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Claire takes a very real joy from participating in Lottie’s mystery solving process. It’s written all over her face.
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Claire takes a very real joy from participating in Lottie’s mystery solving process. It’s written all over her face.
1. Chuck a… that sounds like a euphemism.
2. Claire is the very necessary wholesome two-third of this solving trio.
This is going to be one of those cultural artifacts of the twenty-first century. Like Tank Girl or something. It tells you as much about place and time and state of mind, as it does a story.
1. That entire sentence of Glenn’s seems designed to be taken out of context somehow.
Its a reasonable attempt at speaking Kiwi.
Could have added the word out after bummed but all in all not bad
I knew the bull was loose, but horny?
It had horns, it was horny. Same statement, different statement?
Maybe Glen should have said “horned ungulate”.
Where’s the double entendre in THAT?
Hetty would have handled Arthur the exact same way, whether or not she had what we Yanks euphemistically call “issues”. She’s been tossing him for years. He enjoys it. We have a cat like Arthur. What’s a ton or two here or there?
Wait- your cat weighs as much as a full-grown bull?!
An inflatable bull perhaps.
An inflatabull?
Yes, like Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide – part 4 of the trilogy. Little Claire can be part three of the duo.
Or like D’Artagnan being the fourth part of the three musketeers
Claire was Lottie’s sidekick long before any of us had heard of Glenn. So Glenn’s the third member.
I’m confused, who is this Glenn you speak of? Do you mean Glegg?
Yeah – Ygln!
Horny? Or hornéd?
Yes
Wait! Wrong order!
I dunno Ygln. You never know when you wanna chuck beef!
Beautiful page.
Claire seems to be the perennially bright-eyed, positive member of whatever group she’s with.
Unless she’s dealing with economics. Or burning down decrepit barns to make the world a bit safer for her fire-fighter Dad.
Or, unless you make the mistake of making her really, really angry. https://www.gocomics.com/bad-machinery/2019/01/24
Ooh, I forgot how scary Little Claire could be if you get on her bad side.
I have come to the conclusion reading JA comics that the British were quick to abandon their bland diet and adopt the flavorful cuisines of the world. Indian, Ethiopian, Japanese, Thai, Chinese.
Man, I sure want some Bao right about now…
iirc regional/local English food did not die of ‘natural’ causes.
This is confirmed in the Jonathan Meades documentary, “Who’s Food?”
That’s why they got themselves an empire: for the food
“Chuck a horny ungulate back into his paddock.” John, I am, as always, in love with your dialogue.
I’m not convinced that this has anything to do with grief, not wanting to let him go, etc. I still think the siblings are simply too obstinate to agree, compromise, or yield.
We haven’t seen any evidence that they’re particularly argumentative about anything else, though.
Brave to be wearing so much white while eating bao buns
I love how in sync Claire and Lottie are despite being of opposite sensibilities. Also that Bao looks heavenly.
So that 10% deposit only stretched to a large carafe of tap water for the table huh
Claire is radiant here
I love Claire and Lottie, they are so happy when they’re together. True best friends!
Incidentally, I’ve been reading through old Bad Machinery and came across this page where Lottie and Shauna discuss Lottie’s mystery solving career options!
https://www.gocomics.com/bad-machinery/2018/04/25
So prescient of this story.
The whole Solver setup has been reminding me of that time when Grote & Haversham took advantage of the collapse of civilization at Griswalds to build their own post-apocalyptic dispute-settlement office.
After the previous page, I was wondering whether the interaction we saw between Hetty and Arthur was real, or if it was just how Lottie relayed it to Claire. But it sounds like Grep saw the same thing, so it must have been all too real.
The Kübler-Ross model is the stages of people who are *dying*, not grieving.
According to Wikipedia, it was original designed as a model of the stages of people who are dying, but Kübler-Ross later expanded it (in a book published posthumously) to include any form of personal loss, including the death of a loved one.
Apparently she left out the sixth stage: posthumous publications.
Claire is sort of the Mycroft Holmes in their group.
Claire: when you go to Bao Boys, skip the satay and just eat more bao.
Took me a while to realize that I have heard of Bao before – my (only?) prior exposure. It sounds awesome.