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[mustang6172]

This is the first thread that redirects to all previous Turkey comics... that I have started.

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Wow this comic is old!

[Soulsynger]

HOBOHLBOHBLHOBLH!

(This thread won't be good for my mental health.)

[Ph2]

Marten and Jimbo have yet to the vertical tango. I'm disappointed.

[Soulsynger]

Marten and Jimbo have yet to the vertical tango. I'm disappointed.

Wait... shouldn't that be horizontal? Or are you being meme-meta? I ... ow, my brain.

[de_la_Nae]

*headdesk*
I have known about the word and meaning of 'shipping' for YEARS. But I didn't, until just know, realize its etymological origin, I just assumed there was some background I missed out on, like an amusing amount of internet words. I even READ that comic when it came out! AARHGH. 

Also you know what's funny? Back about the time the Hannelore / Marigold Turkcomic, while I wasn't reading this forum (I only started lately with Claire), I had actually wondered here and there if that was going to happen. I felt like, while there certainly were some barriers that Jeph had written a surprising amount of chemistry between the two that could have meant he was going that direction with it.

Then the 'not lezzing out' comic happened and I began to realize that he was kind of pissed when it came to that subject. I'm guessing there were some uh...oddities going on here and elsewhere regarding the matter. Especially since a mod mentioned a rule specifically against shipping, there *must* have been some drama.

[Is it cold in here?]

Good research! Would you like to add that to the wiki?

[TinPenguin]

Wait, the Padma arc was a whole year ago? What the hell, time.

[lepetitfromage]

Dear Mustang,

You are awesome for putting this thread together. Woooooooo turkeys wooooooooo 


~LPF

[riccostar]

You just saved me multiple hours, you have my thanks.

[Redball]

I have known about the word and meaning of 'shipping' for YEARS. But I didn't, until just know, realize its etymological origin, I just assumed there was some background I missed out on, like an amusing amount of internet words.

Took me a while too, to figure out it's "relationship" shorn of all but its suffix and turned into a transitive verb.

[bhtooefr]

Yet it can still be a noun, as in "ship-to-ship combat".

[Redball]

Yet it can still be a noun, as in "ship-to-ship combat".

Neat link and a fun read! I might try to prove the point that your example is the verb turned into a noun (a gerund?), but I'm not smart or logical enough to do so.
Oh hell, I'll try:
I like the thought of a relationship between characters A and B. I relationship them. I ship A and B. If I and my allies have a verbal battle with those who prefer a relationship between A and C, it's a ship (A and B)-to-ship (A and C) battle. If we're all close enough, perhaps it's a battle with bottles in a bar. You're right. Ship is a noun, I guess, but it still carries the sense of transitive verb. Interesting. I like the verb, I engage in it between just a couple of characters, but no temptation to do it in print.

[Is it cold in here?]

Is it just me, or did the turkeys look skinny this year?

[DSL]

I believe they are wild turkeys. Appropriate, no?

[riccostar]

They seem to be females this time! (hence the skinniness I believe)

I lost it at this quote from a turkey page I was just on:

Beware of an attack by a male turkey. Various fleshy parts of the turkey's head turn bright red during courtship or when the turkey is agitated. They may attack if they show any of these signs. Keep an eye on their snood and wattle if you get too close.

[Is it cold in here?]

I can't figure out whether "snood and wattle" sounds more like a pub game or a construction technique.

[jwhouk]

Good research! Would you like to add that to the wiki?

Already did.

[DrBear]

I have learned a lot from this thread. I always thought that when there were complaints about "shipping" two people it's that the reader wanted them to work for UPS or FedEx and Jeph had something against delivery companies.

OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

[Carl-E]

You could have at least tried to...

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

I have learned a lot from this thread. I always thought that when there were complaints about "shipping" two people it's that the reader wanted them to work for UPS or FedEx and Jeph had something against delivery companies.

OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

When I ship characters I use a very large box.      And I ship them as far away as I can.    Who the hell wants to listen to sloppy-kissy makeout-slurps?   

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

I can't figure out whether "snood and wattle" sounds more like a pub game or a construction technique.

It's a specific form of underwater arc-welding.

[Carl-E]

...that was turned into a pub game, especially near naval shipyards. 

[celticgeek]

...and also involved lug wrenches...

[DSL]

"The Snood and Wattle" is the name of my English-style pub. We serve Wild Turkey.

[Is it cold in here?]

OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

The shipping line?

[DSL]

OK, not really, but I couldn't resist the line.

The shipping line?

I was going to say steamship line, but I don't want to deal with any incoherent demands from Mr. Farmer.

[Carl-E]

God DAMN IT!!

GOD DAMN IT
GOD DAMN IT
GOD DAMN IT

[de_la_Nae]

EXPLAIN STEAM ENGINES.

[jwhouk]

This thread is a real turkey.

I suggest we ship it far, far away.

Like maybe to Tuckahoe, New Jersey.

[DSL]

COURSE: History of Engineering (HIST107/ENR 107)
INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Harold F. Callahan, SFPD
FINAL EXAM (Essay): Explain steam ... punk.

[Whitey Fats]

I love the turkey comics