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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

[Aziraphale]

Do we even know that Faye will find the support group helpful? A while back we discussed the idea of her going to AA, and we came to the conclusion that Jeph would nix the idea, due to his own experience with getting sober.

I'm thinking if Faye does go to the support group, this will be Jeph's way of expressing it as a shitty option, and have her eventually quit and go her own way.

AA isn't the only group option out there. Besides, with groups (as with individual therapists), it takes a few tries sometimes to find the right fit, assuming the group dynamic works for you (and it doesn't for everyone).

Has anyone tried reviving The Washingtonian Society? Having a non-theistic support group around would probably help out a lot of alcoholics who are turned off by AA's religious based program.

I see a couple of references to them online (once you get past the handful of Conservative organizations that've named themselves for someone besides Reagan), but nothing that actually includes their tenets. How were they different?

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Faye won't run into Padma, she'll run into Steve's old girlfriend Meena.  Or Pizza Girl.  It seems exceedingly unlikely Padma could still be in town without either one of the cast running into her, or Sam spilling the beans somehow.

[SubaruStephen]

How were they different?

Everyone member was responsible to keep the other members from falling back into the bottle

[Omega Entity]

Even more mindblowing: You can totally illustrate both parts with your hands: Right hand palm towards you, left hand flat on top with the thumb slightly downward to connect to the tip of the mitten and pinky up. Michigan! 

And here I thought that "double peninsula" meant that you lived on the thumb. A peninsula of a peninsula would be a double peninsula. Otherwise it's just two single peninsulas passing in the night, never to meet.

Well, I do live in the thumb, oddly enough :-p

[Endellion]

I wonder if we won't see a familiar face or two at the support group.  Steve seems to have had a booze problem after he broke up with Ellen.  It was what led to his recruitment by whatever section of US intelligence he works for.  It could make for a good excuse to bring back some character from the past who's been MIA for a long time.

Can't really see that, the only other person I've seen in the entirety of the comic (apart from Steve on two occasions) who uses substances to an excessive amount is Tai, and I don't think she sees that as a problem to get help with.

[Neko_Ali]

Can it really be said she used to an extensive amount? We've seen her admit to being to high to work once. And she may have even been lying about it to avoid showing the interns around. Probably not, but it's still pretty uncommon for us to have actually seen or heard about her getting high, and I don't remember ever seeing her drunk. I'm just saying that use does not automatically mean excessive use.

[Omega Entity]

She was totally high on the interns' first day, bloodshot eyes and everything. It's why she and Momo went in the back to watch Adventure Time and Marten got stuck with the grunt work, as it were.

[Endellion]

Can it really be said she used to an extensive amount? We've seen her admit to being to high to work once. And she may have even been lying about it to avoid showing the interns around. Probably not, but it's still pretty uncommon for us to have actually seen or heard about her getting high, and I don't remember ever seeing her drunk. I'm just saying that use does not automatically mean excessive use.

Tai suggests that she uses a quite a bit here, don't really know if it is to a certain degree that she should seek help (probably not tbh) but regardless she wouldn't.

[Radium_Coyote]

Given the sort of person Faye is, I'm not entirely convinced that a "support group" will necessarily be helpful.  The first thing you have to do is care what a bunch of random strangers think about your personal problems.  Her gut had her go to an old friend... not so sure this will work out, despite being an obvious set-up.

[Is it cold in here?]

Welcome, new person!

You're on to something. If Faye goes through with this, it will be character development.

[Oenone]

I'd almost like to see Faye kicked out of a group like that because of her abrasiveness-- that might be come to Jesus moment for her in terms of accepting accountability for how her behavior hurts/is unfair to others.

[KOK]

And here I thought that "double peninsula" meant that you lived on the thumb. A peninsula of a peninsula would be a double peninsula. Otherwise it's just two single peninsulas passing in the night, never to meet.

What is the highest order peninsula? Broager is a peninsula on Sundeved, which is a peninsula on Jutland, which is a peninsula on the European mainland, which is a peninsula on the Eurasian continent. Mols is a peninsula on Djursland, which is also a peninsula on Jutland.

Let us limit this to named, inhabited peninsulas.

[Zebediah]

It's peninsulas all the way down.

[Carl-E]

Isn't "peninsulas all the way down" just a stalactite? 

[Is it cold in here?]

I'd almost like to see Faye kicked out of a group like that because of her abrasiveness-- that might be come to Jesus moment for her in terms of accepting accountability for how her behavior hurts/is unfair to others.

She had a moment of reflection long long ago when Raven called her on being mean, but she may well need another one.

[jwhouk]

I used to live down by the edge of the wrist, but now I'm more up by the gap between the middle and ring finger.

I still contend that the first person she sees at the support group will be.... SVEN.

[Gladstone]

I still contend that the first person she sees at the support group will be.... SVEN.

I was thinking that too, earlier today.  He got rebuffed by Faye roughly a week ago, according to the timeline.  If Dora actually went through with her threat to cut him out of her life, and did so sometime off-panel, those two rejections by people formerly close to him may have been enough of a clue that he has some problems he needs to address?  Of course, in typical Sven fashion, a regular therapist won't be enough; he'll need a bit of an audience to listen to his woes, so a support group will come in handy.  Either he's in the middle of an epic rant when Faye walks in, or:

Wednesday night.  Faye is leaving the therapy session at the community center.  Across the hall, another room is emptying out.  Somehow, in the muddle of people, she bumps into Sven.
SVEN: "Faye!"
FAYE: "You. Figures you'd be in the creepy group."
SVEN: "What the--you're the one in the creepy group, not me."
FAYE: "I'm the normal group! You're the creep!"
SVEN: "No--but--wait--"
FAYE: "But--that must mean--"
THERAPIST: *facepalm* "We have got to stop double-booking these things..."

[rfrank dodelijk]

I still contend that the first person she sees at the support group will be.... SVEN.

I was thinking that too, earlier today.  He got rebuffed by Faye roughly a week ago, according to the timeline.  If Dora actually went through with her threat to cut him out of her life, and did so sometime off-panel, those two rejections by people formerly close to him may have been enough of a clue that he has some problems he needs to address?  Of course, in typical Sven fashion, a regular therapist won't be enough; he'll need a bit of an audience to listen to his woes, so a support group will come in handy.  Either he's in the middle of an epic rant when Faye walks in, or:

Wednesday night.  Faye is leaving the therapy session at the community center.  Across the hall, another room is emptying out.  Somehow, in the muddle of people, she bumps into Sven.
SVEN: "Faye!"
FAYE: "You. Figures you'd be in the creepy group."
SVEN: "What the--you're the one in the creepy group, not me."
FAYE: "I'm the normal group! You're the creep!"
SVEN: "No--but--wait--"
FAYE: "But--that must mean--"
THERAPIST: *facepalm* "We have got to stop double-booking these things..."

my god! there is no creeps group, it's only mentioned to make the actual group feel better about themselves before they even turn up at the hall.
you're a genius, Gladstone.

[ZoeB]

Hehe, flump.



Almost as good a word as defenestrate.

Defenestrate : To convert to Linux

[ZoeB]

It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.

I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.

I'm just here for the puns.

Knitting/Sewing puns are earlier in the thread.

[Endellion]

It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.

I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.

I'm just here for the puns.

Knitting/Sewing puns are earlier in the thread.

I was a bit out if the loop when those were posted, when I looked at them it was about sewn up

[eschaton]

Sven will *not* be in rehab, at least not for substance abuse. 

It's been established by Dora that Sven is the sort of person who has faced no real adversity in life - that's part of why she resents him so much.  So even though we've seen him drunk/talking about being drunk on occasion, he's almost certainly the kind of dude who can dabble casually in things and be none for the worse.  Or perhaps the kind of guy who used to be way more into taking substances, but managed to lower his intake and get his life together without actually getting "sober" per se.

The most obvious secondary character to have in rehab would be Jimbo.  It would actually be pretty funny, because Jimbo embarking on a major life change every time he pops back into the strip is a pretty well established convention.  That said, Jimbo is almost certainly older than the main cast (e.g., over 30) so I doubt he would be in the support group.

Steve is the only other real possibility.  We know he's gone on amazing drunken benders in the past.  However, we also know that within the last few months of comic time he was sharing beers with Martin and Sven, so he's clearly still drinking casually. 

It's possible that the reason the rehab ad seemed so tailored to Faye wasn't a Chekov's Gun, but to make explicit how much Faye does not want to go through formal rehab - to the point that even one which makes clear it doesn't involve religion or creeps still turns her off.  Her evasive answer to Hanners is a bit hard to read - still it seems more like bravado than anything - something she's turning around in her head, but not willing to share.

I think if Jeph goes the rehab route, it's going to be in part because it will allow him to show new characters as well.  We may see some older favorites, but I'm 100% sure we'll see 2-3 more guest characters weave their way into the story as well.  Meaning the pace will slow down even further.   

[Gladstone]

Yeah, my bad.  My brain skipped over the "Substance Abuse" part of the support group, latched onto the parenthetical bit about creeps, and thought of Sven.

[DSL]

It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.

I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.

I'm just here for the puns.

Knitting/Sewing puns are earlier in the thread.

No, sewing puns are all along the thread. I could tell you about the knitting puns, but it would be quite a yarn.

[Kugai]

I'd prefer some pearls of wisdom.

[Aziraphale]

I'd prefer some pearls of wisdom.

Well, then, the world's your oyster.

[Kugai]

Muscling the Thread in a new direction I see.

[explicit]

Man, I really hope the puns don't invade this new weeks WCDT as well. 

[Kugai]

They might


Aaaaaannnnd

They might not




You never know

[explicit]

I have a lot to do this week! I can't be wasting my time getting irrationally mad at jokes on the internet!

[Aziraphale]

Careful. Do that and you might flounder.

[Rghfrgl]

Man, I really hope the puns don't invade this new weeks WCDT as well. 

Yeah, good luck with that. These jokers never clam up. 

[Aziraphale]

Give him a few aspirin for that haddock and send him on his way.

[explicit]

I'm sad because I know a lot about marine habitats, but now I can't join in because I already complained. Also, if I did, I may seriously start punching myself.

[Aziraphale]

Maybe a tilefish will make you feel better.

[Aziraphale]

PS: Why so crabby?

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

We're not annoying you on porpoise, explicit.

[explicit]

This is how you guys made me feel.

[Aziraphale]

Cast a wider net, perhaps?

[Kugai]

Orcalm down a bit

[Aziraphale]

Eel be fine.

[Kugai]

Hoki

[Thrudd]

I like the idea of Faye being hired to make something like a transforming monster truck. But since such things already exist in our world (google is your friend), it will have to be something more outlandish.

If outlandish but not too outlandish, may I suggest Monster Truck that transforms into a Texas BBQ/smoker.

Outlandish would be a sculpture of a [insert political mascot here] that serves soft serve ice-cream.
... random thoughts .... stream of consciousness ..... old aussie tv shows ....
Steam Donkey   ... Eureka! That's it!!  ...... a Steam Donkey with a modified design to do something practical in the most abstract way. [now it will never happen]

Maybe? If anything, they have to have a joke joke about a mitten-shaped peninsula. One that isn't 'Michigan is the hand and Florida is the dick'. That's one's been done.

USA as the pants for Canada but what the heck is that hand doing?
Lets not be shellfish about the puns though.
Once your hooked, your hooked.
To those who say "Don't do rugs" or some such yarn I say, Toupee.