Topic: WCDT 14th - 18th December 2015 (Strips 3111-3115) (Read 24346 times)

Lubricus · « **Reply #50 on:** 14 Dec 2015, 23:12 »

Quote from: Y on 14 Dec 2015, 07:51

Quote from: BenRG on 14 Dec 2015, 02:25
Dora and Tai are just going to have to find somewhere else to do their hanky-panky!

What other places are still available at CoD? The bathroom (but customers can go there), the dung... basement, the back alley or the roof.

There's always the air ducts - if they don't mind raccoons and pigeons.

Akima · « **Reply #51 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 00:32 »

Racoons, pigeons and Adam Jensen.

That is a large box of knives in the back office.

BenRG · « **Reply #52 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 01:14 »

Quote from: Akima on 15 Dec 2015, 00:32

That is a large box of knives in the back office.

Maybe it's Faye's old raw materials box?

Tova · « **Reply #53 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 01:24 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Dec 2015, 21:37

Quote from: Tova on 14 Dec 2015, 14:48
What's the deal with gratuitously calling Penelope "Pen²"?

Just an external reference. Pen² or Pen-pen is a character - Misato's intelligent pet penguin - in the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Yep, I'm familiar with NGE, got the dvds, own the t-shirt, visited the exhibition in Tokyo... blah blah blah.

Just didn't see what Penelope had to do with it (until the relevant comic was linked earlier).

BenRG · « **Reply #54 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 02:53 »

New comic at roughly 10:50 GMT or 11:50 CET. Probably tells us when Jeph gets up when on vacation!

Onto the comic: Emily is... Emily, who likes things. She likes things a lot and she just naturally has the carefree air of a spree killer around her, as Faye once pointed out. Meanwhile, Hannelore is having the strange experience of having to be the voice of sanity and rationalism when she's normally the child-like enthusiastic one.

This idea may yet explode in Dora's face!

P.S.:
Anyone else notice that Emily's smile for the nice customer lady was spookily similar to Hannelore's old 'I don't really know how to smile' slasher grin from way back?

Doc · « **Reply #55 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 03:37 »

Yes, we will pardon your bed latin.
To not have a worry.

Y · « **Reply #56 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 04:59 »

This reminded me of this comic. I think Emily is going to fit right in.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan · « **Reply #57 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 06:00 »

Today's comic featuring Mara Wilson and her saltines. https://twitter.com/MaraWritesStuff

Emily is terrifying in panel 4, I'm pretty sure this is what's going through Mara's head in that moment:

(click to show/hide)

sitnspin · « **Reply #58 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 06:13 »

I wish my coffee shop served Daft Punk at 200 decibles.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #59 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 06:25 »

I wouldn't. At 200 dB you have a pressure of +-1 atm. That can actually rupture your alveoles. Generally speaking, 200dB are an acoustic pressure that is potential lethal.

Thrudd · « **Reply #60 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 06:30 »

Quote from: ankhtahr on 15 Dec 2015, 06:25

I wouldn't. At 200 dB you have a pressure of +-1 atm. That can actually rupture your alveoles. Generally speaking, 200dB are an acoustic pressure that is potential lethal.

That is the definition of Daft - doing something that is potentially lethal to oneself and ones surroundings for "fun".

Omega Entity · « **Reply #61 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 06:45 »

Man, Emily has some wide hips going on there.

Endellion · « **Reply #62 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 06:49 »

Quote from: Omega Entity on 15 Dec 2015, 06:45

Man, Emily has some wide hips going on there.

But do they lie?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #63 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 07:08 »

Oh god why do I have a mental image of Emily accidentally stabbing someone by the end of this storyline?

DSL · « **Reply #64 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 07:11 »

"Please Don't Hurt Me." That's one for the specials board.

neurocase · « **Reply #65 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 07:18 »

Quote from: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 15 Dec 2015, 06:00

Today's comic featuring Mara Wilson and her saltines.

I thought that adorable little face looked familiar.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #66 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 07:22 »

Quote from: neurocase on 15 Dec 2015, 07:18

Quote from: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 15 Dec 2015, 06:00
Today's comic featuring Mara Wilson and her saltines.

I thought that adorable little face looked familiar.

I read that as 'saltiness' rather than 'saltines' at first. I was left wondering what was pissy about her Twitter feed, and was thoroughly confused when there was no pissiness to be found.

Case · « **Reply #67 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 09:29 »

Emily Azuma reporting for training !!!

For some reason or other, my brain decided to overlay this with an dutifully-excited Japanese audio-track ... Maybe I should cut down the Anime-consumption?

Timemaster · « **Reply #68 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 10:10 »

I knew this day would come, but I didn´t expect it to come so soon. But here it is. Already.
So what to do with it? Well, best way is to face the facts and get over it.

What day? The first day featuring Hannelore with the new lip design.

I revisited the comic maybe ten times today and looked at it again and again, trying to get a feel for the new look.
But sorry, I don´t get it.
I think Hanners looked much better with her old mouthform. She looks very different, like another person. Amazing what such a little difference in the character design can do.
Don´t get me wrong, it doesn´t look bad. It´s just that she looked so incredibly cute without the lips. And that cuteness is kinda gone. She looks more serious, more grown up. Unlike herself.

Of cause I know that Hannelore was drawn with lips in the past. But I like the version of the last years better than the older strips too.

This is just my humble oppinion and I´m in no position to critisize Jeph here. It´s his comic, his protagonists and of cause his design. And I´m sure I´ll get used to it soon. It´s Hannelores character that counts and the character won´t be affected by the way she is drawn (hopefully).
But for now I´m a little bit sad that Jeph took his design in this direction.

TM

Nepiophage · « **Reply #69 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 11:36 »

Quote from: Nepiophage on 14 Dec 2015, 15:07

Quote from: Tova on 14 Dec 2015, 14:48
What's the deal with gratuitously calling Penelope "Pen²"?

Working at CoD means subjecting yourself to a neverending parade of inventive nicknamery

Speaking of which, I wonder what Emily's will be?

Zebediah · « **Reply #70 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 12:19 »

Since the premier bestower of nicknames has moved on to other employment, perhaps Emily won't get one.

Kugai · « **Reply #71 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 14:01 »

She's gonna fit right in at CoD.

Somebody · « **Reply #72 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 20:58 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 15 Dec 2015, 07:08

Oh god why do I have a mental image of Emily accidentally stabbing someone by the end of this storyline?

http://www.questionablecontent.net/2293

celticgeek · « **Reply #73 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 21:11 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 15 Dec 2015, 07:08

Oh god why do I have a mental image of Emily accidentally stabbing someone by the end of this storyline?

I figure she will accidentally hit someone with the smoothie hammer.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #74 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 21:24 »

"accidentally"

RetroRefractive Noodle · « **Reply #75 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 21:29 »

I would pay good money to be horrified, tormented, maimed or otherwise by the staff of Coffee Of Doom.

How much do you think Jeph would charge to be COD'd in comic?

chaospersonified · « **Reply #76 on:** 15 Dec 2015, 21:44 »

Their whole image is built on CoD being all inhospitable.

Inhospitable sounds like 'in hospital,' which is where customers will end up if Emily is in charge of making smoothies

Lubricus · « **Reply #77 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 01:15 »

From now on I'm starting all conversations with "Hello, stupid jerk!"

neurocase · « **Reply #78 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 01:27 »

The comic is up! And...Hanners looks hella creepy, or is that just me?

chaospersonified · « **Reply #79 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 01:28 »

I am so amused at how happy Emily is to sass. The levels of contradiction here. She means no harm, she's just so happy to be rude, even though she means no offense. I don't know if I will be able to handle this jiggery-pokery

BenRG · « **Reply #80 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 01:49 »

I think that Jeph is really enjoying playing up Emily's 'She can only pretend to be one of us' side. She has a definite auteur-like air to her sometimes; she's able to say the words and dance the steps but you get the impression that she doesn't really understand them on a certain level.

Part of it is, of course, that she's just so genuinely sweet and nice that she can't really pull off unpleasant behaviour in a believable way. That won't stop her developing her own cult following at CoD, primarily because she far outstrips even Faye's ability to make up bizarre nicknames (remember the dogs?)

Quote from: neurocase on 16 Dec 2015, 01:27

The comic is up! And...Hanners looks hella creepy, or is that just me?

I'm rolling with it myself. Jeph is still trying to get used to giving all female characters full lips and he is struggling with them in certain shapes and angles.

Storel · « **Reply #81 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 02:10 »

Hannelore's hair is bothering me more than the lips. It looks like she has a bunch of blonde leaves stuck to her head. I can't imagine how you would make your hair look like that, let alone why you would want to...

Oh, wait, now I know who she's trying to look like! http://blog.retroplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sprout.jpg

But she'll have to dye her hair green to get the full effect.

MrNumbers · « **Reply #82 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 04:27 »

It's funny, I'm thinking if a girl like Emily said that to me, my first response wouldn't be offense. I'd try to haggle her down to a different kind of stupid name, like Fudoodles, and see where we ended up.

And I think that'd be the highlight of my day, at that.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #83 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 04:53 »

Hah! I have a "Mr. Burny" at my workplace too, except it's an Oxy-Acetalene torch.

(But sometimes it's "The Sparkle Wrench" depending on which tip I'm using.)

ZoeB · « **Reply #84 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 07:25 »

I totally grok Emily. I was like that when young. Aspergic, very.
The parts of the brain to do with "common sense" are used for other things.

My bet is that with more socialisation, she'll pick up the basics though.

Or maybe I'm just not equally weird, but even more so. That hypothesis has some evidence for it too.

cesium133 · « **Reply #85 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 07:32 »

Quote from: SubaruStephen on 16 Dec 2015, 04:53

Hah! I have a "Mr. Burny" at my workplace too, except it's an Oxy-Acetalene torch.

(But sometimes it's "The Sparkle Wrench" depending on which tip I'm using.)

And when the two combine... It's Mr. Sparkle!

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #86 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 07:38 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 16 Dec 2015, 07:32

Quote from: SubaruStephen on 16 Dec 2015, 04:53
Hah! I have a "Mr. Burny" at my workplace too, except it's an Oxy-Acetalene torch.

(But sometimes it's "The Sparkle Wrench" depending on which tip I'm using.)
And when the two combine... It's Mr. Sparkle!

I had that t-shirt!

Dr. Gamera · « **Reply #87 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 08:50 »

Since no one has said it yet in this thread... "Carpe Opus" is perfectly good Latin. Opus is third declension neuter, so its accusative form is identical to its nominative form.

ysth · « **Reply #88 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 10:13 »

I was hoping Emily would be tasked with writing on the board.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #89 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 10:29 »

Quote from: ysth on 16 Dec 2015, 10:13

I was hoping Emily would be tasked with writing on the board.

There's always the future

Nepiophage · « **Reply #90 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 12:23 »

I can't wait to see Penelope's reaction to Emily's oddities.

Kugai · « **Reply #91 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 12:39 »

Bleminda The Tall.

Extra insults cost 50c a word,

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #92 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 13:08 »

I'm kinda wondering why its Hanners who is training Emily? Shouldn't that be the responsibility of Dora or Penelope?

BenRG · « **Reply #93 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 13:16 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 16 Dec 2015, 13:08

I'm kinda wondering why its Hanners who is training Emily? Shouldn't that be the responsibility of Dora or Penelope?

Best guess is that, when Penny checked the rotas, it just happened that Hanners and Emily were the ones with the most common shifts.

Penquin47 · « **Reply #94 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 14:57 »

Penny says that she and Hanners will split training duty. Best guess is that Hanners happened to be in charge this shift. Why Dora's not responsible for any of it, well... because Dora's *delegating* now.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #95 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 17:17 »

Quote from: Dr. Gamera on 16 Dec 2015, 08:50

Since no one has said it yet in this thread... "Carpe Opus" is perfectly good Latin. Opus is third declension neuter, so its accusative form is identical to its nominative form.

Dang it, ya beat me to it.

Also on first read I totally read that as "Mr. Bunny". I didn't even question it because Hanners. But obviously Mr. Burny makes more sense.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #96 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 17:18 »

Dora is.... busy right now. Just not in the office.

Stoutfellow · « **Reply #97 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 17:31 »

This tweet from Jeph should make some people (including me) happy:

"I'm going back to drawing hanners without lips because it just looks weird to me now"

War Sparrow · « **Reply #98 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 17:39 »

I like the "Bioware trash" shirt that lady is wearing, with the plaid. Is it a subtle reference to his new home? A random style choice? An reference to an obscure band from Halifax that makes subtle social commentary on the issue of "brain drain" from the maritimes to the central and western provinces? I want to know!

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #99 on:** 16 Dec 2015, 19:21 »

My new Minecraft persona is going to be "Bleminda". What? It's taken already??

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