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Title: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 27 Dec 2014, 12:26
Boom shakkalaka, boom shakkalaka, BOOM!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 27 Dec 2014, 14:51
How will the year end? With the Yelling Bird crew doing something surreal and bizarre.

Then, on Tuesday, we rejoin the main QC universe 28 days later. There is only a 33% chance that there has been a zombie apocalypse whilst we were away.  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Natswash on 27 Dec 2014, 15:29
Some say the world will end in fire/some say in booze
but having tasted on that cruise/ I hold with those who favor booze
not to say that destruction fire/would draw my ire
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 27 Dec 2014, 17:17
Perhaps the world ends not with a bang, but with a squee.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 27 Dec 2014, 17:43
Damnit, and I wanted to be the one to riff on that quote. =P Well, if not squee, then fire - because we all know that Pintsize would be the one to blame.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 27 Dec 2014, 19:08
Some say '14 will end in squee,
Some say in d'awww.
From what I've tasted of QC
I hold with those who favor squee.
But since the other has no flaws,
I think I know enough of Jeph
To say that for the New Year d'awww
Will leave bereft
No one at all.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 27 Dec 2014, 19:22
Some say '14 will end in squee,
Some say in d'awww.

I say both!

SqueeeeeeDawww!
(http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd334/DMCdriver/SqueeeeeDaaaaaawww_zpsm3wwxhow.gif)
Goodbye 2014!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 27 Dec 2014, 19:37
It is a killing squee, that can make men's heads explode with sheer cuteness.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 28 Dec 2014, 00:48
I'm betting on 4th Impact.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Magniras on 28 Dec 2014, 07:01
I'm betting on 4th Impact.

SHINJI, GET IN/OUT OF THE GOD DAMN EVA!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: FunkyTuba on 28 Dec 2014, 08:12
Squaw? D'Eeeeee?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DonInKansas on 28 Dec 2014, 17:32
Whoever had Pepperoni Pizza Hot Pockets in the poll is the winner.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Dec 2014, 17:50
Good safety tip: Don't take the last Hot Pocket.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 28 Dec 2014, 18:18
Ahhhgggggghhhhh!  Bandicoot!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: hedgie on 28 Dec 2014, 18:31
Radioactive bandicoot.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 28 Dec 2014, 18:37
I've never had Hot Pockets, but I've had Stouffer's Bistro Turkey Bacon Club Crustini, which is similar.  Wasn't impressed.  I do like their microwave paninis.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 28 Dec 2014, 19:07
Randy is Radiating
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: explicit on 28 Dec 2014, 19:07
Hot pockets aren't worth fighting over. It's basically like fighting over who gets to have diarrhea later.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: davedig on 28 Dec 2014, 19:08
Hmmm now I want Hotpockets. I know they're gross but I grew up on them.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DrBear on 28 Dec 2014, 19:18
Given the choice, I'd pick Hot Pockets over nukes, but not by much

/You can nuke a Hot Pocket
//You can't Hot Pocket a nuke
///Radioactive Bandicoot would be a good band name.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 28 Dec 2014, 19:24
Radioactive Bandicoot and the Hot Pocket Nukes
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: 94ssd on 28 Dec 2014, 19:59

/You can nuke a Hot Pocket
//You can't Hot Pocket a nuke

Nor can you Pocket a Hot Nuke
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: FunkyTuba on 28 Dec 2014, 22:41
Ninja'd to the Jim Gaffigan
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 28 Dec 2014, 23:15
Oh, well that explains everything! Eating the last hot pocket is a bit like eating the last Twinkie: a capital offence!

Something tells me that breakfast at the YB Crew's house can get a little... fraught.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Akima on 29 Dec 2014, 00:20
Can you get vegetarian hot-pockets? :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 29 Dec 2014, 01:13
So, what happens for the rest of the week?

As far as I can tell, there are basically two ways Jeph can take this. He can either resume where he left off or time-skip ahead. Let me justify that second one - I'm arguing that there is nothing currently open, with the exception of Emily and Clinton, that necessarily requires a 'what happens immediately after' strip. Faye seems to have made up her mind about Angus and is seemingly at peace with her choice. Marten and Claire seem stable at the moment. I've got the feeling that Hannelore's clothing incident was just a interlude because Jeph didn't want to focus on events around the Library Interns to the exception of all else.

IMHO, the only current story thread that could be said to need an immediate continuation is what will happen with Emily and Clinton. However, even that could be handled with a 'offhand flashback comment' if Jeph doesn't want to go into detail about it.

My call? There will probably only be three narrative strips this week (Thursday 1/1 will almost certainly will just be a single-panel 'greeting card' like last Thursday's). It is the ideal week to close off Emily and Claire's conversation and wrap up this calender year by wrapping up the events of the Summer of Love and Heartbreak. Then Jeph can start the new year with events further into Fall, in-strip.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ZoeB on 29 Dec 2014, 01:19
Hot pockets do not mean pockets of radioactivity. I stand corrected.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: katsmeat on 29 Dec 2014, 02:15
Given their current, non-vaporized state,  can we conclude that Sweet Tits and  Yelling Bird are the immortals of the QCverse?

Clearly Yelling Bird is the Trickster.  Perhaps ST is God.

We'll have Tai casually drop into the conversation that she was brought up in the Church of ST, but is now agnostic.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 29 Dec 2014, 02:24
Given their current, non-vaporized state,  can we conclude that Sweet Tits and  Yelling Bird are the immortals of the QCverse?

No, it proves is that the YB Crew strips take place in a Toon-verse where normal laws of physics and reality do not apply and even the largest explosion only causes the damage that you want it to.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DSL on 29 Dec 2014, 04:08
Can you get vegetarian hot-pockets? :mrgreen:

That would defeat the whole idea of vegetarianism.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DSL on 29 Dec 2014, 04:20
Given their current, non-vaporized state,  can we conclude that Sweet Tits and  Yelling Bird are the immortals of the QCverse?

No, it proves is that the YB Crew strips take place in a Toon-verse where normal laws of physics and reality do not apply and even the largest explosion only causes the damage that you want it to.

It's not even a problem unless at least one of them is accordion-compressed. And then you just walk it off (with appropriate wheezing sounds).
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Dec 2014, 04:50
Randy disappears when he dies only to immediately reappear. Harriet and Howard (Yelling Bird's name until I'm canonically told otherwise) don't seem to die or disappear at all. Interesting.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DSL on 29 Dec 2014, 05:52
Randy disappears when he dies only to immediately reappear. Harriet and Howard (Yelling Bird's name until I'm canonically told otherwise) don't seem to die or disappear at all. Interesting.
Randy's a Time Lord?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Uniquitous on 29 Dec 2014, 06:02
Hot pockets are actually really easy to make. Just buy a package of puff pastry, cut both sheets into six equally sized rectangles each, then load 'em up with whatever you like. Brush the edges with some beaten egg, then smush on the tops and bake 'em. So damn tasty. Eat one fresh out of the oven, then fridge or freezer the rest.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Dec 2014, 07:12
Quote
Hannelore's clothing incident was just a interlude because Jeph didn't want to focus on events around the Library Interns to the exception of all else.

This week, Hannelore goes shopping. Not yet restocked from christmas all the stores have left are victorian dresses.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Natswash on 29 Dec 2014, 07:21
So, what happens for the rest of the week?

IMHO, the only current story thread that could be said to need an immediate continuation is what will happen with Emily and Clinton. However, even that could be handled with a 'offhand flashback comment' if Jeph doesn't want to go into detail about it.

What about the Svenectomy? Please, that drama bomb is going to have some real fallout
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 29 Dec 2014, 08:26
So, what happens for the rest of the week?

IMHO, the only current story thread that could be said to need an immediate continuation is what will happen with Emily and Clinton. However, even that could be handled with a 'offhand flashback comment' if Jeph doesn't want to go into detail about it.

What about the Svenectomy? Please, that drama bomb is going to have some real fallout

Not necessarily and certainly not immediately. That said, I could see Tai complaining to the others at the library how the breach with her family is affecting Dora (because I can see the Bianchis taking Sven's side).
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Natswash on 29 Dec 2014, 08:50
Not necessarily and certainly not immediately. That said, I could see Tai complaining to the others at the library how the breach with her family is affecting Dora (because I can see the Bianchis taking Sven's side).
I agree on the not immediately (even though i'm actually looking forward to that arc), I think Jeph is likely to wrap up (at least temporarily) Emily/Clinton before he does any other real plot developments. I'd like to see more of a capstone on Faye/Angus, but it is true not everything in life actually gets closure
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MooskiNet on 29 Dec 2014, 09:47
Marten gets a text at 2:00 AM from Tai:  "Can we talk?"

Marten sighs and sits up.

Claire sleepily asks if everything's okay.

----

One day, dammit.  ONE DAY...
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: osaka on 29 Dec 2014, 12:22
Marten gets a text at 2:00 AM from Tai:  "Can we talk?"

Marten sighs and sits up.

Claire sleepily asks if everything's okay.

----

One day, dammit.  ONE DAY...

Tai walks into the room and Marten wonders why he didn't fix the lock.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: tragic_pizza on 29 Dec 2014, 14:42
Prediction: The nuclear explosion has vaporized the QC-verse, and Jeph devotes his energies to the new strip.

 :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Dec 2014, 15:21
In the commotion, Pintsize finds some espresso beans, and Harriet and Howard must team up to defeat him.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MooskiNet on 29 Dec 2014, 18:08
To reiterate:  I love Tai.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 29 Dec 2014, 18:14
So, either the Emilysmooch was completely harmless, or it was all part of her (and perhaps Tai's?) devious plan to nudge Marten in Claire's direction.  Hmm.  I can kind of see the latter happening...

Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Dec 2014, 18:28
Or she kinda liked him but not to the extent that she's upset that she can't have him. Also wow, Tai can jump.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Natswash on 29 Dec 2014, 18:41
Tai's response prepping has improved by leaps and bounds
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Dec 2014, 18:43
So, either the Emilysmooch was completely harmless, or it was all part of her (and perhaps Tai's?) devious plan to nudge Marten in Claire's direction.  Hmm.  I can kind of see the latter happening...

I don't know if I like the idea of Emily having master plans.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 29 Dec 2014, 18:43
Tai Ninja Confetti Attack!


So, either the Emilysmooch was completely harmless, or it was all part of her (and perhaps Tai's?) devious plan to nudge Marten in Claire's direction.  Hmm.  I can kind of see the latter happening...

Nah, it was nothing but a "Thanks for being so gallant" smooch. Emily's as devious as a goldfish.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Dec 2014, 18:46
Emily and deviousness does not compute.

Fatal exception error. 

A problem has been detected and reality has shown to prevent damage to your universe.

non_sequitur.sys

If this is the first time you have seen this message, relax.  God is in his heaven. All's right with the world. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Hope the One returns to the source and disseminates the code he carries.

If this fails to correct the problem, bend over and kiss it goodbye.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Dec 2014, 18:51
Kiss what goodbye? Since bending over is involved, I'm assuming it's a butt.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Dec 2014, 18:54
I suppose, if we're going to be anatomically correct, if you manage to reach anything other than a limb without injury, you should be congratulated on your flexibility.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 29 Dec 2014, 18:59
Since someone had to say it:

She's flying Tai.  She's a real Tai flyer.  She has Tai hopes. 
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Dec 2014, 19:07
Of course she can fly. She's a Tai fighter.

...but can Tai land?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Dec 2014, 19:30
It doesn't matter if she make a controlled landing or not. Either way, there's gonna be a Tai down. Worse yet, the puns could Tai up the thread for the rest of the week. It only a matter of time before someone gets Tai-ered of it

I, for one, look forward to the Tai-ins/
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: St.Clair on 29 Dec 2014, 19:31
I debated which of these puns was the worst, but in the end, I decided it was...
(go ahead, say it)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 29 Dec 2014, 19:33
...a Tai, because they're all tai-rrible.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Dec 2014, 19:37
They could have been Tai-tanic.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DrBear on 29 Dec 2014, 19:52
She can't wait until they Tai the knot.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Dec 2014, 19:58
That level of squee could be a Tai-breaker.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Akima on 29 Dec 2014, 20:05
To bring off an ambush like that requires good Tai-ming.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 29 Dec 2014, 20:15
Emily helped. For Claire it became a perfect storm, really.

A Tai-phoon, even.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Dec 2014, 21:00
Without them they might not have gotten together for another 1000 strips.

They managed to get things done in a Tai-mily fashion.
Title: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: FunkyTuba on 29 Dec 2014, 22:30
This thread is going to an-Tai-gonize people who hate puns
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 29 Dec 2014, 22:37
People who hate puns?  I don't believe in them. Just a conspiracy of cartaigraphers.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 29 Dec 2014, 23:04
If anyone deserves her own spin-off comic, it's her, she's the perfect pro-Tai-gonist.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 29 Dec 2014, 23:15
I'm thinking that Emily has proved that she can keep a secret. How? By keeping Tai's confetti ambush secret and leading Claire in the right direction without tipping her off.

What is Claire's key learning? She never knew just how many friends that she had, all of whom wanted her to be happy! So, have they broken out the "Happy Arbour Day" banner in the office? :-D

Edit
A caption for panel 3:

TAI: "YYYAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!"

CLAIRE: "Omyeffingodz!!!"
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ZoeB on 30 Dec 2014, 02:21
Thai Fighter

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10882143_10204246546297266_4513107674443763865_n.jpg?oh=5d2a3f8795a0b583b96692d50dacf452&oe=553171EF&__gda__=1429712272_3e0dad0f0b2a50aa6ab9ed6e0bb89214)

and a Belgian and Italian one too.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MrNumbers on 30 Dec 2014, 03:36
The level of responses here has been...

Tai-tanic.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: techkid on 30 Dec 2014, 03:57
Someone should Tai her up, her sheer exuberance can hardly be con-Tai-ned!

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 30 Dec 2014, 05:59
Oh, what have I done?  :-o  Heh, like I said, something someone had to do.

As for tying Tai up we've already seen that, and by Marten no less. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1302
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Undrneath on 30 Dec 2014, 07:21
I think they may go celebrate with a round of Mai Tais.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: osaka on 30 Dec 2014, 09:02
So we know Tai has some vertical and she has a power hug that can crack a Marten in half. Are we sure she didn't play Cornerback in her high school?

Just a sporty thought, after all that Tai talk.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: DSL on 30 Dec 2014, 09:02
Much later, it was said the puns didn't let up until Tai died.

It was colorful.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Dec 2014, 09:21
I do wonder if Emily distracted Claire on purpose. I still can't imagine Emily doing anything sneaky, but switching to that subject did help Tai intercept her.






Too subtle?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MooskiNet on 30 Dec 2014, 09:22
So we know Tai has some vertical and she has a power hug that can crack a Marten in half. Are we sure she didn't play Cornerback in her high school?

Just a sporty thought, after all that Tai talk.

She could probably play rugby with this  (http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/The-Morrigan-Induction-288872616)lady. 
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: KOK on 30 Dec 2014, 10:54
Randy's a Time Lord?
Randy is eternal.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 30 Dec 2014, 13:13
Great leap, she must practice Taikwondo.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 30 Dec 2014, 15:08
Randy's a Time Lord?
Randy is eternal.
But Tai is a Taim Lord.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Dec 2014, 16:17
But Tai is a Taim Lord.

but not ginger.

(fixed quote - Method)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 30 Dec 2014, 19:43
My first reaction to that was that it was some kind of Ginger Baker/Tom Baker mashup joke.

The Glenfartin` seems to be missing its apostrophe.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 30 Dec 2014, 19:54
Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 30 Dec 2014, 20:04
Faye's falling back in the bottle story just got a lot less subtle.

But I suppose alchoholism generally isn't subtle.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 30 Dec 2014, 20:13
Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

Not quite. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1798)  But now it seems the booze isn't intended for emergencies anymore.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Dec 2014, 20:21
642
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 30 Dec 2014, 20:22
Okay, doubly wrong, but not about the more important bit.

I should really check before I make a statement like that. =P
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Dec 2014, 20:31
Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

I guess for values of "booze." (Edit: more like values of "brought." This may indeed be the first time Faye has brought alcohol to work for the express purpose of drinking it on the job--as opposed to the bottle for emergencies or a social context.) IIRC (and I am not going to look it up today) CoD had (has?) a bottle of emergency bourbon under the counter, and Dora has no issues with pizza and beer during work. (Beaten to the punch, I have been. Type faster, I must.)

Faye's falling back in the bottle story just got a lot less subtle.

But I suppose alchoholism generally isn't subtle.

To be momentarily serious (not too serious), alcoholism is such a problem word. It's used for the state of being addicted to alcohol in the chemical sense, and for self medicating with alcohol. Faye has a drinking problem. She has pretty much since we met her. But it's not clear if she's addicted, and seems she isn't (IANA doctor. I can only go by knowing too many alcoholics).

Of course, she could be going over the line. I'd say I saw about a quarter or a third of the addicts I've known start by drinking "the hair of the dog" after waking up, which transitioned to drinking at work in all cases. None of the addicts I've known started as emotional drinkers, like Faye. But I figure that's just an artifact of the sample, not an argument that Faye is not an addict.

I'm not saying one has to be chemically addicted to be an alcoholic. Certainly all of the bad stuff happens whatever the cause of one's drinking problem.

(Full disclosure: I might as well be a teetotaler. I like beer. I love Kahlua. Big fan of a fine whisky or rum. I bought a 12 pack of beer 4 months ago-ish. There are 9 or 10 left. I haven't had anything else in that time. I like it that way. Getting a buzz is cheap. So the only experience I have is watching others become alcoholics.)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 30 Dec 2014, 20:50
The comments get unintentionally depressing when the comment and the plug get mixed together.

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Goddamnit Faye It's that time of year again!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BrusselSprouts on 30 Dec 2014, 21:15
Third panel Dora looks... sympathetic I guess. She must have come to her senses in the transition between panel three and four.

Also Glenfartin
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: St.Clair on 30 Dec 2014, 21:43
I do wonder if Emily distracted Claire on purpose. I still can't imagine Emily doing anything sneaky, but switching to that subject did help Tai intercept her.






Too subtle?

No, but it is a bit advanced for some.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MrNumbers on 30 Dec 2014, 21:45
At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 30 Dec 2014, 21:57
I would say that Faye doesn't have an alcohol addiction, in the traditional sense. She isn't always or frequently drunk. She drinks socially, and as a (poor) stress coping mechanism. In that way she has a problem (the stress drinking, not the social kind). But she can also go long periods without drinking, presumably. Still, how much she drank was a problem point for Angus, so it's possible she drinks more than we see 'on screen' and she does have an addiction problem. But she doesn't fit the pattern of other addicts that I've known who pretty much need their fix on a daily basis.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 30 Dec 2014, 22:50
Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.

Not quite. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1798)  But now it seems the booze isn't intended for emergencies anymore.
Some anti-foreshadowing a bit later: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1807 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1807)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 30 Dec 2014, 23:33
Faye's addiction to alcohol was always of the 'stress coping' variety. Because of this, and the nature of her breakup with Angus, there was always the risk that she'd turn back to some form of chemical crutch to avoid dealing with her thoughts and emotions. That's a dangerous path and I'm wondering if she's unknowingly travelling down her father's path.

Fortunately, Dora has found out. Unlike Marten, she doesn't avoid confrontation, so a dramatic intervention may be about to happen (Hannelore on 24/7 Faye-watch? The CoD girls taking it in shifts to watch her?). I suspect that Marten might feel guilty about being so wrapped up in himself that he didn't notice.

At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 31 Dec 2014, 00:43
::pun::

No, but it is a bit advanced for some.

I'm tongue Taid.

Faye's addiction to alcohol was always of the 'stress coping' variety. Because of this, and the nature of her breakup with Angus, there was always the risk that she'd turn back to some form of chemical crutch to avoid dealing with her thoughts and emotions. That's a dangerous path and I'm wondering if she's unknowingly travelling down her father's path.

Fortunately, Dora has found out. Unlike Marten, she doesn't avoid confrontation, so a dramatic intervention may be about to happen (Hannelore on 24/7 Faye-watch? The CoD girls taking it in shifts to watch her?). I suspect that Marten might feel guilty about being so wrapped up in himself that he didn't notice.

At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

Marten's usually a good egg about other people's problems, but he's got a natural tendency to take people at their word. I'd say he knows Faye well enough that he should have seen through it, under normal circumstances, but's pretty high on endorphins right now. Love, lust, infatuation... that stuff'll impair you. There should warnings about operating heavy machinery.

Anyway, if Faye is seriously on that slope, Dora's really the one she needs. Marty is an awesome friend, but Dora won't put up with it. Addiction or no, Faye needs an intervention. Frankly, bringing this up to Dora is like asking for one, so either Faye knows that on some level or she's really gone past the bend. All other things being equal, I'm not betting on either.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MrNumbers on 31 Dec 2014, 05:27
At least she asked for permission first?

That's... gotta count for something, right?

I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

For Faye, a whisper for permission might be as close as she can get to a genuine cry for help.

"Ha ha aren't I being funny asking for this booze by the way I'm finding it really hard to deal with sobriety right now just incidentally"

... Oh man, imagine how she's going to feel the first time she changes the channel to see Angus on TV.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Akima on 31 Dec 2014, 05:41
I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.
Very plausible. A fine example of "Ha ha, only serious."
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Mad Cat on 31 Dec 2014, 07:37
My first reaction to that was that it was some kind of Ginger Baker/Tom Baker mashup joke.

The Glenfartin` seems to be missing its apostrophe.
You may be thinking of Glen Livet, but that's not an apostraphe, that's just a space. Glenfartin, Glenmorangie, and Glenfiddich are all one word names.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 31 Dec 2014, 08:46
My first reaction to that was that it was some kind of Ginger Baker/Tom Baker mashup joke.

The Glenfartin` seems to be missing its apostrophe.
You may be thinking of Glen Livet, but that's not an apostraphe, that's just a space. Glenfartin, Glenmorangie, and Glenfiddich are all one word names.
No, I was thinkin' of Glenfartin'.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 31 Dec 2014, 08:55
There was a story arc long ago about Faye's alcohol usage. She brought it up as a problem in therapy. There was a blowup with Marten about it.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 31 Dec 2014, 10:05
I think that it was a cry for help. Faye is too proud to ask directly, so she went the indirect route and basically told one of her friends that she's hurting and drinking too much by implication.

I originally thought todays strip was a bit much. Once I read Faye's first line in the second panel I was 'Alright, Jeph's laying it on too hard and I'm having trouble buying it'. But thinking about it this way, it's not Jeph laying it on for the people who hadn't noticed she's had a drink in her hand every strip she's been in, but FAYE laying it in hard so someone will notice, that's actually pretty solid.

I've turned the corner on todays strip.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 31 Dec 2014, 10:19
Yup. Faye is a known problem drinker. She has been from her first appearance. How much of that was intended from the beginning, I would not try to guess. But it is there.

She has used alcohol as a crutch. The unknowns, at this point are: "can she 'walk' without it?" One of the things common to early stage addiction is the ability to get hammered without appearing drunk. "Is she, instead, hiding from her feelings behind the bottle?" Her previous behavior is consistent with that too.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 31 Dec 2014, 14:32
I think the Angus situation has hit her harder than she's willing to admit..

At least she has a decent support network.  I wonder what Doctor Corrine's gonna say about this.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Dec 2014, 14:44
I was just thinking how Claire is better for Marten than Dora, because I can see Marten calming Faye down, and Claire walking in on them, but instead of suspecting anything, her reaction would probably be "oh no, is Faye alright?" In fact, I can see that exact scenario playing out just to show how solid their relationship is.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 31 Dec 2014, 15:29
Unless Claire were in one of her "moods" to begin with. If she feels thwarted, she can be...self-centered.

OTOH, I just don't see that lasting, and Claire would be mortified, later. It's very difficult to project what kind of relationship insecurities Claire may have, as she's never had a relationship before. But based on her previous actions, she just doesn't run hot for long. Jumping to negative conclusions doesn't seem her style, though I may misremember.

That said, Dora had reason--good or not--to view Faye as a rival. (Comics 4 thought 564, to be exact.) I just don't see Claire having the same issues.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 31 Dec 2014, 16:02
Claire's clearly very against the idea of cheating, but I'm still hoping she'll recognize there's nothing there because Faye's the one who gave them a nudge and helped get their relationship started in the first place.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 31 Dec 2014, 17:54
Comic!
The Bird is Yelling again.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 31 Dec 2014, 19:24
Not a real comic (judging by hitting Previous and Next and not getting back to it).  Save it while you can...

Newcomers who truly appreciate Yelling Bird may not realize that he once had his very own strip (http://indietits.com).
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 31 Dec 2014, 19:36
Not a real comic (judging by hitting Previous and Next and not getting back to it).  Save it while you can...

Kind of weird that Jeph would do that (along with the adorable Christmas illustration) since Holiday and New Year's comics in previous years are still up, but maybe he's trying to get the weekly strip numbers to sync back up again.

Also kind of weird to give Faye a cry-for-help moment, only to interrupt with Yelling Bird, but it'll appear seamless to archive-bingers.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 31 Dec 2014, 20:13
Yelling bird strip is just the technical difficulties thingy while they calm down Faye, who's threatening people with a broken bottle of glenfarten.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 01 Jan 2015, 00:16
... I've got to say that I would be surprised, mortified and just a little validated if Barack Obama personally told me to 'fuck off'.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Toe on 01 Jan 2015, 00:17
Twatbaffling?

"I have baffled the twat, pray that I don't baffle it any further."
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: foolsguinea on 01 Jan 2015, 01:47
I just thought Jeph messed up the code somehow.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 01 Jan 2015, 02:29
January: at least it isn't Ebola.
February:jokes on you, Y.B., I'm single
March: AGAIN?! I really need to stop messing with that Necro-om-nicon (or however it's pronounced) book.
April: at least he told somebody to do that...
May: as usual.
June: but I don't owe him any money, I bought a BRZ from the Subaru dealership!
July: I'll take "What is making Yelling Bird so angry" for $500, Alex.
August: should've bought an anteater after the first time.
September: it's for a good cause, lots of frustrated housewives need them!
October: I should've just given them the treats!
November: first step is admitting that I have a problem...
December: didn't that happen last year?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 01 Jan 2015, 05:52
On the eighth day of Xmas, Yelling Bird gave to me: BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: explicit on 01 Jan 2015, 09:03
The president will tell me to fuck off? Well, maybe he's just mad at all the people who tell him the same. Would it be a nationally televised fuck off? I feel like he'd be better off telling Un or Putin to fuck off before he tells me. I mean I'm just... ambivalent towards him...
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 01 Jan 2015, 09:47
Glorious leader Kim isn't really worth the effort. I'm not sure POTUS hasn't told Putin to fuck off. They really don't like each other. Considering the way Putin treats his friends We could see YB posted as US Ambassador to Russia any day now.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 01 Jan 2015, 12:44
I'd be less surprised if Obama came on after the next election, gave the Press Core the finger and said "Fuck the lot of you!" before moving to Jamaica.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: explicit on 01 Jan 2015, 14:49
In his closing remarks the president concluded, "eat a dick, I'm going to space", before donning an advanced, suited jetpack and giving the audience the finger.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Gladstone on 01 Jan 2015, 18:26
I am beginning to worry about Faye's future employment status.

Okay, I was also worried that Dora would fire Faye after the sword incident (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2345) with SKULLMASTER, MASTER OF SKULLS (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2346), so I sometimes worry too much, but this time alcohol is involved and Dora clearly isn't going to put up with that shit.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 01 Jan 2015, 18:48
Dora knows Faye and is aware of what's driving this.  She will, no doubt, see it as a Fayesque 'Cry for Help' and, as she did before, give the necessary 'Smackdown' Faye needs to get this sorted.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the next Comic being Dora dragging Faye by her earlobe to Doctor Corrine.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: jwhouk on 01 Jan 2015, 18:54
...the next strip is Monday, by the way.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: swapna on 01 Jan 2015, 19:04
Strip's up... First one in the new year :) Awesome. And it was a cry for help - she's keeping it up, but just so
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: joran on 01 Jan 2015, 19:34
So happy that we are back with the classic gang for a bit. The juvenile issues of Claire/Clinton/Emily were making me feel like I was watching Rugrats.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Stoon on 01 Jan 2015, 19:50
This is so sad.  Faye was doing so well for a while.  Now she's backslid.  Dr. Corrine will be so disappointed.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 01 Jan 2015, 21:06
Is this the first time they've explicitly stated Faye and Angus broke up?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MacGyver on 01 Jan 2015, 21:29
Technically, alcohol is a solution.

 :clairedoge:

<The chemistry teacher with a thing for bad science puns in me couldn't help it.>
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Jan 2015, 22:24
Welcome, new person!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MrNumbers on 01 Jan 2015, 22:28
Is this the first time they've explicitly stated Faye and Angus broke up?

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2851 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2851) Stated Martin considered her single again.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 01 Jan 2015, 23:19
Ouch. Faye is trying to be cute and to make a joke of it. That is generally a sign that things are getting very bad. I just hope that she doesn't try to fight Dora for control of the bottle or some other addict behaviour.

Faye's friends may have no choice but to put her through turkey, which won't be pleasant!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 01 Jan 2015, 23:24
I agree, going cold turkey is never pheasant, but sometimes necessary. Faye seems to know she needs help, but is to chicken to ask for it directly. Still, it's better to eat a little crow and accept some help from friends before you wind up doing something you're going to egret.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: KOK on 01 Jan 2015, 23:42
Technically, alcohol is a solution.

Techically, alcohol by itself is not a solution. Liquor is a solution of alcohol (and usually other things) in water. Or vice versa.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 01 Jan 2015, 23:45
So happy that we are back with the classic gang for a bit. The juvenile issues of Claire/Clinton/Emily were making me feel like I was watching Rugrats.
Just for that post, Jeph will give us Pintsize antics on Monday.

Technically, alcohol is a solution.
You're either part of the solution or part of the precipitate.

Faye's friends may have no choice but to put her through turkey, which won't be pheasant!

FTFY
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: hedgie on 02 Jan 2015, 03:16
I agree, going cold turkey is never pheasant, but sometimes necessary. Faye seems to know she needs help, but is to chicken to ask for it directly. Still, it's better to eat a little crow and accept some help from friends before you wind up doing something you're going to egret.

Going cold turkey with booze is possibly deadly, though. 
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MooskiNet on 02 Jan 2015, 03:35
I agree, going cold turkey is never pheasant, but sometimes necessary. Faye seems to know she needs help, but is to chicken to ask for it directly. Still, it's better to eat a little crow and accept some help from friends before you wind up doing something you're going to egret.

Going cold turkey with booze is possibly deadly, though.

One gets the sense that Neko may be looking like this right now:

(http://i.imgur.com/mw6BWSQ.png)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: KOK on 02 Jan 2015, 04:01
Going cold turkey with booze is possibly deadly, though.

Faye is not that far gone, though.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: BenRG on 02 Jan 2015, 04:24
IMO, Faye is keeping herself just slightly inebriated so she doesn't have to feel the pain she feels at the failure of her relationship with Angus and think about whose fault it may or may not have been. If her friends force her to do without that crutch, I strongly suspect that it will be one of the darkest and hardest journeys she's had to go on for a while.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ZoeB on 02 Jan 2015, 05:29
Technically, alcohol is a solution.

Techically, alcohol by itself is not a solution. Liquor is a solution of alcohol (and usually other things) in water. Or vice versa.

Yes, I thought that statement was a bit precipitate.

Now onto Faye - time to gather the clan. She's hurtin' bad. In need of help. A therapist visit certainly, but also supportive environment. Dora's efforts are a very, very good start, but she needs backup, stat.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: themacnut on 02 Jan 2015, 10:17
Going cold turkey with booze is possibly deadly, though.

Faye is not that far gone, though.

Yep, that statement only applies to hard-core alcoholics who've been pounding down bottles of cheap hard liquor daily for years (this poster recalls Faye's hard-drinking history throughout the comic....). Uh oh. Maybe cold turkey won't be so good for Faye after all.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: MacGyver on 02 Jan 2015, 12:15
Technically, alcohol is a solution.

Techically, alcohol by itself is not a solution. Liquor is a solution of alcohol (and usually other things) in water. Or vice versa.

You're right, of course. Perhaps I should have been more precise, as I did use the word 'technically'. I was just going with alcohol ~ alcoholic beverages since Dora used it in that sense when she used the "Alcohol is not a solution" cliche.

Also, (I swear I knew this before I checked Wikipedia to be sure) ethanol produced along with water (such as in fermentation) can only be purified to around 95% by distillation. Other techniques need to be used to remove more of the water than that.

By the way, never try to drink 'denatured alcohol'. That is ethanol, but with extra stuff added to make it taste awful and be acutely toxic, so that it isn't subject to alcoholic beverage taxes.

Thanks for the welcome everyone!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 02 Jan 2015, 12:59
Basically we can all distill this down to a need for some form of intervention by the gang to help Faye.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 02 Jan 2015, 13:20
And the fact that though she can't directly admit it, Faye is seeking help. She knows she's in a bad way. Otherwise she would be sneaking the drinks at work.. Or just openly drinking without asking.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: questionablydiscontent on 03 Jan 2015, 17:58
I agree, going cold turkey is never pheasant, but sometimes necessary. Faye seems to know she needs help, but is to chicken to ask for it directly. Still, it's better to eat a little crow and accept some help from friends before you wind up doing something you're going to egret.

Going cold turkey with booze is possibly deadly, though. 
OH MY GOD! Neko is advising Faye to do something that could KILL her? :psyduck: Are you stork raven mad? I won't tern a blind eye to this! I can't let Faye get so thoughtlessly murder... of crows I can't!
(OK, maybe that last one was a little strained. The fault is mynah...)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Storel on 03 Jan 2015, 20:25
The poll option has been bothering me all week, so I'd like to take this last opportunity to point out that the song you sing on New Year's Eve is spelled "Auld Lang Syne"...
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 03 Jan 2015, 20:48
But they're scientists!!!!!
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: ysth on 03 Jan 2015, 22:38
I agree, going cold turkey is never pheasant, but sometimes necessary. Faye seems to know she needs help, but is to chicken to ask for it directly. Still, it's better to eat a little crow and accept some help from friends before you wind up doing something you're going to egret.

Going cold turkey with booze is possibly deadly, though. 
OH MY GOD! Neko is advising Faye to do something that could KILL her? :psyduck: Are you stork raven mad? I won't tern a blind eye to this! I can't let Faye get so thoughtlessly murder... of crows I can't!
(OK, maybe that last one was a little strained. The fault is mynah...)
Disagree: it was very strained, a major fowl.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Method of Madness on 04 Jan 2015, 04:26
The poll option has been bothering me all week, so I'd like to take this last opportunity to point out that the song you sing on New Year's Eve is spelled "Auld Lang Syne"...
Fixed.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 04 Jan 2015, 08:25
The poll option has been bothering me all week, so I'd like to take this last opportunity to point out that the song you sing on New Year's Eve is spelled "Auld Lang Syne"...

How about Auld Lang Sine Wave?
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: Kugai on 04 Jan 2015, 11:54
HOW SHALL THIS YEAR END??



In fire .......... 5 (9.1%)
With a Contraterrene Warhead ........... 2 (3.6%)
In booze .......... 10 (18.2%)
Pintsize .......... 0 (0%)
Harriett, Yelling Bird, Randy and The Shame Orb singing Auld Lang Syne .......... 5 (9.1%)
Claireface in Martens bed .......... 7 (12.7%)
Dora proposes to Tai .......... 1 (1.8%)
Sven leaves with Tortura .......... 2 (3.6%)
Space Jam at the Elcott-Chattham Station .......... 4 (7.3%)
Universe crossing with Alice Grove .......... 1 (1.8%)
Veronica announces she's pregnant - with twins .......... 1 (1.8%)
Faye hooks up with Steve .......... 2 (3.6%)
Deathmole plays Maddison Square Garden .......... 4 (7.3%)
Whatever it is, Jeph will shock us .......... 5 (9.1%)
Christmas Spathe Ham with Fried Turkey and Potatoes .......... 2 (3.6%)
Purple Monkey Dishwasher .......... 4 (7.3%)
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: 94ssd on 04 Jan 2015, 14:52
Can you get vegetarian hot-pockets? :mrgreen:

There's a spinach and cheese one I actually like.
Title: Re: WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
Post by: KOK on 05 Jan 2015, 03:49
My impression is that for several months, Faye has not been constantly drinking. She has drunk more than the others, and maybe more than is healthy, but most days she has not been drunk. That means that she will not get delirium tremens when if she stops her current binge now.