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some of us have BETTER THINGS TO DO than just play VIDEO GAMES all the...

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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME

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Butts.  

8 (12.5%)

The fact that it's plural really worries me.

1 (1.6%)

FWEEEE

3 (4.7%)

...that is a LOT of victorian pornography...

2 (3.1%)

No thanks.  I've been to the city.  It's loud and smelly.

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DJ Squeekz

3 (4.7%)

I...I love you too!

11 (17.2%)

Gimme a coping mechanism on the rocks.

5 (7.8%)

PIP PIP CHEERIO AND BUGGER ME BOLLOCKS

18 (28.1%)

None of the above

2 (3.1%)

DJ Wafflz

1 (1.6%)

Total Members Voted: 62

[themacnut]

I predict Faye getting good and plastered. After that anything could happen, including her returning to work in an inebriated state and causing all manner of havoc, ending in Dora sending her home to sleep it off (after ripping her a new one of course).

[Nathanyel]

I think Jeph meant "The Coping Mechanism is a big barf of why I stopped drinking."

(bear with me, just got up after a night of really weird dreams)

[Lubricus]

Psyducks on parade!

Shit! Does that mean I need the SecretPotion to get any further? 

[Nathanyel]

FYI, for those of you looking for the latest in DJ Squeak news, Jeph has updated his tumblr to include his latest track.

Well, to paraphrase Stan, it all sounds like squeak to me.

[akronnick]

Psyducks on parade!

I'm going to Hell, aren't I.

I am so, so, sorry. I thought psyducks running across the screen would be cute.

[Soulsynger]

Butts disease? Nah, marquees disease.

And also that Sqeekz track is pretty darn nicely done. Sounds a bit more like :Wumpscut: and Dolce Liquido in my mind than he probably intended but its awesome nontheless.

edit:
This week's thread will go down in forum history as "The Marquee Disaease-ter of late 2011". (Hah, nice wordplay, eh?)

[Akima]

I could have sworn that when I was in junior high the big Australian plain was named Nullarbor on the map (as in Zero Trees). If the resident Australians agree on a different spelling, I need to update.

It seems you're correct, and that I've been spelling it wrongly for years. Aussies certainly pronounce it Nullabor, though.

Makes me think that the issue is that she DOES and that's why she's freaking out. Not "omg, he said he loved me now what!?" or even "omg, I said I loved him but I'm not sure if I do or not" but "omg, I love him. OH SHIT HOW DID THIS HAPPEN HELP ME BOURBON YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!"

Pretty much... And the strip straightens up into character/plot development after a detour into silliness and butts.

[Near Lurker]

The train station looks kind of dumpy. Can a local inform us on that, because every station (5, only one of which had decent ridership due to being LA's Union Station) I've been to in California is nigh-immaculate.

In the real world, they'd be taking a very dumpy station in Amherst.  I've never actually been inside, but just from the outside, it doesn't look like much of a tourist destination.

EDIT: Went there this morning.  It's basically just a shelter and a ticket booth.  The drawing is spot-on.

(But what do you expect?  It's not a huge stop...)

[westrim]

The marqueepocalpyse seems to have ended, defeated by a great and mighty Mod.

I could have sworn that when I was in junior high the big Australian plain was named Nullarbor on the map (as in Zero Trees). If the resident Australians agree on a different spelling, I need to update.

It seems you're correct, and that I've been spelling it wrongly for years. Aussies certainly pronounce it Nullabor, though.

I recall a website that got linked to a few months ago on here that explained how Massachusetts placenames were pronounced, which often had next to nothing to do with how they were spelled. By comparison, dropping an 'r' is nothing to be ashamed of- unless you're a pirate.

HELP ME BOURBON YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!"

I can now think of nothing but Princess Leia saying that. No wonder Obi-wan went to the cantina- he needed to stock up!

In the real world, they'd be taking a very dumpy station in Amherst.  I've never actually been inside, but just from the outside, it doesn't look like much of a tourist destination.

Ah. So it's not necessarily representative, perhaps just singularly sucky.

[idontunderstand]

@idontunderstand:
Now when you say "it will end in butts", you don't mean... I mean... do you?

I don't even know who I am anymore!

[cesariojpn]

Psyducks on parade!

Shit! Does that mean I need the SecretPotion to get any further? 

Has a creepy tall blonde woman in black visited you yet?

[Near Lurker]

Ah. So it's not necessarily representative, perhaps just singularly sucky.

It doesn't look that bad in the comic, really... it's just that everything on the West Coast is so damn sterile.  (Manhattan, too...)

[TinPenguin]

What the monkeybuggering hell is everybody freaking out about?

Biggest overreaction I've ever seen here.

[Hebes]

What the monkeybuggering hell is everybody freaking out about?

Biggest overreaction I've ever seen here.

"Biggest overreaction" seems to be the status quo around here. It's not a WCDT without someone making a big deal out of nothing at least once!

I, personally am unsure as to why Faye needs said Coping Mechanism. Does she just miss Angus already? Was it the unexpected "I love you?" Is she regretting her decision to stay home for the weekend?

As the Daleks would say: EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN! EXPLAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIN!!

[pwhodges]

What the monkeybuggering hell is everybody freaking out about?

Take your pick:

(1) Faye turning to drink as she realises she actually loves Angus;

(2) Jeph depicting several pieces of litter at a railway station.

[VonKleist]

Maybe it´s just some "ugh, happy couples make me sick... gosh, I AM part of a happy couple" paradox.

She´ll get over it, that´s my guess. Nothing wrong with drinking liquour on friday afternoon once in a while.

I still got hope to see the beginning of MartenPadmaDateThatIsNotADate tomorrow O.o

[Paranoid]

Wow.  Just wow.  Faye's been given a horrible revelation, so naturally her first thought is to turn to the Horrible Revelation for a coping mechanism.  I agree with everyone that she needs a friend instead, but this isn't exactly surprising to be honest.  That said, there are several possibilities for what happens next.

1) Marten or Dora shows up out of the blue on his/her own.  Now normally Marten and Dora do not have interchangeable roles, but I think in this case either of them would provide good support for Faye.
2) Wil calls Marten or Dora, possibly after denying her request for a coping mechanism.  Unlikely, but possible.
3) Sven or Marigold shows up out of the blue.  While they would both handle the situation differently, either way the Awkwardness Zone would be virtually guaranteed at some point.
4) Marten shows up out of the blue, with Steve in tow.  Definitely not what I'm hoping for, but it wouldn't surprise me.
5) Butts.  Possibly with Steve in tow.

[Lubricus]

I've got an uncomfortable feeling we'll see Faye do something really stupid - maybe to Marten, which will ruin the dance-date-whatever for him...  

[Soulsynger]

A brain denied answers (even if just for one day) goes into a state of "overdrive" resulting in an "overthink overkill". ... its just natural human brain-haviour.

@Paranoid:
I hope its Nr.5) (possibly with waffles!) ... then at least the universe won't implode.

[Paranoid]

@Paranoid:
I hope its Nr.5) (possibly with waffles!) ... then at least the universe won't implode.

Um, no, eww!  Butts are cool, waffles are cooler*, but ne'er the two shall meet.  At least, not until the waffles are no longer recognizable as waffles anymore.

*The validity of this statement is subject to personal preference and/or whether or not the waffles have been recently toasted.  Some sales tax may apply.

[Welu]

Maybe this will lead to a reappearance of Doctor Corrine.

[jwhouk]

It's still daylight at the train station, and the bar is empty, so I'm guessing it't late afternoon, early evening.

I would think that a dancing date(?) would begin after dark.

The question is, when is Marten going to run into Faye, and how drunk will she be?

I'll respond to this one first: I suspect, if Angus is taking yon Amtrak train (assumably from the Amherst station), that it's probably early afternoon, about 1 PM. That's simply based on the Amtrak timetable; the only train going from the Noham area to NYC goes through Amherst at 1:19.

[Border Reiver]

I see that I'm late to the party this morning, but before I make my comment, I would like to thank our benevolent dictator/mod for disabling the marquees before I got here.

My first reaction brought a scene from the second season of BSG

Starbuck:  "No take backs.  You "Love" me.  Lee Adama love me."

That is going to be a very happy Angus on that train.

[Sorflakne]

Prediction for tomorrow and next week: Faye gets blitzed, and wakes up in a tree with no recollection of what happened.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

How about:

Pintsize shows up.  Whether he's helpful or completely messes things up is the obvious question. 

Padma shows up.  Faye spills her guts to Padma and Padma actually says something useful for a change.  Or the two of them end up in a southern style barista-fu versus bakery style Kalarippayattu sparring match.

[Delator]

Or...

Friday: Faye, still internally conflicted, resolves to make a drunken pass at Marten...

...who then lays her out with one punch.

Monday: OWLS!!!



....quit looking at me like that. : P

[Soulsynger]

Padma shows up.  Faye spills her guts to Padma and Padma actually says something useful for a change.  Or the two of them end up in a southern style barista-fu versus bakery style Kalarippayattu sparring match.

Never thought I'd ever see someone else use that word in a sentence.

But didn't Faye use Punch-Fu, Savannah style?
Plus, I think learning Kalarippayattu was forbidden for women.... not sure.

@Border Reiver:
I don't see Angus not noticing Faye's hesitance... he's probably in some deep thoughts, too.

[annietiger]

whaaaaaat

I think Faye has some strong feelings for Angus but that she takes "love" more seriously than he. She will drink too much all weekend and upon his return they will have a "serious talk" and the relationship will never be the same. After some time passes, the two will split and we'll all be single again!

[sitnspin]

I remember how it felt the first time I automatically said "I love you too" before realizing what I was saying. I had a bit of a freak-out two beats later when I realized what I had just said. I compleltely understand Faye's need for a Coping Mechanism. Unlike Faye, however, I lean toward single malt.

[celticgeek]

I compleltely understand Faye's need for a Coping Mechanism. Unlike Faye, however, I lean toward single malt.

Right.

[Carl-E]

Wow.  Clearly Jeph needed those first two silly strips as filler for this drama arc that has at least three strips, but probably more (he can't finish on a Friday, after all...)

Also, those who predicted Wil win the poll.  New one up as soon as I can get my shit together (first day of an online course, and all that).  


We've had three non-sequiters so far this week... who else will we be seeing?  

Dora  8 (14.8%)
Cosette  1 (1.9%)
Sven  10 (18.5%)
Pintsize & Winslow  4 (7.4%)
Mieville & the Roombas (wait, isn't that a band?)  7 (13%)
Penelope and/or Wil   6 (11.1%)
Pizza Girl!  4 (7.4%)
Sara (?!?!?)  4 (7.4%)
Someone else really minor  1 (1.9%)
Someone entirely new!  4 (7.4%)
OK then - Raven  5 (9.3%)

Total Voters: 54

Also, thanks to the mod who added Raven, although I personally think she was included in the "someone else" since she's pretty minor now.  

[azurite]

I wonder if that's the first time someone's said a romantic "I love you" to Faye since her father died.

Given that her father died when she was quite young, I wonder if that's the first time anyone's said a romantic "I love you" to Faye.

Whatever the case, today's strip is a bummer. Here's to hoping Wil knows better than to let Faye get wasted when what she really needs to do is take a walk or call a friend and figure stuff out.

(I know, I know.... "it wouldn't be QC if...."  )

[Is it cold in here?]

Isn't he legally obligated to cut her off if she gets intoxicated?

At least she's not drinking alone.

[starkruzr]

a) What's the problem?  What, just that she found herself telling Angus she loved him too?  Or that she felt "pressured" to say it because he said it first?  Did he say it first?  Is this a first-time thing?
b) "The city's not really my thing," says the girl in the city, who stays in the city because she doesn't like the city. 

[DSL]

A.) any combination of those will explain, unless it's something else.
B.) There are cities and there are cities. I live in something that is legally a city, occasionally visit three nearby agglomerations that are more realistically cities, and spent one long weekend in the lower part of Manhattan. I enjoyed myself but was glad to leave and return to my legally-a-city; saw no bongo-playing rats in The City, but damn that place is best experienced in small doses by a farm boy like me.

[Mr_Rose]

a) What's the problem?  What, just that she found herself telling Angus she loved him too?  Or that she felt "pressured" to say it because he said it first?  Did he say it first?  Is this a first-time thing?

The last guy she loved on anything like that level shot himself in the head in front of her. I expect she's terrified that Angus will either get his dumb ass killed, or possibly that he'll realise she's not worth it and leave her like daddy did. Possibly both. Getting her to consciously realise that is going to be difficult, but that's Dr. Buenvenida's job.

[Near Lurker]

Isn't he legally obligated to cut her off if she gets intoxicated?

Well... yes, but no one really follows that unless they're at the point where they think there might be trouble, health or behavior-wise.  She's probably going to be pretty far gone when and if Wil cuts her off, especially since he doesn't know her history.

[Mr. Doctor]

I'm surprised Faye said she loved him back. They've been dating...what, 2 weeks comic time? Or something?

I don't know if you are serious or not. I highly doubt they've been together for such a short amount of time. They were together even before Marten and Dora broke up...

[iduguphergrave]

I'm willing to bet it's been at least three months. Maybe a little soon to say love but not unheard of. Most of my friends seem to think you should start to hear "I love you" 4-6 months into a relationship.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Padma shows up.  Faye spills her guts to Padma and Padma actually says something useful for a change.  Or the two of them end up in a southern style barista-fu versus bakery style Kalarippayattu sparring match.

Never thought I'd ever see someone else use that word in a sentence.

But didn't Faye use Punch-Fu, Savannah style?
Plus, I think learning Kalarippayattu was forbidden for women.... not sure.
.

I was being a bit of a smarty pants with the reference.  Just a case of knowing Indian unarmed martials arts exists, but not being overly familiar with it.  Padma's more likely to be a student of some form of karate given that when she meets Faye in #1857 she uses knifehand strikes. Probably Shotokan, because it always seems when an American in fiction is portrayed as a karate student they practice Shotokan.

[Near Lurker]

b) "The city's not really my thing," says the girl in the city, who stays in the city because she doesn't like the city.  

The city of 30,000...

No, she's not eis ten polin.

[westrim]

EDIT: Went there this morning.  It's basically just a shelter and a ticket booth.  The drawing is spot-on.
(But what do you expect?  It's not a huge stop...)

Well, I expect trash cleanup, and maybe some weed killing/prevention. And room service. I've said it before, but just so it's clear I'm not criticizing the state of the structures, I'm surprised at the neglect of upkeep. Really, not even the one at the local county fairgrounds that basically only gets used when there's a fair (and thus similarly consists of a shelter, platform, ticket machine, and little else) has trash and leaves lingering on it at any point, despite being surrounded by eucalyptus and at the bad end of the city.

It doesn't look that bad in the comic, really... it's just that everything on the West Coast is so damn sterile.  (Manhattan, too...)

On architecture, I think you confuse 'newer' with 'sterile'. We also use far less brick with its inherently random coloration, but that's because we have different architectural influences. On trash and weeds, we certainly do have a lot of that floating about, but not on train platforms. Even the Metro in south LA, surrounded by trash filled lots and people with spray cans and a disregard for others property has been well kept when I've ridden it.

What the monkeybuggering hell is everybody freaking out about?

Take your pick:
(2) Jeph depicting several pieces of litter at a railway station.

I think I'm the only one interested in that, actually. And I just found the contrast with my own experience notable and worthy of asking about.


My opinion on the "I love you" debate is that she said it reflexively, then realized that she meant it, and holy crap my relationship is reaching a new level but he just left, please comfort me you beautiful bottle of bourbon. So she's coping with that revelation.

On time, there's been at least one timeskip (remember, they hooked up and got serious before Marten and Dora (Mora? Dorten?) broke up) so it may be six months since they started dating.

[Tova]

Surely this thread is far from the biggest overreaction seen around here... more like on par for any plot-related comic.

I could have sworn that when I was in junior high the big Australian plain was named Nullarbor on the map (as in Zero Trees). If the resident Australians agree on a different spelling, I need to update.

It seems you're correct, and that I've been spelling it wrongly for years. Aussies certainly pronounce it Nullabor, though.

Oops. Well, that's a little embarrasing.  Years of pronouncing it 'nullabor' have destroyed my speeling.

[Soulsynger]

I was being a bit of a smarty pants with the reference.  Just a case of knowing Indian unarmed martials arts exists, but not being overly familiar with it.  Padma's more likely to be a student of some form of karate given that when she meets Faye in #1857 she uses knifehand strikes. Probably Shotokan, because it always seems when an American in fiction is portrayed as a karate student they practice Shotokan.

Ah, okay. Well.. you should read and video up on it. Its pretty darn interesting when being considered the VERY first martial art ever developed.

Hm... you're right. Those are Shutoken. Omote Shuto Ken, to be exact (omote -> inner hand facing up) ... strange as those are more commonly used in Nin-Jutsu techniques. I'm gonna have to investigate this further. ... or could just be Jeph was drawing whatever the hell he wanted/needed to just get across that two girls are fighting.
(On a sidenote, I would've expected Faye to use some form of Shako Ken (Talon or clawed hand), seeing as she is the feisty, sarcastic, FIERCE one of the bunch. ^^ )

... I kinda lost track the discussion right here. GOnna go to sleep nao.

@Tova:
Haha... "speeling" sounds like some male facial hygene product... sports peeling or something.

[jwhouk]

You know, it's funny - I think that the train station in Amherst is about a third of a mile away from where we figured Dora had her new apartment.

[pwhodges]

Surely this thread is far from the biggest overreaction seen around here... more like on par for any plot-related comic.

Well, it seemed a bit worse until I turned the marquees off.

[gprimr1]

You know, it's funny - I think that the train station in Amherst is about a third of a mile away from where we figured Dora had her new apartment.

It's very close to the town. You can walk to Umass from it, as I did twice in the rain :/.

Although, on a uber-technical note, there is only 1 track at the Amherst station. I thought for a minute Jeff was dreaming ahead to when they rebuild the Boston and Maine and bring the train back through Northampton. They were supposed to start this year, but apparently they didn't have the crews, the line requires considerable, considerable work, if anyone has been caught by a train, the speed limit is only 10mph.

[westrim]

Although, on a uber-technical note, there is only 1 track at the Amherst station. I thought for a minute Jeff was dreaming ahead to when they rebuild the Boston and Maine and bring the train back through Northampton. They were supposed to start this year, but apparently they didn't have the crews, the line requires considerable, considerable work, if anyone has been caught by a train, the speed limit is only 10mph.

Maybe mass transit didn't degrade in development as badly in QCverse as it did in ours.

[rje]

A.) any combination of those will explain, unless it's something else.
B.) There are cities and there are cities. I live in something that is legally a city, occasionally visit three nearby agglomerations that are more realistically cities, and spent one long weekend in the lower part of Manhattan. I enjoyed myself but was glad to leave and return to my legally-a-city; saw no bongo-playing rats in The City, but damn that place is best experienced in small doses by a farm boy like me.

The only time I ever visited NYC I think the thing that struck me the most was how much it really felt like you were in a maze... It was like...there was street below, sky overhead but the only thing on all sides were buildings. Like just buildings, no matter where you were, all the roads led to buildings. I was someone used to a horizon line being visible at least some direction - I was feeling really claustrophobic by the end of the day, heh.

(But it was still an awesome trip if only because everyone was so nice. Like really friendly and helpful -  being the public-transportation virgin I was, a bus driver even caught up to and stopped next to a bus I had to transfer to so I wouldn't miss it. Although it may have helped that my drawl was turned up to 11 at that time lol, I was quite obviously a lost little tourist.)

Awww @ the comic
That was really kind of awesome
I don't blame Angus though, if there's any time to say that, it's before a trip. And I like how Jeph had Faye stutter, really shows she was caught off guard and blurted it. Genuine, but still a surprise.

[Kugai]

My prediction for Friday

Knight Sabres