Bubbles seems to have some medical skill
Thank you, Bubbles. I am satisfied with my care.
...
As for Hanners? I wonder how long before Bubbles word-of-mouth spreads the word that she sells trips that are out of this world and she becomes the first drugs kingpin of the AI world? :wink: Not very likely, I know, but funny to contemplate nonetheless.
I dunno if this whole tea for AIs thing is a good idea. It starts out with a Ceylon and you're only letter away from a Cylon.... :meh:
So how does one see a Pegasus?
*sniff* No hug....
So how does one see a Pegasus?
*sniff* No hug....
So how does one see a Pegasus?
Okay, I'm not one normally to mark Hallmark Holidays ...
*sniff* No hug....
So how does one see a Pegasus?
Claire is clearly a relative of Pinkie Pie, given the storage capacity of hermanehair!
They don't teach necromancy at Hogwarts, but there's transfiguration and charms, both of which could conceivably end up with Claire grading animated frogs.Claire was thinking Hogwarts, Marten must have been thinking Miskatonic University.
They don't teach necromancy at Hogwarts, but there's transfiguration and charms, both of which could conceivably end up with Claire grading animated frogs.Claire was thinking Hogwarts, Marten must have been thinking Miskatonic University.
Now I'm intrigued. What doesTHE RITUALconsist of?
Finally, I suspect that we're the next day from when Claire and Marten ran into Sam and later Marigold. The fact that Claire is again coming to the apartment direct from college makes me increasingly sure she's moved in to the apartment over the time skip.This is the impression I got, too. Marten also knows how she wants her tea. Not saying that cohabitating would be necessary for that.
The difficult thing about the reanimated frog exam is convincing the professor your frog really does put on a top hat and sing "Ragtime Gal."
Now I'm intrigued. What doesTHE RITUALconsist of?
Could be Brakebills.They don't teach necromancy at Hogwarts, but there's transfiguration and charms, both of which could conceivably end up with Claire grading animated frogs.Claire was thinking Hogwarts, Marten must have been thinking Miskatonic University.
I've never been through the Massachusetts Ritual (in fact, I've never been to Massachusetts), but I can confirm that the Wisconsin Ritual is not particularly suited for the lactose-intolerant. :psyduck:
Finally, I suspect that we're the next day from when Claire and Marten ran into Sam and later Marigold. The fact that Claire is again coming to the apartment direct from college makes me increasingly sure she's moved in to the apartment over the time skip.This is the impression I got, too. Marten also knows how she wants her tea. Not saying that cohabitating would be necessary for that.
Bratwurst intolerance!? Sacrilege!I've never been through the Massachusetts Ritual (in fact, I've never been to Massachusetts), but I can confirm that the Wisconsin Ritual is not particularly suited for the lactose-intolerant. :psyduck:
Nor the alcohol-intolerant, and especially not the bratwurst-intolerant.
The difficult thing about the reanimated frog exam is convincing the professor your frog really does put on a top hat and sing "Ragtime Gal."
Specially when, even if it actually does, the professor for some reason loathes that song.
Okay, Hammerspace hair is cool for Claire, but for heaven's sake, a grad asst. wouldn't be grading papers with a BLACK sharpie.
Not even afterTHE RITUAL.
Red or dead.
The difficult thing about the reanimated frog exam is convincing the professor your frog really does put on a top hat and sing "Ragtime Gal."
Specially when, even if it actually does, the professor for some reason loathes that song.
Am I missing something?
The difficult thing about the reanimated frog exam is convincing the professor your frog really does put on a top hat and sing "Ragtime Gal."
Specially when, even if it actually does, the professor for some reason loathes that song.
Am I missing something?
Jeph could be planning a huge surprise and revealing that Faye does NOT live there anymore.
Which means the shit's about to hit the fan.
(Or have I been reading too much of Willis' comics? :roll: )
Which means the shit's about to hit the fan.
(Or have I been reading too much of Willis' comics? :roll: )
I say it's about time a closed minded religious relative showed up.
Which means the shit's about to hit the fan.
(Or have I been reading too much of Willis' comics? ::) )
I say it's about time a closed minded religious relative showed up.
One such is known to exist, Faye's Aunt Betty.
Okay, Hammerspace hair is cool for Claire, but for heaven's sake, a grad asst. wouldn't be grading papers with a BLACK sharpie.
Does The Ritual have anything to do with the fact that you always see your next Dunkin Donuts before the last one disappears from your rear view mirror? Did my brother make that up or did I read it somewhere?
Ehhhh.
But yeah, Claire says "your landlord", meaning she does not yet live there.
The difficult thing about the reanimated frog exam is convincing the professor your frog really does put on a top hat and sing "Ragtime Gal."
Specially when, even if it actually does, the professor for some reason loathes that song.
Am I missing something?
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Is it just me, or does Marten seem almost husband-like? He is even tossing out dad jokes.
Marten is wearing pink underwear. I dont know why but that jumped out at me.
Needs more conflict.So apparently there is a reason Willis exists!
A landlord plotline would be fun. But the thought comes to mind that the landlord is likely going to turn out to be Hanners' mom.
Can we please not do the Aunt Betty thing? One thing I love about Jeph's presentation of Claire is that she's treated just as a character, not as a trans character. A storyline built around her being trans would run counter to that, and would be hard for a lot of QC's trans fans to read, myself included.
Can we please not do the Aunt Betty thing? One thing I love about Jeph's presentation of Claire is that she's treated just as a character, not as a trans character. A storyline built around her being trans would run counter to that, and would be hard for a lot of QC's trans fans to read, myself included.
Need more conflict. Feel-good stuff is nice and all, but gets very samey very quickly.
Can we please not do the Aunt Betty thing? One thing I love about Jeph's presentation of Claire is that she's treated just as a character, not as a trans character.
What's Aunt Betty a reference to?
Dealing with a "bigoted religious relatives" arc would be difficult for me, but sometimes good art is difficult, and sometimes difficult helps us get past things that have been hanging over us.
Actually, if we're going to have Claire deal with some difficult relatives, there's a major one that we know very little about: her dad. We know he cheated on Claire's mom, and Claire has serious issues about that. He seems to be pretty much out of Claire's life for now. But it's the sort of thing that can cause trust issues down the road. If he were to reappear, it could set off a few things between Claire and Marten.That sounds way too similar to what happened with Dora. If we're gonna get some Marten/Claire drama, it should be something new.
Now, Claire probably knows by now that Marten is the least likely person to cheat on her, or anyone else, ever. It's just not in his makeup. But irrational fears are, by definition, irrational - knowing something with your head doesn't necessarily mean you believe it.
Just a possibility. Might not ever happen. But if you're looking for relationship drama, there's an obvious potential storyline.
No
Just ..... NO!
What would be more intriguing is if the Landlord turns out to be an AnthroPC that Bubbles knows!
NoI didn't say I wanted it to happen, or that I thought it would happen, or that it'd even be a good story if it did happen. Just that it'd be a way to have that conflict, and resolve it in a way that isn't the same as what happened with Dora.
Just ..... NO!
It's been Pintsize all along. That's how they get away with all the property/Roomba damage.
Need more conflict. Feel-good stuff is nice and all, but gets very samey very quickly.
Didn't that happen recently with Faye's breakup, alcohol relapse and firing? Jeph hasn't spend much time, as of yet, on it in the grand timeline but it's still a huge story effecting event.
Claire should push to get a tankless water heater installed.
Her mother might object, exclaiming "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a tankless child".That pun made me leer.
I suppose if they marry, Dora will Tai the knot?
If we're gonna get some Marten/Claire drama, it should be something new.
I don't know about other countries but, in the UK, electric showers are common. As I know that there a different types of electric shower, the popular ones here are the type that take a cold water feed only (so the shower does the heating).Because electric showers are limited in power, the water is either tepid, or the flow is feeble. Speaking as one whose ideal shower is a scalding Niagra (sod the carbon, I more than make up for it by cycling everywhere) heat-on-demand electic is little better than one of those solar heated, black plastic bag showers for camping.
{edit} I'm so used to that that I find it odd that people still use tanked hot water for showering.
I've had this same thought. I think the comic needs to really dive in to Marten's aimlessness, and Claire seems to be the perfect vehicle for that.If we're gonna get some Marten/Claire drama, it should be something new.
I hope it'll be something about Marten's career path. We haven't learned anything about Marten's situation since the time skip, so there's no way of knowing yet if he's still working at the library and practicing his music, but I'm willing to guess yes to the former and maybe/maybe not for the latter. Meanwhile, Claire's still moving forward. She's finished her internship, is now a TA, still likely pursuing a career in library science, still has a set goal in mind and is working on achieving it. It seems highly unlikely that she would be content to watch Marten continue treading water as he's been doing. Not that she's going to turn into a nag about it either, but I can't see her not gently nudging him in the direction he wants to go, especially regarding his music. (For the record, I assumed that Faye's firing would be a catalyst in that--her struggle to find a new job and pay rent, and Marten's lack of savings after buying a new guitar, would lead him to get more serious about the band...which didn't happen.) There didn't seem to be much concern about The Future when Marten was with Dora; she seemed content to be a small business owner with an aimless boyfriend, but I can't see Claire being the same way. This relationship has the potential to be more important than Marten/Dora was, but there hasn't been much movement so far.
And there is plenty more to explore about Claire. I still want to learn more about her life outside of the group. More about her family (mom especially, not just Clinton), other friends in the area, favorite hangouts around town (bookstores!). A week or two of day-in-the-life strips similar to the Momo story would be nice.
I'm wondering precisely where Jeph is taking this. We've now seen two very strong, enduring and mature couples. I'm wondering if he's setting a baseline against which we can judge other pairings in the strip.Orrrr, Faye's gonna realize that she's practically the only single one around and go boy-hunting.
Orrrr, Faye's gonna realize that she's practically the only single one around and go boy-hurting.
I don't know about other countries but, in the UK, electric showers are common. As I know that there a different types of electric shower, the popular ones here are the type that take a cold water feed only (so the shower does the heating).
{edit} I'm so used to that that I find it odd that people still use tanked hot water for showering.
Well, I guess it's nice to be able to ogle the same person with your significant other...
I suppose if they marry, Dora will Tai the knot?
Or knot the Tai (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1302).
What's that Tai's reading?
*Zoom in and enhance!*
Ah. Of course.
According to the Timmies website there are only 26 withing 10Km of me but then I noticed that they didn't list the gas station mini-Timmies, and THEN I realized they stop at 26.Does The Ritual have anything to do with the fact that you always see your next Dunkin Donuts before the last one disappears from your rear view mirror? Did my brother make that up or did I read it somewhere?I'll just say this: There are fifty-seven Dunkin Donuts locations within a 5-mile radius of my house. Or at least there were three years ago, last time I was bored enough to count them. Might be a couple more now.
Still better coffee than starsucks.That is not coffee - that is burned coffee beans cooked into a soup with flavored sugar syrup added and hidden under layers of cream, fat and who knows what else.
All these happy-domestic comics are making me feel lonely and depressed. Maybe I should get a cat.Cats love me.
Nah. Cat would hate me. :grumpypuss:
I'm so used to that that I find it odd that people still use tanked hot water for showering.
According to the Timmies website there are only 26 withing 10Km of me but then I noticed that they didn't list the gas station mini-Timmies, and THEN I realized they stop at 26.
Google Maps looks like a severe case of acne unless you zoom out to continent level.Still better coffee than starsucks.That is not coffee - that is burned coffee beans cooked into a soup with flavored sugar syrup added and hidden under layers of cream, fat and who knows what else.
As Thrudd pointed out, even without the sugar and fat, the beans are burnt to hell. Easy to mask the flavour of shit product. I tend to prefer lighter and medium roasts for the reason that it's easier to see GIGO in action if the beans are bad than it is with darker roasts. I pay far less going into local places that roast their own and use better beans.That is not coffee - that is burned coffee beans cooked into a soup with flavored sugar syrup added and hidden under layers of cream, fat and who knows what else.
Starbucks does sell regular coffee. It's not bad, but there is a thing called Bridgehead here, and it supersedes all other chains for me now.
I never expected Faye to be this weak or this stupid.I don't see how she's either, please explain.
She blurs what should be clear lines.Why should they be? Why intentionally not be friends with someone?
Dora's betrayal left Faye so desperate that she had to resort to survival-crime to stay alive.Even ignoring Faye being sober now, Faye has a much better job than she did before. She's getting paid to do something she did as a hobby, and while we don't have numbers, it's gotta pay more than a barista gig.
(various bits about betrayal)I suppose it could be debatable whether Dora firing Faye was the right thing to do. Do you know who never doubted that it was the right thing to do? Faye. Faye needed help, and she needed motivation to get better. She's making constant progress, and getting back in touch with her friend is definitely a step in the right direction for both her and Dora.
Dora has always been too weak to keep her employees at a professional distance, to keep her professional and personal lives separate. Instead, she indulges herself by letting them bleed into each other. She blurs what should be clear lines.
Dora betrayed Faye. Dora's betrayal left Faye so desperate that she had to resort to survival-crime to stay alive.Dora is deeply flawed. Jeph hasn't shied away from that. She has control issues, and is even only speaking to her brother because Hanners staged an intervention. But she can't be an enabler for Faye, as a friend, and especially as a boss. Friends hurt each other. Sometimes deeply. It's infuriating, it's painful, and it sucks. But c'est la vie.
Dora is Faye's enemy. But Faye still insists on treating her like a friend, on buying into the bullshit fantasy that is "forgiveness."
coffee stuff
It's interesting that we have another confirmed long-term couple here though...
It's interesting that we have another confirmed long-term couple here though...
Maybe Jeph is trying to set up that 2014 cast poster (https://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QC-CASTPOSTER2014&Category_Code=QC) as an actual party. Twist: it's a Welome Home party for Angus.
It's sort of disturbing that Sam seems to have worked out what is Veronica's career.Veronica told her the first time they met. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2701)
Until a canon mother for Sam is in some way introduced or identified, my head-canon is that Sam is Leslie's daughter. At least she doesn't have to worry about college, I'm sure that Leslie could get her into IU and, who knows? Maybe Dina or Becky would be the TA in her biology class!
Plus Sam spends some times with her mom, doesn't she? That'd be hard if her mom lives in Indiana.
I realize that this week has probably been just Jeph showing us where our friends are post time-skip. But I am also worried about the "then they lived happily everafter" vibe I'm reading into this. Ok, may be "mildly concerned" rather than worried. If we next see Steve pushing a baby-trolley, and then Sven & Hanners holding hands, then I would be worried that the end is near.I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's the calm before the storm. The cast dynamics are stabilizing because the focus is about to turn to an external threat.
Veronica lies!
New Rule: If a door is locked, DO NOT PICK IT.
New Rule #2: Same goes for all closets, strongboxes, chests, etc. etc.
New Rule #3: That Is Not A Toy.
New Rule #3, Addendum: Okay, fair, so it is a toy, but please set it down anyway.
Veronica lies!
New Rule: If a door is locked, DO NOT PICK IT.
New Rule #2: Same goes for all closets, strongboxes, chests, etc. etc.
New Rule #3: That Is Not A Toy.
New Rule #3, Addendum: Okay, fair, so it is a toy, but please set it down anyway.
#4: Snakes and other little friends stay in their homes and do not wander into lingerie drawers.
The comment he's talking about actually is part of the comic (at least it's part of the image).
Veronica lies!
New Rule: If a door is locked, DO NOT PICK IT.
New Rule #2: Same goes for all closets, strongboxes, chests, etc. etc.
New Rule #3: That Is Not A Toy.
New Rule #3, Addendum: Okay, fair, so it is a toy, but please set it down anyway.
#4: Snakes and other little friends stay in their homes and do not wander into lingerie drawers.
5) Froglord is not permitted in the Bathroom.
[img]ADDRESS_OF_IMAGE[/img]Thanks! Now how do I do that? Is there a help thread?
Veronica lies!
New Rule: If a door is locked, DO NOT PICK IT.
New Rule #2: Same goes for all closets, strongboxes, chests, etc. etc.
New Rule #3: That Is Not A Toy.
New Rule #3, Addendum: Okay, fair, so it is a toy, but please set it down anyway.
#4: Snakes and other little friends stay in their homes and do not wander into lingerie drawers.
5) Froglord is not permitted in the Bathroom.
#6: I don't care if it's clean mud, I still don't want it in the food.
Welp. My cat just got glared at really hard.
He's not too sure why, but he thinks it may be the vomit in my shoe I had to clean up this morning. That or knocking something off is what usually gets him glared at.
For some reason, that second picture made me think of Jim saying: "One does not simply bake a muffin in Northampton!"And then he gets shot full of arrows, beheaded, blown up, dropped from a high place etc.?
Welp. My cat just got glared at really hard.
He's not too sure why, but he thinks it may be the vomit in my shoe I had to clean up this morning. That or knocking something off is what usually gets him glared at.
You're kidding, right? Cats don't respond in that way. It won't occur to the cat that the glare is because of anything he might have done wrong. He'll just notice you're in a bad mood.
It's the same with punishments. Dogs are pack animals. Packs need tight teamwork to hunt, etc, so packs do punishment and dogs understand punishment. Swat a dog with a newspaper, and the dog immediately thinks, "I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG!" Cats are pride animals, which is a completely different headspace. Prides share space socially and often share food, but prides don't require tight teamwork in hunting and don't use punishment to train group members to that teamwork. Cats don't understand punishment. Swat a cat with a newspaper and the cat thinks socially instead of in terms of teamwork. It goes, "Geez, this guy is being an asshole."
And of course, the responses are completely different. A dog will try to alter its behavior to please you, exactly like a team member who's been called on not contributing correctly. A cat will avoid you until you're in a better mood or stop behaving like an asshole, exactly like someone sharing social space but who has no idea that their behavior (any behavior at all other than social interaction itself) is meaningful to you.
So.... don't bother glaring at cats. It doesn't help.