THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)
Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Zebediah on 13 Nov 2016, 17:05
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Well, somebody had to start this thread...
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I would have done, but I didn't get Internet back unitl around 13:00 NZ Time after the quake
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Just a heads up. If Friday's comic was NSFW for you, then you might want to consider reading Monday's comic at home as well.
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(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/162/594/Leaving.gif)
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Apparently May turned a little blue while doing that...
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I mean, I guess I might as well link this again:
https://youtu.be/KkJnd9rSAQ8
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By Friday Pintsize will owe her $200
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On the one hand, $20 is really stingy. On the other, Pintsize is already shaped a little like a stool.
Anybody know what happened with that Weinersmith robot uprising countdown? I feel like they should be in the post-apocalyptic post-singularity world by now.
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I'm sure someone here will know the exact date, but I seem to remember it being in 2018. (I just checked the site, and the comic which puts the date as being 6 years from the future (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1975) is from 2011, so it may be 2017 instead).
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I'm getting the real feeling that this is one of those 'strips that seem hilarious when you first thought about it but you just couldn't get the humour to actually transfer to the finished product'. That's not a criticism of Jeph, by the way. Any creative process strikes out on occasion and trying to be funny or insightful five days out of seven per week, 52 weeks a year, must be pretty difficult under the best of circumstances.
Now, onto the strip and I can't help wonder if this complete let-down will change Pintsize's world-view a little. It won't change May's world-view because I think that every AI in existence knows that Pintsize is a freaky, creepy little 'bot.
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I have to admire the little dude for his persistence. Don't end an experiment until you have tested every option. Even when the first results look bleak.
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On the one hand, $20 is really stingy.
Is it?
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Is this all leading somewhere? Perhaps that squicky robot love that Jeph previously did not want to get into?
It has been a while since the content got questionable.
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Maybe!
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Or maybe not
Maybe Jeph is just Trolling us.
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May, dear, your inexperience is showing. Always get paid in advance!
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I would have done, but I didn't get Internet back unitl around 13:00 NZ Time after the quake
Glad you are OK.
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I wonder if Half Pint has this playing throughout the experiment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOtFHF5WdQ
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More likely https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
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See, I even thought "I recognize that URL, I know that URL, but I can't remember what behind...oh. Yes."
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Is this all leading somewhere? Perhaps that squicky robot love that Jeph previously did not want to get into?
Wow. Much foreshadowing. So predictive: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3341 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3341)
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Is this all leading somewhere? Perhaps that squicky robot love that Jeph previously did not want to get into?
Wow. Much foreshadowing. So predictive: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3341 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3341)
Somehow, I don't think that really counts and that "squicky robot love" would be that mechanical.
Maybe if they were Robo-Catholic, but I get the sense that May is DiAgnostic and Pintsize is of the Bahá'í-drive Faith.
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Well, we already know May's choice for a vehicle alt mode (high-tech military jet), so what would Pintsize's alt-mode be?
[list of assorted vehicles]
Just a suggestion for next weekcs poll if nobody can come up with one.[/list]
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Well, we already know May's choice for a vehicle alt mode (high-tech military jet), so what would Pintsize's alt-mode be?
[list of assorted vehicles]
Just a suggestion for next weekcs poll if nobody can come up with one.[/list]
A white van with "Candy" spraypainted on the side.
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Jeph, seriously, who do you think you're fooling? Do you you think any of us believe that you made up those lyrics for this strip rather than that you have been wandering around singing them to yourself for months? :wink:
Given the necessity of a theremin, I'm assuming that Dora's theme is based on Alexander Courage's theme to Star Trek.
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Emily is definitely the kind of person who would play the theremin!
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Jeph, seriously, who do you think you're fooling? Do you you think any of us believe that you made up those lyrics for this strip rather than that you have been wandering around singing them to yourself for months? :wink:
Given the necessity of a theremin, I'm assuming that Dora's theme is based on Alexander Courage's theme to Star Trek.
Or based on Dora's nickname of "Spooky" / "Spookybutt".
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Emily is definitely the kind of person who would play the theremin!
I'd have picked Hannelore, since it is the instrument you can play without touching it.
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Anyone whose theme song REQUIRES a theremin is of automatic interest.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXn4_JkVFVo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXn4_JkVFVo
That look at 0:24 ...
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56c68dca8259b517148007d2/t/5719150dc6fc08b497c03b60/1461261660379/Ryan+Murray,+Symphony+Orchestra+Conductor?format=300w)
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As often as Pintsize's head gets stove in and bashed back into shape, I'd be worried about metal fatigue. In fact, I'd think the weight of May's chassis would be entirely enough to stove it in again from that position.
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Actually, I wonder if this shouldn't be Doras Theme
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Klaatu Barada Nikto!
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Nickum nackum noo!
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So it requires a theremin, but still follows the Spider Man melody? If only we could hear it.
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Dora's Theme for mezzo-soprano and theremin obligato. Score now available online at the Questionable Content merchandise shop.
May or may not sound something like this (https://youtu.be/t6FXpZw1YOA).
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Dora then had a sharp word with the supplier who left the eels flopping around in nooks and crannies of the shop.
She turned to the woman and said,
"You picked a fine time to leave me loose eel"
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Dora: We'll put eels and eel broth on the menu for specials today, mother.
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Klaatu Barada Nikto!
For Coffee of Doom, wouldn't that be "Caffeine, Beratement, Nicotine"
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Actually we do know where the eels go (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1298).
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Dora then had a sharp word with the supplier who left the eels flopping around in nooks and crannies of the shop.
She turned to the woman and said,
"You picked a fine time to leave me loose eel"
aaargh
*shakes pun jar*
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I'm just wondering if the eels would help keep the spiders down.
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Even if you eat spiders keeping them down might be a challenge.
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This is why letting Emily and Hannelore work together is such a bad idea. Both of them need less-imaginative personalities around them to act as reality anchors. As I'm sure you guessed, neither of them qualify as a 'reality anchor'.
Poor Dora is looking PO'd about this. I'm wondering how often she comes out of the office to find them standing on the counter and babbling about eels or something similarly eccentric. On the other hand, this is a customer-facing retail establishment. It's possibly that the regulars love their daily Hanners and Emily's Living with Crazy Facts Hour for Dora to consider not allowing it to continue!
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It's fortunate that they know somebody who can list eel wrangling as a job qualification.
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Eelseelseelseelseelseelseelseelsealsealsealssealsseals Seals? How did I end up here?
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This is why letting Emily and Hannelore work together is such a bad idea. Both of them need less-imaginative personalities around them to act as reality anchors. As I'm sure you guessed, neither of them qualify as a 'reality anchor'.
I'm thinking more "reality balloon animals."
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This is why letting Emily and Hannelore work together is such a bad idea. Both of them need less-imaginative personalities around them to act as reality anchors. As I'm sure you guessed, neither of them qualify as a 'reality anchor'.
Poor Dora is looking PO'd about this. I'm wondering how often she comes out of the office to find them standing on the counter and babbling about eels or something similarly eccentric. On the other hand, this is a customer-facing retail establishment. It's possibly that the regulars love their daily Hanners and Emily's Living with Crazy Facts Hour for Dora to consider not allowing it to continue!
I'm more curious about how Penelope handles it. She seems to have a lower tolerance for shenanigans
Maybe this will be the excuse to hire Brun. She worked at a nautical themed bar so she's sort of an expert on eels and where to find them.
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Maybe this will be the excuse to hire Brun. She worked at a nautical themed bar so she's sort of an expert on eels and where to find them.
That's the sort of suggestion that Emily would make followed by Dora and Penny looking at her in this level, 'WTF girl?' way that even she can get.
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The eels could be anywhere.
The eels are everywhere.
(http://i.imgur.com/AfciYwH.jpg)
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^^ http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel ^^
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Come now, surely the place to look for eels is in your hovercraft.
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They're all on Momo's old chassis actually.
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Come now, surely the place to look for eels is in your hovercraft.
I will not buy this record, it is scratched.
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I will not buy this tobacconist, it is scratched.
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Another on the "Animals that can't be trusted" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1367) list...
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The Eels are not what they seem
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I will not buy this tobacconist, it is scratched.
But, would you like to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy?
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Come now, surely the place to look for eels is in your hovercraft.
Nope. Mine is full of wild rice.
Two things to note to wannabe pilots. Hovercraft don't do sharp turns. Wild rice is a lousy choice of stopping medium, plus they sting.
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New comic.
If this were a Damn You Willis comic, I'd assume this is exactly when Faye was about to step into CoD.
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And that's how accidents happen!
I don't mean drunken shenanigans, I mean Hanners distracting Dora from her swordhairdressing.
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If there was ever a comic that made me want to get in on the Patreon special, this is it. I really hope this isn't just a gag after what happened with Faye.
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I haven't checked tomorrow's yet, but you'd still have had to wait a day after seeing this. You should still be a patron though :)
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"Behind the box with the flare gun"? Why do they have a flare gun in a coffee shop?
Yeah, I know, why do they have a sword in a coffee shop? But this makes even less sense than the sword.
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Well, if Dora ever needs to brun down the coffee shop in a hurry.
(Brun was a typo that I decided to keep... :claireface: )
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The conclusion that Dora and Emily are now doing more or less precisely what Faye did (that Dora fired her for) must be too simple. There has to be some formula I'm missing as to why this shouldn't be interpreted as, oh, I don't know, massively hypocritical? Right? Guys?
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They're doing it overtly, with permission, as Faye had done before without incident. The Emergency Bourbon's there for a reason, after all. Faye was fired for sneaking in whiskey after being told no.
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It's days like these when being a Patreon honestly is a bit of a mixed blessing.
The conclusion that Dora and Emily are now doing more or less precisely what Faye did (that Dora fired her for) must be too simple. There has to be some formula I'm missing as to why this shouldn't be interpreted as, oh, I don't know, massively hypocritical? Right? Guys?
I don't think you're missing anything, no.
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The conclusion that Dora and Emily are now doing more or less precisely what Faye did (that Dora fired her for) must be too simple. There has to be some formula I'm missing as to why this shouldn't be interpreted as, oh, I don't know, massively hypocritical? Right? Guys?
Bear in mind that Faye had come into work hungover, she lied to Dora about her drinking, she was caught by Dora actually sneaking a drink on the job. Its that Faye was storing alcohol around the business, which would be incredibly dangerous were Coffee of Doom to be inspected. Faye and her drinking were a liability to Dora's livelihood and to customer safety. All that pretty early in the morning.
I mean, the fact that emergency bourbon even exists in the Coffee of Doom doesn't make it hypocritical for them to drink at work, they've all done it at one stage or another, but never to the extent that Faye got to when she was fired. Faye is a seasoned drinker, she's an alcoholic and one bottle isn't going to have the same effect on her that half a bottle has had on Emily and Dora.
This is a callback to some of the wackier hijinks that occurred at CoD before Dorapocalypse and Fayemageddon.
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It's a little bit hypocritical, but not much. Remember that it wasn't Faye having a drink at work. It was Faye being drunk all the time at work, including after being given a warning about it. Plus, what we are seeing here is a perfect example of why you don't want a drunk employee around. They do stupid things like hair swordstyling.
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What is it with Emily and drunken haircuts?
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What is it with Emily and drunken haircuts?
A gag that Jeph has decided to run with?
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"I'm a leaf on the wind ... wa-OUCH!"
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I'm sure that there must be a good explanation for this. Most importantly because I refuse to believe that Dora could get that drunk in just ten minutes by any normal kind of behaviour. More importantly, why did they drink at all? Something tells me that something happened in those ten minutes that meant drinking and drinking a lot was the only way to react to in a way that ensures retained sanity!
I can only assume a most unnatural horror was visited upon Dora and Emily's souls! Did May and Pintsize come in and announce that they were engaged or something?
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I blame Disney's Mulan for any impulse to cut hair with a sword. I doubt it would work well.
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If that sword is as dull as most commercially sold swords, it won't cut anything but butter.
...Although I wouldn't put it past either Dora or Faye to have spent some time sharpening it at some point.
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I think that Faye actually forged that sword. Additionally, given that we've seen Dora drive it into the surface of the counter without much effort, I suspect that it is fully combat-sharpness.
I know that Massachusetts' gun laws are pretty strict but what laws govern edged weapons?
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"Assault with a deadly weapon" covers just about anything.
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I think that Faye actually forged that sword. Additionally, given that we've seen Dora drive it into the surface of the counter without much effort, I suspect that it is fully combat-sharpness.
All that shows is that it was sharp at one time. If it's made of stainless steel, it won't have stayed sharp for very long, as anyone who's ever had a stainless steel pocketknife (Boy Scout knife, Swiss Army knife, etc.) can verify. And if it's carbon steel, which is more likely if Faye made it herself, then it'll hold an edge longer but need a lot more rust-prevention care than it's probably gotten while lying around on a shelf under the counter.
Still, a rusty but sharp sword will probably do more damage than an unrusted but dull blade, assuming it hasn't rusted all the way through. Plus, anyone it hits will need to get a tetanus booster shot, too! 8-)
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Kinda mad at Dora for being a hypocrite right now, but since Faye is in a better place, I'm not sorry for her. As always, Dora is as sensitive to the situation as a drunk Hulk.
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Kinda mad at Dora for being a hypocrite right now, but since Faye is in a better place, I'm not sorry for her. As always, Dora is as sensitive to the situation as a drunk Hulk.
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I expect that there will be some people calling Dora out on the board and most likely Hannelore in the strip, but as previous posters have stated Faye did it repeatedly even after getting warned so that's the biggest difference.
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That last panel, right there, is an excellent example of why it's a good idea to stay sober. Drunk people think the dumbest and most dangerous ideas are fun to try. IRL someone could lose their scalp or maybe even their entire head this way. Emily will only end up with a bad haircut of course.
On the other hand, other people's drunk shenanigans are fun to watch. Bonus points if you can film said shenanigans and post them up on YouTube or DailyMotion for the world's entertainment.
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Drunk people think the dumbest and most dangerous ideas are fun to try.
In my experience, smart people do not have really stupid ideas when they get drunk. And if they do, they don't act on them.
Yes, alcohol lowers inhibitions and impairs critical thinking, but it does not turn you into a completely different person. People often use being drunk as an *excuse* to do stuff they'd want to do anyway. Because they're drunk, so they can blame the alcohol for whatever they do. At least, from what I've seen.
Or, as I've seen it put more shortly, "you're never as drunk as you think you are".
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Or possibly "...as drunk as you want others to thing you are".
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Kinda mad at Dora for being a hypocrite right now, but since Faye is in a better place, I'm not sorry for her. As always, Dora is as sensitive to the situation as a drunk Hulk.
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I expect that there will be some people calling Dora out on the board and most likely Hannelore in the strip, but as previous posters have stated Faye did it repeatedly even after getting warned so that's the biggest difference.
OTOH, Dora really should know better. It's reasonable to expect her to set an example. Can't expect others to do what you are not willing to do.
BTW there is a comic where Faye(?) is shown honing the sword's edge. I have neither the archive-fu nor the time to find it now, though.
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BTW there is a comic where Faye(?) is shown honing the sword's edge. I have neither the archive-fu nor the time to find it now, though.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1773
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This could start a whole new trend in Hairstyling.
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This could start a whole new trend in Hairstyling.
Only if people want something a little off the top. Permanently.
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This could start a whole new trend in Hairstyling.
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BTW there is a comic where Faye(?) is shown honing the sword's edge. I have neither the archive-fu nor the time to find it now, though.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1773
I knew someone would come through, thanks.
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This could start a whole new trend in Hairstyling.
Only if people want something a little off the top. Permanently.
It's a slice of life webcomic.
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No, no! I want to see drunken car fights!
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I knew Hannelore would call Dora out on this, but even though she agrees I don't think this will lead to Faye getting her job back.
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I don't think Faye wants it back.
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I knew Hannelore would call Dora out on this, but even though she agrees I don't think this will lead to Faye getting her job back.
Nor should it -- Faye and the shop are better when it's a place she goes, not a place she works.
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I want to read about Faye moving forward in life instead.
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Pretty sure absolutely no one thought that.
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Kinda mad at Dora for being a hypocrite right now, but since Faye is in a better place, I'm not sorry for her. As always, Dora is as sensitive to the situation as a drunk Hulk.
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I expect that there will be some people calling Dora out on the board and most likely Hannelore in the strip, but as previous posters have stated Faye did it repeatedly even after getting warned so that's the biggest difference.
OTOH, Dora really should know better. It's reasonable to expect her to set an example. Can't expect others to do what you are not willing to do.
Agreed. Also as much I hate to be a killjoy, there are workplaces that'll fire an employee if they see them drunk just the once.
The comic today handled things beautifully, I thought. (Brasca: looks like you called it :D )
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The Eels are not what they seem
They can often be spotted near Susan's House with Peach Blossoms as they seek the Daisies of the Galaxy while Climbing to The Moon. If you ask them nicely, they might offer you some Novacaine for the soul.
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I still want to know why Dora suddenly decided she wanted to be drunk. Emily I can let slide because, frankly, trying to establish cause-and-effect to her behaviour just gives me a migraine. However, Dora isn't a problem drinker based on what I have seen previously, nor is she prone to whimsy so something must have happened to trigger this. I'm still blaming Pintsize; then again, I tend to blame Pintsize for lots of things.
I'm thinking that they need to cut off Emily. Basically, as alcohol lowers inhibitions, it tends to make her behaviour even more fantastically dangerous and innocently self-destructive! Sword-fighting cars may be the least of the things she secretly wishes to do!
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Fix'd typo
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ZOMG Emily!
In Lurve! :angel:
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I think that it's worth noting that Emily is a more dangerous drunk than Faye is. Faye gets maudlin and drinks herself into collapse. Emily, in contrast, just loses what little self-preservation instinct she has and starts engaging in behaviour that's borderline self-destructive (at the very least she suddenly starts having quasi-self harming spurts).
I mean it: she needs to start going to the support group... with Faye... The latter because I think that "Jane Doe" and "Marylicious Chocolate Creamer-Party" (or whatever Emily comes up with as a pseudonym) would make for a laugh riot at a meeting of the group.
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Eh, I think it's probably a bit more equal between them.
I think they both have self-destructive reactions to booze, just operating at different speeds.
Probably it wouldn't hurt Emily to attend a session though, if only to raise her awareness before she gets hurt. I get the sense that Emily is just very childlike and doesn't take into account the potential of harm she could do to herself and others at the time (or its magnitude).
(Faye probably does have that awareness more, but when she was drinking used it as a mechanism to beat herself up more with more drinking.)
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Emily is clearly one of those people who should never drink. At least, not unsupervised. And the person supervising needs to stay sober.
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Emily is clearly one of those people who should never drink. At least, not unsupervised. And the person supervising needs to stay sober.
Butbutbutt ... where's the fun in that? :oops:
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FORTH EMILINGAS!! And fear no Dodges!!!
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Kinda mad at Dora for being a hypocrite right now, but since Faye is in a better place, I'm not sorry for her. As always, Dora is as sensitive to the situation as a drunk Hulk.
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Well, Dora herself agrees. I rest my point.
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Emily hasn't been shawn to have a drinking problem, though. This is only the second time we've seen her drink. It doesn't appear to me that her impulsiveness is all that more pronounced drunk than it is sober.
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She apparently likes to cut her hair when she's drunk though. So it's probably a good thing if she doesn't drink regularly. She'd be bald in no time.
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This variation on the lyris of a once popular song just floated through what some consider my mind....
Drinkin' burbon in the hot sun
I fought the car and the car won
I fought the car and the car won
I needed to joust 'cause I thought it would be fun
I fought the car and the car won
I fought the car and the car won
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So how did it happen?
Emily: "What a weird name! It can't possibly taste as bad as it sounds."
Dora: "Yeah? Wanna see?"
And after that, there was no turning back...
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It's not Hanners that Dora has to apologise to, it's Faye. In fact, to avoid Faye finding out about this thirdhand, Dora should do it as soon as she sobers up. It could otherwise drive a wedge between them that is not going to be easy to remove. And Yes, Emily needs to avoid booze forever. she is truly a dangerous drunk.
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"It was on her to-do list even before she got drunk". You forget, this is Emily.
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To those of us who seem to have forgotten about Emily's compulsive (sober) behaviour.
Metal Gear Emily (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2731)
Hammer of the Dogs (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3150)
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This variation on the lyris of a once popular song just floated through what some consider my mind....
Drinkin' burbon in the hot sun
I fought the car and the car won
I fought the car and the car won
I needed to joust 'cause I thought it would be fun
I fought the car and the car won
I fought the car and the car won
I think they just covered the song, but nice Dead Kennedys reference.
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That song's way older than the Dead Kennedys. In fact, the real Kennedy was still alive when the song was written.
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That song's way older than the Dead Kennedys. In fact, the real Kennedy was still alive when the song was written.
Looks like the original version was by the Crickets (post-Buddy Holly) in 1960, so yes, JFK and RFK were both still alive then. The first hit version was by the Bobby Fuller Four (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI) in 1966.
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I always think of the Clash version first for some reason... :angel:
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Was it the first version you ever heard?
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Ah, no, just a subtle comment on my Joe Strummer derived avatar.
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Was it the first version you ever heard?
It probably was for me, it's the version I always default to as well.
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Well, we clearly know where Emily will be when the time comes to make war against the filthy xenos.
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40kfanon/images/c/cd/Drive_me_closer_i_want_to_hit_them_with_my_sword.png/revision/latest?cb=20091011115912)
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I know that Massachusetts' gun laws are pretty strict but what laws govern edged weapons?
It's actually kind of humorous. Fine to own, but can't carry concealed. So. A boot knife, with your pants cuff covering the hilt? Illegal. A sword cane, with the secret button that pops the wood off exposing the slender blade? Illegal. A bastard sword as shown? A frickin' two-handed Claymore? A Katana? All perfectly fine.