Brun would have Renee in tow. English syntax is full of ambiguity.
I'm looking forward to Brun having to choose between Renee and Clinton at some point. Clinton will have to look less overbearing that Renee to win that one.
Does Dora know about Faye's dad?
Does Dora know about Faye's dad?
Also, Patreon subscribers now know the name of Brun's former bar. 8-)
I agree. I mean, Renee woke Brun up and give her all this paperwork to fill out. What did she expect Brun to do with it?
I get the impression Renee would have been equally upset if Brun hadn't filled out the paperwork.
Also, Patreon subscribers now know the name of Brun's former bar. 8-)
So the rest of us will know it tomorrow?
...but part of me wonders if that's her way of getting revenge for being woken at such an ungodly hour. A "I'm doing exactly what you want me to, be careful what you wish for" kind of deal.
I can't believe i am going to say this....renee is doing the responsible thing. Its brun that doesn't seem to have anything in order. I know that her place of work and residence has burnt down, but its her last address not renee's place.
A replacement phone (or at least a number) needs about 10 minutes, really. She just would have needed to get out of the house, since you actually have to buy a pre-paid sim and a phone. She even could have asked Renee to get one for her, since she was outside working out anyway. I mean, Renee does seem a bit overbearing but does she really have to think of everything?
Yes, but she is applying for a job and if there is a background check involved human resources may think she's lying by using an address that no longer exists, however, I think it is more insight into Brun's mentality. If the application requests her present address then she would write down Renee's because it is her present address. It may not even be passive aggressive, but just the way she does things.
She'll need proof of employment to look for rentals, so the job hunt has to start first. She could do the address forwarding thing online, I believe.
Depending on the employer, some are not allowed to have their cells on them. Leads to the question, how did that fire spread so quickly?
In the UK, if you have no salary or a salary too low to qualify for the lease you want, someone you know can act as a guarantor - someone who does fit the profile and takes responsibility for the rent if you default on it.
Depending on the employer, some are not allowed to have their cells on them. Leads to the question, how did that fire spread so quickly?
Building fires can actually spread much, much quicker than people realise. If some furniture, or something else that is highly flammable, in a room is on fire, in some cases you might have less than a minute to leave before you pass out from the rising air temperature. If there's a fire in a building that cannot be put out instantly and people don't leave in a short few minutes, their lives are in immediate danger, either from heat, toxic gases, or oxygen deprivation.
A random video from a Google search that illustrates how rapidly fire can spread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaLCdC3iWw
There are similar videos to be found online, and in general the time between something large catching fire and a huge flame appearing (hot enough to be harmful from radiated heat alone) is no more than a minute or so. The whole room can be ablaze within 2-3 minutes.
And in a bar, I'd wager there are a lot of flammable objects to catch fire quickly.
1. 'Brunee' is an amazing portmanteauThanks! (I put that in the poll when I had to fix the wording in another option)
> Brun goes to CoD to find Clinton with Renee in tow - Renee freaksThis one to be specific.
Why on earth would Clinton have Renee in tow?
And in a bar, I'd wager there are a lot of flammable objects to catch fire quickly.
Also, what does "The Talk" with Dora actually mean in the poll there?
In Brun's defense, she at least seems to have some awareness of this.
Also, what does "The Talk" with Dora actually mean in the poll there?
"The Talk" in QC discussions refers to strips 500ff in which Faye told Marten about her father's suicide (and turned off any possibility of dating him).
Why choose one friend when you can have two friends and some comprimise?I'm looking forward to Brun having to choose between Renee and Clinton at some point. Clinton will have to look less overbearing that Renee to win that one.
For my money? At this point, Clinton is winning.
I know what I'd like but I'm not sure what to expect. Jeph does have a talent for the unexpected. I do like the idea of Renee having a serious freak-out at CoD being a bizarro mirror of tSB. Compare her colleagues with the CoD girls whilst Brun and Emily get into a strange conversation about Clinton.Does Dora know about Faye's dad?
I don't think that it has ever been established. However, given how long that they've known eachother, I'd expect Dora to know what happened, even if she doesn't know the details.
Yep, Clinton has already been tried and convicted in the court of Renee, and It would really take a lot if work on his part to get her to reverse her decision. And a face-to-face meeting between them could make things worse - Jeph forbid that he tries to show off his robot hand and it jumps on Renee's boob.
He'd never be able to convince her he didn't somehow do it on purpose, and his status would be upgraded to "Megacreep" in her eyes. No, Brun's gonna be forced to choose...
Why choose one friend when you can have two friends and some comprimise?
Renee already has Clint-on pegged as a creep and doesn't seem the most reasonable of people out there (may change once we get to know her better though) so compromise doesn't seem likely
Renee already has Clint-on pegged as a creep and doesn't seem the most reasonable of people out there (may change once we get to know her better though) so compromise doesn't seem likely
Renee already has Clint-on pegged as a creep and doesn't seem the most reasonable of people out there (may change once we get to know her better though) so compromise doesn't seem likely
Well, he *does* tend to come off that way even (especially) with people who have met him. He had Marten grabbing a sword, Momo zapping him, and Hanners threatening him with a hose. He's getting better (yay character development), but still has problems dealing with a lot of his social skills. Even if he and Renee meet, he may still have trouble showing her that he's a decent person.
And if he does, there's at least a 50% chance he'll make things worse.
Renee already has Clint-on pegged as a creep and doesn't seem the most reasonable of people out there (may change once we get to know her better though) so compromise doesn't seem likely
Well, he *does* tend to come off that way even (especially) with people who have met him. He had Marten grabbing a sword, Momo zapping him, and Hanners threatening him with a hose. He's getting better (yay character development), but still has problems dealing with a lot of his social skills. Even if he and Renee meet, he may still have trouble showing her that he's a decent person.
Why the F*** should Renee matter in that regard? What Brun wants in her relationships is what should matter in the end. If, and yes at this point in the story cycle it is "if", she comes to desire having Clinton in her life then _that_ is what matters not what ever Renee thinks. In the end, Brun is an adult woman who has not been legally adjudicated as being mentally insufficient. Therefore she can, by law, decide who she is in a relationship with. Period.
New strip (7/12)!
So, Brun's (ex-) boss is The Joker? Is that what we're saying here?
Especially when the bar's most valuable asset is still in his possession - the bar's liquor license. Each town in Massachusetts has a limited number of liquor licenses to hand out, and in most towns they are all already issued, so anyone wanting to open a new bar needs to acquire a license from someone in the same town who already has one. I can imagine the bidding war for the Nasty Whale's liquor license could get quite intense, and could allow the owner to retire with a nice nest egg.
...or is this a common thing elsewhere?Common enough thing in any situation where any kind of licence is restricted. Think airlines and landing slots. In many places taxi licenses are limited and would be another example. Just another kind of intangible asset.
This begs the question: why would anyone move TO Tahiti?
Does Dora know about Faye's dad?
I do like the idea of Renee having a serious freak-out at CoD being a bizarro mirror of tSB. Compare her colleagues with the CoD girls whilst Brun and Emily get into a strange conversation about Clinton.
[Since it'll take at least some weeks to reconstitute the Whale, Brun still needs to find income to cover that time, unless she's got more savings that it appears.
Is it... actually illegal to not use the insurance money for rebuilding the bar? With home and car insurance you can get compensated for damages without being compelled to actually repair those damages, but no idea for commercial insurance. Repairing to minimal safety standards and then selling the liquor licences and land as-is and taking the rest of the insurance compensation could be a pretty good an probably legal cash-out for the owner unless the bar, as a company, holds a lot of debt (which I guess is typical).
... What is left to make CoD look like anything besides another coffee shop?
I'd actually expect it to take longer than 2-3 months to get the bar rebuilt. You've got an old building gutted by fire in what is likely the downtown historic district. It will take a couple of months just to get all of the permits sorted out before you can even begin to clear the fire damage, and that's assuming the insurance company doesn't try to screw over the owner (which they all too often do.) I can cite the case of a church in Arlington that took five years and multiple lawsuits just to get the insurance company to pay out after a catastrophic fire.A pizza place just down the street from my apartment burned down in February and didn't reopen until the beginning of July. So that's 5 months even in a case where the insurance company didn't give them trouble over it, in an area that's not in a downtown historic district. So I'd guess that you're right that 2-3 months is probably too optimistic.
Penny's bf worked in a bar, maybe she can get employment there?
Penny's bf worked in a bar, maybe she can get employment there?Brun in a Victorian costume is quite a mental picture.
I would think that any whaler worth their salt would never be caught wearing a bustle, and anyone attempting to make said whaler wear a bustle would have to talk to the harpoon first.She seems comfortable enough holding a harpoon; I got no issues at all seeing her in a bustle, holding the same harpoon.Penny's bf worked in a bar, maybe she can get employment there?Brun in a Victorian costume is quite a mental picture.
Interestingly, that dating app thinks that the Bros, sport fishers and Pintsize are Brun's ideal dating matches. I wonder if the only thing she entered into the 'about me' box is 'I work in a nautical themed bar'?
Wouldn't it be Renee's account because it's her phone? The speech bubbles reverse because the perspective goes from looking down at the phone to looking at Brun and Renee.
What? He seems nice ...?
My first thought was that Brayden and Jayden were, in fact, siblings.My first thought was that Brayden and Jayden were, in fact, the same person, pre-transition and post-transition.
Interestingly, that dating app thinks that the Bros, sport fishers and Pintsize are Brun's ideal dating matches. I wonder if the only thing she entered into the 'about me' box is 'I work in a nautical themed bar'?
Jayden has the bigger fish. Don't want to think what that could mean.
All I can think of is this strip is Jeph's method of re-integrating Brun into the main cast given she lost Clinton's contact info. Also it reveals a bit about her psyche, namely that she instinctively connects with AI's better than humans.
Isn't Jayden wearing Brayden' s hat?They're wearing the same khaki shorts too. Only diff is plastic or wire frames on their shades and spaghetti tank versus V-neck tee.
Wouldn't she have to (be shown to) actually connect with an AI in order to base conclusions regarding her psyche on (the observation of) said connection?Desire to do a thing often tells us just as much if not more about a person than actual capability to do that thing. Brün feels no attraction to the extrant examples of carbon based life forms, but is attracted to a profane bucket of bolts. Though, to be fair, she doesn't (yet) realized how profane he is, though his choice of moniker should be a clue.
Wouldn't she have to (be shown to) actually connect with an AI in order to base conclusions regarding her psyche on (the observation of) said connection?Desire to do a thing often tells us just as much if not more about a person than actual capability to do that thing. Brün feels no attraction to the extrant examples of carbon based life forms, but is attracted to a profane bucket of bolts. Though, to be fair, she doesn't (yet) realized how profane he is, though his choice of moniker should be a clue.
Beucephalus is indeed a famous horse, but it literally means 'ox-head'.
So that's at least two body parts Pintsize might have been referring to.
Is it weirder to date someone with the same name or name variant as you, or to serially date different people with the same name?
Or even the same name - I know a couple where both are named Bradley (though the guy goes by Brad.) I also used to know a Martin and Martha who went by Marty and Marti (they have since split.) Then there are my friends Christine and Kristin. :roll:
My first thought was that Brayden and Jayden were, in fact, siblings.
Jeph does have a talent for the unexpected.
Also, Tinder exists as is in the QC universe, in place of some trademark friendly joke stand-in, such as "Striker & Flint".kindling - touchwood - spunk - fuel - amadou - fire - ignition - wood - hearth - igniter - punk - lighter
God, the bedroom activities would get a bit weird there.But then again remembering names gets a whole lot easier and inadvertently saying an exes name gets to be less hazardous.
Or even the same name - I know a couple where both are named Bradley (though the guy goes by Brad.) I also used to know a Martin and Martha who went by Marty and Marti (they have since split.) Then there are my friends Christine and Kristin. :roll:Yeah, I know a Danny/Dani who are not only engaged, but work at the same place. Although the "same name" thing didn't work out so well for Evelyn Waugh.
I'm a lesbian, I suppose the risk is a bit higher for me than for straight people, but I'm pretty sure having the same name would exclude someone from the dating pool for me. I'm not quite that much of a narcissist.
I'm a lesbian, I suppose the risk is a bit higher for me than for straight people, but I'm pretty sure having the same name would exclude someone from the dating pool for me. I'm not quite that much of a narcissist.
Both the male and female version of my given name are amongst the 10 most popular in my birth-cohort. In any group larger than 20 people, I'm more surprised when I'm the only one answering to [Case's real name].
Can't really afford to put that one on my list of dealbreakers ... :psyduck:
New strip (7/12)!
So, Brun's (ex-) boss is The Joker? Is that what we're saying here?
Many of those may already be registered trademarks. I tried things like "Striker", "Flint" and even "Fireiron" were registered. Maybe by trademark vultures systematically registering every word in the dictionary, so one could buy them in reasonble (if inflated) price for real use, but still.Also, Tinder exists as is in the QC universe, in place of some trademark friendly joke stand-in, such as "Striker & Flint".kindling - touchwood - spunk - fuel - amadou - fire - ignition - wood - hearth - igniter - punk - lighter
and more than likely a few more I missed.
Igniter actually sounds reasonable as a branding name.
...though his choice of moniker should be a clue.I just thought out, what sort of associations does "Brun" brink to a native English speaker? Fart/digestive noices?
Is it weirder to date someone with the same name or name variant as you, or to serially date different people with the same name?
I just thought out, what sort of associations does "Brun" brink to a native English speaker? Fart/digestive noises?!? Not to this one. Not sure it really brings any associations to me at all actually.
Is it weirder to date someone with the same name or name variant as you, or to serially date different people with the same name?Or is it weirder to choose *not* to go out with someone because of their name? Might be thought desperately shallow.
I just thought out, what sort of associations does "Brun" brink to a native English speaker? Fart/digestive noices?
!? Not to this one. Not sure it really brings any associations to me at all actually.
None at all for me.
I just thought out, what sort of associations does "Brun" brink to a native English speaker? Fart/digestive noices?
Righty'o. How would you pronounce it? IPA alphabet even maybe please?
The other association I get is "bran" as in all-bran. "Pieces of grain husk separated from flour after milling." So it's saying she's but an empty shell or something?
I just thought out, what sort of associations does "Brun" brink to a native English speaker? Fart/digestive noices?
None at all for me.
Or even the same name - I know a couple where both are named Bradley (though the guy goes by Brad.) I also used to know a Martin and Martha who went by Marty and Marti (they have since split.) Then there are my friends Christine and Kristin. :roll:
The bro's names should have been Brad, Robert, and Oscar. Then their Bro chant would be about themselves!
One of them is Chad.
Clairemom had sex with a Bro.
:-o
And is Pintsize trying to claim that he's "hung like a horse" in that ad?
...Wouldn't she have to (be shown to) actually connect with an AI in order to base conclusions regarding her psyche on (the observation of) said connection?Desire to do a thing often tells us just as much if not more about a person than actual capability to do that thing. Brün feels no attraction to the extrant examples of carbon based life forms, but is attracted to a profane bucket of bolts. Though, to be fair, she doesn't (yet) realized how profane he is, though his choice of moniker should be a clue.
Also, I don't really see much indication about Brun's intentions to "do a(ny) thing" - it's Renee's phone, and likely her Tinder account. I'd think it more likely that she doesn't intend to meet with any of them, and is merely curious about Pintsize being ... a curiosity?
I just thought out, what sort of associations does "Brun" brink to a native English speaker? Fart/digestive noices?Well, I'm not a native English speaker, but I worked for a while with a Geordie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie) who pronounced brown as "broon", at least to my ear, especially when rhapsodising about "broon eel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Brown_Ale)".
I really hope someone in your family is named Interceptor. :claireface:Or Adam.
Nah, Clinton tries to repeat it as 'broon', so ipa /brun/ or /bryn/, depending if there's an implicit umlaut. Brunhilde would start with one of those syllables too.
What with attachments in QC and genetic material in Alice Grove, Jeph's mind has certainly been to some interesting places recently. :mrgreen:
Wait...if yellerbird had an account, would she swipe right?Alas, poor Yelling Bird. I knew him well, Brun.
Some of the english spelling peculiarities is because english pronunciation went through a major shift after spelling started to firm up.
This begs the question: why would anyone move TO Tahiti?
Okay so we can now confirm that this is Renee's tinder account. And with naivete like that I'm starting to see why she's so protective of Brun.She's helping Renee come out of her shell and get back on the dating scene.
When did Momo change her hair to single pony from twin tails?
And, I mean, May's been rather openly obsessed with breasts (her own, as well as those of others ("LOOK AT THE CANS ON THAT ONE!")).
What makes you think it is his first time? He has been told several times not to browse Tinder during meetings. That most likely means that he has been at several meetings.
What makes you think it is his first time?
He'll probably stop after he gets duct taped to the wall...
Nope. He's fully aware of why people do those things to him. At least a fair bit of those times he does it deliberately to provoke that reaction. He likes giving people a hard time. And I suspect he acts something like a jester. Becoming the butt of the joke and physical abuse to bring catharsis to the people around him, or spurring them into action when they're just spinning their wheels in a rut.
Nope. He's fully aware of why people do those things to him. At least a fair bit of those times he does it deliberately to provoke that reaction. He likes giving people a hard time. And I suspect he acts something like a jester. Becoming the butt of the joke and physical abuse to bring catharsis to the people around him, or spurring them into action when they're just spinning their wheels in a rut.
And so, I realize that I need a Pintsize. Sigh.