Huh. No answer in this poll has pulled ahead yet. I wonder if that'll continue.
I think this is a good poll. I'm a little sad that this thread seems to get less attention than the other WCDT.
- Dora goes to confront Sven and finds him in bed with Faye
I like this one a lot - it ties up two threads all in one drama bomb.
It's also the fastest way of getting Faye fired I think.
A fired Faye might have trouble finding work in Northampton and might have to relocate. She's got a boyfriend in NYC ...
It's also the fastest way of getting Faye fired I think.
That would be such a seriously flagrant violation of the work/life barrier that I think the rest of the cast would cut her out of their lives.
A fired Faye might have trouble finding work in Northampton and might have to relocate. She's got a boyfriend in NYC ...
I think The Secret Bakery may be looking for someone new, considering Padma left for California... now wouldn't that cause Dora to freak out...
Truth is, both Polls are great, but as I said, I was kinda biased towards my own one so I felt it fair the matter was resolved by a third party to prevent howls of bias.
Question: In that last panel, how did Marten act so suave when Claire is like that and not attempt to subsume her with cuddles?
And I have a feeling that Marigold and Claire would be awful roommates...
And I have a feeling that Marigold and Claire would be awful roommates...
(However, it would give enough time for the love to blossom between Clinton and Momo... hmmmm........)
If by "love" you mean "tasering", then sure.And I have a feeling that Marigold and Claire would be awful roommates...
It's funny how they're possibly the two nerdiest characters, and yet they wouldn't both survive the first month living together. (However, it would give enough time for the love to blossom between Clinton and Momo... hmmmm........)
Truth is, both Polls are great, but as I said, I was kinda biased towards my own one so I felt it fair the matter was resolved by a third party to prevent howls of bias.
I liked your poll too. Truth is, I almost took this one down after I saw you posted yours. I'm glad everything got sorted out.Question: In that last panel, how did Marten act so suave when Claire is like that and not attempt to subsume her with cuddles?
Answer: he's been observing her oddly-self-aware freakouts for months now. At some point, they're still cute, but how funny they are starts to win out over how cute they are.And I have a feeling that Marigold and Claire would be awful roommates...
It's funny how they're possibly the two nerdiest characters, and yet they wouldn't both survive the first month living together. (However, it would give enough time for the love to blossom between Clinton and Momo... hmmmm........)
And I have a feeling that Marigold and Claire would be awful roommates...
It's funny how they're possibly the two nerdiest characters, and yet they wouldn't both survive the first month living together. (However, it would give enough time for the love to blossom between Clinton and Momo... hmmmm........)
*Have we established whether Clinton also lives at home?
Rincewind: Marigold got Momo to pick up the other part of the rent, so that option's out.
Momo's chassis has a very adolescent look to it (so much so that Sam mistook her (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2012) for someone her own age), I can't really see her getting into any kind of romantic relationship without upgrading to a more adult model.Sometimes I keep wondering if Sam has male friends her age who would fall for Momo, and any awkwardness that might ensue, especially since Momo seems to be into guys Sven's age (or maybe just Sven).
Claire needs to get a place of her own. Wasn't someone looking for a new roommate recently?
Question: In that last panel, how did Marten act so suave when Claire is like that and not attempt to subsume her with cuddles?
Looks like we're heading for a Clinton showdown.
One question: didn't she 'phone Mrs A to let her know that she would be home late? That's why I suspect an excuse.
Looks that way to me too! Maybe a Lucy van Pelt lock-out. Mom is out/in bed and Clinton refuses to let Claire in for some ridiculous 'reason'. So Claire has to stay with Marten overnight, fretting that she has just been made homeless.
Looks that way to me too! Maybe a Lucy van Pelt lock-out. Mom is out/in bed and Clinton refuses to let Claire in for some ridiculous 'reason'. So Claire has to stay with Marten overnight, fretting that she has just been made homeless.
Why on Earth would you expect something like that? Clinton doesn't seem the type at all.
A fired Faye might have trouble finding work in Northampton and might have to relocate. She's got a boyfriend in NYC ...... on whom she just cheated on, in this line of thought ?
HAIL FROGLORDALL HAIL ! HAIL HAIL HAIL !
All hail the hypnotoadHAIL FROGLORDALL HAIL ! HAIL HAIL HAIL !
All hail the hypnotoadHAIL FROGLORDALL HAIL ! HAIL HAIL HAIL !
Money-saving benefits aside, she missed out (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2572) on romance during her teen and early college years and never got to experience the thrill of sneaking a boy into her room for makeouts under the watchful eye of her mother, so now's her chance!
Claire is fine. I like Claire. I just don't like how Marten is acting around Claire though. It still seems way OOC for him...as if some pod person replaced him. He's too chill, assertive, quiet, etc. His "soulful looks" in the full face shots give me the creeps too. Worst of all, MARTEN IS BORING!
I could excuse it as being "game face" due to it being a budding relationship, but Marten and Claire have been friends for months now in comic. Marten should feel totally comfortable to act exactly as he always has, except for being open about his feelings. But this just seems like a dramatic shift in his behavior.
expose those forum members who are only interested when he makes his characters miserable or look stupid because of their stumbling attempts to interact socially?
WEDNESDAY: Marten arrives at home to find Faye in tears hugging Pintsize of all 'bots. He sits down next to her and hugs her making a pithy remark about 'if you turned to Pintsize it must be bad'. We get to wait until next week to find out what happened.
But my vote is still on Faye.
I don't know if there's time for that, Faye's got two strips to decide to move to new york/sleep with Sven/become a pro wrestler etc. So Clinton or some other drama happens when Marten walks Claire home or we just go into thanksgiving with a goodnight kiss.
Please indulge the curiosity of a 58-year-old, and tell me how far the term "makeouts" goes in today's audience. Marten's "makeouts" with Delilah, for example, seemed to have included sex. By that definition, Marten and Claire have had no makeouts yet. In the bygone past, "making out" covered the innocent smooching as well as the bigger and better things. How does it stand in today's lexicon, please?
I just don't like how Marten is acting around Claire though. It still seems way OOC for him...as if some pod person replaced him. He's too chill, assertive, quiet, etc.
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I could excuse it as being "game face" due to it being a budding relationship, but Marten and Claire have been friends for months now in comic. Marten should feel totally comfortable to act exactly as he always has, except for being open about his feelings. But this just seems like a dramatic shift in his behavior.
Prediction, next Sven appears in his underwear followed by Angus in his underwear. Dun dun dun!
ANGUS: Hey.
OMGturkeys and Yelling Bird after that, no resolution until Monday.
I just don't like how Marten is acting around Claire though. It still seems way OOC for him...as if some pod person replaced him. He's too chill, assertive, quiet, etc.You don't like people showing new and unexpected sides of themselves? His behaviour still makes perfect sense to me, from experience. By your logic, my own relationship shouldn't exist - because I'd been a drama queen with everyone else for years, and he couldn't stand staying with one person and always had a very different "type" anyway. His on-and-off ex is still weirded out by how out of character it is for him to be with me, while people who know me (including myself) find it fascinating how chill I am around him. The person you're with can make a huge difference for the way you feel and act, and for me the SS Claireten is a beautiful example of this.
ANGUS: Hey.
OMGturkeys and Yelling Bird after that, no resolution until Monday.
Angus: Got Tai's text. High five, bro.
ANGUS: Hey.
OMGturkeys and Yelling Bird after that, no resolution until Monday.
Angus: Got Tai's text. High five, bro.
(Continued)
Bros: BROS! BROS! BROS! BROS!
Marten: What the hell are you doing here?
Bro(s): We're neighbors! Just moved in next door.
Angus: But--why were you all hiding in Faye's room?
Faye: There's, uh, there's something I have to tell you...
Marten is feeling very comfortable and he's not comfortable with that.
Chunky Bro invented a teleportation machine so they can go where they are needed.ANGUS: Hey.
OMGturkeys and Yelling Bird after that, no resolution until Monday.
Angus: Got Tai's text. High five, bro.
(Continued)
Bros: BROS! BROS! BROS! BROS!
Marten: What the hell are you doing here?
Bro(s): We're neighbors! Just moved in next door.
Angus: But--why were you all hiding in Faye's room?
Faye: There's, uh, there's something I have to tell you...
If Jeph to come to me and say, "you get to tell me one thing to do with the strip, and I have to do it," my reply would be: "NEVER show the bros arriving or leaving, nor explain how they got there." I suspect that's his plan anyway.
For someone who is as chill as Marten already is, that means just about turning into the fucking Buddha.
The sad thing is, I really liked the Wedding Arc back in the day. I thought there was great chemistry with the warts of both characters up front and on display.Yeah. And Claire would sometimes be flustered and nervous but would also snark at Marten and give him a bit of shit now and then in a hilarious way, and we haven't seen any of that since the romance officially started.
I'm 35, and in the usage I'm accustomed to, "making out" definitely does not include sex. Typical usage might include:
Please indulge the curiosity of a 58-year-old, and tell me how far the term "makeouts" goes in today's audience. Marten's "makeouts" with Delilah, for example, seemed to have included sex. By that definition, Marten and Claire have had no makeouts yet. In the bygone past, "making out" covered the innocent smooching as well as the bigger and better things. How does it stand in today's lexicon, please?
As a current College student I feel as if I have some level of ability to answer this. Anything from a decent amount of kisses in a given time space (usually if your lips only leave for a few seconds to a minute) to actually having sex.
Isn't staying totally chill even when Claire was clearly overcome with sexy thoughts about him a bit strange?
I'm 26 and I've never once heard of 'makeouts' meaning anything other than just kissing with tongues. Frenching. Whatever you want to call it. Just not buh-buh-buh-BANGIN'.
I mean admittedly I'm British but I do work with teenagers and American culture and slang is infecting our youth like a virus.
I'm 26 and I've never once heard of 'makeouts' meaning anything other than just kissing with tongues. Frenching. Whatever you want to call it. Just not buh-buh-buh-BANGIN'.
I mean admittedly I'm British but I do work with teenagers and American culture and slang is infecting our youth like a virus.
I was well past 26 before I learned Roger had any meaning beyond A) a person's name, B) an acknowledgement of information received and understood. Kinda changes one's view of casting Roger Moore as James Bond.
Roger Moore? How could he possibly?
Anyway, it's always important to remember that just because we speak the same language, it doesn't follow that we speak the same language. That's something to put in the old fanny pack.
Maybe it's just my school then. Or maybe everyone means something different. Probably the first one.
It is fun to watch British teens get infected by slightly out of date American slang and subcultures, almost as much fun as watching my friends succumb to the BBC. (I say living in California)
The same is true in reverse I can assure you.
'Fanny pack' is an amusing choice for a post about differences in language
You don't like people showing new and unexpected sides of themselves? His behaviour still makes perfect sense to me, from experience. By your logic, my own relationship shouldn't exist - because I'd been a drama queen with everyone else for years, and he couldn't stand staying with one person and always had a very different "type" anyway. His on-and-off ex is still weirded out by how out of character it is for him to be with me, while people who know me (including myself) find it fascinating how chill I am around him. The person you're with can make a huge difference for the way you feel and act, and for me the SS Claireten is a beautiful example of this.
I think it's cool to have Marten grow as a character, and staying with a running gag of "Marten is a passive dork who doesn't know what to say to ladies" would get boring, but he could become a more comfortable and confident guy without magically turning into The Perfect Date Who Always Does Everything Exactly Right.
I'm 35, and in the usage I'm accustomed to, "making out" definitely does not include sex. Typical usage might include:
Thanks to a timely sig, it occurs to me that the only reason Marten seems out of character to some is that they are selectively remembering Marten's character. It's not that he's usually confident and comfortable. He usually isn't. But he's certainly capable of it.
I know, I know. There's arguments against it. I'm sure your argument is really cool. Listen--
What do you know about Pokémon?[/i] (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2138)
Marten's attitude during that encounter is pretty much the definition of confident and comfortable. The situation's different, yes. But then Marten's already showing the he wasn't expecting it out of himself. The key point is that the attitude is something we've seen from him before.
I suspect Marten's weird calm and the following conversation about it with Faye means that he's actually falling deeply in love - something he might not have experienced before.
Anyone notice that Faye's into the hard liquor?
I think today's comic can be seen as a parallel to this other comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818).
Marten and Faye
One of them coming back from a date in a recently started relationship
The other one at home, drinking, recently single (we don't know for sure if that's Faye's case, but it's at least an ALMOST single)
Supposing Angus' corpse isn't stuffed in the bathroom or Sven isn't anywhere close, Faye seems to be taking it way better than Marten did when he broke up with Dora.
I think the major difference was that Marten and Dora's break-up had a lot of anger in it on both sides and that anger translated itself into Marten's reaction. Faye's reaction is more sadness, so she's more likely to be a maudlin, reflective drunk. However, I don't think she's that far gone. I suppose it's a good thing that she's not so heart-broken that she's seeking oblivion.
That particular comic also reminds us that, even if he is a friend, a drunk, aggressive guy can intimidate any woman, even Faye. I'm pretty sure that she punched him because she genuinely thought he might be about to force himself on her.
That particular comic also reminds us that, even if he is a friend, a drunk, aggressive guy can intimidate any woman, even Faye. I'm pretty sure that she punched him because she genuinely thought he might be about to force himself on her.
Those were some REALLY strong anti-anxiety meds.
You know that Hanners dating Jimbo is the only thing that really fully explains her first appearance right.
(Now, Jimbo knowing it is an entirely different thing)
No, no, there is a limit. It's approximately at the point where Hannelore stops wearing pants. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=800)Those were some REALLY strong anti-anxiety meds.
See, when we get into emphasizing the modifier, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. *flails* *starts shipping Jimbo and Hanners* *realizes the implications* *flails more* *stops ship*
Now here's a sickly-sweet interpretation. What if their deep compatibility is healing Marten's soul and giving him the relaxed confidence that comes with knowing you're with the right person?
Now here's a sickly-sweet interpretation. What if their deep compatibility is healing Marten's soul and giving him the relaxed confidence that comes with knowing you're with the right person?
Now here's a sickly-sweet interpretation. What if their deep compatibility is healing Marten's soul and giving him the relaxed confidence that comes with knowing you're with the right person?
I just sort of assumed that this is what is occurring. That feeling of being at ease with yourself and each other that happens when you've met your match.
Now here's a sickly-sweet interpretation. What if their deep compatibility is healing Marten's soul and giving him the relaxed confidence that comes with knowing you're with the right person?
I'm sorry, you're speaking Martian to me. This not only exists in real life, but can be ascertained on the first date? WTF?IMHO yes. Your mileage may vary, though.
IMHO yes. Your mileage may vary, though.
Now here's a sickly-sweet interpretation. What if their deep compatibility is healing Marten's soul and giving him the relaxed confidence that comes with knowing you're with the right person?
I just sort of assumed that this is what is occurring. That feeling of being at ease with yourself and each other that happens when you've met your match.
I'm sorry, you're speaking Martian to me. This not only exists in real life, but can be ascertained on the first date? WTF?
1. This is called passion my friend and while all relationships must have it (in my opinion) to be successful, a relationship based on passion alone is doomed to fail.IMHO yes. Your mileage may vary, though.
I never felt this with anyone, ever. Mind you, I was a late bloomer (I didn't date until 23...was too awkward for years to figure it out), and by 29 I was married. Still, my experience with love boils down to:
1. Feeling crazy strong borderline obsessive infatuation. Can't get them out of my head, shiver when I thought about kissing them, etc. These all flamed out within a matter of weeks - or they just never happened for other reasons (weren't into dating me, I was otherwise attached so it became a crush, etc). I learned over time *not* to trust these feelings, because whenever I felt them, it didn't lead to what I wanted (a relationship), just some makeouts and pain. But then again, that's just me. I can see where both people happened to feel the frantic, butterflies-in-the-stomach love at once how one could fall madly in love.
2. People who I dated with an open mind, but didn't feel anything really strong to begin with. Just potential in an intellectual sense - they seemed cool, I was attracted, we had things in common. Eventually decided I liked them enough to be monogamous. In some cases eventually decided love was the only way to describe my feelings. Married the last one, needless to say.
Still, my experience with love boils down to:
I never felt this with anyone, ever. Mind you, I was a late bloomer (I didn't date until 23...was too awkward for years to figure it out), and by 29 I was married.
The same is true in reverse I can assure you.
Somehow I read that as "my aim is true in reverse", which sounds absolutely brilliant! :-D
Now I have the urge to play Elvis Costello records backwards.
Looks like Jeph may be driving in a snowstorm, late or no comic for us.
Looks like Jeph may be driving in a snowstorm, late or no comic for us.
I like Clairemom
She's smart.
Stay away from the stove, Claire, you'll spill those beans too.
Clairemom sounds like Glinda the Good Witch in my head.
Clairemom sounds like Glinda the Good Witch in my head.
Hm, I can see Veronica as Elphaba.
and Pintsize speaks for the forums. :p
Clairemom sounds like Glinda the Good Witch in my head.
Today's comic reminds me a lot of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2538)
I'm surprised her mum is so chill about her dating boys when Clinton is so protective.
I'm surprised her mum is so chill about her dating boys when Clinton is so protective.
I'm surprised her mum is so chill about her dating boys when Clinton is so protective.
I don't think she is chill. Even though Claire has known Marten for some time and talked quite a bit about him, she still goes out of her way to meet him. The cereal page leaves no doubt that the purpose was to assess him.
Clairemom sounds like Glinda the Good Witch in my head.
Hm, I can see Veronica as Elphaba.
It can, yes. I suppose I should have said "a match" because I don't mean to imply any kind of One True Love sort of thing. However I do believe this sort of connection exists. I sure as hell hope it does, otherwise what's the friggin point. Doesn't mean the relationship will always remain that way.
My wife and I had something similar once, but lost it. We've both changed over the years and it's resulted in us drifting apart. When we met I was a terribly socially awkward geek who got nervous as all hell around women. Something about her though put me at ease and I was more confident and talkative. She told me once she experienced something when we first started dating. We, like Marten and Claire, had been friends for a while before we got together romantically so perhaps that helped.
Seeing should not be believing. A certain amount of scepticism is a necessary survival trait. Too much is a survival impediment. There are a lot of different ways to see the world. Probably around seven billion or so. With that much variety in outlook, it's more sensible to assume that if someone can imagine it, someone else has already felt it. (After all, there are approximately 130 billion people. It's just that most of them are dead.) The whole thing is kinda like rule 34. Just with more porn, in an absolute count.
I find it easy to believe that people don't see the world the way I do. If they did, they would leave home less often and be more polite.
More like the Internet. It is kinda sad that out of all the things this story arc is trying to do, the one thing people really want will ultimately be Rule 34 somewhere unofficially, if not already. And it'll cause JJ to RAGEQUIT and go to his other webcomic once he finds out.
I don't think she is chill. Even though Claire has known Marten for some time and talked quite a bit about him, she still goes out of her way to meet him. The cereal page leaves no doubt that the purpose was to assess him.Yeah--I think she's actively interested in Claire's romantic prospects and has decided Marten is suitable. She's shown herself to be strong-willed and a bit meddling, and that kind of mom always takes an active interest in her children's love lives. He approval of Marten says good things about her values: she wants Claire to be with a good guy who won't hurt her, as opposed to a lot of meddling moms who wouldn't be so keen on a guy with a low-paid dead-end job who plays in garage band.
Okay, I should not have implied that it was impossible. With feelings, anything is possible clearly, and since we cannot experience another person's feelings, we have to take their word on things.Yeah, I second that. I'm just having trouble believing that this would be Marten's demeanor if he's "super into" Claire; it doesn't fit with anything I know of how people act and feel when they're first exploring relationship possibilities with someone they're super into. Isn't Marten at least excited about how he's just started kissing this cute new girl? I might be able to accept the zen-ness better if he were sixty-something instead of twenty-something, but it's possible that by saying that I'm just showing how poorly I understand sixty-year-olds.
That said, I don't think this sort of weird zen feeling when relationships are budding is common. I mean, not only because I haven't felt it, but because no one I know has ever described it to me when discussing their feelings for someone. Usually it's the crazy passion side - the feeling out of control - that people discuss, not feeling profoundly centered. That comes later, once you've built an attachment to someone and feel secure.
Clairemom sounds like Glinda the Good Witch in my head.
Hm, I can see Veronica as Elphaba.
Great, now there's the mental image of Veronica singing Defying Gravity.
Yeah, I second that. I'm just having trouble believing that this would be Marten's demeanor if he's "super into" Claire; it doesn't fit with anything I know of how people act and feel when they're first exploring relationship possibilities with someone they're super into. Isn't Marten at least excited about how he's just started kissing this cute new girl? I might be able to accept the zen-ness better if he were sixty-something instead of twenty-something, but it's possible that by saying that I'm just showing how poorly I understand sixty-year-olds.
The more I think about it, the more I think this seems similar to how things started with Dora.
Padma was all stupid passion with no hope (which is why he killed it). His unrequited love for Faye was about crazy depths of passion too - the kind that turns sour and eats at you because it's unrequited. Even his last ex before the comic, that seemed to be all about passion - Marten up and moved across the country for someone he hadn't been dating more than a few months!
Dora though, Marten rationalized himself into a relationship with her - he basically told her to her face "sure, why not, let's give this a try?" And he eventually backed himself into saying he loved her. To me, the level of control Marten is showing of himself suggests similarly he's thinking himself into a relationship rather than being wrapped up in the feels. That's not to say it won't get hot and heavy later, but right now, it's calculated to some degree - both to put Claire at ease, and to convince himself that attraction+friendship are really enough to evolve into passionate love.
Completely off topic: Somehow you remind me of the Admin of a different forum, who is absolutely obsessed with ducks.Heh... That's definitely not the case for me. I wanted to register and had no idea what to use as username
Heh... That's definitely not the case for me. I wanted to register and had no idea what to use as username
Suddenly, "A duck" popped into my mind. I don't even know why.
Or maybe I'm actually a talking duck, who knows
Completely off topic: Somehow you remind me of the Admin of a different forum, who is absolutely obsessed with ducks.While A Duck is on the web, I haven't noticed any particular wit in their posts.
Well, your profile picture is brilliant. I actually laughed out loud when I first saw it.And now I know spending 5 minutes of my life googling pictures of ducks had a purpose. Thanks!
Monty Python jokes never get oldHeh... That's definitely not the case for me. I wanted to register and had no idea what to use as username
Suddenly, "A duck" popped into my mind. I don't even know why.
Or maybe I'm actually a talking duck, who knows
I assumed it was because you were made of wood, and therefore.... A WITCH!! "She's a witch!" "Burn her!!"
(apologies if this particular Monty Python joke has already been made)
Or maybe I'm actually a talking duck, who knows
I'm relatively certain that A Duck isn't about to take over the world. Ruling isn't all it's quacked up to be.
I'm relatively certain that A Duck isn't about to take over the world. Ruling isn't all it's quacked up to be.
Okay, puns I can deal with. But I have to draw the line at duck joke season. That's dethpicable!Shall we have a rabbit joke season instead? I'm sure Claire could tell some hare jokes. :claireface:
Changing season so quickly might leave some people befuddled. :claireface:You're right, they might think we're all a bunch of lunatics :claireface:
That said, I don't think this sort of weird zen feeling when relationships are budding is common. I mean, not only because I haven't felt it, but because no one I know has ever described it to me when discussing their feelings for someone. Usually it's the crazy passion side - the feeling out of control - that people discuss, not feeling profoundly centered. That comes later, once you've built an attachment to someone and feel secure.
That said, I don't think this sort of weird zen feeling when relationships are budding is common. I mean, not only because I haven't felt it, but because no one I know has ever described it to me when discussing their feelings for someone. Usually it's the crazy passion side - the feeling out of control - that people discuss, not feeling profoundly centered. That comes later, once you've built an attachment to someone and feel secure.I don't think it's common, either. I do think it's a good sign, though. And yes, it's the crazy passion that people discuss - because how much is there to discuss when you just feel at ease and secure? I was always the one who'd constantly annoy the hell out of their friends about love drama, and I pretty much stopped the moment I got together with my current boyfriend. I had very low expectations (maybe this is relevant), but things just felt so nice and easy, his calm personality and our interactions relaxed me so much, that I thought what the hell, let's just enjoy the ride as long as it lasts. I was very much in love pretty soon, but just happily so, and for probably the first time in my life I didn't feel the need to talk much about it.
He likes Claire, maybe a lot. But he's also sure she likes him. Certain of it.Yeah, this could also be a reason for the unusually calm behaviour. I, too, knew that my guy was clearly into me. And when I think about it, that's what it was like for two of my best friends as well. They were unusually calm, too, though in their case they initially weren't sure if they should enter a relationship. Now, a couple of years later, they are both married to those guys :D
(...)I really liked that whole passage (didn't want to quote everything) and very much agree.
Of course the bidding has to go both ways and so does the acceptance. You can love--intently--a person without really caring about them. It seems like a paradox, but tell me honestly that you don't see that all the time. I do. It makes me sad. Caring seems to be the strongest predictor of long terms success.
(...)
Turkeys speak for the forums?
They're fair game.
(...)What model of communication is this?
It's called the bid for a attention, but the people who think it's a big deal. Say SO1 says, "Hey! That bird is amazing!" How does SO2 react?
(...)
Turkeys speak for the forums?
No, turkeys speak IN the forums, usually. :-)
Turkeys speak for the forums?
Can someone just show a pair of tits and make us move on now?
(...)
Of course the bidding has to go both ways and so does the acceptance. You can love--intently--a person without really caring about them. It seems like a paradox, but tell me honestly that you don't see that all the time. I do. It makes me sad. Caring seems to be the strongest predictor of long terms success.
(...)
I really liked that whole passage (didn't want to quote everything) and very much agree.
The first person who comes here without a pun will be a poor ugly duckling, won't he?Well, I can always get away with that, because I'm not a native englishspeaker and are thus excused. For example, "duckling" is not even in my active vocabulary, and puns arent a popular variant of joke in my country. In fact I quite frequently have problems even to detect a pun.
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In fact I quite frequently have problems even to detect a pun.You said it (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rack) yourself, man. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontExplainTheJoke)
long tern relationships
Chances of a change in plot threads / Yelling Bird for Friday's strip?
Yes, yes, everyone loves boobies.Can someone just show a pair of tits and make us move on now?...(click to show/hide)
Whilst you're at it, check out this awesome rack:Yes that one is quite hot.(click to show/hide)
I really don't think coaxing in new members ...... :psyduck:...Well somebody was going to do it eventually and the number of hits this thread will have got the forum for 'nice rack' this might coax in some new members.(click to show/hide)
Actually, this is a Rack
(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130410063705/potco-united-nations/images/9/9e/Medieval-Torture-Rack.jpg)
(http://people.csail.mit.edu/paulfitz/spanish/tt6.jpg):-o
Am I the only one who thinks that this strip has the feel of a prologue to Sonic the Hedgehog?
Yes, I'm a geek; get over it!
I can't be the only one who drew terrible sonic fanfiction comics, right?!
There are times where I think that Faye's child is Marten.
I was speaking more proverbially than literally.
If you combine a couple of your possibilities, we could get the extra-rare time slip in which Sven has a surprise for Dora and that is that Faye is having his child.The one scenario in which Dora turns into a serial killer before Hannelore: humanity, beware!
And I absolutely don't want this to happen ever at all :angel:
I distinctly remember Jeph saying "no babies in my comic. ever." At some point. Was I hallucinating?
Like everyone else, of course, Jeph is entitled to change his mind...
But it does sseem unlikely he'd change it about that, after being so emphatic about it before.
If you combine a couple of your possibilities, we could get the extra-rare time slip in which Sven has a surprise for Dora and that is that Faye is having his child.The one scenario in which Dora turns into a serial killer before Hannelore: humanity, beware!
And I absolutely don't want this to happen ever at all :angel:
What's on second?
I am not Spock.