Topic: WCDT: 11-15 October 2010 (1771-1775) (Read 86584 times)

Kugai · « **Reply #50 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 22:27 »

Better than the Soaps huh Angus.

amandathehunter · « **Reply #51 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 22:32 »

Quote from: Sorflakne on 11 Oct 2010, 12:28

And Mari plays a warrior. Warrior is the only class worth playing.

AGREED.

As a Warrior myself in the world where we craft war, I was VERY EXCITED to see that marigold is a warrior!

raoullefere · « **Reply #52 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 22:45 »

Hanners has had the pretend date, the pretend being snooty (indignant, at the least) to the 'rents, and now the pretend jealous fallout with her girlfriend .

What's next, the pretend I missed my period? WHAT WILL ROUND OUT THIS IMAGINARY LIFE EXPERIENCE?!?

I surely don't know. Glad to see Angus and Momo are taking 'teasy, though. Because, you know…*

*Couldn't find a good clip of Conway Twitty's version

Akima · « **Reply #53 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 23:36 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 11 Oct 2010, 22:45

Hanners has had the pretend date, the pretend being snooty (indignant, at the least) to the 'rents, and now the pretend jealous fallout with her girlfriend.

Hee, hee...

Ah, so that was the reason for Hanners' amateur dramatics! Angus and Momo earn cool points (I wonder which sports Momo follows; we've only seen her kendo skills).

Quote

Couldn't find a good clip of Conway Twitty's version.

A blind link to a Country & Western song... I've been hickrolled!

no one special · « **Reply #54 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 00:27 »

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO ANGUS VISITING COFFEE OF DOOM???

He said he'd come by the next day. Apparently he forgot? Now he's just reading the paper?

And is this the next day already, or the same night?

Also, Hanners looks way too melodramatic to be serious! But apparently she is?

SO confused.

snubnose · « **Reply #55 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 00:30 »

I dont get todays Comic.

And what IS with Deathmole, anyway ?

Blackjoker · « **Reply #56 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 01:12 »

Quite enjoyed the comic for today, especially with how nonplussed Angus seems to be about the whole matter.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #57 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 04:26 »

Angus and Momo's reactions could not have been better.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #58 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 04:49 »

The UST is just dripping off this one. Or it would be if either of them were in any way aware of the alternate implications of their words and deeds...

Border Reiver · « **Reply #59 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 05:18 »

Really, I'm not getting any of that from either Angus or Momo

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #60 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 05:37 »

The newspaper is a metaphor for his manparts.

Somebody · « **Reply #61 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 06:09 »

Momo's shrunk *again*, hasn't she? At this rate, she'll fit on Mari's palm before too long...

jwhouk · « **Reply #62 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 06:17 »

So what should Jeph do for Columbus Day/Thanksgiving Day (Canada, eh?)

Ship Hannergold.    - 3 (6.8%)
Ship Pintslow.    - 3 (6.8%)
Ship DoraFaye.    - 4 (9.1%)
Sail that ship.    - 12 (27.3%)
Asps. Very Dangerous.    - 6 (13.6%)
Celebrate with turkey-flavored waffles.    - 5 (11.4%)
I've got nothin'. It's been a long week.    - 11 (25%)

Total Voters: 44

jwhouk · « **Reply #63 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 06:25 »

Oh, and it is IMNSHO that Momo is probably into the box scores from the MLB playoffs.

zagraf · « **Reply #64 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 06:34 »

I wouldn't have figured Momo to be a sports fan. Would've thought she'd be more interested in the Technology section. Or in Marigold's yaoi collection.

Carl-E · « **Reply #65 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 06:40 »

I saw the "NO" on Angus' coffee mug, and immediately had the impression that, wrapped around the other side, was the word "DRAMA".

'cause, you know, it's really too early for that sort of thing.

And I think Jeph's lost his continuity - the Fangus date? Back-burnered by Svennelore!?

You got some 'splainin' to do!

Mojo · « **Reply #66 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 09:00 »

Hanners is just so Scarlett O'Hara in this one...

amandathehunter · « **Reply #67 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 09:08 »

My prediction for Fangus. He didn't show, but called telling faye whatever it was that came up. They have plans to go on another date as soon as the Maridale story arc is over.

Carl-E · « **Reply #68 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 10:02 »

Quote from: Mojo on 12 Oct 2010, 09:00

Hanners is just so Scarlett O'Hara in this one...

OMG, you're right - her shirt's made from the missing window blind!

Heliphyneau · « **Reply #69 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 10:21 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Oct 2010, 06:40

I saw the "NO" on Angus' coffee mug, and immediately had the impression that, wrapped around the other side, was the word "DRAMA".

I think the "DRAMA" is implied. ^_^ I loved Angus and Momo's non-reaction reactions to Hanners and Marigold's antics today. It kind of says 'yep, this is standard around here.' Though if Momo's into basketball, I wonder which team she favors . . .

Angus probably did stop by CoD and talk to Faye, but we didn't get to see it due to the Hannesven arc. Hopefully we'll see a bit more of how that's progressing soon. I also wonder if we'll see Sven conversing with Wil about the pretend date.

Carl-E · « **Reply #70 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 11:23 »

Probably not about the date per se, but I think he needs a good chat with his barkeep/friend about his meltdown during said date. Talking to Hanners about Faye probably just cracked the dam - now it's time to open the floodgates and let the bullshit out.

And there's a lot of pent up bullshit in there!

Border Reiver · « **Reply #71 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 11:36 »

I'm not cleaning up after that flood - Aid to the Civil Power be damned.

jwhouk · « **Reply #72 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 13:14 »

Little thing I just noticed:

Take a look at Hanners in panel 2A (or the first panel, second row, where she's asking if Marigold is jealous).

Then look back at when we first meet Hanners in the 515-520 "post-talk" arc, especially the third panel of this strip (517).

Same Hanners, same (essential) look, but a LOT better drawn.

Jeph, dude, you're getting better every time you draw this comic.

raoullefere · « **Reply #73 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 13:33 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Oct 2010, 11:23

Probably not about the date per se, but I think he needs a good chat with his barkeep/friend about his meltdown during said date. Talking to Hanners about Faye probably just cracked the dam - now it's time to open the floodgates and let the bullshit out.

And there's a lot of pent up bullshit in there!

I keep telling you people a lot doesn't mean anything. A tremendous amount, an astounding load, etc. but not a lot.

Wait, wrong group of people…

ahem

Bullshit is incorrect. Frankly, I'd say no bull on earth could manage the throughput . You mean elephant shit. And, yes, Wil would need waders, or perhaps a waterproof coverall. Actually, Sven'd be better off taking this to a similarly equipped Marten, if said could refrain from grabbing Sven's ass. Which, btw, should be an off-limits subject between him and Dora, much like Veronica's professional 'triumphs.' Dora's not the only one with sore subjects.

Carl-E · « **Reply #74 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 17:37 »

A lot. I never really though about the phrase.

Enough to cover a city lot? Would you prefer a lot full?

Bulls DO shit a ~~lot~~ huge amount, especially that grain-fed beef. Disagrees with their digestive system, they were meant to eat grass. Have to feed 'em antibiotics just to keep the stuff down. Burgers, anyone?

Martin may make a better sounding board, but Sven's known Wil longer. He also knows that Wil may be smug in his elationship with Penny, and generally unhelpful as a flighty poet, but Sven may be more comfortable around him. And it'd be funny.

Edit: I decided to leave it as elationship. I like it. It describes them well, at least the last time we really saw them. The pie party, I believe.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #75 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 18:48 »

I have added "elationship" to my vocabulary.

jwhouk · « **Reply #76 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 19:33 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Oct 2010, 18:48

I have added "elationship" to my vocabulary.

And to the poll.

no one special · « **Reply #77 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 21:01 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Oct 2010, 10:02

OMG, you're right - her shirt's made from the missing window blind!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bOpJ5elW8

"I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist it."

Kugai · « **Reply #78 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 21:38 »

Quote from: Somebody on 12 Oct 2010, 06:09

Momo's shrunk *again*, hasn't she? At this rate, she'll fit on Mari's palm before too long...

Momo's a shapeshifting robot from Planet X

diablo_man · « **Reply #79 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 21:41 »

Like Faye's shirt. Cant help but wonder if the "the sword" reference is because their drummer quit the band like yesterday, or if its just coincidental. good band regardless.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #80 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 21:42 »

Pennelope was allowed to make out with Wil during work hours.

Carl-E · « **Reply #81 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 21:44 »

Extenuating circumstances, that. After all the letters and several months apart - and even then, Dora wound up taking her off the clock and insisting they take it elsewhere!

Also, thought "the Sword" was just a reference to the task at hand...

Kugai · « **Reply #82 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 21:56 »

Ahhh, phallic symbolism, don't you just love it.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #83 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 22:18 »

She's a sake-sipping recluse, only recently venturing out to see the sun.

He's a beer-swilling romantic who spends his days people-watching, never shaving, everyone underestimating him.

Tonight, they meet over Pocky with Gallo.

raoullefere · « **Reply #84 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 22:34 »

Continuity integrity reestablished. Angus did come by the next day—we simply didn't see it. We were too busy watching Sven screw up murdering Hanners.

Yes, a lot simply means a quantity. It sometimes has a specific meaning, but said meaning is always circumstantial to what's being measured. Example: a lot of tiles and a lot of wood at a building supply store don't necessarily have anything to do with one another beyond the term itself. And if you'd read some limited-vocabulary schmoo writing it fifteen to twenty times in a thousand words when the bedamned wretch means many, you'd notice it, too.

<pauses to clean foam from mouth>

Even more fun, of course, is when they use alot, which isn't a word at all, or allot, which has an entirely different meaning.

snubnose · « **Reply #85 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 00:13 »

I'm still amazed nothing happends during Sven and Hanners, btw.

I think Marigold will END UP dating Dale ... in a couple douzen, hundred or even thousand strips ... but she wont ask for it herself.

Hawthorne · « **Reply #86 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 01:38 »

Am I the only one who thought "wow, they even have a whetstone for their sword,"?

Heranje · « **Reply #87 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 01:45 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Oct 2010, 22:34

Even more fun, of course, is when they use alot

Alot no understand why sharing feelings with it.

pwhodges · « **Reply #88 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 01:46 »

If Faye holds the stone like that, she'll have the end off her thumb in the first swipe of the sword...

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #89 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 02:01 »

Quote from: Hawthorne on 13 Oct 2010, 01:38

Am I the only one who thought "wow, they even have a whetstone for their sword,"?

Not really. If I had a sword, I'd make damn sure I kept it sharp and oiled.

@pwhodges; depends if she's sharpening along the edge or across it really.

peterh · « **Reply #90 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 02:39 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Oct 2010, 22:34

Continuity integrity reestablished. Angus did come by the next day—we simply didn't see it.

Methinks Faye hasn't seen it too, then - seeing as to how she says "Hey, haven't seen you in a few days".
The awkwardness in panels three onward suggests that this is indeed their first time together after their First Date.

I concur with your dissection of the phrase "a lot". I do, however, see how languages that are actively used in everyday life, evolve.
And yes, sometimes in ways that hurt me too. But it's not something I think I can stop.

Dickbutt · « **Reply #91 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 02:39 »

I can only imagine Faye saying "Yes" during the last panel in perfect Kim Pine monotone

squishything · « **Reply #92 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 02:49 »

Just stoppin' my lurkin' to say:

In New Zealand, Possums are a native-wildlife-killing pest.

We slaughter them mercilessly and put them in pies.

The more you know!

Border Reiver · « **Reply #93 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 04:30 »

Well, this strip took stones.

Jesus DeSaad · « **Reply #94 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 06:21 »

Just logged in for this. Seriously, dude.

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #95 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 06:35 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Oct 2010, 21:42

Pennelope was allowed to make out with Wil during work hours.

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Oct 2010, 21:44

Extenuating circumstances, that. After all the letters and several months apart - and even then, Dora wound up taking her off the clock and insisting they take it elsewhere!

Or maybe Dora added a rule after that incident.

jwhouk · « **Reply #96 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 07:04 »

Dora is about two steps away from going Nuclear. First came the drama at the "party", then the hiring of Cosette and Hanners, then the Faye-Marten fiasco, then the "faux date" with Sven, and now this...

Border Reiver · « **Reply #97 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 07:50 »

How long do we have to reach minimum safe distance?

Failing that, get into a trench cover yourself with something, and preferably cower against the side of the trench closest to the blast.

Heliphyneau · « **Reply #98 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 09:31 »

Bahaha! Cute. ^_^ It's not really clear if Angus stopped in that day or not -- since Faye says she hasn't seen him "in a few days" it means we've leapt forward a bit in time, comic-wise (it went Faye/Angus date night, then Hanners/Sven date night, followed by Hanners/Marigold chat morning, right?). Granted, it's more likely that I was wrong in my prior speculation, since that's standard, and the context does suggest this might be their first face-to-face meeting since OMGMAKEOUTS.

What I want to know is, did Faye just embed the sword into the floor? O_o If so, there may be gouges all behind that counter. Unless Faye just impaled her own foot and hasn't noticed yet . . .

raoullefere · « **Reply #99 on:** 13 Oct 2010, 10:48 »

Quote from: peterh on 13 Oct 2010, 02:39

Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Oct 2010, 22:34
Continuity integrity reestablished. Angus did come by the next day—we simply didn't see it.

Methinks Faye hasn't seen it too, then - seeing as to how she says "Hey, haven't seen you in a few days".
The awkwardness in panels three onward suggests that this is indeed their first time together after their First Date.

I concur with your dissection of the phrase "a lot". I do, however, see how languages that are actively used in everyday life, evolve.
And yes, sometimes in ways that hurt me too. But it's not something I think I can stop.

I dunno— I think Angus and Faye each seem perfectly capable of awkwardness that lasts for days. Who knows how long, or over how many meetings they can keep it going when their powers combine.

Actually, my issue comes not so much from wanting to stop the world as a lust for variety. One alot would not trouble me much. But what the delightful blog Heranje linked fails to mention is that alots apparently prefer to roam across essays in thundering herds.

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