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Title: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Nov 2013, 03:01
So here ya go, kids.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Nov 2013, 05:44
A Twitter warning from the boss:
Quote from: '@jephjacques (twitter)'
I have a, 11" MacBook Air I don't have a use for anymore. I might reformat it, put every QC strip on it in a folder, and put it up on eBay.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 24 Nov 2013, 06:26
...that would be a pretty bad ass way to get a laptop. I bet if you asked nice he'd sign it!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 24 Nov 2013, 09:25
It would be less expensive to buy a new one and have him sign it at a con.     I predict it'll go to an insane price-point even if he doesn't sign it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 24 Nov 2013, 13:12
Depends if the comics are at print resolution or not, really.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 24 Nov 2013, 14:29
Bidders will determine. What did that Vol. 1 with the misprinted cover go for, again? I recall Jeph expressing amazement. Amusement. Maybe both.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: HauntingPoem on 24 Nov 2013, 14:34
Well that certainly would motivate me to buy a laptop if i needed another one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 24 Nov 2013, 14:38
Until you come across some of his personal... stash.    Things that should never ever be PONDERED let alone discussed.   Things that make the worst deprived fan-speculation and shipping seem tame.

And of course the super-secret file that contains the REAL ending to the series.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 24 Nov 2013, 15:20
I'd probably too worried to check the ending.

I remember a certain 7th book of a series...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 24 Nov 2013, 15:40
Until you come across some of his personal... stash.    Things that should never ever be PONDERED let alone discussed.   Things that make the worst deprived fan-speculation and shipping seem tame.

And of course the super-secret file that contains the REAL ending to the series.
Where do you think Pintsize's Twitter account gets its links from?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Nov 2013, 16:11
OMG TURKEYS! And what, pray tell, will be their subject this year?

Tai and Dora!    6 (20%)
CLAIRE!    8 (26.7%)
Emily!    0 (0%)
Hanners!    1 (3.3%)
Faye and Angus!    0 (0%)
Marigold and Dale!    8 (26.7%)
"Hey, he didn't do a WHAM episode for us this year!"    2 (6.7%)
That Samantha kid.    0 (0%)
Troll time - he won't do a Turkeys episode this year.    2 (6.7%)
Even worse: he'll have them shill for the Topataco store!    2 (6.7%)
Thanksgiving breakfast: Spathe Ham, Waffles and cereal.    1 (3.3%)
...Or is that for Black Friday?    0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 30
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Nov 2013, 16:20
He went and did it. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macbook-Air-11-plus-a-whole-bunch-of-QC-goodies-/331073156834) It's at $660 as I type this.

EDIT: The strips come on a USB stick at PNG web resolution.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: HauntingPoem on 24 Nov 2013, 16:54
36 Bids so far, dang haha.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Nov 2013, 19:56
Currently the high bidder. I really really doubt I'll win it (and don't plan on raising my bid), but woo. Also Dora and Tai made up peacefully. I guess that's good?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 24 Nov 2013, 19:57
Whelp, that was anti-climatic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 24 Nov 2013, 20:00
So the cliffhanger....  my guess will be Angus gets a job-offer in NYC and this leads to Drama.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 24 Nov 2013, 20:06
Tai's word bubble in the last panel should have a question mark, not a period.

I hope Jeph doesn't change it. :parrot:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Nov 2013, 20:08
The period shows her tone, that she's not asking it like a question.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 24 Nov 2013, 20:18
The period shows her tone, that she's not asking it like a question.

Rhetorical question, or statement in the form of a question. Either way, it's fine the way it is
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Nov 2013, 20:20
I'm no longer the high bidder, which is probably good, because I'm not sure I had $750 to spare at the moment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 24 Nov 2013, 20:28
Did a rhetorical question stop being a question.

^Now that just looks silly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Nov 2013, 20:32
It doesn't lack a question mark because it's rhetorical, it lacked a question mark because it's being said like a statement (as in, no raising in pitch at the end). Like "what."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 24 Nov 2013, 21:03
Dawwww

More Dora/Tai cuteness.

Dora certainly is showing a more mature attitude here as is, surprisingly, Tai.  Definitely a fair bit of character growth and change for these two here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aliensporebomb on 24 Nov 2013, 21:21
Cautiously optimistic.

:)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 24 Nov 2013, 22:07
Dawwww

More Dora/Tai cuteness.

Dora certainly is showing a more mature attitude here as is, surprisingly, Tai.  Definitely a fair bit of character growth and change for these two here.

It helped that Faye probably would have beaten her senseless if she tried to implode another relationship...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 24 Nov 2013, 22:26
The last panel is definitely SQUEE-worthy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: maxh on 24 Nov 2013, 22:35
I just bid fifty trillion dollars.

This is Zimbabwean dollars, right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 24 Nov 2013, 22:42
I encourage whoever obtains the laptop to get it laser etched with their favorite QC character (with permission) and post pics.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 24 Nov 2013, 23:03
Regarding the Monday comic's title: can it be both?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Nov 2013, 23:44
I'd think it could be both or neither, but not just one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 25 Nov 2013, 00:08
He went and did it. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macbook-Air-11-plus-a-whole-bunch-of-QC-goodies-/331073156834) It's at $660 as I type this.

EDIT: The strips come on a USB stick at PNG web resolution.

There's actually a pretty cool collection of QC goodies that come with it. Don't think I would buy a laptop just to get them, but if I were after one (and he shipped to Australia, which he won't), then it would be tempting.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Nov 2013, 00:09
A thousand bucks.  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Toe on 25 Nov 2013, 00:16
Hallmark needs to release some cards based on today's strip. Followed by a made-for-tv movie.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 25 Nov 2013, 00:24
 Imagining situations how nipples show up in todays comic isn't any fun.

 Because, duh.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 25 Nov 2013, 02:21
What?

The last panel is definitely SQUEE-worthy.
It is!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 25 Nov 2013, 02:46
Hallmark needs to release some cards based on today's strip. Followed by a made-for-tv movie.
I second that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Nov 2013, 03:12
Akima: Jeph had made an offhand comment on twitter about nipples a few days ago, showing up "in this strip I'm drawing".

Of course, if you're wondering about the One Thousand comment - see the ebay listing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 25 Nov 2013, 04:37
Next year, turkey's for the Canadian Thanksgiving.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Nov 2013, 05:46
OMG TURKEYS! And what, pray tell, will be their subject this year?

Tai and Dora!    8 (17%)
CLAIRE!    11 (23.4%)
Emily!    0 (0%)
Hanners!    3 (6.4%)
Faye and Angus!    1 (2.1%)
Marigold and Dale!    11 (23.4%)
"Hey, he didn't do a WHAM episode for us this year!"    4 (8.5%)
That Samantha kid.    0 (0%)
Troll time - he won't do a Turkeys episode this year.    3 (6.4%)
Even worse: he'll have them shill for the Topataco store!    4 (8.5%)
Thanksgiving breakfast: Spathe Ham, Waffles and cereal.    2 (4.3%)
...Or is that for Black Friday?    0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 47
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Nov 2013, 06:49
On a side note, I am disappointed by the positive character development.

I feel kinda like Marvin the Martian.

"Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a giant, earth shattering kaboom!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 25 Nov 2013, 06:51
I bet Jeph was talking about MALE nipples.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 25 Nov 2013, 07:02
Didn't he mention something about needing to censor it after though? Due to Google Ads? If that's the case, they're either nipples on a woman or really grotesque nipples of unspeakable horror on a man...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 25 Nov 2013, 07:16
On a side note, I am disappointed by the positive character development.

I feel kinda like Marvin the Martian.

"Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a giant, earth shattering kaboom!"

Still have two days -- something could go horribly wrong yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 25 Nov 2013, 07:46
Yes, it could, but it will probably be with someone else.   (I'm thinkin' Mari/Dale)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 25 Nov 2013, 07:55
Yes, it could, but it will probably be with someone else.   (I'm thinkin' Mari/Dale)

Faye-Angus is a good bet too -- or we could have something totally unexpected...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Nov 2013, 07:57
And now for something completely different...

(pintsize eating bacon and eggs for four panels)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 25 Nov 2013, 07:58


Edit:  Ninja'd! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 25 Nov 2013, 08:00
* Hanners turns up pregnant
* Steve proposes to Cossett
* Sven learns he has (life altering STD of choice here)
* Martin suddenly grows a pair, and a spine and gains +12 to all Assertiveness rolls.   
* Someone blabs Clair's secret, and we learn the entire cast is trans
* Pintsize swears off porn forever.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Nov 2013, 08:18
Time for the fish slapping dance!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 25 Nov 2013, 09:13
Today's comic made me ridiculously happy. So much cuteness and happiness. My two favorite characters happy together.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 25 Nov 2013, 09:14
On a side note, I am disappointed by the positive character development.

I feel kinda like Marvin the Martian.

"Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a giant, earth shattering kaboom!"

Still have two days -- something could go horribly wrong yet.

That will be Jeph not providing us with Turkeys for the US Thanksgiving - the soloution of course is to provide use with turkeys next year for both Canadian and US Thanksgiving, so in the end , we all win.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 25 Nov 2013, 10:14
Good News: US moves Thanksgiving to the Canadian date.

Bad News: The Christmas shopping season comes along for the ride.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Nov 2013, 10:59
And with it...Christmas music .
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Nov 2013, 11:10
Iiiiiiii'm dreamingg of a whiiiiiite Halloween *blam*

*crickets*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 25 Nov 2013, 11:18
Especially this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a_Y1wAJ2MU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a_Y1wAJ2MU)
Health warning: Can cause nausea. If affected, do not shop or operate Christmas tree lights.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Nov 2013, 11:33
And with it...Christmas music .

This has already happened.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: PthariensFlame on 25 Nov 2013, 11:42
And with it...Christmas music .

This has already happened.


Yeah, this.  Where I am, the Christmas music started playing before the Halloween music did.  And it's liable to not stop until after Valentine's Day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 25 Nov 2013, 12:07
And with it...Christmas music .
There's some seasonal music that I don't mind too much: http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/storeDetailPages/AAAS.html
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Nov 2013, 12:31
Jingle Bells
Batman smells
Robin stole the sleigh
The Joker laughed to see such fun
And Batgirl said "I'm gay!"

Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 25 Nov 2013, 13:15
... what Halloween music?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Nov 2013, 13:17
On a side note, I am disappointed by the positive character development.

I feel kinda like Marvin the Martian.

"Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a giant, earth shattering kaboom!"

Quote from: Susan Ivanova
There's always a boom tomorrow.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Nov 2013, 13:30
Ivanova is God.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Nov 2013, 13:34
... what Halloween music?
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde

Surely there are others, but those are the three that come to mind.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 25 Nov 2013, 14:08
Ivanova is God.
Should have got her for Dogma.
Not that I'm anti-Alanis or anything, it's just… yeah.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Midwesterner on 25 Nov 2013, 15:35
The Christmas music station here started November 1.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: HauntingPoem on 25 Nov 2013, 18:45
Christmas music is to me as germs are to Hanners
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 25 Nov 2013, 19:25
So that's where the nipples would have been.

Curse you Google TOS.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Nov 2013, 19:40
No, I'm actually glad. And I'm also glad by "censor" he meant strategically placed speech bubble.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Nov 2013, 19:51
You know you're doing it right when your partner can no longer speak coherently.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: RightInTheSquishyParts on 25 Nov 2013, 19:51
No, I'm actually glad. And I'm also glad by "censor" he meant strategically placed speech bubble.

I was being silly, but that's hard to tell through text isn't it.  ;)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: 94ssd on 25 Nov 2013, 20:06
I just bid fifty trillion dollars.

This is Zimbabwean dollars, right?

Actually the inflation got so bad that those don't exist anymore (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7859033.stm), so if you're trying to use Zimbabwean dollars you actually bid fifty trillion US dollars (http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21576665-grubby-greenbacks-dear-credit-full-shops-and-empty-factories-dollars-they), at least for now (http://www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/unpopular-zimbabwe-dollar-set-to-return).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 25 Nov 2013, 20:41
Whelp, that was anti-climatic.
Or not!

"Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a giant, earth shattering kaboom!"
Dora might know something about one of those...

I really laughed out loud at the look on Dora's face.  Also, I like the censorship; it'd be a shame to lose the tradition of funny strategic placement of random items that the strip has had for so long.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 25 Nov 2013, 21:17
... what Halloween music?
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde

Surely there are others, but those are the three that come to mind.

Beats constant replaying of Monster Mash and Thriller...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Nov 2013, 22:34
It's fortunate that Jeph can make the modesty bubbles and modesty cats funny.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 25 Nov 2013, 22:40
Is anyone else kinda expecting this arc to end with:

Marten: So, um, is Tai a better kisser than I was?
Dora: NO COMMENT!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 25 Nov 2013, 22:55
... what Halloween music?
This maybe?:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 25 Nov 2013, 23:01
Is anyone else kinda expecting this arc to end with:

Marten: So, um, is Tai a better kisser than I was?
Dora: NO COMMENT!

Is that with or without her blushing and a smile on his face showing he is teasing her?  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 25 Nov 2013, 23:32
How does dissertation compare to A-game? And what might some other steps on the scale be?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmee on 26 Nov 2013, 00:03
Well, we can assume that until now Dora had only seen Tai's abstract.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Nov 2013, 00:04
At some point she'd have to pass her oral examination.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 26 Nov 2013, 00:20
So, uhm, is there some academic pun I'm missing in the strip? I thought "A-game" simply meant "the best".

Also, aww.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 26 Nov 2013, 00:29
An A-game is just a game. A dissertation satisfies the examiners.

Nicely drawn Mr. Jaques! Not quite up there with the modesty cat, but still good.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 26 Nov 2013, 00:53
I think I'm gonna have to ask Tai's twitter for some pointers...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 26 Nov 2013, 00:57
Is anyone else kinda expecting this arc to end with:

Marten: So, um, is Tai a better kisser than I was?
Dora: NO COMMENT!

Is that with or without her blushing and a smile on his face showing he is teasing her?  :laugh:
I was picturing Dora exasperated and Marten looking sheepish like he knew he shouldn't ask but couldn't help it, but your way might work even better.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 26 Nov 2013, 01:53
So, uhm, is there some academic pun I'm missing in the strip? I thought "A-game" simply meant "the best".

Also, aww.

It's a smart academic pun. In the US dissertations are done after extensive studies that require you to pass an initial oral examination before you are allowed to start researching for the dissertation.

Basically, Tai has a PhD in lovemaking  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 26 Nov 2013, 01:59
It's fortunate that Jeph can make the modesty bubbles and modesty cats funny.

I still prefer modesty beers (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=519) over modesty cats and bubbles especially when they come with threats associated with them  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 26 Nov 2013, 02:10
It's fortunate that Jeph can make the modesty bubbles and modesty cats funny.

I still prefer modesty beers (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=519) over modesty cats and bubbles especially when they come with threats associated with them  :-o
And here I thought that modesty beers (and straws) were generally an Evangelion thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 26 Nov 2013, 02:53
Well that was ten years earlier, I guess - and also involved toothpicks if I recall correctly. 

(Correction - just a jar of something unidentified in the anime, but specifically toothpicks in the first "Rebuild" film.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 26 Nov 2013, 02:55
Tomorrow's comic: Every single character turns their head towards Dora's apartment and says:

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tai Fanboi on 26 Nov 2013, 04:30
Tomorrow's comic: Every single character turns their head towards Dora's apartment and says:

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!

I'd be perfectly happy with the two of them walking in wherever they were going, clearing their throats and doing a simultaneous Booty Dance andnothing else happening during the strip lol
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=300
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Fluffy Dragon on 26 Nov 2013, 07:33
pretty sure it Dora meant to say "Was that your a-game?"
or perhaps her tongue hurts so much she's lisping.
(even though then it would probably be "Wath")

either way, I think we can safely assume that Tai and Dora has banged now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 26 Nov 2013, 08:17
... what Halloween music?
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde

Surely there are others, but those are the three that come to mind.

The soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas?
Heck, the soundtrack to any Tim Burton film?
Double heck, everything by Danny Elfman?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 26 Nov 2013, 09:24
Hmm. I guess I'd consider that to be music which is suitable for Halloween, but I'd never really thought of it as "Halloween music" in the same way that carols and certain really bloody annoying pop songs are Christmas music.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 26 Nov 2013, 10:01
pretty sure it Dora meant to say "Was that your a-game?"
or perhaps her tongue hurts so much she's lisping.
(even though then it would probably be "Wath")

either way, I think we can safely assume that Tai and Dora has banged now.

Considering the state of the bed ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 26 Nov 2013, 10:08
I'd be perfectly happy with the two of them walking in wherever they were going, clearing their throats and doing a simultaneous Booty Dance andnothing else happening during the strip lol
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=300
Yes!  I don't think we've ever seen Dora and Tai dancing together, much less booty-dancing, and I know it'd be hilarious in a cute way...  Remembering Dora's very lady-like booty dance re:Marty, and then considering that Tai's used to dancing to techno at wild college parties, I so wanna see it.

Dancing could also be prefaced by Faye & Marty nervously asking them if everything's ok.

Of course, booty dances are usually for the first time a couple has sex, which this clearly wasn't...  But it seems to have been the first time for something.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 26 Nov 2013, 10:27
I'd be perfectly happy with the two of them walking in wherever they were going, clearing their throats and doing a simultaneous Booty Dance andnothing else happening during the strip lol
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=300


I, too, strongly endorse this idea. I might squee, and I never squee.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Nov 2013, 10:41
Dora and Tai were not in the dancing strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2181).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Nov 2013, 16:29
That confirms it

Dora is a dead woman.


Oh, and as for Halloween music, do you mean this?


Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: quix0te on 26 Nov 2013, 16:34
1) I'm not sure we've established that Marten is all that bad at relationships.  I know of only two, Dora and Padme.   I'm not sure if there is a list of relationship fouls, but he didn't seem to commit any that I saw.  They seemed, at best, a joint effort at relationship dissolution.  I'm not sure what would constitute 'bad at relationships' for dudes.  I dated very little before my first marriage, and my second foray was me in LTRs wherein I ended the relationships after six months to a year after serious soul-searching and a decision this wasn't who I wanted to marry.  (After 35 and wanting kids gives a diff. timeline than dating in the 20's).
2)Re: Christmas music.  LOL.  There is a vaccine for Christmas music.  Its freaking awesome.  I start playing these after Thanksgiving, pretty much continuously.  Have for years.  Anymore, when I hear the real songs, my mind just automatically inserts the 'proper' lyrics.
http://www.cthulhulives.org/solstice/

Sample songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFo4jbqe_2Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7cHskDDzrk
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Nov 2013, 17:02
There was Vicky before that, and four or five others. The Vicky affair draws arguments, but no matter how you look at it Marten was communicating inexpertly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Midwesterner on 26 Nov 2013, 17:30
The Thanksgiving strip: Yelling Bird interrupts the turkeys with the proud announcement that "Tai and Dora [REDACTED]"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmee on 26 Nov 2013, 17:52
"Marten and Claire [REDACTED]"
"Hanners and Marigold [REDACTED]"
"Everybody [REDACTED]"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Nov 2013, 18:18
OMG TURKEYS! And what, pray tell, will be their subject this year?

Tai and Dora!    13 (20.3%)
CLAIRE!    12 (18.8%)
Emily!    0 (0%)
Hanners!    3 (4.7%)
Faye and Angus!    1 (1.6%)
Marigold and Dale!    11 (17.2%)
"Hey, he didn't do a WHAM episode for us this year!"    5 (7.8%)
That Samantha kid.    2 (3.1%)
Troll time - he won't do a Turkeys episode this year.    4 (6.3%)
Even worse: he'll have them shill for the Topataco store!    6 (9.4%)
Thanksgiving breakfast: Spathe Ham, Waffles and cereal.    5 (7.8%)
...Or is that for Black Friday?    2 (3.1%)

Total Members Voted: 64
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 26 Nov 2013, 18:30
I hadn't even noticed the sheets completely pulled out from under the one corner of the mattress and everything all lopsided until someone pointed it out.

Dang.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Nov 2013, 18:46
I wonder if they broke the bed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 26 Nov 2013, 18:57
It's still providing a nice horizontal surface so I doubt it. I have found that once you break one, there is no laying in it comfortably.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 26 Nov 2013, 19:56
Hannelore is such a helpful matchmaker.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 26 Nov 2013, 20:04
 She's been busy on the chalkboard too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 26 Nov 2013, 20:23
This comic gave me the giggles. I particularly love Hanners' smile in the last panel. Warm and friendly, yet subtly sly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Nov 2013, 20:32
four or five others
Where's that from?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 26 Nov 2013, 20:41
Marten told Dora that he had had four or five girlfriends before her - I seem to recall her getting upset about some aspect of it. 

Ahh, here it is. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1066)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NotAwesomeAnymore on 26 Nov 2013, 20:42
Quote
Specials: You are very special
I love this.
As excited as Dale and Marigold make me, this isn't  a serious cliffhanger really. Jeph not doing it this year? :?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Nov 2013, 20:44
Four from high school, plus Vicky means at least five, we don't know how many other girls he dated in college.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: quix0te on 26 Nov 2013, 20:45
four or five others
Where's that from?
Yeah, I don't know that either.  The only thing I remember is the series alluded to some girl he came across the continent to follow, and then stayed in MA after they broke up.  But it was all prologue.
I actually went back to the beginning to double-check.  It was 1) abortive relationship with Faye, 2)Dora, 3)Padme, 4)Chick on space station if you want to include her.  I remember because there was a whole "Are you SURE its okay?" with Faye when Dora and Marten started dating.  I mean, its been like four years since I first read the whole series, but I'm 90% sure there wasn't anybody between Dora and Padme.   
Edit:Thanks Carl-E.  Can you refresh my memory who this Vicky is?  Also, wow.  Dora really is/was kind of nuts if thats not play-jealousy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Nov 2013, 21:00
Dora and Padma are the only ones in series, but the comic Carl linked mentions his four high school girlfriends. He's mentioned Vicky in college (and we don't know how many others in college). We know he's slept with at least three people (I don't know if he slept with Vicky, but he lost his virginity in the back of a small car before the strip started).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 26 Nov 2013, 21:04
The Vicki story starts here. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=252)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 26 Nov 2013, 21:10
Maybe a little discontinuity, or maybe he doesn't count all the girls who "dumped him" in high school as having attained true "girlfriend" status, 'cause just recently he said he'd had "four or five girlfriends" with Dora as #4 and Padma as the or-five.  http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2569

I'd forgotten just how irrational Dora was while she was with Marten.  She's a lot more reasonable now.  Therapy seems to be doing her good.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: quix0te on 26 Nov 2013, 21:16
The Vicki story starts here. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=252)
Yep. I had totally forgotten that segment.  Of course, I read a lot of the series at 2 am during a divorce, but still....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Nov 2013, 21:17
I have done almost exactly what Hannelore did in this strip.

Except I got punched for it. See if I ever try to give him an assist again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Nov 2013, 22:05
I don't know if he slept with Vicky,

Almost certainly (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=254).

Is Hannelore being remarkably clueless or remarkably socially skilled? It's not something a middle-of-the-pack person would have done.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 26 Nov 2013, 22:20
On a side note, I am disappointed by the positive character development.

I feel kinda like Marvin the Martian.

"Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a giant, earth shattering kaboom!"

I think the look on Dora's face answers that question sufficiently.  8-)

... what Halloween music?
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde

Surely there are others, but those are the three that come to mind.

Beats constant replaying of Monster Mash and Thriller...

How about the Zombie Jamboree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdRI2Y8fGcI)?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 27 Nov 2013, 00:20
Hannelore plainly believes in the shortest distance between two points...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 27 Nov 2013, 01:15
All I can think abour now:

Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 27 Nov 2013, 01:24
Hannelore plainly believes in the shortest distance between two points...

She isn't subtle with Marigold, she already believes she should have a reasonable number of babies (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2139)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 27 Nov 2013, 02:09
Hannelore plainly believes in the shortest distance between two points...

She isn't subtle with Marigold, she already believes she should have a reasonable number of babies (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2139)

With an unreasonable number of fathers, apparently...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 27 Nov 2013, 03:50
I also like today's special very much.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 27 Nov 2013, 04:18
Not necessarily an unreasonable number of fathers - one per baby is perfectly reasonable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Nov 2013, 04:26
I wrote a letter home from boot camp that was entitled the house of four fathers. I wish I could reproduce it, I could probably do a decent job of "guessing" at the full content giving I can still remember much of the emotion of boot camp.

So if a father is a male figure who has a significant influence in you becoming who you are today, I as a single human being have had many fathers indeed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: 94ssd on 27 Nov 2013, 04:51
So if a father is a male figure who has a significant influence in you becoming who you are today, I as a single human being have had many fathers indeed.

That would make my grandfather my father and my actual father...not much really.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Stanzara on 27 Nov 2013, 05:15
I don't know if he slept with Vicky,

Almost certainly (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=254).

Is Hannelore being remarkably clueless or remarkably socially skilled? It's not something a middle-of-the-pack person would have done.

I guess she's currently being both at once. And also wanting a reason to go all SQUEEEEEEE!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Nov 2013, 05:58
So if a father is a male figure who has a significant influence in you becoming who you are today, I as a single human being have had many fathers indeed.

That would make my grandfather my father and my actual father...not much really.

Depends on how you use the term you know?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 27 Nov 2013, 06:58
I consider myself to have three mothers, all of whom are married to men but only one of those men is my father (one is my stepdad though).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Nov 2013, 07:10
So your mom, your stepmom, and...who else?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 27 Nov 2013, 07:10
My foster mum.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Nov 2013, 07:39
Ah. Wonderful :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 27 Nov 2013, 10:16
Not necessarily an unreasonable number of fathers - one per baby is perfectly reasonable.
But if you want more, I'm sure they're working on that technology (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2240).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 27 Nov 2013, 12:10
Marigold will now go hide in the Bathroom
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 27 Nov 2013, 12:38
Is Hannelore being remarkably clueless or remarkably socially skilled? It's not something a middle-of-the-pack person would have done.
Honestly, I would do the exact same thing. No clue what that says about me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 27 Nov 2013, 15:23
New communications technologies give people more opportunities to be people.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 27 Nov 2013, 18:43
New Comic


Gobble Gobble
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Nov 2013, 18:59
Mmmm delicious turkey
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 27 Nov 2013, 19:25
So that made Hanners'/Marigold' strip a subtle cliffhanger. Well played sir, well played  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 27 Nov 2013, 20:13
Pint'o'Blood, surely.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: akronnick on 27 Nov 2013, 20:17
Yay turkey!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Nov 2013, 20:53
Wait!  What!  The turkeys are shipping?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 27 Nov 2013, 21:05
Wait!  What!  The turkeys are shipping?

One of them is, but only through fanfic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 27 Nov 2013, 21:06
 I'm shipping Winslow and Momo.

'Slowmo
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Nov 2013, 23:35
The turkeys shipped Marten and Dora in 498 and got really off the beam in 1544.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Toe on 28 Nov 2013, 01:00
I wonder if Blood Lord is related to Frog Lord (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2026)...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Nov 2013, 01:09
Or the  Skullmaster, Master of Skulls. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2346)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 28 Nov 2013, 01:15
I wonder if Blood Lord is related to Frog Lord (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2026)...

Are Frog and Blood the sons of Jon Lord, perhaps?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 28 Nov 2013, 01:35
Tai/Dora --> Tora --> Tiger in Japanese --> ?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: HauntingPoem on 28 Nov 2013, 01:53
Am I the only one that wants to see "Blood Lord" implemented...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 28 Nov 2013, 02:18
I ship Blood Lord and Frog Lord. Blog Lord!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 28 Nov 2013, 02:32
Tai/Dora --> Tora --> Tiger in Japanese --> ?
Your point ?

Tora is what jews call the bible, too ... if we find meanings of the same word in different languages, theres probably douzens of other examples.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 28 Nov 2013, 03:04
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: bryntheskits on 28 Nov 2013, 03:53
Wait!  What!  The turkeys are shipping?

One of them is, but only through fanfic.

So if I ship in a fanfic, then link it here, it's not shipping?

loophole engaged
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Nov 2013, 04:30
It's a good thing Faye and Marten never got together, because that would have been Farten.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 28 Nov 2013, 04:33
So if I ship in a fanfic, then link it here, it's not shipping?

loophole engaged
Depends on whether you do want to incur the Wrath of the Mods.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Nov 2013, 04:43
Tai + Dora Bianchi = Tai chi.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Nov 2013, 06:21
OMG TURKEYS! And what, pray tell, will be their subject this year?

Tai and Dora!    14 (19.7%) <== We have a winnah!
CLAIRE!    13 (18.3%)
Emily!    0 (0%)
Hanners!    3 (4.2%)
Faye and Angus!    1 (1.4%)
Marigold and Dale!    14 (19.7%) <== Anothah winnah!
"Hey, he didn't do a WHAM episode for us this year!"    5 (7%)
That Samantha kid.    2 (2.8%)
Troll time - he won't do a Turkeys episode this year.    4 (5.6%)
Even worse: he'll have them shill for the Topataco store!    6 (8.5%)
Thanksgiving breakfast: Spathe Ham, Waffles and cereal.    6 (8.5%)
...Or is that for Black Friday?    3 (4.2%)

Total Members Voted: 71
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: bryntheskits on 28 Nov 2013, 07:24
No special mention of CLAIRE! coming in 1 vote behind? Shame on you.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 Nov 2013, 07:35
...holy cow, that's actually kind of creepily accurate.

Although I've got to wonder why the turkeys didn't mention Marten and Claire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 28 Nov 2013, 08:04
Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: bryntheskits on 28 Nov 2013, 08:19
Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.
It just doesn't roll off the tongue as nice as most of the others :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 28 Nov 2013, 09:32
Tora is what jews call the bible, too

First, that's the Torah. Second, it refers to something more specific than the bible, given "the bible" usually refers to the Christian book of beliefs, old and new testaments, while Torah does not.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Nov 2013, 09:40
If I postulate drunken makeouts between two characters, is that a ship in a bottle?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 28 Nov 2013, 09:47
Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.
It just doesn't roll off the tongue as nice as most of the others :(
Claireed? Last names are an option, you know. (Still, it sucks. Then again, shipmanteaus usually do. And, this one wasn't in the comic, so I'll stop now.)

And Tai chi is fucking brilliant.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Nov 2013, 09:57
Marigold + Dale -> Male  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Nov 2013, 10:05
Emily + Sven = GOOD GOD WHAT ARE YOU THINKING STOP THAT RIGHT NOW  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Nov 2013, 10:09
I'm gonna cheat a little and go with Goldendale (even if it's not a real thing in the comic they both seem to want it to be).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 28 Nov 2013, 11:54
Tora! Tora! Tora!


Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 28 Nov 2013, 12:17
Claireed? Last names are an option, you know. (Still, it sucks. Then again, shipmanteaus usually do. And, this one wasn't in the comic, so I'll stop now.)

Mrs Reed is a wonderful name for a pun loving librarian.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 28 Nov 2013, 12:43
Tora! Tora! Tora!



Thanks, I'm glad someone got my reference!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Nov 2013, 14:26
I got it, I just didn't feel like it needed further encouragement. ;)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: bryntheskits on 28 Nov 2013, 15:09
Emily + Sven = GOOD GOD WHAT ARE YOU THINKING STOP THAT RIGHT NOW  :psyduck:
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT TO HER
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Case on 28 Nov 2013, 15:36
Tora! Tora! Tora! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!)
Sorry ...

Not intended to test the mods limits of patience, just out of curiousity: Is shipping two characters that are in a relationship really shipping in the exact sense of the definition? A lot of the unpleasantness of 'bending the plot to suit your favorite fiction until it breaks' does not come into play in that case, no? (If one ignores the annoying delightfull tendency to blend the floating bodies respective first names into ... interesting & aesthetically pleasing neologisms, that is)

All I can think abour now:

youtube link

Thx for that!





Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Nov 2013, 15:51
If we couldn't discuss existing relationships there'd be a lot less to talk about!

Portmanteau names still get on some people's nerves and create suspicion in others.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 28 Nov 2013, 19:24
Tora Tora loving right
in the library late at night
how ever could Dora or Tai
ruin this loving majesty?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Nov 2013, 19:44
I prefer Daira, myself. (Dye+ra)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: lot_jockey on 28 Nov 2013, 20:28
Emily + Sven = GOOD GOD WHAT ARE YOU THINKING STOP THAT RIGHT NOW  :psyduck:
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT TO HER

I'd like to see Sven again. I don't think we've seen him since 2194 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2194). It'd be great to see if he has met anyone yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 28 Nov 2013, 21:02
So if Dale's hopes are not realized, and he continues to be single, it is just a Ship'nDale?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Somebody on 28 Nov 2013, 21:12
Wood That Smiles&trade;!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Nov 2013, 21:16
If you're looking for evidence of multiple pairings you have no reasonable expectation of finding, it's fishin' ships.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 28 Nov 2013, 21:22
I guess Jeph didn't realize yet that he uploaded the same strip twice (as 2586 and 2587) :meh: I really wanna see the "smile" in 2586.

New comic is up, you just have to go back and forwards in the archive.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: PthariensFlame on 28 Nov 2013, 21:27
If there's a particular means by which you want to see two characters get together, but don't care which two characters they are, you have a shipping route.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmee on 28 Nov 2013, 21:30
For those who can't see today's comic:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2587 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2587)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 28 Nov 2013, 21:56
So if you explain the Tora name to Dora, do you get an anime? (Insert nonfunny reference here  :angel:)

Also: I feel that if they're anything like their possible namesake, the Woodrows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson) would be skilled enough orators to convince you that everything is actually fine, and they could "float in most liquids" to handle the problem.

Also (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C7mNr5WMjA)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LordVaughn on 28 Nov 2013, 22:08
of all the AnthroPCs that could possibly creep me out, it just had to be the Woodrow model. something about smiling wood just sets me off.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 28 Nov 2013, 22:31
Got wood?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 28 Nov 2013, 23:03
Got wood?
Yes, for some sheep (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5KZSAX9FM). And a brick to throw at Pintsize.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 28 Nov 2013, 23:06

Claireed? Last names are an option, you know.


Augreed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: QuestionableIntentions on 28 Nov 2013, 23:08
A wooden AnthroPC? Do you want Termites?! Because this is how you get Termites, Marten!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 28 Nov 2013, 23:10
If Marten and Claire got married, he should change his last name to hers, and then start using the middle name his mother wanted him to have. Then he'd be Tiberius Augustus, Emperor of Northampton!

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to improve your attempted humor.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 28 Nov 2013, 23:15
Awww but Claire would miss out on a life time of easy lead in reading puns from her newly gained last name as pointed out above.

If you're arguing for your ship over someone else's it's battleships! (or ship to ship combat, which I believe is the actual trope)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 28 Nov 2013, 23:22
I prefer Daira, myself. (Dye+ra)

It's spelled DARIA

Don't annoy Miss Powers.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Nov 2013, 23:29
No. No, it isn't. And...don't you mean Miss Morgendorfer?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: maxh on 28 Nov 2013, 23:34
Wow, has it really been nearly a year since we had a Sam story?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Nov 2013, 23:48
I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but I respectfully request more strips like today's.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 29 Nov 2013, 00:00
So if Dale's hopes are not realized, and he continues to be single, it is just a Ship'nDale?
And Skewbrow just won the thread !
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Toe on 29 Nov 2013, 00:58
LOLed @ Sony Soni Soné.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 29 Nov 2013, 01:41
Looks like genetic engineering has invented Sapient Pearwood...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 29 Nov 2013, 01:52
Looks like genetic engineering has invented Sapient Pearwood...
Great…  An AntroPC that looks (and might think) too much like the series that Pintsize belongs to combined with the tenacity and homicidal urges of The Luggage.  The QC 'verse is doomed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Nov 2013, 02:29
Hmmmm... How many of you noticed right away that this was obviously something built by Chatham-Ellicott Enterprises?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 29 Nov 2013, 03:04
That face... that I could imagine being a colonoscopy or prostate exam face.

Looks like genetic engineering has invented Sapient Pearwood...
Unlike the Luggage, though, I think the destruction of the lab(s) will not let it live long enough to actually have an owner. Especially if the desire to overclock themselves is that... intense.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Satan on 29 Nov 2013, 03:13
Creepiest AnthroPC related strip since THUMBLORD
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Eternal_Newbie on 29 Nov 2013, 05:35
Creepiest AnthroPC related strip since THUMBLORD
Disagree, creepiest AnthroPC strip EVER! that creepy smile (shudder). Thumblord! was frakkkin' hilarious.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 29 Nov 2013, 06:18
The way I understand it, poor thing is so miserable it wants to self-immolate. Is that correct?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 29 Nov 2013, 06:24
The way I understand it, poor thing is so miserable it wants to self-immolate. Is that correct?

I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pTvbXMRMnHo#t=76)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Nov 2013, 06:34
But seriously - who in their right minds would put a sentient computer inside a container of wood?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 29 Nov 2013, 06:37
But seriously - who in their right minds would put a sentient computer inside a container of wood?

(click to show/hide)

Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 29 Nov 2013, 06:39
I wood consider it ^.^ People might just want to branch out!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 29 Nov 2013, 07:20
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Binary on 29 Nov 2013, 11:25
You want wooden computers, then Jeffrey Stephenson (http://slipperyskip.com/page23.html) is your man.

'Flightline' in particular is just exquisite.

(http://slipperyskip.com/13/icon.jpg)


'Level Eleven' is pretty awesome, too.

(http://slipperyskip.com/Thumbnails/Level%20Eleven.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Nov 2013, 11:31
Hannelore's Thanksgiving tweet said she was grateful for her parents.

???
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 29 Nov 2013, 11:49
What's so confusing about that? Hanners might be a bit confrontational with her mother at times, but I don't she's ever implied she doesn't love them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 29 Nov 2013, 12:20
Marten's expression is definitely "WTF?" but I'm still trying to decide if Pintsize's reflects horror or desire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Nov 2013, 12:28
It goes beyond "a bit confrontational" when you try to disembowel yourself when you find out your mother is coming to visit. Strip 910. Her father was neglectful.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 29 Nov 2013, 12:31
People and attitudes can change. Hannelore's more than some.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 29 Nov 2013, 12:31
No. No, it isn't. And...don't you mean Miss Morgendorfer?


Yes, yes it is (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Morgendorffer)


Melody Powers (http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Melody_Powers)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Nov 2013, 12:46
People and attitudes can change. Hannelore's more than some.

Good point! She did manage a sort of reconciliation with her mother at the end of that arc.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Welu on 29 Nov 2013, 12:47
It goes beyond "a bit confrontational" when you try to disembowel yourself when you find out your mother is coming to visit. Strip 910. Her father was neglectful.

However when her mother did arrive, they managed to bond (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=921[/url) a little. When Beatrice told Hannelore she loves her, (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=922) Hanners seemed to say it back with relative ease (despite peeing).

Hanners also seems to like her dad, she seems aware between his work and the state of her OCD during her childhood, a close relationship was always unlikely. She definitely doesn't come across as resentful about it anyway. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2146)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Haseo on 29 Nov 2013, 14:19
I wood consider it ^.^ People might just want to branch out!

That pun was so bad that I can't think of another wood pun.

But seriously - who in their right minds would put a sentient computer inside a container of wood?

(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/15100000/Karma-Plank-is-watching-you-ed-edd-and-eddy-15132207-400-300.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 29 Nov 2013, 14:28
Can they move in that thing? Or is it a "And I Must Scream" scenario?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 29 Nov 2013, 18:36

That pun was so bad that I can't think of another wood pun.


Do you 'arbor some resin-tment over it? Or is it just because I'm such a sap?
... Okay, I think I'm done now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 29 Nov 2013, 18:46
So you might say you're... cedaring the battle of puns?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 29 Nov 2013, 19:12
Or perhaps it goes against your grain?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Nov 2013, 21:41
I might post one but then everyone would ask me to leaf.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LookingIn on 29 Nov 2013, 21:46
I was hoping I could sprout one but I am still pining for the right one
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 29 Nov 2013, 22:18
I've had my Chloro-phyll of these jokes. I'm just going to lumber off to bed
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 30 Nov 2013, 00:18
A wooden computer should be good at logarithms.

Anything named Woodrow reminds me of the 28th President of the USA...  :-(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Nov 2013, 00:32
It can also be speeded up by branch prediction. Enterprise deployments are facilitated by the accompanying Plant Manager&reg; software.

Root access is restricted, though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 30 Nov 2013, 00:39
... and just like a robot dog, its bark is worse is than its byte ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 30 Nov 2013, 03:47
I won't pine when these wood puns eventually pass.

OK, I'm done. Oak you have a good night everyone.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 30 Nov 2013, 05:48
But seriously - who in their right minds would put a sentient computer inside a container of wood?

A mapleist blockhead?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 30 Nov 2013, 05:56
This thread is entertaining.

Think I'll get some chips and balsa to enjoy while reading it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 30 Nov 2013, 06:29
Okay, I have seen plenty of wood cabinets for PC's on the interwebs, after a cursory search.

But seriously - a wooden APC would have to live in a sterile environment and have regular dust filter removal to be viable outside someplace like HannerDad's space station.

It's not like I'm knocking wood, of course...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 30 Nov 2013, 10:04
I'm just picturing Oprah giving them away...

You get a Woody! You get a Woody! EVERYBODY GETS A WOODY!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Nov 2013, 11:20
We may have been better off before all these puns, in the Precambium Era.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 30 Nov 2013, 13:09
And the puns continue to phloem. We should have passed over them in xylemce...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 30 Nov 2013, 13:12
Instead, we lumber along.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 30 Nov 2013, 13:24
Sooner or later the forest of tree puns will be clear cut.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Nov 2013, 14:09
Time to root out the puns before they sap the vitality of this branch of the forum.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 30 Nov 2013, 14:20
So you're going to apply defoliant then?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Nov 2013, 14:59
I'd opine that it wouldn't be a fruitful way to deal with it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 30 Nov 2013, 15:44
You've all gone nuts with these wood puns. Completely bananas.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 30 Nov 2013, 16:13
Acacia things getting out of hand.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Nov 2013, 16:15
Purely as a matter of interest, as the term was common in my childhood but seems to have fallen out of use - did anyone pick up on "deal"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 30 Nov 2013, 23:47
Uses the GLADE API I see.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 30 Nov 2013, 23:47
Time to root out the puns before they sap the vitality of this branch of the forum.
"Root" was used already.  Frankly, I was just waiting for some mod to tell us all to put a cork in it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 30 Nov 2013, 23:58
Would Woodrow love Apple trees or date Palms?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 01 Dec 2013, 00:01
Is somebody saving up and using the Pun Jar to buy a HOUSE or something? :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 01 Dec 2013, 00:04
Yes. Yes, I am. (pause) A treehouse.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 01 Dec 2013, 00:05
Nope, we're going after SASKATCHEWAN! Because it sounds funny. Also it's apparently open for invasion purchase.

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. Your non-sequitur reference is now invalid
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 01 Dec 2013, 00:31
The question is, with so many wood puns around, is this thread heading towards a woodchipper, or will it be granter safe arbour?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 01 Dec 2013, 02:18
Purely as a matter of interest, as the term was common in my childhood but seems to have fallen out of use - did anyone pick up on "deal"?
I didn't until you drew my attention to it. I have heard of deal as a wood but it's not a word I've heard in current usage.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 01 Dec 2013, 07:31
In addition to preventing Woodrows from overclocking themselves, you need to keep them away from Woody Woodpecker.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 01 Dec 2013, 07:44
How many AnthroPCs could a woodchucker chuck...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 01 Dec 2013, 07:45
Or an angry beaver.


(Anyone wanna start a new WCDT?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Dec 2013, 07:51
One great feature is that it's immune to viruses.

Unfortunately there's still a vulnerability to worms.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 01 Dec 2013, 08:41
I don't think a wooden Anthro PC would be a larch problem.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Dec 2013, 10:25
This is pineful.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 01 Dec 2013, 10:48
I wish people would quit birching about all the puns
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 01 Dec 2013, 10:59
Oak-K, Oak-K ...

(Deposits Pun Jar in Pun Tesseract)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 01 Dec 2013, 11:02
I wonder how long it's gonna take for us to branch out from tree puns though. There can only be some many trees in a forest right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 01 Dec 2013, 11:38
Perhaps we could ask former President Bush for new puns?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 01 Dec 2013, 15:50
This pun thread has gone on longer than "Roots."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 01 Dec 2013, 17:40
It does seem to be growing quite nicely
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 01 Dec 2013, 23:19
No wooden nickels in the pun jar, please.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 01 Dec 2013, 23:31
No wooden nickels in the pun jar, please.
Yeah, let's leaf them outside.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Dec 2013, 10:50
I've burned all the wooden nickels in the pun jar, and now all that's left is ash.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Dec 2013, 11:32
And his boomstick.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 02 Dec 2013, 12:47
And his pokemans. (let him show you them)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Dec 2013, 14:42
He wants to be the very best.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Dec 2013, 14:54
Like no-one else wood be.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 02 Dec 2013, 15:20
Well, he was a student of Professor Oak
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 02 Dec 2013, 15:41
Pint'o'Blood, surely.

Much better, yes!

But please don't call me Shirley.

Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.

Clairy Marten (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Martin)?

Yeah, yeah, not short enough and a bad pun to boot...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 02 Dec 2013, 16:02
Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.

I've said it before, but: I'm all in favour of Maire. The way I pronounce it ends up as more or less "mær".. as in "Maiden". :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 02 Dec 2013, 17:22
Oh god, what did I start? XD I just came back to all of this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 02 Dec 2013, 21:16
Yes, it's grown treemendously.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Dec 2013, 21:17
It has branched out and tied itself into a knot.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Dec 2013, 21:26
Just look at what yew have done!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Dec 2013, 21:32
We may yet pine for the days before this thread became about wood, but we larch forward into a new era. We'll be oak, eh?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: TheRedMaiden on 02 Dec 2013, 21:45
Uh...This thread gives me wood....? Am I doing this right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Dec 2013, 21:55
No. No you are not.

(Well, maybe.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 02 Dec 2013, 22:40
We all knew this would transpire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 03 Dec 2013, 01:32
Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.

I've said it before, but: I'm all in favour of Maire. The way I pronounce it ends up as more or less "mær".. as in "Maiden". :laugh:

Serious question, does this have any connection to "mare"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 03 Dec 2013, 01:44
Because Jeph couldn't think of a decent portmanteau? Really now; "clarten?" "maire?" What.

I've said it before, but: I'm all in favour of Maire. The way I pronounce it ends up as more or less "mær".. as in "Maiden". :laugh:

Serious question, does this have any connection to "mare"?
Not in origin; "mare" (English) is from "*marhijō", a feminine form of "*marhaz", horse (possibly of Celtic origin), while "mær" (Icelandic and Old Norse) is from "*mawī", a feminine form of "*maguz", boy (of PIE origin).

In Danish, however, "mær" means mare, not maiden ...

Oh, and in French, "maire" (from Latin "major") means master, and gave rise to Middle English "mer", "mair", meaning mayor. :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2583-2587 (25-29 November 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 03 Dec 2013, 13:39
 ;D