication.

I don't know what an epi-pen is, but that sounds like a good idea. Since I rely totally on ativan to not freak out in social situations or worry myself to death, having it on hand is a must. I can so relate to Hannelore in this strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 16 Jan 2013, 08:17
Hannelore should carry something like an epi-pen but full of anti-anxiety medication.

I don't know what an epi-pen is, but that sounds like a good idea. Since I rely totally on ativan to not freak out in social situations or worry myself to death, having it on hand is a must. I can so relate to Hannelore in this strip.
Epi is short for 'epidural.' It's for pregnant people.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Jan 2013, 08:51
EpiPen (http://www.epipen.com/) is actually the trade name of a self-injection device carried by those with severe allergies to administer treatment immediately in the case of anaphylactic shock.  The word is also used generically for such devices.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 16 Jan 2013, 09:51
Epidurals are not solely for pregnant people - in fact, the only time anyone would have an epidural when pregnant is in the process of becoming unpregnant, i.e. for pain relief during labour (and my non-qualified, not-actual-medical-advice advice would be to avoid them if you can because they cause a cascade of interventions generally resulting in unnecessary surgery, and thereby essentially delaying the pain rather than preventing it). The term refers to the location into which the injection is placed: around the dura mater (I believe this is a section of the skin?), usually of the spinal cord.

As Paul says, EpiPen is a brand name, and the Epi part comes from Epinephrine, another term for the adrenaline contained in the pen.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 16 Jan 2013, 15:00
EpiPen (http://www.epipen.com/) is actually the trade name of a self-injection device carried by those with severe allergies to administer treatment immediately in the case of anaphylactic shock.  The word is also used generically for such devices.

Epidurals are not solely for pregnant people - in fact, the only time anyone would have an epidural when pregnant is in the process of becoming unpregnant, i.e. for pain relief during labour (and my non-qualified, not-actual-medical-advice advice would be to avoid them if you can because they cause a cascade of interventions generally resulting in unnecessary surgery, and thereby essentially delaying the pain rather than preventing it). The term refers to the location into which the injection is placed: around the dura mater (I believe this is a section of the skin?), usually of the spinal cord.

As Paul says, EpiPen is a brand name, and the Epi part comes from Epinephrine, another term for the adrenaline contained in the pen.
...You DO both know that I was joking, as it is a much nicer response than my instinct to reply "Google it" to people requesting a definition on the internet, right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 16 Jan 2013, 15:08
It seemed likely; but why not just answer the (implied) question?  It takes no more effort, and is friendlier.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Jan 2013, 15:31
Now I'm trying to wrap my head around a self-injection device to administer an epidural.

EDIT: It's Myriad Pro that is the scary font. Comic Sans is to be hated, not feared (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/28386.html).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 16 Jan 2013, 15:49

EDIT: It's Myriad Pro that is the scary font. Comic Sans is to be hated, not feared (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/28386.html).
Unless you work for CERN, in which case Comic Sans is to be used, not hated.  :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 16 Jan 2013, 16:13
Unless you work for CERN, in which case Comic Sans is to be used, not hated.  :roll:
The thought that the people colliding particles at near-light speeds to try to find the Higgs Boson, are casually using a font that I would willfully disregard even if it meant endangering my life, is a terrifying thought indeed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 16 Jan 2013, 18:46
Hannelore should carry something like an epi-pen but full of anti-anxiety medication.

Actually I think it is a very real possibility that she might. I would definitely put money on her having something of the like at home at least. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Jan 2013, 20:19
Something analogous to an implanted insulin pump that sensed cortisol levels or something like that and oozed sedatives would not be overkill for her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Epic on 16 Jan 2013, 20:45
These last few comics, Claire is my new favorite character. Love that red hair.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 16 Jan 2013, 20:54
New comic up!

I like Claire...but she's gotta hang out at the coffee shop more often or things like this will continue to bewilder her.

Also...In before "hurr durr compensating for something durrr"

Don't even try it. Don't.

DON'T.

I'm watching you.

:mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 16 Jan 2013, 21:00
XENA JOKE.  XEEEEEEENA JOKE!  I'm so happy right now I could punch Ares in his sexy hair.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 16 Jan 2013, 21:13
...I thought the broadsword was bigger than that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 16 Jan 2013, 21:19
 It looked bigger when Sam was holding it... Or maybe they got a new one, since the other got stucked in the roof  :psyduck: .
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 16 Jan 2013, 21:21
EDIT: It's Myriad Pro that is the scary font. Comic Sans is to be hated, not feared (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/28386.html).

Yes, but fear does lead to hatred. And hate leads to ... or is it anger leads to hate. Wait. Yes it's fear leads to anger. Anger leads to suffering. Hate. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. And as Comic Sans leads to fear... or hate... or something... Comic Sans leads to suffering. And punched bunnies. QED (Quite Easily Done).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 16 Jan 2013, 21:31
I wonder which of the QC cast I would trust least with the broadsword...

Emily I think...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 16 Jan 2013, 21:45
You mean even less than Samantha? :P

Hey, I wonder what Gabby's up to? I just realized that we haven't really seen her since she went skinny dipping with Tai.
Was SHE the one who Emily murdered perhaps? :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 16 Jan 2013, 21:45
Emily would use it to chop her bananas to make smashing them easier.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 16 Jan 2013, 21:55
Unless you work for CERN, in which case Comic Sans is to be used, not hated.  :roll:
The thought that the people colliding particles at near-light speeds to try to find the Higgs Boson, are casually using a font that I would willfully disregard even if it meant endangering my life, is a terrifying thought indeed.
If I ever make a discovery in my research worthy of a Nobel Prize (yeah, right...), I promise to use Comic Sans in my presentation.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 16 Jan 2013, 22:03
But if she's Xena, does that make Hannelore Gabrielle?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 16 Jan 2013, 22:13
Jeph couldn't put in an obvious Red Sonja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja) joke?

Hey, I wonder what Gabby's up to? I just realized that we haven't really seen her since she went skinny dipping with Tai.
Was SHE the one who Emily murdered perhaps? :psyduck:

The token black character always gets offed first.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 16 Jan 2013, 22:28
Especially if they're wearing a red shirt. 

Re:  The sword is clearly tilted back in the second panel, and I think it's still tilted back in the others as well, foreshortening it.  Or we could use the Faye's scar explanation - Jeph forgot.  Or it's magic, and Claire's so small it automagically resized itself for her. 


But doesn't she realize that it's phallic power she's feeling?   :evil: :psyduck: Nevermind...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Somebody on 16 Jan 2013, 22:50
Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction? :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 16 Jan 2013, 23:09
But if she's Xena, does that make Hannelore Gabrielle?

With Marten being all "put down the sword!" I'd say he is most like Gabrielle.

And now I'm going to spend the rest of the night trying to figure out which QC and Xena characters align. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 16 Jan 2013, 23:13
Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction? :psyduck:
Well, Marten sure as heck isn't.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 16 Jan 2013, 23:16
Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction? :psyduck:

No. No you're not. Except I wanted to make that joke. (And then probably get banned for it.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 16 Jan 2013, 23:36
But doesn't she realize that it's phallic power she's feeling?
Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction?
You're not. Except I wanted to make that joke. (And then probably get banned for it.)

GAH.  :emotrex: :emotrex: :emotrex: :emotrex: I knew it would happen...take your penis envy somewhere else, you heathens.  :parrot:

EDIT: Until Jeph has a character make the joke in the next comic, thereby canonizing and validating your shenanigans. Are you proud of yourself? Look at what you've become. :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Jan 2013, 23:47
I wonder which of the QC cast I would trust least with the broadsword...

Emily I think...

Mieville.

Deathbot 9000.

Pintsize.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 16 Jan 2013, 23:55
[ ... ] Are you proud of yourself? Look at what you've become. :psyduck:

I WOULD feel bad about myself if not for the dancing parrot in your post. Sorry, mate.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 17 Jan 2013, 04:08
Jeph couldn't put in an obvious Red Sonja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja) joke?


Dammit!  I wanted to make that reference!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 17 Jan 2013, 06:29
What's in store for this week?

More Hairy Stories!    1 (1.5%)
WWADD? (What would Azumanga Daioh do?)    4 (6.2%)
Tai and Dora relationship development.    9 (13.8%)
Faye and Angus relationship devolvement.    4 (6.2%)
Something else-ment.    5 (7.7%)
Emily's deep, dark past.    10 (15.4%)
Claire talks about her past.    12 (18.5%)
Jeph goes completely silly on us.    14 (21.5%)
Not that we mind, of course.    6 (9.2%)

Total Members Voted: 65
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 17 Jan 2013, 06:58
Considering the poll... tied between Penelope (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=755) and Jimbo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Just Karen on 17 Jan 2013, 08:31
Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction? :psyduck:

I had that gut reaction myself...  but you know what?  It shouldn't be part of our reaction.  We're not that different from "average" girls; there's a wide range of "standard" behavioral patterns we fit.  Would a (cisgendered) woman have that reaction?  A (transgendered) woman might as well.

Of course, I might be biased given that (at my last place) I had a wall dedicated to my collection of melee weapons.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 17 Jan 2013, 08:42
But doesn't she realize that it's phallic power she's feeling?
Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction?
You're not. Except I wanted to make that joke. (And then probably get banned for it.)

GAH.  :emotrex: :emotrex: :emotrex: :emotrex: I knew it would happen...take your penis envy somewhere else, you heathens.  :parrot:

EDIT: Until Jeph has a character make the joke in the next comic, thereby canonizing and validating your shenanigans. Are you proud of yourself? Look at what you've become. :psyduck:

All of this "Phallic symbolism" stuff is so silly. Yes, I'm sure NASA designs their rockets to explicitly be male genitalia too, not that it happens to be a beneficial shape for their function.  :roll:

Besides, she's right. It is power; the violence from which all authority derives. Heinlein in the house, yo!

"Will you never cease prating of laws to us that have swords by our sides?" —Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ..his most illustrious defender of democratic values
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jan 2013, 09:31
Smaller groups are an exception. My wife's choir director is very direct in his instructions and doesn't reason with people: his authority comes from voluntary cooperation. Other authority comes from expertise and tradition: I'm going to schedule an unpleasant and embarrassing medical procedure soon because my doctor told me to.

It's when we try to build something larger than a hunter-gatherer band that we need to resort to force to keep things together.

(It is at least plausible grounds for complaint that nobody made that joke when the sword was in the hands of Dora, Faye, or Sam).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 17 Jan 2013, 09:54
Jeph couldn't put in an obvious Red Sonja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja) joke?


Dammit!  I wanted to make that reference!

You could've used others.......I guess.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 17 Jan 2013, 09:55
Smaller groups are an exception. My wife's choir director is very direct in his instructions and doesn't reason with people: his authority comes from voluntary cooperation. Other authority comes from expertise and tradition: I'm going to schedule an unpleasant and embarrassing medical procedure soon because my doctor told me to.

It's when we try to build something larger than a hunter-gatherer band that we need to resort to force to keep things together.

I don't see how that's an exception. Voluntary cooperation does not equal having authority over someone else. The instant they disagree without setting aside their preferences that cooperation would break down and could not be kept together without power, so the "leader" isn't actually in charge. Now that power could still be "Persona non grata" or such ostracism, but it is still a manner of inflicting negative effects on the uncooperative party via dominant control of resources as a means of maintaining order.

Violence, as the root of all real* authority, is just a fact of life. It's true for democracies and so forth as well. The police are collectively hired violence we use to maintain our self-designated rights to property and so forth, the criminals are the ones opting out of the "voluntary cooperation" and being brought back into line by the real power of violent subjugation.

Quite off topic, though. :laugh:

*Edit: I previously had "- or percieved - " between these, but that can have real effects too. What I mean is when actually using the first five or so definitions of the word, not straying into abstract adjectives.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 17 Jan 2013, 10:32
Jeph couldn't put in an obvious Red Sonja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja) joke?


Dammit!  I wanted to make that reference!

Ah yes, the original chainmail bikini wearer.  I'd forgotten, except in the furtive depths of my subconscious...

No, you really don't want to go there...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ThinksTooMuch on 17 Jan 2013, 10:50
As for the current poll: in my opinion Cosette would probably be the worst.  There would be a sudden rash of accidental amputations in Northampton...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 17 Jan 2013, 14:10
"Will you never cease prating of laws to us that have swords by our sides?" —Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ..his most illustrious defender of democratic values
A popular idea... "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao Zedong

On the other hand... "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu

Perhaps this just highlights the difference between leadership and authority.

Anyway... Xena? Really? I can think of much cooler swordswomen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxQ-2gR1DU), and without a chain-mail bikini in sight.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Jan 2013, 16:16
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu
Reminds me, of all things, of Futurama
Quote from: Either God, or the remains of a computerized space probe that collided with God, Bender isn't sure
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 17 Jan 2013, 18:46
On the other hand... "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." - Lao Tzu

Perhaps this just highlights the difference between leadership and authority.

Indeed. An inspirational leader often has a lot less real authority internally and relies on personal loyalty. At any time they could simply desert the movement, provided they're not known to be part of it and in trouble either way. In the latter case then ironically it's the power-structure they're fighting against that is maintaining their opponent's authority via violence. A lesson well-learned by rulers who appreciated the value of mercy, like when Aurelian's streak of mercy in contrast to his regular harsh manner caused the splinter-Empires to be abandoned rapidly.

Although I disagree with Lao Tzu. That may be the case for what conservatives want, but for major progressive rights-issues one has to kick up a massive fight and go down in history loathed at the time and loved thereafter. Just look at Lincoln, whose amending of the Constitution is in quite recent news due to the movie (Which isn't out here yet :( ). Elitist maneuvering to drag the masses forward against their will.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 17 Jan 2013, 19:22
Bwahaha!  I feel all proud for helping spark a poll  8-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Jan 2013, 19:38
Pintsize, he doesn't have fingers.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 17 Jan 2013, 19:41
Aww, I voted Marten, then thought....Emily. Hands down. Imagine if she went at her hair with that?

Head in a jar.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 17 Jan 2013, 19:59
I'm disappointed to find I'm the only one who voted Tai. I figured more people would remember the clipper incident.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Jan 2013, 23:07
I...don't remember that. And Claire, those earplugs won't help you.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 17 Jan 2013, 23:18
Oh GOD, the sobbing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 17 Jan 2013, 23:39
I would never have thought that Marten has been working for more than one year at the library  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 17 Jan 2013, 23:40
Jeph couldn't put in an obvious Red Sonja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja) joke?


Dammit!  I wanted to make that reference!

Ah yes, the original chainmail bikini wearer.  I'd forgotten, except in the furtive depths of my subconscious...

No, you really don't want to go there...

Lemme guess......Red Shetland? (http://www.graphxpress.com/rs.htm)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Jan 2013, 23:50
I would never have thought that Marten has been working for more than one year at the library  :psyduck:
Marten started there soon after he started dating Dora, so he's probably been there about two years by now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jan 2013, 23:50
The clippers incident (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1697).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Jan 2013, 23:52
I...are clippers an electric shaver?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 18 Jan 2013, 00:09
I...are clippers an electric shaver?
They're a basketball team in Los Angeles, but the idea of them helping to shave her pubic hair presents many difficulties.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Jan 2013, 00:25
I don't know, I mean...the dude can jump over a car.  Surely the necessary skills are similar.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 18 Jan 2013, 00:30
No, hair-clippers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_clippers#Electric_clippers) are different. And High Tai, like the U.S.Marine Corps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Pt6Te7KgSR4#t=18s), presumably neglected to fit a comb/guard to the clippers... Ouch!

I thought the likes of Yog-Sothoth lurked in the dark corners of every library...



Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 18 Jan 2013, 00:44
Only in those with non-euclidian geometry, Akima.


Somehow it's a nice thing to see those two engaged in normal conversation like that. It's soothing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 18 Jan 2013, 01:36
Hmm, maybe Marten's presence acts as a sort of SSRI and anti-anxiety on people...  Now if only I existed in QC maybe I could get some effective OCD/anxiety/depression treatment too!

P.S.  Can't decide if Emily or Pintsize would be worse having that sword...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 18 Jan 2013, 01:51
Only in those with non-euclidian geometry, Akima.

Which thanks to the properties of L-space is every library, ever.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 18 Jan 2013, 01:57
I wonder... when it's really quiet in the Smif library at night... could you hear a faint "Ugh" from somewhere between the shelves?

(Damn undergrads and their weird furry fetishes.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 18 Jan 2013, 06:29
...You guys have been reading Wapsi Square again, haven't you?

Do NOT tick off the head librarian of the Bibliothiki, or she'll have you for lunch.

Or rip your face off.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 18 Jan 2013, 08:52
...You guys have been reading Wapsi Square again, haven't you?

Do NOT tick off the head librarian of the Bibliothiki, or she'll have you for lunch.

Or rip your face off.

And possibly both. Preferably not in that order.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 18 Jan 2013, 10:22
Um yeah, I didn't see any kind of phallic reference in the sword joke. Maybe it's just that my mind doesn't run on those lines. I wouldn't have seen one had it been Marten holding the sword either.

I think I'm a tad worried about what will happen when Claire's delusions about libraries are exploded.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Jan 2013, 10:43
It was just the idea of a sword suddenly making her "feel powerful".  In Faye's case, she was already expressing her power through the sword.  Even in Sam's case, where she's suddenly expressing (or at least trying to express) her power as Skullmaster, it's wasn't the sword that made her feel that way, but the anonymity of the mask. 

At least, that's what I thought when she said that.  The small and weak suddenly feeling powerful just by holding a symbol of violence and domination...

Of course, we don't know how many customers she actually hit with it, either! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 18 Jan 2013, 11:49
Swords are not (just) symbols though; they are actual weapons that do multiply the wielder's ability to dispense violence and mayhem. Claire, being of slight build and apparently somewhat timid, probably feels this effect more than others because human perception is fundamentally logarithmic in response.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 18 Jan 2013, 13:47
Claire is a college graduate, so she must have a fairly realistic idea of what libraries are like, if not what it's like to work in one. A back-office job might meet her expectations.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Jan 2013, 16:36
Being a college graduate doesn't necessarily imply ever having stepped into the college library.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 18 Jan 2013, 17:57
"other" vote in the poll:

The Vespa Avenger  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 18 Jan 2013, 18:37
I wonder... when it's really quiet in the Smif library at night... could you hear a faint "Ugh" from somewhere between the shelves?

(Damn undergrads and their weird furry fetishes.)

Ya sure it's not the sounds of a wooden ruler spanked onto a butt by the bespectacled librarian?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 18 Jan 2013, 18:40
Conan The Librarian
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 18 Jan 2013, 20:47
Jeph should make that a thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 18 Jan 2013, 21:38
...Starring Betty White.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Jan 2013, 21:40
I'm kind of sick of Betty White.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 18 Jan 2013, 21:52
Hark! I hear a reference to Weird Al Yankovic!

From UHF, 1989 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8)
Starring Weird Al Yankovic, Teri Jackson, Michael Richards (pre-Seinfeld) etc.
You're welcome. ;D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 18 Jan 2013, 22:18
Don't change that channel, don't touch that dial! We got it all on the UHF.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 18 Jan 2013, 22:46
"This is my new mop. George, my friend, he gave me this mop. It's a pretty good mop. It's not as good as my first mop, I miss my first mop. But this is still a good mop. Sometimes you just have to take what life gives you. Cause life is like a mop. And sometimes life gets full of... dirt, and crud, and bugs and hairballs and stuff, you, you, you gotta clean it out! You, y-y-you gotta put it in here and rinse it off and start all over again! And, and sometimes, sometimes life sticks to the floor so bad, y'know a mop, a mop is not good enough, it's not good enough. You, you gotta get down there like with a toothbrush, you know, and you've gotta, you've gotta really scrub, you've gotta... you've gotta get it off! You've gotta really try to get it off, but if that doesn't work, that doesn't work, you can't give up! You've gotta, you've gotta stand right up, you, you've gotta run to a window and say HEY! THESE FLOORS ARE DIRTY AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANY MORE!"
-Stanley Spadowski, UHF.

Oh gosh, first post on a new page. :psy:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 19 Jan 2013, 11:23
Oh gosh, first post on a new page. :psy:

Now, THAT'S a page break! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 19 Jan 2013, 11:33
You win absolutely nothing! YOU SO STUPID! -- Game Show Host, UHF

Now I gotta go buy a DVD copy of UHF...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aquaisces on 19 Jan 2013, 11:41
I'm kind of sick of Betty White.

Blasphemy!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: slydon on 19 Jan 2013, 14:39
I'm kind of sick of Betty White.

Blasphemy!
My thoughts exactly. I actually caught myself saying that out loud.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 19 Jan 2013, 16:14
Who would be the WORST QC cast member to Wield the Broadsword of DOOM?

Hannelore (she might cut herself and go into apoplectic shock)    1 (1.9%)
Marigold (she'd get into it too much)    1 (1.9%)
Claire (she knoweth not what she wieldeth)    2 (3.8%)
Clinton (he'd try to use it to enhance his AI hand)    1 (1.9%)
Emily (for obvious reasons)    24 (46.2%)
Tai (for the acid trip reasons)    2 (3.8%)
Pintsize (of course)    15 (28.8%)
Momo (she would take out the entire squirrel population of Northampton)    1 (1.9%)
Marten (he can't even lift it)    2 (3.8%)
Other (your choice)    3 (5.8%)

Total Members Voted: 52
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 19 Jan 2013, 18:27
Who goes into a store that advertises "touristy bullshit?"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 19 Jan 2013, 18:35
Who goes into a store that advertises "touristy bullshit?"

You will find an afternoon at Put-in-Bay quite enlightening in that regard.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 19 Jan 2013, 22:52
I'm kind of sick of Betty White.

Blasphemy!
My thoughts exactly. I actually caught myself saying that out loud.
I don't know.  A year or so ago I would've still agreed, but...eh.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 19 Jan 2013, 23:08
See, y'all don't remember her from MTM. She was kinda annoying back then as Ted Baxter's squeeze. She got more annoying in Golden Girls.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 19 Jan 2013, 23:21
I never even saw the Golden Girls. I basically know her from her just general presence in things the past 5-10 years. It was funny at first, and I guess it still sort of is, but there's not much variety to her act.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 19 Jan 2013, 23:41
Who goes into a store that advertises "touristy bullshit?"

Verbatim? Hah...I guess it depends on what city it's in...if I'm somewhere in Canada, I might not mind. Anywhere south of Boston, I'd steer clear.

Then again, last time I was in Niagara Falls, I intentionally would shop at Niagara-on-the-Lake and other non-touristy places, which were all free of touristy shit.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 20 Jan 2013, 01:17
Who goes into a store that advertises "touristy bullshit?"
I would.

My dear old mother expects me to return with some touristy bullshit whenever I go abroad.

And I appreciate honesty.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Jan 2013, 10:50
Then again, last time I was in Niagara Falls, I intentionally would shop at Niagara-on-the-Lake and other non-touristy places, which were all free of touristy shit.

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :roll: :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 20 Jan 2013, 11:48
See, y'all don't remember her from MTM. She was kinda annoying back then as Ted Baxter's squeeze. She got more annoying in Golden Girls.
Are you confusing Betty White ("Sue Ann Nivens," the Happy Horny Homemaker) with Georgia Engel ("Georgette," aka Mrs. Ted?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Jan 2013, 12:41
Yes, he is. 

Youngsters...   :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 20 Jan 2013, 13:03
Hm. Wonder what's a word for the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" version of a "Trekkie."

EmTie?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Jan 2013, 14:00
Empty Emmie. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 20 Jan 2013, 14:23
[ ... ]
From UHF, 1989 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8)
Starring Weird Al Yankovic, Teri Jackson, Michael Richards (pre-Seinfeld) etc.
You're welcome. ;D

I followed that link. Then somehow I ended up at "Archery dagger technique, fast shooting" ...

Guys. The internet. IS. A library!     °__________°
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Jan 2013, 15:13
Libraries aren't nearly that haphazard. 

It's more like an attic. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: miados on 20 Jan 2013, 15:19
thanks to this week of comics i have a new convention i am interested in going to. and no it is not just because it was wrote on claires chest. i know you can't tell from my random talking here from time to time but i am actually trying to write a book. i finished my first nanowrimo and am getting back to working on it. curse getting books for christmas and making them so hard to put down thus distracting me from writing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 20 Jan 2013, 16:56
Libraries aren't nearly that haphazard. 

It's more like an attic. 

Full of spiders, itchy insulation foam, dead rodents, and bridge trolls who lost the way back home. Sad, sad little creatures...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 20 Jan 2013, 18:31
Who would be the WORST QC cast member to Wield the Broadsword of DOOM?

Hannelore (she might cut herself and go into apoplectic shock)    2 (3.6%)
Marigold (she'd get into it too much)    1 (1.8%)
Claire (she knoweth not what she wieldeth)    2 (3.6%)
Clinton (he'd try to use it to enhance his AI hand)    1 (1.8%)
Emily (for obvious reasons)    24 (43.6%)
Tai (for the acid trip reasons)    2 (3.6%)
Pintsize (of course)    17 (30.9%)
Momo (she would take out the entire squirrel population of Northampton)    1 (1.8%)
Marten (he can't even lift it)    2 (3.6%)
Other (your choice)    3 (5.5%)

Total Members Voted: 55
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 21 Jan 2013, 04:37
Wonder what's a word for the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" version of a "Trekkie."
Old?  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 21 Jan 2013, 05:55
Wonder what's a word for the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" version of a "Trekkie."
Old?  :-D
Respect your elders, you whippersnapper.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 21 Jan 2013, 06:48
Wonder what's a word for the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" version of a "Trekkie."
Old?  :-D
What DSL said.

尊重你的長輩,年輕的女士。
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 21 Jan 2013, 07:08
HAH! Indeed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 21 Jan 2013, 15:00
I kinda wonder how well she'll snap when whipped...


Where the hell did that term come from, anyway? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 21 Jan 2013, 18:22
Title: Re: WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 21 Jan 2013, 21:11
That's an evil whipeprsnapper.