UUU! Idea for poll!... to catch up with Nora?
Where did Faye run off to?
I thought this was settled in the previous WCDT—Faye had to go get a crossbow. If the wind picks up before she returns, she might have to study arrow dynamics.Welcome, new person! You'll fit right in; we're unusually tolerant of puns here. Introduce yourself up in Hi I'm new, if you wish.
I thought this was settled in the previous WCDT—Faye had to go get a crossbow. If the wind picks up before she returns, she might have to study arrow dynamics.
My name is Fletcher, which means arrow maker. During my aerospace career, I would point out that a Fletcher was an "arrow dynamicist".Badoom-tish!
Badoom-tish!Dooooooooooooooom!
Well, that was a bolt from the blue.
Well, that was a bolt from the blue.
I don't.That's just how a Yankee would say it.
On a complete aside: It looks like Dora and Sven's long lost cousin is playing for the Brewers now. (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/biancje01.shtml) And we've all been mispronouncing it: it's "be-YANKEE", not "be-YANCH-ee".
"be-YANKEE", not "be-YANCH-ee".Weird, I always thought it was "Be-Yonkee", rather than either of those.
That's how I always say it, too."be-YANKEE", not "be-YANCH-ee".Weird, I always thought it was "Be-Yonkee", rather than either of those.
On a complete aside: It looks like Dora and Sven's long lost cousin is playing for the Brewers now. (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/biancje01.shtml) And we've all been mispronouncing it: it's "be-YANKEE", not "be-YANCH-ee".
Sorry about the late poll.
Faye's got a point, Angus.
Damn, I should have read more carefully before voting.Perhaps you would like to try Westrim Polling Plus!, a 'FREE' service that gives you not one but two votes! And best of all you can switch options anytime! A FREE trial of our 'FREE' service will be available next week!
Is this really breakup material, if the relationship wasn't on the rocks already?I think that was the bourbon.
Faye's got a point, Angus.
Is this really breakup material, if the relationship wasn't on the rocks already?
"All hands to the Lifepods. Abandon ship, repeat, abandon ship"
Alcohol will be consumed, someone will use the ultra-rare superpower that is common sense to knock some sense into Faye's head....
"All hands to the Lifepods. Abandon ship, repeat, abandon ship"
Hmm. Do I detect anti-shipping?
I was about to say that Marten was as likely to coldcock someone successfully as a manatee.
Then I remembered the monks.
To me it seemed like Angus was about to blurt out a proposal.
And I don't think anyone here actually WANTS that to happen.
Faye is going to be put on a bus, duhhh
To me it seemed like Angus was about to blurt out a proposal.
I think so, too. But I don't get the insertion of 'Y'. Is it not more like "be-unk-ee" (if I managed to correctly interpret the rules of this game)?
Last panel reminds me of Maniac Mansion.
Angus, you don't have to MOVE AWAY just to go to an AUDITION.
are you kind of dumb?
we should all be using IPA.Take it to the beer thread :mrgreen:
My thoughts about the new comic:Quote from: FayeAngus, you don't have to MOVE AWAY just to go to an AUDITION.Quote from: Claireare you kind of dumb?
This kind of notational difficulty is why we should all be using IPA.Decoding IPA takes so long that by the time you've done it, you've forgotten the question. Using it to explain how Chinese words should be pronounced is very painful. It's simpler to write in hanzi and have the other person drop the characters into Google Translate's text-to-speech feature which is greatly improved.
So trolls live under bridges now? I was certain those were sex offenders.The reference the comic makes is to The Three Billygoats Gruff. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff)
Aw, does this mean Fay and Angus AREN'T going to have to make a hasty decision they'll later come to regret?
I was hoping for some post-move relationship trauma, myself.
The reference the comic makes is to The Three Billygoats Gruff. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff)Ah... Thanks for that.
The reference the comic makes is to The Three Billygoats Gruff. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff)Ah... Thanks for that.
And if Trollhunter is to be believed, can be defeated by a large sunlamp.
Your useless excuse for a third-year defense textbook will suggest to you that you expose the mountain troll to sunlight, which will freeze it in place. This, my young apprentices, is the sort of useless knowledge that you will never find on one of my exams. You do not encounter mountain trolls in open daylight! The idea that you should use sunlight to stop them is the result of foolish textbook authors trying to show off their mastery of minutia at the expense of practicality. Just because there is a ridiculously obscure way of dealing with mountain trolls does not mean you should actually try to use it!
I'm actually confused by yesterday's comic. It's completely obvious that if he gets the job he would have to move, so "you don't have to move away just to go to an audition" implies she doesn't even consider that a possibility.
The reference the comic makes is to The Three Billygoats Gruff. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff)Ah... Thanks for that.
I bet most people here aren't familiar with most of the tales of Andersen and Grimm, either.
So trolls live under bridges now? I was certain those were sex offenders.No no, sex offenders live in a van down by the river.
I thought sex offenders live in ice cream trucks?
Unless it's a free ice cream truck with 12 surveillance cameras and hands out papers from local progressive groups.I thought sex offenders live in ice cream trucks?
Vans handing out free candy actually. (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/free-candy-van)
The problem is that you can't go around distrusting everyone you trust,
possibly brining about the end of the universe. :-DAnd then we'd surely be in a pickle
So trolls live under bridges now? I was certain those were sex offenders.The reference the comic makes is to The Three Billygoats Gruff. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff)
Option 4: Angus dressed up in a blue dress with white piping. (10 votes)
Option 4: Angus dressed up in a blue dress with white piping. (10 votes)
There are times when I wish Jeph read the forum sometimes, because this would have been awesome.
Imagine Angus wearing the dress in the last couple of comics - with nothing else changed; Faye doesn't even bat an eyelash at Amgus wearing a dress. :-D
Preview of content related to QC 2453 (http://jephjacques.com/post/51051109159/preview-of-content-related-to-qc-2453)
Quote from: JephPreview of content related to QC 2453 (http://jephjacques.com/post/51051109159/preview-of-content-related-to-qc-2453)
Are fables such as this not universally known?How could they be? Do you know the story of Ye Xian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Xian)? As you will see, it bears a remarkable similarity to Cinderella, though it is centuries older (or at least written copies of it are). There are many Chinese fairy-stories but they are different from the European ones. I know what trolls are of course (I have read The Hobbit, and at least one collection of Norse myths in English), but I had not heard the story of the Three Billygoats Gruff.
Interesting that the forum didn't discuss long-distance as an option, when there's discussion of it IRL lower down.But we did, a couple weeks ago. I recall suggesting that he commute, which is different but related.
Are fables such as this not universally known?How could they be? Do you know the story of Ye Xian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Xian)? As you will see, it bears a remarkable similarity to Cinderella, though it is centuries older (or at least written copies of it are). There are many Chinese fairy-stories but they are different from the European ones. I know what trolls are of course (I have read The Hobbit, and at least one collection of Norse myths in English), but I had not heard the story of the Three Billygoats Gruff.
Also:
Quote from: JephPreview of content related to QC 2453 (http://jephjacques.com/post/51051109159/preview-of-content-related-to-qc-2453)
As this arc was starting, my boyfriend and I were in the middle of a very similar situation. It's kind of creepy to feel like you're reading your own life in web comic form... because clearly Jeph is drawing inspiration from my life. It can't possibly be a coincidence.But did he?(click to show/hide)
View from the perspective of someone from the UK, DB, like all continental trains, is a model of punctuality.All continental trains?!
Keep in mind that Amtrak isn't city-level public transit, it's inter-city. And, if you're not in the northeastern corridor, it's gonna be slow (and even the Acela line isn't that fast as far as high speed rail goes).
Mostly used on the northeastern corridor (basically between Boston and DC) and in California, as I understand - it's not cost or time effective usually for anything in the rest of the US. (Then again, I hear that you can make it work well if you split a sleeper car with someone. Still not time effective, though.)
But this is the QCverse. The Trains always run on time
Especially with the Mussolini AI running them :-D
Unless it's a free ice cream truck with 12 surveillance cameras and hands out papers from local progressive groups.I thought sex offenders live in ice cream trucks?
Vans handing out free candy actually. (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/free-candy-van)
http://www.tacticalmagic.org/CTM/project%20pages/TICU.htm
Aren't Hansel and Gretel siblings? :psyduck:
You deserve a flogging for that.
I can imagine why one would need earplugs during sex, if one's companion is loud. Having somebody screaming in your ear can be distracting. Especially if she is a Canadian well-endowed amazon who cannot get an orgasm.
I can imagine why one would need earplugs during sex, if one's companion is loud. Having somebody screaming in your ear can be distracting. Especially if she is a Canadian well-endowed amazon who cannot get an orgasm.
Heh! A QC/MA3 crossover would be pretty cool! Still, I doubt Marten would be able to get into bed with DiDi. She'd end up with Steve. Or Tai, perhaps.
In the midwest, the difference between the stated and actual departure/arrival time for an Amtrak train can be expressed in hours. As with all non-dedicated lines, freight has priority and the stations aren't always in the best part of town.
...We were supposed to have started a heated discussion about the fact that Claire made a pun about Marten's sex live.
*checks his forum posting script*
Uh.... guys? Someone missed their cue. We were supposed to have started a heated discussion about the fact that Claire made a pun about Marten's sex live.
Do I have to do everything here alone? :?
Very cool poll, Akima!Seconded. That's what I call archive-binging. We true fans remember, of course all these references without searching :roll:
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/organic_fuel.png)I'm going to take this opportunity to shamelessly plug Time:
I can imagine why one would need earplugs during sex, if one's companion is loud. Having somebody screaming in your ear can be distracting. Especially if she is a Canadian well-endowed amazon who cannot get an orgasm.Unfortunately for the amazon, she has a psychopathic roommate that led me to drop the story when she ruined the family of a kid for trolling. That crossed the line from Comedic Sociopathy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ComedicSociopathy) to Dude Not Funny (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DudeNotFunny), and I couldn't read it anymore, regardless of of the justifications.
I like earplugs. I have multiple pairs of them. I don't like loud music, so whenever I go to a club or something like this I put them in. Also I often work at the PA-system of our school at school events, which can get very loud as well.
The real instance you'd need earplugs during sex would be sex with a japanese girl. Man. The screaming can be a real mood killer. Sounds like she's getting her intestines ripped out.
"Time" already has more frames in two months than the number of comics so far in...I don't know, eight years or so?
The real instance you'd need earplugs during sex would be sex with a japanese girl. Man. The screaming can be a real mood killer. Sounds like she's getting her intestines ripped out.
Are you suggesting that porn sex and real sex sound the same in Japan?
Are you suggesting that porn sex and real sex sound the same in Japan?
Quote from: tremorvioletThe uke (or reciever) is often drawn as shy and somewhat effeminite and frequently bursts into tears during sex.If he plays a musical instrument during sex, is it a uke-lay-lay?
It's an animationNo it isn't. The guy behind that site made it into an animation for convenience sake (since Randall only shows the latest one), but it is a comic that updates every hour.
...and given the simplistic nature of the animation could have been done in a week or two.
And does anyone know how long it's meant to be? Nevermind, I guess the rollover text says it all...
And does anyone know how long it's meant to be?
Oooooh!
Claire's flirting with Marten!
I head "porn sex" as "pony sex" for some reason.
But the Vikings did not grow carrots.
When reading MA3, you basically have to throw out your concept of morality out of the window, otherwise you'd get constantly distracted by everyone cheating on everyone, nonconsensual sex acts, etc. :roll:Plausibly, but that was the straw that broke my suspension of morality, and from what I've seen of it since then I don't regret the decision to drop it.
I'd even go as far as argue that breaking up the boy's family was technically one of the less evil acts she did.
To the person who mentioned Time, I would recommend this: http://xkcd.aubronwood.com/That one is good and I used it for a while when checking on the progress, but I've since switched to this visualizer: http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ (http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/) I like the more specific control and information it gives.
It shows all the frames so far. There are over 1500 and it's been continually updating on the hour for TWO MONTHS.
I imagine real japan sex to be quiet and respectful.The real instance you'd need earplugs during sex would be sex with a japanese girl. Man. The screaming can be a real mood killer. Sounds like she's getting her intestines ripped out.Are you suggesting that porn sex and real sex sound the same in Japan?
Anyway, as a matter of fact, I am suggesting that they sometimes sound the same in Japan; I have never been there, or had sex with a Japanese girl, but I have read blog posts suggesting that the woman is typically the "receiver" and the man is expected to take care of everything and in some cases doesn't even know what to do with a woman who wants to top. The sounds, such is the claim, result from social expectations.Clearly, the only way to resolve this is for one or more board members to fly to Japan, seduce one or more Japanese ladies, then report back with the results.
I swear I have tried to find evidence for my claim for at least 45 minutes. This included watching a 13:58 minutes long documentation on Japanese sex culture by the BBC; unfortunately, that was unhelpful.
I'll just leave a note here, that "viking" was the Old Norse word for "piracy", and most Norsemen had nothing to do with it, except occasionally as victims.Next you're gonna tell me they didn't have horned helmets!
ban the evil proteinProtein isn't evil! Veggies need protein too! Mmm... Tofu... Beans... Lentils... Mushrooms... I've met some very metal vegans; some were quite scary. Vegan vikings would definitely not put horns on their helmets.
"Well, Clarice - have the carrots stopped screaming?"
Vegan vikings would definitely not put horns on their helmets.
I'm always amused when Americans get blamed for widespread tropes, especially the imistaken ones. We don't create every inaccuracy, you know. 19th century Romantics in Western Europe take the credit for the horny helmets.Vegan vikings would definitely not put horns on their helmets.
No Vikings would. They never did. Only in American movies.
What's wrong with songs about Vikings trying to earn an honest living working on a farm?
You mean like this, (although it's in Finnish)?What's wrong with songs about Vikings trying to earn an honest living working on a farm?
You'd end up with country music sung in Norweigian, Swedish or Danish.
And that's why we can't have nice things.
The real instance you'd need earplugs during sex would be sex with a japanese girl. Man. The screaming can be a real mood killer. Sounds like she's getting her intestines ripped out.
Are you suggesting that porn sex and real sex sound the same in Japan?
Claire should hear Leaves' Eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ6He-9sLoY
I like this. It's as epic as Nightwish, but there's no "new singer, old singer" debates in the comments.
Harvesting Carröts! "Well, Clarice - have the carrots stopped screaming?"
And, sadly, the label it's under is a RIAA member, so I won't name it.)You won't name the band because the label its signed to is an RIAA member? I don't get it.
The artist didn't have to sign to a RIAA label.Still, it's kind of rude to tell us about the band only to refuse to tell us who they are.
It's not metal, and I'm sure I've posted it before, but...
With his disarming grin.Westrim summons punasaurus, which eats all pun makers. :mrgreen:
With his disarming grin.Westrim summons punasaurus, which eats all pun makers. :mrgreen:
I bet she knows how C-3PO felt now.
Hmm. Marten, the woman who we're convinced is being portrayed as a love interest for him, and Hanners all going into Marten's apartment (bonus points, during a discussion of music).
I almost wonder if Jeph's setting a repeat of this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2055) up (the part where Hanners is relevant being the next comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2056)), just to pull the rug out from under us somehow.
I think many people in the UK use "bloody" as a generic expletive much the same way the f-word is used elsewhere. Not sure about s*d. "Sod"? Roughly equivalent to "damn", I think
I would also see "Bloody" as an adjective with a similar meaning as "fucking", but to me it has a nicer sound to it. Also I like listening to Scottish people talking, so I hear it more often than "fucking". But "sprinkled into the sentence", so as an adverb e.g. it indeed seems rather unusual.
From my favourite TVseries.I think many people in the UK use "bloody" as a generic expletive much the same way the f-word is used elsewhere. Not sure about s*d. "Sod"? Roughly equivalent to "damn", I think
"Bloody" has the same or rather less force than "fucking", but I don't think it would be sprinkled as liberally in sentences as (occasionally) "fucking" might be.
"Sod" is mainly used in forms like "oh sod it" (as above), or "sod that"; you can also say: "he's a sod".
I know a vicar's daughter who can make "oh bother" sound worse than any of these!
This forum used to automatically censor a few words like "nigger" and "kike". I removed that, preferring to deal with their inappropriate use through hands-on moderation.
Blackadder: Right. Now all we have to do is fill in this MP application form. "Name"...Baldrick. First name?
Baldrick: Er... I'm not sure.
Blackadder: Well, you must have some idea.
Baldrick: Well, it might be Sod-Off.
Blackadder: What?
Baldrick: Well, when I was little and I used to play in the gutter, I used to say to the other snipes "Hello, my name's Baldrick." And they'd say "Yes, we know: Sod-Off Baldrick."
"Fuck! The fucking fucker's fucking fucked. Fuck!", meaning that his weapon had jammed. I do not think you could do that with "bloody".I would alternate, as in "Fuck! The bloody fucker's bloody fucked!" I have said "bloody fuckin' hell" on more than one occasion.
"Sod" is mainly used in forms like "oh sod it" (as above), or "sod that"; you can also say: "he's a sod".