And to start off, we have the poll that SHOULD have been posted on Friday.Wait, was I supposed to change the poll? I'm new to WCDT creation.
And to start off, we have the poll that SHOULD have been posted on Friday.
I don't think you realize the seriousness of the business going on in here. Let me tell you how serious this business is: you need to have an MBA and some Italian fucking loafers to be posting in this forum. You thought you could just come in here and talk about how funny some panel was? You thought WRONG, motherfucker. Crack open your literary analysis text, we are going to be here a while. Where is your psychological graph? Your shipping wall? Your thesis on who shot Faye's father? Get with the program here.
QC Forum Weekly Reaction Thread Poll:
(...until they get shut down by the mods for excess forum drama, that is.)
MEN WHAT TAKE THEIR WHISKEY STRAIGHT (the men are not mods).
Mods drink Whisky (not Whiskey), and of course it's straight single malt.
MEN WHAT TAKE THEIR WHISKEY STRAIGHT (the men are not mods).Mods drink Whisky (not Whiskey), and of course it's straight single malt.
Not gonna lie, when it comes to whisk(e)y, I prefer mine from the southern US.
Favorite whisky of all time ... Ardberg Uigeadail. you can almost chew the smokiness (you almost have to). followed by the rather fruity Tomintoul 27
I was not aware whiskey had smokey flavors
And, usually, I had the last poll of the week be the "moment of the week" from the previous five strips.[/url]Ahhh, see, I saw that poll, so that's what I based it on. But I went through the last week's strips and chose my own moments.
I also believe that the Waffles reference is from that Most Serious Comic Of All, 510. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=510)
Yes, this was when I was trying to master the polling feature & having a hard time of it, & apparently the mods thought putting up with my repeated failed poll threads was too much trouble. At least that's how it looked from my corner. So, yeah, don't worry about it, it's all fine.QC Forum Weekly Reaction Thread Poll:
(...until they get shut down by the mods for excess forum drama, that is.)
To those who think that sounds like a joke, be aware that there was a period a couple of years ago when the ability to make polls was removed in the WCD forum (which was separate from discussion at that time) because it was felt that they had got out of hand. It was restored at or shortly after the time when the WCD and QC discussion forums were merged.
Tasty pancakes (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=95)
Okay, so no waffles, but more whiskey? ;)
Nice job missing your golden opportunity, Angus...
Poor guy, now he's most likely going to be sleeping in the doghouse (aquarium, in this case?) tonight
"Fuzzy clam"? Wow. I'm guessing he doesn't really know for sure. If he did, that'd be a little TMI lol.
You just know he's a virgin when he's dropping lines like that.If he isn't, he deserves to be.
Wow Angus, I mean...wow. I might be a nerd/dork/geek, but even I'm not that much of a nerd/dork/geek. You just know he's a virgin when he's dropping lines like that.
Favorite whisky of all time ... Ardberg Uigeadail. you can almost chew the smokiness (you almost have to).That is a damn fine whisky. The Arbdeg Supernova is even better. It's similar to the Uigeadail, but bigger and peatier.
Favorite whisky of all time ... Ardberg Uigeadail. you can almost chew the smokiness (you almost have to).That is a damn fine whisky. The Arbdeg Supernova is even better. It's similar to the Uigeadail, but bigger and peatier.
I don't think Angus was getting any at this time no matter what he said (or didn't). Either Faye was not ready to go that far yet (and would have stopped the sloppy makeouts before that point), or Hanners' ranting totally killed her mood. Either way, no sex for Angus just yet-Faye was most likely about to suggest doing something non-sexual.
What Angus's comment may have done, on top of Hanners' sealife-related comments, was squick Faye out so much that she just wanted Angus go home while she took a long shower to wash the squick away and go to bed.
if they'd just fallen into each other's arms for panel fourThat only happens when Toto is involved. :mrgreen:
Wait a minute: they've "slept together" already, just there apparently has not yet been sexual intercourse.
Big diff in this day and age.
to be honest, no-one's likely to say what Angus said in real lifesnrk
Panel 3 was cute, yes. But my first thought in panel 4 was that he was pretty presumptuous about the activity she had in mind. The body language says that it may have been what he was thinking, but Faye's pulled that switch before, and may have actually suggested something else, given the chance.
So Angus not only ruined it if it was what he was thinking, he ruined whatever she had in mind, as well!
Smooth, he ain't.
Do you mean "what she was thinking"?
Remarks like "You'd only say that if you're a virgin" - to be honest, no-one's likely to say what Angus said in real life - that's because it's the punchline for a comic strip
Faye was most likely about to suggest doing something non-sexual.
sure is a lot of bare skin in tonight's qc. I hope I don't run out of skin-colored pixels!
Quotesure is a lot of bare skin in tonight's qc. I hope I don't run out of skin-colored pixels!
Oh, no. Another locker room scene? Another encounter at the library?
Welp, now we know for sure he's not a virgin [anymore].You just know he's a virgin when he's dropping lines like that.If he isn't, he deserves to be.
Post fuck nap, post nap fuck, both are very good...
And if you're not careful can lead to a cycle that will completely wipe out a weekend, or any productive contribution to society for that matter. :mrgreen:
One of my friends did this during sex: http://textsfromlastnight.com/Text-Replies-6899.html
Post fuck nap, post nap fuck, both are very good...
And if you're not careful can lead to a cycle that will completely wipe out a weekend, or any productive contribution to society for that matter. :mrgreen:
"Fascinating, Captain. I've detected a large amount of Angus Hatred emanating from several posts on this thread."
"Analysis, Mr. Spock?"
"They appear to be coming from a poster known as 'bunnyThor', Captain."
Maybe he was still a virgin?
@ CEO: I'm sure you meant post-fuck nap, but I'm going to take your sentence at face value because it's funnier that way.
But sex is like pizza and all that.
But sex is like pizza and all that.
It's ruined if there's too much cheese on your sausage?
It's better without the red sauce?
Too much yeast makes a terrible crust?
But sex is like pizza and all that.
It's ruined if there's too much cheese on your sausage?
It's better without the red sauce?
Too much yeast makes a terrible crust?
Please note that Faye's answer to Angus in panel 2 is not actually "yes".
EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT THAT GOOD, IT'S STILL PRETTY GOOD, YOU HAMMER TOTING MARSUPIAL. *eyeroll*Rabbits are not marsupials. BunnyThor is a hammer-toting Lagomorph. /nerd
Is ANYONE that hyper after sex?
More tiny pillows...
Is ANYONE that hyper after sex?As I believe I have mentioned before, sex switches me from active to tired (as one would expect), but also from tired to hyper. So, yes :D
Also, the scars above Fayes boobs have once again mysteriously vanished.It's just one scar on her right boob (that's stage left for us), and it's pretty clearly there. I thought it was tastefully done, not huge and obvious but it's there.
Big d'awwwwww moment even without the sexy.
But sex is like pizza and all that.
It's ruined if there's too much cheese on your sausage?
It's better without the red sauce?
Too much yeast makes a terrible crust?
Go Angus! I take it all back; a guy who doesn't lapse into slumber and start snoring post sex is obviously a keeper...
Is it just me or does Faye's cross-chest arm in panel 1 look a little...short? Angus' too, actually.
I wonder if Angus can harness this sex-produced energy for gains in his political career, now.
Then again - today's comic explains it. Guys who fall asleep are alot more likely to survive than those who immediately go out and wrestle a bear.
Then again - today's comic explains it. Guys who fall asleep are alot more likely to survive than those who immediately go out and wrestle a bear.
Then again - today's comic explains it. Guys who fall asleep are alot more likely to survive than those who immediately go out and wrestle a bear.
You just need to be Canadian (http://www.badassoftheweek.com/wanyandie.html) to do so.
Is ANYONE that hyper after sex?As I believe I have mentioned before, sex switches me from active to tired (as one would expect), but also from tired to hyper. So, yes :D
Also, the scars above Fayes boobs have once again mysteriously vanished.
Then again - today's comic explains it. Guys who fall asleep are alot more likely to survive than those who immediately go out and wrestle a bear.
You just need to be Canadian (http://www.badassoftheweek.com/wanyandie.html) to do so.
Ahem (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,24945.msg960631.html#msg960631).
Alright, so it wasn't wrestling.
The drawer that opens toward Faye's bed is most likely the home of her... ahem... best kind of boyfriend (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1011). Y'know, the one that she made friends with back here (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1381)?God, you made me remember about the "Daft Punk Disco Dong".
Post fuck nap, post nap fuck, both are very good...
And if you're not careful can lead to a cycle that will completely wipe out a weekend, or any productive contribution to society for that matter. :mrgreen:
Here I go again posting about sex.
You only think there aren't.
Go Angus! I take it all back; a guy who doesn't lapse into slumber and start snoring post sex is obviously a keeper...
Go Angus! I take it all back; a guy who doesn't lapse into slumber and start snoring post sex is obviously a keeper...
Unless, apparently, you're Sven... :|
....Please note that Faye's answer to Angus in panel 2 is not actually "yes".
I loved her answer: "I'll be happy." That's how we know that Faye really cares about him. It doesn't have to be mind-blowing sex if you're with someone you care about. Sure, it needs to be good, but intimacy makes up for a lot!
This is a really special comic, in that it is SO great to see Faye happy, and truly able to be emotionally present in her relationship.
Don't suppose Jeph can warn us when he's going NSFW our butts?He did...unless he changed the title of the comic and it didn't mention NSFW until I got around to reading it. Of course, if you're reading it just by going to the site, rather than through a feed reader, yeah, there's pretty much no warning. So...um...I retract my statement? I guess?
QuoteGo Angus! I take it all back; a guy who doesn't lapse into slumber and start snoring post sex is obviously a keeper...
Well the last I heard in uni some years ago (from a bunch of chix!) was that post gasm guys get some hormone released into the bloodstream that makes them slumber...
Tho evolution only knows what Darwinian benefit that would bestow...
The drawer that opens toward Faye's bed is most likely the home of her... ahem... best kind of boyfriend (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1011). Y'know, the one that she made friends with back here (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1381)?
The drawer that opens toward Faye's bed is most likely the home of her... ahem... best kind of boyfriend (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1011). Y'know, the one that she made friends with back here (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1381)?
I was thinking that's where the condoms were. But yeah, Faye's special friend is probably in there.
I wonder if it'll get jealous of Faye's new "special friend" :evil:
*eyeroll*But sex is like pizza and all that.It's ruined if there's too much cheese on your sausage?
It's better without the red sauce?
Too much yeast makes a terrible crust?
Dear lord, you people are weird. I love this forum.
Don't suppose Jeph can warn us when he's going NSFW our butts? Would have been most awkward to explain at work.You might consider following Jeph's twitter feed:
Or, you know, just not read comics while you're at work? :police:
Or, you know, just not read comics while you're at work? :police:
That's just crazy talk.
Wait. Since when did Faye have scars above her tits?Ever since comic #100, or whenever it was when Marten accidentally walked in on Faye when she was getting dressed.
Is it normal to forget you still have the freaking condom on?! Seriously, I wanna know! Seems like a male blonde moment to me :-P
Is it normal to forget you still have the freaking condom on?! Seriously, I wanna know! Seems like a male blonde moment to me :-P
Especially if you had *ahem* reached your high. I don't think it would be very fun to have your dong marinating in your happy batter.
*Girl tugs her mothers skirt.* Mommy is he saying that the man ejaculated in the condom and hasn't taken it off yet, so his penis is still in there with his sperm? :evil:Is it normal to forget you still have the freaking condom on?! Seriously, I wanna know! Seems like a male blond moment to me :-P
Especially if you had *ahem* reached your high. I don't think it would be very fun to have your dong marinating in your happy batter.
Let alone showing it off to someone else. Especially unexpectedly.
I'm not sure there is any amount of ridiculosity that can overcome this awkward zone.
QuoteGo Angus! I take it all back; a guy who doesn't lapse into slumber and start snoring post sex is obviously a keeper...
Well the last I heard in uni some years ago (from a bunch of chix!) was that post gasm guys get some hormone released into the bloodstream that makes them slumber...
Tho evolution only knows what Darwinian benefit that would bestow...
Depending on the mammal, the act of intercourse really zaps the energy and the body releases the hormones etc needed to put the animal into a deep sleep so that when the animal awakes, he is fully fresh. You find this post-intercourse snooze is more common with mammals that live in groups so that the other animals can provide a certain amount of protection - even if the male sleeping is the dominant one... Remember in terms of human evolution that we too, as cave dwellers, also used to live in groups and evolutionary still retain this "Darwinian benefit". Although we as a species no longer hang around in groups in the same way, following from mammal traditions we only have intercourse when we feel relatively safe and not in immediate danger...
QuoteGo Angus! I take it all back; a guy who doesn't lapse into slumber and start snoring post sex is obviously a keeper...
Well the last I heard in uni some years ago (from a bunch of chix!) was that post gasm guys get some hormone released into the bloodstream that makes them slumber...
Tho evolution only knows what Darwinian benefit that would bestow...
Depending on the mammal, the act of intercourse really zaps the energy and the body releases the hormones etc needed to put the animal into a deep sleep so that when the animal awakes, he is fully fresh. You find this post-intercourse snooze is more common with mammals that live in groups so that the other animals can provide a certain amount of protection - even if the male sleeping is the dominant one... Remember in terms of human evolution that we too, as cave dwellers, also used to live in groups and evolutionary still retain this "Darwinian benefit". Although we as a species no longer hang around in groups in the same way, following from mammal traditions we only have intercourse when we feel relatively safe and not in immediate danger...
additionally, the human penis has evolved a shape that, when in use creates a suction effect. evidence suggests that this is of use in removing 'genetic material' that may have previously been left behind by a rival male. if this is true, then it may be evolutionarily disadvantageous to have sex with the same partner consecutively in a short amount of time, as the suction effect would end up removing one's own 'genetic material' instead. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=secrets-of-the-phallus)
:psyduck:
I'm not sure there is any amount of ridiculosity that can overcome this awkward zone.
CUE THE BOOTY DANCE. THE GODS OF PORKING DEMAND IT.
I think he's getting ready for round x and has already put the next condom on, rather than keeping on the last one.
I'm sure she would have stopped Angus from striding into the main room nude. C'mon, who does that?! I'm starting to wonder if Angus hit his head recently.
Seriously, I figured Faye dozed off. If she were aware, I'm sure she would have stopped Angus from striding into the main room nude.
C'mon, who does that?! I'm starting to wonder if Angus hit his head recently.
Ach...guy butt.I dunno. I think the mental image of a Angus dancing around with a hot pink condom on is worse.
Psyduck purge my mind of the image. :psyduck:
I'm sure he didn't expect anyone to be there. Besides who hasn't walked around naked in a home when nobody was there?
Yeah, Marten's gonna need another bottle of hard liquor to scrub the image of nekkid dancing Angus (complete with hot pink condom) from his mind.
Heck after writing that I think I may need a bottle... :psyduck:
Since we now have it confimred that Angus is not dripping with manly hair all over his chest, back and shoulders, does this mean that he's shaved in order to quell Faye's disgust?
I realize it's one day too late, but did anyone get the Scott Pilgrim reference in the last comic? "And I reserve the right to change my mind about the sex later."
On a related note, why in the world would you do a booty dance naked in someone else's apartment when their roommate might return at any moment? Illogical.
On a related note, why in the world would you do a booty dance naked in someone else's apartment when their roommate might return at any moment? Illogical.
Birthday suit gag!
Perfect, 'cause it's my birthday!
My first post here - be gentle :)
I was of the opinion that Angus was on his way to the bathroom to dispose of said condom in the bin, wash his hands (etc) before heading back for round two / heading off for bear wrestling.
In panel 1, he did check around to see if anyone was about. Love the timing. Love Marten's expression.
Like Angus an awful lot more as this arc continues. :)
On a related note, why in the world would you do a booty dance naked in someone else's apartment when their roommate might return at any moment? Illogical.
Well to be fair, he's not entirely naked... :-D
I realize it's one day too late, but did anyone get the Scott Pilgrim reference in the last comic? "And I reserve the right to change my mind about the sex later."
Question! 'Cause I don't remember. Did Faye ever have Sven in her bedroom or was it always over at his place?I'm pretty sure it was always at Sven's. Sven has his own place, and it would've been kind of weird if both Dora and Sven were fucking in the same apartment.
Question! 'Cause I don't remember. Did Faye ever have Sven in her bedroom or was it always over at his place?
Question! 'Cause I don't remember. Did Faye ever have Sven in her bedroom or was it always over at his place?Not sure about her bedroom (though it's likely), but they did have sex on the couch (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1610).
Question! 'Cause I don't remember. Did Faye ever have Sven in her bedroom or was it always over at his place?
Always his place.
Now I can't remember if Angus had chest hair or not before. It do seem an awfully unfair roll of the bear genes to have back hair and not have chest hair.
Have some celebratory Manass.
Woa, lots of dudes/dudettes vote for "text your ex"
I would do that!
Why not? Might as well sing her/him something like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o)
Marten has commented on how good Sven's ass looks to him.
Perhaps there will be some kind of contest to determine whose is best.
Perhaps it will be called the Battle of Manasses.
Marten has commented on how good Sven's ass looks to him.
Perhaps there will be some kind of contest to determine whose is best.
Perhaps it will be called the Battle of Manasses.
Except Marten has only seen Angus from the front.
Marten has commented on how good Sven's ass looks to him.
Perhaps there will be some kind of contest to determine whose is best.
Perhaps it will be called the Battle of Manasses.
Except Marten has only seen Angus from the front.
Plus, that's a bull nobody wants to see run. (Don't analyze this sentence for meaning, there is none)
Woa, lots of dudes/dudettes vote for "text your ex"
I would do that!
Why not? Might as well sing her/him something like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o)
Marten has commented on how good Sven's ass looks to him.
Perhaps there will be some kind of contest to determine whose is best.
Perhaps it will be called the Battle of Manasses.
Except Marten has only seen Angus from the front.
Plus, that's a bull nobody wants to see run. (Don't analyze this sentence for meaning, there is none)
For non-US readers, the reference is to a Civil War battle which the North calls the Battle of Bull Run and the South refers to as the Battle of Manassas.Shame on you, good sir. Do I have to link you to TV Tropes?
For non-US readers, the reference is to a Civil War battle which the North calls the Battle of Bull Run and the South refers to as the Battle of Manassas.
I correctly anticipated Jeph would do this and was prepared for the NSFW at work and Marten's mental scarring. I SEE ALL OF THE POTENTIAL FUTURES BEFORE US. I AM THE KWISATZ HADERACH!Pschhh! Seeing all possible futures is easy; you're not really the Kwisatz Haderach until you can tell the universe exactly which one is going to come true.
Manasses Mass?
About 9 kilos.
[rimshot]
Hopefully the explanation doesn't ruin the joke for the US readers.
Might as well sing her/him something like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o)
I'm not sure if the condom makes it worse or not, as it provides some covering. It would be weirder if the condom was a puppet or had eyes on it.
Y'know, Angus looks a lot like a certain guy named Gilgamesh in that fifth panel.
And I won't comment about the shades of blue and gray in today's comic.
(Wow, that was a long way for a pun, wasn't it?)
Now I can't remember if Angus had chest hair or not before. It do seem an awfully unfair roll of the bear genes to have back hair and not have chest hair.Welcome back, Raoul!
I don't know how this song wasn't mentioned yet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o)Dude it's been mentioned like five times.
I realize it's one day too late, but did anyone get the Scott Pilgrim reference in the last comic? "And I reserve the right to change my mind about the sex later."
What she said was, "A lady always reserves the right to change her mind", which is very similar to a line in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, IIRC.
So it's not really a Scott Pilgrim reference... that right's been reserved for aeons.
I don't know how this song wasn't mentioned yet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o)Dude it's been mentioned like five times.
This made me laugh a lot. http://stats.grok.se/en/201103/puce
.... you actually read and understood Shakespeare literature? That shit was way too cryptic for me.
...you've got to be kidding. Don't people know their tertiary colors anymore?Do people even learn tertiary colors as part of their normal education? I never did...I learned a few on my own, but I can honestly say that I've never seen anything that would make me say, "Wow, that thing is very puce" (or beige, another color I would never be able to ID). Take the color Bole for example (a reddish-brown color). When would you ever describe something as bole-colored? How many people do you know that would actually know what bole is?
Didn't you read any of it in high school?
Quote...you've got to be kidding. Don't people know their tertiary colors anymore?Do people even learn tertiary colors as part of their normal education? I never did...I learned a few on my own, but I can honestly say that I've never seen anything that would make me say, "Wow, that thing is very puce" (or beige, another color I would never be able to ID). Take the color Bole for example (a reddish-brown color). When would you ever describe something as bole-colored? How many people do you know that would actually know what bole is?
a guy who wrote what sold in his day(http://www.marriedtothesea.com/021306/got-to-get-paid.jpg)
Not only reading it, but making shitty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(2000_film)) film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1996_film)) adaptaions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1990_film)) of (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1969_film)) it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1948_film)).http://dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/dark-science-01/
They've obviously missed out.This made me laugh a lot. http://stats.grok.se/en/201103/puce
...you've got to be kidding. Don't people know their tertiary colors anymore?
CHAPTER I. The Puce Dressing-gown
The peculiar angle of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic-- that angle which is chiefly responsible for our geography and therefore for our history--had caused the phenomenon known in London as summer. The whizzing globe happened to have turned its most civilized face away from the sun, thus producing night in Selwood Terrace, South Kensington. In No. 91 Selwood Terrace two lights, on the ground-floor and on the first-floor, were silently proving that man's ingenuity can outwit nature's. No. 91 was one of about ten thousand similar houses between South Kensington Station and North End Road. With its grimy stucco front, its cellar kitchen, its hundred stairs and steps, its perfect inconvenience, and its conscience heavy with the doing to death of sundry general servants, it uplifted tin chimney-cowls to heaven and gloomily awaited the day of judgment for London houses, sublimely ignoring the axial and orbital velocities of the earth and even the reckless flight of the whole solar system through space. You felt that No. 91 was unhappy, and that it could only be rendered happy by a 'To let' standard in its front patch and a 'No bottles' card in its cellar-windows. It possessed neither of these specifics. Though of late generally empty, it was never untenanted. In the entire course of its genteel and commodious career it had never once been to let.
Go inside, and breathe its atmosphere of a bored house that is generally empty yet never untenanted. All its twelve rooms dark and forlorn, save two; its cellar kitchen dark and forlorn; just these two rooms, one on the top of the other like boxes, pitifully struggling against the inveterate gloom of the remaining ten! Stand in the dark hall and get this atmosphere into your lungs.
The principal, the startling thing in the illuminated room on the ground-floor was a dressing-gown, of the colour, between heliotrope and purple, known to a previous generation as puce; a quilted garment stuffed with swansdown, light as hydrogen--nearly, and warm as the smile of a kind heart; old, perhaps, possibly worn in its outlying regions and allowing fluffs of feathery white to escape through its satin pores; but a dressing-gown to dream of. It dominated the unkempt, naked apartment, its voluptuous folds glittering crudely under the sun-replacing oil lamp which was set on a cigar-box on the stained deal table. The oil lamp had a glass reservoir, a chipped chimney, and a cardboard shade, and had probably cost less than a florin; five florins would have purchased the table; and all the rest of the furniture, including the arm-chair in which the dressing-gown reclined, a stool, an easel, three packets of cigarettes and a trouser-stretcher, might have been replaced for another ten florins. Up in the corners of the ceiling, obscure in the eclipse of the cardboard shade, was a complicated system of cobwebs to match the dust on the bare floor.
Within the dressing-gown there was a man. This man had reached the interesting age. I mean the age when you think you have shed all the illusions of infancy, when you think you understand life, and when you are often occupied in speculating upon the delicious surprises which existence may hold for you; the age, in sum, that is the most romantic and tender of all ages--for a male. I mean the age of fifty. An age absurdly misunderstood by all those who have not reached it! A thrilling age! Appearances are tragically deceptive.
Didn't you read any of it in high school?Yeah, isn't Shakespeare compulsory in every high-school English class ever? He's not so hard.
Marten demonstrates that he's a mensch. Pintsize demonstrates that he's a very odd little robot indeed. Why would he celebrate Arbor Day? Or did he just steal the banner for the lulz?
Marten demonstrates that he's a mensch. Pintsize demonstrates that he's a very odd little robot indeed. Why would he celebrate Arbor Day? Or did he just steal the banner for the lulz?
Does Pintsize do anything for any other reason than lulz?
Ever?
If Marten still has anything going for Faye he deals with it well or has a very good instinct for such things. Faye however seems to have overreacted slightly and may have caused Angus some stress in the process. In Angus's position I would have be concerned about her still harboring feelings for Martin regardless of the time that has passed and a reaction like this would have just helped to confirm it a bit. (At least for me, but I'm a jealous creature and am paranoid/over analytical)
Other than that it's interesting to think what actual emotions are buried deep down. Do the characters themselves even know them?
In Martin's case is he able to cope and respond so well to this situation because there is nothing to cope with anymore? Or has he acknowledged what he feels on some level and is able to respond in a more logical, empathetic fashion because of it?
Does Faye on some level still think of Martin in that way? Subconsciously perhaps where she doesn't acknowledge it, or more conflictingly does she know and simply suppress it?
Food for thought. Gonna go back to lurking now.
I think you're right that Faye's just overreacting to Marten's "delicate condition" post-Dora, not realizing how far he's come along. Because as we know, she's been a bit preoccupied...
And as for Shakespeare - hated it in High School, probably because every single teacher had us analyzing the symbolic significance of every second word.Thiiiiissss!!!!!
I correctly anticipated Jeph would do this and was prepared for the NSFW at work and Marten's mental scarring. I SEE ALL OF THE POTENTIAL FUTURES BEFORE US. I AM THE KWISATZ HADERACH!Pschhh! Seeing all possible futures is easy; you're not really the Kwisatz Haderach until you can tell the universe exactly which one is going to come true.
But isn't Pintsize usually much better prepared for all kinds of contingencies??
Ahem!
Oblique Dune reference = cool.
Restating 1/2 the plot of 3 books = uncool.
Let's keep it silly, people.
Hey, people never seem to agree on this. Is the h "humble" or "honest"?Nonsequitor! Frame, please.
Hey, people never seem to agree on this. Is the h "humble" or "honest"?
Shakespeare's easy once you realize that half the dialogue is sex jokes.
Ha, that wasn't a non sequitur! You had just used "IMHO"!Hey, people never seem to agree on this. Is the h "humble" or "honest"?Nonsequitor! Frame, please.
IMHO, any oblique reference to a classic work, especially if it is humorous, stands as cool.
As for Shakespeare, I didn't get his work thoroughly until I saw it performed live. Just saw Midsummer Night's Dream for the upteenth time, and it just keeps getting funnier.
March 24, 2011 4:27am
Man, back in college we had some insane Arbor Day parties. I STILL can't stand the taste of human blood!
IMHO, any oblique reference to a classic work, especially if it is humorous, stands as cool.I can't be sure I'm right, but I took Odin's remark about references to Dune not being "cool" as an allusion to the eponymous planet's average temperature.
Also, I move that Dune references are cool so long as they ref the terrible movie and/or don't go on too long. And they aren't that fucking Bene Gesserit mantra or a bastardization of said mantra. Shit gets old real quick.
Bros: it's all about the sharing.
In as crude a format as possible.
:lol:
I did not forsee the Dune hate in this forum.It's the rule of thirds. In any group of people, 1/3 will like, 1/3 will hate and 1/3 will be indifferent to a new
Marigold Farmer marigoldfarmer @hanneloreEC who is in apartment? Bear is in apartment!
Hi All,
. I prefer Star Trek TOS and Star Wars IV. [Is my GOM showing?]
To anybody curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-A8GWyYAAQuoteMarigold Farmer marigoldfarmer @hanneloreEC who is in apartment? Bear is in apartment!
Clerks cartoon reference! Jeph, you made my day with this. :)
If your GOM was truly showing you'd have referred to them as "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" - only them young whippersnappers need to differentiate with that new stuff.
A real GOM differentiates with an icy stare when someone asks which version he means.
And IV was tacked onto Star Wars when Episode 1 was retconned. Clearly, if you just say "Star Wars", it's the movie with that name which we all saw in theatres and drive-ins back in '77!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was Always "Episode IV: A New Hope"
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430 ?Marten demonstrates that he's a mensch. Pintsize demonstrates that he's a very odd little robot indeed. Why would he celebrate Arbor Day? Or did he just steal the banner for the lulz?
Does Pintsize do anything for any other reason than lulz?
Ever?
You will note that Pintsize got the last laugh with a snarky comment of his own.http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430 ?Marten demonstrates that he's a mensch. Pintsize demonstrates that he's a very odd little robot indeed. Why would he celebrate Arbor Day? Or did he just steal the banner for the lulz?Does Pintsize do anything for any other reason than lulz?
Ever?
I coulda sworn it was there all along. My D&D friends in HS were all over speculating about what George Lucas was gonna 'do' about all of the holes he created in THE FILM. What were the Clone Wars? Who needed Bocci? How much time elapsed from the first battle until the medals were handed out? Didn't anybody ever EAT?
The novelization (that came out shortly after the movie) said that is was the first tale in the second trilogy, which would peg it at episode IV. But not the film.The novel by Lucas that was published just before the film was released, simply claimed to be "From The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker".
And there were supposed to be three more... a trilogy of trilogies.
No, I'm not still waiting. Life's too short!
At least, I hope Lucas' is...
The ideal scenario would be Mace Windu returning in Episode VII.Sorry, can't see his ghost as a practical plot device in the rebuilding of the republic.
Because the only worthy opponent for for him is dead.Doesn't hold water. "For every fine cat, a fine rat." A fresh villan can always be created. I think it was from R.A. Hienline.
A) Friendly correction, it's Heinlein.
B) Today's last panel brings back memories of an earlier strip...
Today's last panel brings back memories of an earlier (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=6) strip...
Yeah, but it would cut down on the major blunders, though.True. If you have a thumb drive and can use it at work (or wherever you're force to use IE), then put portable Firefox on that.
Ugh... Last time I checked this thread, people were getting all snarky about Dune nerdery, and now they're discussing the finer points of Star Wars!?!? ... an apparently endless heap of smelly decaying flogged dead horses piled on top. Enough already!
Because the only worthy opponent for for him is dead.Doesn't hold water. "For every fine cat, a fine rat." A fresh villan can always be created. I think it was from R.A. Hienline.
Yeah, from the much derided "Cat Who Walks Through Walls". Right after Richard accepts that Gwen used to co-write a TV space opera.
Ugh... Last time I checked this thread, people were getting all snarky about Dune nerdery, and now they're discussing the finer points of Star Wars!?!?
Well played, milady, well played. However, the discussion petered out aound 2:30 this afternoon.So I was two hours and thirty-one minutes late entering a discussion that took place while I was in bed, asleep, on the other side of the planet? My humblest apologies...
I live in the country of the Prime Meridian - the rest of you have got your clocks wrong.
(N.B. I will get annoyed at having to put my clock wrong next weekend - Grrr!)
I spent 15 years in the great state of Indiana, at a time when they didn't acknowledge daylight savings. Instead, we switched time zones - it was easier.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430 ?
And Carl-E, that's the one thing I love about Arizona, when I go down there in the winter to visit my dad. They're not bothered with changing clocks or anything.
I live in the country of the Prime Meridian - the rest of you have got your clocks wrong.
(N.B. I will get annoyed at having to put my clock wrong next weekend - Grrr!)
Re: Shakespeare:
[...]I had a professor in college who explained Shakespeare wasn't some longhair artiste but a guy who wrote what sold in his day ... Then explained all the dirty jokes. The effect was to make me regard Shakespeare as accessible and not some rarefied incomprehensibility.
Re: Shakespeare:(Also, some of his plays [The Tempest, The Winter's Tale] are just not that great.)
[...]I had a professor in college who explained Shakespeare wasn't some longhair artiste but a guy who wrote what sold in his day ... Then explained all the dirty jokes. The effect was to make me regard Shakespeare as accessible and not some rarefied incomprehensibility.
Why not try Macbeth, its one of his shortest plays, and has murder, murder, some murder, little bit of murder and oh, some witches.
Damn it, nearly forgot the murder too.
"damn, expression of the human body INSIDE a human body, I'm a genius"Fixed that for ya. :mrgreen:
Moment of the week: 1890 panel 1, showing Faye relaxed, happy, and sober.I was literally just coming in here to comment on how adorable it was to see Faye making physical contact with a boy without either violence or threats of ultra-violence as a side -dish.
...All good Scotsmen know that it passes to whomever the council of thanes (leading families) selects.
Well, if this thing with Faye doesn't implode, Angus and Marten are going to be seeing a lot more of each other than the Marten-Steve bro-thing.
I say we just scrap the whole system and install a philosopher king. Which would be a lot easier if Bill Hicks were still alive.
I'm pretty sure Puck is the prototype for Pintsize... "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
Damn it, you're supposed to call it The Scottish Play! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--HR7PWfp0)
Macbeth is an early example of a Southern English writer invoking the Violent Scotsman (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ViolentGlaswegian) trope. Truly, it is older than steam (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanSteam).Why not try Macbeth, its one of his shortest plays, and has murder, murder, some murder, little bit of murder and oh, some witches. Damn it, nearly forgot the murder too.And runs completly against the history on which it is "based".