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New Super Mario Bros.

a fighting game (please comment)

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Banjo- Kazooie

Yooka-Laylee

Rachet and Clank

Jak and Daxter

something else (please comment)

[anahata]

..and asking for inclusion in the alternative caption contest.

[BenRG]

It's a complex equation and there's no obvious answer but I think that Claire is in the position today where she needs to work it out: Just when being polite to someone by listening to them talk (even though you have no interest whatsoever in the topic) become being condescending and rude? I'm not sure that Brun is the sort of person who needs to be soft-soaped like that, worse she has a very absolute definition of honest behaviour.

Of course, I might be guilty of being too cynical here. It's possible that Claire really is a trivia sponge and loves hearing people rattle on about their hobbies and interests.

Frankly, Brun comes across as sweet on a certain childish level in panels 4 and 5. Either that or she knows perfectly well that doing this will freak out Claire and this is direct revenge for humouring her!

[Penquin47]

Maybe I'm not cynical enough, but I didn't see any lying in Claire's statements.  Maybe I'm projecting because I would probably love to hear Brun talk about clocks too, because even though I'm not interested in clocks necessarily, hearing someone like Brun talk about their passion IS interesting.  Brun, of course, has probably heard the "no really it's okay keep going" line before from people who ARE just being patronizing, but IMO that's not what Claire is doing.

[Tova]

I too am happy to assume Claire is being honest unless there's a reason to believe otherwise. Brun obviously believes her by the last panel, too. So, I'm the other way around from BenRG, although maybe I'm just terribly naive. 

[SmilingCat]

Of course, I might be guilty of being too cynical here. It's possible that Claire really is a trivia sponge and loves hearing people rattle on about their hobbies and interests.

She's gotta get new pun material somewhere.

[pwhodges]

Of course, I might be guilty of being too cynical here. It's possible that Claire really is a trivia sponge and loves hearing people rattle on about their hobbies and interests.

You are.  I'm entirely with Claire here.

[Nepiophage]

Claire is training to be a librarian, and those are just the kind of people who love accumulating miscellaneous facts.

[TinPenguin]

Like, I don't have any strong or particular desire to acquire information about clocks, but if I meet someone who does and is eager to share, I am pumping them for all the data they got.

[NemesisDancer]

I think Claire's being sincere. It's lovely hearing people enthuse about their passions

[oddtail]

Yeah, I'm with the "Claire is being sincere" camp. Sort of.

I think she's not feigning interest. She's probably also not super into what Brun is talking about. But she's interested enough not to be annoyed or anything.

I often listen to what people find interesting, even if it's not my favourite subject in the world. A person genuinely passionate about something can *make* it interesting. Passion is contagious.

[Zebediah]

I also think Claire is being sincere - not because she's interested in clocks, but because she likes Brun and is willing to listen to her new friend talk about her hobby.

And I also think Claire is having to consciously and deliberately suppress her desire to pump Brun for information about where things stand between Brun and Clinton. Claire's being good and not meddling in her brother's business. But if Brun brings Clinton up on her own, Claire will jump at the chance to talk about it.

[TinPenguin]

Passion is contagious.

Yeah, my doctor told me that.

[Parkour Lewis]

"I GIVE YOU MY BOOBIE BREAD!"

There, got it out of my system.

[Roborat]

No Claire! Nooooooooo! Never turn down boob croissant.

[Kugai]

Brun is full of information

And surprises

[Thrudd]

Brun is full of information

And surprises

and croissants

[Shjade]

Brun is employing a little-known tactical maneuver: the En Croissant. 

[Blackjoker]

But Claire, those are the breast croissants you can get...ok I apologize for that pun.

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Brün had a bun in the oven?

(flees)

[Neko_Ali]

That was really more the warming rack.

[Is it cold in here?]

Better a bun from her boobs than vice versa.

[JimC]

Brun is still trying to work out why she had to buy her croissant  holder from a gun shop...

[Gyrre]

Would North Hampton have an eccentric clock collector who needs a curator/caretaker for their collection.

[Storel]

Just noticed the title is wrong on this thread. Strips 3556 to 3561 would be six strips, not five; Friday's strip was only 3560.

<mod>Sorted</mod>

[Zebediah]

Would North Hampton have an eccentric clock collector who needs a curator/caretaker for their collection.

Not Northampton, but the Willard House & Clock Museum is in North Grafton, about 70 miles away. And the American Clock & Watch Museum is in Bristol Connecticut, only 60 miles away.

[Gyrre]

Would North Hampton have an eccentric clock collector who needs a curator/caretaker for their collection.

Not Northampton, but the Willard House & Clock Museum is in North Grafton, about 70 miles away. And the American Clock & Watch Museum is in Bristol Connecticut, only 60 miles away.

So she just needs a vehicle and an hourhour's commute to work.