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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Method of Madness on 03 Apr 2011, 08:23
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Welcome to April, everyone! Also, is reaching a new hundred still a special occasion, or did it stop being so after 1000? To be honest, I'm less excited about the upcoming 2000 and more interested in 2011 (since it will still be 2011 when that is made).
So, any thoughts for the upcoming week?
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The only one who might have the money to buy CoD is Hannelore, and it's unclear how much of her own money she has. Marten could feel comfortable about coming back if Dora no longer owned the place.
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Far more than he deserves.
(Sorry...teacher.)
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Oglaf is down; this bodes poorly for the week.
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Y'know, Dude, you forgot "Dora's counselor REVEALED!" and "More Faye and Angus escapades!" and "MOAR PINTSIZEEE!!!!11!!!!" as options... :police: ;)
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A rematch between Momo and The Squirrel
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Sven has enough money to consider buying a house (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1424), so he could probably swing the down payment on a coffeeshop. The idea of Sven with a bunch of young women working for him is worrisome, though he does seem to be growing up and he was decent enough to rule out sex with his intern.
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But then again, Lydia wasn't his type (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=798)...
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I don't think any of them have the money to outright buy COD. Though maybe Dora could just turn it into an employee-owned company and sell it off to the rest of them.
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When was the change of ownership announced?
I thought that Dora was getting an apartment, not changing careers. Unless she's reverse engineered the dino coffee makers and is going commercial with them.
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Dude, I called it a "crazy happening" for a reason.
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That's probably not it, but I feel change in the wind.
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That's the draft from the open window.
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It's a good thing that there's no bus service between NoHo and Amherst... right? :? :|
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It's a good thing that there's no bus service between NoHo and Amherst... right? :? :|
Or...Shock! Horror! Dismay! Dora might have to use her car! :psyduck: (And in the process accidently runs over some little old lady and gets arrested....)
But that would just be silly :roll:
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PRINCESS SPOOKYSPELL?!
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Interesting, a goth toy with a pink dress? love Sven's expression though when he realises, how long must he have been hiding that?
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Aww. I imagined a little -- just a llittle -- catch in Dora's voice as she said " ... and hiding my toys."
Sven keeping all that stuff this long ... that's ... I don't know what that is.
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I wonder if he's got her stuffed bunny, "Boo-boo", yet.
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If Princess Spookyspell can reappear, there's hope for Sara.
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Okay, this was adorable. Actually keeping the toy from those pranks and teasing all those years ago... that's the kind of thing that only a brother and sister have between each other, and it's sweet and heartwarming.
Amusingly, only a couple of hours before this comic was posted, I made this (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,26593.msg1028394.html#msg1028394) comment in another thread. Rather than repeat myself, I'll just re-iterate: Sven is finding out he's a better person than he thought, and it's great to see Dora's ability to bring out the best in him like this. :D
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Well, Princess Spookyspell's reappearance should provide some good material for the next shrink session.
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If Princess Spookyspell can reappear, there's hope for Sarah.
Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath...
(and it's Sara, btw.)
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That's probably not it, but I feel change in the wind.
Eat more fruit and vegetables.
Aww. I imagined a little -- just a llittle -- catch in Dora's voice as she said " ... and hiding my toys."
Sven keeping all that stuff this long ... that's ... I don't know what that is.
Improbable but funny? Punch-line fuel? Or have we discovered the origin of Dora's gothiness? I don't somehow see her doll-playing age overlapping with going goth, but could separation trauma be the trigger? :-D
BTW... Princess Spookyspell? What was she, an 80's cartoon-show tie-in?
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Also does anyone else find it amusing that the "hilariously unlikely" option of the poll has actually been proven correct on day one? First comic of the week, and Dora's learned the valuable life lesson that her smarmy, teasing dick of a brother actually loves her.
C'mon, say it with me now: D'awwwwwww.
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Interesting, a goth toy with a pink dress?
Gothic Lolita anyone? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion) Mainly Sweet Lolita.
Also, there is no resolution to the KITCHEN OF HORRORS. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1893)
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Interesting, a goth toy with a pink dress?
Gothic Lolita anyone? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion) Mainly Sweet Lolita.
Holy crap. I remember reading that Wikipedia article about 2 years ago, but it was nowhere near that detailed- barely above a stub *scrolls* and they even have pictures to define the main branches *scrolls* and Wikipedia is still full of distended phalluses that nitpick and complain rather than fixing anything (like the math articles written by math professors for math professors). I'm glad I got out before getting too deep (although I still do the occasional edit and page cleanup, I refuse to communicate with Wikipedians for fear of being drawn into another multipage argument over whether to refer to a discontinued magazine in the past or present tense.)
BACK ON TOPIC: Is Dora finally getting to know the pretty okay Sven we already knew about? It's the D'awwwwpocalypse! It's interesting that we now have solid confirmation that his going after her things/candy/friends isn't just her blood tinted glasses (no, not everyone took her at her word, put down the keyboard and backspace the diatribe), he really was gunning to take her things- and not even because he wanted them or even ate them. It kinda reflects harshly on the previously cool seeming parents that they let all this sibling theft happen without coming down hard of Sven, though.
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Also, there is no resolution to the KITCHEN OF HORRORS. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1893)
Indeed! I demand being horrified!
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It must not have been that horrible if she's going to take the place.
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My brothers and I have done this to each other many times. During room clean-ups we'd find toys or things we'd taken off each other ten years ago.
I like the expression on Sven in the fourth panel; I can hear the Metal Gear Solid alert in my head. Also, is that a wee skull on Princess Spookyspell's head?
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Interesting, a goth toy with a pink dress?
Gothic Lolita anyone? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_fashion) Mainly Sweet Lolita.
Holy crap. I remember reading that Wikipedia article about 2 years ago, but it was nowhere near that detailed- barely above a stub *scrolls* and they even have pictures to define the main branches *scrolls* and Wikipedia is still full of distended phalluses that nitpick and complain rather than fixing anything (like the math articles written by math professors for math professors). I'm glad I got out before getting too deep (although I still do the occasional edit and page cleanup, I refuse to communicate with Wikipedians for fear of being drawn into another multipage argument over whether to refer to a discontinued magazine in the past or present tense.)
BACK ON TOPIC: Is Dora finally getting to know the pretty okay Sven we already knew about? It's the D'awwwwpocalypse! It's interesting that we now have solid confirmation that his going after her things/candy/friends isn't just her blood tinted glasses (no, not everyone took her at her word, put down the keyboard and backspace the diatribe), he really was gunning to take her things- and not even because he wanted them or even ate them. It kinda reflects harshly on the previously cool seeming parents that they let all this sibling theft happen without coming down hard of Sven, though.
I have my own theories on Dora and Sven's parents. They are open minded and very "former hippie" like. I can see them being the type to just let their kids have free reign on things, not want to stifle their natural development, basically parenting as told through one of those nifty self help books they released in the seventies. I imagine there dad being one of those kind of people who insisted his kids call him by his first name, not "dad," trying depserately to be his kids friends instead of a parents after all, as far as he was concerned, parents are horrible strict authoritarians, not cool like them. Yeah, considering their personalities, i'm surprised Dora and Sven aren't more screwed up then they are. For dsome reason I really see Dora eventually ending up a more traditional mother type when she eventually gets married and has kids, as a sort of quasi-rebellion against the type of parenting her parents did.
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(and it's Sara, btw.)
Was Sara. After she faked her death by feeding her shoes to an allosaurus, she changed her name and went on the run. The problem was, apparently she's not very creative...or bright for that matter, considering they're pronounced the same.
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Makes it easier to answer when someone calls you by name. You don't have to retrain your reflexes!
Like when I go by Karl-E
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Wait...that was you!?!
I have been in a similar situation to Sven too many times. Hidden something then forgotten about it. When I find it, I really know I shouldn't throw it out, but don't want to admit to hiding it. So it stays in hiding, or gets left in a place where it will be discovered. Finding a plausible place is the hard part.
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BTW... Princess Spookyspell? What was she, an 80's cartoon-show tie-in?
I actually got the impression that perhaps it was a more generic fashion doll, and "Princess Spookyspell" was Dora's name for this particular specimen. But I'm weird like that.
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Yeah, I always called my dolls by names other than the ones they came with. "Princess Spookyspell" sounds plausible for an 8-year old Dora to have come up with.
I agree this comic is adorable. I had a feeling Sven would secretly enjoy having Dora around; probably takes his mind off the emptiness he's obviously felt since Faye left. I really like how Jeph drew Dora in panel 3*; you can practically feel the resentment radiating off her. Plus she has a cute butt.
Oh, and one last thing: Isn't it a little odd for a brother and sister to share the same room?
*By that I mean the first half of the split panel; I only clarify because there have been fights on the stream on whether split panels count as one or two.
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Makes it easier to answer when someone calls you by name. You don't have to retrain your reflexes!
Like when I go by Karl-E
I don't underestimate the ability of people to screw up the pronunciation of even the simplest names - IRL the name I use has 8 characters for both given name and family names - and 4 of those characters are the same. I've lost track of the number of times that people have call me by the wrong name - variations on my real name, not some form of profanity even - including people who have a typed letter in front of them.
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Oh, and one last thing: Isn't it a little odd for a brother and sister to share the same room?
I'm currently sharing room with my 12-years-younger sister (and the 11-months-older one when she's here). It's pretty typical if the house has less rooms than people. It's not like you're sharing the bed! :laugh:
OhmygodIbrokemylurkingomgomgomg
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Raoulleferre has argued that the Bianchi parents were in effect neglectful as they pursued their adventures instead of doing the quotidian work of nurturing children.
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Oh, and one last thing: Isn't it a little odd for a brother and sister to share the same room?
Not really, not when the kids are really young, after all there is about a years difference between Dora and Sven, which I think is more unusual by itself.
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I really like how Jeph drew Dora in panel 3*; you can practically feel the resentment radiating off her. Plus she has a cute butt.
Yes. Resentment (and cute butt), but I also get the vibes that she is expecting a reaction from Sven. Well, she got one!
Oh, and one last thing: Isn't it a little odd for a brother and sister to share the same room?
Not necessarily. Depends on how well off the family is. Also the previous generation often lived in tighter quarters (may be not so in the US?). I shared a room with little Sis until I was 10, she was 9, and our parents could afford to buy that townhouse. Dad shared a room and an attic with 4 siblings, but that was just after WWII, when the nation was in bad shape.
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Dad shared a room and an attic with 4 siblings, but that was just after WWII, when the nation was in bad shape.
True enough, my dad grew up in a two bedroom house with three brothers and two sisters, at one stage he and his younger brother had to sleep in the dining room. I had to share a room with my older sister for about three years before she got her own room. Hell, a friend of mine from school has 9 brothers and sisters and I'm sure they didn't have that much room on their farm for everyone to their own rooms. You make do with what is available at the time, its as simple as that.
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It's a good thing that there's no bus service between NoHo and Amherst... right? :? :|
Good old B43. Even runs until 2am on the weekends. I still ended up walking home some nights. :angel:
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Ah, I see. I was raised as an only child (even though I have a bunch of half-siblings) so I really don't know what's normal in a multiple-child household.
after all there is about a years difference between Dora and Sven, which I think is more unusual by itself.
That I can tell you isn't terribly unusual; my grandparents had 8 children almost back-to-back, so there's about a year's difference between them all. My grandparents are also catholic, and I think the Bianchis are too (if the name of Dora's high school (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=151) is any indication); they crank out kids fast.
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I'd pronounce "Sara" and "Sarah" differently
As would I, also in the UK.
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(and it's Sara, btw.)
Was Sara. After she faked her death by feeding her shoes to an allosaurus, she changed her name and went on the run. The problem was, apparently she's not very creative...or bright for that matter, considering they're pronounced the same.
Odd. To me, they're both pronounced "sare" (like "scare" but dropping the "c")-uh.
I'd pronounce "Sara" and "Sarah" differently... checking online suggests this is a UK/US thing.
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Que sera, Sara.
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You think that just because you're a moderator means you can get away with puns like that?!
I guess you could say i'm moderately angry.
(please don't ban me)
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I guess you could say we're all getting board of the puns...?
I also pronounce Sara and Sarah differently, and am also in the UK. Sara is pronounced "sah - rah" while Sarah is pronounced "sare - rah" where "sare" rhymes with "pare".
The comic made me "d'aww", and also brought up a distinct sense of deja vu. I myself am a girl who had to share a bedroom with a younger brother, and he was constantly hiding and moving my things (I did it back, so I guess it was justified :-P). I moved out last year, and between then and now the bedroom was completely redecorated. A week after that was completed, a package arrived in the mail, containing all sorts of things that had been hidden from me over the years, along with a note from my brother saying he wanted his Transformers toys back in return. :-)
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You think that just because you're a moderator means you can get away with puns like that?!
I guess you could say i'm moderately angry.
You forgot to put on some sunglasses while Roger Daltrey screams "YEAH!" in the background.
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Sara is pronounced "sah - rah" while Sarah is pronounced "sare - rah" where "sare" rhymes with "pare".
I pronounce both like you pronounce "Sarah". Also, EvilDog, I'm sure the sunglasses were implied.
Modifier: Also, I'm gonna wait until at least tomorrow's comic to change the poll.
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Awww
I guess that that shows that Sven can be a worthwhile brother when he's not behaving like a complete ass.
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The fact that he took her in during her time of need wasn't enough to convince you of that?
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Let's see, where to start:
- My wife is always having issues with people forgetting the "h" at the end. Including my aunt, who keeps calling her "Sara" in cards and letters.
- As to the doll - I got a brief "Pebbles Flintstone" vibe from the doll when I saw it on Justin.tv. I'm betting it was a Saturday Morning Cartoon in the QC-verse.
- My grandfather had six brothers and six sisters, and they grew up in an old farmhouse around the turn of the last century that had only a few bedrooms. Two kids sharing a bedroom isn't unusual, but it's more common if they're both of the same sex. Of course, there's the question of their parents about that decision. I wonder when they moved into the place we saw a few hundred strips ago?
- I really, REALLY hope Sven was kidding about the petrified Snickers bars...
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You know, the more I see of Dora's childhood, the more I actually want to see Dora's childhood.
"Around the age of six, she began to follow a series about a Wiccan kingdom that fought True Evil with the power of the Dark Ones; at fourteen, she began stealing her father's pornography..."
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- My grandfather had six brothers and six sisters, and they grew up in an old farmhouse around the turn of the last century that had only a few bedrooms. Two kids sharing a bedroom isn't unusual, but it's more common if they're both of the same sex. Of course, there's the question of their parents about that decision. I wonder when they moved into the place we saw a few hundred strips ago?
So The 1900 House was true..... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhqGUWGzjc)\
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Do keep in mind that these are the parents who are perpetually high and don't think twice about her having sex with his brother, or him at least flirting with his daughter's employees, or their daughter covering her walls in porn, of a solo woman. Putting a boy and girl in the same room is probably not scandalous to them; if anything, they figure it'll double up on the the Westermark effect.
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Going into Dora's childhood would be hard to do without bogging things down, but Jeph's now got two natural routes to bringing it up: therapy, and Sven.
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and don't think twice about her having sex with his brother
what
Also it's a bit unfair to say they're perpetually high; all we know is that they do it now. They might not have started until Dora and Sven were adults, or (probably more likely) they did it when they first met, then stopped once they had children.
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While obscure cultural references abound in QC, I tend to agree with a previous poster that Princess Spookyspell is probably a modded fashion doll. Dora may well have dyed the blond hair of a Barbie black (with a sharpie, one of my daughters did the same), inspiring her own later transformation. Or maybe it was Midge, or any one of a thousand 12" knockoffs. I get the feeling the bones atop her head are a kid's skull-and-crossbones hair clip, though they wouldn't have been as ubiquitous when Dora was a girl as they are now. Perhaps a headband made of an old plastic halloween ring?
Regardless, ithink the name's a dead giveaway - it just doesn't sound commercial, it sounds more personal. Something Dora made up for her brooding childhood friend.
Must've been one hell of an adolescence!
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Damn. Near Lurker, where the hell did all that come from? No indication at all that most of that happened. Incest? Come on. Sven indicates that they were separated before that would have been a problem, anyway - 9 and 10 is pretty early for sexual activity (not impossible, but pretty early on the curve). No indication she "covered her walls in porn", either - she had some Veronica Vance stuff, but it had been her father's, probably magazines she kept stashed that her mother found at one point. Nothing so weird as you seem to have read nto her past.
Edited for the sake of I Love Lucy reruns.
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Comic's up! This could be an interesting storyline. Perhaps the UMass interviewer will be a hot girl (not that we don't have enough of those in the comic already) and relight the fire in Marten? :psyduck:
Also: Cump.
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New comic's up!
Edit: Ninja'd...
Does Faye seem a bit... um...."swollen" in the last panel?
Cump shirt, broadsword of doom, and an anthroPC-logical study. I can hardly wait!
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Carl, I know you meant "Veronica," but I did get a chuckle out of "Vivian Vance." Now I'm picturing Clan Bianchi sharing a two-flat with Fred and Ethel Mertz. Elssa, you got some splainin to do.
EDIT: Faye? Taking work home with you? Not like you, Peach.
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UMASS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! :-D
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Yay! The broadsword's back! :-D
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Anyone else find amusing that she's just sitting there, sharpening a broadsword?
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Well it's not gonna sharpen itself!
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I wonder how much use the broadsword gets that it needs maintenance, and how Faye got that duty. Does she have some secret ninja past between her car accident and moving north wherein she acquired blade maintenance skills? Was she a former Allosaurus gladiator :mrgreen: ?
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With Faye now sharpening her own Broadsword - Yes, I do believe it's not the one Dora has at CoD - I am fully expecting a raid by a horde of Vikings as CoD by the end of toe week leading to a massive battle with Dora and Faye gaining massive Slaystacks while Hanners wields the Malaysian Battle Spatula and Cosette swinging away with her Crutches of Death.
Hey, I can dream can't I? :-D
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oh god i just found the urban dictionary definition for "cump"
/vomits
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Oh no.
I have to look.
I can't not look...
*looks*
Eh, I've seen worse.
(I think the internet may have broken me.)
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it's when you look at some of Pintsize's twitter images and think, 'meh, boring' that you realise that you really are broken
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I wonder how much use the broadsword gets that it needs maintenance, and how Faye got that duty. Does she have some secret ninja past between her car accident and moving north wherein she acquired blade maintenance skills? Was she a former Allosaurus gladiator :mrgreen: ?
No, all blades require routine maintenance to remain sharp. Most blades will dull even with no use over time as the thinner edges are damaged by the scabbard.
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Hmm.
I would suspect that the broadsword is from CoD.
At least I dont see why Faye would need to own a personal broadsword.
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Bears, allosaurs, hippie squatters, buskers, hipsters, pigeons, raccoons, makeout hoboes, roque AnthroPCs, Tequila Monsters, Italian scooter riding vigilantes, tapirs, girraffes, fratbro's, Shaolin monks, ninja...
Come to think of it, I'm not sure it's safe to walk the streets of QCNoHo without some kind of hand held melee weapon...
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Hmm.
I would suspect that the broadsword is from CoD.
At least I dont see why Faye would need to own a personal broadsword.
Wait, are you saying that we need a REASON to own a personal broadsword?
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it's when you look at some of Pintsize's twitter images and think, 'meh, boring' that you realise that you really are broken
Yeah, I've only ever looked at ONE of Pintsize's Twitter pics(and I knew I shouldn't have), and that was more than enough to turn me away. Yeeech.
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Damn. Near Lurker, where the hell did all that come from? No indication at all that most of that happened. Incest? Come on. Sven indicates that they were separated before that would have been a problem, anyway - 9 and 10 is pretty early for sexual activity (not impossible, but pretty early on the curve). No indication she "covered her walls in porn", either - she had some Veronica Vance stuff, but it had been her father's, probably magazines she kept stashed that her mother found at one point. Nothing so weird as you seem to have read nto her past.
Edited for the sake of I Love Lucy reruns.
Incest? Only if you happen to be Hamlet: I meant Elssa sleeping with Peter's brother, which I remember reading somewhere, but actually looking back, all I can think is that someone read too much into this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1035). It was probably That Site.
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Hm.
UMass, you say?
I wonder.
Wouldn't it be something if the researcher happens to live in an apartment building next door to a place where the last tenant was kicked out for nearly burning down the kitchen while trying to be a sorcerer?
EDIT: It doesn't appear to be the same sword (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1773).
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Incest? Only if you happen to be Hamlet: I meant Elssa sleeping with Peter's brother, which I remember reading somewhere, but actually looking back, all I can think is that someone read too much into this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1035). It was probably That Site.
Oh, OK. Massive pronoun confusion, that's all.
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It doesn't appear to be the same sword (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1773).
I'd argue the other way. The pommel and grip are nearly identical. So is the length and shape of the blade. Only the quillons are drawn slightly longer in today's strip.
Now to be really nit-picky:
- The grip is too small. It should be large enough for a man to use both hands, if needed. Faye's one hand nearly covers it. She'll loose the weapon after the third slash atack when the vibration of striking bone starts to get into her tendons.
- They'd better get a thicker stone. She's gonna shave a thumb off.
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Only the quillons are slightly longer in today's strip.
That's what she said (http://xkcd.com/436/)!
Sorry. And yes, I know what quillons are, and how to pronounce it.
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The grip is too small. It should be large enough for a man to use both hands, if needed. Faye's one hand nearly covers it. She'll loose the weapon after the third slash atack when the vibration of striking bone starts to get into her tendons.
I honestly don't know, whether I should be impressed or terrified by the fact that even today the effects of striking bone with a broadsword are still known in detail. Not to mention that a person in possession of that bit of information shares the same forum with me.
Mind you, in my rogue-like game of choice 'broadsword' and 'two-handed sword' are separate items. The latter is heavier, so cannot be wielded by all the characters, but also makes more damage. This, of course, is completely irrelevant to your point.
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Incest? Only if you happen to be Hamlet: I meant Elssa sleeping with Peter's brother, which I remember reading somewhere, but actually looking back, all I can think is that someone read too much into this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1035). It was probably That Site.
Reading waaay too much into that strip. Like it's impossible for kids to take their looks from people other than their parents. The gene pool is bigger than that, people!
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The grip is too small. It should be large enough for a man to use both hands, if needed. Faye's one hand nearly covers it. She'll loose the weapon after the third slash atack when the vibration of striking bone starts to get into her tendons.
Depends, if it is an actual broadsword, then the hilt is fine, especially as most broadswords were meant to be used in conjunction with a buckler or some other shield. Honestly, there is a vast difference in how a blade like that would have been used, depending on the sword itself, most one handed, double edged swords would have been about three foot in length, anymore then that and you would have to have a longer hilt for better control. If you really wanted someone to have a two handed grip, well then you're getting into bastard sword territory, also known as a hand and a half blade, which is a completely different discussion.
And of course, if used in full armoured battle, the sword would have been held one handed anyway, even with a great sword. Though you could also "half-sword" where the blade was partially gripped, allowing attacks on the horizontal plane.
...I grew up in a historical town, lots of history going back centuries, and I've also done historical re-enactments for festivals. Suits of plate armour are surprisingly mobile and dexterous, lighter than you'd expect too.
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Suits of plate armour are surprisingly mobile and dexterous, lighter than you'd expect too.
Let's see... Have each piece custom fitted to your body. Each fastener expertly closed. Straps and harnesses underneath to spread the load over your entire body.
Sounds.... Expensive!
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Question: What crazy happening will occur this week?
Hannelore's dad sends the gang a teleporter so they don't have to drive 20 minutes to see Dora - 11 (12.8%)
Dora sells CoD, opens a Waffles of Doom in Amherst - 16 (18.6%)
Dale loses his shiny glasses - 11 (12.8%)
Momo has a rematch with the squirrel - 13 (15.1%)
Someone learns a valuable life lesson (the required unrealistic option) - 35 (40.7%)
Total Voters: 86
Really, people?
(New poll to go up within the hour)
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Let's see... Have each piece custom fitted to your body. Each fastener expertly closed. Straps and harnesses underneath to spread the load over your entire body.
Sounds.... Expensive!
Or.... Each set was made for a number of private collectors who donated the sets for the reeneactments. Any spaces between the armour and the body were padded with cloth, linen and leather, which would have been standard anyway.
Anyway, I did it three times before I quit, armour might protect a person, but you can still be left with a nasty bruise if a sword connects. :psyduck:
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Anyway, I did it three times before I quit, armour might protect a person, but you can still be left with a nasty bruise if a sword connects. :psyduck:
Slight correction: WHEN a sword connects.
I played squire to a friend who got involved in the SCA. It was often several days after one of their 'outings' before he could walk smoothly again.
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Alright, new poll went up, but the polls didn't reset like I told them to, so I did it again. If you voted in those two minutes, do it again.
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New Read the servey. LMAO!!11!1!1
I vote 1,2,3 AND 4.
#5 doesn't quite fit the Anthro PC's sense of themselves.
I still agree with the sentiment though.....
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Love the poll!
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Glad the poll is well received! And if anyone's wondering, #3 is a reference to this (http://fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=227).
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And here I thought it was a reference to the Squirrel Mafia.
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I coulda swore it was a reference to 1485 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1485).
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Well, the use of squirrels in general was a reference to 1485, but that wording was a reference to Fanboys.
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I wonder how much use the broadsword gets that it needs maintenance, and how Faye got that duty. Does she have some secret ninja past between her car accident and moving north wherein she acquired blade maintenance skills?
Faye is a sculptor remember. Though she seems to prefer to work in metal these days, it's quite possible she has some background in wood-carving for example, which would require tool sharpening skills. Or maybe her training under Dietrich Himmelfeuer (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=469) included blade maintenance, in the same way that wushu training involves sweeping the guan floor...
Depends, if it is an actual broadsword, then the hilt is fine, especially as most broadswords were meant to be used in conjunction with a buckler or some other shield. Honestly, there is a vast difference in how a blade like that would have been used, depending on the sword itself, most one handed, double edged swords would have been about three foot in length, anymore then that and you would have to have a longer hilt for better control. If you really wanted someone to have a two handed grip, well then you're getting into bastard sword territory, also known as a hand and a half blade, which is a completely different discussion.
If it is the CoD broadsword, Faye used a two-handed grip in its first appearance (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=468), despite the fairly short blade, though the weapon might have been designed with a larger, gauntlet-clad man's hand in mind.
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Er, why the questioning of why Faye knows how to sharpen a blade?
I'm not sure what part of Georgia she's from, but if it's a rural area she may have just known growing up how to sharpen an axe or a hunting knife. All of my childhood friends know how to do so correctly, just because of where we grew up (southern Oregon).
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A thought: They didn't mention who was doing the research. Nor did anyone mention where a certain girl named Blodwyn was going to school.
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A thought: They didn't mention who was doing the research. Nor did anyone mention where a certain girl named Blodwyn was going to school.
Yes, they did. "They're doing a study over at UMass." Right there, no dancing around the issue.
Raven does seem like a UMass type, though, doesn't she? Hmm...
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A thought: They didn't mention who was doing the research. Nor did anyone mention where a certain girl named Blodwyn was going to school.
She's in Physics, though - not AnthroPC related sociology!
And I saw the guy in the stream - he looks a little like Tai...
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Re: Raven, it could've been an elective.
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Anyone else think Clinton's cute and hope he becomes a regular? o.o
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Oh dear, poor ClintonBorg
He has no idea what he's in for - but I think we do. . . . . <_< >_>
MUUUWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
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ClintonBorg: Marten will be assimilated. Into his pants.
/gay jokes
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And people are shipping Clinton 15 seconds after he first appears in the comic.
A new record.
And when did QC become Dresden Codak?
(I mean it makes sense that if you had sentient AI AnPCs that advanced prosthetics would be available, but it's not been overtly shown before. Oh, and the blogger who was complaining that QC portrays people with mental illness in a positive light, but doesn't include any characters with a physical disability can officially....)
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Not seriously shipping, just couldn't resist the borg joke. I sowwy :cry:
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Love the metal arm, I wonder how hard he can throw Pintsize with it?
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Short, red hair... TaiBro? :?
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"I have some fun things in store for Clinton. YOU'LL SEE."
YOU'LL ALL SEE!!! *Cue Vincent Price's 'Evil Laugh' sound*
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Hannelore is fun. Just saying.
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I am totally shipping Marten and Clinton, because I am cruelly sadistic in my wish to see Martin stumble through the world of bisexuality.
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It begins....
there_be_a_shit_storm_a'brewin.jpg
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Short, red hair... TaiBro? :?
Uh, don't think so.
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The arm made me think of Kim Ross from Dresden Codak. That would be a fun crossover.
Edit: Codak.
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I'm not sure what part of Georgia she's from, but if it's a rural area she may have just known growing up how to sharpen an axe or a hunting knife.
But that's a sensible explanation, and you know we don't do those.
Clinton is obviously a virgin and doomed to die that way. I imagine that naked metal prosthesis is cool all right, in a icy-cold speculum sort of way...
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I'm not sure what part of Georgia she's from, but if it's a rural area she may have just known growing up how to sharpen an axe or a hunting knife.
But that's a sensible explanation, and you know we don't do those.
Clinton is obviously a virgin and doomed to die that way. I imagine that naked metal prosthesis is cool all right, in a icy-cold speculum sort of way...
And it's his right hand. >_> Unless he's a lefty or at least ambidextrous, that must make personal time difficult.
*Shudders at metallic crushing noises*
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Jeph's art is just kicking ass lately. o-o I am salivating at his profile views and hands so hard.
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My point was, unless Faye got her very own broadsword that's the one from CoD, so why is she entrusted with its maintenance? Then I ran with the more fun scenarios as to how she attained the knowledge to be the one selected to take care of it. Also, when she visited home I got the distinct impression that it was in a suburb.
Aw man, why did he have to be named Clinton? That may be a semicommon name in the northeast, but in the rest of the country it violates the One Mario Llimit (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneMarioLimit).
And it's his right hand. >_> Unless he's a lefty or at least ambidextrous, that must make personal time difficult.
*Shudders at metallic crushing noises*
Hey, in Real Life we already have prostheses that can pluck a grape. I imagine his has pretty fine control. Also, I object to your right hand supremacist thinking.
Jeph's art is just kicking ass lately. o-o I am salivating at his profile views and hands so hard.
That sounds very wrong to me.
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Short, red hair... TaiBro? :?
That was my initial reaction actually. "It's Tai- oh wait, nevermind."
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I'm not sure what part of Georgia she's from, but if it's a rural area she may have just known growing up how to sharpen an axe or a hunting knife.
Is she not from Savannah? Or was that just the destination of her flight (on her trip to home shortly after Dora & Marten hooked up)?
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Is she not from Savannah?
Savannah? Isn't that "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" country? That explains so much... :-D
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The very same.
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What may be considered troubling is that he doesn't seem too phased by Pintsize.
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Probably because he's seen worse.
Much worse! :psyduck:
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And it's his right hand. >_> Unless he's a lefty or at least ambidextrous, that must make personal time difficult.
*Shudders at metallic crushing noises*
Hey, in Real Life we already have prostheses that can pluck a grape. I imagine his has pretty fine control. Also, I object to your right hand supremacist thinking.
It also depends on how old he was when the accident happened (or maybe he was born that way), how long it took to get that nice prosthesis, and how long (in the QCverse) it took for the fine control and elaborate robotics to be developed. A few years without a functional right hand will make someone a lefty!
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In the *ahem* real world, Clinton would make a poor research assistant for this experiment. He probably has an Anthro of his own and any observations would be skewed based on that experience.
However, we ARE dealing with a web comic, so The Rule of Funny and The Rule of Cool hold sway here!
I LOVE Pintsize's reaction/line in frame 6!
My prediction for Clinton's future: Marten & Steve get a new drinking buddy. Either that or red hair = REDSHIRT.
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Clinton is obviously a virgin and doomed to die that way. I imagine that naked metal prosthesis is cool all right, in a icy-cold speculum sort of way...
Please don't be so quick to judge the young man. He may have developed very fine left-handed technique (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0LBezQGLNo) to compensate. Also the motors in the prosthesis (if any?) may generate enough heat, and a little bit of engineering, like extra joints, may make it particularly easy for him to stimulate some hard to reach spots.
Edit: A spelling/word error corrected. The polite correction noted and duly appreciated.
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I'm sure he's, like Cmdr. Data, fully functional...
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(http://www.hvrsd.org/timberlane/students/jeffm2/images/auto%20mail.jpg)
I had to, I had to, I had to
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In the *ahem* real world, Clinton would make a poor research assistant for this experiment. He probably has an Anthro of his own and any observations would be skewed based on that experience.
Errr....what? Did Clinton say he had a AnthroPC? Do you have some sort of powers of precogniton? How do you know he has one?
In most studies, you pick someone who is unbiased, or impartial to collect and correlate data. In this case, it might be a student or assistant who doesn't own an AnthroPC.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Clinton could quite possibly be quite the handy-man for the ladies, especially if there is a pulse option, or if his fingers lock.
Either that or Clinton is the bionic commando...
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I really want to know what happened to his hand.
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I think mike387's assumption is that, being partly robotic himself, Clinton may be predisposed towards the little buggers.
But that's a logical fallacy, since Clint's (can I call him that yet?) prosthesis is strictly an assistive device. Highly technical, but not possessing an AI of it's own (good lord, could you imagine a hand with a mind of its own? I'm flashing on Dr. Strangelove here...).
The fact that he has an arm that responds to his commands doesn't affect the way in which he views the relationships between an AntroPC's AI and its owner!
At least, I'd assume it doesn't. It's a whole different ball of psychological wax.
yuck.
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Anyone else find amusing that she's just sitting there, sharpening a broadsword?
Somehow I neither noticed it until the last panel, nor questioned why she suddenly had it in her hand. Weird.
I for one welcome QC's first cyborg character. Seriously, I am really pumped about this character.
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I had to, I had to, I had to
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LHPi12L4z70/TJ9A6jtprVI/AAAAAAAAAs4/YMbjeQC_Uzc/s400/Anakin-Skywalker-Posters.jpg)
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Errr....what? Did Clinton say he had a AnthroPC? Do you have some sort of powers of precogniton? How do you know he has one?
If you re-check my wording, you will see I was being quite presumptious about ass-u-ming.
However, my real point was that, being fiction, observations are EXACTLY what the author decides they must be.
The laws of physics say FTL travel requires accelerating a mass greater than the entire universe. Yet, we've all been to places that are light-years away. Thank you, Mr. Weber, Ms. McCaffrey, Mr. Ellison et al! [oop, my GOM is showing again!]
Our Mr. Jacques just ignores a different set of inconvienient laws.
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I had to, I had to, I had to
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
I see your challenge and raise you some related TvTropes links:
1 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnArmAndALeg) 2 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtificialLimbs) 3 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArmCannon) 4 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandicappedBadass) 5 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HookHand) 6 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwissArmyAppendage)
To know what they are, you must click on them! Bwahahaha! :evil: Or you could just hit reply to see them links, but that's not fun/time consuming.
What may be considered troubling is that he doesn't seem too phased by Pintsize.
Why would Pintsize make him transit into another state of being? Unless you meant fazed... no, that can't be. I hope he becomes plasma!
It also depends on how old he was when the accident happened (or maybe he was born that way), how long it took to get that nice prosthesis, and how long (in the QCverse) it took for the fine control and elaborate robotics to be developed. A few years without a functional right hand will make someone a lefty!
OR he could, you know, already BE a lefty. As in, he already was one before losing his arm. That's they way it turns out for most people; they wake up one morning and realize that they just don't hold things the way others do, and that they were born that way, not made. Right hand supremacism: the most pervasive and underrecognized form of discrimination in modern times. "But son... have you tried not being a lefty (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster)?" "It's what I am, dad!"
Clinton is obviously a virgin and doomed to die that way. I imagine that naked metal prosthesis is cool all right, in a icy-cold speculum sort of way...
Please don't be so quick to judge the young man. He may have developed very fine left-handed technique (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0LBezQGLNo) to compensate. Also the motors in the prosthesis (if any?) may generate enough heat, and a little bit of engineering, like extra joints, may make it particularly easy for him to stimulate some hard to reach spots.
See above, but also I find myself wondering if the hand has a vibrate function. Perhaps instead of being a version virgin, he is in fact getting laid regularly by ladies interested in his palmistry.
*Cough*
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423, 569, 1857 all seem to be saying that Faye's from Savannah as opposed to some nearby place. FayeMom has a detached house, so it's not too urban.
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People are assuming it's his entire arm that's metal, but it could just be his hand. And am I the only one who didn't think he had an accident, but that his department simply experimented new technologies on themselves?
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Cybernetic arms, the first sign of the end times?
(http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=674) :mrgreen:
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Good catch!
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See above, but also I find myself wondering if the hand has a vibrate function. Perhaps instead of being a version virgin, he is in fact getting laid regularly by ladies interested in his palmistry.
Got there before you several hours ago :-P
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I see your challenge and raise you some related TvTropes links:
1 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnArmAndALeg) 2 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtificialLimbs) 3 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArmCannon) 4 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandicappedBadass) 5 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HookHand) 6 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SwissArmyAppendage)
To know what they are, you must click on them! Bwahahaha! :evil:
DAMN YOU! Damn you to whatever festering Pit spawned you! An hour plus consumed by giant meca, battle gowns, artificial parts and non-parts. Time never to be seen or heard from again!
Hovering is so unsatisfactory.....
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"Most people put a cover over theirs ..."
So how many more cyborgs are there wandering around Northampton? DUN DUN DUN ...
Do they have a ... plan?
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"Most people put a cover over theirs ..."
So how many more cyborgs are there wandering around Northampton? DUN DUN DUN ...
Do they have a ... plan?
Yes. And they ALL carry a copy of "To Serve Man"...
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DAMN YOU! Damn you to whatever festering Pit spawned you! An hour plus consumed by giant mecha, battle gowns, artificial parts and non-parts. Time never to be seen or heard from again!
Hovering is so unsatisfactory.....
You're welcome! :angel:
"Most people put a cover over theirs ..."
So how many more cyborgs are there wandering around Northampton? DUN DUN DUN ...
Do they have a ... plan?
Yes, but it'll take 4 seasons and some seriously wonky plotlines to find out that it was "kill them all, because our leader is angry his body is old."
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Now forr the high dive into the DEEP END of supposition:
(Drumroll, please)
Clinton is a complete android who only shows the mechanical hand to throw off the unsuspecting!
Under the guise of 'research' he's going to link all of the AnthroPCs into a hive-mind and take over all of Northampton!
Well, its as good a guess as anyone else.
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This is a fine idea for a story line, but I don't think that it's Jeph's cup of tea.
A variation with Clinton as Kyle Reese (on a fact finding mission disguising himself as an android) and Hannelore as Sarah Connor might be even better. But who would be Da Terminator? Elliot?
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I had to, I had to, I had to
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
(http://image deleted on account of bad acting ruining fond childhood memories)
Had to do it, didn't you?
Spoil an otherwise fine thread with Mr. Christiansen.
Couldn't have selected a pic from the original trilogy, or, if you had to go for that era, couldn't have grabbed a screen shot from the Clone Wars animated series?
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Now forr the high dive into the DEEP END of supposition:
(Drumroll, please)
Clinton is a complete android who only shows the mechanical hand to throw off the unsuspecting!
Under the guise of 'research' he's going to link all of the AnthroPCs into a hive-mind and take over all of Northampton!
Well, its as good a guess as anyone else.
He's also secretly searching for the 'boyfriend' that Hannelore's dad sent her a while back. They have uses for it.
:evil:
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The artificial hand is cool and all, but can it do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF4s6v--pw4)?
e: VVV Elliot is the big mopey guy from the other coffee shop with a quiet looming problem. (#1865)
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This is a fine idea for a story line, but I don't think that it's Jeph's cup of tea. But who would be Da Terminator? Elliot?
Of course it's a silly idea. I think I kinda prefaced it that way.
Remind me, who is Elliot? My poor GOM mind wandered off again.
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My point was, unless Faye got her very own broadsword that's the one from CoD, so why is she entrusted with its maintenance? Then I ran with the more fun scenarios as to how she attained the knowledge to be the one selected to take care of it. Also, when she visited home I got the distinct impression that it was in a suburb.
Aw man, why did he have to be named Clinton? That may be a semicommon name in the northeast, but in the rest of the country it violates the One Mario Llimit (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneMarioLimit).
And it's his right hand. >_> Unless he's a lefty or at least ambidextrous, that must make personal time difficult.
*Shudders at metallic crushing noises*
Hey, in Real Life we already have prostheses that can pluck a grape. I imagine his has pretty fine control. Also, I object to your right hand supremacist thinking.
Jeph's art is just kicking ass lately. o-o I am salivating at his profile views and hands so hard.
That sounds very wrong to me.
My bad. xD I forget how weird that would sound to someone who isn't a artist. Usually I get a "I KNOW, RIGHT?!" from my friends.
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I had to, I had to, I had to
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
(http://image deleted on account of bad acting ruining fond childhood memories)
Had to do it, didn't you?
Spoil an otherwise fine thread with Mr. Christiansen.
Couldn't have selected a pic from the original trilogy, or, if you had to go for that era, couldn't have grabbed a screen shot from the Clone Wars animated series?
I was 12 when Attack of the Clones came out, I had the biggest crush on Hayden Christensen ever before the movie premiered. When I finally got to see the movie, I loved it, absolutely loved it. It awed me, but the entire time I couldn't stop thinking in my little 12 year old mind "Omg, Anakin Skywalker is a whiny little BITCH." That still doesn't change the fact that I have the hots for Darth Vader. That suit... oh my gosh.. that suit. It's soooo sexy. Before anyone says anything about "Blah blah blah the old movies." I saw the old ones before I saw the new, loved every minute of them. I still own the triology on VHS. I would love to get them on Blu-Ray one day.
I'm a femnerd. Don't hate.
Also, I thought Fullmetal Alchemist when I first saw Clinton's hand.
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I was 12 when Attack of the Clones came out, I had the biggest crush on Hayden Christensen ever before the movie premiered. When I finally got to see the movie, I loved it, absolutely loved it. It awed me, but the entire time I couldn't stop thinking in my little 12 year old mind "Omg, Anakin Skywalker is a whiny little BITCH."
Luke Skywalker was a whiner too. It must run in the family.
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Now forr the high dive into the DEEP END of supposition:
(Drumroll, please)
Clinton is a complete android who only shows the mechanical hand to throw off the unsuspecting!
Under the guise of 'research' he's going to link all of the AnthroPCs into a hive-mind and take over all of Northampton!
Well, its as good a guess as anyone else.
Honestly, I figured it could only be one of the two extremes. Just the hand being metal (but intentionally replaced) or full android, but the whole arm didn't seem to make sense.
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This is a fine idea for a story line, but I don't think that it's Jeph's cup of tea. But who would be Da Terminator? Elliot?
Of course it's a silly idea. I think I kinda prefaced it that way.
Indeed, you did. I tried to take it from there. I'm just not too good at that game.
I picked Elliot as the Terminator because of his bulk. In just about all the other ways he is so obviously the wrong dude for the role. But it could be his cover?
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I had to, I had to, I had to
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LHPi12L4z70/TJ9A6jtprVI/AAAAAAAAAs4/YMbjeQC_Uzc/s400/Anakin-Skywalker-Posters.jpg)
a new challenger appears
(http://www.eyeofthevortexonline.com/Images/articleGphx/dotp_tez.jpg)
btw any magic nerds in here?
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Clinton doesn't appear to be as prepared as his first impression gave.
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Implication that Marten acquired Pintsize himself as opposed to receiving him as a gift.
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For some reason Marten in the second to last panel was quite satisfying.
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Martin: You taped a drawing of Dora's ass and tried to get me to fuck you.
You forgot about the fleshlight Martin. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812)
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I'm surprised Marten gave Pintsize a 4; considering all the crap he's done you'd think he'd get a 3 at most.
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Marten: You taped a drawing of Dora's ass and tried to get me to fuck you.
You forgot about the fleshlight Marten. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812)
I think the Fleshlight was implied.
I mean how else would you fuck an AnPC?
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Marten: You taped a drawing of Dora's ass and tried to get me to fuck you.
You forgot about the fleshlight Marten. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812)
I think the Fleshlight was implied.
I mean how else would you fuck an AnPC?
I am not gonna fall into the Godwin Law trap.
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That doesn't make any sense.
Do you know who else didn't make sense? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar)
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Wait, we're allowed to invoke the Chewbaca Defense to an invocation of Godwin's Law now?
When the hell did this happen?!
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That doesn't make any sense.
Do you know who else didn't make sense? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar)
You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?
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Once again it seems to me that Pintsize is somehow Marten's suppressed self. Wish Robo-arm Dude would point that out.
He won't, of course. Stupid Robo-arm Dude.
(To be fair, RaD has no way of knowing this. But it would be awesome if, based on his observations of other APc's and owners, he suggests it to Marten.
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Looks like Clinton (RaD to you, Raoul) is right handed after all.
I think what he finds "fascinating" is the near-human-companioonship level of the argument. They're like a pair of siblings, or an old not-so-happily married couple.
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I really hope Jeph is going someplace with this. (My guess is that he is. And will we be SURPRISED!)
Airing dirty laundry in front of a stranger is just a plain, cheep laugh. I'll give today's comic a satisfaction index of 2.
Nit-picker time:
- It looks like the lefty-righty debate is still on. Only in the last panel is Clinton holding the pen and it is NOT in a position to write on the clip board. More like he is toying with it. He's holding the clip board in his right hand in every other panel.
- Also, he didn't write down Marten's response to the first question
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Implication that Marten acquired Pintsize himself as opposed to receiving him as a gift.
Marten certainly bought the chassis (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=147). And Marten has a death-glare; who'd have thought it?
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I feel old when I realise that the break-up was 100 strips ago as of today. Anyone else?
Also, Marten still has baggy eyes?
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I feel old every evening.
Well, my knees do.
And I don't really see bags there - in panel 2 it's some weird shading, panel 1 he's got hi eyes open wide (in thought)... but they're gone with the death glare and panel 4's resolution.
Besides, he just got off work, end of a long day, stressful situation, yadda yadda yadda...
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I feel old when I realize that no one has commented on the Star Trek reference.
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That doesn't make any sense.
Do you know who else didn't make sense? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar)
You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?
No, I don't. Why would you think that?
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I feel old when I realize that no one has commented on the Star Trek reference.
Ummm.... which one?
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I think he's referring to Clinton's semi pointed ears and his use of Spock's catch-phrase.
It's a stretch, and if there was gaping chasm I won't use it to try to grab a pile of cash, but it is there.
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I feel old when I realize that no one has commented on the Star Trek reference.
Noticed it. But a poor reference is like a bad pun. The less said the better.
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Implication that Marten acquired Pintsize himself as opposed to receiving him as a gift.
Marten certainly bought the chassis (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=147). And Marten has a death-glare; who'd have thought it?
I know it's a link, but when I see Marten "bought the chassis" underlined, part of my brain really, really wants that to be a euphemism, although I'm not sure what it means.
Anybody want to make something up? So we can say, for example, "Man, Steve really 'bought the chassis' then, didn't he?" See how great that could be?
Oh, and I think Marten has far more 'death-glare' stored up than certain people in the comic have any notion of. Aaaannndd that's the signal for me to stop, lest I start a rather unpopular rant. Don't want to buy the chassis.
Crap, that doesn't work.
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If it'll make you feel less old, ysth, I caught the Trek reference, but (approximating cranky Georgia accent): "If Ah jumped every time a Trek reference went off 'round heah, Ah'd end up talking to m'self."
... Y'know, I wonder if our favorite sawbones had a cranky great-to-the-fourth-or-fifth-grandmother named Faye.
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part of my brain really, really wants that to be a euphemism
How about: "Why buy the chassis when you can get the disc drives for free?"
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The truth is out - They're all the ancestors of the crew of the original Enterprise. :-D
I think Clinton is definitely in for an interesting ride in this interview. But will he get out of it alive and sane?
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That doesn't make any sense.
Do you know who else didn't make sense? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar)
You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?
No, I don't. Why would you think that?
I nitpick, thats why.
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Looks like Clinton (RaD to you, Raoul) is right handed after all.
I think what he finds "fascinating" is the near-human-companioonship level of the argument. They're like a pair of siblings, or an old not-so-happily married couple.
I agree; he doesn't really look squicked out; more surprised than anything. He's probably thinking something along the lines of "Wow I did not expect this!"
I hope we find out more about Marten and Pintsize's history. I always assumed he brought him over from California with him, but now that I double-check, Marten said he had a suitcase full of clothes and not much else (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=55) and doesn't mention Pintsize. Plus if he got Pintsize for companionship, it makes more sense that he got him after he broke up with Vicky (the chick he moved out there for).
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Marten bought the M-31 chassis when trying to save Pintsize from self-destructive behavior, and got in trouble with the RDA as a result.
We could use "buying the chassis" to mean getting hurt yourself while trying to bail out someone else.
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The truth is out - They're all the ancestors of the crew of the original Enterprise. :-D
I could definitely see Steve (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1406) as Kirk's ancestor. But I don't really think Clinton's response here should count as a Trek reference. It's in bold and he has an openly shocked facial expression. =/= Spock.
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I think it's interesting that Marten only seems to assert himself over Pintsize, who isn't human. In almost all other cases, he's pretty spineless.
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That doesn't make any sense.
Do you know who else didn't make sense? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar)
You mean "Do you know what else doesn't make sense?", right?
No, I don't. Why would you think that?
I nitpick, thats why.
No, I mean, I don't get what you were going for. The answer to my question was a person who is no longer alive, that's why "who" and that's why "didn't". So I'm just confused is all :psyduck:
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I think it's interesting that Marten only seems to assert himself over Pintsize, who isn't human. In almost all other cases, he's pretty spineless.
My own guess is that we're seeing some beginning assertion here, Pintsize may have simply hit Martens "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" button. I think some of it might also just be that Pintsize is also potentially far more dangerous if given too much leeway on anything.
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Clinton the Robogeek would clearly appreciate bfbot.
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CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week. :-D Poor Hanners
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CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week. :-D Poor Hanners
He needs a lesson on not being weird. :) Interesting though, It suggests Hanner's dad is somewhat of a name in robotics.
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There was a constitutional amendment to give machines with A.I. the same rights as humans? But in this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=668) comic Winslow's speech in panel 3 implies they don't have rights. Of course, that was a long time ago and the amendment might have been passed between then and now. Very interesting.
Also I do believe Clinton thinks Hannelore is pretty. :lol: "Very pleased to meet you"
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CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week. :-D Poor Hanners
ha at least he asked first
unlike some other surprise huggers
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I giggled pretty hard at the last panel.
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CAN I TOUCH YOU??? = moment of the week. :-D Poor Hanners
ha at least he asked first
unlike some other surprise huggers
We have no idea who you're talking about. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1419)
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A little surprised there. I would have thought that Hanners would have made an exception on the hand-shaking for a robohand. Surely those things are unlikely havens for disease, bacteria and other germs.
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Clinton = every creepy Hanners fan that has ever existed and ever will exist on this forum. :roll:
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So HannerDad is admired in the tech community, but isn't known in the wider world the way Bill Gates is.
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oooo something I just noticed that I have to point out before I go to bed: in the 4th panel, even though both of Clinton's hands are raised, he's only actually reaching forward with his real hand; the one he can actually feel things with.
Very nice touch, Jeph. :-) Unless I'm imagining things because I'm tired as fuck
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just noticed the action lines around Clinton's pen in 1899, he is writing with his right hand.
odd point, in 1900 Hanners refuses to shake a metal hand, but in 1824 she shakes the hand of a professional dominatrix. hmm
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looks ... meh, fuck em
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Clinton = every creepy Hanners fan that has ever existed and ever will exist on this forum. :roll:
Seriously. Even in the short time I've been here I've noticed enough fawning over Hannelore to realize that for some people it goes beyond just appreciating a fictional character. Uncomfortable.
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The Republicans probably filibustered on the amendment.
Hmmmmmm, I wonder if Hanners dad is actually the inventor of AnthroPC's. That would make him a Geek God right up there with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship? ;)
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A little surprised there. I would have thought that Hanners would have made an exception on the hand-shaking for a robohand. Surely those things are unlikely havens for disease, bacteria and other germs.
Who knows where that thing's been? Hannelore doesn't want to buy the chassis, ya know.
Sigh. No. Still not right.
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Guessing that Hannerdad didn't invent AnthroPCs, based on two inconclusive lines of evidence.
When Winslow asked where AnthroPCs came from, Hannelore didn't say anything about family connections to their origin.
In the boyfriendbot arc, Hannelore described her dad's interest in robotics as being a more recent thing.
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Could Clinton's arm have been a reacent thing? possibly with JEC being the creator, it would explain his reaction to finding out who Hanners is.
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Heh.
Panel 2 is eerily reminisicent of Veronica in panel 3 of http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831
Same facial expression, identical wording, same slightly negative reaction (though for different reasons). Maaaaaajor deja vu there...
As for Hannelore's handshake with Veronica while refusing to shake Clinton's hand, remember that Hanners was clearly trying to impress Veronica, and had probably spent several hours preparing herself for the moment. Clinton, on the other hand (pun not intended...), was entirely unexpected. She had no time to prepare, so couldn't deal with the handshake. The continuation of the conversation probably didn't help things.
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Interesting that Hanners' father hyphenated his last name. Not that's it's totally unheard of, but it's not super-common. Especially considering that Hanners' mom, Beatrice, didn't hyphenate her last name, and that she hates anyone mistaking her name for anything other than Ms. Chatham. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=915) One might consider her single name could be the result of a divorce, but it seems more to me that it's simply because she is not only fiercely independent, but also fiercely proud of her Chatham heritage. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=913)
We already know she's not the motherly type, and that nannies did most of the mothering. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=922) We also know (from the previous link) that Hanners wanted to stay with her dad after the divorce, so we can assume that they were decently close, or at the very least closer than Hanners and her mom. Maybe he wanted to hyphenate his name so that he could feel closer to Beatrice, or at least try to get as close as she would allow (which clearly wasn't very close, since they rarely had sex (again, previous link). It makes sense that Hanners would take his name, since she lived with him after the divorce (once again, previous link).
Anyways... it's interesting!
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Countdown to someone posting a hilarious failure of a theory about the new guy successfully dating Hannelore (complete with jokes about how much she'll love the cyborg hand due to how it can be completely sterilized before touching her).
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Too late.
Clinton was already shipped to Marten.
Didn't you get the memo?
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That would be a dumb ship combination. I mean, what, Marton or Clinten? Probably why I didn't notice it.
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Not dumb. Silly! And it was yesterday, after all.
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That would be a dumb ship combination. ...
Is there any other type?
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I dunno, Cartin has potential....to get this thread locked and piss someone off. :-P
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The truth is out - They're all the ancestors of the crew of the original Enterprise. :-D
I think Clinton is definitely in for an interesting ride in this interview. But will he get out of it alive and sane?
In response to your second question, you are assuming that he is in fact sane coming in.
So, at some point Marten's moving to Iowa, and who's heading to Scotland?
Or are the majority of them simply going to head north to Canada and claim to be from those other areas?
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Is it just me, or doesn't anyone in this comic knock before entering SOMBODY ELSE's apartment?
I mean, suspension of disbelief will allow funky constitutional amendments....
Common Courtesy lost? Now that's unbeliavable!
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(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9060/notouch.png)
Break it down.
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Hannelore should knock first and wait to be let in so that she doesn't have to touch a doorknob.
Maybe Faye let her in and we didn't hear the knock?
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Maybe Faye let her in and we didn't hear the knock?
AUUGGGHHHH!
Another perfectly good useless argument Shot Down In Flames by logic!
Where can I plug in my dickbroom?
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What? You mean you haven't upgraded to the wireless model yet?
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Nah, to much of a GOM for that. Needs both kinds of power...
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Coal, and steam?
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Grrrrrrr.
Both kinds of Electricity.
I'm Thunderstruck that you guys haven't gotten it yet.
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A dickbroom powered up by electricity like the hair of our junior high physics teacher, when he hooked himself into a VanDeGraaf generator?
I want to unsee this. Please delete that post :psyduck:
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Its a musical reference.
If you people don't figure it out soon, I'm gonna take my marbles and go home.
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"plug in my dickbroom" creates an unfortunate image in my brain.
EDIT: Also, yeah, Faye would owe Hanners one free pass into the apartment. Maybe two.
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If you people don't figure it out soon, I'm gonna take my marbles and go home.
Oh. It's Tesla, isn't it?
Electric Light Orchestra?
yes I am aware I wasted a perfectly good first post on this.
:evil:
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And since when do the newish people get a dickbroom? I thought they had to be inducted into the grand order.
And yes, plugging in a dickbroom just sounds plain wrong.
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All it really takes is a willingness to publicly admit that you actually have and are willing to use a dickbroom.
The Grand Order of the UBMEOD is not very hard to get into.It's absolutely impossible to leave, though.
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If you people don't figure it out soon, I'm gonna take my marbles and go home.
Oh. It's Tesla, isn't it?
Electric Light Orchestra?
yes I am aware I wasted a perfectly good first post on this.
:evil:
There's no such a thing as a 'wasted' post.
Getting close. A tesla coil requires only one kind.
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I don't think I've earned a real dickbroom yet. I was using it metaphorically.
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For one, I'm channeling the Muppet Show Eagle so hard that I won't get any AC/DC references.
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For one, I'm channeling the Muppet Show Eagle so hard that I won't get any AC/DC references.
YES
We have a winner!
(BTW: The eagle's name is Sam The Eagle) http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sam_the_Eagle (http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sam_the_Eagle)
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"plug in my dickbroom" creates an unfortunate image in my brain.
EDIT: Also, yeah, Faye would owe Hanners one free pass into the apartment. Maybe two.
I get it, mike837go, although DSL has expressed it better. I agree, "Plug in My Dickbroom" would be a great song for Etta James. Kind of a sequel to "Dust My Broom." It'd be a great theme song for a big, ol' Wang-Dang-Doodle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCa16-nxtM), too. That's a really Big Ball, just in case you squares don't get it.
Of course, it might work for some other band. Like that bunch from… from… crap, can't remember. Somewhere down over, I think.
Okay, I better stop before I buy the… oh, jeez, still doesn't work. And, yes, I do know that's Koko Taylor in the clip.
Edit: Somnus Eternus, that was amusing. However, if my dreams are filled with dancing Hanners clad in vastly oversized pants, I know who I'm gonna blame.
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I am Thunderstruck at the turn this thread has taken. :roll:
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I think it's interesting that Marten only seems to assert himself over Pintsize, who isn't human. In almost all other cases, he's pretty spineless.
My own guess is that we're seeing some beginning assertion here, Pintsize may have simply hit Martens "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" button. I think some of it might also just be that Pintsize is also potentially far more dangerous if given too much leeway on anything.
I don't think there's been any change in Marten's ability to assert himself, actually. He's always been able to get mad and act in his own interests when it comes to Pintsize (see: leaving Pintsize in the freezer, which I think happened in the 500s sometime - help me out here, archive gurus). With people, he's simply incapable of it. I definitely agree that letting Pintsize have his way is far too dangerous, so Marten's assertiveness here seems to be a matter of necessity. I also like the reading of Pintsize as essentially an anthropomorphization of Marten's id.
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I am Thunderstruck at the turn this thread has taken. :roll:
Down a Highway To Hell? :psyduck:
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Pintsize in the freezer was number 510.
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He needs a lesson on not being weird. :) Interesting though, It suggests Hanner's dad is somewhat of a name in robotics.
Or cybernetics generally. Clinton P Augustus... CPA? Is Jeph trying to tell us something here? Or is it a Star Trek shout-out to the character named after the the Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus? And yes he needs to work on not being weird, as much as I need to work on not over-thinking things.
I think "bought the chassis" should be roughly the equivalent of "drank the Kool-Aid"; accepting the basic structure of something. Or is that too literal?
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You're the originator, so I think we have to take that, with perhaps a slight twist, since "drank the kool-aid" already means to get too deep into something.
"Bought the chassis": to have contributed to something that, long-term, is probably really not all that good for you.
So mote it be?
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So when Tergon created the first Useless Broom Made Entirely Of Dicks he "bought the chassis."
Does that work?
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I imagine "buying the chassis" is some action which despite trying to solve a problem, ends up creating a whole new set of problems.
Example, Pintsize eats cake batter and damages his original equipment. Marten buys a new chassis, and ends up arming a little maniac with a military grade laser, and inadvertly causes a bookshelf, coffee machine, apartment wall and curtains to end up on fire. All because Marten "bought a new chassis".
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I imagine "buying the chassis" is some action which despite trying to solve a problem, ends up creating a whole new set of problems.
Example, Pintsize eats cake batter and damages his original equipment. Marten buys a new chassis, and ends up arming a little maniac with a military grade laser, and inadvertly causes a bookshelf, coffee machine, apartment wall and curtains to end up on fire. All because Marten "bought a new chassis".
There we go:
Buying the chassis: To solve some problems while creating more, ususally bigger, ones!
Who remembers the proto-matter component of the Genisis Device? THAT certainly fits this definition.
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I imagine "buying the chassis" is some action which despite trying to solve a problem, ends up creating a whole new set of problems.
Example, Pintsize eats cake batter and damages his original equipment. Marten buys a new chassis, and ends up arming a little maniac with a military grade laser, and inadvertly causes a bookshelf, coffee machine, apartment wall and curtains to end up on fire. All because Marten "bought a new chassis".
I was thinking that had Marten not "bought the chassis," then there would be no flying Roomba, and no potentially traumatizing fleshlight presentation, among others. Obviously, we're getting close. So: Buying the chassis: an attempt to solve one problem that creates more, usually bigger, problems for yourself and perhaps others.
When Kirk stole the Enterprise, he really bought the chassis.
When Frodo tried to ditch the Fellowship, he almost bought the chassis. Luckily, Sam stopped him.
If you self-medicate with booze and cocaine, you're risking buying the chassis in a serious way.
I like it.
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(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/9060/notouch.png)
Break it down.
I...I believe you just won the thread.
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Edit: Somnus Eternus, that was amusing. However, if my dreams are filled with dancing Hanners clad in vastly oversized pants, I know who I'm gonna blame.
My work here will then be done. ;)
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The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks has no chassis. It has no spare parts. It cannot be upgraded or improved or modified or changed. The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks simply... is. Now, if you really want to, you can try to power it on whatever source you like - steam, battery, electric, what have you. I prefer the classic method of kinetic energy absorption via vigorous repetitive friction.
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So... No lotion?
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I find it secretes its own after a minute or two. Remember - it is Made Entirely Out Of Dicks.
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so after vigorous sweeping will turn into a useless mop?
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Only after secreting a large amount of "cleaning fluid", bearing a fairly bleach-like odor.
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No, no. If the bristles go floppy it might actually work as a mop, albeit a horrifying one. That would mean it's not entirely useless. However, flaccid or not, I think you'll agree that it would be a pretty terrible broom, and thus deserves its moniker of The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks. If it goes soft, if anything, it's more useless. Which is even better!
Also, the Order of the Dickbroom does not in any way support or approve of individuals whose discharge smells even faintly of bleach. If you are such a person you are strongly recommended to seek medical help as soon as possible.
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I was thinking that had Marten not "bought the chassis," then there would be no flying Roomba, and no potentially traumatizing fleshlight presentation, among others. Obviously, we're getting close. So: Buying the chassis: an attempt to solve one problem that creates more, usually bigger, problems for yourself and perhaps others.
I like it.
I'm helping! :laugh:
Buying the chassis might also result in unexpected aid in a moment of need. (Pintsize and the other AnPCs helping to destroy VespaVenger's battlebot). But these moments are few and far between the hijinks and shenanigans that usually occur after the chassis has been bought.
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When those hippies thought they'd finally found a place to crash on Charlie's farm, they didn't realize they were buying the chassis.
Yes. Still works. But will it catch on better than my last attempt to modify English? "Gillooly" never became the verb I'd hoped it would.
"When all else failed, we elected simply to gilooly Mickey's cockroach the night before the race."
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John Ellicott-Chatham
Interesting that Hanners' father hyphenated his last name. Not that's it's totally unheard of, but it's not super-common. Especially considering that Hanners' mom, Beatrice, didn't hyphenate her last name, and that she hates anyone mistaking her name for anything other than Ms. Chatham. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=915) One might consider her single name could be the result of a divorce, but it seems more to me that it's simply because she is not only fiercely independent, but also fiercely proud of her Chatham heritage. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=913)
We already know she's not the motherly type, and that nannies did most of the mothering. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=922) We also know (from the previous link) that Hanners wanted to stay with her dad after the divorce, so we can assume that they were decently close, or at the very least closer than Hanners and her mom. Maybe he wanted to hyphenate his name so that he could feel closer to Beatrice, or at least try to get as close as she would allow (which clearly wasn't very close, since they rarely had sex (again, previous link). It makes sense that Hanners would take his name, since she lived with him after the divorce (once again, previous link).
Anyways... it's interesting!
Knowing HannersMom....she probably forced him into doing it.
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I find it secretes its own after a minute or two. Remember - it is Made Entirely Out Of Dicks.
Then it lacks that which produces the secretions then, doesn't it?
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Yes, which when you think about it, only makes things more disturbing.
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I find it secretes its own after a minute or two. Remember - it is Made Entirely Out Of Dicks.
Then it lacks that which produces the secretions then, doesn't it?
This oddly sounds like a hentai I read once......
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Good point - I was thinking of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=363), this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=415) and this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1592).
The latter two are more "gropes" than "hugs."
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Sometimes, I get the impression that Yelling Bird just doesn't know to shut up when he has the chance.
But then, he wouldn't be Yelling Bird, would he? :-D
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I freely admit that "Shutting Up When He Has the Chance Bird" lacks a certain je ne sais squawk.