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OK, folks  - it's MotW (Moment of the Week) time!  

Well well, look who it is.
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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.  
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The fact that it's plural really worries me.
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FWEEEE
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...that is a LOT of victorian pornography...
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No thanks.  I've been to the city.  It's loud and smelly.
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DJ Squeekz
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I...I love you too!
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Gimme a coping mechanism on the rocks.
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PIP PIP CHEERIO AND BUGGER ME BOLLOCKS
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None of the above
- 2 (3.1%)
DJ Wafflz
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Total Members Voted: 62


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Author Topic: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011  (Read 120252 times)

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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #400 on: 22 Oct 2011, 01:03 »

Apropos of nothing...

I'm sentimental & voted for "I...I love you too!"

Bourbon as a coping mechanism is understandable. Bourbon as a coping mechanism for *being in love* is more problematic.

The artwork in the last frame of 2040 is excellent. Completely captures Marten's not wanting to deal with drunk Faye just now, and Faye's thinking she's silly, but she's actually just annoyingly drunk.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #401 on: 22 Oct 2011, 01:06 »

If by "happy" you mean "occasionally threatens and/or chucks patrons across the bar", then yes.

In one case, it landed her a job offer for a bouncer.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #402 on: 22 Oct 2011, 03:09 »

Hm, Faye sometimes seemed menacing or rather silly when drunk. This time around I think she´s kinda cute  :-)

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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #403 on: 22 Oct 2011, 06:13 »

I think that's why Marten does't want to deal with her - despite the (albeit silly) cuteness, Faye can  get violent, and they were to go dancing, not necessarily drinking and dancing (though the two often go hand in hand).  Dragging a person who'd drunk enough to flop about and can't even hold a straight face, and who's known for having a temper and can be moody around on what's supposed  to be a fun evening is just not a good idea, especially if you want to have fun. 

Marten's reaction is fine and natural.  Faye's is disturbing, but only if you know the reasons. 

Go, Marten.  Have fun.  Let Faye sleep it off.  You're still a good friend. 


[reaches for the popcorn]
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #404 on: 22 Oct 2011, 10:52 »

Was anyone else expecting, if only briefly, the bottom two panels to involve headbutting and vomiting? (I'm glad they didn't.)
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #405 on: 22 Oct 2011, 11:13 »

I agree wholeheartedly with Carl's post. Marten staying with Faye and sacrificing his own evening would just be him allowing himself to be slave to her moods and whims, AND quite likely get knocked out again when Faye has a drunken mood swing and gets mad at him, probably in response to him getting snarky with her.

Yeah, it's healthier for Marten to go out than stay home with someone who's drunk AND has a temper. Again, healthier FOR Marten. If that makes him a "bad friend" cause he's looking out for his own interests for once, then so be it. I was a little worried that Faye would puke in Marten's lap and headbutt him in the nuts again, but it looks like Jeph's not gonna repeat that joke, thankfully.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #406 on: 22 Oct 2011, 13:11 »

If I were Marten, I don't think it led a drunken Faye anywhere near  my crotch!

Headbutt my nuts once, shame on you.  Headbutt my nuts twice,...
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #407 on: 22 Oct 2011, 13:51 »

...well, your not gonna headbutt me in the nuts again.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #408 on: 22 Oct 2011, 16:24 »

That's what SHE said!
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #409 on: 22 Oct 2011, 18:29 »

No, she said "BUGGER ME BOLLOCKS", which doesn't really sound all that much better...
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #410 on: 22 Oct 2011, 23:40 »

I am catching up this week after having some coping mechanisms of my own and I missed some of my favorite things!  Relationship progressions!  And irrational dislike of Faye! (I don't know if it's healthy or not but disliking a fictional character might help me find real people less annoying in comparison!)

Only the Roomba family could have made this better.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #411 on: 23 Oct 2011, 01:28 »

No, she said "BUGGER ME BOLLOCKS", which doesn't really sound all that much better...
I'm not sure that it's even possible.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #412 on: 23 Oct 2011, 01:31 »

I'm sure Faye can find a way.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #413 on: 23 Oct 2011, 10:07 »

No, she said "BUGGER ME BOLLOCKS", which doesn't really sound all that much better...
I'm not sure that it's even possible.
You know how there's porn of everything, even impossible things?
Yeah.

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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #414 on: 23 Oct 2011, 11:38 »

...well, your not gonna headbutt me in the nuts again.
Way to sneak in a Bush reference there.
I know that Faye is just a fictional character, but I wish she learned not to be so dependent on alcohol to deal with her emotional problems. Is it weird to feel compassion for cartoon characters?
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #415 on: 23 Oct 2011, 12:03 »

I know that Faye is just a fictional character, but I wish she learned not to be so dependent on alcohol to deal with her emotional problems. Is it weird to feel compassion for cartoon characters?
Not really.  I mean, I think one of the reasons we get so passionate about our arguments on these forums is because of how attached we are to these characters.  And the main reason we can do that is because of how realistic Jeph depicts them.  Now, occasionally someone will go slightly out of character in order to set up or deliver a punch line, but only slightly.  Now the setting definitely has its share of glaring inconsistencies, but the people behave like we expect them to.  It's definitely a tribute to Jeph how he's able to deliver a consistently funny comic 5 days a week without turning the cast into the emotional equivalent of cardboard cutouts.  So yes, it's perfectly fine to feel compassion for them.  At least, it better be for my sake. :-o
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #416 on: 23 Oct 2011, 12:45 »

Well played, westrim, well played. :evil:
I do my best.

is Near Lurker a logical name with over 700 posts?

This forum is set up so that users can't change their account names; I don't intend to alter that.
I know, I tried to capitalize my name a while back only to find that it wasn't doable.

Yeah, popcorn, but the good, buttery(or buttery substitute) kind.  Not  the light stuff, which is lacking in buttery goodness.
I prefer kettle corn, myself.

You know how there's porn of everything, even impossible things?
Yeah.
Due to this I know that Africa and South America used to be close lovers, but continental drift forced them apart. SA hooked up with North America and Africa was until recently in a threeway with Europe and Asia before Europe broke up over Gibraltar 5 million years ago.



You're welcome  :angel:
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #417 on: 23 Oct 2011, 12:57 »

That's not porn, that's a soap opera. 
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #418 on: 23 Oct 2011, 13:28 »

That's not porn, that's a soap opera. 
But it's explicit soap opera, with hot continent on continent action and lots of bumping and grinding.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #419 on: 23 Oct 2011, 13:32 »

Ooh Baby, I want your Tectonic plate in my subduction zone...
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #420 on: 23 Oct 2011, 14:00 »

Ooh Baby, I want your Tectonic plate in my subduction zone...
Going dowwwwn...
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #421 on: 23 Oct 2011, 14:07 »


Due to this I know that Africa and South America used to be close lovers, but continental drift forced them apart. SA hooked up with North America and Africa was until recently in a threeway with Europe and Asia before Europe broke up over Gibraltar 5 million years ago.


So we have the Indian subcontinent forcefully penetrating Asia and a bunch of others ganging up giving the Pacific a rimming?
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #422 on: 23 Oct 2011, 15:42 »

Nothing like firing up the forums first thing in the morning, glancing at the last three posts first, and wondering how the hell the thread got there.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #423 on: 23 Oct 2011, 17:27 »

Was anyone else expecting, if only briefly, the bottom two panels to involve headbutting and vomiting? (I'm glad they didn't.)
Then we'd have a hundred posts about how Jeph wasn't being original anymore.

Or a Kurtz-like post from Jeph saying "#### you guys, it's funny."
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #424 on: 23 Oct 2011, 19:51 »

That's tangential to why I'm glad they didn't.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #425 on: 23 Oct 2011, 22:16 »

Nothing like firing up the forums first thing in the morning, glancing at the last three posts first, and wondering how the hell the thread got there.
I do my best.  :angel:
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #426 on: 23 Oct 2011, 23:19 »

Nothing like firing up the forums first thing in the morning, glancing at the last three posts first, and wondering how the hell the thread got there.
I do my best.  :angel:
Aaaaaaaand you're not original anymore.

(Like this? damn... I can see why Jeph didn't opt to got for vomit~y crotch headbutting again...)
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #427 on: 24 Oct 2011, 20:27 »



The real Amherst Amtrak for anyone interested.

Jeff was technically correct though, Amherst did once have two tracks, but the second one has been torn up except for a few ties and scrap rail.
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #428 on: 25 Oct 2011, 04:10 »

I've been on that train!
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #429 on: 25 Oct 2011, 06:24 »

Results for MotW: 

Well well, look who it is.  0 (0%)
some of us have BETTER THINGS TO DO than just play VIDEO GAMES all the...  1 (1.6%)
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME  8 (12.9%)
Butts.    8 (12.9%)
The fact that it's plural really worries me.  1 (1.6%)
FWEEEE  3 (4.8%)
...that is a LOT of victorian pornography...  1 (1.6%)
No thanks.  I've been to the city.  It's loud and smelly.   0 (0%)
DJ Squeekz  3 (4.8%)
I...I love you too!  11 (17.7%)
Gimme a coping mechanism on the rocks.   5 (8.1%)
PIP PIP CHEERIO AND BUGGER ME BOLLOCKS  18 (29%)
None of the above  2 (3.2%)
DJ Wafflz  1 (1.6%)

Total Voters: 62

We have a winner! 
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Re: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011
« Reply #430 on: 29 Oct 2011, 14:13 »

According to Jeph's Tumbler, it was Springfield Amtrak. I guess Angus needed a wider range of departures.

Completely ridiculous/insignificant question; did you base the background of the most recent strip on the Springfield Amtrak station?
Yup! It is wonderfully desolate.
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