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Clinton realizes "some time" is undefined. Fatal exception error. Literally.

8 (10.4%)

Dora achieves peak self doubt. Vanishes in a puff of logic.

8 (10.4%)

OH HAI, SVEN!

23 (29.9%)

A poll.

2 (2.6%)

A pole.

3 (3.9%)

Jeph gives all the drama you want between Marten and Claire. In one strip.

4 (5.2%)

Tai takes up archery (Bow Tai)

7 (9.1%)

Five days of Gabby and Sara.

10 (13%)

Emily goes to the coffee shop to get a smoothie. Leaves with nothing but a broken heart.

12 (15.6%)

Total Members Voted: 72

Voting closed: 26 Feb 2015, 10:35

[ReindeerFlotilla]

[Zebediah]

Well. Hannelore handled that situation efficiently.

[explicit]

As I suspected. Cashmere: Faye's only weakness.

Bullets, invincible man's only weakness!

[Rimwolf]

Ha, Chekhov's scarf!

[Aziraphale]

"I am a traveler of both time and space..."

Guess Hanners' knitting is more advanced than she lets on.

[Is it cold in here?]

Hmm, are we going see a mummified or hogtied Faye this week, as part of an effort to keep her away from booze?  That creation of Hannelore's could probably be effective for either purpose.

You called it.

[TheCaffeinatedPanda]

Hehe, flump.



Almost as good a word as defenestrate.

[Euthemes]

Hilariously random  . If you are upset, I'll bury you under tons of cloth  .

[DSL]

That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Hanners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)

[ReindeerFlotilla]

Hmm, are we going see a mummified or hogtied Faye this week, as part of an effort to keep her away from booze?  That creation of Hannelore's could probably be effective for either purpose.

You called it.

You expect some Canadian weirdo to go straight to bondage.

>.>
<.<

[wlewisiii]

Nope nope nope. If you want Kashmir today it has to be this one. Xylophones. Lots of them. Played by kids...

[Aziraphale]

That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Banners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)

Sounds like an Ed Wood movie in the making... some kind of mashup of "Glenn or Glenda" and "Plan Nine From Outer Space."

[ReindeerFlotilla]

Nope nope nope. If you want Kashmir today it has to be this one. Xylophones. Lots of them. Played by kids...

What has the world come to, when you are denied for linking the original artist?

[wlewisiii]

Only  because I saw these kids today. Tomorrow we'll go back to the originals, today belongs to the young since it's the 40th anniversary of Physical Graffiti and that's an amazing bit of musicianship.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

I suppose that's acceptable.

[SubaruStephen]

*Has high hopes for the future of good music*

Only  because I saw these kids today. Tomorrow we'll go back to the originals, today belongs to the young since it's the 40th anniversary of Physical Graffiti and that's an amazing bit of musicianship.

40th!?

Once I fix my record player, it's time to listen the vinyl again.

[Kugai]

Now she'll be able to telepathically contact the Fourth Doctor via the magic of the Scarf

[SubaruStephen]

Now she'll be able to telepathically contact the Fourth Doctor via the magic of the Scarf

"Oh, dear, Hannelore needs my help again."

[hedgie]

Tom Baker truly was the best Doctor.

[Kugai]

And has the unique record of being the longest serving Doctor

1974-1981

[BenRG]

You know, it sort of makes sense that Faye's fine manipulation skills aren't brilliant. She's never really needed them. Either she'll tell Hannelore that this isn't her thing or Marten will need to get used to living with 'crazy knitting lady'.

FWIW - Hanners is right that Faye's anger issues need addressing. I'm interested to see if Faye ends up arguing with Hanners or the two of them end up laughing like loons whilst scarved together in mutual mummification. That latter option demands that Marten walk in, stare for a panel and then 'phone his mum for tips on disentangling those in overenthusiastic bondage.

[edit]
Over on the Subreddit, someone has suggested that Hannelore teach Faye to knit her own Worry Hat. I heartily endorse this suggestion. Everyone needs a Worry Hat. Everyone.

[explicit]

Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?

[anahata]

Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?

Why would anyone do that?

Also, I love the Hanners angel face in the last panel.
I know Jeph draws that eyes-closed "I've just had the last word" look a lot, but it does look good on her.

[Akima]

Hanners demonstrates that if something is getting loud, you quiet it with a muffler. 

[Is it cold in here?]

The Pugnacious Peach must have good fine motor control to have built the Espressosaurus.

[TinPenguin]

EDIT: I checked the handy timeline. It's been about 13 weeks in-comic time since Art Guy walked away with the espressaurus.

Yeah, I'm still pretty dubious about this timeline. I think QC timeskips more often than people realise.

[Lubricus]

I don't expect Faye to take to knitting. She's probably a lot more comfortable with metalwork.

[explicit]

Chainmail.

[BenRG]

I've had a possible idea for Thursday through Monday'ss strips. Presented without commentary or question of likelihood:

Global Moderator Comment

THURSDAY - MONDAY - PANELS 1 - 13 (half-height): FAYE and HANNELORE knitting furiously against the backdrop of the flaming inferno of war in a worlde gonne madde - WITH A 1,000 ELEPHANTS!!!

Sorry Ben, I love your posts but that was unfortunately the wrong kind of shipping so I had to change it to the PG13 trailer. peace /Aimless

[bhtooefr]

Hannelore's reaction to reading that post would probably be along the lines of:

[BenRG]

You know, poor Jeph can't win, can he? He draws a Claireten strip or two and the forum spends pages bitching about it being boring and repetitive. He draws a strip of two about Faye and it's ignored in favour of weird puns and a discussion of popular music.

It's not just here either. The number of posts per strip on the Subreddit has also dropped by about 75% since the focus moved from Claireten.

[Is it cold in here?]

That was a warmly human scenario and I hate to be a killjoy (mod)but that was solidly over the line on shipping(/mod).

[Aimless]

Sorry Ben I pooped on your show and you may have to refund the tickets I love your alterverse but rules be rules *

* sometimes <sup>†

†</sup> this time

[explicit]

I got to read it, you reached a few of us.

[BenRG]

I got to read it, you reached a few of us.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? 

[Thrillho]

I think explicit was saying that in a good way.

The point was that it was very well written but just against forum rules.

[explicit]

Ya, I liked it. Maybe I'm biased because I sometimes read similar stories though.. doop-dee-doo...

[Lubricus]

Chainmail.

Good luck trying to KNIT chainmail! But then again, making chainmail and other types of metal armour might be right up Faye's alley. It's surprisingly meditative, actually, and you get to manipulate metal, which is always relaxing.

[Zebediah]

Hannelore must have had her apartment repainted recently, because those walls are a truly blinding white.

[SubaruStephen]

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Lazy-Mans-Chainmail-Shirt/

[Lubricus]

Anyone who thinks that looks like chainmail has never seen the real thing... 

[SubaruStephen]

It's what they used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail...


Maybe Faye can build one of these and modify it to knit:

[Neko_Ali]

So... Now that Faye is tied up in the UberScarf... Are we going to spend the next few weeks with the two of them reenacting 50 Shades of Yarn?

[Thrudd]

Hehe, flump.

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Almost as good a word as defenestrate.

That's not a flumph. This is a Flumph!

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and yes, it is of British origin since only the mind of a Brit would come up with such a thang ... and make it frickin Lawful Good !!!!

[WareWolf]

Chainmail.

Good luck trying to KNIT chainmail! But then again, making chainmail and other types of metal armour might be right up Faye's alley. It's surprisingly meditative, actually, and you get to manipulate metal, which is always relaxing.

Apparently, it's very relaxing. I was at a rather sprawling, loud, multi-day party one time where there were a bunch of SCA folks (really, do SCA folks throw any OTHER kind of party?) where I happened upon a bearded young man sitting at a table, making chain mail. I thought it a bit odd, but I watched him for a few minutes, then complimented him on the patience and the concentration it must take, especially in all that chaos. He told me he suffered from crippling social anxiety, and the only way he could really come to something like this is if he could take a break and soothe himself by doing his craft. Nice guy, and later, one of the ladies modeled the chain mail bikini he'd made for her.

[Zebediah]

Yeah, I've seen someone making chainmail like that too. It's basically the metalwork version of knitting: you can do it sitting in an easy chair while watching TV.

[Pilchard123]

Aimless, I do not want a sausage inna bun. Not even if it's made of actual pig products.

[Cattus]

Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?

Why would anyone do that?

Also, I love the Hanners angel face in the last panel.
I know Jeph draws that eyes-closed "I've just had the last word" look a lot, but it does look good on her.
----------------------
Hanners looks like a patient parent speaking to a misbehaving child - that just about fits, doesn't it?

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Hanners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)

Woah. Neural knitwork. I like the idea.

[Aziraphale]

That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Hanners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)

Woah. Neural knitwork. I like the idea.

A network of hares networking hairs?