Topic: WCDT 16-20 May 2011 (1926-1930) (Read 60756 times)

ysth · « **Reply #100 on:** 16 May 2011, 23:45 »

Very successfully messed with her head, he did.

Tova · « **Reply #101 on:** 16 May 2011, 23:53 »

Quote from: ZERO on 16 May 2011, 23:03

Some ominous music during panel four would have been perfect.

Oh wait, was that just in my head? Daaang.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #102 on:** 17 May 2011, 00:02 »

Wow....been reading a little too much manga over the last couple days and accidentally read Tuesday's comic manga-style. Oddly, I found it to be funnier than reading it normally for some reason.

Monkey Says Yes · « **Reply #103 on:** 17 May 2011, 00:45 »

And Jim continues his awesomeness!

Blackjoker · « **Reply #104 on:** 17 May 2011, 00:45 »

I actually want to see how much crazy this guy has.

Tanksenior · « **Reply #105 on:** 17 May 2011, 01:05 »

Jim is awesome. Today's QC(1927) is one of the funniest I've seen in quite a while hahaha great expression in the 4th panel, love it.

jwhouk · « **Reply #106 on:** 17 May 2011, 03:06 »

This whole storyline could take QC on an off-ramp to Twilight Zoneville.

(And Skewbrow: Yes, I'm talking about Pekka. Rinne >>>>> Niemi and Kiprusoff.)

Tiogyr · « **Reply #107 on:** 17 May 2011, 04:14 »

Quote from: Blackjoker on 17 May 2011, 00:45

I actually want to see how much crazy this guy has.

Having the hitler-stache on his bottom lip seems like foreshadowing, to me.

Carl-E · « **Reply #108 on:** 17 May 2011, 04:22 »

It's called a soul patch, not a hitler stache. They've been slipping in and out of popularity for quite a while for some reason.

mike837go · « **Reply #109 on:** 17 May 2011, 04:48 »

Oooookkkkaaaayyyy, the 4th panel was just supposed to be creepy?

I was getting a 4th wall kinda vibe from it. It kinda looks like Jim was looking back at the audience.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #110 on:** 17 May 2011, 05:14 »

I think I like Jim...

Looks like he just doesn't shave regularly. Wel,l he works mostly at ungodly hours, so it may also be that Padma dragged him out of bed, and he didn't have the time to tidy up?

(jwhouk: Rinne refused to play for the national team => this fan calls for tar and feathers

Not really, money talks, and he had the valid excuse that the Predators were still hunting for a spot in the next round. Also, bringing in freshly eliminated NHLers frequently turns sour- Ovechkin was quite useless in the semifinal. ------Edit: And now (checking out pwhodges' CLIKC suggestion) I realize that there are other places on this forum that might have actually if not welcomed my hockey posts at least found it not off-topic. Mea culpa.

Tiogyr · « **Reply #111 on:** 17 May 2011, 05:39 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 17 May 2011, 04:22

It's called a soul patch, not a hitler stache. They've been slipping in and out of popularity for quite a while for some reason.

It is quite popular amongst people on the sex offender registry in where I live, too, though I don't know how relevant that is.

pwhodges · « **Reply #112 on:** 17 May 2011, 05:50 »

I wouldn't like anyone to take any significance from that statement, though. Although stereotypes generally arise for a reason, very easily that reason can in fact be entirely random or uncorrelated - which is why use of stereotypes can so readily become harmful.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #113 on:** 17 May 2011, 05:53 »

Quote from: cat_rant on 16 May 2011, 22:19

Cross genre Jump! I looked at the Dora & Jim introduction and thought yikes! Dora is doing business with the animated version of Little finger from Game of thrones. Too much tv make cat_rant something something....

Hope this business venture works. It would be interesting to observe the partnership. Also Dora was totally schooled. That's business for you.

That'll be creepy, as he marries the sister of the woman he loves so as to be better able to try and bone the daughter, all the while playing the game well enough to go from minor to major player.

DSL · « **Reply #114 on:** 17 May 2011, 06:21 »

Was Jim looking back at ... Padma? ... In that third tier? And, yes, Dora's head is thoroughly messed with this day.

Carl-E · « **Reply #115 on:** 17 May 2011, 06:27 »

I think we've seen that Padma probably could negotiate her way out of a paper bag, so no, i don't think she was his lawyer.

Wait - did you mean she's his ex? Naaah, I don't think that one works either. No matter how bad a negotiater his lawyer was, there's no way he'd be forded to keep his ex on as an employee!

It's just a dramatic aside from a ridiculous angle. Either that, or he has a serious twitch that turns his entire head whenever he thinks about his divorce...!

DSL · « **Reply #116 on:** 17 May 2011, 06:38 »

... Just seems to me Dora's looking at whatever Jim's looking at in that tier. Also, strange but true: There's a restaurant, a very successful restaurant for many years now, near my hometown that is owned/run by a couple who stayed in business together after their divorce.

Edit: Looked again. Dora could be looking sideways at Jim.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #117 on:** 17 May 2011, 07:16 »

Quote from: DSL on 17 May 2011, 06:21

Was Jim looking back at ... Padma? ... In that third tier? And, yes, Dora's head is thoroughly messed with this day.

Its an aside, thats all. After all, if it was aimed at Padma, wouldn't it shown an awkward/oblivious Padma standing in the background? For all we know, Jim could have sent her back to the bakery to help Elliot, or she could be talking to Faye at the other end of the counter. As she isn't in the comic today, you're inferring she is Jim's ex, based on an angry aside.

kent_eh · « **Reply #118 on:** 17 May 2011, 07:19 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 17 May 2011, 06:27

Either that, or he has a serious twitch that turns his entire head whenever he thinks about his divorce...!

I know guys that have worse tics when they talk about their divorce.

One gets all Tourettes* at the mere mention of his ex. And that's decades later.

* at least the uncontrollable swearing part

mike837go · « **Reply #119 on:** 17 May 2011, 07:50 »

Quote from: kent_eh on 17 May 2011, 07:19

Quote from: Carl-E on 17 May 2011, 06:27
Either that, or he has a serious twitch that turns his entire head whenever he thinks about his divorce...!
I know guys that have worse tics when they talk about their divorce.
One gets all Tourettes* at the mere mention of his ex. And that's decades later.
* at least the uncontrollable swearing part

It eases after about 5 years or so.

I can now mention her name without having to visibly supress the string of invictives.

Laminator_X · « **Reply #120 on:** 17 May 2011, 08:01 »

I hear James Urbaniak's voice reading Jim's lines.

themacnut · « **Reply #121 on:** 17 May 2011, 08:06 »

Ah the joys of the adversarial nature of the divorce process. It doesn't have to go that way, but it usually does get ugly when a marriage ends and the resulting scars can linger for decades, especially if the scarred one had a lousy lawyer.

pwhodges · « **Reply #122 on:** 17 May 2011, 08:14 »

I remained on civil terms with my first wife; not least we were inevitably going to meet at our son's concerts. A couple of years on we had her round for dinner (my present wife knew her before we married), and we do from time to time to this day (nearly 20 years on); but I still feel a bit uncomfortable in her company (though I get on with her husband like a house on fire, we have so much in common

).

Carl-E · « **Reply #123 on:** 17 May 2011, 08:53 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 17 May 2011, 08:14

(though I get on with her husband like a house on fire, we have so much in common ).

I wonder how much that irks her...

The Duke · « **Reply #124 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:14 »

Quote from: azurefirem on 16 May 2011, 18:23

I smell a merger: TSB pastries, CoD coffee, and in TWO locations!

The Secret Doom.

...it's either that or Coffee of Bakery.

Quote from: Grantzilla on 16 May 2011, 22:42

"Yes, I fired my lawyer...out of a cannon."

Haha, awesome.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #125 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:17 »

Quote from: The Duke on 17 May 2011, 09:14

Quote from: azurefirem on 16 May 2011, 18:23
I smell a merger: TSB pastries, CoD coffee, and in TWO locations!
The Secret Doom.
...it's either that or Coffee of Bakery.

What? No love for Bakery of Doom? Or the Coffee Secret?

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #126 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:25 »

I like "The Secret Doom"...of course no one from the outside would guess it was a coffeeshop/bakery

There doesn't seem to be such a thing as a good first impression in the QC-verse

Carl-E · « **Reply #127 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:30 »

The Secret Bakery of Doom.

The Secret Coffee of Doom.

La Secret Patisserie et Cafe de Malheur.

Effng portmanteaus... sometimes, they just don't work!

pwhodges · « **Reply #128 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:41 »

The Secret Coffee-Cake of Doom.
The Coffee-Cake of Secret Doom...

OT:
My first wife's second husband: (a) has the same birthday as me, and (b) works in the same building of the same university department that I was a student in when we met.

Tiogyr · « **Reply #129 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:57 »

Usage of the insanity font would be a must for the new shop names, either way.

OT:
So she traded for a younger model?

DSL · « **Reply #130 on:** 17 May 2011, 09:57 »

Secretly Baked Coffee of Doom?

pwhodges · « **Reply #131 on:** 17 May 2011, 10:45 »

Quote from: Tiogyr on 17 May 2011, 09:57

OT:
So she traded for a younger model?

No, no - we're the same age, give or take a year or so (I don't actually know his exact age). My present wife says I'm way better preserved than him...

Black Sword · « **Reply #132 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:19 »

Seems Dora has met her match. Jim appears to be a Dark Lord of the Bakery to her Coffee Apprentice.

(how in the world can a lawyer be a bad negotiator and get work? Don't they rely on word of mouth to survive? I'd believe it if he was not as skilled or well-positioned as his opponent, but still....)

Tiogyr · « **Reply #133 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:30 »

That one is simple: not all lawyers are the courtroom variety you see on TV.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #134 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:36 »

Quote from: Black Sword on 17 May 2011, 11:19

Seems Dora has met her match. Jim appears to be a Dark Lord of the Bakery to her Coffee Apprentice.

(how in the world can a lawyer be a bad negotiator and get work? Don't they rely on word of mouth to survive? I'd believe it if he was not as skilled or well-positioned as his opponent, but still....)

Most liars....I mean lawyers, get paid no matter the outcome of a divorce, and any supposedly halfway decent lawyer will try and take the most expedient route for their client. If Jim lost the divorce settlement, it was probably because his lawyer didn't put up that much of a fight, or just saw that if things went on longer, it could hurt Jim more in the long run. And given the fact that most divorce judges tend to support the wife over the husband, Jim's lawyer might have just decided to cut and run.

DSL · « **Reply #135 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:38 »

Covered courts (civil) for a few years for a paper. Not unusual at all for the losing side in a family court case to trash everyone involved: The judge is corrupt, his or her lawyer sold out, etc. etc. etc. And they'd want me to write a story "exposing" their lawyer, the ex's lawyer, or the judge as a liar, cheat, fraud, drunk, puppy-kicker, stealer from the church collection plate, etc. I'd ask if they were sure they wanted all their dirty laundry in the paper and ... Well, then, I was part of the corruption and coverup.

Boomslang · « **Reply #136 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:44 »

Is anyone else hearing Jim's speech in almost a Cave Johnson sort of voice?

Because I definitely am.

Tetrinity · « **Reply #137 on:** 17 May 2011, 11:59 »

Quote from: Boomslang on 17 May 2011, 11:44

Is anyone else hearing Jim's speech in almost a Cave Johnson sort of voice?

Because I definitely am.

I wasn't, until you said that. Now I can't stop. IT WORKS SO WELLLLLLLLLLLL

addendum: and now I want to play through Portal again. I have exams to study for. D:

cat_rant · « **Reply #138 on:** 17 May 2011, 12:12 »

Maybe Jim does the anti-social night time baking shift for a reason. He looks a little rough round the edges... Almost like a guys who has been kicked in the nuts by life - repeatedly.

Carl-E · « **Reply #139 on:** 17 May 2011, 12:59 »

Quote from: cat_rant on 17 May 2011, 12:12

Maybe Jim does the anti-social night time baking shift for a reason. He looks a little rough round the edges... Almost like a guys who has been kicked in the nuts by life - repeatedly.

Could be the other way 'round - baking through the night, possibly alone (yes, one person can bake that much stuff in a pro kitchen), muttering to himself about the ex-wife and lawyers... it'll make you a bit rough around the edges!

But yeah, seems nut-kicked. At least once.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #140 on:** 17 May 2011, 13:22 »

If he's been divorced just once, chances are his nuts weren't just kicked, they were trapped in a vice and squeezed until they cried for the sweet release of death (and yes, I did mean to imply that the testicles themselves are the ones doing the crying).

I'm not married; my parents' marriage was enough to show me the dangers of that scene. I'm not saying it'll NEVER happen for me, but damn if I'm not gonna be cautious.

The Duke · « **Reply #141 on:** 17 May 2011, 14:37 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 17 May 2011, 09:17

Quote from: The Duke on 17 May 2011, 09:14
Quote from: azurefirem on 16 May 2011, 18:23
I smell a merger: TSB pastries, CoD coffee, and in TWO locations!
The Secret Doom.
...it's either that or Coffee of Bakery.

What? No love for Bakery of Doom? Or the Coffee Secret?

I was just keeping them in order; both of those seem to lean toward one of the parent shops, whereas mine maintains equality because it is impossible to tell what it is based on the name.

jwhouk · « **Reply #142 on:** 17 May 2011, 15:03 »

Quote from: Tiogyr on 17 May 2011, 04:14

Quote from: Blackjoker on 17 May 2011, 00:45
I actually want to see how much crazy this guy has.

Having the hitler-stache on his bottom lip seems like foreshadowing, to me.

Wow. This has to be the most interesting way to Godwin a thread ever.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #143 on:** 17 May 2011, 15:09 »

Quote from: Tiogyr on 17 May 2011, 04:14

Quote from: Blackjoker on 17 May 2011, 00:45
I actually want to see how much crazy this guy has.
Having the hitler-stache on his bottom lip seems like foreshadowing, to me.

When you're old enough to shave, then you can judge and make bad jokes.
Most guys do tend to develop a soul patch if they don't shave for a couple of days, simply because it is one of the most visible areas on a man's face.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #144 on:** 17 May 2011, 16:06 »

Quote from: Andy147 on 17 May 2011, 15:06

Wonder how Marten will react when he realises that because Dora dumped him he went to tSB and that led to - whatever it's leading to?

Technically this deal happened because Angus introduced her to Padma, and she later decided (apparently) to scope out tSB. So really Angus is the one to thank here.

Kugai · « **Reply #145 on:** 17 May 2011, 16:28 »

*Low. creepy Violins*

Hmmmmmm

Jim strikes me as a cross between Seymour Skinner and Jake Morgandorffer.

Grud, what a combination!

ecstaticjoy · « **Reply #146 on:** 17 May 2011, 17:43 »

Jim's kinda scary.

EcoReck · « **Reply #147 on:** 17 May 2011, 19:15 »

Urgh, that poll just made me crave for more Raven.

St.Clair · « **Reply #148 on:** 17 May 2011, 20:10 »

What fourth wall?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #149 on:** 17 May 2011, 20:13 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 17 May 2011, 20:10

What fourth wall?

....Is Jim really Wade Wilson?....

HOLY CRAP! DEADPOOL IS GOING TO KILL THE QC CAST!!! While making witty jokes and constantly referring to us, the readers, and his little yellow thought boxes.

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