YOUR CANS

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-01-2010, 10:37 AM

Totally not-at-all-awkward conversation I actually had (I did some work for a concession stand last weekend). He's a real, not-fictitious youngster with an icy-death glare to which he is oblivious, and one of those voices that would crack if he ever spoke louder than a mumble.

Glux · 07-01-2010, 11:08 AM

"Do you have Chocolate? What are your cans?"

That doesn't even make any sense!

Valentine · 07-01-2010, 11:18 AM

Did he like turtles?

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-01-2010, 01:13 PM

I have yet to confirm his opinion of turtles.

**Cravdraa** · 07-01-2010, 01:15 PM

umm.. is this some sort of aussie thing I'm not understanding?

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-01-2010, 01:20 PM

No, it is not a largely cultural thing. He had requested to know what are our cans. If it is a riddle, it was his own.

Glux · 07-01-2010, 02:12 PM

Yeah, I'm still not getting it.

**Valigarmander** · 07-01-2010, 02:54 PM

I think he was offering anal.

Zaden · 07-01-2010, 03:42 PM

Twelve-ounce cans, maybe? Canned drinks? "What sodas/drinks do you have?"

That would be my first guess, although I do not know the precise amount of time between his first and second question.

You also did not expound your answers to the questions (assuming you answered them). "Do you have chocolate?" is a fairly easy question to answer, unless the space between his first and second question was so short that you did not have time to answer his chocolate inquiry.

The amount of time between the questions is important because if it was as short as mentioned above, it's possible that the second question was an expansion of the first, in which case, I am as stumped as you and Glutexo.

Obviously, no one here associates chocolate with cans.

Did you ask him to clarify? If so, I'm dying to know what he was talking about.

If I may be so bold, can you write this four-panel story in prose? I am oddly interested...

Bomby · 07-01-2010, 07:38 PM

I really like your drawing style in this. Pretty sweet usage of practicals in illumination and shadowing.

Antisocial · 07-01-2010, 09:37 PM

That place is full of weirdos.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 07-01-2010, 09:55 PM

Context is required, I see. I DON'T KNOW WHY. You're all getting really caught up on the least important aspect of this.

Yes, he asked what chocolate we had. That was answered, and hardly necessary (or appropriate) to quote verbatim in a comic.

As for "cans", Zaidon is correct. He was asking what flavours or varieties of canned soda we had available. Why he chose to ask what cans we had, specifically, none will ever know.

But seriously, guys, is it that hard to just appreciate the comic is a representation of how awkward it was to deal with someone of such bizarre body language?

YES IMPOSSIBLE THE TEXT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND I DON'T GET IT I HATE YOU AI

WHILE I'M AT IT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT HE NEVER ACTUALLY POINTED HIS FINGER HE WAS POKING AROUND AT THE CHANGE IN HIS HAND POSSIBLY EVEN COUNTING THE MONEY OR SIMPLY INSPECTING THE COINS FOR APPROPRIATE PAYMENT AND CURRENCY

Antisocial · 07-01-2010, 10:09 PM

Behold, the power of text over visuals.

**X-3** · 07-01-2010, 10:59 PM

You MONSTERS! There is no forgiving what has happened here.

***CaptHayfever*** · 07-02-2010, 01:53 AM

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Robotazy · 07-02-2010, 08:58 AM

damn it Capt. I was gonna do that.

Also, hilarious antics, AI.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 07-02-2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X-3

You MONSTERS! There is no forgiving what has happened here.

AND YOU KILLED MY CHILDREN

Glux · 07-02-2010, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds

AND YOU KILLED MY CHILDREN

AND MY AXE!

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-02-2010, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capthayfever

MOTIVATOR

NOT BAD

I THINK IT COULD USE SOME MORE MOTIVATORS, THOUGH

I'M NOT REALLY FEELING THE DEPTH OF THE IMAGE YET

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neo Tazy Ten

damn it Capt. I was gonna do that.

Also, hilarious antics, AI.

thanks brah

So, if anyone needs me to clarify:

The manner in which everything was spoken simply bled subtext in such a way that it can only be put across by putting the reader in the same situation I was. "What are your cans?" He asked. The language involved should indicate an obvious solution: That our cans are, in fact, none other than cans. This was not the information he wanted.

Well, as for the chocolate, I chose not to show it, but there was actually a large sign that said we sell Kit Kats and Mars bars. They were also clearly visible directly behind me. Well, let me amend that: he was actually staring through me, at them. That he was asking about it while doing this seemed to suggest that there was some sort of subtext, or hidden meaning.

SD was actually present, and told him that we only had Kit Kats and Mars bars, so it's accurate that I didn't reply immediately. That Kit Kats and Mars bars were the only chocolate available should have made this a simple matter, but he seemed entirely resigned that he did not want either - yet he requested one and immediately changed his mind for the other, and then fidgeted nervously. It was clearly visible in his expression that he resented the whole process of thinking about either, and that he wanted to wash his hands of it.

That this would be immediately followed by his next question made it seem all the more like he was speaking in some secret language unbeknownst to all but him.

He left with a Coke, as well. I believe he resented that Coke, just as he had the chocolate bar.

***Ace Mercury*** · 07-02-2010, 11:58 AM

AI, have you been to Manchuria in the past? In your high school yearbook, have you been voted most likely to be a Candidate for brainwashing? Do you find yourself possessing traits and skills such as super-human agility and endurance, despite not having any training? Do sounds like a car backfiring or sighting a security camera trigger an intense, unfounded emotional response? When you enter a new locale, do you instinctively make mental notes of emergency exit points?

Is there a key on your keychain which belongs to a P.O. box which has an unknown owner? Do you occasionally feel compelled to visit the post office and check inside?

Do you have occasional periods of dissociative fugue and déjà vu? Do you occasionally black out for hours at a time, only to wake up soaked in someone else's blood, standing in one end of a subway car while forty other people are huddled in the opposite end of the subway car?

If you would have answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, that'd be pretty cool.

07-01-2010, 10:37 AM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	YOUR CANS Totally not-at-all-awkward conversation I actually had (I did some work for a concession stand last weekend). He's a real, not-fictitious youngster with an icy-death glare to which he is oblivious, and one of those voices that would crack if he ever spoke louder than a mumble.

07-01-2010, 03:42 PM	#9
Zaden Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: in the beak of a mighty condor Gender: Posts: 991 Thanks: 273 Thanked 88 Times in 51 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Very interesting. Makes me think. Twelve-ounce cans, maybe? Canned drinks? "What sodas/drinks do you have?" That would be my first guess, although I do not know the precise amount of time between his first and second question. You also did not expound your answers to the questions (assuming you answered them). "Do you have chocolate?" is a fairly easy question to answer, unless the space between his first and second question was so short that you did not have time to answer his chocolate inquiry. The amount of time between the questions is important because if it was as short as mentioned above, it's possible that the second question was an expansion of the first, in which case, I am as stumped as you and Glutexo. Obviously, no one here associates chocolate with cans. Did you ask him to clarify? If so, I'm dying to know what he was talking about. If I may be so bold, can you write this four-panel story in prose? I am oddly interested...

07-01-2010, 09:37 PM	#11
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	I'm not surprised. That place is full of weirdos.

07-01-2010, 10:09 PM	#13
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	HUZZAH Behold, the power of text over visuals.

07-02-2010, 11:58 AM	#20
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Would you kindly? AI, have you been to Manchuria in the past? In your high school yearbook, have you been voted most likely to be a Candidate for brainwashing? Do you find yourself possessing traits and skills such as super-human agility and endurance, despite not having any training? Do sounds like a car backfiring or sighting a security camera trigger an intense, unfounded emotional response? When you enter a new locale, do you instinctively make mental notes of emergency exit points? Is there a key on your keychain which belongs to a P.O. box which has an unknown owner? Do you occasionally feel compelled to visit the post office and check inside? Do you have occasional periods of dissociative fugue and déjà vu? Do you occasionally black out for hours at a time, only to wake up soaked in someone else's blood, standing in one end of a subway car while forty other people are huddled in the opposite end of the subway car? If you would have answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, that'd be pretty cool.

07-01-2010, 11:08 AM	#2
Glux Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 7,121 Thanks: 647 Thanked 360 Times in 236 Posts Blog Entries: 3	"Do you have Chocolate? What are your cans?" That doesn't even make any sense!

07-01-2010, 11:18 AM	#3
Valentine Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Suppin' Earl Grey Gender: Posts: 7,308 Thanks: 74 Thanked 149 Times in 103 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Did he like turtles?

07-01-2010, 01:13 PM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I have yet to confirm his opinion of turtles.

07-01-2010, 01:15 PM	#5
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 661 Times in 403 Posts	umm.. is this some sort of aussie thing I'm not understanding?

07-01-2010, 01:20 PM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	No, it is not a largely cultural thing. He had requested to know what are our cans. If it is a riddle, it was his own.

07-01-2010, 02:12 PM	#7
Glux Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 7,121 Thanks: 647 Thanked 360 Times in 236 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Yeah, I'm still not getting it.

07-01-2010, 02:54 PM	#8
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I think he was offering anal.

07-01-2010, 07:38 PM	#10
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I really like your drawing style in this. Pretty sweet usage of practicals in illumination and shadowing.

07-01-2010, 09:55 PM	#12
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,503 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Context is required, I see. I DON'T KNOW WHY. You're all getting really caught up on the least important aspect of this. Yes, he asked what chocolate we had. That was answered, and hardly necessary (or appropriate) to quote verbatim in a comic. As for "cans", Zaidon is correct. He was asking what flavours or varieties of canned soda we had available. Why he chose to ask what cans we had, specifically, none will ever know. But seriously, guys, is it that hard to just appreciate the comic is a representation of how awkward it was to deal with someone of such bizarre body language? YES IMPOSSIBLE THE TEXT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND I DON'T GET IT I HATE YOU AI WHILE I'M AT IT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT HE NEVER ACTUALLY POINTED HIS FINGER HE WAS POKING AROUND AT THE CHANGE IN HIS HAND POSSIBLY EVEN COUNTING THE MONEY OR SIMPLY INSPECTING THE COINS FOR APPROPRIATE PAYMENT AND CURRENCY

07-01-2010, 10:59 PM	#14
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	You MONSTERS! There is no forgiving what has happened here.

07-02-2010, 01:53 AM	#15
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

07-02-2010, 08:58 AM	#16
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	damn it Capt. I was gonna do that. Also, hilarious antics, AI.