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Title: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 16 Jan 2021, 23:39
Well, that's quite a dilemma that Renee, Brun and Dan found themselves in on Friday, wasn't it? I mean, no-one wants to get in the middle of an awkward situation like that. On the other hand, they're hungry and something plastic-wrapped from the Convenience Store somehow seems less likely to hit the spot! So, what would you do?

I'd probably just walk in an place my order. This is because I can be pretty oblivious sometimes. However, it's also because I've got a tendency to try to ignore problems like this until they go away on their own. In any case, the likelihood is that any 'advice' I'd have for Clinton and Elliot would be wrong! :-P

What do you think? If you vote 'other' remember to tell us what it is in a comment!
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 16 Jan 2021, 23:49
It would depend on whether I knew them. If I didn't, I hate being a fly on the wall in awkward situations, and I honestly wouldn't really want to bust into a stranger's conversation and offer unwarranted advice, so I'd probably just wait outside until someone left. If I did know them, I'd be more likely to wait inside patiently and offer advice throughout the conversation if it seemed like it was needed.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 17 Jan 2021, 00:34
If I don't know them: walk in and place my order. Don't get between me and my carbs!

If I do know them (reasonably) well: walk inside and place my order, while engaging in some off-hand chitchat. I'd only offer advice if I was asked to.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gyrre on 17 Jan 2021, 04:25
Regardless of whether I know them: place order, then "um.......did someone die or something?"
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Dandi Andi on 17 Jan 2021, 05:34
Walk in and politely greet my friends and order my pastries. If the awkwardness of the situation is obvious or they bring it up, acknowledge it and sympathize but don't offer advice unless they ask for it and I feel confident in giving it. Because I recognize my friends as adults who are capable of handling their own problems and don't need me to solve them and they are not so fragile that they need me to pretend their problems don't exist so they can avoid dealing with them.

But that doesn't fit in a poll answer.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Penquin47 on 17 Jan 2021, 18:17
Leave and go to Coffee of Doom because I know they have the same baked goods because of the deal between Jim and Dora.  Just this once, it's not a betrayal.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 17 Jan 2021, 18:23
Comic's up.

It's probably for the best Brun. Since Elliot is upset with Clinton about Clinton talking to you about him (and men in general), there is not much you could say here that would fix things.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Oenone on 17 Jan 2021, 18:51
I’d honestly place my order by phone then send Dan in to get them. That way I could pretend I was completely unaware of the awkward situation.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: shanejayell on 17 Jan 2021, 19:48
Poor Brun.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Case on 17 Jan 2021, 21:03
I note that Brun, upon realizing she didn't have anything smart and/or helpful to say, chose to shut her yapper.

Which raises imminent questions about her membership in the species homo sapiens...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 17 Jan 2021, 23:06
Have we ever seen Brun blush before? It seems so unusual for her.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 17 Jan 2021, 23:13
Today's strip is a reminder that comedy can be entirely silent, done purely with gesture, posture and expression. I can't help but wonder what Elliot and Clinton think just happened. I also wonder what Brun was going to say before she realised that it sounded stupid and/or counter-productive!

Dan, meanwhile, is keeping his focus. I don't know if that's a good sign or a bad sign, at least when it's about croissants instead of, say, the quality of the pipeline he's overseeing.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: MrNumbers on 17 Jan 2021, 23:17
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/332/169/3a7.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 18 Jan 2021, 01:12
Have we ever seen Brun blush before? It seems so unusual for her.


Hmmm, not sure. It's not easy to rattle Brun.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gyrre on 18 Jan 2021, 02:38
Nobody's said it yet, so I will. Brun looks badass in the first panel.


I note that Brun, upon realizing she didn't have anything smart and/or helpful to say, chose to shut her yapper.

Which raises imminent questions about her membership in the species homo sapiens...

It's called self-awareness.

When I manage it, I admittedly say something akin to 'nevermind I thought I had something' before I stop talking and walk away.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 18 Jan 2021, 09:24
Having crossed a threshold, Brün is now aware of the power that is hers to wield. Will she use it for good or ill?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Oenone on 18 Jan 2021, 11:51
Lmao I really hope there’s not a line or people trying to have brunch in there at the lil tables. A popular bakery in college town is rarely not busy.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Case on 18 Jan 2021, 15:30
Nobody's said it yet, so I will. Brun looks badass in the first panel.


I note that Brun, upon realizing she didn't have anything smart and/or helpful to say, chose to shut her yapper.

Which raises imminent questions about her membership in the species homo sapiens...

It's called self-awareness.

When I manage it, I admittedly say something akin to 'nevermind I thought I had something' before I stop talking and walk away.

(https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Invasion-Of-The-Body-Snatchers-Horse-Cropped.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=960&h=500)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: DaiJB on 18 Jan 2021, 17:46
"Other":-
I would be myself - that is, walk obliviously up to the counter and make an order (thereby breaking the mood), then finally notice that something was wrong:  "Oh - sorry, was I interrupting something?"  :facepalm:

Yeah, I do that  :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 18 Jan 2021, 18:18
New comic.

The air has been cleared, apologies have been issued and accepted. Time to move forward! Good job Brun, that tension breaker was just what they needed :)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: shanejayell on 18 Jan 2021, 18:29
Well, it worked!

*lol*
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: MrNumbers on 18 Jan 2021, 20:11
(https://cdn130.picsart.com/245444236016212.png?type=webp&to=min&r=640)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Case on 18 Jan 2021, 20:15
Second-to-last panel is pure daaaaaw
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: sitnspin on 18 Jan 2021, 21:01
Shouldn't the font of yoga be Sanskrit?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gyrre on 18 Jan 2021, 21:13
Shouldn't the font of yoga be Sanskrit?

Which form?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: St.Clair on 18 Jan 2021, 22:17
Honestly, sometimes "nothing" is exactly the right thing to say.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 18 Jan 2021, 22:50
Shouldn't the font of yoga be Sanskrit?

Legend has it that the Vedic texts were actually written in Comic Sans.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 18 Jan 2021, 23:41
There is always a certain healthy aspect to realise that all those tropes you see on TV shows and the movies actually don't happen in real life. That includes that trope of the 'wise passer-by' who has some pithy advice that solves all your problems neatly in one shot.

Meanwhile, Brun is going to have to take a while to process this, I suspect. No, she didn't say anything but human interactions are rarely that simple, linear or even logical. Sometimes all you need to do is to be there to make people realise that they've been ridiculous!

Dan, you're not fooling me. You're reading a bit from an adventure summary for Advanced D&D. Which was printed in Papyrus font.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 19 Jan 2021, 02:25
Poor Brun; she has psychically absorbed the stress of the situation – they are free but now she is stressed out. Her best move is to recognise it as foreign and reject it, possibly with the aid of ice cream.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Oenone on 19 Jan 2021, 04:34
At this point they should just go some place else for breakfast.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: St.Clair on 19 Jan 2021, 11:10
At this point they should just go some place else for breakfast.

Yes, but sunk cost fallacy.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Tova on 19 Jan 2021, 12:47
They would only be committing a sunk cost fallacy if they decided not to go somewhere else due to time already invested where they are.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: hedgie on 19 Jan 2021, 14:24
Poor Brun; she has psychically absorbed the stress of the situation – they are free but now she is stressed out. Her best move is to recognise it as foreign and reject it, possibly with the aid of ice cream.

She does like beer, and if there’s anything the past four years have taught me, is that there’s nothing wrong with day-drinking.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: shanejayell on 19 Jan 2021, 18:00
She does like beer, and if there’s anything the past four years have taught me, is that there’s nothing wrong with day-drinking.

Faye: "In my personal experience, BAD IDEA."
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 19 Jan 2021, 18:44
New comic.

Yep, you only think of the perfect thing to say after the fact. It's one of those things.

I wonder if Renee got banned from any other bakeries because she punched the owners (like Padma did to Faye (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1857))?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 19 Jan 2021, 18:58
Calling it now, they're going to get baked goods from CoD.

Second guess: they're going to go to a different bakery, where we will once again meet Burrito Girl and friends.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: shanejayell on 19 Jan 2021, 19:14
Yeah, you always think of what to say LATER...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gyrre on 19 Jan 2021, 20:43
Poor Brun; she has psychically absorbed the stress of the situation – they are free but now she is stressed out. Her best move is to recognise it as foreign and reject it, possibly with the aid of ice cream.

She does like beer, and if there’s anything the past four years have taught me, is that there’s nothing wrong with day-drinking.

'Context context context'

A little bit and stopping at a mild buzz is fine. Stumble down blackout drunk isn't.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Akima on 19 Jan 2021, 21:04
I'm left wondering how to pronounce Papyrus font...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 19 Jan 2021, 23:20
I really love this strip because of what it says about the interactions between the three characters and what it says about their relationships.

Brun really does want to help her friends but we're reminded again the degree to which Renee is her social appropriateness adviser and how quick and gentle she is with these reminders. We see a little of it in panel three two with how Renee takes Brun's hand. She's not restraining her but reassuring her and reminding her what way to go to get what she wants. You are left wondering just how bad things sometimes got with Brun when she was left to guess.

Panel two has these lovely little touches about Renee and Dan's burgeoning relationship. There is a bit of light glare between them that suggests that Renee is flirting with Dan by mimicking his 'Yoga Instructor' voice. Not only is Dan a geek but Renee likes his geek and she likes them being geeky together! I'm left wondering if Brun has a growing file on 'how to relationship' based on their interactions. FWIW, I'm not sure how widely applicable those lessons are beyond the unique dynamics that Renee and Dan seem to have!

I'm left wondering how to pronounce Papyrus font...

Sing-song, quiet and breathy, or so years of British TV sitcoms have taught me.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BrassFossils on 20 Jan 2021, 05:51
I really love this strip because of what it says about the interactions between the three characters and what it says about their relationships.

Brun really does want to help her friends but we're reminded again the degree to which Renee is her social appropriateness adviser and how quick and gentle she is with these reminders. We see a little of it in panel three two with how Renee takes Brun's hand. She's not restraining her but reassuring her and reminding her what way to go to get what she wants.

Oh no, hard disagree!  :-o I won't assume if you are  neurodivergent or not. If you are then I don't want to invalidate you, and you don't have to disclose, and I'll certainly give your perspective some thought.

I am neurodivergent, and I'm involved in advocacy and activism about it. I did not like the way Renee treat Brun at all, it seemed ableist and infantilizing. She didn't even let Brun finish her sentence before telling her what to do. That's not "teaching" Brun anything except that she shouldn't talk or do things, because she's always going to get it wrong. You can teach someone the logic behind social cues, which many many neurodivergent people figure out.

Touching someone without consent is never gentle, especially someone coded as neurodivergent like Brun.

"Reassurances" and "reminders" about behaviour are what neurodivergent people later report as trauma and abuse.

This is not to demonize Renee (or your comment) at all. It's a really common attitude. And it is hard work to find the line between being supportive and patronizing, for any marginalized group. I hope that this arc ends with Brun telling Renee what she actually wanted to do/say, and Renee realizing it was actually a very good idea, and that she should have listened to Brun more before assuming.

Who knows, maybe Brun will pass out from low blood sugar on the way to a different bakery. We have no idea what she was trying to say.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: awkwardness on 20 Jan 2021, 07:05
Is Renee one o the bakers? I thought she was just the sales clerk with Eliot and Jim did baking...why would a clerk be banned from other bakeries unless their owners are so insecure and jealous of Jim that they refuse to allow someone who's buying baked goods who works for the competition to buy any. It's money that they're kissing goodbye.

Then again, Jim is a great baker and has a connection to good coffee that the others lack...I guess they could have that against Secret Bakery
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: traroth on 20 Jan 2021, 08:17
Yeah, you always think of what to say LATER...

In french, we call that "l'esprit d'escalier", which would translates to "staircase wit", because you only think about it once you're in the staircase, leaving.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: sitnspin on 20 Jan 2021, 08:21
Television and movies have us so accustomed to scripted snappy dialog that realistic dialog sounds awkward and fake to us.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: SpanielBear on 20 Jan 2021, 09:50
Is Renee one o the bakers? I thought she was just the sales clerk with Eliot and Jim did baking...why would a clerk be banned from other bakeries unless their owners are so insecure and jealous of Jim that they refuse to allow someone who's buying baked goods who works for the competition to buy any. It's money that they're kissing goodbye.

Then again, Jim is a great baker and has a connection to good coffee that the others lack...I guess they could have that against Secret Bakery

Renee and Elliot both bake. Padma I don’t know/can’t recall, but she and Faye had a semi-serious duel regarding muffins on one of their first meetings. In the Q.C.verse, loyalty to your baked goods provider is *serious business*.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 20 Jan 2021, 18:33
Comic's up.

This suggests that there's such thing as a baguette chicken, which sounds both frightening and adorable.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 20 Jan 2021, 18:39
This comic is very random, and I love it :)


Comic's up.

This suggests that there's such thing as a baguette chicken, which sounds both frightening and adorable.


Ah, but which one came first?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 20 Jan 2021, 18:42
Hhmmm, end of a baguette? Wouldn't that just be a mini petit pain?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: shanejayell on 20 Jan 2021, 18:51
Yuck.

Now did Elliot do that to Clinton intentionally, or was it a honest "it MIGHT be good" moment?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 20 Jan 2021, 19:00
Ah, but which one came first?

The bread egg, of course, just as the chicken egg would have to have existed for the first chicken.

However, scientists suspect that the baguette chicken evolved from the bagel raptor.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Oenone on 20 Jan 2021, 19:40
Is Renee one o the bakers? I thought she was just the sales clerk with Eliot and Jim did baking...why would a clerk be banned from other bakeries unless their owners are so insecure and jealous of Jim that they refuse to allow someone who's buying baked goods who works for the competition to buy any. It's money that they're kissing goodbye.

Then again, Jim is a great baker and has a connection to good coffee that the others lack...I guess they could have that against Secret Bakery

Renee and Elliot both bake. Padma I don’t know/can’t recall, but she and Faye had a semi-serious duel regarding muffins on one of their first meetings. In the Q.C.verse, loyalty to your baked goods provider is *serious business*.

That and there might be concern about recipe poaching. When McDonalds wanted the recipe for what became the chicken McNuggets, and the original chef wouldn’t sell, they sent researchers to St Louis to eat at the restaurant every day until they deciphered the recipe and the recipe for what became the bbq sauce.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Magniras on 20 Jan 2021, 20:06
Yuck.

Now did Elliot do that to Clinton intentionally, or was it a honest "it MIGHT be good" moment?

Gotta have your friends/family taste test before you start selling stuff.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gyrre on 20 Jan 2021, 20:31
I'm left wondering how to pronounce Papyrus font...

Surprisingly like Skeletor going by basically every Undertale letsplay.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: awkwardness on 20 Jan 2021, 22:09
Is Renee one o the bakers? I thought she was just the sales clerk with Eliot and Jim did baking...why would a clerk be banned from other bakeries unless their owners are so insecure and jealous of Jim that they refuse to allow someone who's buying baked goods who works for the competition to buy any. It's money that they're kissing goodbye.

Then again, Jim is a great baker and has a connection to good coffee that the others lack...I guess they could have that against Secret Bakery

Renee and Elliot both bake. Padma I don’t know/can’t recall, but she and Faye had a semi-serious duel regarding muffins on one of their first meetings. In the Q.C.verse, loyalty to your baked goods provider is *serious business*.

That makes sense in a roundabout way...so it's really jealousy and a fierce rivalry at play.

That and there might be concern about recipe poaching. When McDonalds wanted the recipe for what became the chicken McNuggets, and the original chef wouldn’t sell, they sent researchers to St Louis to eat at the restaurant every day until they deciphered the recipe and the recipe for what became the bbq sauce.

That wouldn't really work with breads and baked goods, you'd need a spectral analyzer and a lot of money to get the percentages right alongside a lot of batches of baked goods to decipher the recipe...but the fear makes you do irrational things at times.

Gotta have your friends/family taste test before you start selling stuff.

That way you won't get sued if things go wrong ;)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: MrNumbers on 20 Jan 2021, 22:23
This feels like a way better environment for them to be in than a bar in every way to be honest
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 20 Jan 2021, 23:06
I'm beginning to see a pattern here: Nothing good, for either of them, comes from Clinton sampling Elliot's 'experiments'. Best lay off of this in future, guys.

Gotta have your friends/family taste test before you start selling stuff.

That way you won't get sued if things go wrong ;)

Yeah, you'd  think that, wouldn't you? I'm of a slightly more cynical mindset but we won't go there.


EDIT
Corrected a typo and also PS
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Cornelius on 21 Jan 2021, 01:35
Hhmmm, end of a baguette? Wouldn't that just be a mini petit pain?
Here we'd call it an overbaked pistolet.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Oenone on 21 Jan 2021, 04:54
Re recipes:

I’m thinking more like flavor profiles? Like, how annoying would it be if you had a lavender mint shortbread cookie and within a week every cafe in town also had one?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Wingy on 21 Jan 2021, 05:04
Based on the drawing, I'd have called it an overbaked dinner roll.  But like Jeph, I also like the ends, so imagining what two of those with no spread would taste like?  Yeah, Clinton needs something to wash that mouthful down.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Technetium on 21 Jan 2021, 05:47
Just FYI... I was getting a broken image on today's comic, and upon going to right-click -> view image, I found out that for some crazy reason Malwarebytes is blocking the image file for today's comic. Was able to force it to display after that, but just wanted to let anyone else know who might have MWB and is wondering why the comic image isn't showing.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: alc40 on 21 Jan 2021, 05:53
Hmm, maybe it thinks the filename 4444.png is suspicious?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Wombat on 21 Jan 2021, 18:04
Elliot...
Bro...

I've had moments like that.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 21 Jan 2021, 18:25
I wonder what Clinton means by his 'calculus'? Is he making a pro-con list for dating Elliot?

Daily baking would DEFINITELY be a pro on my list :)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Magniras on 21 Jan 2021, 18:27
Huh. Fig bread. I'll have to try that some time.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 21 Jan 2021, 18:31
I wonder what Clinton means by his 'calculus'? Is he making a pro-con list for dating Elliot?

Based on his conversation with Claire, it seems that he's still working toward self-acceptance. Seems like it would be at least a tiny bit easier to accept yourself if doing so means you get tasty bread all the time.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Farideh on 21 Jan 2021, 18:49
Carbs == contentment :D
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BarGamer on 21 Jan 2021, 19:12
I was gonna make a pun off of figs and dates, only to find out that they are two entirely different clades (groups). :(
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: shanejayell on 21 Jan 2021, 20:28
Elliot: "I could be your bake slave!"

.....

Clinton: "Kinky."
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Gyrre on 21 Jan 2021, 20:30
I was gonna make a pun off of figs and dates, only to find out that they are two entirely different clades (groups). :(

[Sure, why not? I'll go for the low-hanging fruit.]

You could say Clinton is still fig-uring out this date-ing stuff.

[I'm too tired to be sorry or feel shame for that.]
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Case on 21 Jan 2021, 21:38
Clinton seems ... intrigued?

Also: DEEP BREATHS, ELLIOT!
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 21 Jan 2021, 23:24
Well, I suppose that I can think of shallower reasons for a relationship than 'he makes me tasty treats every day'. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the basis of many a chef's marriage, IRL!

Well, if nothing else, this game plan should help Clinton be less of a beanpole/stick figure after a few months.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: DaiJB on 22 Jan 2021, 00:16
 :lol: 
Anyone else get the feeling that this relationship is going to lurch from one misunderstanding/crisis to the next, over and over again - with heartfelt apologies between crises?   :facepalm:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 22 Jan 2021, 00:59
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the basis of many a chef's marriage, IRL!
Hah! Family is for experimenting on; you marry a chef expecting foie gras and caviar for dinner every day you’re gonna get snail soup and nettle sandwiches.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: BenRG on 22 Jan 2021, 01:12
:lol: 
Anyone else get the feeling that this relationship is going to lurch from one misunderstanding/crisis to the next, over and over again - with heartfelt apologies between crises?   :facepalm:

This was basically how Jeph wrote Doraten so why should he write Clintelliot any differently?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: awkwardness on 22 Jan 2021, 04:11
Huh. Fig bread. I'll have to try that some time.

It does exist out there and in two versions: one like banana bread and one like soda or yeast bread...and it varies on how you chop the figs- sliced and placed on the top of the bread, finely minced so they blend into the bread, or smaller chunks that work as a contrast of texture and flavor
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 22 Jan 2021, 04:12
Jumping back a day....
The "ends of a baguette" things have existed for many many years
(https://www.kff.co.uk/images_products/L_1863_a658b9eee7748759acbe3db81ab17649.jpg)
Petit Pains

(Missed me??  :)  )
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Y on 22 Jan 2021, 04:59
I had to look up the word 'fig' again, as apparently I only could think of that other type of figs  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 22 Jan 2021, 07:05
Jumping back a day....
The "ends of a baguette" things have existed for many many years
Petit Pains

(Missed me??  :)  )

Hhmmm, end of a baguette? Wouldn't that just be a mini petit pain?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: oddtail on 22 Jan 2021, 07:11
Wait, isn't "mini petit pain" kinda redundant?

(granted, it's no "Torpenhow Hill")
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: cesium133 on 22 Jan 2021, 07:33
It was named by someone from Glendale Heights.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: traroth on 22 Jan 2021, 09:18
Elliot: "I could be your bake slave!"

.....

Clinton: "Kinky."

Roko agrees.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: traroth on 22 Jan 2021, 09:23
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the basis of many a chef's marriage, IRL!
Hah! Family is for experimenting on; you marry a chef expecting foie gras and caviar for dinner every day you’re gonna get snail soup and nettle sandwiches.

Oh no! Snails are too tasty to make soup! Just some garlic butter, that's all. Yummy!

(...and I just learned the word "nettle". Des orties, donc...)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: awkwardness on 22 Jan 2021, 10:49
Jumping back a day....
The "ends of a baguette" things have existed for many many years Petit Pains

(Missed me??  :)  )

Yes/no. They're crusty breads but they're not baguette ends because they're too soft inside. Eliot's trying hard to make something that's not going to work unless he's trying to make them into mini soup bowls.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 22 Jan 2021, 12:41
Clinton, you are the limit!

...

"the energy of the room" is going to be a meme now, isn't it?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: SeaWoodStage on 22 Jan 2021, 15:05
I'd always assumed Renee was the boss of the Secret Bakery?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: alc40 on 22 Jan 2021, 17:03
Jim is the boss. (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3440)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: SpanielBear on 22 Jan 2021, 17:55
:lol: 
Anyone else get the feeling that this relationship is going to lurch from one misunderstanding/crisis to the next, over and over again - with heartfelt apologies between crises?   :facepalm:

So... a normal relationship then?

Well it’s a radical proposal but it might just work.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: de_la_Nae on 22 Jan 2021, 20:09
okay so i want more panels for an idea in my head, but hacking this together took me long enough, so we'll see about the rest but here's this at least.

(https://i.imgur.com/MoEw6tk.png)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: de_la_Nae on 22 Jan 2021, 20:11
i... probably should address, at one point, why i think it's as funny as it is to me to do, essentially, the same stupid joke over and over again

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: de_la_Nae on 22 Jan 2021, 21:14
right, okay i made panel 2

yes there was a panel 3 idea. yes i think it's funny, but also i'm starting to feel weirdly uncomfortable? so i think this is all the questionable edits you get

(https://i.imgur.com/CUvgedF.png)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 23 Jan 2021, 00:13
Just gonna say “thoughtful chewing” face and that pose add up to more strangeness than I think you were going for. Don’t change a thing!
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: awkwardness on 23 Jan 2021, 09:55
right, okay i made panel 2

yes there was a panel 3 idea. yes i think it's funny, but also i'm starting to feel weirdly uncomfortable? so i think this is all the questionable edits you get

(https://i.imgur.com/CUvgedF.png)

This looks like they're about to do something that's x-rated ;)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 23 Jan 2021, 13:21
In fact, it looks like it might lead to some questionable content.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 25 Jan 2021, 01:32
Jumping back a day....
The "ends of a baguette" things have existed for many many years Petit Pains

(Missed me??  :)  )

Yes/no. They're crusty breads but they're not baguette ends because they're too soft inside. Eliot's trying hard to make something that's not going to work unless he's trying to make them into mini soup bowls.

Well, that depends on how long you bake 'em! :)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4441 to 4445 (18th to 22nd January 2021)
Post by: Scarlet Manuka on 09 Feb 2021, 21:38
On the poll: I would walk in and make my order as normal, not noticing that anything was amiss.

Who knows, maybe that would give them a chance to reset and move on.