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Sea cucumbers and Fuzzy Clams

5 (5.6%)

NEVERMIND.

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"A lady always reserves the right to change her mind."

1 (1.1%)

NSFW! NSFW! NSFW!

16 (17.8%)

Run a marathon, pushups, juggle, wrestle a bear!

3 (3.3%)

"Are you always this hyper after sex, or am I just that good?"

1 (1.1%)

Operation: M.A.N.A.S.S.

10 (11.1%)

It's really more of a puce.

11 (12.2%)

Happy Arbor Day 2003!

13 (14.4%)

"You should've SEEN that party. It was CRAZY."

4 (4.4%)

He was gonna bake a cake...

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National Endowment for the Arts!

6 (6.7%)

I CAN STILL HEAR YOU, A$$#OLES!

10 (11.1%)

Daaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnngggg.

10 (11.1%)

Total Members Voted: 75

[Carl-E]

I was thinking more of an ancient druidic rite of planting a tree at the full moon, and giving it a human sacrifice for its first watering...

[Schmorgluck]

IMHO, any oblique reference to a classic work, especially if it is humorous, stands as cool.

I can't be sure I'm right, but I took Odin's remark about references to Dune not being "cool" as an allusion to the eponymous planet's average temperature.

[CEOIII]

"Shit, man, I hit that so hard Rhianna wrote a song about it!"
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang"

That was wrong and I'm sorry. Kinda sorry.

[iduguphergrave]

Somehow I just can't picture Marten talking like a fratboy (thats the second time I've mentioned fratboys in 8 hours wtf). I have a feeling part of the reason for this is just to annoy Faye 

Also Jeph forgot the high-five sound effect. Daaaaaaaaaaaaang

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

>Marten and Angus: Do the bro thing.

You succeed with flying colors, assholes.

Angus, dat metaphor. This is why you are one of my favorite characters. Shit like this. Yes. I am still giggling at Faye's angryface in the last panel.

Also, I move that Dune references are cool so long as they ref the terrible movie and/or don't go on too long. And they aren't that fucking Bene Gesserit mantra or a bastardization of said mantra. Shit gets old real quick.

[CEOIII]

Also, I move that Dune references are cool so long as they ref the terrible movie and/or don't go on too long. And they aren't that fucking Bene Gesserit mantra or a bastardization of said mantra. Shit gets old real quick.

Motion denied. Dune was ass, thus references to it are ass as well.

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

But the fact that it was terrible is the joke D:

Although frankly I am willing to go with a blanket shunning of Dune just to avoid the Bene Gesserit thing because that is not even cool ironically. That motto is the most played out shit in nerd culture since someone thought to try and riff on Gandalf's "do not meddle in the affairs of wizards" quote.

[sluthy]

Surely they were just winding up Faye. Why would Marten need to ask Angus if he'd tapped it, if not 30 minutes earlier he'd walked in on him doing a naked booty dance wearing a (possibly spent) condom?

[jwhouk]

What would you do at an Arbor Day party?

Plant trees.    - 5 (6.7%)
Chop down trees.    - 3 (4%)
Have bonfires.    - 2 (2.7%)
Drink. Heavily.    - 13 (17.3%)
Cake and ice cream and party hats!    - 2 (2.7%)
Study Forestry.    - 2 (2.7%)
Drain maple sap.    - 6 (8%)
Visit Bill Proxmire's grave.    - 1 (1.3%)
Watch anime.    - 4 (5.3%)
Waffles and whiskey.    - 10 (13.3%)
Pancakes and pints of Guiness.    - 6 (8%)
What's an "Arbor Day"?    - 21 (28%)
Blood Tree!    - 0 (0%) (Okay, I just tacked this one on at the end, I'm sorry.)

Total Voters: 75

[Carl-E]

Bros: it's all about the sharing. 

In as crude a format as possible. 


 

[Tetrinity]

I am disappointed with the lack of "daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang" in the moment of the week poll. I am instead forced to vote for gratuitous nudity.

I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY

[Border Reiver]

Gratuitous nudity - is it really so horrible?

[sepik121]

Bros: it's all about the sharing. 

In as crude a format as possible. 


 

Don't forget the sharing of crude things:

Friend: Dude, these this food is disgusting man. You should try some.
Me: Okay. (proceeds to eat and is does taste terrible)

This has happened to me. Sooo many times. And I keep doing it too.

[Carl-E]

"I think the milk went bad.  Here, check it for me..."

[mike837go]

Hi All,

Gotta catch up on my replies:

The H in IMHO, I use "humble" in the most sarcastic sense. It's my opinion and you are damn well entitled to it.

A "classic work" is, as Mark Twain Sam Clemmons stated, "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

Whether the classic is good, bad or indifferent, it doesn't matter.

As long as the reference forces a new connection to form in the reader's mind.

Personally, I read "Dune" many years ago and didn't really enjoy it. Waaaayyy to sexist and elitist. I prefer Star Trek TOS and Star Wars IV. [Is my GOM  showing?]
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On today's comic: I can't beleive Marten and Angus are really that close yet. Whups, re-looked. They are that close and are deliberetly messing with Fay.

[Black Sword]

They're hipsters. They can do that sort of thing ironically, and it'll still amuse them.

I did not forsee the Dune hate in this forum. My status as the Kwisatz Haderach has been stripped from me. Woe is to me!

[IlGreven]

He hit that so hard, whoever pulls him out will be crowned King of All England.

[mike837go]

I did not forsee the Dune hate in this forum.

It's the rule of thirds. In any group of people, 1/3 will like, 1/3 will hate and 1/3 will be indifferent to a new issue thread.
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If you follow R.A. Heinline, you'll remember that humor is a 'small wrongness'. The point being small. Tickeling is a physical assault that we know is not a threat. Laughter is when our minds must comprehend an invalid situation that doesn't impact us.

The humor impacts strongest when we, as the recipients of the humor, assemble the last part in our own minds.

So, heavy handed humor falls flat.

The best use a light touch. The punchline is short. Then pause as the audience gets it.

Why is the Dead Parrot Routine so funny? Because the shopkeeper is in denial that he sold a defective product? Regardless of the absolute proof in front of him? No. It's  John Clese's monolog of 25* euphamisims for "dead". Each one spaced perfectly from the last.

*It's an educated guess. I know the real count is out there.

[ysth]

And there are no beavers in Venezuela

[Afakaz]

Marigold Farmer   marigoldfarmer  @hanneloreEC who is in apartment? Bear is in apartment! 

Clerks cartoon reference!  Jeph, you made my day with this.

[Border Reiver]

Hi All,
. I prefer Star Trek TOS and Star Wars IV. [Is my GOM  showing?]

If your GOM was truly showing you'd have referred to them as "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" - only them young whippersnappers need to differentiate with that new stuff.

[Method of Madness]

Marigold Farmer   marigoldfarmer  @hanneloreEC who is in apartment? Bear is in apartment!  

Clerks cartoon reference!  Jeph, you made my day with this.

To anybody curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-A8GWyYAA

[mike837go]

If your GOM was truly showing you'd have referred to them as "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" - only them young whippersnappers need to differentiate with that new stuff.

I used that form as a favor to the kiddies. My son turns 21 in a few months and we had to come up with a way of differntiating the versions. ANH TESB ROTJ TPM  AOTC ROTS got clumsy. Besides, he ususally put 'em in cronological order.


My bad habit of always saying precisly what I mean.

[Carl-E]

A real  GOM differentiates with an icy stare when someone asks which version he means. 

Then there's a few moments (anywhere from 10 sec to 2 min) of grumbling about riding on coattails and so on. 

Besides, all the other  Star Treks have monikers.  If you just say, "Star Trek", it must  be the original. 

And IV was tacked onto Star Wars when Episode 1 was retconned.  Clearly, if you just say "Star Wars", it's the movie with that name which we all saw in theatres and drive-ins back in '77! 

[mike837go]

A real  GOM differentiates with an icy stare when someone asks which version he means. 
And IV was tacked onto Star Wars when Episode 1 was retconned.  Clearly, if you just say "Star Wars", it's the movie with that name which we all saw in theatres and drive-ins back in '77! 

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was Always "Episode IV: A New Hope"  Mr. Lucas wanted to drop us right in the middle of an ongoing story. The ultimate in suspension of disbelief. No filmmaker in the late 1970's would completely skip opening credits and open the film with a quick re-hash of stuff that was never presented and semi-spectacular space battle. Then it was ground-breaking. Now cliche'.

I sat through 7 screening of that film back in '77 (paid for 4) while my best friend and I taped the soundtrack. Video equipment was too bulky and expensive then. But I remember at a Star Trek con the following January in NYC somebody was showing off his VHS tape of the film.

[bunnyThor]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was Always "Episode IV: A New Hope" 

No.

From the Wookieepedia:

The film was originally released as—and consequently often called—Star Wars, without Episode IV or the subtitle A New Hope. The 1980 sequel, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, featured the episode number and subtitle in the opening crawl. When the original film was re-released in 1981, Episode IV: A New Hope was added above the original opening crawl.

[Somebody]

Marten demonstrates that he's a mensch. Pintsize demonstrates that he's a very odd little robot indeed. Why would he celebrate Arbor Day? Or did he just steal the banner for the lulz?

Does Pintsize do anything for any other reason than lulz?







Ever?

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430 ?

[mike837go]

I coulda sworn it was there all along. My D&D friends in HS were all over speculating about what George Lucas was gonna 'do' about all of the holes he created in THE FILM. What were the Clone Wars? Who needed Bocci? How much time elapsed from the first battle until the medals were handed out? Didn't anybody ever EAT?

[EcoReck]

Long time reader, first time poster etc. etc.

Anyway, I've noticed that Marten's bags under his eyes have almost vanished! Does that mean he's getting better over the breakup?

[mike837go]

Marten demonstrates that he's a mensch. Pintsize demonstrates that he's a very odd little robot indeed. Why would he celebrate Arbor Day? Or did he just steal the banner for the lulz?

Does Pintsize do anything for any other reason than lulz?
Ever?

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430 ?

You will note that Pintsize got the last laugh with a snarky comment of his own.

[Carl-E]

I coulda sworn it was there all along. My D&D friends in HS were all over speculating about what George Lucas was gonna 'do' about all of the holes he created in THE FILM. What were the Clone Wars? Who needed Bocci? How much time elapsed from the first battle until the medals were handed out? Didn't anybody ever EAT?

The novelization (that came out shortly after the movie) said that is was the first tale in the second trilogy, which would peg it at episode IV.  But not the film. 

And there were supposed to be three more... a trilogy of trilogies. 




No, I'm not still waiting.  Life's too short! 





At least, I hope Lucas' is...

[mike837go]

The novelization (that came out shortly after the movie) said that is was the first tale in the second trilogy, which would peg it at episode IV.  But not the film.  
And there were supposed to be three more... a trilogy of trilogies.  
No, I'm not still waiting.  Life's too short!  
At least, I hope Lucas' is...

The novel by Lucas that was published just before the film was released, simply claimed to be "From The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker".
Wow, did he miss the Mark on that one!

[Method of Madness]

The ideal scenario would be Mace Windu returning in Episode VII.

[Method of Madness]

I'm not allowed near paper anymore...

And give me one good reason Mace Windu shouldn't come back in Episode VII.

("He's dead" doesn't count, because he isn't.)

[mike837go]

The ideal scenario would be Mace Windu returning in Episode VII.

Sorry, can't see his ghost as a practical plot device in the rebuilding of the republic.


[edit] I withdrew my previous post 'cause I got confused about the characters. [edit]

[Border Reiver]

quote author=Method of Madness link=topic=26533.msg1025742#msg1025742 date=1301080826]
I'm not allowed near paper anymore...

And give me one good reason Mace Windu shouldn't come back in Episode VII.

("He's dead" doesn't count, because he isn't.)
[/quote]

Because the only worthy opponent for for him is dead.[

[mike837go]

Because the only worthy opponent for for him is dead.

Doesn't hold water. "For every fine cat, a fine rat." A fresh villan can always be created. I think it was from R.A. Hienline.
Yeah, from the much derided "Cat Who Walks Through Walls". Right after Richard accepts that Gwen used to co-write a TV space opera.

[Method of Madness]

Friendly correction, it's Heinlein.

Although I suppose Palpatine being gone is a problem, but not just for bringing Windu back from his self-imposed exile, because he was basically the Big Bad in all six movies, and there are no current characters to really replace him.

[mike837go]

A) Friendly correction, it's Heinlein.

B) Today's last panel brings back memories of an earlier strip...

A) Check my signature line. The correction is appreciated, thanks.

B) I'm pretty sure Jeph has used that one several times. Something with Sven and his intern. With Faye? Archive jockies, a little help here!

[Method of Madness]

Glad to help.  But I don't think a spell check would be of much use with proper nouns.  For example, I have to hit "add to dictionary" every time I write my name in a word document on a computer I haven't used before.

[mike837go]

Yeah, but it would cut down on the major blunders, though.

[Skewbrow]

Today's last panel brings back memories of an earlier strip...

And a pleasant memory it is. They have come a long way. Today's lines would have earned Marten some severe punching back then. Also the guys know that Faye trusts them. Another lady might, upon hearing this, feel like she is worth 50 points in a sexual scavenger hunt but not much more. Not our Peach. Not with these friends.

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, but it would cut down on the major blunders, though.

True.  If you have a thumb drive and can use it at work (or wherever you're force to use IE), then put portable Firefox on that.

[Kugai]

Ahh, male bonding   

[Akima]

Ugh... Last time I checked this thread, people were getting all snarky about Dune nerdery, and now they're discussing the finer points of Star Wars!?!? That's like complaining about Mozart, and then getting excited about the homeless man on the corner busking with a penny whistle. The two "franchises" do have something in common though; two good first episodes (by release date), a much weaker third episode, and an apparently endless heap of smelly decaying flogged dead horses piled on top. Enough already!

Marten and Angus aren't real bros. They're wanna-bros! Ironically, of course.

[mike837go]

Ugh... Last time I checked this thread, people were getting all snarky about Dune nerdery, and now they're discussing the finer points of Star Wars!?!? ... an apparently endless heap of smelly decaying flogged dead horses piled on top. Enough already!

Well played, milady, well played. However, the discussion petered out aound 2:30 this afternoon. How about the Shakespere bouncing ball Thursday lunchime?
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Marten and Angus are trying very hard to be bros. They've got NOTHING in common except Faye. Marten and Faye are functioning more like brother and sister. If you've got opposite sex siblings, your relationship with your sibling's lover (call it future in-law) can get really awkward or fun. They already did awkward twice. And defeated it. Now they are working on the fun part.

[Akima]

Because the only worthy opponent for for him is dead.

Doesn't hold water. "For every fine cat, a fine rat." A fresh villan can always be created. I think it was from R.A. Hienline.
Yeah, from the much derided "Cat Who Walks Through Walls". Right after Richard accepts that Gwen used to co-write a TV space opera.

Ugh... Last time I checked this thread, people were getting all snarky about Dune nerdery, and now they're discussing the finer points of Star Wars!?!?

Well played, milady, well played. However, the discussion petered out aound 2:30 this afternoon.

So I was two hours and thirty-one minutes late entering a discussion that took place while I was in bed, asleep, on the other side of the planet? My humblest apologies...

[Border Reiver]

Apology accepted. 

We understand, but these lapses can be corrected with just a little more self discipline 

[mike837go]

Sorry for rankin' on a fellow traveler of this entertainment.

I tend to get a bit smug, being in the same part of the country as Jeph.

Now, anything on thread?

[pwhodges]

I live in the country of the Prime Meridian - the rest of you have got your clocks wrong.

(N.B. I will get annoyed at having to put my clock wrong next weekend - Grrr!)