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🕑 Added 2024-05-21 01:06:16 +0000 UTC

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Ursus Ridens

You realize, of course, that the frame with "Report your data or we'll never get that grant money!" is now a giant meme in academic circles?

ValdVin

"Let's play this one. The box promises 'All the fun of working for a non-profit social services org!' "

ValdVin

Is how she's a short, black-eyed, brunette another "fact" which amuses you? I had a gf in HS who was six-foot-tall (back when that was uncommon) blue-eyed and blonde. Her parents were Dutch immigrants.

Alacrity Fitzhugh

It's too late. T̴̘̂͠h̸̤̬͍̯̗̔͛̄͑̇̚̕e̴̜̗̲̮̗̓͗̾̅͜ ̵̎̒̋̾̎̏͜͝R̶͕̯͓͇̜̓̉̓ï̷̥͓̑̉̑̌̑͠t̷̛̠̳̲͊̂͌̋̓͝͝ũ̶̙͉̻̎̂̑͛͘͘a̸̜̯̪̬̔͝l̸̛̞͈̤͔̍̈́̿̊́̈́?̵͓͙̙̫̰̳͍̈́̔̈̅ has awakened...

Alacrity Fitzhugh

Ba-dum bum!

Chris Warren

This would definitely be a better romantic relationship for Iris.

Opus the Poet

I saw a joke that Dutch is what German sounds like to the permanently drunk, an homage to Dutch beers.

Opus the Poet

I remember reading that's actually Swedish slang for the sounds people make during anal sex. Source: Anders Loves Maria.

SheepFace2000

Yes I am clearly making a joke

lazymagpie

Goblin and Hobgoblin Friendship incoming, millions dead

alphanor

and not speaking German

Hugh Eckert

Bork bork bork!

Nathan Kinsey

That makes me feel old lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ882QYzr-M

alphanor

(???) (as Emily Litella would say, never mind)

Ruud

Well. it would actually be "Handje geven, vriendje maken" ;-)

Nathan Kinsey

Careful speaking Dutch in public like that. You never know when Michael Caine is listening.

SheepFace2000

Yeah in Dutch it would be holdjie hanjie makejie frenjie

Ruud

Dutch here and I only got "hand", so it seems more german -ish :-D

Ruud

You mean "There is an old New Amsterdam saying..."

BookBeard

Not until the next morning anyway.

panpolypuff

Gremliz is super sweet, turns out.

Covox

Even though gramatically it doesn't make much sense, 'im' and 'nach' are German words right? And 'deen' looks like 'dein'. Then again the 'je' of 'holdje' seems to hint at Dutch more than German. :-D

Sean Kinlin

I think the other was Harvard, but I don't want to rule out that Liz is a spark from old Europa.

Opus the Poet

I don't think it could hurt.

Opus the Poet

Bookbeard will soon have the link to the comic that said what institutions of higher learning issued her doctorates. I remember that at least one was MIT.

Garra Wolfdog

I once met a guy that not only checked his sources when drunkenly arguing in a bar, but also provided citations for his own points; and this was in the days before smartphones! 2 years later I married him, cos verifiable citations are hot! XD

n.

german here and i only got hand and friend haha

Alasdair Mackintosh

Would being drunk help?

Atramors

Oooh! That's a great twist!

BookBeard

Strange, in North-by-Northwest Frisian it means "A kookaburra in the hand is worth twenty points in scrabble."

BookBeard

There are three guardians. One speaks only lies, one speaks only truth, and one stabs people who ask tricky questions.

Ami

how much phlegm was needed to pronounce all that?

HTDutchy

That hurt to read..

Stephen Wells

This is the Academic Worker expansion module.

Covox

O hope there will be some actual Dutch later, that would be cool. This sounded more similar to German if you ask me.

Michael Chui

"Yorkish saying".

Bagge

I'm 100% with Liz here. Give yourself an air of mystique by treating your birth place like an acient place of mysteries. "There is an old New York saying that..."

Carly Dingman

high Liz is a delight

runrin

they're a good match

Markus Schaber

She doesn't talk Dutch, she's taking Netherland-ish. 🤔

William Cole

Yeah, definite echoes of Office Worker RPG.

Graydon Armstrong

You mean Rhubarb Barbara bar Barbarian beard barber beer bar Bärbel?

Uniquitous

She was a groundskeeper before Willow forcibly befriended her.

Sean Kinlin

Published in the North American Journal of Amiability.

Fart Captor

I love them both so much

Onyx

Awesome

Ursus Ridens

Actually, it's West Frisian and means, "A pilchard in the hand is worth any number in the Waddenzee."

Mitsuki Ayane

I'm enjoying the journey Liz is taking, and Iris is going to uhh... grow... as a ... person? ~<3

Skye

it's one of the leading theories

Magic Chopstick Games

I_understood _that _reference.gif

BookBeard

Oh, if you insist. ;) https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2125 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2135

Dave Van Domelen

Peer-reviewed friendship.

BookBeard

No no, she's simply reached a new plane of cosmic enlightenment, harmonizing with her inner self to transcend the mundane state of the mere human awareness. ... ignore the snoring, it's part of the transcendence.

Captain Button

Now I wonder if one of her PhDs is from Transylvania Polygnostic University.

LH

she's photosynthesizing

Captain Button

"Honest Gremlin"? Is this one of those logical problem things where some people always lie and others always tell the truth? (ObAnime: "Kino's Journey")

Captain Button

That is a minor function of her cyberchip implant, as described in that comic you will be citing momentarily.

Carl Fink

Did Ayo fall asleep?

Captain Button

I've always found him a bit stiff.

Captain Button

A follow on to Yelling Bird's Canadian "Facts"?

Tannerbot

We have refined the ritual. The space time ripples no longer make the old ones angry.

R L

I thought we all agreed not to talk about "THE RITUAL".

Captain Button

"The Netherworld" - I just want to say I would be totally down with a Disgaea - QC crossover.

pseudoclever

😌

Carl Cravens

I want to see a chink in that armor.

ValdVin

@Miyaa, it's from SCTV, the show your secretly cool folks in your parents' generation watched.

BookBeard

I wonder what it's like to be so enthusiastic about properly cited sources and references. It's just so hard to imagine... *whistles nonchalantly*

Captain Button

Soon it will be time for "THE RITUAL."

Alacrity Fitzhugh

Rigor Mortis? He's a good guy.

Stavros Karatsoridis

Don’t even need to be on TikTok. It’s on YouTube too. Look up Bodo Wartke or Marti Fischer. You’ll find it.

Simon Green

but that just sounded like german with bad pronunc-- oh

Jeremy Oreskovich

We know Iris was a cook at a questionable burrito joint, but it seems like she may also have a science background?

BookBeard

Hanners can already do that, because she's from space. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5123

William Cole

Panel 2 Liz is glorious.

Yelling Bird

My sister-in-law is Dutch. Just gonna leave it at that.

William Cole

She's learned the Nothampton Way quickly.

alphanor

still (???)

Ed Marshall

I am looking forward to this phrase trending on Google soon

Peter Davids

As a Dutchman who's been following QC for quite some time, I *love* the Liz is Dutch arc, and the complete and utter random "facts" that are being spouted!

Duke

Google Translate came back with "hold your hands while feeling friendly".

Dean Reilly

Is this how we learn that Liz is actually from Hoboken?

Miyaa

By the next day, Hanners and Ayo will be able to communicate with each other telepathically.

Leaflemming

"Hold the hand, flu in the after" almost works, as a bad poetic way of saying "Social distancing can prevent disease transmission". Perhaps Liz is actually undermining herself by telling this would-be friend I AM A DANGEROUS VIRUS.

Atramors

Look up Barabara's rhubarb. It has absolutely no business being as catchy as it is.

Kevin v

Eh, just tell people it’s Flemish

Miyaa

@ValdVin • That sounds like a polka group that Weird Al has on retainer for his polka songs.

Abhayakara

Don’t you mean Barbara’s rhubarb bear bar?

Atramors

Google translate detected it as German, translated it to "Holdje Deen hand flu in the after." Manually selecting Dutch results in a different translation entirely: "Hold the handgrippe im nach." Thusly I posit that Liz's 'saying translates to "Hold the hand flu in the after." I don't know what a "hand flu" is, but I don't think I want one.

Abhayakara

I’m not even a native Dutch speaker and I’m offended! :)

Carrie

I think it would be even more fun to hear some We Butter The Bread With Butter or Rammstein if German music is in play now.

Rich Holmes

Actually she's quoting the Swedish Chef

Pejo

"Holdje deen handgrippe im nach freundejesken" seems to be sorta Dutch but also seems to imply said friendly hand will give you the flu. 🤔

Shawn K. Younkin

"Jesus, I can't spell!"

ValdVin

Lemme dive into my Yosh and Stan Shmenge LPs.

Carrie

😂🤣🫶 Time to be an honest gremlin. 😏

Miyaa

Congratulations on not having a TikTok account!

Darnel D Cooper

Ok,... that was cute, the nerd goblin is trying.

alphanor

(???)

Miyaa

[citation needed]

Skye

I appreciate hanners photosynthesizing in the background

Sean Kinlin

"Did I say Netherlands? I meant The Netherworld."

Leaflemming

Your search - holdje deen handgrippe im nach translate - did not match any documents.

Tannerbot

She's annoying her way into friendship, she was destined to join this friend group.

Miyaa

Did Liz just say the Dutch version of that German song about Barbara’s Rhubarb crumble?

alphanor

Just give in Iris. It'll be good for both of you!! (You're so well matched).

ValdVin

"Report your data or we'll never get that grant money" sounds like the worst (or best?) RPG ever is going on in the kitchen. ETA: Maybe they reached a save point at the Office Worker RPG in https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4722