Google turns up a couple of results for "t-cog". One is "The Church of God", which probably isn't relevant. The other is a "Transformation Cog (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformation_cog)" from Transformers, which apparently is what allows a Transformer to transform.I hadn't any idea of it being used to refer to 'The Church of God', and I keep forgetting what failures Hasbro's European branches are at marketing.
TJOmega had actually asked for games that Transformers might do a crossover back in January, and I jokingly suggested Dark Souls. I was not at all expecting King Arthur. Though, apparently there was a G1 episode also involving King Arthur, and Dark of the Moon supposedly mashes up two diffferent G1 story arcs.I'm actually surprised there isn't more crossover between Transformers and CQ fans.
Well, ignoring the movies. They suck....
The new one somehow involves King Arthur, apparently. I kind of want to see Stanley Tucci as Merlin, but not enough to sit through the rest of a Michael Bay Transformers movie.
Calling it now, Clinton and Elliott will hook up.
Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
That's because he was clocked upside the head by Renee and he's now passed out on the floor.Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
C'mon, you missed out Clinton's part in all that!
Calling it now, Clinton and Elliott will hook up.As implausible as it sounds, it's the only logical conclusion by process of elimination.
Renee really just grates against a fundamental part of me and I think it's reaching a point I've gotta express that frustration.
straight up demeaning in today's strip with little reason to turn on Elliot like that. In fact, for a friend who's self-conscious, she seems to really like to hit them while they're down. Every bit of dialogue of hers denotes some level of venom or toxicity whilst driving to stir up drama or be overall ugly on the inside
"Practically a PhD in belittling people" is how I remember Angus describing her.
Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
C'mon, you missed out Clinton's part in all that!
In some ways, I do understand Renee here. Like her, I'm not wonderful with social matters or even emotional empathy. She wanted a relaxing social drink. She didn't want to have to deal with Elliot's angst (which triggers off too easily really) and maybe hold his hand as he deals with it. Additionally, although her words are insulting, there is a message there: She's telling Elliot not to talk himself down when he has a rival for what he wants.
Finally, I seem to remember that Brun tends to get aggressive when drunk. I'm thinking that she may end up starting a fight with someone and getting ejected. Something tells me that it may be Renee if her room-mate insists on being nasty about Clinton. Heck she may even be trying to defend Elliot, as bizarre as that sounds!
Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
C'mon, you missed out Clinton's part in all that!
OMG !!!
I MEANT CLINTON !!! NOT Elliott!!!
Is this the bar at which Eliot is a bouncer?
Is it normal for bouncers to wear a shirt with a different business' logo?
Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
C'mon, you missed out Clinton's part in all that!
OMG !!!
I MEANT CLINTON !!! NOT Elliott!!!
So, what is the best way to tell a drunk girl that you would gladly kiss her once she's sober?
Oh... wait wait wait wait. Isn't this bar the Horrible Revelation? If so, I predict that fancy costumes will occur, due to the overwhelming awkwardness.
I'm starting to agree on Renee; in the beginning she just seemed like your typical, snarky QC lass, particularly in contrast to Brun's bluntness, but then she started to turn abrasive, and now she just seems outright mean-spirited.
boiled lollies...why would you boil a lollipop?
Are confections not candy? Or is he saying it's bullshit because he thinks marshmallows are not candy? That being said, how could they not be candy?
Again, lolly is usually an Australian/New Zealand term and in this instance, a boiled lolly is a boiled sweet which is hard candy.boiled lollies...why would you boil a lollipop?
Because that's how candy is made, essentially. You boil sugar and water until it reaches soft crack (like a caramel, sugar is pliable), or hard crack (like a lollipop, sugar is hard and do NOT make fun sugar spikes with it because they will cut you and it will bleed and hurt)
anti-jeph cast away the Clinton and the Elliot and show me the forbidden B r u n n e l o r eThey work together to clean an apartment. No sex, romance, or other hookup-like activity is involved. It either turns into the most or least popular slipshine comic ever.
Comic!
With Clinton and Brun hitting it off, I have a feeling Renee might suddenly decide to follow up on her attraction for Elliot.
I hope so, too. That way nobody is left alone.
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...C'mon, you missed out Clinton's part in all that!
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
OMG !!!
I MEANT CLINTON !!! NOT Elliott!!!
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
They're practically pure sugar, how can they not be candy?
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
They're practically pure sugar, how can they not be candy?
It's all in the terminology. To me, 'candy' is based around hard, crystallised sugar.
It's all in the terminology. To me, 'candy' is based around hard, crystallised sugar.
So "candy bars" are not candy to you? Odd.
... Brun's thought processes are hard enough to deal with as they are; add onto them the lubricant and reality-relaxant of alcohol and they become nearly psychedelic! ...
Marshmallows are breakfast food.
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
They're practically pure sugar, how can they not be candy?
Edit: What would you classify them as, then?
Drunk Brun straight up asks Elliot to kiss her...
Elliott... knowing she is drunk - won't.
Hilarity ensues as Brun falls into a depression as no-one actually likes her...
C'mon, you missed out Clinton's part in all that!
OMG !!!
I MEANT CLINTON !!! NOT Elliott!!!
So, what is the best way to tell a drunk girl that you would gladly kiss her once she's sober?
Okay, I'll take up that gauntlet Joe.
Panel 1 - Full-width
Sleeping MARTEN and CLAIRE (with MARTEN as the big spoon); both are smiling
Panel 2 - Full-width
Sleeping FAYE with BUBBLES (n recharge mode) sitting beside her bed. BUBBLES' hand is reaching up to hold FAYE's hand.
Panel 3 - Full-width
CLINTON and BRUN in bed, facing, wide-eyed, with the sheets pulled up to their armpits and very obviously naked and somewhat tangled together; the absence of drunk bubbles indicating the degree to which realisation sobered them
((First pair of speech bubbles at top of panel))
CLINTON: "So."
BRUN: "So."
((Second set of speech bubbles at bottom of panel))
CLINTON: "Was this a mistake?"
BRUN: "... I don't know."
I get why people don't like Renee, but consider her dialogue in this particular strip (#3511): If I pasted an image of Faye over Renee in panels 3 and 4, would her lines seem at all out of place?
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
They're practically pure sugar, how can they not be candy?
Edit: What would you classify them as, then?
Renee is still using her personality as acontraceptiveanaphrodisiac.
Because that's how candy is made, essentially. You boil sugar and water until it reaches soft crack (like a caramel, sugar is pliable), or hard crack (like a lollipop, sugar is hard and do NOT make fun sugar spikes with it because they will cut you and it will bleed and hurt)
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
A more important question for the 'Brun and Clinton wake up naked in bed together and don't remember how they got there'.
So.... who's bed is this?
Brun sleeps on Renee's couch. Clinton lives in a dorm. Generally not known for large beds and privacy.
Elliot is on duty. He will remain stone cold sober the entire evening. I can picture him putting a drunk girl to bed, but not getting into bed with one.
I dunno why I'm feeling all predict at the moment, but...
Panel one: Cut to next day.
Bedroom, dishevelled bed, random pieces of clothing scattered hither and yon.
Panel two: Elliott and Brun's heads appear above the covers - clearly naked (waist up at least)
Elliot (with his blush on!): Oh my god... Oh... I'm so sorry... Did ... did we...?
Brun (with her hard-thinking stare): I do not recall the events of last night. But I would assume we have confirmed we do find each other attractive?
Panel three: The both look at each other askance, shy, a little embarrassed.
Panel four: They throw themselves at each other!
(Awh come on.... )
Elliot is on duty. He will remain stone cold sober the entire evening. I can picture him putting a drunk girl to bed, but not getting into bed with one.
I dunno why I'm feeling all predict at the moment, but...
Panel one: Cut to next day.
Bedroom, dishevelled bed, random pieces of clothing scattered hither and yon.
Panel two: Elliott and Brun's heads appear above the covers - clearly naked (waist up at least)
Elliot (with his blush on!): Oh my god... Oh... I'm so sorry... Did ... did we...?
Brun (with her hard-thinking stare): I do not recall the events of last night. But I would assume we have confirmed we do find each other attractive?
Panel three: The both look at each other askance, shy, a little embarrassed.
Panel four: They throw themselves at each other!
(Awh come on.... )
OMG I'VE DONE IT AGAIN !!!!!
I meant CLINTON !!!!
I would prefer to see them wake up fully clothed with hangovers and no memory of what they did the night before...but the available evidence would indicate it was something bizarre involving clocks, robotics, and marshmallows.A more important question for the 'Brun and Clinton wake up naked in bed together and don't remember how they got there'.Elliot's, obviously.
So.... who's bed is this?
Brun sleeps on Renee's couch. Clinton lives in a dorm. Generally not known for large beds and privacy.
Because that's how candy is made, essentially. You boil sugar and water until it reaches soft crack (like a caramel, sugar is pliable), or hard crack (like a lollipop, sugar is hard and do NOT make fun sugar spikes with it because they will cut you and it will bleed and hurt)
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
http://www.tangerineuk.net/our-brands/princess/
(They also come chocolate coated... If that doesn't meet the US definition of *candy* then I dunno what does!)
In a nutshell.... marshmallows are sweeties!!!
:)
You guys on the northern hemisphere seem to spend a lot of time arguing semantics for candy.
They're usually called 'chocolate bars', even if the main constituent is biscuit or caramel.Biscuit? Oh! You mean a cookie! :evil:
Well then....that just answers so many questions.
And raises more.
Also, I wonder if Elliot should use his superhuman strength for good or for evil?
New comic is up.
Well, it looks like we know who Faye and Bubbles' next customer is.
Weird, 'confection' seems to be an overarching term with candy as a subset of confection along with preserves. Maybe marshmellows fall under a similar subset to preserves and aren't considered candy after all.It's all in the terminology. To me, 'candy' is based around hard, crystallised sugar.
So "candy bars" are not candy to you? Odd.
We don't even use the term 'candy bars' here in the UK. They're usually called 'chocolate bars', even if the main constituent is biscuit or caramel
(https://immawondering.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/luckycharms1.jpg)Marshmallows are breakfast food.
People eat marshmallows for breakfast? That's a scary thought...
Shouty drunk. The best kind.:parrot:
@ Zebediah,
That has the feel of something no-one would think of until it was too late to do anything about it. Alternately, Robo-hand could be out-of-warranty, leaving Clinton with no choice but to go to a local chop-shop or go without his dominant hand.
Ironically I wrote this while shouty drunk. I stand by what I said though. :meh:Shouty drunk. The best kind.:parrot:
Shouty drunk. The worst kind.I posit that mean fighty drunks are far worse.
(*) Imagine here a small, prickly rant about peoples' tendency to 'measure' force in units of mass ...
(Real fun starts when your supervisor is one of those guys who start every paper with "Throughout, we set e=c=hbar=1" and then changes back to MKS halfway through ...)
Everyone except that duck over there.
Everyone except that duck over there.
Ducks are more practical beings, so I have an engineering degree.
Is everyone here a physicist? :-P
Okay, I predict that, probably some time next week from our perspective, Clinton will go to Union Robotics for a cheap repair; that's how Brun will get talking to Faye and Bubbles about the receptionist job. Meanwhile, I suspect that it will take much effort on Bubbles' part to dissuade Faye from 'upgrading' Robo-hand with such delights as a rotary multi-tool socket in the index finger and a mini-laser in the forefinger.The fore finger is the same as the index finger (unless each refers to handedness). Would it be more appropriate to put the laser in the middle finger or the thumb?
Everyone except that duck over there.
Ducks are more practical beings, so I have an engineering degree.
Oh, you're not a medical doctor? :claireface:
(Computer science degree here)
The fore finger is the same as the index finger (unless each refers to handedness). Would it be more appropriate to put the laser in the middle finger or the thumb?
Fun fact: One current way to measure records in human hand grip strength (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grip_strength) is closing a Captains of Crush Grippers No.4 torsion-spring grippers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captains_of_Crush_Grippers) - equivalent to 365 lb of 'force' (*). [...]
(*) Imagine here a small, prickly rant about peoples' tendency to 'measure' force in units of mass ...
Noooo BSc (comp) would be more precise. :PI don't think anyone *is* a computer engineer. The fact no one has a clue what a computer engineer does was a running joke in my class.
My current job title is software engineer, though.
I am definitely not a *computer* engineer.
Noooo BSc (comp) would be more precise. :PI don't think anyone *is* a computer engineer. The fact no one has a clue what a computer engineer does was a running joke in my class.
My current job title is software engineer, though.
I am definitely not a *computer* engineer.
I'm a game developer, though. The degree is just there.
What's the "pretext" you can order for $7.50?
But parsecs are a measurement of distance.
Also, gutter slope optimisation problems have taught me to say "60 degrees" and not even bother to justify my answer. 8-)
No, no, the $7.50 just gets you the idea. No guarantee of actual meaning being found is provided.
60 degrees... FAHRENHEIT. *dodges thrown tomatoes*Also, gutter slope optimisation problems have taught me to say "60 degrees" and not even bother to justify my answer. 8-)
See, a physics postgrad must be capable of answering "60 degrees, for reasons of symmetry" with the hauteur of a member of the court of Louis XIV - especially when picked out of an optimized gutter ...
(M.Sc., PhD in physics, solid state theory specialization (which explains the e=c=hbar=1, because how else would you freak out the particle physicists poaching in your field?))
Is everyone here a physicist? :-P
Aw, Clinton's buzz totally evaporated in panels 3 and 4. Get that man another beer!Based on past experience, that would be a very bad idea:
I DO imagine they'll head to Faye and Bubbles for help. I don't think Clinton is loaded and the girls probably would be cheap.... :-P
But parsecs are a measurement of distance.
Unless you're Han Solo...
And you're NOT Han Solo..... *I'M Han Solo!!!
I fail to understand how someone as obviously gentle and kind as Elliot could be a bouncer. We're talking about a job that occasionally requires you to, at the very least, be mean to people, and every now and then you may actually have to use force against them. Did Elliot break down in tears the first time he had to toss a belligerent drunk out of an employer's establishment?
I fail to understand how someone as obviously gentle and kind as Elliot could be a bouncer. We're talking about a job that occasionally requires you to, at the very least, be mean to people, and every now and then you may actually have to use force against them. Did Elliot break down in tears the first time he had to toss a belligerent drunk out of an employer's establishment?
If he does need to remove someone from the Horrible Revelation, well even the fightiest drunk isn't going to try and take on someone like Elliot.
If he does need to remove someone from the Horrible Revelation, well even the fightiest drunk isn't going to try and take on someone like Elliot.
From what I've seen, that isn't always true, sadly. Alcohol is called "liquid courage" for good reason, and enough of it can make someone stupidly courageous. Enough to think they can take someone like Elliot. At which point Elliot would no doubt have to forcefully prove them wrong.
I fail to understand how someone as obviously gentle and kind as Elliot could be a bouncer. We're talking about a job that occasionally requires you to, at the very least, be mean to people, and every now and then you may actually have to use force against them. Did Elliot break down in tears the first time he had to toss a belligerent drunk out of an employer's establishment?
I think I'd feel like 500% safer somewhere with a bouncer like Elliot. He's likely not the typical bouncer, but I'd say he's the PERFECT bouncer. I'd count for such a person to not go overboard, regardless of the situation.
And maybe when he's working, he's more firm, because he can distance himself emotionally for the sake of being professional, or something.
Is everyone here a physicist? :-PNope - just a graduate here - don't ask me to do any of the math :-P
One could just as easily argue that Brun needs growth first, tooI'm sure Brun would have some growing pains to go trough if she was in a relationship, but nothing that couldn't be solved
One could just as easily argue that Brun needs growth first, too
If he does need to remove someone from the Horrible Revelation, well even the fightiest drunk isn't going to try and take on someone like Elliot.
From what I've seen, that isn't always true, sadly. Alcohol is called "liquid courage" for good reason, and enough of it can make someone stupidly courageous. Enough to think they can take someone like Elliot. At which point Elliot would no doubt have to forcefully prove them wrong.
Do we know if Clinton has ever dated anyone? Even briefly?
I don't think we ever got any mention of his past love life.
He went on a date with Emily, as the link in OldGoat's post just above reminded me.I mean, before he entered the comic.
Is everyone here a physicist? :-P
Christ, no. My degree is a wet liberal arts subject and I'm a teacher in my day job.
Wait, is anyone here a physicist?
Hang on, let's found out.
Ahem...
Pi is exactly 3!
And now we wait.
And me? I'm a smartass. Also a social media and PR manager.
Being a physicist isn't that interesting.
I wish I was a physicist. Or anything interesting, really.
Wait, is anyone here a physicist?
BS in general biology (my adviser sucked)Someone at the Nashville Jail, perhaps. Im just a psychology major.With as many psych classes as I took, I might as well have minored in psych.
Wait, is anyone here a physicist?I used to date an astrophysicist, but that's just vicarious physics.
Compared to working in a call center?That depends on which region you're calling. Lots of colorful language and ignorance of the exemptions to the NDNCL combined with "I no speak English" with a fake accent when calling California. It's easier to complete surveys when calling New York City!
Is everyone here a physicist? :-P
Christ, no. My degree is a wet liberal arts subject and I'm a teacher in my day job.
Compared to working in a call center?That depends on which region you're calling. Lots of colorful language combined with "I no speak English" with a fake accent when calling California. It's easier to complete surveys when calling New York City!
I used to date an astrophysicist, but that's just vicarious physics.
You haven't been at work if you haven't stopped at least one fight from breaking out or forcibly ejected at least one increasingly antagonistic drunk!Hopefully if you're good enough and have a reasonable clientele you can head it off before it gets to that stage. However it may be that the choice is between unreasonable clientele and no clientele.
I'm pretty sure that it would be defined as 'work uniform'. Typically, the employer will provide it but you may have to cover wear and tear.
IIRC, the Horrible Revelation has a large wardrobe for customers so they can dress up if they want to. Marten and Steve look quite dapper in period costume!
With today's strip I'm reminding that even 'nice' bars have their share of idiots. Especially in a college town. I do question the assumption that it is a nice bar though, since they have a bouncer who's job is to look intimidating and deal with people who just looking intimidating isn't enough. Other bars don't have bouncers on staff. They just trust the bartenders and police to deal with any problems.I agree. The only pubs or clubs I've been to that went to the expense of having bouncers, had them for a reason. And Elliot's reaction seems to confirm that the bar where he works has a reason for employing him. For Clinton it was a drama, but for Elliot "it was Tuesday".
With today's strip I'm reminding that even 'nice' bars have their share of idiots. Especially in a college town. I do question the assumption that it is a nice bar though, since they have a bouncer who's job is to look intimidating and deal with people who just looking intimidating isn't enough. Other bars don't have bouncers on staff. They just trust the bartenders and police to deal with any problems.I agree. The only pubs or clubs I've been to that went to the expense of having bouncers, had them for a reason. And Elliot's reaction seems to confirm that the bar where he works has a reason for employing him. For Clinton it was a drama, but for Elliot "it was Tuesday".
Ok, so we have a physicist, at the very least.
Come to think of it, there were women tending bar in the 1890's, weren't there? I'm sure they wore something more practical than the women's garb I stereotypically associate with the period. Still, traditional women's clothes have to fit, moreso than men's.http://www.shafe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/manet_a_bar_at_the_folies-bergere_1881.jpg
ℏ/2Ok, so we have a physicist, at the very least.
But do you know how fast they are?
How many physicists do you need to get a de Broglie wave going?
Come to think of it, there were women tending bar in the 1890's, weren't there? I'm sure they wore something more practical than the women's garb I stereotypically associate with the period. Still, traditional women's clothes have to fit, moreso than men's.http://www.shafe.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/manet_a_bar_at_the_folies-bergere_1881.jpg
I see that garment as less "fitting" and more "constricting."
Or where they are exactly?Ok, so we have a physicist, at the very least.But do you know how fast they are?
and Clinton as Chun-Li.The Street Fighter movie Chun-Li??? :-o
So apparently Clinton isn't familiar with the concept of why bars need to hire bouncers in the first place...
Is everyone here a physicist? :-P
Christ, no. My degree is a wet liberal arts subject and I'm a teacher in my day job.
I'm a biology major, but I teach high school physics, is that close enough?
(I learned more physics my first year teaching it than I did in my high school and college classes...)
Meanwhile, something tells me that Brun desperately wants to work in a rough bar. Remember how positively she reacted to the news that the Horrible Revelation got to the regional finals of the Bar Fight competition?
Meanwhile, something tells me that Brun desperately wants to work in a rough bar. Remember how positively she reacted to the news that the Horrible Revelation got to the regional finals of the Bar Fight competition?
You might consider that Renee is pretty much Faye before she hit bottom and bounced.... :-P