Standards & Practices
Added 2025-03-23 00:27:42 +0000 UTCa pole, of beans
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Am a strong believer in Love. Anh’s trying to be better. Her reference chart is a bit wonky.
Sparky
2025-03-25 17:17:34 +0000 UTCGood god, Faye has come a long way. From using no contractions to shoving four words into a single contraction.
Panic Blitz
2025-03-24 22:54:17 +0000 UTCNever start a land war in Asia, and never annoy a disgruntled sculptor and welder when death is on the line!
Clifton Royston
2025-03-24 04:33:19 +0000 UTCan Ahn-expected development.
Greg Matyola
2025-03-24 00:28:30 +0000 UTCThree, in my opinion. I have a "thing" for skinny women who don't have the comedy "large tracts of land".
Opus the Poet
2025-03-23 23:43:35 +0000 UTCBut AFAWK she's not an android.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-23 23:37:01 +0000 UTCI was just told I was too smart for my own good. I think that was after I started the school bus when the kids were all in and the driver was standing outside flirting with one of the teachers. I might have also been told that when I reassembled a M-60 machine gun on Armed Forces Day at Schofield Barracks when I was in 2nd grade a few months later. But I had an advantage over your garden variety 7YO, the neighbor on the other end of the duplex was active duty Marine armored, and he would give me expired manuals for my scrap books and I would memorize them before cutting them up for the scrap books.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-23 23:26:14 +0000 UTCAnh and Hannelore, sittin' in a tree...
Chris Warren
2025-03-23 23:11:48 +0000 UTC@Captain Button - I remember those!
Hugh Eckert
2025-03-23 21:46:14 +0000 UTCOh sorry. Didn’t mean damn, meant Dang.
legobil
2025-03-23 21:18:23 +0000 UTCI hope it evolves into pole
Brian
2025-03-23 20:27:53 +0000 UTCOh damn. Didn’t think about them. Seeing Anh interact with younger Sam would have been interesting though. Sam dragging Anh into the woods, snake hunting. New emo Sam? Not so sure.
legobil
2025-03-23 18:48:19 +0000 UTCSomehow both parents leave everything to Station, which Hanners approves and Station just innocently whistles.
Miyaa
2025-03-23 17:30:44 +0000 UTCI was at Subway for breakfast and one of the new breads this one had to offer is a ghost pepper Italian bread. Definitely the sign that ghost pepper has jumped the shark.
Miyaa
2025-03-23 17:28:56 +0000 UTCJim and Sam might disagree.
William Cole
2025-03-23 15:41:30 +0000 UTCBG: Well, at least you have the piped music settled.
Phil_M
2025-03-23 15:26:13 +0000 UTCI'm starting to wonder if she'll ever clean up again, or if she'll become QC's version of Pigpen.
Rich Holmes
2025-03-23 15:07:18 +0000 UTCIf all she is stalking is other beans, i see no harm 😅
legobil
2025-03-23 14:10:43 +0000 UTC"with which" to bean, if it was hollow you could bean someone in it, depending on the dimensions. 5 dimensions?
allanfranta
2025-03-23 13:14:20 +0000 UTCThat's what my kindergarten teacher said, YB.
allanfranta
2025-03-23 13:12:02 +0000 UTCJust as long as she doesn't turn into a beanstalker.
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-23 12:01:04 +0000 UTCAlso, I love how uncaring Anh is about the dirt on her. Lets see How that carries into her living with Faye. Im expecting LONG visits in the bathroom with exhausting skin care routines.
legobil
2025-03-23 10:46:28 +0000 UTCBeanpole is such a good nickname. I hope it develops into beansprout and just bean.
legobil
2025-03-23 10:44:40 +0000 UTCYes, that's also the implication. Even if *you* don't change, everyone else does. And even if you don't want to change, you have to, because everyone else will. Difficult themes to explore in a comic.
SpookyPenguin
2025-03-23 05:46:36 +0000 UTCThey called me mad at the Academy, but I’ll show them! I’LL SHOW THEM ALL! Mwahahahaha!
William Cole
2025-03-23 05:45:38 +0000 UTCI've been called a danger to myself and others, but I think that Judge just had it in for me.
Yelling Bird
2025-03-23 05:26:44 +0000 UTCWhen Anh said, "I'm incredibly charming! Some people have said so." I had an immediate flashback to Yay. I miss them. :(
Joseph Bonnar
2025-03-23 04:51:31 +0000 UTCNo, only millimeter-wave 5G and so it doesn't work in very many places.
Matthew Reiter
2025-03-23 04:42:28 +0000 UTCAgreed. With all that’s going on in the world, I have no enjoyment of Anh’s character… I’ve had enough of entitled rich people. At least hanners is kind and caring
Nessi505
2025-03-23 04:27:28 +0000 UTCANH ❤️ HAN! ANH 🧡 HAN! ANH 🤍 HAN! ANH 🩷 HAN! ANH 💜 HAN!
Rawrisaur
2025-03-23 04:12:04 +0000 UTCBut if she doesn't get her allowance and calls to complain, does that mean she is a fraudster?
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 03:37:06 +0000 UTCStandards 英 Practices
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 03:30:22 +0000 UTCThat horse deserves a comfortable retirement.
William Cole
2025-03-23 03:29:07 +0000 UTCI got that reference!
William Cole
2025-03-23 03:27:48 +0000 UTCMelon, imo.
Everett Bradshaw
2025-03-23 03:26:34 +0000 UTC(FWIW I was being lighthearted, even as I retch at the sight of him)
Magic Chopstick Games
2025-03-23 03:23:46 +0000 UTCAnh dreams of electric personalities
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 03:23:24 +0000 UTCNearly a few!
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 03:11:57 +0000 UTCThank you Melissa, I needed that.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 03:09:25 +0000 UTCFair points, all. I did not think first about how it would affect people to make such a joke. I'll refrain going forward.
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-23 03:06:41 +0000 UTCShe has the most short term brain we have encountered since... Pintsize? Melon?
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 03:02:31 +0000 UTC@SarahV That is exactly how I read it too.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 03:01:04 +0000 UTCCould also just be that she's used to being surrounded by yes-men, but I guess that'd also be based on her having money.
Sarah Valentine
2025-03-23 02:58:20 +0000 UTCYeah, I don't see a Brun/Anh ship floating. Panel one: Brun says a hilarious pun Panel two - five: Anh stands in silence staring at Brun who looks pleased with herself Panel six: Anh says "What?" The ship sinks faster than the Titanic. (edit - Or gamma rays as Captain Button suggests. Both outcomes are equally plausible)
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 02:57:28 +0000 UTCI think what Anh said was meant to be more "I find Hannelore attractive because of the high standard she sets" as opposed to "Hannelore is attractive, which makes her likeable". I feel like she's not subtle or self-aware enough to avoid saying "Why don't you like me? I'm hot!" if it was the way she was thinking. Or, even more foot-in-mouth, "I'm hot and a girl, and you said you liked girls! Is that not charming?".
Sarah Valentine
2025-03-23 02:57:18 +0000 UTCWell, one.
schmod
2025-03-23 02:54:29 +0000 UTC@NtPF I think that is a more recent immunity. Like getting your H1N1 vaccine and discovering you are now 50% more resistant to other flu viruses.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 02:52:06 +0000 UTCI was gonna say that it was a bit dumb of her to do that before hearing back from her father/the company, but she hasn't exactly shown herself to be a long-term planner.
Sarah Valentine
2025-03-23 02:51:55 +0000 UTCThe connection she's making is that being likeable is attractive, which it is, and not just for rich heiresses.
awgiedawgie
2025-03-23 02:28:08 +0000 UTCThose people might have been her father's ahnployees
Jon Wilson
2025-03-23 02:25:26 +0000 UTCHey... Does Anh's forelock pick up Wi-Fi?
Uniquitous
2025-03-23 02:15:33 +0000 UTCBookBeard, I'm guessing that for all of those "nh" words, it was mid-word? I think it's putting it at the end of a word that feels strange in English.
jonesnori
2025-03-23 02:02:41 +0000 UTC@BookBeard That would still make it a pole in which to bean someone
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 02:02:16 +0000 UTCDoc, whatever the answer is, it’s the opposite of one size fits all.
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 02:01:51 +0000 UTCSchitt’s Creek QC edition? I’m in! Can we share your popcorn, please? 🙏
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 02:00:00 +0000 UTCIf Anh is the Anti-Brun, they must never meet, lest the gamma rays sterilize the Earth.
Captain Button
2025-03-23 01:59:04 +0000 UTC@Miyaa Points for going full circle within this sub-comment! ⭕️
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 01:57:56 +0000 UTCBB I just misread that as "Mecha-Anh", which I would be totally down for.
Captain Button
2025-03-23 01:57:34 +0000 UTCIf her parent(s) set up a trust fund for Anh at some point, which is likely in rich families, they may not be able to completely cut her off. It depends how the trust instrument was written. Same for Hanners.
jonesnori
2025-03-23 01:56:55 +0000 UTCNote the implicit connection Anh has between "being likeable" and "being attractive." Which I suppose is hard to avoid in the rich heiress lifescript...
Captain Button
2025-03-23 01:56:10 +0000 UTC“I before E, except when your foreign neighbor Keith received eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters. Weird.” -source unknown, but deeply appreciated 😝
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 01:55:51 +0000 UTCBean Pole just makes me think of that French guy in the "Tripods" books.
Captain Button
2025-03-23 01:51:36 +0000 UTCThe main sufferer of the reality distortion field of money is the person with the money.
SpookyPenguin
2025-03-23 01:50:43 +0000 UTCNot to mention Zlata's magic cowlick!
Clifton Royston
2025-03-23 01:42:46 +0000 UTCI'm going with MelAnh. I don't see how it could possibly go wrong.
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:39:32 +0000 UTCWhat Pahntsize would they wear? Hmm...
Doc Gumby
2025-03-23 01:39:04 +0000 UTCNobody tell Anh, but she's not even the first Beanpole... https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3998
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:36:39 +0000 UTC"The bean pole" is also what Jim Bean calls his... ummm... nevermind.
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:35:07 +0000 UTCI mean, Hanners' mom *could* write her out of her will and leave everything to her robot horse or whatever if she wanted to. We have no particular evidence that she has done so.
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:32:20 +0000 UTCWell now I want someone to open a Vietnamese sandwich place with robotic staff called Autobánh
Bill Grebner
2025-03-23 01:30:44 +0000 UTCas opposed to a pole for beans or a pole of which to bean someone with
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 01:29:31 +0000 UTCYeah, and as I’ve said before it’s possible that Brun’s role in the QC world has concluded which is fine.
Miyaa
2025-03-23 01:27:28 +0000 UTCI think Hannelore is still a double-heiress. The word meaning that she is the one to inherit. I think both her parents still have her listed in their will as their sole surviving inheritor. I know Hanners told her mom to fuck off, but if her mom dies, I think it would still go to her. I think Hannelore just divested herself of her money & stock etc?
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:24:18 +0000 UTCShe has some redeeming qualities
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 01:23:00 +0000 UTCStill rooting for Panhtsize myself
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 01:22:06 +0000 UTCBrAnh seems unlikely on a number of levels, but that's never stopped the shippers before.
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:20:52 +0000 UTCDon't you mean asanhine bothers?
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 01:20:49 +0000 UTCI before E except after C unless it's some kind of weird science...
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-23 01:19:31 +0000 UTCWould’ve been a helluva commute for one of them up until now, if so…
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 01:18:38 +0000 UTCBegin the Brun Anh shipping!
Dissociated Women Incorporated
2025-03-23 01:18:36 +0000 UTCI mean, if Anh wants to be on track to be as likable as Hanners, stalking one of the core group and living in close proximity to them is canonically the way to do it, so she's off to a good start
Nilbog Nerw
2025-03-23 01:17:52 +0000 UTCI am betting there will be no allowance coming in and we are in for a "riches to rags" story. Which should be a fun ride! Oooo, when Faye discovers she just told Anh she can stay until something happens that NEVER does... (Buying up popcorn futures now)
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:17:38 +0000 UTC@Sean Kinlin please know you are adored here, but it seems some of us are just SO raw right now that it’s hard to imagine how we might ever heal. That said, while I’m no fan of Anh, at least she’s neither insane nor evil.
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 01:17:11 +0000 UTCOhhh I was misremembering the strip a few days ago where she talks about being on an allowance
Jono Hayward
2025-03-23 01:14:10 +0000 UTCThe Shuild? I thought they disbanded after the Svennelore debacle
Nilbog Nerw
2025-03-23 01:14:07 +0000 UTCTechnically Anh hasn't been cut off yet, although she undoubtedly will be soon. As for Hanners, don't forget that she has *two* independently rich parents. So at worst she got downgraded from double-heiress to regular heiress.
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:13:51 +0000 UTCConsidering the Faye standard of nicknames, she's lucky assbutt and Smarmadon were taken
Nilbog Nerw
2025-03-23 01:13:01 +0000 UTCCalling it now, she's gonna get cut off because of the social media video she shared a few episodes prior to this one.
Everett Bradshaw
2025-03-23 01:10:29 +0000 UTCInterestingly, my intuitive sense of it is that 'hn' occurs much more frequently in English than 'nh', but I just checked and apparently it's quite the opposite. Weird.
BookBeard
2025-03-23 01:07:55 +0000 UTCI will always vote for Brun. and magical space pixies.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:07:05 +0000 UTCBe nice to the creator. Brun will return when the creator is GD good and ready.
Michael Voorhis
2025-03-23 01:06:23 +0000 UTCDo we know for a fact that Anh has been cut off? Or is that just our speculation on the possible repercussions of that phone call?
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:06:16 +0000 UTCI have an ocean of notions when it comes to shipping.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:05:17 +0000 UTCI have no such hesitancy. I'm not her biggest fahn.
Doc Gumby
2025-03-23 01:03:39 +0000 UTC@Thormation hanners is still heiress to her father's comapny, no? it's unclear if both of Anh's parents have separate fortunes or if her dad is it
Logan Nix
2025-03-23 01:03:31 +0000 UTCoh god i could even hear the voice
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:02:11 +0000 UTCAfter telling her mother that she's a horrible person and she never wants to talk to her again, is Hannelore still technically an heiress?
Thormation
2025-03-23 01:01:17 +0000 UTCIt reminds me of my nephew who prefers we sing "he's a jolly good fellow" instead of happy birthday. Why? Because it says right there in the song "nobody can deny". Hey, if the song says it, it must be true!
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 01:00:21 +0000 UTCYes, one of those moments when we are forced to reconsider the underlying meaning of "in-credible". Right up there with being called "unbelievably" charming, at which point I slowly nod my head in silent agreement.
BobC
2025-03-23 00:58:16 +0000 UTCAt least Anh recognizes how cool and awesome Hannalore is
Lyman Green
2025-03-23 00:57:47 +0000 UTCas clear as an azure sky of deepest summer
Marc Johnson
2025-03-23 00:55:55 +0000 UTC"Beanpole"? Anh's a bit taller than Hanners, who is skinnier than Anh.
ValdVin
2025-03-23 00:55:53 +0000 UTCtoo late
SilverbackRon
2025-03-23 00:53:57 +0000 UTCThat's why autocorrect is the devil and must be disabled on every device and this is a hill I will die on
Zig Justice
2025-03-23 00:53:02 +0000 UTCI'm with Magic Chopstick here. It will be "too soon" for the next 100 years at least.
Clifton Royston
2025-03-23 00:52:07 +0000 UTCAs a member of the Shipping Guild, I'm going to put an immediate stop to any present or future notions of "Hannelanh" or "Anhelore". Is that clear enough?
BobC
2025-03-23 00:50:21 +0000 UTCThanks for pointing out that detail. I had missed it!
Andrew Mitchell
2025-03-23 00:47:58 +0000 UTCAfter running away and getting cut off, is Anh still technically an heiress?
Jono Hayward
2025-03-23 00:47:17 +0000 UTCWise move. If it's in print people have to believe it! Right?!?
Andrew Mitchell
2025-03-23 00:47:07 +0000 UTCThat's almost several!
BookBeard
2025-03-23 00:46:43 +0000 UTCFaye has spent years building up an immunity to asinine bothers.
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-23 00:45:42 +0000 UTCI feel like Anh is the exact opposite of Brun. Bring back Brun.
Miyaa
2025-03-23 00:44:39 +0000 UTCAnh*, as always
Sharpless
2025-03-23 00:42:18 +0000 UTCI can understand those that put the h before the n. While I don't have problems with my girlfriend's name (which also ends with nh), I regularly try to spell "bánh" as "bahn", for example.
Sharpless
2025-03-23 00:41:18 +0000 UTCMaybe Anh & Melon have the same hairdresser …
William Cole
2025-03-23 00:40:21 +0000 UTCDon't feel bad, Anh. We can't all be magical space pixies. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3424
BookBeard
2025-03-23 00:40:10 +0000 UTC"I'm incredibly charming! Some people have said so!" --I have already ordered personal calling cards with this on it.
ValdVin
2025-03-23 00:39:38 +0000 UTCThis joke is getting anhemic
Azrux
2025-03-23 00:39:10 +0000 UTCTragic: the worst person you know has a correct opinion on Hannelore
Azrux
2025-03-23 00:37:51 +0000 UTCMy phone autocorrected it because it obviously lacks culture
Cory Rowley
2025-03-23 00:37:28 +0000 UTCI love the expressive moment-to-moment mood hair!
SomeTelephoneGuy
2025-03-23 00:37:12 +0000 UTCYes, this again. Also, it's spelled 'Anh.'
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-23 00:36:32 +0000 UTCNO OUT
Magic Chopstick Games
2025-03-23 00:36:28 +0000 UTCYay; this again! (Sorry, Miyaa… the heart wants what the heart wants)
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 00:35:50 +0000 UTCHere’s a handy mnemonic: First the“A”, then the “n”, then the “h”, because Anh is OUT OF ORDER, PEOPLE
Magic Chopstick Games
2025-03-23 00:35:42 +0000 UTCDon’t forget the team of doting domestic help!
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 00:35:15 +0000 UTCShe's partly right, Hanners DOES set an impossible standard for all of us, not just heiresses.
William Cole
2025-03-23 00:34:31 +0000 UTC"Many people are saying I have the best charm - so likable."
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-23 00:32:13 +0000 UTCYes, it is. Hannelore is universally adored. One either wants to be more like her, wants to be with her, or both. This is as it should be.
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-23 00:32:08 +0000 UTCAnh, when someone says something like "you're so charming" through gritted teeth you should not take it at face value.
Sammitch
2025-03-23 00:32:06 +0000 UTCYour observation is Ahn point!
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-23 00:31:46 +0000 UTCGDI not this again.
Miyaa
2025-03-23 00:31:40 +0000 UTCLet me guess, those people worked for your dad?
BookBeard
2025-03-23 00:30:42 +0000 UTCStandards, Anh Practices was right there and you missed it 😭
Cory Rowley
2025-03-23 00:30:23 +0000 UTCSomewhere Hanners is already shaking her head and muttering “why?” for no reason.
Miyaa
2025-03-23 00:30:09 +0000 UTCAhn may be dense, but she does have a good role model to aspire to. I wish her luck.
Tannerbot
2025-03-23 00:30:04 +0000 UTCWow! Some!
Zig Justice
2025-03-23 00:29:59 +0000 UTCsome people are my favorite people
Brendan Luster
2025-03-23 00:29:42 +0000 UTCWhy would anyone ever think a billionaire's daughter is charming? What reason would they have for that? The mind wonders!
Shawn K. Younkin
2025-03-23 00:29:36 +0000 UTCAnh has so little to unpack and yet, so much to unpack.
Alcaria Swain
2025-03-23 00:29:36 +0000 UTCYes, Hannelore is.
JMK
2025-03-23 00:29:28 +0000 UTC
