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Post by machival on Mar 14, 2015 3:50:00 GMT
You got that exactly backwards. I am right handed and I always hold the fork with my right hand and the knife in the left. Everyone who knows I’m right handed think it’s very weird that I do this, and those who don’t know keep asking me if I am left handed because I do this. Maybe it's a cultural thing? Because everybody I know holds the fork with the right hand, and I don't think I know any left handed person. . It probably is simply a cultural thing. My understanding is that they're are some notable differences between American vs. UK utensil etiquette, which includes such things as Americans having a habit of switching their forks from one hand to the other. Also, I'm a lefty and I do fork in left/knife in right. |
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Post by Señor Goose on Mar 14, 2015 6:55:25 GMT
A friend who doesn't have a forum account asked me to post this:  Greater than Pazkat? |
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Post by The Anarch on Mar 14, 2015 8:11:28 GMT
Be still my beating heart, don't even think it, good sir! |
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Post by eightyfour on Mar 14, 2015 9:11:38 GMT
Tony turning up *as a teacher* with *no* prior warning is a stretch too far. Too many others would have to know. Everybody keeps assuming that he just showed up out of the blue and started teaching a class, without anybody at all knowing about it. Sure, Annie looks a bit shocked there, but I don't think that necessarily means she didn't have advance knowledge. It's one thing knowing your absentee father will be teaching your class, it's something else for it to actually happen. Of course she would be nervous about it. If he really just showed up with no warning I'd expect more faces like in the last panel here.  |
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Post by philman on Mar 14, 2015 9:41:58 GMT
Tony turning up *as a teacher* with *no* prior warning is a stretch too far. Too many others would have to know. Everybody keeps assuming that he just showed up out of the blue and started teaching a class, without anybody at all knowing about it. Sure, Annie looks a bit shocked there, but I don't think that necessarily means she didn't have advance knowledge. It's one thing knowing your absentee father will be teaching your class, it's something else for it to actually happen. Of course she would be nervous about it. If he really just showed up with no warning I'd expect more faces like in the last panel here. Just because others know, why would the students have to know? The only ones who would HAVE to know are the Headmaster and the other Court seniors, who we have never seen yet. How many times do you get a new teacher at school with all the students knowing who it is first? I am still taking this as this is the first time Annie and the rest of the class have seen their new teacher, and have only just realised he is Annie's father. I am also willing to bet that Eglamore punches Tony at some point during this chapter for turning up like this. |
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Post by hypixion on Mar 14, 2015 10:21:34 GMT
A friend who doesn't have a forum account asked me to post this: Greater than Pazkat? storywise, yes. But in the fandom, not really no |
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Post by keef on Mar 14, 2015 11:26:24 GMT
I am going with 6 pages of speculation over the weekend before the next update... 6 pages in 24 hours, wow... Exactly, and we already know the teachers are kept out of important decision-making. (still, I'm not completely sure this is Tony) Well of course I do not approve of violence...  |
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 14, 2015 13:11:16 GMT
This is going to be a bait and switch. I'm calling it.  Yes, but now that you called it, this in turn can be switched out. And now this, too. And this. Meta-jinx is appliable recursively. I have a feeling that anthony would just ignore the weirdness of this and continue like normal and annie not knowing hw to react That would be in character, yes. Also, what would renard's reaction be to this? Renard did rant about how he dislikes that guy. 'Tis why I've never understood the people who act like he's a jerk, or does jerk things - that's just not who Anthony is. Perhaps it rubs off that way on other people, but it's not his intention. Well... some can't understand other beings, no matter how many times it all was explained to them in the simplest terms, and unintentionally come across as ludicrous jackasses - and some can't help but crave any proof of their superiority, no matter how tenuous and over what, and come across as ludicrously pathetic. The people's messed up like that. As long as they don't run around pointlessly forcing others put up with this crap, it's just how things are. For the above it looks like, respectively, " guess what I think!" games (there's apparently a widely hated sort of Game Masters like that) for the first type and loud claims of moral high ground over everyone and everything down to collection of pixels for the second. Back to Anthony - he not only doesn't throw himself at everyone, but if anything, backs into his shell too fast (like with Brinnie). As the Little Grey Men go, he's far from insufferable. Maybe he just understands that for most people having to deal with him is like swimming in pure frustration and sticks with exceptions. I am also willing to bet that Eglamore punches Tony at some point during this chapter for turning up like this. Unlikely, given the history of his interaction with Annie. No way he still doesn't know what set her off in Fire Spike, too. |
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Post by eightyfour on Mar 14, 2015 15:15:31 GMT
Everybody keeps assuming that he just showed up out of the blue and started teaching a class, without anybody at all knowing about it. Sure, Annie looks a bit shocked there, but I don't think that necessarily means she didn't have advance knowledge. It's one thing knowing your absentee father will be teaching your class, it's something else for it to actually happen. Of course she would be nervous about it. If he really just showed up with no warning I'd expect more faces like in the last panel here. Just because others know, why would the students have to know? The only ones who would HAVE to know are the Headmaster and the other Court seniors, who we have never seen yet. How many times do you get a new teacher at school with all the students knowing who it is first? Oh, I completely agree about the rest of the students, there's no reason for them to know. I was mainly referring to Kat's reaction. Annie really should know about her father being back, even if she didn't actually meet him before class. And if Annie knows, Kat knows, too. Which would explain Kat's low key reaction here. Because if Kat didn't know, I'd expect more of a reaction from her. |
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Post by Omnium on Mar 14, 2015 16:31:14 GMT
I'm not sure if this has been discussed or not, but Carver using the Mr title rather than Dr may actually be correct. In the UK, surgeons generally have the title Mr, for historical reasons. So if he is a surgeon (which would explain the scalpels, I guess) he would be Mr Carver, not Dr Carver.
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Post by calpal on Mar 14, 2015 16:42:35 GMT
Oh is that so? What's the historical reason for British doctors being addressed as Mr., over Dr.?
Which makes me wonder why The Doctor isn't called The Mister, or some other silly notion... and of COURSE the colonial masters would do something as silly as that!
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Post by Omnium on Mar 14, 2015 18:02:24 GMT
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Post by hypixion on Mar 14, 2015 18:33:00 GMT
Just because others know, why would the students have to know? The only ones who would HAVE to know are the Headmaster and the other Court seniors, who we have never seen yet. How many times do you get a new teacher at school with all the students knowing who it is first? Oh, I completely agree about the rest of the students, there's no reason for them to know. I was mainly referring to Kat's reaction. Annie really should know about her father being back, even if she didn't actually meet him before class. And if Annie knows, Kat knows, too. Which would explain Kat's low key reaction here. Because if Kat didn't know, I'd expect more of a reaction from her. I think kat isn't flipping right now and getting angry at Anthony for being a dick is because her main concern is Annie, she is worried about her and looks to see her reaction and see if she is okay. |
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Post by QuotePilgrim on Mar 14, 2015 19:53:24 GMT
Maybe it's a cultural thing? Because everybody I know holds the fork with the right hand, and I don't think I know any left handed person. Oh yeah, it seems to be a cultural thing. Apparently, Americans use the fork in the right hand and switch it to the left to use the knife, while the rest of the world uses the fork in the left hand*. Assuming right handedness, obviously. I did not know that when I wrote my comment, of course. I made the common mistake of assuming something I experience is the same for everyone else. *You can take a look here and here for more accurate info. |
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Post by Corvo on Mar 14, 2015 20:22:12 GMT
Apparently, Americans use the fork in the right hand and switch it to the left to use the knife, while the rest of the world uses the fork in the left hand. Assuming right handedness, obviously. Haha, I'm brazilian! I guess we eat in american style then, although I don't switch hands to cut the food. |
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Post by hypixion on Mar 14, 2015 20:46:37 GMT
Apparently, Americans use the fork in the right hand and switch it to the left to use the knife, while the rest of the world uses the fork in the left hand. Assuming right handedness, obviously. Haha, I'm brazilian! I guess we eat in american style then, although I don't switch hands to cut the food. Why are we discussing this here? |
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Post by hypixion on Mar 14, 2015 21:54:16 GMT
Haha, I'm brazilian! I guess we eat in american style then, although I don't switch hands to cut the food. Wait, wait, waaait. I am Brazilian too, and where I live everyone uses the fork in the left hand. (Well, everyone but me, as said before.) That’s weird. Why are we discussing this here? That’s totally my fault. When I made that comment to refute someone saying that Anthony holding a fork in his right hand meant he was probably right handed, I didn’t know it’d get this far. I am sorry. I can assure you this is the last time I mention fork-holding here. ah, right, well we really don't know that if he is right handed. The fork could be a hint but after this discussion we can determine that it's no accurate indication to show he is right handed or not, so it contributed to something. However, I don't think that finding out if this is Anthony or not is not the issue because it's going to be him I think. At the end of year 7 Annie says it will be over two year till she hears of her father, now is the beginning of year 10 which is two years later. This is it! end of year 7: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=292beginning of year 10: gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1485 |
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Post by sapientcoffee on Mar 14, 2015 23:58:14 GMT
"The key word was 'hear'." Unless it was that time her father called. Haha, I'm brazilian! I guess we eat in american style then, although I don't switch hands to cut the food. Why are we discussing this here? Sometimes digressions are neat. I've enjoyed this one. ETA: GUYS GUYS  Getting close to PazKat numbers
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Post by SilverbackRon on Mar 15, 2015 2:17:33 GMT
Wow, I have tried to give myself a day to process this page... I am no closer to forming a coherent thought than I was a day ago. I think arf sums up what my first reaction was: You Have Got To Be Kidding Me. (Will now retrieve jaw from floor...) I am still undecided on what this will mean. There are two competing theories, and knowing Tom either one could be valid. Either the next page will be a flashback of the Donlan's telling Annie that her dad is now a teacher here, and perhaps even them meeting. Or this is another member of the Carver family. Anthony's brother or father. We don't really know anything about her extended family or lack thereof, do we? In other news: A good friend of mine called me to tell me he finally got into Gunnerkrigg Court, as of THIS PAGE! Hahaha, I have been letting him know how awesome this is for a couple years, and NOW he gets hit by the Carver Bomb! |
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Post by hypixion on Mar 15, 2015 2:43:40 GMT
"The key word was 'hear'." Unless it was that time her father called. Why are we discussing this here? Sometimes digressions are neat. I've enjoyed this one. ETA: GUYS GUYS Getting close to PazKat numbers I think this deserve more attention than pazkat. |
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Post by biggerj on Mar 15, 2015 8:59:32 GMT
Prediction: Dr. Disaster bursts in for an urgent early-year mission. Annie uses his own cheesy drama against him to get out of Spacemonaut duty by declaring: "Doctor, you don't understand... that man... IS MY MYSTERIOUS LONG-LOST FATHER!"
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Post by thesaddestface on Mar 15, 2015 11:03:42 GMT
Oh Shit
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Post by eightyfour on Mar 15, 2015 11:10:01 GMT
Getting close to PazKat numbers This thread is still waaaay behind the Zimmy/Jenny incident though. I am disappointed. :/ |
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Post by arkadi on Mar 15, 2015 11:46:43 GMT
Back commenting after a regrettably long absence.
Consider me utterly and thoroughly dumbfounded.
*Sips tea*.
*Proceeds to keep staring at computer screen until Monday brings the next update*.
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Post by sidhekin on Mar 15, 2015 11:47:21 GMT
Getting close to PazKat numbers This thread is still waaaay behind the Zimmy/Jenny incident though. I am disappointed. :/ I don't know how it could top that. The two years are up, so it could be, but without a face, we can't really say for certain. All that's left to debate is the phone call with its key word "hear", along with artistic nitpickery of hair, jawline, and handedness, with the occasional sidestep into regional utensil etiquette variations. Unless someone finds something controversial in this, that's not gonna fill up those pages. |
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Post by arkadi on Mar 15, 2015 11:49:25 GMT
I don't know how it could top that. The two years are up, so it could be, but without a face, we can't really say for certain. All that's left to debate is the phone call with its key word "hear", along with artistic nitpickery of hair, jawline, and handedness, with the occasional sidestep into regional utensil etiquette variations. Unless someone finds something controversial in this, that's not gonna fill up those pages. Without a face? Annie's face says it all, if you ask me. That is her dad. |
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Post by vakri on Mar 15, 2015 11:54:54 GMT
Probable reactions of some characters after Tony came back:
Eglamore: YOU SELFISH LITTLE BASTARD, HOW DARE YOU COME BACK HERE, YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE!!!
Kat: SHE END UP IN AN INFIRMARY BED BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU JERK! I GONNA PUNCH YOU SO HARD YOU WILL FLY BACK RIGHT WERE YOU WERE HIDING ALL THIS TIME!!!
Renard: YOU CALL YOURSELF HER FATHER?!? SHE WAS WAITING FOR YOU ALL THESE YEARS, AND WHERE WERE YOU
Coyote: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA
Anthony: Hello Antimony.
Annie: Hello dad. Good to see you.
<both hurting their palms with their nails>
Anyway, I'm waiting for the cheerful team to assemble: Annie, Tony, Jones and Headmaster.
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Post by arf on Mar 15, 2015 11:56:09 GMT
You want to know *which* trade? Maybe not, but let's just say it adds a new level of understanding to Sweeney Todd. |
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Post by hypixion on Mar 15, 2015 12:22:10 GMT
"The key word was 'hear'." Unless it was that time her father called. Why are we discussing this here? Sometimes digressions are neat. I've enjoyed this one. ETA: GUYS GUYS Getting close to PazKat numbers doesn't always literally mean hearing I think? |
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Post by Omnium on Mar 15, 2015 13:16:19 GMT
You want to know *which* trade? Maybe not, but let's just say it adds a new level of understanding to Sweeney Todd. There's a reason the Royal College of Surgeons was known as the Company of Barber-Surgeons for 300 years. |
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