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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 28 Feb 2010, 20:09
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A bit early, but here's your discussion topic. So there.
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I voted for Pancakes and Waffles - but only if maple syrup is involved.
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It's a tossup really, either Faye with Dora or Tai with Hanners
Or Dora with Hanners of Tai with Faye
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Oh now you're just trolling your fanbase, Jeph.
Also the poll options have been completely one-upped.
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I had to look up "aubade".
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Oh now you're just trolling your fanbase, Jeph.
Also the poll options have been completely one-upped.
This is what I get for starting the thread early.
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The HMS. Pink Taco has sailed apparently.
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I wonder WHERE in Hanners appartment Tai slept.
I bet Hanners wouldnt let anyone near her bed.
I had to look up "aubade".
I did so and had still no idea what it means.
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I wonder WHERE in Hanners apartment Tai slept.
I bet Hanners wouldn't let anyone near her bed.
I had to look up "aubade".
I did so and had still no idea what it means.
Couch, of course. And an aubade is a song/poem about lovers separating at dawn.
"but now I must go
we cannot let them know of
our forbidden love"
Haiku version FTW! (and made up on the spot too!)
I voted Hanners/ Tai, because now it's canon!
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I wonder WHERE in Hanners appartment Tai slept.
I'm wondering how Hanners will burn her couch without setting off the apartment fire alarms.
I had to look up "aubade".
I did so and had still no idea what it means.
Obviously, it's a reference to the infamous Eiffel 65 song, Blue. ( duh. )
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Thanks for that Last Song Syndrome, you... you... :-(
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Hanners won't burn the couch; if she can clean Marigold's room, she'll clean her couch, too, never fear. Perhaps she'll use the thing that makes the woosh gush gush gush sound again.
I'm still not clear how Hannelore not having sex with Tai (which should come as a surprise to no one who actually reads the comic) makes him a grumpy old man. But I'll still welcome him to the club, and mail him his GOM card—pending members' approval, of course. After all, we need only agree…
Hmm. This may take a few months.
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I heard tell those damn kids to get off his lawn - he's in.
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Jeph can't be a member of th GOM club until he takes out those damn piercings!
Kids today with their loud music and their faces full of metal...grumblegrouchmutter
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Hanners looks cute with a headband
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Hanners always looks cute.
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Old Married Couple.
Someone hadda say it.
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Jeph can't be a member of th GOM club until he takes out those damn piercings!
Kids today with their loud music and their faces full of metal...grumblegrouchmutter
Dagnabbit, the requirement is to be grumpy, and to feel old - didn't you read the handbook? People these days, thinking they know it all...
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I was half expecting to see yelling bird or shame orb out the window by the end of that.
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Jeph can't be a member of th GOM club until he takes out those damn piercings!
Kids today with their loud music and their faces full of metal...grumblegrouchmutter
Dagnabbit, the requirement is to be grumpy, and to feel old - didn't you read the handbook? People these days, thinking they know it all...
I dunno, sounds like Akronnick has the right attitude. So count him as a yes vote.
Personally, I'm not going to try and make a candidate change their appearance. Their either grumpy and old, or they ain't, jewelry's not the point. Akronnick's complaint about it just verifies his right to vote.
Remember, kids, you're only as old as you feel! And after this winter... well, you're as old as your back feels. Damn snow shoveling...
Nearly forgot - Called it (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,24544.msg917596.html#msg917596)!
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What I like best about today's comic is Hanners's expression in the second panel. "Um...how exactly do I bring this up?"
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I feel like Jeph really captured the awkward essence of the morning after, not necessarily after sex before you all go jumping in the gutter, just that awkward next morning after you've done a few embarrassing things and everything you did seems really stupid now. Also, love Hanners with the hairband *squee*
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The lack of pancakes for breakfast should dispell speculation of Tai/Hanners fooling around (Hanners would have made pancakes, obviously).
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So, Hannelore put Tai on the couch, fully dressed, and Tai undressed herself while asleep? And Hanners walked in on a naked Tai? Or did Tai nude sleepwalk? So... confused...
But durn it, this was a cute comic. And I'm guessing all will be explained this week.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who got confused...
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It's a tossup really, either Faye with Dora or Tai with Hanners
Or Dora with Hanners of Tai with Faye
Since we have seen Dora with Faye, sort of Hanners with Tai, and Tai in Faye's lap, we now need to see Dora with Hanners!
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So, Hannelore put Tai on the couch, fully dressed, and Tai undressed herself while asleep? And Hanners walked in on a naked Tai? Or did Tai nude sleepwalk? So... confused...
But durn it, this was a cute comic. And I'm guessing all will be explained this week.
Yer bein' optimistic. The best jokes are left unexplained...
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Hairband hanners is cute.
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Jeph can't be a member of th GOM club until he takes out those damn piercings!
Kids today with their loud music and their faces full of metal...grumblegrouchmutter
Dagnabbit, the requirement is to be grumpy, and to feel old - didn't you read the handbook? People these days, thinking they know it all...
I dunno, sounds like Akronnick has the right attitude. So count him as a yes vote.
Personally, I'm not going to try and make a candidate change their appearance. Their either grumpy and old, or they ain't, jewelry's not the point. Akronnick's complaint about it just verifies his right to vote.
Remember, kids, you're only as old as you feel! And after this winter... well, you're as old as your back feels. Damn snow shoveling...
Darned inclusive weak-backed whippersnapper… and I ain't got no snow, neither.* I got rain! Fires up my lumbago without all that fancy shovelin'!
Nearly forgot - Called it (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,24544.msg917596.html#msg917596)!
I wish you had forgotten. But you didn't, so here's your no-prize—my next-to-last-one, too.
*Amazing how easily we channel Walter Brennan
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The lack of pancakes for breakfast should dispel speculation of Tai/Hanners fooling around (Hanners would have made pancakes, obviously).
I think that the fact of Hanners being Hanners would already dispel it quite nicely. Hey, I wonder what Hannelore thought of her clit piercing? It hasn't been mentioned since the event itself, after all.
So, Hannelore put Tai on the couch, fully dressed, and Tai undressed herself while asleep? And Hanners walked in on a naked Tai? Or did Tai nude sleepwalk? So... confused...
But durn it, this was a cute comic. And I'm guessing all will be explained this week.
Hopefully Jeph will clear things up. With a flashback. An uncensored flashb-HERK!
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So, Hannelore put Tai on the couch, fully dressed, and Tai undressed herself while asleep? And Hanners walked in on a naked Tai? Or did Tai nude sleepwalk? So... confused...
I doubt that Hanners herself has put Tai on the coach. Can you see her carrying someone?(the firemen thing was an exception) I suppose Marten or Dora carried her(No, not Faye).
As for the undressing part, most likely she did undress herself in her sleep or in a moment she woke up a bit, since it must be uncomfortable sleeping in your clothes.
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Hannelore may not have slept that night, so it would be logical for her to be wandering around the apartment, or even considerately checking that Tai was all right
It's possible that Tai fell asleep partly because she was tired, not because she was paralyzed drunk.
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Actually, Tai waking up naked on Hannelore's couch, not knowing how she got there... THAT would be a priceless thing to see.
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I'm pretty sure this is part of a larger plot to have every main member of the cast see Tai naked, for whatever reason. My bet is, we're going to skip Faye for now and go directly to Angus and Marigold, and wacky hijinks ensue.
...Serious-a-moment; why is Tai so embarrassed? I'd think she'd be fairly used to this happening. Especially around those of the female persuasion... I mean I'm not saying she's an exhibitionist, but would she be reacting the same way if it had been Dora, Faye, or even Marten?
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It's one thing being naked, it's another thing to wake up naked on someone else's couch right in front of them.
Oh, this'll be another startler for the people who are working backwards through the archive in the future.
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Also being naked without planning on it is different.
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Trying my best to ignore Jeff's comment so I can rub one out over the idea.
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Wait, doesn't Tai write erotic fiction?
Well we'll be be seeing a Tai/Dora/ hanners fanfiction later in the week. I'm calling it.
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The look on Hanner's face in the last panel is priceless.
And I wish I could be in Marten's head at that moment in time, as his expression is... interesting.
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Somebody get a paper-clip.
We're gonna have to hit Hanner's hard reset.
Again.
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Was Dora's look in panel 1 pleased anticipation?
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Also there's a typo in the title, that's like triple word score!
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Ah! So something DID happen!
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WEIRD.
Yer bein' optimistic. The best jokes are left unexplained...
Only as long as you actually understand them. This one is WEIRD.
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Of course this is funny! Jeph, you have to stop being so hard on yourself, or you'll die of a heart attack at forty.
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He is already dead. Its a spambot or Pintsize, or worse, Winslow that have been drawing and writing the comics.
The 4th 5th and 6th walls have been broken
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I wonder if a drunk Dora and Faye stuck her on the couch naked as a giggle.
That sound you just heard was Hanners brain exploding.
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Lets see hanners explain this to her mom.
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See, see! Even 4chan, land of the trolls, likes it!
http://boards.4chan.org/co/res/14954960
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... buck naked ...
Shouldn't that be "doe naked"?
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Best part of the comic—Marten's expression in the last panel. My translation: "It's too early in the morning, and there's not enough coffee in the world to prepare me for more of Tai's crap."
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I just now realize Hanners said "dishwasher", not "washing machine" like my weirdness censor initially translated.
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Wait... Hanners lives by herself... And has a dishwasher? I mean, she's a clean-freak, and dishwashers really need at least a couple to fill them up fast enough to stop the dishes getting smelly, even if you do put the pots and pans in as well. I suppose though that in Massachusetts she wouldn't be as brainwashed about conserving water as we are down here, and maybe it's a small unit like a one-drawer Dish Drawer (http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/product/KUDD03STSS/).
Come to think of it, how did Tai's clothes get in the dishwasher? She lives in a dorm, presumably with shared laundry facilities, right? So she'd hardly have developed the habit of throwing her clothes in the washing-machine as soon as she takes them off. And I've only known guys do that anyway; we girls sort our dirty laundry by colour, fabric etc. (Well I do anyway... What are you looking at?).
Oh, and I loved the punch-line panel! DWAH?!
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we girls sort our dirty laundry by colour, fabric etc. (Well I do anyway... What are you looking at?).
I do; my wife doesn't.
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Yeah, the funny here is not so much about Tai's comment, clearly meant for lulz, but Hannelore's "DWAH?!" which is the best reaction word ever, kind of a cross between "WTF" and "my brain just had a spontaneous aneurysm to escape this hell."
D
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we girls sort our dirty laundry by colour, fabric etc. (Well I do anyway... What are you looking at?).
I do; my wife doesn't.
I sort my clothes by whether the colours are known to be likely to run and whether I care if the other stuff in the wash turns pink or blue or whatever. It's worked so far.
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I mean, she's a clean-freak, and dishwashers really need at least a couple to fill them up fast enough to stop the dishes getting smelly, even if you do put the pots and pans in as well.
You assume that a diswasher cleans good enough for Hanners. I guess they come standardized with the apartment.
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Dishwashers generally give a superior clean these days, as long as the dishes and machine itself aren't all clogged up with waste food.
OTOH, I'm surprised Hanners doesn't have an autoclave...
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The dishwasher is just one step in a fourteen point plan to eliminate all traces of infection, real, virtual or imaginary, that may or may not inhabit Hannelore's kitchen.
The last step involves a research lab grade sterilization chamber. (She got it from the same place that she got the bio-suit.)
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You know, I always did want to know what happens if you use concentrated acid instead of the water in an autoclave....
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It seems everyone gets to have fun at Hanner's expense :lol:
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Wait... Hanners lives by herself... And has a dishwasher? I mean, she's a clean-freak, and dishwashers really need at least a couple to fill them up fast enough to stop the dishes getting smelly, even if you do put the pots and pans in as well. I suppose though that in Massachusetts she wouldn't be as brainwashed about conserving water as we are down here, and maybe it's a small unit like a one-drawer Dish Drawer (http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/product/KUDD03STSS/).
Or, Hanners washes every dish she has, every day, whether she uses them or not. How else can cleanliness be assured? She may even keep them in the machine—it can be sealed, after all.
Come to think of it, how did Tai's clothes get in the dishwasher? She lives in a dorm, presumably with shared laundry facilities, right?
It's called drunk enough not to know you've been moved from one apartment to another. Tai didn't necessarily think she woke up at the dorm. She probably 'thought' she was home, having fallen asleep dressed. So she strips down, throws her clothes in the washer, then puts her nightwear on and goes back to sleep. Not actually having said nightwear wouldn't be a hindrance.
At least that's what…someone I know might've done, way back when.
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My brother sleepwalks, but only in strange environments - he's fine at home. We'd visit family or go on a trip, and you could forget finding his clothes in funny places - we'd usually find him in weird places, like the bathtub, or a closet, or under my parent's bed... once he was curled up on top of the washer/dryer in my grandparent's basement.
It was cute when he was little, less so when he was a teenager. I hear he still gets up at night on trips, but his wife's usually able to steer him back into bed.
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One time when my brother was a small child, he got up in the middle of the night, wandered into the laundry room and micturated upon my cousins clean laundry.
One of my college roommates came home and did the same to my CD case (remember when we used to carry our CDs around?)
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When Hannelore says 'dishwasher', she probably means one of those industry-grade Hobart dishwashers, like they use in restaurants. They tend to actually hold less dishes per wash, but they're also fast and efficient; plus they'll sanitize near the boiling point which I'm sure is a plus for her...
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[...] micturated [...]
I learned a new word today!
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[...] micturated [...]
I learned a new word today!
Same!
As for the whole, 'how did Tai's clothes end up in the dishwasher' thing; to me it does not seem that crazy. When I was little apparently I would put absolutely everything in the bin because I was convinced it belonged there. I still go to do it sometimes absentmindedly, and that is when I am completely sober.
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More importantly, how does putting your clothes in someone else's diswasher lead to an engagement?
We're talkin' major metaphors, people!
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And our current poll results:
Which would be the funniest?
- Hanners waking up with Tai - 17 (22.1%)
- Faye waking up with Dora - 7 (9.1%)
- Pintsize waking up with Mieville - 20 (26%)
- Marten waking up with Steve - 12 (15.6%)
- Pancakes waking up with Waffles - 21 (27.3%)
Total Voters: 77
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Tai truly does love freaking Hannelore out. She's a soft target.
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The quality of a hero depends on the villian, the measure of a champion by their opponent - only going for the easy targets isn't sportsmanlike.
Now if she could get that reaction from Dora, I'd be impressed.
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Oh, I'm sure she could if she put her mind to it.
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Oh, I'm sure she could if she put her mind to it.
Really? Tai strikes me as actually quite naive under all that bluster, plus Dora would more than likely just go with it anyway. And turn it back if she felt really ticked. It would have to be something really big to get that shocked/confused look onto Dora's face.
Like proclaiming herself to be Sven's love-child from when he was fifteen or something.
...has she actually met Sven?
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Well, I'm not saying she would, just that she could. It's sort of like how we all expect Hannelore to go all Jack Nicholson on the cast someday.
In other news; this:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/1564tit.jpg)
Is freaky. Were panels 1 and 3 planned like that, or do they just naturally mirror each other's mannerisms now?
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High-larious.
Also, I love how Marten's glancing towards the fourth wall in the last panel.
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I thought it was funny.
I'm happy to see more of Tai, and also happy that characters that haven't interacted much [at all?] in the past are doing so now. Makes the comic feel more cohesive.
Still searching for the uncensored secret comic, but to no avail. I have a bet with a bud as to how many hidden piercings Tai has.
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Does anyone know what happened to Tai's tattoo's? Did she got them removed/washed off? I just noticed this recently.
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Dishwashers generally give a superior clean these days, as long as the dishes and machine itself aren't all clogged up with waste food.
OTOH, I'm surprised Hanners doesn't have an autoclave...
She does. Well, she's joked about it at least.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=663
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Dishwashers generally give a superior clean these days, as long as the dishes and machine itself aren't all clogged up with waste food.
OTOH, I'm surprised Hanners doesn't have an autoclave...
She does. Well, she's joked about it at least.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=663
The best part about having an autoclave is you can totally use it as a pressure cooker! Or you can use your pressure cooker as an autoclave. Either way you get sterility and tasty food!
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Does anyone know what happened to Tai's tattoo's? Did she got them removed/washed off? I just noticed this recently.
And here I was just concerned with the missing apartment windows and the constantly-moving kitchen sink in Marten's apartment...
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High-larious.
Also, I love how Marten's glancing towards the fourth wall in the last panel.
Dude. Rolling the eyes to the side is not a fourth wall approach. If he was looking at us, maybe.
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Does anyone know what happened to Tai's tattoo's? Did she got them removed/washed off? I just noticed this recently.
And here I was just concerned with the missing apartment windows and the constantly-moving kitchen sink in Marten's apartment...
The tattoos and the kitchen sink are like the interior of the Planet Express ship.
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... buck naked ...
Shouldn't that be "doe naked"?
no
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In yesterdays poll, I definitely miss the option "Me marrying Hanners" :-D :-D :-D :-D :-o :wink: :laugh: :angel: :-D
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Marigold... in... maid outfit....oh lord. DROOL
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LOL Marigold doesnt realize he's talking about Faye ? :evil:
And besides, didnt he throw away the coffee ... only buying it to get sassed by Faye ? :-D
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wait... so is she embaressed or horrified by the thought? her reaction is kind of ambiguous.
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OK, I'm disturbed.
No, not that way, dammit!
Is Marigold laughing or crying in the last panel? I can read it either way - anybody got a take on this?
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Marigold just made me think of Kaorin and her incredibly cute crush on Sakaki. Poor girl, unrequited love is so very painful.
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Points off from Angus. When a shy person asks to come along with you there are more tactful ways to phrase your welcome than "I don't care".
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Wait, Angus like espresso? I thought he didn't like coffee, and only went there to spar with Faye.
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wait... so is she embaressed or horrified by the thought? her reaction is kind of ambiguous.
Is Marigold laughing or crying in the last panel? I can read it either way - anybody got a take on this?
That's Sakaki's OMG SO CUTE reaction.
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Points off from Angus. When a shy person asks to come along with you there are more tactful ways to phrase your welcome than "I don't care".
For serious. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one reading Angus as a little less than kind/thoughtful toward Marigold.. >:\
Edit: after reading the post below me, then reading the comic again...I retract this statement. *This* time..
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Points off from Angus. When a shy person asks to come along with you there are more tactful ways to phrase your welcome than "I don't care".
It was probably more of an offhand "Sure, I don't care if you do! Come along!" thing that is communicated more with inflection. That's the way I read it, at least.
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Wait, Angus like espresso? I thought he didn't like coffee, and only went there to spar with Faye.
He goes there mostly to spar with Faye, but she called him on throwing away his coffee and introduced him to the wonders of espresso drinks in #1122. As long as it's made with soy milk he's good.
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"Besides, half the fun is having a hot chick make it for me! I couldn't get that at home."
Angus, you're a prick.
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Thoughtless, indeed. I had thought better of him, but he really doesn't think before he speaks. At least, not to Marigold.
Methinks the lad's taking her for granted! And that's inexcusable...
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Which makes for some dangerous dynamics. An insecure and inexperienced person like Marigirl is at risk of falling into the trap of "Maybe he'll finally notice me if I just crush on him even harder", which could make a bad situation even worse.
Yes, I think she's crushing on him.
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Not thoughtless, just clueless.
Marigold hasn't expressed her feelings, whatever they are, to Angus. If she's anything like me, she takes great pains to keep Angus from noticing any feelings she has.
Remember, Angus is on the other side of the fourth wall, he's not seeing things unfold from a third person omniscient perspective like we are.
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Great Googly Moogly! Didn't see that coming, no sir.
I mean, 'Master'?! And lookit that skirt! Them Japanese Mangar-things're corruptin' our youth!
Got to get me some 'o them…
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Woooo, Mari-chan really does pull off the waitress-maid look quite nicely!
And honestly, real Japanese girls aren't as cute as the ones portrayed in all the manga and anime mediums...
they're much cuter. ^_^
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I feel great pity for Marigold, and I don't know why but I suddenly imagine an interesting situation between Faye and Marigold. But I'm likely wrong.
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If Angus was able to read Marigold's thoughts just then and see her in that maid outfit, I'm sure he'd instantly fall in lust for her. As it stands though, he has NO idea she's crushing on him-he's still treating her as just his buddy and roommate. Yeah he's clueless, but so are many other guys when it comes to sensing women's feelings.
Especially when said women go out of their way to HIDE those feelings. So cut the dude a break, ok?
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wait, she's laughing, ai? ... yeah, any other reaction doesn't make much sense... or does it?
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Yep, this story arc is already going places
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Great Googly Moogly! Didn't see that coming, no sir.
I mean, 'Master'?! And lookit that skirt! Them Japanese Mangar-things're corruptin' our youth!
Got to get me some 'o them…
Given that reaction we have a fellow fan of Twisted Kaiju Theater here.
In that outfit Marigold definitely meets Angus' criteria, if my wife wore that sort of outfit I see to reason to ever leave the house....
Not sure if Mar is laughing or crying - guess we'll find out when Jeph wants us to.
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How long until Marigold actually dresses like that to draw his attention? ^_^
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haha, just before reading the newspost i was thinking "sakaki moment"
[...] micturated [...]
I learned a new word today!
Same!
You guys clearly haven't seen The Big Lebowski, like you should have :-(
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aaaaaaaannnnnnnddddd.... Que anime nosebleed.
Also, I am really dreading the day when Angus inevitably stomps all over Marigold's heart because of his complete obliviousness. Such a thing would so traumatize Marigold, that she just me move up to space with Hanner's dad.
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And as for yesterday's poll:
Hanners actually marrying Tai - 19 (30.2%)
Finding your clothes in the dishwasher (and CLEAN!) - 9 (14.3%)
Finding yourself naked in a crazy lady's apartment - 13 (20.6%)
Having Pintsize record the whole thing and put it on YouTube - 10 (15.9%)
Marrying your pancakes - 7 (11.1%)
Getting Jeph's punchlines! - 5 (7.9%)
Total Voters: 63
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To those who don't do the twitter, Jeph made a wallpaper: http://questionablecontent.net/random/mmmchan.png
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If Angus was able to read Marigold's thoughts just then and see her in that maid outfit, I'm sure he'd instantly fall in lust for her. As it stands though, he has NO idea she's crushing on him-he's still treating her as just his buddy and roommate. Yeah he's clueless, but so are many other guys when it comes to sensing women's feelings.
Especially when said women go out of their way to HIDE those feelings. So cut the dude a break, ok?
Second Law of Sexual Dynamics.
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The problem is Angus treats Marigold like she was a dude. Dudes don't typically worry about hurting other dudes' feeling, we just say whatever we think. And I think that, until recently, Marigold kinda was like a dude. So I cut him some slack; he's thoughtless, but not deliberately mean.
And I hope she's laughing in the last panel. Cuz the image was pretty redonkulous.
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I have to admit the last panel confused the fuck out of me.
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Here's the original reference, although people who haven't read Azumanga Daioh probably still won't get it.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/289k674_th.jpg) (http://i47.tinypic.com/289k674.jpg)
Think of it as the type of reaction you might get after watching videos of kittens and puppies on youtube. Effectively, it's a sort of cuteness overload; like you've thought of an idea so sweeteningly cute you have an almost allergenic reaction to it.
(Incidentally, panel 3 was the tall girl's imagination.)
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I am now 127% more interested in this arc.
woooooo faaannnnseeeerrrrvvvvviiiiiccceeee
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I guess some people might have missed this (http://questionablecontent.net/random/mmmchan.png)?
(from Jeph's twitter feed; caution: wallpaper sized)
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ok everybody ...
"MOE MOEEEEEEE...."
(http://honestlywhatevergoes.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/coalguys-k-on-04-4a65083fmkv-00009.png?w=240)
..KYUN!
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To those who don't do the twitter, Jeph made a wallpaper: http://questionablecontent.net/random/mmmchan.png
This is just so wrong ...
And honestly, real Japanese girls aren't as cute as the ones portrayed in all the manga and anime mediums...
WHAT ?? :x ??
they're much cuter. ^_^
Oh ok. Except - what kind of monitor do you have that you think that is still readable ? Seriously ! I didnt even noticed before I quoted you.
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To those who don't do the twitter, Jeph made a wallpaper: http://questionablecontent.net/random/mmmchan.png
This is just so wrong ...
Yes, if by wrong you mean TOTALLY AWESOME!!
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"Baby, maybe it's wrong, but you know it's alright..."
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Bleh, the art has lost its originality and progressed to some generic anime style to the point that he didn't even need to change Marigold's face one bit to make her look all Animeish! Also, does anyone else notice that Tai and Faye have the exact same face with a slightly different skin tone and different hair styles? :|
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have you noticed that you are ugly and also stupid
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have you noticed that you are ugly and also stupid
Touche. :roll: Some people don't have a constant hard-on for everything jeph does. He's gotten too full of himself since his fan base will accept anything he does as zomg greatest thing ever. QC used to be original.
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you both are desperately needed here (http://pitchfork.com/)
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Jeph sucks now that he's all popular.
FYP.
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Ha!
I just watched some Youtube clips of Azumanga Daioh Anime because of the Hey Ash Whatca Playing podcast. Its odd that I run into another reference of that show today.
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He's gotten too full of himself
Jeph has been severely, consistently, and frequently self-critical.
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you both are desperately needed here (http://pitchfork.com/)
Seconded
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He's gotten too full of himself
Jeph has been severely, consistently, and frequently self-critical.
lol clearly
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Jeph sucks now that he's all popular.
FYP.
That's not the point at all. Since when is Jeph popular?
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To those who don't do the twitter, Jeph made a wallpaper: http://questionablecontent.net/random/mmmchan.png
...How long until the next cosplay convention?
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self critical or fishing for compliments?
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Jeph sucks now that he's all popular.
FYP.
That's not the point at all. Since when is Jeph popular?
Since random whiners appeared complaining that his old crappy inexpressive art was somehow better than the stuff where people look like people. It's what happens when cartoonists hit level 35.
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Bleh, the art has lost its originality and progressed to some generic anime style to the point that he didn't even need to change Marigold's face one bit to make her look all Animeish!
I wonder if you could post a link to any anime/manga where the characters and art-style look like Jeph's please? As far as I can see, his characters, especially the female ones, lack the characteristic tiny mouths, big hair, gigantic eyes, and practically non-existant noses. Compare QC's females with MegaTokyo's to see what I mean. I suppose I'm asking: What characteristics define "generic anime style" to you?
Also, does anyone else notice that Tai and Faye have the exact same face with a slightly different skin tone and different hair styles?
(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww358/AndiJF/qc-faye-tai-faces.jpg)
Really? As far as I can see, Tai's jaw is consistently drawn with more of an angle under the ear, she's given a smaller, sharper chin, and her nose is generally drawn more "snub" with the tip turned up more sharply than Fay's. At the very least "exact same face" strikes me as a... um... significant exaggeration.
self critical or fishing for compliments?
Is there any particular reason you feel we should suspect Jeph of insincerity?
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He's gotten too full of himself
Jeph has been severely, consistently, and frequently self-critical.
I think we both know that's only a sign of an even more inflated ego.
EDIT: Perhaps I should explain. ACTUAL self-criticism is good. But Jeph's "oh god my art is teh suck HJNFHBDSGJ';//;;;" comments are just fishing for compliments.
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Jeph sucks now that he's all popular.
FYP.
That's not the point at all. Since when is Jeph popular?
Since random whiners appeared complaining that his uniquely Jeph art was somehow better than the stuff where people look like unoriginal anime characters. It's what happens when cartoonists hit level 35.
FYP
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(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj303/Thatairsoftkid/HatersGonnaHate.jpg)
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Oh, whiners are so cute when they get angry. :roll:
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Wow, did it get weird in here really damn quick.
For everyone who's slagging on Jeph's art style, I suggest you buy yourself a tablet and try it some time.
Otherwise, either enjoy the comic (five days a week FOR FREE!!!) for what it is or eat some lasagna (http://www.garfield.com/)
WARNING
By clicking on the above link,
you absolve this poster of any and al
liability for any consequences. Including
but not limited to: Migraines, itchy watery eyes,
dry mouth, loss of IQ points, erectile dysfunction,
toenail fungus, Your computer deleting
important files out of spite, loss of 'indie cred points,'
hardware damage, a sudden craving for
eye-bleach, getting dumped by your
significant other for lack of good taste,
suspension of driver's license, sudden
overwhelming urge to gouge eyes out with a
stick, and an intense almost preturnatural
craving for lasagna
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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-snipped for logical fallacies-
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss194/Gizmo88/YouMad.jpg)
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What the hell? Did I just stumble back into 4chan?
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Wow, did it get weird in here really damn quick.
For everyone who's slagging on Jeph's art style, I suggest you buy yourself a tablet and try it some time.
Otherwise, either enjoy the comic (five days a week FOR FREE!!!) for what it is or eat some lasagna (http://www.garfield.com/)
WARNING
By clicking on the above link,
you absolve this poster of any and al
liability for any consequences. Including
but not limited to: Migraines, itchy watery eyes,
dry mouth, loss of IQ points, erectile dysfunction,
toenail fungus, Your computer deleting
important files out of spite, loss of 'indie cred points,'
hardware damage, a sudden craving for
eye-bleach, getting dumped by your
significant other for lack of good taste,
suspension of driver's license, sudden
overwhelming urge to gouge eyes out with a
stick, and an intense almost preturnatural
craving for lasagna
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Brilliant! Thank you, Akronnick.
Now, getting back to the topic at hand; I think I figured out the last panel. She's neither crying, not laughing - she's just so completely mortified by that image flouncing through her mind that she's dying of embarrassment, right there on the spot.
Think about it - she's a loner, yeah, but the girl fights dragons and runs raids - she's pretty independant, and I don't think that even she realized just how hard she was crushing on Angus until right there, at that very moment.
Poor kid - all she wants now is for the pavement to open up and swallow her whole - and there's Angus, asking "What's wrong?", like she could really tell him!
This has been another case file from the Carl Jung archives. Transmission over!
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A great many people enjoy QC. You don't have to read it if you don't enjoy it!
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A great many people enjoy QC. You don't have to read it if you don't enjoy it!
artists become complacent when they are immune to criticism.
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A great many people enjoy QC. You don't have to read it if you don't enjoy it!
I used to enjoy it, that's why I care enough to comment.
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But you're not doing anyone any good by commenting, and many of us enjoy Jeph's art style. It seems like you're stirring up argument just for the hell of it.
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But you're not doing anyone any good by commenting, and many of us enjoy Jeph's art style. It seems like you're stirring up argument just for the hell of it.
Yeah, trolling the QC forums, there's a profitable activity. Why offer your honest opinion when you can just rile up people you don't know?
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Because it's really fun.
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fuck it I am making a new topic for you guys
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please make this place (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,24571.0.html) your new home
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related to the strip, not to the argument.
today's comic reminded me of this azumanga daioh
(http://i49.tinypic.com/rbmu02.jpg)
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If Angus was able to read Marigold's thoughts just then and see her in that maid outfit, I'm sure he'd instantly fall in lust for her. As it stands though, he has NO idea she's crushing on him-he's still treating her as just his buddy and roommate. Yeah he's clueless, but so are many other guys when it comes to sensing women's feelings.
Especially when said women go out of their way to HIDE those feelings. So cut the dude a break, ok?
Oh god you just described me perfectly. I'm pretty dense when it comes to women, and I know for a fact that that denseness has cost me more than a few potential relationships :|
Girls, some guys just need to be told flat out. It's the 21st century, it's Ok to do that.
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I'm totally shipping Sakaki x Marigold now. I'll call it Marikaki.
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But you're not doing anyone any good by commenting, and many of us enjoy Jeph's art style. It seems like you're stirring up argument just for the hell of it.
Yeah, trolling the QC forums, there's a profitable activity. Why offer your honest opinion when you can just rile up people you don't know?
That's what I'm wondering!
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I have just one thing to say about QC nowadays.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/8/83/Otacon_codec.png)
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and so the meido fetish came to QC.
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OK, here's the thing - Jeph's art was looking anime-ish, and he's worked hard to make it more naturalistic. But that maid outfit is what Marigold sees in her mid's eye - a mind that's been fed a steady diet of anime, manga, yaoi, and if I remember correctly, a large download of Pintsize's hentai directory.
What I'm saying is, the anime-ishness of that one panel is appropriate, and really very well done! But it's not the comic's style anymore (really, it never was that far gone anyway).
Personaly, I'm looking forward to the 3-D renderings...
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Z) make your wishes come true
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allllways
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Well, I guess everyone knows where Winslow sits on the pecking order!
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Now, getting back to the topic at hand; I think I figured out the last panel. She's neither crying, not laughing - she's just so completely mortified by that image flouncing through her mind that she's dying of embarrassment, right there on the spot.
Think about it - she's a loner, yeah, but the girl fights dragons and runs raids - she's pretty independant, and I don't think that even she realized just how hard she was crushing on Angus until right there, at that very moment.
Poor kid - all she wants now is for the pavement to open up and swallow her whole - and there's Angus, asking "What's wrong?", like she could really tell him!
This has been another case file from the Carl Jung archives. Transmission over!
I agree with your assessment -- poor Mari-bear is about to die of embarrassment from something she thought but didn't even say! She's gonna maybe have some trouble looking Angus in the eye for a few minutes at least.
And I still detect no malice from Angus. He's clueless, for sure, but not hateful. He's gonna have a major facepalm moment when he realizes (one day) that his roomie's been crushing on him, but I somehow suspect he won't figure it out until she's either over him, and/or he's started dating (Faye, possibly?), and/or a meteorite is inbound and fiery impact is imminent.
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Winslow's gonna overheat :O
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I believe, if Mieville could talk, he'd probably say something like, "But you're so warm!"
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Bahaha! I <3 Winslow. ^_^ Interesting that he'd have something in common with Faye, indeed. Panel 5 was . . . potentially disturbing.
Queue the 'sit-on-my-face' quips, I guess. :roll:
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you know, had my girlfirends cat been in the same situation, it would do the same.
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My thoughts exactly Heliphynea.
Pintsize needs R2 at this point to get Mieville off Winslow. :-D
As for Marigold, she's either gonna hurl or scream.
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As for Marigold, she's either gonna hurl or scream.
I still think she's laughing.
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I agree with your assessment -- poor Mari-bear is about to die of embarrassment from something she thought but didn't even say! She's gonna maybe have some trouble looking Angus in the eye for a few minutes at least.
And I still detect no malice from Angus. He's clueless, for sure, but not hateful. He's gonna have a major facepalm moment when he realizes (one day) that his roomie's been crushing on him, but I somehow suspect he won't figure it out until she's either over him, and/or he's started dating (Faye, possibly?), and/or a meteorite is inbound and fiery impact is imminent.
I second all of this, with the exception of that miserable nickname. I will add, however, that Marigold probably believes Angus has a reasonable chance of seeing what she's thinking. As if. Embarrassed, possibly. The immediate thought she's embarrassed about? I defy even the Amazing Kreskin to work that one out.*
A cat would cheerfully smother its owner for a warm spot to nap on, as at least one cat owner I know can attest. I don't envy Hanners the job of getting the hair out of Winslow's intakes.
*But if he could—"Hmm, you're embarrassed, possibly because of romantic yearnings and you—holy… pause So, what are you doing after the show? Care to serve, er, share a cup?"
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It's just too bad the Roomba's gone...
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eat some lasagna (http://www.garfield.com/)
Whow. That site sucks three times over. Its full of flash animations, and I get a "this script is running wild, stop it" error on it. Possibly worst site I've seen in the decade.
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A great many people enjoy QC. You don't have to read it if you don't enjoy it!
artists become complacent when they are immune to criticism.
Hmm. Thinking about it - can anyone actually give me any example of a good artist who isnt immune to criticism ?
Its pretty much the defining quality of any original artist. Dont hear what all the idiots around are having for ideas. Instead, have your OWN ideas.
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eat some lasagna (http://www.garfield.com/)
Whow. That site sucks three times over. Its full of flash animations, and I get a "this script is running wild, stop it" error on it. Possibly worst site I've seen in the decade.
Did you NOT read the disclaimer?!
If you get Erectile Dysfunction, don't blame me!
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It's just too bad the Roomba's gone...
Would the Roomba have been able to face Mieville down, or would we have had a situation like http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/11/19/roomba-cat-goes-for-a-ride/ ?
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Zap it. Zap the evil!
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Good point. There's no arguing who would win in an all-out confrontation between Mieville and Momo-tan.
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I now have a mental image of winslow grabbing a large spray bottle screaming "Back, back, I am no ones pillow!"
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eat some lasagna (http://www.garfield.com/)
Whow. That site sucks three times over. Its full of flash animations, and I get a "this script is running wild, stop it" error on it. Possibly worst site I've seen in the decade.
Did you NOT read the disclaimer?!
Yeah but its the official Garfield site. How did they manage to screw it up so badly lol.
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It's the Official Garfield Site, I think that answers the question, And I'm pretty sure it's intentional.
It's the same reason that Dead Tree Newspaper websites always suck major ass.
I think that the Dead Tree Syndication industry believes that if they make their websites suck, people will believe that websites will always suck.
It's either the worst audience retention strategy ever, or the biggest case of denial since Lee waited until two years after Gettysburg to surrender.
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To those who don't do the twitter, Jeph made a wallpaper: http://questionablecontent.net/random/mmmchan.png
This is just so wrong ...
And honestly, real Japanese girls aren't as cute as the ones portrayed in all the manga and anime mediums...
WHAT ?? :x ??
they're much cuter. ^_^
Oh ok. Except - what kind of monitor do you have that you think that is still readable ? Seriously ! I didn't even noticed before I quoted you.
Great job! You've passed the test!
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Wouldn't "not beng able to get up on their own" be a major design defect in an AnthroPC? Im sure Pintsie and Momo can!
I guess you can be too thin!
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Winslow probably can right himself without problem under normal circumstances, however, when there is a vicious predator that weighs 4 or 5 times your weight using you as a nappy-time mat, returning to a vertical orientation becomes, shall we say, problematic.
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See, Winslow, "evil" and "kitty" are not at all mutually exclusive. You just had to learn that the hard way, I guess.
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Wouldn't "not beng able to get up on their own" be a major design defect in an AnthroPC? Im sure Pintsie and Momo can!
I guess you can be too thin!
Depends if any of the design docs included the phrase "whilst being used as a cat-bed" really, doesn't it?
Pretty sure Winslow has demonstrated the ability to self-right before, just not when weighed down...
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I wonder how Mieville would react to Momo's electric shock feature?
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Doesn't matter at this point - the cat's in sleep mode, but how big is winslow if a full grown cat can use him as a mattress?
Meiville will probably get up in a couple of minutes - even if he's warm, he's still not a floofy pillow or someone's chest.
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Maybe a little bigger than an iPad?
Also, you sure you didn't mean "someone's head" there?
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Never had a cat sleep on my head. I sleep face-down, though, so they like the small of my back...
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A great many people enjoy QC. You don't have to read it if you don't enjoy it!
artists become complacent when they are immune to criticism.
Hmm. Thinking about it - can anyone actually give me any example of a good artist who isnt immune to criticism ?
<snip>
Dave Kellett agrees with you. (http://"http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/100304.html")
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And as for our poll:
What is Marigold doing?
Laughing her Assets Off 14 (21.2%)
Shuddering violently from the mental image 14 (21.2%)
Doing the Hokey-Pokey 3 (4.5%)
Having a world-class orgasm 24 (36.4%)
Vomiting up pancakes 3 (4.5%)
Going into Pancake withdrawl 8 (12.1%)
You are all perverts.
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As an owner of three cats, I can fully appreciate Winslow's dilemma in having a cat that clearly likes you insist upon showing you its butt.
Also: BAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHHHHAHAHHAA*fart*
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I am not a pervert - I merely presumed that it had been a while since breakfast.
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And as for our poll:
What is Marigold doing?
Laughing her Assets Off 14 (21.2%)
Shuddering violently from the mental image 14 (21.2%)
Doing the Hokey-Pokey 3 (4.5%)
Having a world-class orgasm 24 (36.4%)
Vomiting up pancakes 3 (4.5%)
Going into Pancake withdrawl 8 (12.1%)
You are all perverts.
Says the one who came up with the poll option in the first place.
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And as for our poll:
What is Marigold doing?
Having a world-class orgasm 24 (36.4%)
You are all perverts.
Says the one who came up with the poll option in the first place.
Yeah, thanks, nailed on it. (where's the blushing smiley?)
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wow, a robot comic i actually rather like!
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you imbeciles are missing the point.
WHERE IS THE CAT ASS.
You can't have a cat without a furry exclamation point.
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And as for our poll:
What is Marigold doing?
Having a world-class orgasm 24 (36.4%)
You are all perverts.
Isn't Marigold the gross, stay-in-all-the-time character? And you guys are fantasizing about her? No, none of this is disgusting. Oh, I should stop the sarcasm though because no one understands it. This is incredibly disgusting.
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Hey, we're equal opportunity perverts here, goddamnit!
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It's just too bad the Roomba's gone...
Would the Roomba have been able to face Mieville down, or would we have had a situation like http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/11/19/roomba-cat-goes-for-a-ride/ ?
I laughed so hard at that video! That is amazing!
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WHERE IS THE CAT ASS.
Winslow is the Cat Ass Trophy.
D
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WHERE IS THE CAT ASS.
Winslow is the Cat Ass Trophy.
D
If the comic took place a little further south it would be Cat Ass Tropic!
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[facepalm]
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Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?
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Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?
Yes, it's where they're keeping Raven.
BTW, you forgot the Yuri option in the Poll
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Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?
Where's this come from? Was it mentioned somewhere? Not in this week's comics or this thread... or any of the others...
What'd I miss??
Confuzzled again, consarn it!
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Poor Marigold. Sometimes you really should just keep your mouth closed.
But then you wouldn't be Marigold...
Character development must be hell on the characters!
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Must have been that bitch Kathy Lee Gifford (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBZkAYiZ0L8#t=01m01s).
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Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?
Where's this come from? Was it mentioned somewhere? Not in this week's comics or this thread... or any of the others...
What'd I miss??
Confuzzled again, consarn it!
http://twitter.com/jephjacques/qccast/
^
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I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of. I know, I should be ashamed, but I'm only human. Could someone please provide me with a moment of clarity?
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MARIGOLDS MAKES AWKWARD, IS ADORABLE
ANGUS SUCKS DICKS
FAYES BOOOOOOOBS
= THREAD
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So Marigold appears intimidated by Faye. ("Your grasp of the obvious is inspiring." - Shepard, Mass Effect)
Oh well, at least Angus is sandwiched between two hawt girls with glasses on. Lucky dog.
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I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of. I know, I should be ashamed, but I'm only human. Could someone please provide me with a moment of clarity?
It's a latte with bullets in it.
(Get it? Bullets? Death metal?)
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It would have to be cookie-flavored as well.
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I had never heard of a pool noodle until today. Google was my friend, but can I have that brain cell back please? Pool noodle? WTF?
Following links from Wikipedia's entry on pool noodles (of course there is one!) led me into a murky world of boffers, LARP-safe weapons, and eventually Jugger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugger). Yes, people actually play the sport from Salute Of The Jugger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_of_Heroes), a V-grade post-apocalyptic SF film that I only watched because it had Joan Chen in it. No dog skulls though - lame!
Anyway, Faye's wit may not be a rapier, but it's certainly not a pool-noodle. More like a crowbar or pickaxe-handle, I'd say. I love Angus' expression in the third panel.
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Suddenly, Angus gets the feeling that bringing Marigold by may have been a very, very bad idea.
It's like sending a small child into a field of landmines.
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Well... this got awkward...
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Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?
Where's this come from? Was it mentioned somewhere? Not in this week's comics or this thread... or any of the others...
What'd I miss??
Confuzzled again, consarn it!
A little birdie told me. Dora's considering possibly turning it into a cafe area... but Faye's afraid of rats down there.
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I had never heard of a pool noodle until today. Google was my friend, but can I have that brain cell back please? Pool noodle? WTF?
Anyway, Faye's wit may not be a rapier, but it's certainly not a pool-noodle. More like a crowbar or pickaxe-handle, I'd say. I love Angus' expression in the third panel.
Brain cell: if you've only had one brain cell tied up by sill facts gleaned from the internet, feel fortunate. I had far too many brain cells devoted to useless information before the interwebs cobbed things up worse—now I barely know anything useful at all. Take pool-noodle—I knew these flotation objects by term water log, not to be confused with pool log, which is something people with pools use to torture their children. "I don't care if your friends are coming over—see here? That means it's time to add (insert name of chemical which will render said pool life-threatening for the next few hours)."
Faye's got more of a broadsword wit—sharp enough for the thrust, but sooner or later she winds up bashing people with the pommel.
Character development must be hell on the characters!
Why should they be different?
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I dont know what a pool noodle is and I dont care. I'm free ! :-D :-P :roll: :laugh: :evil: :wink: :police:
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Faye's definitely using the wrong metaphor - her wit is more akin to a half brick in a sock. Or if we must carry on with the edged weapons analogies, a Danish broad axe.
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her wit is more akin to a half brick in a sock.
If you don't pay attention, you can hit yourself?
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Why do I always choose pancakes in these things? Maybe I shouldn't participate first thing in the morning. :roll:
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"I've never even seen a dick in real life" is probably something she knows Angus well enough not to say in front of him.
...unless that's the idea.
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Marigold's Haruhi hoodie is tits.
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Marigold has tits.
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lol death metal latte
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awww now i want to hug Mar-bear.
and i want a death metal latte. they sound wicked awesome. i might have to introduce them if i ever go back to being a barrista.
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Maybe death-metal lattes contain milk sourced from cows grown in fields that have an unfortunately high uranium and/or lead content?
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No, that's the Chernobyl Chai.
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As best I remember, the strip (as opposed to Twitter) has never mentioned Coffee of Doom having a basement. Someone who is a True Master of the archives may correct me.
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Ohnorobot says no to basement.
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By the way, Bad Faye, No Faye Biscuit.
Marigirl isn't a consenting player like Dora or Angus, and she's not a friendly person who needs to be driven away so Faye can avoid human contact like Raven. Marigirl also clearly does not have Pennelope's relative strength and can be hurt easily.
Raven's theory, as presented to Pennelope, is that Faye just doesn't know any other way to interact with people. Faye should learn. She's got plenty of opportunity with her crowd.
What Faye is doing now is attacking the weak: in short, bullying.
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The title of this comic makes me all weepy. I can relate to Marigold on many levels.
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Ohnorobot says no to basement.
1) The basement thing wouldn't show up because it's not from the strip, it's from a recent exchange on Jeph's QCcast twitter page (http://twitter.com/jephjacques/qccast). However...
2) ...I lost faith in Ohnorobot after I tried to check something that happened during the Nerd-con arc but Ohnorobot couldn't find "nerd-con". A brute force skim through the QC archives shows that word is definitely used here (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1523). So I experimented further, and Ohnorobot won't find this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1530) if you search for "GLAAD" or "Mar-Mar" or "Thurston" or "Ichiro" or "cartoonists", all words that occur in the dialogue. If you search for "Les Paul" it finds some strips, but not the one Jeph did to mark his death (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1470).
Either their database is incomplete or their search algorithm is broken.
Also it claims "searching 1,747 episodes of Questionable Content" when we're only up to #1615. Bah!
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Ohnorobot is missing the recent ones and has a lacuna roughly between 920 and 980 (which includes some pretty good story).
The question was whether Twitter was the first mention of the basement. Apparently it is.
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By the way, Bad Faye, No Faye Biscuit.
Marigirl isn't a consenting player like Dora or Angus, and she's not a friendly person who needs to be driven away so Faye can avoid human contact like Raven. Marigirl also clearly does not have Pennelope's relative strength and can be hurt easily.
Raven's theory, as presented to Pennelope, is that Faye just doesn't know any other way to interact with people. Faye should learn. She's got plenty of opportunity with her crowd.
What Faye is doing now is attacking the weak: in short, bullying.
I pretty much agree, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it bullying...yet. We know that Marigold more than likely isn't going to stand up for herself, but Faye may be assuming she will (after all, Marigold hangs out with Angus, right?)
I would say that Faye is a bully who justifies it as she's protecting herself from getting hurt. What she doesn't realize is that her actions may cause others to hurt like she herself did/does. If she does realize that, a defining moment in her character will show: she'll choose to continue, or look for another way to interact with people. (Hopefully, talking with Dr. Corrinne will help her with this all.)
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Faye won't keep picking on Marigold; she hunts for sport, and Marigold is as sporting as an upside-down turtle. So maybe Faye will learn a little bit of restraint. Or Marigold will grow a little spine. But either way there will be hot girls in glasses!
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It's classic bullying, it's also Faye just plain not liking Marigold. But she's not actively seeking a confrontation with Marigold, either. This is Faye's turf, and Marigold made a choice to step on it, so she can't really complain about the harassment.
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Was the bar Faye's turf, or should it be considered neutral territory?
Dora thought Faye was out of line there for jumping on Marigold about ordering a Mountain Dew.
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It's classic bullying, it's also Faye just plain not liking Marigold. But she's not actively seeking a confrontation with Marigold, either. This is Faye's turf, and Marigold made a choice to step on it, so she can't really complain about the harassment.
Faye doesn't not like Marigold, she's just hard on people she doesn't know well. And besides, once you step inside Coffee of Doom, you are fair play for whatever wit or jabs that come at you, regardless of your standing with the barristas. Though I must agree with doug in that Mari does need a backbone.
I'm not gonna say I'd be against seeing Faye and Mari have a throw-down if Faye finds out Mari has a crush on Angus, though.
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That's improbable, since Faye sees Angus as a friend. However, is it too ooc for her to support Mari if she finds out?
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By the way, Bad Faye, No Faye Biscuit.
What Faye is doing now is attacking the weak: in short, bullying.
this, this, a thousand times this. Faye's letting her bitch flag fly, and hopefully gets shut down like a nuclear reactor with a leaky oil pump.
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I am kind of crossing my fingers for a strip in which Marigold snaps and tells Faye off, and Faye is forced to evaluate her bitchiness.
... it would be good character development, and would possibly segue into Faye going back to therapy (as I know a handful of fans are missing some Dr. Corrine action.)
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I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of.
Hmmm... Surely if you're really metal, you wouldn't drink latte at all. Milk dilution is for the weak!
Akima's Specials:Death Metal: Half-litre Espresso FTW!
Industrial: Espresso with a shot of diesel.
Dance: Latte with a tab of E, and a litre bottle of mineral water.
Trance: Latte with a tab of Acid.
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*Crickets Chirp*
See, this is why Marigold doesn't go out much.
Poor girl
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Ohnorobot is missing the recent ones and has a lacuna roughly between 920 and 980 (which includes some pretty good story).
It also has quite a few duplicates, which is why there are 1700+ out of barely 1600 comics.
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Faye's letting her bitch flag fly, and hopefully gets shut down like a nuclear reactor with a leaky oil pump.
She just did. And she did it herself. Just look at the expression in the last panel. I doubt she'll be her usual snarkasaurus to Marigold for a while...
Until they know each other a little better, of course. And that's just beginning!
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Faye doesn't not like Marigold, she's just hard on people she doesn't know well.
That could very well be true. I just get the distinct impression that there's something about Mari which absolutely pisses Faye off.
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Are you always this mean to people you barely even know?
(http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=336)
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Actually, going back, maybe the reason is because every (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1461) person (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1465) in this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1469) comic (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1530) defends her (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1615) simply because she's an introverted shut-in. Marigold doesn't really seem to notice it, but her personality gets her quite a bit of attention.
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Faye doesn't not like Marigold, she's just hard on people she doesn't know well.
That could very well be true. I just get the distinct impression that there's something about everyone which absolutely pisses Faye off.
Fixed.
Which, of course, really means there's something about Faye that pisses Faye off. Everyone else is simply a mirror. And there's been a fair amount of defending of Faye, too, because she's got issues.
As I write this, it occurs to me that she might be jealous.
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Good point -- consider the number of times Faye has called herself a "bitch".
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Good point -- consider the number of times Faye has called herself a "bitch".
Starting here (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=340), I believe!
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I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of.
Hmmm... Surely if you're really metal, you wouldn't drink latte at all. Milk dilution is for the weak!
Milk helps with the throat pain from growls, and extra calcium means more time in the pit and less in the hospital.
Please tell me someone at least got what I was saying, though. Maybe I didn't make it quite as groan-worthy as I meant it to be.
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Milk helps with the throat pain from growls, and extra calcium means more time in the pit and less in the hospital.
It does a body good!
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I can't believe no one's mentioned this yet...
What. Is. Faye. Wearing?
I can't recognize it. It's neither black nor pastel. It's adorned with neither words nor pictures. Is it even a reference to a band of any description? Is it an homage to the Beatles White Album? I just don't get it.
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So apparently I was the only one who heard the Debbie Downer sound effect after Marigold's final line. :|
Faye's bringing her standard level o' snark, so I don't think she was trying to single Marigold out, but it does look like she'll be dialing it back a bit, given the response. Thing is, if Marigold would just start treating the gang like her guildmates, she'd likely be snarking with the rest of them. Methinks it'll take time for her to apply such behavior to her in-person encounters. She'll get there.
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Faye's snarky with everyone, it's the default, she's just sort of bad at figuring out when not to be snarky, she's not being unfriendly.
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Whatever Faye's wearing, it's not a T-shirt, so maybe she's dressing up or experimenting.
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First of all: I was immediately thinking about that comment back in 336 by Raven. Dead on. What I think might be happening with Faye is that she's perhaps a bit stressed by the move (and the reminder that Dora is Marten's GF), and it's causing her to revert a bit to her more-bitchy self. Simple psychology, actually.
Second: I think that's actually an undershirt. Peek back at 336, and you'll see she's wearing a long-sleeve shirt somewhat like the one she has on; that might actually be the same outfit without the dark blue "vest" shirt she was wearing over it in the older strip.
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It's caled a Henley (http://www.google.com/products?q=Henley&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=BJ-SS-SRGpTblAf6-4D_AQ&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQrQQwAA). I have and wear several. Most of mine are long sleeve and thermal knit (like longjohns, that waffley pattern), but they're also commonly made from t-shirt material, and I've seen a lot of people with short and 3/4 sleeves. The neck is usually smaller and not as stretchy as a t-shirt, so there's a 3-button placket in the front.
Basically, it's a 19th century style button up undershirt. Very comfy.
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What. Is. Faye. Wearing?
I can't recognize it. It's neither black nor pastel. It's adorned with neither words nor pictures. Is it even a reference to a band of any description? Is it an homage to the Beatles White Album? I just don't get it.
I have several Henleys. but I also have quite a number of T-shirts that don't hawk, espouse, support, express, or indeed do anything beyond garb my humble self, usually in primary colors*. I'd like to thank Jeph for embracing my culture for a day.
Henleys are not undershirts, Carl. They're athletic wear, specifically the sort worn by rowers in the English town of Henley-on-Thames; hence the name.
*Of all the stuff that goes on in Streetcar Named Desire, this stage direction (somewhere in act three) has stuck with me most.
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And here I thought Henley was a person's name all these years...
However, please note; the statement in Wikipedia about the name has the classic [citation needed] tag, but further down...
In his biography of Ralph Lauren, the journalist Michael Gross quotes a New York merchant who recalled showing a vintage shirt to a Ralph Lauren buyer: "I showed
this fellow underwear -- a three-button long-sleeve shirt by Johnstown Knitting Mills. He said, 'This is a new shirt.' That's where he got the idea for the Henley shirt."
Michael Gross, Genuine Authentic, The Real Life of Ralph Lauren, pg 22.
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Faye doesn't not like Marigold, she's just hard on people she doesn't know well.
That could very well be true. I just get the distinct impression that there's something about Mari which absolutely pisses Faye off.
Have you noticed that their racks are about the same size (other than Mari, who can match Faye in boobage?), and they both have the glasses look going on?
Just saying :-P :lol:
I'm sure Faye absolutely loves Mari.
Which, of course, really means there's something about Faye that pisses Faye off. Everyone else is simply a mirror. And there's been a fair amount of defending of Faye, too, because she's got issues.
It has been awhile since we've seen her scar, or heard mention of it. And I can't be the only one who's curious about what Amanda was getting at in this strip. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=172)
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It has been awhile since we've seen her scar, or heard mention of it. And I can't be the only one who's curious about what Amanda was getting at in this strip. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=172)
Almost certainly Faye's dad's suicide, or maybe her car crash.
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Jeph said somewhere, maybe in a newspost, that people who are sensitive to such details should feel free to believe that the scar has faded and only shows when the light is at certain angles.
Why isn't Marigirl fatter? As far as we know she's all about junk food and a sedentary lifestyle.
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Jeph said somewhere, maybe in a newspost, that people who are sensitive to such details should feel free to believe that the scar has faded and only shows when the light is at certain angles.
Why isn't Marigirl fatter? As far as we know she's all about junk food and a sedentary lifestyle.
Eh, true on the scar thing. I've got a nice one from where a chunk of flesh was literally ripped from my right leg. Only reason I know it's still there is because leg hair won't grow there.
Mari may just have a really good metabolism. I should know, my diet is hot pockets, Taco Bell, macaroni and cheese, Subway, etc. In other words, my diet would give a dietitian nightmares. The only real exercise I do anymore is the Air Force PT that I'm required to go to (and we really don't do much during it), and I'm actually 20 lbs or so under what I should be. Not all of us mostly sedentary types are fatties :-P
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It also depends on how much you eat. My stuff ranges between moderately healthy and not healthy at all and I don't do any sports, but I'm not a big eater and the last time I looked it up my BMI was below average.
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Age is also a factor, folks seem to put on a few pounds when they get to they're late twenties.
Do we have a good indication of Marigold's age?
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Jeph said somewhere, maybe in a newspost, that people who are sensitive to such details should feel free to believe that the scar has faded and only shows when the light is at certain angles.
Why isn't Marigirl fatter? As far as we know she's all about junk food and a sedentary lifestyle.
Some people have extraneous circumstances like metabolism or medical conditions. I ate 4 meals per day, about 2 pounds of mostly junk food, during my freshman year of college, all while very, very sedentary (other than maybe 6 trips/year that involved whitewater rafting or hiking) and spent that year going from 150 pounds to 135. I somehow got back up to 145, but then during the middle of my sophomore year my Crohn's became active and despite still eating 4 meals/day, now with Prednisone and 2 Boost shakes, I fell to 96 in 4 months. If not for surgery I'd still be that low if not dead of malnutrition.
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And here I thought Henley was a person's name all these years...
However, please note; the statement in Wikipedia about the name has the classic [citation needed] tag, but further down...
In his biography of Ralph Lauren, the journalist Michael Gross quotes a New York merchant who recalled showing a vintage shirt to a Ralph Lauren buyer: "I showed
this fellow underwear -- a three-button long-sleeve shirt by Johnstown Knitting Mills. He said, 'This is a new shirt.' That's where he got the idea for the Henley shirt."
Michael Gross, Genuine Authentic, The Real Life of Ralph Lauren, pg 22.
Does RL hold a patent on the Henley? My guess would be that was the origin of their first 'version' of the Henley. Not that I know much about Ralph Lauren clothing—I threatened my mother with defenestration if she wasted money buying me 'designer' clothes, and I haven't really warmed up to them since, either. Izod and RL could and can suck it, and their little alligators and polo players, too.
When I think about it, it stands to reason the rowers probably did start out wearing undershirts (I actually think they wear tanks these days, but those have to be a little cold in the morning on the Thames), as opposed to some monstrous Vicky get-up, complete, no doubt, with strangling collar and tie. In fact, it's difficult to think of any piece of current casual athletic wear that wasn't originally underwear. The things athletes wear in track and field these days would give folks a hundred years ago coronaries, yet we wear most of it casually, too. Except those spandex singlet suits runners wear, of course. At least I hope no guy wears what looks to be a real junk-crusher casually.
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I don't think we know anything about Marigold's age except that she was in college with Angus, whose age we also don't know.
(Well, over 21, but that can almost be taken for granted among the QC regulars).
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Why isn't Marigirl fatter? As far as we know she's all about junk food and a sedentary lifestyle.
Speaking from experience as a former hardcore world of warcraft player, the reason she's not fat IS BECAUSE she's a hardcore WoW player. See, when you're that into the game, you don't really take breaks to eat that often, and when you do, the meals are always small because you want to get back to the screen as fast as possible.
It's not healthy by a long shot, but it does keep you relatively thin.