The Tea

As an autistic adult from Boston raised with my Aunt who had a half-scottish, half-Atlantic accent, I had a weird accent growing up. I was forced into speech therapy to lose my accent and part of it was this 'robot talk'. I'm 41 now and trying to regain my accent and the words I liked to say as a kid.

Those were also available but at my age, and with a very temperamental ankle, I chose to pass on the privilege. I'll never look at a standard kitchen spray nozzle the same again. Just sayin'.

So. . . a friend and I just got back from a trip to Thailand. You do *not* want to know about personal hygiene methods there. At any rate, our return flights took us through one of the Tokyo airports. There are Magical Freakin' Bidets in the airport stalls. They have dashboards for spray control and MUSIC to cover the sound of your -ahem- business. Anyway, apparently the sprayer on the bidet in the stall that my friend used was malfunctioning. I heard a distinct yip from across the way. When she emerged, she looked at me with horror in her eyes and said, "I feel violated." I just about died laughing.

I think Bubbles should try and lean a bit into the “excessively formal even by her standards” (here, the use of “mirth”) that she falls into when she’s upset: it would pretty quickly wrap over to “casual-ironic” which would be right at home in Northampton.

The Deep Callback made me read on a few strips (trying to stop myself from going on another all-day QC binge) and I feel like we need more of Punny Steve. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=21 He and Claire (and Brun?) should have a pun-off.

Ironic that yesterday's strip was "Saddle up": "bidet" originally means "pony" because of the way you, er, ride it :)

Oh, Bubbles. You sweet goofball.

Caught up. Been absent. Missed all y'all.

Faye is so funny, fuck

4,947 strips later, Faye solves her dilemma

I am right here tearing up with Hannalore on this!

Jeph: this bidet topic is gold. Thank you for handing it to us on a porcelain platter, this evening.

I hate not having a “washlet” toilet these days. When I eventually move, it’s the first thing we upgrade.

I know I have no agency in this, but man will I be sad if Bubbles loses her lack of contractions. I guess it's hard to keep up, but I relate to it very much as a sometimes robotic autistic speaker. The fact that she's a gay muscle-bound robot lady also ascended her to my favourite character in QC, so it's a minor thing, but still!

And Faye would quickly become the dominant female there, by force of personality. If Hanners went, the AIs would build a shrine.

If Claire's new job ends up making the strip have less Hannelore I will riot.

I bought a bidet for the house for Christmas this year. Just in time for me to develop hemorrhoids. It's been a godsend.

Man, we all need a partner like bubbles. <3

When the spray gets you clean From your butt to your spleen That’s a bidet

Because we are in the QCverse here, the following question is a valid one: Is the bidet an AI? That’s one heck of a vocation if so.

I shudder to imagine the abuse that could be bestowed upon a bidet deployed in a public to semi public setting.

I fuckin' love Faye so much, lmfao

TBH, tho, precision and clarity are good qualities.

I moved into a new house a couple months ago and it has bidets on 2/3 toilets, but I've been too afraid to try them

Now I have to tootle up to Northampton, visit all the indie coffeeshops, and find the one with the bidet. (I'm not discounting the idea that it's a trend there.)

I bet cubetown could use a robot repair shop and a coffee shop . . .

I cannot now live without a bidet. Bought our first one at the beginning of Covid when TP started getting scarce.

Faye is one of those characters who can be off-panel but you still know exactly who is talking.

I'm impressed.

I imagine Hannelore is responsible for the bidet.

BUBS IS SO SWEET 💗💗💗

Every home and most workplaces deserves a bidet!

I love Bubbles so much.

Bubbles is Best Girlfriend

DID BUBBLES USE A CONTRACTION?!??

Bidet.