Where Secret Menus Come From
Added 2025-02-11 01:11:27 +0000 UTCMarten is good at Business
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What I take from this comment: You have a secret menu with Hot Cocoa on and felt the vibe was right to serve one for yourself.
legobil
2025-02-13 15:33:35 +0000 UTCI suspect that that is the problem with Brun, too. She's in a frictionlessly happy and innocent relationship with Millefeuille. Perhaps Jeph feels that it would be too mean to rock their boat for the sake of drama, whereas Roko is a lead contender for the position of strip pinata.
Mark
2025-02-12 12:36:12 +0000 UTCThat really sucks to hear, because in retrospect she’s still a relatively new character with a lot of build-up. It kinda sucks that we’ve hopped from her figuring out her living situation, to Ayo figuring out her living situation, into marten and Clair figuring out THEIR living situation (albeit in a different sorta way).
Maximum Turtle
2025-02-12 06:16:23 +0000 UTCThat’s a good point, and I feel like I’ve seen some page like that with how long it’s been since they were in a comic.
Maximum Turtle
2025-02-12 06:14:47 +0000 UTCI have a meeting at 9:30 pm tonight so I made myself hot cocoa for it before I read this comic. It made me particularly happy.
Phillip
2025-02-12 05:06:26 +0000 UTC----Mood Coffee---- "It's Actually Good"* (*Warning: Not peer reviewed)
ValdVin
2025-02-12 02:16:34 +0000 UTCMarten fits right in in Cubetown.
Daryl Sawyer
2025-02-12 01:47:18 +0000 UTCThree cups one Moray?
Miyaa
2025-02-11 23:16:46 +0000 UTC@Hugh Eckert I considered this frequently 🤣 the food was also really inexpensive which absolutely incentivized me to keep coming back regardless of how shady it was. There was a room that always had a lot of large mysterious items in it. One time the worker was telling me incredulously about someone ordering a latte (they had an espresso machine.)
Cal
2025-02-11 19:09:24 +0000 UTCClaire taught him how before they left Northampton...
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 18:06:01 +0000 UTCExactly.
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 18:03:39 +0000 UTCHammer time!
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 18:03:24 +0000 UTCI am extremely happy the "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" has an official Vibe Curator on their staff.
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 18:01:53 +0000 UTCHis dad, along with the "aging well" gene.
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 18:01:05 +0000 UTCThere used to be an Ethiopian place in Arlington VA that seemed to mainly exist in order to allow cab drivers a place to drink coffee, hobnob, and smoke (outside). The food was excellent, but they always seemed to be mildly gobsmacked that we wanted to order, and generally had only about half the menu items available.
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 17:59:52 +0000 UTCCal... have you considered it was a money-laundering operation?
Hugh Eckert
2025-02-11 17:56:59 +0000 UTCSomewhere there's a secret spreadsheet with the list of characters and how long since they've been in the comic... There's many folks I'd like to see (Will and Penny, Renee and Dan, etc) but I'm guessing it's harder to write scrips for mostly happy people.
David Durant
2025-02-11 15:32:58 +0000 UTCDammit, Magic Chopstick! Grab a seat next to Sean in the sin bin. 😂
Melissa Wilson
2025-02-11 14:38:54 +0000 UTCWhat? No fried green tomatoes?!?
Melissa Wilson
2025-02-11 14:34:46 +0000 UTCHannelore is so powerful she doesn't need much screen time. Some situation develops in the comic and frequently Hanners will fix/resolve it in three or four words, or with a gesture &c. From a comic POV her zen doesn't really build the story, perhaps? We need small levels of conflict/chaos/misunderstanding to keep up the character interplay. If all was peace and contentment what would Jeph have left to write about?
Michael Voorhis
2025-02-11 13:29:10 +0000 UTCMartin? Oblivious?? Why, Shirley, you jest!
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 13:24:56 +0000 UTCHis innate charm? :D
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 13:24:18 +0000 UTCHoly shit I need this
Dave, Duke of Fridges
2025-02-11 12:29:18 +0000 UTCBack about forty years ago, I used to ask around to find out where 'The BBQ place' was. Brief explanation: The owner/cook moved whenever the rent was raised. Wherever he went, there was no signage, except for a small piece of paper in the window that said "BBQ." So if you found him (from 10 am to 1 pm only), you'd go in and sit at one of the picnic benches inside. A dour woman would come up to you, and say, "Fi' dollah, please." You would hand it to her. She would be back in five minutes with a platter of brisket, sausage, and a big piece of chicken, all done Tennessee barbeque style, with corn on the cob, collard greens, and white bread. It was amazing food. One day, he disappeared, with no one having any idea what happened.
William Burns
2025-02-11 12:03:02 +0000 UTC"Mousebender: Well, how about a little Red Leicester. Wensleydale: I'm, afraid we're fresh out of Red Leicester, sir. Mousebender: Oh, never mind. How are you on Tilsit? Wensleydale: Never at the end of the week, sir. Always get it fresh first thing on Monday. Mousebender: Tish tish. No matter. Well, four ounces of Caerphilly, then, if you please, stout yeoman. Wensleydale: Ah well, it's been on order for two weeks, sir, I was expecting it this morning. ... Mousebender: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Wensleydale: Not today sir, no."
Mark
2025-02-11 10:40:56 +0000 UTCThe other ones are possible but apparently Jeph has run out of inspiration for Brun plots.
Mark
2025-02-11 10:38:25 +0000 UTCThe temporal espresso machine that Raven "fixed" appears in Cubetown first at this point in time, before returning back to CoD back then at some unspecified point in the future.
David Paul
2025-02-11 10:08:01 +0000 UTCI love the blush in the second frame. #gremlin
Abhayakara
2025-02-11 09:48:29 +0000 UTCTell Marten that you want your hot cocoa animal-style.
Sleepy John
2025-02-11 08:47:27 +0000 UTCMarten learned from The Secret Bakery to have secret menu. It contains cold brewed coffee (made or not made by/of Moray) and Hot Cocoa.
legobil
2025-02-11 08:44:29 +0000 UTCThe process is near instantaneous.
legobil
2025-02-11 08:42:47 +0000 UTCI'd love to see Moray three cups deep. I bet her psyche is fascinating
Solomon Garland
2025-02-11 08:19:18 +0000 UTCMan I feel like it’s been a million years since we’ve seen a comic about Brun, Marigold, Dale, or Elliot.
Maximum Turtle
2025-02-11 07:06:30 +0000 UTCYes. 😼🥳
Carrie
2025-02-11 06:54:21 +0000 UTCThe stuff legends are made of
Bagge
2025-02-11 06:25:33 +0000 UTCI'm still driving one, it's nearly 20 years old and going strong.
Finvaara
2025-02-11 06:23:41 +0000 UTCIf I wasn't in a rush and I'd visit, I'd play their game once. If the sandwich was sensational, I'd play it more times. Otherwise, I'd cut my losses and go somewhere else. And yes, I did just take a nested if statement and provide a single else for both of them. Sometimes, that is the desired behavior.
Some Ed
2025-02-11 06:07:34 +0000 UTCHammer Smashed Smoothie 🥤
Zak Reichle
2025-02-11 05:29:54 +0000 UTCActually, I think that they don't mind. There's already enough insane geniuses that one more couldn't hurt.
Davus Otho
2025-02-11 05:02:06 +0000 UTCOk,ok, let’s nib this in the bud here
Magic Chopstick Games
2025-02-11 05:01:16 +0000 UTCThis was Portland, land of the supremely high and disinterested in helping, rarely due to malice, so I was somewhat enured to it although not to that level 🤣
Cal
2025-02-11 04:48:46 +0000 UTCHah. My wife keeps buying Callebaut dark chocolate to make bark (orange, peppermint) but this year, it never stays around long enough to make anything except nosherei of it.
Ursus Ridens
2025-02-11 04:46:43 +0000 UTCI'd assume that either someone there was grossly incompetent, grossly dishonest, or they just didn't want my business for some reason, so I would leave and not go back. In fact I just did that the other month with the new deli that would be convenient for me if their staff had read the menu. You're just lucky it was one of the first two reasons, so they didn't have to start escalating to get rid of you.
Captain Button
2025-02-11 04:45:58 +0000 UTCBenign obliviousness?
Holly Nelson
2025-02-11 04:45:27 +0000 UTCPreemptively failing in fact, since according to the internet the straight line distance between Northampton and Halifax is 480 miles.
BookBeard
2025-02-11 04:40:30 +0000 UTCThe small blush on Liz face is adorable
Egos
2025-02-11 04:06:32 +0000 UTCA real big…
William Cole
2025-02-11 04:05:32 +0000 UTC"Kept boyfriend" can be a job description, don't judge.
Clarence the Liar
2025-02-11 03:52:37 +0000 UTCByron Wright has just explained all of Cubetown in one sentence. Bow before this genius. :)
Joseph Bonnar
2025-02-11 03:37:53 +0000 UTCAnd failing to do so. Fortunately, Emily doesn’t like Cubetown.
Miyaa
2025-02-11 03:19:14 +0000 UTCMy sister OWNS the Vibe! A Pontiac Vibe (AKA Toyota Matrix), but still.
BobC
2025-02-11 03:16:13 +0000 UTCThere are probably multiple governments going to great lengths making sure Emily doesn't get within 500 miles of Cubetown
Fart Captor
2025-02-11 03:14:40 +0000 UTCSassy Marten hell yeah
Pejo
2025-02-11 03:13:22 +0000 UTC...or beaver?
alphanor
2025-02-11 03:12:14 +0000 UTCShouldn't Emily be desperately interested in Cubetown? For that matter, couldn't Hanners' dad give a guest lecture (virtual or in person)?
Carl Fink
2025-02-11 03:11:07 +0000 UTCYep, that was Dale's first appearance.
BookBeard
2025-02-11 03:08:14 +0000 UTCThis is a five minute major pun. Get in the box.
Miyaa
2025-02-11 03:07:45 +0000 UTCHe'll age gracefully.
Carl Fink
2025-02-11 03:07:17 +0000 UTCHandsomeness, of course!
jonesnori
2025-02-11 03:06:39 +0000 UTCWas this the first time we learned about Dale?
Miyaa
2025-02-11 03:05:39 +0000 UTCThe weirdest place I ever regularly bought food from was this cafe down the street from where I worked. It was the closest place to get food so I went there regularly. They had a menu but you basically could never get anything on the menu. You could either go through each item on the menu and receive an explanation of why you couldn't have that item, or you could ask what they had and they would verbally tell you what they were willing to make for you. There were also so many employees. I watched many people get annoyed and also saw plenty of regulars just come in and accept whatever fate decided they were eating.
Cal
2025-02-11 03:02:57 +0000 UTCWonder what he inherited from his dad?
Miyaa
2025-02-11 03:00:47 +0000 UTCI can only speculate that Veronica is the opposite of chill, at least when she is working.
alphanor
2025-02-11 03:00:31 +0000 UTCLegitimate fear.
William Cole
2025-02-11 02:56:39 +0000 UTCThe Department of Hallucinogens existed for one weekend and it was simultaneously the most and least productive in Cubetown history.
Byron Wright
2025-02-11 02:55:52 +0000 UTCYes, and Moray has the paperwork to prove it!
William Cole
2025-02-11 02:54:08 +0000 UTCI was thinking more along the lines of edibles or microdosing his coffee or summat.
Doc Gumby
2025-02-11 02:44:58 +0000 UTCAnd since it's cubetown, the time-travelling part https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 wouldn't even be that weird :-)
Mark Eichin
2025-02-11 02:39:46 +0000 UTCIt's okay. They already re-evaluated their relationship.
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 02:38:08 +0000 UTCIt IS CubeTown we're talking here. I'm not sure they've got a standard economy.
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 02:37:35 +0000 UTC'Twas prophetic, 'twas. Those two didn't last as a thing. :O
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 02:36:25 +0000 UTCI think you're on to something there....
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 02:34:32 +0000 UTCI kinda want Marten to introduce the scented tea for AIs, but I think Cubetown would accidentally weaponize scent-induced hallucinations for AIs.
Creeperkry
2025-02-11 02:33:28 +0000 UTCGDI Sean
Clifton Royston
2025-02-11 02:33:10 +0000 UTCHis parents? Veronica Reed is his Mom. :)
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 02:32:38 +0000 UTCPeople, you must remember one thing: Marten is the son of Veronica Reed. He's got to have inherited some good social perceptions from her.
Michael Steamweed
2025-02-11 02:32:20 +0000 UTCWe usually call those "money laundering operations", in the "That was a great steakhouse, too bad it got shut down by the Feds" sense
Mark Eichin
2025-02-11 02:28:00 +0000 UTCOne year I got a solid chocolate bunny for Easter. This led to me getting in trouble for bringing an ice pick to school. 🤣
Carl
2025-02-11 02:21:48 +0000 UTCI was about to say, I find him really attractive in this comic and it's because he has a more mature vibe. Also that long-sleeved top looks good on him.
Cathal Mc Ginley
2025-02-11 02:14:58 +0000 UTCDammit, now I want a 5kg block of Callebaut dark chocolate. What? It's for baking. Well, mostly.
ValdVin
2025-02-11 02:11:39 +0000 UTCMarten has to get that chill vibe from somewhere, it makes me suspicious...
Doc Gumby
2025-02-11 02:08:51 +0000 UTCThat's a deep cut.
Jason Zions
2025-02-11 02:07:53 +0000 UTCVIBE CHECK
Jonathan Marinaro
2025-02-11 02:05:39 +0000 UTCThis Is The Way.
Jason Zions
2025-02-11 02:05:31 +0000 UTCShe goes from elfin to gremlin.
Sean Kinlin
2025-02-11 02:04:42 +0000 UTCAs Marten doesn't have any idea how much demand there will be, he decides to play it safe in stocking the shop: he has a giant block of chocolate delivered, and keeps it in the cooler so he can just chip some off to melt in steamed milk whenever needed.
Sean Kinlin
2025-02-11 02:01:36 +0000 UTCWait. You’re telling me that bartenders and baristas don’t develop a sense of what people want?
Thisguy
2025-02-11 02:01:30 +0000 UTC[goes and makes hot cocoa]
Rich Holmes
2025-02-11 01:59:58 +0000 UTCTired: Marten is lazy. Wired: Marten is vibes-oriented.
chili sunrise
2025-02-11 01:53:39 +0000 UTCno this is firmly in "dad lovingly bullying his daughter" territory
LH
2025-02-11 01:53:29 +0000 UTCchoculastic
Mad Marie
2025-02-11 01:50:09 +0000 UTCI'm getting the notion that someone who's decent at cold reading could have *fun* with her…
Doug DeJulio
2025-02-11 01:46:28 +0000 UTCYou Are Not Of The Body!
Captain Button
2025-02-11 01:42:37 +0000 UTCHannelore never gets enough screen time these days. I'm not complaining; she certainly gets more time than a bunch of other characters, but for her impact on the comic, she feels on the back burner. Much like Marigold. But I'm okay with this because the cast is huge and I'm always wanting to see the new characters develop.
Alcaria Swain
2025-02-11 01:42:33 +0000 UTCThe little blush! Such a tour of Liz faces today.
ValdVin
2025-02-11 01:37:52 +0000 UTCMarten has precocoagnition.
Sean Kinlin
2025-02-11 01:37:27 +0000 UTCANECDOTAL *sip* EVIDENCE
Timothy Roller
2025-02-11 01:32:35 +0000 UTCWhat menu?
BookBeard
2025-02-11 01:32:18 +0000 UTCI assumed vibe reading was a fundamental skill for indie baristas.
Magic Beans
2025-02-11 01:30:34 +0000 UTCGod I hope so
Dave, Duke of Fridges
2025-02-11 01:30:23 +0000 UTCI've still got my fingers crossed for Faye building him an espresso-pooping moose sculpture.
BookBeard
2025-02-11 01:30:01 +0000 UTCThis feels really hokey, but I feel like I've gone through my twenties with Marten now. I started reading QC in 2012. I think around the Space Station arc? And I had just moved out of my parent's house. And I'm in my early thirties now and my life is still wildly unstable, but I feel more capable and unflappable. And it's funny recognizing my twenties in Liz now and my current thirties in Marten. Now if only I could find some free real estate to open a coffee shop I'd be set.
Alcaria Swain
2025-02-11 01:29:19 +0000 UTCImagine if the world ran that way. How lovely it would be
A Dark Planet, Lit By No Sun
2025-02-11 01:28:35 +0000 UTCIs he going to add "Faye's Special Banana Smoothie" to the secret menu?
Yelling Bird
2025-02-11 01:26:47 +0000 UTCOnly truly worthy and virtuous people can see the secret menu.
Captain Button
2025-02-11 01:23:52 +0000 UTCI like the new characters, but Faye, Bubs, and Hannelore are like the QC Trinity for me, not always seen but there nonetheless & lending inspiration. I enjoy the Zen which seems to be gathering around Marten.
Michael Voorhis
2025-02-11 01:22:41 +0000 UTCNo need to even tell people the shop is open then, people with the right vibe will know the door is unlocked
Andrew
2025-02-11 01:22:36 +0000 UTCLiz is the little sister that Marten never wanted...
John
2025-02-11 01:18:23 +0000 UTCJust don't forget to tell Claire about the secret menu. That's some serious reevaluate-the-relationship type shit. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1640
BookBeard
2025-02-11 01:18:08 +0000 UTCYep, he's adopted her.
Joel Bateman
2025-02-11 01:17:48 +0000 UTCMarten is so much cooler now. He's definitely got a "grown up" feel to him, rather than too old manchild
Alcaria Swain
2025-02-11 01:16:36 +0000 UTCIf I ever visit, I will just ask for a pumpkin mocha every day until one materializes.
Bill Silvia
2025-02-11 01:15:45 +0000 UTCMarten, you dink.
Rob Vary
2025-02-11 01:15:40 +0000 UTCMarten is running his coffee shop in exactly the way you might expect a proprietor to behave if he were — for instance, to choose a completely random example — utterly uninterested in the shop’s economic feasibility because he has an unlimited amount of support available from another avenue, and was just entertaining himself during the day.
D.J. Trindle
2025-02-11 01:15:21 +0000 UTCLiz is rapidly becoming my favorite character
Todd Dabney
2025-02-11 01:14:51 +0000 UTCWoo, Mood fo Eeffoc secret menu item number 1!
Cody Renton
2025-02-11 01:14:47 +0000 UTCBut will he 'forget' to tell Dora of this secret menu....
Jeremy
2025-02-11 01:14:46 +0000 UTCSecret menu!
Michael
2025-02-11 01:14:20 +0000 UTCGod this shop is fucking perfect for cubetown lmfao. But also please marten I'm begging you get an espresso machine learn to pull a shot
Dave, Duke of Fridges
2025-02-11 01:14:17 +0000 UTCIf Dora ever visits he will specifically not tell her about the cocoa, just for petty revenge.
Taigan
2025-02-11 01:14:16 +0000 UTCMarten is all about the vibe.
Andrew Mitchell
2025-02-11 01:14:04 +0000 UTC
