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[workingrobbie]

Also why is Dora wearing Jeph's hat?

Who cares? I think she looks HOT in that hat 

[akronnick]

Also, and I'm totally not trying to point out a typo, because God knows I always type perfectly, but how did a "\" end up in the word "don\'t" in the news post? How is that even possible, I mean physically?

There are lots of programming languages in which the apostrophe is a special character, and sometimes code can get a bit aggressive about it. \' or even \\\' is surprisingly common.

Ah, that makes sense, software is to blame.

[Mr_Rose]

I would just like to say that today's Specials are awesome.
That is all.

[bicostp]

Also, and I'm totally not trying to point out a typo, because God knows I always type perfectly, but how did a "\" end up in the word "don\'t" in the news post? How is that even possible, I mean physically?

Backslashes tell JavaScript to treat apostrophes and quotes as text, rather than parse them as part of the code. Otherwise it would cut off the string at the first quote it comes across and then go "whublargh what's all this I don\'t understand?!" when it finds more non-code text.

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/javascript/article.php/3470891

[DoubleJ]

Ah, that makes sense, software is to blame.

PHP especially. It's one of the languages where a single quote means something (the beginning or end of a piece of text) so if the text includes one it has to be "escaped" so the interpreter or compiler knows to ignore it. In PHP you do that by putting a backslash before it: ' becomes \' when you have to feed it to the code.

The reason PHP sucks in this regard is that, in addition to providing a function to do this for you, the installation also can be set to do it automatically. If the installation changes things can get wacky.

First, the function turns ' into \' like it's supposed to.

Then, the automatic bit sees a backslash, which must itself be escaped, followed by an apostrophe that must be escaped. The backslash becomes a double backslash and the apostrophe becomes a backslash-apostophe again: \\\'

If that gets fed through another piece of software it may do even more escaping if things are set up wrong.

RSS feeds tend to suffer the same problem with ampersands. To encode a character you can use a special name (in some cases) that HTML assigns to it. To put an é on a page you can type é to make it appear. Since the ampersand has a special meaning in HTML like a backslash does in PHP, it has to be its own reference: An & all by itself is written &

Some RSS feed generators get overambitious and double-encode things. So you type "é" to get an é, and the software encodes it again giving you é which makes your feed look stupid.

Remember, kids. Computers make our lives easier. Whether we like it or not.

[Shok Xone Studios]

I'll take "Household Condiments One Should Not Rub Over an Open Wound" for 500, Alex...

[LeeC]

"well its the sound yo motha made last night trebek!"

"i'll play your game you rogue!"

"the day is mine! I'll take famous hore semen for 500!"

wi will get a job as:
A. construction worker
B. US Post office
C. bagging groceries
D. test subject
E. airplane

[ModernRonin]

Ahhhhhhh! Jeph had the perfect chance to put a narwhal in the comic and didn't!

NNNNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[Border Reiver]

wi will get a job as:
A. construction worker
B. US Post office
C. bagging groceries
D. test subject
E. airplane

You forgot option F.  Barista at the local Starbucks

[bicostp]

Job as an airplane, eh?

He'll have to learn how to flap his arms really fast.

[Shok Xone Studios]

"well its the sound yo motha made last night trebek!"

"i'll play your game you rogue!"

"the day is mine! I'll take famous hore semen for 500!"

Wouldn't it be awesome if they did one last Jeopardy segment on SNL and the real Sean Connery came out and took Darryl Hammond's place on the set? It'd never happen, but dammit, that'd be the funniest thing on SNL since Ian McKellen frenched Jimmy Fallon.

[TheHappyBerry]

Just reminds me of my friends trying to decide the worst thing to say during sex, and one coming up with, "If by spermicide, you mean mayonnaise."

[Delirium]

The Scorn Grenade (Though I have to admit that that is limited in use)

Not if you have scorn for everyone.

[LTK]

Just reminds me of my friends trying to decide the worst thing to say during sex, and one coming up with, "If by spermicide, you mean mayonnaise."

There was another comic about 'the worst thing to say during sex', where the running number one was "Happy Birthday, Grandma!" There is also this.

That only works when it's out of the blue, though; yours only works in conversation.

[Alex_K_NY]

wi will get a job as:
A. construction worker
B. US Post office
C. bagging groceries
D. test subject
E. airplane

D! D! D!  Hopefully he mutates!

[Is it cold in here?]

Everyone else has nondescript jobs(*). Steve even referred to his as "my nondescript office job".

It would be fun if Wil got hired to do something interesting and different, like waterslide test pilot.

(*) OK, except Hannelore.

[cgarci21]

I think Wil should work as one of those actors who visits schools etc. and pretends to be a historical figure for educational purposes. He could be Shakespeare! Me thinks he has the perfect demeanor.

[H0b0K!n9]

I think Wil should work as one of those actors who visits schools etc. and pretends to be a historical figure for educational purposes. He could be Shakespeare! Me thinks he has the perfect demeanor.

To be, or not to be, unemployed?

[workingrobbie]

I think Wil should work as one of those actors who visits schools etc. and pretends to be a historical figure for educational purposes. He could be Shakespeare! Me thinks he has the perfect demeanor.

hehehe...it just occurred to me that his job should be as an actor playing Jesus at a Jesusland adventure park thing. Would really get interesting with Penny-lope's beliefs.

[raoullefere]

wi will get a job as:
A. construction worker
B. US Post office
C. bagging groceries
D. test subject
E. airplane

You forgot option F.  Barista at the local Starbucks

And G. employee at the bookstore where Penelope used to work.

[akronnick]

hehehe...it just occurred to me that his job should be as an actor playing Jesus at a Jesusland adventure park thing. Would really get interesting with Penny-lope's beliefs.

I don't think those are allowed would be very profitable in Massachusetts, Savannah maybe.

[Kugai]

If that were the case then Chaucer would be writing Travel logs.   


No, the hat is a souvenir from Hanners, she got it from the workmen      

[jonarus_drakus]

WOO! first to comment on new comic WOO!

Unfortunately Wil doesn't realise he going to have to wear that suit all the damn time now... Still, he cetainly fits in 

[Is it cold in here?]

Working at a bar should give him useful insights into the human condition that he can use in his work.

[Mojo]

If that isn't the perfect place for Wil to work...

[SigPig]

Well that was a short interview. 

[Kugai]

It's called serendipity.

Nice one Wil 

[Mojo]

I still miss the zen of Raven...

[SigPig]

Heh I liked her way of starting the day.  Thinking of dogs cause they're fuzzy. 

[LeeC]

guess Jeph found a way to keep the victorian theme.    Go Wil, he will coincidentally fit in, unintentionally too. haha

[maddness]

Man, this one made me laugh ... hard.

[altered_carbon]

And this comic confirms it for sure; Jeph Jacques is a fucking genius.

I still miss the zen of Raven...

Seriously, Dora needs to give that girl more hours.

[celticgeek]

Hmmm...  Wil did not wear any of his capes to this interview, and got the job anyway. 

[Delirium]

Ah, yeah! Someone here totally called it.

[alienatedduck]

I cannot wait for his first drink spilling hijinks! It's going to happen.

[Dokph]

Hehehehe that made me laugh out loud for quite a bit.

[cgarci21]

The Horrible Revelation! Perfect.

This makes me oddly giddy, Wil just makes you want to root for the underdog.

[jonarus_drakus]

Or if your Penelope:

This makes me oddly giddy, Wil just makes you want to root for the underdog.

See what i did there? 

[Border Reiver]

I was soooo close to guessing right.  But missed.

And close only counts in hand grenades, horseshoes, and thermonuclear weapons.

[LTK]

I laughed. I doubt those fancy clothes gags will ever get old!

[Border Reiver]

Not even Faye will have much to be snarky about with Wil's new job, It may not be what he went to college for, but none of the gang is doing what they went to college for, 'cept maybe Dora who at least took economics (it's got some relevance to being a small business owner).

Faye - studied art, but didn't graduate - presently working as a barista;
Penelope - not sure of program, probably English or Literature - presently working as a barista;
Dora - again, not sure of program, but at least took an economics course - small business owner;
Raven - still not sure what she took, but unless it is something related to chemistry being a barista still ain't related;
Marten - studied Music Theory - working as a librarian;
Tai - getting a Liberal Arts degree - working as a librarian
Steve - we don't know if he went to college - working as an office worker/sometime agent for the Federal Department of Kicking Your Ass;
Hannelore - went to college - small business owner/counts stuff
Angus - no idea if he went to post secondary - professional strawman
Marigold - no frikkin' clue to either post secondary or if she is working - still too new
Sven - went to college and got good grades with little to no effort, but we don't know in what - professional song writer

[maddness]

She's a Gold Farmer ... that's what she does for a living! lol

She could be like that guy in the Second Skin documentary who power leveled accounts and then sold them to make money.

[Mr_Rose]

You know what's really annoying; dude is living the Capitalist Ideal - he found a source of income where his labour is at a premium relative to the actual effort involved - and he gets ridiculed for nerdery, on teevee no less. Apparently it's not a "real job" unless you have a boss telling you what to do and/or taking ten percent.

[Sam_bedge]

I forsee Will being in a coyote ugly situation he gets up on the bar and recites epic poetry to the masses! Possibly backed by Wagnerian style opera.......


 

[Border Reiver]

As long as he stays dressed we're all good here.

[Freya]

Man, this one made me laugh ... hard.

[Is it cold in here?]

Raven studied interior design.

I missed the reference to Dora taking an econ class, do you remember where it was?

[Border Reiver]

it was the strip where she talked about wearing a sirt tht was see through at the back and her prof have her a hgiher grade becasue he sould see her assets.  Can't remember the number, but I'm certain that someone will.

[Is it cold in here?]

1188

[raoullefere]

Faye - studied art, but didn't graduate - presently working as a barista;

What job does studying art with emphasis on sculpture really qualify one to do?

Marten - studied Music Theory - working as a librarian;

Same as Faye. Either you're going to be an academic, or you're going to go through many 'side' jobs on your way to, well, somewhere only a few get to.

Penelope - not sure of program, probably English or Literature - presently working as a barista;

If you're correct about Penny, she, too, is in Marten's boat. Or else she is herself paying for a 'sinful' education. Nothing's been said about classes, though.

Tai - getting a Liberal Arts degree - working as a librarian

I don't see the conflict.

Hannelore - went to college - small business owner/counts stuff

Counting stuff is not a small business? Well, very small, I'll grant you, but still, she has at least one major client.

Marigold - no frikkin' clue to either post secondary or if she is working - still too new

Given her technical knowledge and social skills, Marigold almost has to be an Electrical Engineer or something similar.

Raven - still not sure what she took, but unless it is something related to chemistry being a barista still ain't related;

Raven is rebelling, so whatever her degree, she can't work in her field (interior design—thx Is it cold). She sidelines, though.

Angus - no idea if he went to post secondary - professional strawman

Angus almost has to be pre-law or law school.

Sven - went to college and got good grades with little to no effort, but we don't know in what - professional song writer

That's because no one can major in "fall-into-your-lap."