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[brasca]

Ah, Renee. Subtle as a sledgehammer.

It does explain why she's friends with Brun.  They're both deficient in tactfulness, but with Brun it seems more innocent.  Renee just seems to lack a filter. 

[DuneCanid]

Ah, Renee. Subtle as a sledgehammer.

It does explain why she's friends with Brun.  They're both deficient in tactfulness, but with Brun it seems more innocent.  Renee just seems to lack a filter.

Refused one, undoubtedly. And no one calls her on it.

P/c cowards. Oops, repeated myself.

[Welu]

Maybe that's how Elliot got so big, just eating whole loaves of bread in one go.

Along with four or five dozen eggs.

[Neko_Ali]

Well, Renee has never been a kind character. Even before getting elevated to secondary status she was shown as rude and angry. The Faye counterpart for the bakery. She's been shown to have some redeeming features in loyalty to her friends. But she's still not nice most of the time, is quite rude and abrasive to everyone. I don't know if she doesn't think before she speaks or just doesn't care.

[Method of Madness]

You know... after Hannelore and the muffins and now this, I'm wondering if Jeph doesn't eat baked goods the way the rest of us do!

That's not how people eat delicious baked goods?

[OldGoat]

I mean I've used peanut butter with spaghetti with soy sauce to make something not entirely unlike sesame noodles.

Peanuts are used in savory sauces all over south Asia, and I've been served peanut soups/sauces in African restaurants.   Nothing strange about it at all, although perhaps it's exotic if one's idea of culinary adventure is a local burger chain instead of Micky D's. 

Ketchup for pasta sauce is poverty food , even if it's a step up from tomato soup made with ketchup, soda crackers, and hot water.  Poverty foods become delicacies a generation or two later.  Spare ribs. oysters, clams, brisket, cassoulet, lobster - all considered po' folks' food at one time.  Brun is ahead of the curve.

[Zebediah]

Chicken fried steak, on the other hand, will never be anything but a poverty food. Even if they somehow start serving it in expensive restaurants in Manhattan. It's plain survival food, providing calories and not much else.

[cesium133]

Chicken fried steak, on the other hand, will never be anything but a poverty food. Even if they somehow start serving it in expensive restaurants in Manhattan. It's plain survival food, providing calories and not much else.

Delicious survival food. Lethal, but the most delicious foods usually are.

[DuneCanid]

Well, Renee has never been a kind character. Even before getting elevated to secondary status she was shown as rude and angry. The Faye counterpart for the bakery. She's been shown to have some redeeming features in loyalty to her friends. But she's still not nice most of the time, is quite rude and abrasive to everyone. I don't know if she doesn't think before she speaks or just doesn't care.

The eventual fight between Faye and renee will be a short catfight, with Bubbles grabbing both of them by their scruffs and hold them mid air spitting and snarling like a couple of, well, cats.

[Method of Madness]

I mean I've used peanut butter with spaghetti with soy sauce to make something not entirely unlike sesame noodles.

Peanuts are used in savory sauces all over south Asia, and I've been served peanut soups/sauces in African restaurants.   Nothing strange about it at all, although perhaps it's exotic if one's idea of culinary adventure is a local burger chain instead of Micky D's.

I never claimed it was strange or exotic. Just tasty.

[Sullivan]

So now Renee is sexually harrassing someone at their workplace. Stay classy Renee.

I think she just doesn't get that you aim for the intentional spit-take when someone's drinking, not eating.

Depends on what they're eating. If it's a dry-ish bread that makes a lot of crumbs you might get a truly impressive coughing fit!

[Kugai]

Now I want tomorrows Comic

I suspect that Renees motives might be more innocent than we're thinking.

[OldGoat]

I mean I've used peanut butter with spaghetti with soy sauce to make something not entirely unlike sesame noodles.

Peanuts are used in savory sauces all over south Asia, and I've been served peanut soups/sauces in African restaurants.   Nothing strange about it at all, although perhaps it's exotic if one's idea of culinary adventure is a local burger chain instead of Micky D's.

I never claimed it was strange or exotic. Just tasty.

That was meant to back you up, Your Dudeness, not smack you down.  Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

[DuneCanid]

So now Renee is sexually harrassing someone at their workplace. Stay classy Renee.

I think she just doesn't get that you aim for the intentional spit-take when someone's drinking, not eating.

Depends on what they're eating. If it's a dry-ish bread that makes a lot of crumbs you might get a truly impressive coughing fit!

Cinnamon raisin bread. If it is fresh, it should still be moist, although cinnamon if it goes down the wrong pipe... yipe!

I -did- think it was CLINTON and Brun... for a bit, anyway, or looked to develop so. I've been randoming the entire content of Content on my laptop this past week or so, and my speedreading skills are over there in a far younger man's clothes.

Elliot, if he were a bit closer, would make an EXCELLENT best man at Marten and Claire's wedding.

[Method of Madness]

I mean I've used peanut butter with spaghetti with soy sauce to make something not entirely unlike sesame noodles.

Peanuts are used in savory sauces all over south Asia, and I've been served peanut soups/sauces in African restaurants.   Nothing strange about it at all, although perhaps it's exotic if one's idea of culinary adventure is a local burger chain instead of Micky D's.

I never claimed it was strange or exotic. Just tasty.

That was meant to back you up, Your Dudeness, not smack you down.  Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

We're all good, Goaty

[neurocase]

Now I want tomorrows Comic

I suspect that Renees motives might be more innocent than we're thinking.

I read it as simply a method for her to ascertain whether she experiences a physical attraction to Elliot in a state of undress.

Which isn't a particularly sound way to sift through and find any emotional connection, but Renee has the emotional intelligence of a toddler, so that's not surprising.

[cesium133]

Or The Secret Bakery has just gotten new uniforms for their employees.

[Method of Madness]

Well, that answers that question.

[Welu]

Daaaaaang.

[cesium133]

Well, at least she suggested "piss fuck" to him before just springing it on him. 

[DuneCanid]

Now I want tomorrows Comic

I suspect that Renees motives might be more innocent than we're thinking.

I read it as simply a method for her to ascertain whether she experiences a physical attraction to Elliot in a state of undress.

Which isn't a particularly sound way to sift through and find any emotional connection, but Renee has the emotional intelligence of a toddler, so that's not surprising.

Well, she's consistent in her lack of class.

And if he asked for parity, she'd scream harassment.

[wlewisiii]

Chicken fried steak, on the other hand, will never be anything but a poverty food. Even if they somehow start serving it in expensive restaurants in Manhattan. It's plain survival food, providing calories and not much else.

Pfft. Delightful comfort food wether American style with a white sausage gravy or German "Jaeger Schnitzel" style with a brown mushroom gravy. Om nom nom nom...

[neurocase]

Well, I called it on the reasoning behind Renee's request. However it seems she's unaware of the fact that physical attraction to a person does not at all a stable foundation for anything substantial make. Physical attraction is certainly an important component, but using it as the tipping factor between deciding if you're attracted to someone in other ways or not is superbly immature.

I'm becoming less and less of a fan of Renee the more she's featured.

[St.Clair]

Now I want tomorrows Comic

I suspect that Renees motives might be more innocent than we're thinking.

You were saying?

[Gyrre]

Well, it turns out that every inch of him isn't covered in hair.

[pendrake]

For comic #3438...

Well...  If Rene was not attracted to Elliot before, she probably is now.

(Unless she is cursing in disappointment of NOT being attracted to him...?)

[A small perverse otter]

Well, she's consistent in her lack of class.

And if he asked for parity, she'd scream harassment.

Hell with reversing the genders, it *is* harassment, female on male. It's a problem even if Elliot himself isn't offended, since it creates a hostile workplace for others.

[QuestionableIntentions]

Elliott, you're hot and all, but don't strip just because someone asks you.

And I so hope he won't end up with Renee...

[jheartney]

Renee should take profanity classes from May. May uses lots of gutter language, but at least she puts it together imaginatively. Also, all the excretory references are funnier coming out of a robot's mouth.

[Gyrre]

Renee should take profanity classes from May. May uses lots of gutter language, but at least she puts it together imaginatively. Also, all the excretory references are funnier coming out of a robot's mouth.

Sydney Scoville Jr. would make another excellent profanity teacher/tutor (last panel).

[Shjade]

So now Renee is sexually harrassing someone at their workplace. Stay classy Renee.

I came just to see if anyone had brought this up.

Frankly I'm a little surprised it doesn't seem to be a primary topic.

[BenRG]

Judging from panel 5 and 6, I'd say, yes, Renee does find Elliott physically attractive. It is also quite clear that this is not a revelation that is welcome to her. It's worth noting that physical attraction isn't the be-all and end-all of relationships. Does she even want to act on this? Based on panel 6, I'm wondering about that quite a lot. We can be attracted to someone on a physical and instinctual level without wanting a closer relationship with them.

Now, I wonder if Jeph may be planning to explore what would have happened if Faye had confronted her insecurities and dated Marten? If so, he's going to use Renee and Elliott as shadow surrogates.

So now Renee is sexually harrassing someone at their workplace. Stay classy Renee.

I came just to see if anyone had brought this up.

Frankly I'm a little surprised it doesn't seem to be a primary topic.

I'm thinking that most people on this board just don't see it that way. Typically, sexual harassment isn't done as a plea with puppy-dog eyes as in panel 2 here.

And I so hope he won't end up with Renee...

I'm predicting one super-awkward date at the end of which they both agree that they have absolutely no future as romantic partners.

[DSL]

Chicken fried steak, on the other hand, will never be anything but a poverty food. Even if they somehow start serving it in expensive restaurants in Manhattan. It's plain survival food, providing calories and not much else.

Pfft. Delightful comfort food wether American style with a white sausage gravy or German "Jaeger Schnitzel" style with a brown mushroom gravy. Om nom nom nom...

Culinary history is full of so-called "poverty foods" that for some damn reason or another became the property of the monied elite. Brown breads, lobster, caviar, the "Patagonian toothfish" nuisance fish that became remarketed and upscaled as "Chilean sea bass." It'll probably happen with the Asian carp -- er, silverfin -- encroaching on midwest-U.S. waterways. I know chefs are figuring out ways tp cook 'em up and charge lots of money for them. I've even seen, and passed up, "gourmet" versions of the humble poutine. Gastronomic gentrification, is what it is.

[Sullivan]

It'll probably happen with the Asian carp -- er, silverfin -- encroaching on midwest-U.S. waterways. I know chefs are figuring out ways tp cook 'em up and charge lots of money for them.

I know! They could slather them in ketchup!   

[Gyrre]

It'll probably happen with the Asian carp -- er, silverfin -- encroaching on midwest-U.S. waterways. I know chefs are figuring out ways tp cook 'em up and charge lots of money for them.

I know! They could slather them in ketchup!   

A garlic butter sauce with lemon juice (I don't know the proer term) generally works well on any fish. Maybe add a bit of dill seed. Serve with radishes and bok choy.

Alternatively, stew it with radishes, parsnips, a bit of ginger root and some black pepper. Hmmmm.... Not sure, but that sounds like it's missing something.

[JimC]

Seems as if Renee has just found herself drinking at the Horrible Revelation.

[Case]

This is why Brun is a great bartender - now they both come back and have more drinks ...

[blt]

I'm starting to wonder if this storyline with Renee isn't to serve as a distraction for Elliot from his feelings for Brun.  Meanwhile Clinton works up the nerve to ask Brun out and there's Great drama when E realises he missed his chance

Or (hopefully not) just to neatly parcel Elliot away for a clean Clinton/Brun endgame.

[BenRG]

@blt,

We might be underestimating Jeph. He might be planning something of a romantic polygon of some sort with various incompatible crushes and official romantic pairings meeting in The Secret Bakery and slowly working themselves out in the most painfully funny ways possible.

How would this work? You have Clinton interested in Brun who (might) be interested in him in return but may also be interested in Elliot in at least a "he's a cute fluffy giant plush toy" sort of way. However, Elliott is definitely interested in Brun but is too shy to act on it and may feel constrained from acting because Renee is interested in him and he doesn't want to be the cause of contention between two friends. Elliott and Renee might even be officially dating before long, no matter how bad an idea they both think it is, simply because Renee insists that they have to because she finds him attractive and has been doing the whole 'denial' thing by teasing him. Such an endearingly neurotic reason for dating would fit in with the overall atmosphere of QC.

Just for irony's sake, the original main cast should all become aware of this mess and hypocritically pronounce how they'd never let their personal lives get this screwed up!

Of course, Brun will be the vertex of all of this and, frankly, because she's so hard to read, I have no idea what she will think. Because of this, I can't even guess how this will all turn out.

[DuneCanid]

Polygonal... interesting description. I like it.

Not having any data on how close renee and Brun were before the fire, there'd be little validity in speculating about a Elliot/Brun/renee triangle until and unless such data manifested.
Fun, in a horrid, Addams Family sort of way, but not valid.

What I'd like to see is Clinton pairing up with Brun, Elliot closing that side of the relationship matrix by meeting and whirlwind romancing with Emily.

renee? Getting canned for harassment and moving back to wherever, screeching at Brun at the top of her lungs all the way, a cold compress over one eye from the black eye she gets from failing to sneak the Clock into her luggage.

Hmm... Marten and Claire's arc of relationship started at a wedding... maybe at their wedding is how Emily and Elliot meet, and Clinton and Brun's relationship firms up.

I'm guessing at all this.

[TinPenguin]

Seems as if Renee has just found herself drinking at the Horrible Revelation.

Everyone 'finds themselves', drinking at the Horrible Revelation.

Hence the name.

How would this work? You have Clinton interested in Brun who (might) be interested in him in return but may also be interested in Elliot in at least a "he's a cute fluffy giant plush toy" sort of way. However, Elliott is definitely interested in Brun but is too shy to act on it and may feel constrained from acting because Renee is interested in him and he doesn't want to be the cause of contention between two friends. Elliott and Renee might even be officially dating before long, no matter how bad an idea they both think it is, simply because Renee insists that they have to because she finds him attractive and has been doing the whole 'denial' thing by teasing him. Such an endearingly neurotic reason for dating would fit in with the overall atmosphere of QC.

"Fetch me that flower; the herb I show'd thee once..."

[brasca]

Now, I wonder if Jeph may be planning to explore what would have happened if Faye had confronted her insecurities and dated Marten? If so, he's going to use Renee and Elliott as shadow surrogates.

Interesting theory.  I sometimes wonder if Emily was introduced to fulfill storylines originally intended for Raven that he never got around to writing until after her character left.

[DSL]

Ketchup over noodles sounds like something you'd do when every penny has to count, twice.

But you're still spending money on ketchup, money that could be spent on not ketchup without ruining your noodles.

Let's just say that some things are available in cut-rate, dollar-store versions and some things aren't, and you go with what you know -- or can help yourself to free packets of when the opportunity presents itself. I have a friend whose art-school stories of creative ways to intake calories when the choice was art supplies or food made me appreciate my own memories of college cafeterias -- and we were both doing much better then, than a lot of people we knew.

[Thrudd]

"Fetch me that flower; the herb I show'd thee once..."

Who is the person you are referring to as Flower? So many fit the bill though the flora would cover quite range.
Kiggelaria africana
Rubus allegheniensis
Mimosa Pudica
Ailanthus altissima

Is this the herb you asked for?

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[gopher]

Pretty sure Renee will get called on this. Station was called to task for something much similar with the Lieutenant.

[Jakk Frost]

Now let's have Elliott ask Renee to take off her shirt, to see if he's attracted to her...

[War Sparrow]

Well, it turns out that every inch of him isn't covered in hair.

Do you intend to keep making Gaston jokes? Because I am completely down for that.

. I know chefs are figuring out ways tp cook 'em up and charge lots of money for them. I've even seen, and passed up, "gourmet" versions of the humble poutine. Gastronomic gentrification, is what it is.

Gourmet poutine is delicious, you shut your lies. Now, if this wretched place would use beef gravy instead of chicken, I would be much happier.

Comic: "Elliot voted most attractive Hufflepuff, nudging out Cedric Diggory and Teddy Lupin." Rita Skeeter reports.

[anahata]

I don't really know what's going on in this strip, but the only interpretation that makes sense to me is:
Renee is doing her usual "overprotective friend" stuff with Brun. She's hoping to find some fatal physical flaw with Elliott in the hopes of putting her off him, but now she's cussing with disappointment because he's perfect.

[chaospersonified]

Coming in to say DAMN, Elliot's got shoulders. I say that as a dude who is proud of his shoulders. Takes dedication to get shoulders that fantastic.

I see BenRG is still making theories that are perfectly plausible/would be fantastic if they were canon.

Seems to me that Renee is only just realizing her attraction to her co-worker. She's consciously written him off, previously, SUB-consciously, though, there's been attraction growing. And now, she must face that.

I will now return to only occasionally posting.

[themacnut]

Well, I called it on the reasoning behind Renee's request. However it seems she's unaware of the fact that physical attraction to a person does not at all a stable foundation for anything substantial make.

No it does not. What it does make, by itself, is for some nice casual banging. Alternatively, it could make for a date or two to investigate if a stable foundation can be built.

Probably not though. I suspect much of a relationship between Renee and Elliot will consist of Renee apologizing for saying something that pissed him off, until finally they both got sick of the cycle and called it off while they were still on speaking terms. Or perhaps because they could no longer stand the sight of each other.