Nor his Imperial cousin :mrgreen:
Nor his Imperial cousin :mrgreen:
Hogshead!!
Nor his Imperial cousin :mrgreen:
Hogshead!!
I was referring to an Imperial Pint, but eh. Alternatives include FlagonFace, TankardMan, PitcherMan, the possibilities are endless
You know, I didn't even think of that. :psyduck:
Time to reconsider Pintsize's impractical appendages. I guess the purpose is damage control, a fully functional set of hands and feet would cause mayhem beyond control. But is it a kind of punishment? Or just a precaution? Is Pintsize free to upgrade his body if he wants to?
I was referring to an Imperial Pint, but eh. Alternatives include FlagonFace, TankardMan, PitcherMan, the possibilities are endless
A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogshead)
http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php?topic=24757.msg968485#msg968485 (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php?topic=24757.msg968485#msg968485)
And the German cousins would be a boisterous group as well.
German Beer is served in a Krug [stein] in either Mass [one lite] and Half Mass [half lite] sizes but their Bavarien counterpart is Double-Mass [2L] and of course the seasonal souse and party animal - Oktoberfest [3L]
Pintman ...... Hmmmm, anyone hearing the Batman TV theme at this point?Yeah, but with "Barman" instead.
I was referring to an Imperial Pint, but eh. Alternatives include FlagonFace, TankardMan, PitcherMan, the possibilities are endless
A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogshead)
Curses, my lack of knowledge regarding Imperial units has become evident! This is what I get for having nice, simple metric units.
Much as I would enjoy furthder comedy-of-errors-ish treatment of this situation, I'm kinda hoping that Veronica gets to make her own impression on Jim.
What about a fuckbarrel?Nor his Imperial cousin :mrgreen:
Hogshead!!
I was referring to an Imperial Pint, but eh. Alternatives include FlagonFace, TankardMan, PitcherMan, the possibilities are endless
A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogshead)
I'm thinking Jim runs into Dora's dad.
"You're dating Veronica Vance? I must have whacked it to her picture a million friggin' times!"
So did "what do you do for a living" never come up in their online chats?
You can find anything on google these days.Well, you can hide away quite well by having a common name. There are several people in "real life" named Veronica Vance. An even more common name (e.g., John Smith) is, for all practical purposes, ungoogleable.
EDIT: Why the heck would Jim have his date at his own workplace? Is it to give his employees something to talk about?
I don't think she's going to be really pissed, though.Also, VV googled Jim (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2484), so she should expect him to do the same to her. I guess it is part of a standard "background check" before going on a date these days, so it would not look credible if he pretended not to have googled her.
As a public figure (former public figure? Anyway, we know she was well-known enough at one point to have a regular TV documentary made about her) you have to expect people to find out who you are pretty quickly.
And in the QCverse, when you google her name, she's probably the first person who comes up.
And in the QCverse, when you google her name, she's probably the first person who comes up.
The background looks familiar. I don't feel like looking it up, but someone here must be nerdy enough for the task.
Curses, my lack of knowledge regarding Imperial units has become evident! This is what I get for having nice, simple metric units.
I don't get why the thing hanging in the window is blocking the view of the sky instead of the brick wall.
Pandora's box sounds like a medieval torture instrument.
Love Dora's exasperated look in the last panel.+10
Love Dora's exasperated look in the last panel.+10
A real "fuck this shit" expression, I thought. Akima's right, Jeph is getting seriously good with facial expressions
Looks like Dora is giving Sam espresso. Jim will be so thankful afterward. :evil:
QuoteAlso: Sarah Foster Tate's real name is Kerry? Damn, my mind is blown...Also into SF and Star Trek fandom at the time. One of the gals the ST:TOS uniform was made for.
Am I the only one who sees Sam's expression in the last panel as more of "horrified fascination" than "disgust"?Nope, that is horrified fascination. It's Sam after all. French kissing brings that activitiy in the neighborhood of frogs. (God, that pun is entirely unintentional. I still like it...)
Looks like Dora is giving Sam espresso. Jim will be so thankful afterward. :evil:
unpaid child
Also, how is this immature for a thirteen-year-old?Precisely because she's thirteen, not nine. But I acknowledge your mileage may vary.
Exactly. The thirteen year olds I knew weren't all 'OMG FRENCH KISSINGGGGGG,' they were all 'how quickly can I lose my virginity?'Maybe I'm odd, but at 13 (and Sam's 12, as far as I know) I was definitely not worried about losing my virginity and neither were any of my friends. At that point, I was not in any way concerned with having a boyfriend. Sure, there were girls in my class who were very proud of having a boyfriend (though I'm not sure whether they lost their virginity at 13), but not the majority; I would say less than 30%.
Woha. Well spotted.Looks like Dora is giving Sam espresso. Jim will be so thankful afterward. :evil:
I believe the specials blackboard says "Have your drink prepared by an unpaid child"
"Fascinated disgust", perhaps?... or perhaps "scandalized"?
Exactly. The thirteen year olds I knew weren't all 'OMG FRENCH KISSINGGGGGG,' they were all 'how quickly can I lose my virginity?'
I mean not all of them, obviously, as Schmorgluck says, mileage may vary - but it just seemed unlike even the most immature thirteen year olds I've ever met.
I wouldn't say you're odd, I was exaggerating anyway, but the point is you wouldn't be like OH MY GOD FRENCH KISSING OOOOOOOOH at age 13, surely?
Just barely past 12, ...
Even more so when Sam uses the coffee shop WiFi to satisfy her curiosity about what Ms. Reed looks like.
When I was 13, some of the girls I knew were starting to think the idea of french kissing was cool, one or two had done it, and some were still just a little bit grossed out by the idea.
Besides cultural influences, there's the fact that kids hit puberty at varying ages. I think Sam is a late developer. She's shown zero indication of interest in boys/sexy things, zero desire to act or appear sophisticated or leave behind any of her "kid" mannerisms, and she doesn't have any curves yet.
Reading back over the thread, I see nobody has noted that Jim seems to have dyed his hair for this date. He must really want to impress!That depends on how you put it (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1885), doesn't it?Even more so when Sam uses the coffee shop WiFi to satisfy her curiosity about what Ms. Reed looks like.
Hahaha! If she thinks french kissing is gross....
It's relevant to her behaviour - hormonal changes alter teenage behaviour significantly and Sam acts like a child, rather than an adolescent.That's fair.
Whether a character has started puberty or not doesn't seem like it should be discussed here.
Am I the only one who sees Sam's expression in the last panel as more of "horrified fascination" than "disgust"?That's where Faye acts more like a "cohort" with Sam rather than an adult. Sam is more about the teenage "Ewww" factor of grownups kissing than actually being upset. She's obviously big enough to know her father has been single for a long time.