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Night of the Creeping Creep.

 “Its just one full moon.”

Glooooom!

Tai isn’t the slightest bit bitter. Honest.

The EspressoSaurus Time Machine. J.Verne would be proud.

Raven Pritchard – Quantum Barista

Bros, the secret summoning spell.

Bros Bros Bros Bros

Who cares about a moment of the week? ITS JEPH’S BIRTHDAY!

[hannahsaurusrex]

Would you want to be left alone after having your hopes crushed by your crush's loudmouth employee?


Also, I imagine the dorm might be pretty crowded seeing as its the end of the college year.

I was referencing Arnold's trademark "I knew I should have stayed home today" from The Magic School Bus. I guess the joke failed.

[TheEvilDog]

I was referencing Arnold's trademark "I knew I should have stayed home today" from The Magic School Bus. I guess the joke failed.

Yeaaaaah, looked it up on Wikipedia, and I think I'm too old to have seen it.

[Method of Madness]

To the possibility of Tai canceling the party, I'm pretty sure it's not hers (or at least not hers alone) to cancel.

[hannahsaurusrex]

The party is most definitely going to happen. Roof's will be raised, then set on fire, rumps will be shaking, and people will get low.

Tai has told college students about the party, it's going to happen whether or not she's ready.

P.S. TheEvilDog, I'm sorry you missed out on such a fun show. Yeah the voices are high pitched, but they crammed a lot of stuff in one episode AND kept it entertaining. WHY IS PBS SOOOO GOOD?!

[TheEvilDog]

To the possibility of Tai canceling the party, I'm pretty sure it's not hers (or at least not hers alone) to cancel.

Like someone said last week, getting the party sorted before inviting your crush, was a huge mistake and just begging for the plan to be ruined very, very quickly.

++edit++ Well that was the wrong word to emphasize. Anyway, its fixed

[The Duke]

Would you want to be left alone after having your hopes crushed by your crush's loudmouth employee?


Also, I imagine the dorm might be pretty crowded seeing as its the end of the college year.

I was referencing Arnold's trademark "I knew I should have stayed home today" from The Magic School Bus. I guess the joke failed.

For what it's worth, I got it and laughed.

[hannahsaurusrex]

Thanks TheDuke!

Back there someone mentioned Janet as a better Doppelganger, which I have to agree with.

Here's a QC related question, is Marigold coming to the party? They ARE friends now. Tai, Marten, and Marigold can be melancholy together.

[Akima]

So apparently Gary Numan's some British singer.

Ah yes, our only exports, oppression and rock music.

And Doctor Who.

Three! Our three chief exports: oppression, rock music, Doctor Who and silly walks....are amongst our chief exports....hold on, I'll come in again.

At least you've stopped exporting opium...

[akronnick]

So apparently Gary Numan's some British singer.

Ah yes, our only exports, oppression and rock music.

And Doctor Who.

Three! Our three chief exports: oppression, rock music, Doctor Who and silly walks....are amongst our chief exports....hold on, I'll come in again.

Our four chief exports: Oppression, rock music, Doctor Who, silly walks and a fanatical devotion to the Queen... oh bugger...

[DSL]

But not cheese. The cheese shop has none, sir.

[cesariojpn]

So apparently Gary Numan's some British singer.

Ah yes, our only exports, oppression and rock music.

And Doctor Who.

Three! Our three chief exports: oppression, rock music, Doctor Who and silly walks....are amongst our chief exports....hold on, I'll come in again.

Our four chief exports: Oppression, rock music, Doctor Who, silly walks and a fanatical devotion to the Queen... oh bugger...

Yeah, thank you for export George Orwell.

[DSL]

Exported some Puritans a few hundred years back. Started a whole mess, that did.

[Near Lurker]

Marmite.  Can't forget Marmite.

[Skewbrow]

But not cheese. The cheese shop has none, sir.

but... but I like cheddar

[Kugai]

Marmite.  Can't forget Marmite.

Yeah, and the Warrants are still out for the inventor.

[cesariojpn]

Exported some Puritans a few hundred years back. Started a whole mess, that did.

But they gave us Blackadder.

[Near Lurker]

One month later, Raven is eaten by an espressosaurus.  It will be very sad.

[Tergon]

When Raven first reappeared, I predicted that she would use quantum physics to summon fresh coffee for CoD using her newly-upgraded brain.

FUCKING.  CALLED.  IT.

The most random, stupid prediction ever, and I was god-damned right.  Yes.  YES.

[hannahsaurusrex]

Hooray Tergon!

Imagine if Raven hooks up ALL of the espressosaurs to do that...

[Kugai]

Next on Questionable Content:


Agents Lucsley and Dulmer from the Bureau of Temporal Affairs will visit Coffee of Doom while Captain Janeway has, through the astute offices of Seven of Nine and B'Elanna Torres have followed the Expressosaurus back to trace the source of the amasing Coffee now available on Voyager.

[iduguphergrave]

 

Er, isn't the dude who commissioned Faye for the thing gonna be coming back soon? She'll have to give him the espressosaurus rex.

[Dust]

Er, isn't the dude who commissioned Faye for the thing gonna be coming back soon? She'll have to give him the espressosaurus rex.

Wasn't there a prototype version?

[snubnose]

Raven for the win !

[Is it cold in here?]

How many people can boast of having a time machine in their gallery?

Well, the answer to that is "lots and lots", but how many can say it truthfully?

[MightionNY]

It would be hilarious if in 26.8 hours (give or take), the expressosaurus does in fact reappear with said coffee.

C'mon, Mr. Jacques, you know you want to

[lunakitten]

I know jeph wasn't thrilled with it, but I have to say that cracked me up, and I don't often laugh out loud at a webcomic.

[0kamisama]

1.21 Caffeine-awatts! Great Scott!

[akronnick]

1.21 Caffeine-awatts! Great Scott!

Whao, Doc, this is heavy!

[CompSarge]

It would be hilarious if in 26.8 hours (give or take), the expressosaurus does in fact reappear with said coffee.

C'mon, Mr. Jacques, you know you want to

Of course, given the normal pace of this comic, 26.8 hours QC time will probably occur sometime in August.

[Blackjoker]

My fear is that Raven miscalculated and soon their world will be overrun by coffee blooded robot dinosaurs.

[cyro]

So apparently Gary Numan's some British singer.

Ah yes, our only exports, oppression and rock music.

And Doctor Who.

Three! Our three chief exports: oppression, rock music, Doctor Who and silly walks....are amongst our chief exports....hold on, I'll come in again.

At least you've stopped exporting opium...

Actually, we mostly imported that. From our oppressed colon... I mean wonderful allies.

[guayec]

It isn't out of character for Marten. Its more like; "Well, I'm doing ok, I think, moving on as best I can. Whats that? Dora is going out with someone el-....*Punch the gut with a kick thrown in*"

Remember, the comic moves in its own time, and Marten has to move at his own pace for getting over things. I think its natural for someone to feel like that when an ex starts dating again, so soon after the breakup, which they initated.

That was precisely my point. To me it didn't look as strong a reaction. I wasn't expecting tears, but something more intense (more in the lines of what you described). So I guess is just my perception. 

[Method of Madness]

Exported some Puritans a few hundred years back. Started a whole mess, that did.

And I'll never forgive you for that.

[Eternal_Newbie]

At least you've stopped exporting opium...

Actually, we mostly imported that. From our oppressed colon... I mean wonderful allies.

Read about the Opium Wars. Short version. China politely asked the British East India Company to stop exporting so much Opium into China from India. British East India Company said fuck you, China impounded a few boatloads, Britain invaded.

The British East India Company specialising in being official government approved arseholes is also one of the reasons for the USA.

[Border Reiver]

It would be hilarious if in 26.8 hours (give or take), the expressosaurus does in fact reappear with said coffee.

C'mon, Mr. Jacques, you know you want to

Of course, given the normal pace of this comic, 26.8 hours QC time will probably occur sometime in August.

Of 2012

[mike837go]

I think our beloved, Mr. Jacques miscalculated slightly, if he was going for the Back To The Future reference.

The number of seconds Raven quotes is 1.11994212963 days, not 1.21.

Also, one of the really buggery problems in time travel, that no fiction has yet to really deal with, is the fact that the Earth is moving through space.

The spot the espressosourus left will be 6,350 miles further along its orbit around the sun and 43.179 degrees out-of-phase because of the Earth's rotation.

The puts it in orbit over Chicago when it returns.

As you can tell, I'm not much of a Raven fan.

[Bloo]

Erm, just to let you guys know.

http://www.the-whiteboard.com/index.html

Holy FUCKING shit.

[pwhodges]

That was quick!

N.B.: the link above will point to the wrong strip tomorrow, making history strange; at that point the correct link will be this,  which, however, will not work until then!

[DSL]

OK, now that we have a crossover to compensate (imperfectly,one hopes) for the orbital mechanics mike837go brought up, my vote is for espressosaurus 2 reappearing:
A) at Tai's party
B) at Dora and Jim's whatever-dinner (JUST ABOVE somebody's bowl of soup)

... Perhaps the end result will be a new CoD-TSB coffee delivery system. Order your coffee at tSB and a dinosaur appears. A day or so later.

Other possibilities come to mind ... "many-worlds" of them, in fact. Go nuts, fellow forumites ...

[guayec]

Also, one of the really buggery problems in time travel, that no fiction has yet to really deal with, is the fact that the Earth is moving through space.

There's one short tale by Asimov that addresses that issue. I can't remember the title, but a couple of time-travelers go so far back (or forward, I don't recall) in time that the Earth (hel, the hole Solar System) is not even there.

EDIT: Still can't fin it. But there's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Time_travel_or_space-time_travel

[akronnick]

Also, one of the really buggery problems in time travel, that no fiction has yet to really deal with, is the fact that the Earth is moving through space.

Actually, they have.

The most plausible real-world time travel technique is to create a worm hole through space time. Compared to that, programming the time machine to compensate for the Earth's many motions (the Earth's orbit and rotation is peanuts compared to the Sun's motion through the galaxy, for example) would be child's play.

[Black Sword]

....so the ditziest character in the strip is now armed with quantum physics for her hijinks.

....oh dear.

[snubnose]

At least you've stopped exporting opium...

And you started excepting other exports but silver (and opium).

[Blackjoker]

....so the ditziest character in the strip is now armed with quantum physics for her hijinks.

....oh dear.

My fear would be more if Pintsize learned of this...imagine for a moment him with time travel.

[Sahugani]

I think our beloved, Mr. Jacques miscalculated slightly, if he was going for the Back To The Future reference.

The number of seconds Raven quotes is 1.11994212963 days, not 1.21.

Also, one of the really buggery problems in time travel, that no fiction has yet to really deal with, is the fact that the Earth is moving through space.

The spot the espressosourus left will be 6,350 miles further along its orbit around the sun and 43.179 degrees out-of-phase because of the Earth's rotation.

The puts it in orbit over Chicago when it returns.

As you can tell, I'm not much of a Raven fan.

Nah you're not factoring in earth's gravity. Should stay right were is was Of course I'm no astrophysicist and time travel will always make my brain hurt.

[cyro]

At least you've stopped exporting opium...

Actually, we mostly imported that. From our oppressed colon... I mean wonderful allies.

Read about the Opium Wars. Short version. China politely asked the British East India Company to stop exporting so much Opium into China from India. British East India Company said fuck you, China impounded a few boatloads, Britain invaded.

The British East India Company specialising in being official government approved arseholes is also one of the reasons for the USA.

I know, but there's colonial exports and there's British exports, I was refering to the later. Using the former, the British Empire has traded in damn near everything that existed between the 1800's and WWI.

[Tiogyr]

I think our beloved, Mr. Jacques miscalculated slightly, if he was going for the Back To The Future reference.

The number of seconds Raven quotes is 1.11994212963 days, not 1.21.

Also, one of the really buggery problems in time travel, that no fiction has yet to really deal with, is the fact that the Earth is moving through space.

The spot the espressosourus left will be 6,350 miles further along its orbit around the sun and 43.179 degrees out-of-phase because of the Earth's rotation.

The puts it in orbit over Chicago when it returns.

As you can tell, I'm not much of a Raven fan.

Nah you're not factoring in earth's gravity. Should stay right were is was Of course I'm no astrophysicist and time travel will always make my brain hurt.

Earth's gravity is no longer a factor when you're opening a wormhole through time and space (during the journey itself). If you put the exit in the wrong area of space (even if you get the right Time correct) you could still easily end up falling from an orbital position relative to Earth (where gravity would take over again).

[Black Sword]

....so the ditziest character in the strip is now armed with quantum physics for her hijinks.

....oh dear.

My fear would be more if Pintsize learned of this...imagine for a moment him with time travel.

The space-time continuum just crapped itself in terror.

[Thiefree]

That's so Rav- *soul turns inside out from horror*

[Method of Madness]

It would be hilarious if in 26.8 hours (give or take), the expressosaurus does in fact reappear with said coffee.

C'mon, Mr. Jacques, you know you want to

Of course, given the normal pace of this comic, 26.8 hours QC time will probably occur sometime in August.

Of 2012

...of the Sixth Age.