# I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967 "2010-04-13T17:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 41
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/801 "2011-05-13T16:15:30Z")
Apparently Hanners never even considered the question… now is worried about the implications. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/802 "2011-05-13T16:18:52Z")
I must be going insane because today’s strip reads so much like a “meet cute” to me and I normally wouldn’t ever see Hanners ever, ever, ever getting a boyfriend. ETA: An actual live, non-robotic one, that is. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/803 "2011-05-13T16:24:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I must be going insane because today’s strip reads so much like a “meet cute” to me and I normally wouldn’t ever see Hanners ever, ever, ever getting a boyfriend. > > ETA: An actual live, non-robotic one, that is. You’re not going insane. Hanners is going to be de-virginized by this guy. He might be de-virginized by her. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/804 "2011-05-13T16:45:16Z")
Gah, the shippers are always wrong. I think those two may have more to discuss, but we’ve got a total of six word balloons between the two characters – ever – and from that you’re predicting torrid sex? Really? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/805 "2011-05-13T17:08:25Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Gah, the shippers are always wrong. I think those two may have more to discuss, but we’ve got a total of six word balloons between the two characters – ever – and from that you’re predicting torrid sex? Really? As a 4th of July afternoon in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/806 "2011-05-20T10:38:18Z")
What the hell are those two doing [in the last panel](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1928)? It sort of looks like a fight over the wooden spoon? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/807 "2011-05-20T10:51:07Z")
They’re fighting. It’s Padma and Faye, who are both somewhat insane (especially Padma). Padma was probably using the spoon as a weapon, but Faye got the best of her, and is now twisting her arm. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/808 "2011-05-20T13:43:50Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > What the hell are those two doing [in the last panel](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1928)? It sort of looks like a fight over the wooden spoon? Looks like krav maga to me… ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/809 "2011-05-20T15:52:15Z")
Nah. No groin, no krav maga. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/810 "2011-05-20T16:15:28Z")
I thought that Padme, thinking Faye was talking about a real fox, was about to go outside and shoo it off with a big spoon, and Faye was stopping her. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/811 "2011-05-20T16:34:09Z")
Nah, Faye’s looking over her shoulder at Dora - she clearly had Padma (with an a, not an e, she’s Indian (presumably), not Nabooine) in that hold before she made her comment. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/812 "2011-06-10T17:08:16Z")
I thinking having an ad that says “Can’t find a date?” in today’s strip was just rubbing salt in Tai’s wounds. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/813 "2011-06-10T19:55:46Z")
Heh. It’s showing ‘Toyota Summer Selldown’ now. Which isn’t too hopeful either. Poor Tai. Poor Dora. Poor readers, who were (presumably) hoping for some hot butch on goth action. – I’ll admit I didn’t really get the ‘townie drama’ thing from a few days ago. I wasn’t aware that was considered different from regular drama . . . ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/814 "2011-06-10T19:58:11Z")
Why poor Dora? She might hit it off with this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/815 "2011-06-10T20:16:29Z")
No real reason. It’s just her reaction when asked was the kind of bewildered and less than thrilled. And her reaction to previous flirt attempts was as non-commital as possible, without being rude. Course, that’s usually the reaction **I** get, so I might be projecting. Might work better for Stubbly McSoulpatch. While she’s always been flirty with Tai, she’s never seemed actually interested. – Intellectually, of course I understand that some people prefer to have sex with scruffy guys in their late 30’s, even when cute women in their early 20’s are available. At least I hope so, my entire hope of ever having sex again is built on it. It just sometimes slips my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/816 "2011-07-12T03:13:39Z")
In panel 4 of [today’s](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1966) strip, Marten and Dora turn into twins. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/817 "2011-07-12T04:03:03Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > In panel 4 of [today’s](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1966) strip, Marten and Dora turn into twins. They do not. Is Marten decked out in, y’know, boobs? Dress? Earrings? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/818 "2011-07-12T04:11:49Z")
Well, if you ignore that stuff, I agree, they are pretty much doppelgangers . In a few previous comics, I’ve found myself having trouble telling them apart at times. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/819 "2011-07-12T04:27:29Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > They do not. Is Marten decked out in, y’know, boobs? Dress? Earrings? Fraternal twins, brah. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/820 "2011-08-13T13:41:57Z")
I predict something happening between Marten and Hanners in the near future. Maybe she says something like “If I could ever date someone, it would be you” and they start a very tentative relationship. For all his “passivity”, Marten is very kind and patient and would make an ideal first boyfriend for Hanners. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=42)