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Claire and Brun Adventures - What Next? (Two choices each!)

Finding the rarest clock in all of Massechusetts
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Finding Brun a job... at the library... because Tai's head has never exploded enough
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A five-strip dissertation on whether human sweat enhances the taste of croissants
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"Clinton is your brother. I wish to seduce him. Do you have any pointers?"
- 13 (19.7%)
"Renee wants Elliott. She's afraid to approach him. Clinton tells me you like matchmaking. I want your help."
- 9 (13.6%)
Can Claire convince Brun that Pintsize is a rare clock so that she'll 'collect' him?
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Clinton sees them talking and accuses Claire of interfering; the result leads to a confession or two from Clinton
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Brun, lacking a brain-to-mouth filter, tells Claire something that either shocks, pleases or horrifies her;
- 21 (31.8%)
Other (please specify in a comment)
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #100 on: 07 Sep 2017, 19:34 »

I empathise with Hannelore here. So many times I got spooked and thought someone was a burglar and my mum would respond, "A burglar with keys?" They could have stole the keys! :O

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« Reply #101 on: 07 Sep 2017, 19:50 »

I empathise with Hannelore here. So many times I got spooked and thought someone was a burglar and my mum would respond, "A burglar with keys?" They could have stole the keys! :O

Once coming home from work, I saw a strange car in the otherwise empty driveway. I was almost certain it was my niece's then boyfriend, having caught a ride with the rest of the family to watch her play basketball on the other side of the state.

Nonetheless, I still felt compelled to loudly announce to any potential intruders in the house that I would be shooting first and leaving questions for the coroner.

(no, I didn't actually have a gun.)
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #102 on: 07 Sep 2017, 19:58 »

Oh, that's just doing your duty as an elder male relative to terrify the boyfriend.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #103 on: 07 Sep 2017, 20:50 »

Multiple questions.
Is that a cricket bat?
If not, what is it?
If it is, why does everyone own cricket bats? is it a popular sport in massachusets?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #104 on: 07 Sep 2017, 20:59 »

What if the pancakes are an apology for breaking in?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #105 on: 07 Sep 2017, 21:31 »

I also wanted to say I think it's really sweet that one of the first things Winslow is using his new range of mobility for is to make pancakes for Hanners.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #106 on: 07 Sep 2017, 22:30 »

First he made batter, but then narrowly escaped a battering.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #107 on: 07 Sep 2017, 22:52 »

Multiple questions.
Is that a cricket bat?
If not, what is it?
If it is, why does everyone own cricket bats? is it a popular sport in massachusets?

To me it looks more like a paddle, because if it were a cricket bat, the bat part would be longer (ditto the linked comic). But at least in today's case, I won't discount the possibility that a cricket bat is what was intended.

You'd certainly know it if you were whacked by one (at least, in the brief moment before losing consciousness). A cricket bat is a hefty object.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #108 on: 07 Sep 2017, 23:13 »

Oh, that's just doing your duty as an elder male relative to terrify the boyfriend.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #109 on: 07 Sep 2017, 23:18 »

Now the adaptation starts for Hannelore. The reason that she automatically assumed that someone other than her is making pancakes had to be an intruder is because, of course, up until recently she was the only one in the apartment able to do so. So, it was not unreasonable (although extreme) to assume that it was an intruder. It's going to take her a while to get used to having a fully-mobile Winslow able to manipulate his environment, isn't it?

So, what's in that wall locker? It might be my dodgy eyes but the label looks like "Various Scraps". Does Hannelore store off-cuts from food preparation for later use?

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Oh, I get it! It's 'Various Soaps'! Yeah, it makes sense that the single largest storage space in any given room of Hannelore's apartments will contain cleaning goods!
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #110 on: 07 Sep 2017, 23:40 »

So uhm, What Lurks In The Hearts Of Men is pancake batter? I must have missed the memo.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #111 on: 07 Sep 2017, 23:56 »

So uhm, What Lurks In The Hearts Of Men is pancake batter?

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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #112 on: 08 Sep 2017, 00:08 »

Baking And Entering?
Assault and Batter-y?  :claireface:
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #113 on: 08 Sep 2017, 00:34 »

Is that a cricket bat?
That's not a cricket bat, this is a cricket bat:

That is Kookaburra's largest size, I believe. For the batsman who does not so much wish to strike the ball as obliterate it.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #114 on: 08 Sep 2017, 01:42 »

Is Winslow British?  Only he appears to be making pancakes in our style?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #115 on: 08 Sep 2017, 01:47 »

So, here are a few predictions and/or speculations for next week:
  • Brun's second night on the job (because that's when she and everyone else feel comfortable enough around each other to start showing their real weird personalities);
  • May visits Hannelore's flats and asks if Winslow can come out to play (!);
  • Clinton visits the Horrible Revelation when Brun and Elliott are on shift. A bizarre bit of triangular flirting ensues;
  • Bubbles and Faye laugh about finding Claire and Marten snuggled up together; Spookybot drops in to dangle temptation before Bubbles' nose and subconscious fantasies ensue under the influence of fine jin sang tea;
  • The landlord asks Marten and Faye to move out but, as they've never been late on rent, she is willing to offer an upgrade to a larger apartment elsewhere in town (near where the Beans live?).
Is that a cricket bat?

No, it is a Beater's bat, used when playing Quidditch! :-D (Hannelore was in Hufflepuff, of course!)

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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #116 on: 08 Sep 2017, 02:20 »

They're lucky Bubbles came through the door and not through the wall.

Toes are very practical things. I wonder how people in robot bodies manage without them.
I thought the darker segment at the end was a flexible like the toe joint that many third party transformers toys have.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #117 on: 08 Sep 2017, 05:04 »

Just wanted to say that the art today, with Hanners waking up in the first two panels especially, was wonderful. LOVE how her hair came out.
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« Reply #118 on: 08 Sep 2017, 06:42 »

First he made batter, but then narrowly escaped a battering.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #119 on: 08 Sep 2017, 09:29 »

Hannelore needs extraordinary courage to even leave the apartment. Gryffendore.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #120 on: 08 Sep 2017, 09:32 »

To me it looks more like a paddle
Breaking and entering is an automatic paddling.

So does Hanners do any sport? I thought getting sweaty and dirty isn't one of her favorite things (apart from when playing the drums). So why should she own a paddle? Unless she got a new interest instead of the firemen after witnessing Claire and Pintsize. Then it might be something she bought but not used.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #121 on: 08 Sep 2017, 10:29 »

It's a different color, but the group has been shown (more than once!) to have an INITIATION PADDLE on hand. Perhaps they have a spare? Shame we never saw Bubbles get the initiation; clang clang clang would be just as hilarious as pap pap pap.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #122 on: 08 Sep 2017, 10:35 »

Well they did kinda. It's just that Emily used a rubber mallet instead. It... didn't work out so well.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #123 on: 08 Sep 2017, 11:07 »

  • May visits Hannelore's flats and asks if Winslow can come out to play (!);

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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #124 on: 08 Sep 2017, 12:05 »

What if the pancakes are an apology for breaking in?

"Now, look, I understand this is a stressful situation for everyone - I'm nervous too! But I think if we just sit down and talk this out we can come to a mutually beneficial arrangement. So you just take a minute to enjoy these pancakes while I finish looking around to see what's a fair haul for our negotiation, alright? Super."
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« Reply #125 on: 08 Sep 2017, 14:52 »

It's a different color, but the group has been shown (more than once!) to have an INITIATION PADDLE on hand. Perhaps they have a spare? Shame we never saw Bubbles get the initiation; clang clang clang would be just as hilarious as pap pap pap.

Hanellore owns her own cricket bat for just these situations
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #126 on: 08 Sep 2017, 16:45 »

It's a different color, but the group has been shown (more than once!) to have an INITIATION PADDLE on hand. Perhaps they have a spare? Shame we never saw Bubbles get the initiation; clang clang clang would be just as hilarious as pap pap pap.

Hanellore owns her own cricket bat for just these situations

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« Reply #127 on: 08 Sep 2017, 17:17 »

I am not worthy. /bow
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« Reply #128 on: 08 Sep 2017, 17:46 »

It's a different color, but the group has been shown (more than once!) to have an INITIATION PADDLE on hand. Perhaps they have a spare? Shame we never saw Bubbles get the initiation; clang clang clang would be just as hilarious as pap pap pap.
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« Reply #129 on: 08 Sep 2017, 19:22 »

So it -is- a cricket bat!
And those are flapjacks, if you flip them into the air instead of turning them with a pancake turner.

"I can cook healthy meals for you now!" was one of Momo's selling points for her chassis upgrade.
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« Reply #130 on: 08 Sep 2017, 21:35 »

???

Seriously, though, I thought that in the US, "pancakes" and "flapjacks" were synonymous.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #131 on: 09 Sep 2017, 03:00 »

They are, though pancakes is (IMO) more common.
(Calling them "flapjacks" seems to be associated with the rather less common skill/technique, displayed here, of actually flipping them in the pan - which, for amateurs, usually results in "hilariously" messy mishaps rather than breakfast - instead of just using a utensil to turn them like a normal person.  :roll: )

*google image search*  Brown sugar, oats and raisins, huh?  Over here we'd probably call those "granola bars" these days.  So healthy!  Not.
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« Reply #132 on: 09 Sep 2017, 07:18 »

???

Seriously, though, I thought that in the US, "pancakes" and "flapjacks" were synonymous.
You are correct, they are.

I had never heard of anything like the goodies pictured being called "flapjacks," even in the UK.  IIRC, in one Prisoner episode (The Schizoid Man, I do believe) #2 and his underlings are fornicating with #6's head, teaching him to be left-handed with electrical shocks each time he reaches for his favorite food, flapjacks, which look an awful lot like crepes or pancakes.  I can easily see where a flipped pancake could get the name, "flapjack," but when would a cookie bar (biscuit to UK types) have an opportunity to flap?

Now, those thing pictured do look good, and if you add some butterscotch chips to the batter no doubt they'd be excellent!
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #133 on: 09 Sep 2017, 11:31 »

Brown sugar, oats and raisins, huh?  Over here we'd probably call those "granola bars" these days.  So healthy!  Not.

Here is my flapjack:



Not granola bars as I know them; they have no crisp ingredients.  The real thing is made with just oats, butter (or some other cookable spreading fat), and some mixture of sugar with honey or golden syrup.  It's not uncommon to have added ingredients for flavour, such as raisins or other dried fruit - but I view that as a modern perversion.

https://www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/recipe/flapjacks
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/recipe-detail/2982/

Wikipedia reports that the name was used centuries ago for a flat pie or tart, and the current use in the UK dates back only to 1935.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3561 to 3565 (4th to 8th September 2017)
« Reply #134 on: 10 Sep 2017, 23:05 »

So uhm, What Lurks In The Hearts Of Men is pancake batter? I must have missed the memo.

It's a reference to the old radio show The Shadow, which began each show with this tagline: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." Hanners' final line probably reminded Jeph of it.
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« Reply #135 on: 11 Sep 2017, 03:39 »

Hello and heroic regards from Germany! Longtime reader - first time poster.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3565 was a very funny strip for me - a total deja-vue because it shows the exact start of my own webcomic - UNION OF HEROES - from 10 years ago.

So I know exactly who may break into your kitchen to create pancakes, Hannelore! THE ONE WHO KNOWS! A German superhero from a parallel world, where heroes with superpowers exist in the Ruhr area of Germany:
http://www.unionofheroes.com/comic/4.html?no_cache=1

Of course I know that the chances are very low that Jeph has seen my little photowebcomic about superheroes in Germany – but the way Hannelore reacts to the smell of the pancaces is very compareable to the way Marc reacts o the smell of the omlette created by the ONE WHO KNOWS in Marcs kitchen, isn't it? :-D

So thank you very much for this little reminder, Jeph! It made me sign up to your forum and comment on your strip for the first time - so it's a good time now to thank you for your great work!
I read Questonable Content since 2007 and it's a pure joy to see how your work has progressed over the time - both art and storywise. It was funny in the beginning - now it's funny and deep and with loveable characters and inspirational storylines - amazing!

Best regards from Germany to all the fellow Questionalbe Content fans!
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« Reply #137 on: 11 Sep 2017, 12:37 »

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