Okayyyyy…. so Ed McGuffin was actually just a plot contrivance to get Tiff from Point A to Point B. No longterm partnership, no new job for Tiff working for Ed, no worrying about what happens to Ed, how he got the money, and how he resells her luxury stuff next to his normal junk… the only important thing now is that all of Tiff’s stuff is gone, at her price.
It seems a bit incongruous that Tiff, who couldn’t even afford any food on Thanksgiving, is now rooming with people who can afford Panda Dung Tea! Is Dez actually rich? Why couldn’t she solve Tiff’s money problems, then? That table might’ve looked cool in Bernice and Dez’s dorm room.
)The Untold Story of Ann Eiffel, Part 3 (Lilrabbit posted Part 1 on December 5)
James Fairhaven and Thomas Farrel senior had bonded over a mutual love of sailing, and even more than the neighboring chalets the families owned in Aspen, the yacht Fair Haven had been a second childhood home for Tom Jr. and baby Natalie Fairhaven. Adept at sailing, swimming and the new sport of scuba diving, both children were as at home in the rigging of the yacht as they were in the water, or even under it, diving for crab and abalone which would be served up immediately when the kids shinnied up the anchor lead. Watch this space MONDAY for episode 4. (Lilrabbit is tired and plans to sleep in tomorrow.)
OK, so did Ed hand the cash over to Tiffany? Or did he take the furniture on “consignment” and agree to pay Tiffany a percentage of what he makes? Or what? Are we to assume he paid her the asking price and she already paid off the school for the next semester? If she hasn’t received any cash yet from Ed, she is probably assuming too much. Ed may not be as stupid as he was drawn to look and could end up taking Tiffany for a ride.
let’s see; if Ed paid Tiffany up front; she could go down to Good Will, buy more typical dorm furniture for a song, and still have more than enough money left over for rent.
No resolution on how much money (if any) Tiffany got for her furniture.
Just a week of intense negotiations and POOF! All the furniture, and Ed are gone with the wind. This is like the comic Strip equivalent of “fast forwarding,” on a VCR.
All that’s left now is to meet Tiffany’s new roommate(s).
PS: And one would have THOUGHT that Miz “super efficient” R.A. Bernice would have had ALL the minor details completed ahead of time having full knowledge that Tiffany was moving.
It’s funny that half of Tiffany’s possessions are now Make-up. We can see what her priorities are. We won’t be able to tell if the day changes by what Tiffany is wearing, since she only has one outfit left.
I feel like this “situation” will last very long and I love this♡ (to be honest, I’ve hoped for this almost from the beginning). Can’t wait ti see how this will effect on all of them, especially with Bernice. I suppose that Tiffany has sell her furniture for the price she wanted.
Panda Dung tea is nothing to be scared of, except for the ridiculous price. The dung is just used as fertilizer, these are not tea leaves collected from Panda’s dung after the Panda ate the plant. It would be the same if any farmer named the origin of his fertilizer when selling his fruits and vegetables. (Buy my cow dung strawberries).
Yak milk is another matter. It tastes and smells like a mix of goat and urine*. To each his own, of course, some people do like it and it is drinkable. But since it has a very strong flavour, mixing it with a very expensive tea would be silly as it would overpower the tea. Any common strong tea would be good enough (also is Tibet and Nepal the mix is usually tea and rancid yak milk butter). It’s just as if you used an extremely rare and expensive brandy, like a LouisXIII cognac, to mix in your eggnog, or a 24yo Macallan to do whisky and coke.
Since Tiffany’s dorm room seemed to be nearer to an apartment than a “regular” stereotypical dorm room, cleaning could take a day or, two. Inspection, once scheduled, and, the inspector gets there, should only take an hour, or, two (presuming he/she finds no problems.) Filling out the paperwork should take relatively no time at all, but getting it approved by certain departments…
Remember when Bernice would not let her take in another roommate because that was against the rules? How can she allow her couch to be slept on?! The shock!
Story line: It was “stick a fork in it” done Monday or Tuesday. The rest of the week has been milking that yak.
As for the tea – makes me glad I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – even if we’re no longer supposed to call ourselves “Mormons” or “LDS” anymore!
I feel like she went a little overboard on the minimalism, surely Ed didn’t also buy the large framed picture Tiff had of herself? As someone who is helping her niece get ready to go away to college next fall, you need a bit more than a box of makeup and a suitcase with clothes. Hello, no pillow or blanket even?
What about Bern bending the rule regarding someone staying in the dorm who’s not assigned to it? Again, she’s not being very by-the-book… ("Member Pyro?!?!) Maybe she’s showing signs of growth, too? Or do y’all think she’s setting a bad example by doing so?
Wow! Bernice shocked. A lot happened over Thanksgiving “holidays”. Tiff down to two boxes. And Bern and Dez accepting of TIff’s decision and share their space. Wonder how long the paperwork and cleaning will take AND who will be the new roommate?
The big question – Will Tiff’s new roommate be a character we already know – or a new one? G & K could play a cruel trick on Tiff if her new roommate has a cheerleader body.
It seems the interaction with Ed over the table and lamp was short lived and productive; I’m glad for that. Tiffany is adapting to circumstances. She’s a ‘go getter’. I think the folks here who keep saying she should get a sugar daddy and forget about college can put that thought to rest. What’s even more great is the friendship developing between these three and the helping hand that Bernice has extended on so many occasions.
Tiffany and her meagre remaining belongings (a lot of makeup and a small suitcase of clothes) are absorbed into the cocoon of Bernie and Earth Mother Dez. How long can this last?
How long will this living arrangement last? Well, if it were me and I was being offered up some Panda dung tea as soon as I walked through the door, I’d be jumping straight out the window….
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
sounds wonderful (the wait AND the tea)
DaJellyBelly almost 5 years ago
I just Googled it. Panda Dung Tea sells for roughly $3,500.00 for only 50 grams!!
AnyFace almost 5 years ago
Counterpoint almost 5 years ago
So I guess the yak milk goes in the Panda Dung Tea – I don’t know, doesn’t sound particularly appetizing to me…
LeeCox almost 5 years ago
Didn’t somebody call this a while ago — that she’d end up rooming with Dez and Bernice?
ZeMastor almost 5 years ago
Okayyyyy…. so Ed McGuffin was actually just a plot contrivance to get Tiff from Point A to Point B. No longterm partnership, no new job for Tiff working for Ed, no worrying about what happens to Ed, how he got the money, and how he resells her luxury stuff next to his normal junk… the only important thing now is that all of Tiff’s stuff is gone, at her price.
It seems a bit incongruous that Tiff, who couldn’t even afford any food on Thanksgiving, is now rooming with people who can afford Panda Dung Tea! Is Dez actually rich? Why couldn’t she solve Tiff’s money problems, then? That table might’ve looked cool in Bernice and Dez’s dorm room.
MrGoobinski almost 5 years ago
Panda Dung tea is just green tea that was supposedly fertilized with panda dung.
Dreamdeer almost 5 years ago
Good for Tiffany for facing her situation with courage and determination!
Enter.Name.Here almost 5 years ago
“I prefer my tea with less dung, please”.
Tyge almost 5 years ago
Tiff wanted to sell her furniture for a lot of money. A trash-picker dolt shows up. Magic happens. All is well in Pittsville.
More magic happens. Bernice doesn’t act like a jerk!
pseudomao almost 5 years ago
Maybe Dez is just kidding. The extravagant drink mention could be symbolic to celebrate Tiffany’s accomplishment.
mawa14 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Whoa…! Did I fall asleep and wake up in a different week? Where did Ed go??
capricorn9th almost 5 years ago
Is that schamcy-fancy pair of drapes dorm issued?? Or is that your donation to the room for the next occupant?
Rhetorical_Question almost 5 years ago
The Business Major did it! Cash out the furniture for $$$.I am assuming that Ed took the bait!
Rhetorical_Question almost 5 years ago
The next plot point is Ann Effel and Daddy for Tiffany
Airman almost 5 years ago
Tiff really tried to hustle Ed, I’m just relieved to see that she didn’t come in wearing bib overalls.
lilrabbit almost 5 years ago
)The Untold Story of Ann Eiffel, Part 3 (Lilrabbit posted Part 1 on December 5)
James Fairhaven and Thomas Farrel senior had bonded over a mutual love of sailing, and even more than the neighboring chalets the families owned in Aspen, the yacht Fair Haven had been a second childhood home for Tom Jr. and baby Natalie Fairhaven. Adept at sailing, swimming and the new sport of scuba diving, both children were as at home in the rigging of the yacht as they were in the water, or even under it, diving for crab and abalone which would be served up immediately when the kids shinnied up the anchor lead. Watch this space MONDAY for episode 4. (Lilrabbit is tired and plans to sleep in tomorrow.)
RabbitHole almost 5 years ago
OK, so did Ed hand the cash over to Tiffany? Or did he take the furniture on “consignment” and agree to pay Tiffany a percentage of what he makes? Or what? Are we to assume he paid her the asking price and she already paid off the school for the next semester? If she hasn’t received any cash yet from Ed, she is probably assuming too much. Ed may not be as stupid as he was drawn to look and could end up taking Tiffany for a ride.
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 5 years ago
Panda dung tea and yak milk! Eh, I’m already turning green!
luann1212 almost 5 years ago
Told y’all hilarity will ensue.
Brdshtt Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Careful, Piro slept on that couch once. I hear it has bad karma…
notbornyesterday almost 5 years ago
let’s see; if Ed paid Tiffany up front; she could go down to Good Will, buy more typical dorm furniture for a song, and still have more than enough money left over for rent.
Mordock999 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Jeeze.
No resolution on how much money (if any) Tiffany got for her furniture.
Just a week of intense negotiations and POOF! All the furniture, and Ed are gone with the wind. This is like the comic Strip equivalent of “fast forwarding,” on a VCR.
All that’s left now is to meet Tiffany’s new roommate(s).
PS: And one would have THOUGHT that Miz “super efficient” R.A. Bernice would have had ALL the minor details completed ahead of time having full knowledge that Tiffany was moving.
SHIVA almost 5 years ago
Tiff’s expression in panel 3 is great; it’s saying, Seriously???
Don Draper almost 5 years ago
If all of this is supposedly a learning experience for Tiffany, I’d say she’s earned her PhD…with honors.
SactoSylvia almost 5 years ago
Kudos to Bernice and Dez for not allowing Tiffany to spend the night in an empty room!
locake almost 5 years ago
It’s funny that half of Tiffany’s possessions are now Make-up. We can see what her priorities are. We won’t be able to tell if the day changes by what Tiffany is wearing, since she only has one outfit left.
Philly1115 almost 5 years ago
I’m very impressed, Way to go Tiff. Gray skies are clearing up!
mjb515 almost 5 years ago
“I’ll take a pass, thank you.”
Auntie Socialist almost 5 years ago
If it’s all the same to you, I’m gonna pass on the tea
montylc2001 almost 5 years ago
sometimes it’s not a bad thing. Some couches are more comfortable than beds.
sgs13 almost 5 years ago
Tiffany is finally learning to make her way in the world!
Ellis97 almost 5 years ago
Probably a couple of months or till the end of the semester.
Aladar30 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I feel like this “situation” will last very long and I love this♡ (to be honest, I’ve hoped for this almost from the beginning). Can’t wait ti see how this will effect on all of them, especially with Bernice. I suppose that Tiffany has sell her furniture for the price she wanted.
buer almost 5 years ago
Panda Dung tea is nothing to be scared of, except for the ridiculous price. The dung is just used as fertilizer, these are not tea leaves collected from Panda’s dung after the Panda ate the plant. It would be the same if any farmer named the origin of his fertilizer when selling his fruits and vegetables. (Buy my cow dung strawberries).
Yak milk is another matter. It tastes and smells like a mix of goat and urine*. To each his own, of course, some people do like it and it is drinkable. But since it has a very strong flavour, mixing it with a very expensive tea would be silly as it would overpower the tea. Any common strong tea would be good enough (also is Tibet and Nepal the mix is usually tea and rancid yak milk butter). It’s just as if you used an extremely rare and expensive brandy, like a LouisXIII cognac, to mix in your eggnog, or a 24yo Macallan to do whisky and coke.
*someone is bound to ask me how I could tell.
WilliamVollmer almost 5 years ago
Since Tiffany’s dorm room seemed to be nearer to an apartment than a “regular” stereotypical dorm room, cleaning could take a day or, two. Inspection, once scheduled, and, the inspector gets there, should only take an hour, or, two (presuming he/she finds no problems.) Filling out the paperwork should take relatively no time at all, but getting it approved by certain departments…
kf91570 almost 5 years ago
Remember when Bernice would not let her take in another roommate because that was against the rules? How can she allow her couch to be slept on?! The shock!
MsPony almost 5 years ago
Hubs says the strange choice of beverages sound like some Frank Zappa song.
“Cat poop coffee, and panda dung tea,These don’t sound so tasty to me….”
Airman almost 5 years ago
I saw the little x on Dez’s pendant and tried to click on it to make this arc go away, but it didn’t work.
sallymargret almost 5 years ago
I’ve never had Panda Dung tea, but yak milk is delicious!
ForrestOverin almost 5 years ago
Down to one suitcase… and an enormous box full of makeup. That’s Tiffany.
Cheapskate0 almost 5 years ago
Story line: It was “stick a fork in it” done Monday or Tuesday. The rest of the week has been milking that yak.
As for the tea – makes me glad I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – even if we’re no longer supposed to call ourselves “Mormons” or “LDS” anymore!
maxiesmom2 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I feel like she went a little overboard on the minimalism, surely Ed didn’t also buy the large framed picture Tiff had of herself? As someone who is helping her niece get ready to go away to college next fall, you need a bit more than a box of makeup and a suitcase with clothes. Hello, no pillow or blanket even?
33Angel almost 5 years ago
What about Bern bending the rule regarding someone staying in the dorm who’s not assigned to it? Again, she’s not being very by-the-book… ("Member Pyro?!?!) Maybe she’s showing signs of growth, too? Or do y’all think she’s setting a bad example by doing so?
tcayer almost 5 years ago
If she unloaded all that stuff, she should have the money for a hotel!
maverick1usa almost 5 years ago
So all she has is a big box of make-up & a suitcase full of money!
ttuerff almost 5 years ago
I always suspected Des was dealing, which would explain how she can afford the tea…
(Also, FYI, civets, mentioned above, are also used in the making a Chanel #5, via an excretion of their sexual glands. Just so you know.)
lgusy almost 5 years ago
Panda poop and yak piss. Not a good cracker.
jojoringer almost 5 years ago
So is it still Thanksgiving?
davidlwashburn almost 5 years ago
I can’t help noticing she has a tiny suitcase, and a giant box marked “makeup.”
ST Joe River almost 5 years ago
Let’s see it took a week to move now how many days to get a room. This strip seems to have been put on super slow.
Tyge almost 5 years ago
Sharing a room with these two could be very entertaining; for us. :o)
It might remind Bernice of the emotions Piro induced in her. Dez may need to cleanse the couch karma with tea crystals.
I, for one, am glad we may see more of these two characters in their own arc.
billdaviswords almost 5 years ago
Couch surfer whose flaky friend offers $70,000/kilo ($1988/oz) tea?
sparkle 13 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
ah…..ROOMATES !!!! Be AFRAID VERY AFRAID !!!! lol
Richard Finley almost 5 years ago
Perfect example of when bad things (people) can make you grow, if you let it.
Doctor Go almost 5 years ago
Did she say “dung” tea?
YorkGirl Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Wow! Bernice shocked. A lot happened over Thanksgiving “holidays”. Tiff down to two boxes. And Bern and Dez accepting of TIff’s decision and share their space. Wonder how long the paperwork and cleaning will take AND who will be the new roommate?
kenhense almost 5 years ago
The big question – Will Tiff’s new roommate be a character we already know – or a new one? G & K could play a cruel trick on Tiff if her new roommate has a cheerleader body.
Willow Mt Lyon almost 5 years ago
That is what friends are for.
aims almost 5 years ago
This is an awesome step for her and her independence!!
SukieCrandall Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Have you ever wondered how Dez affords those glimmers of major spending?
I am happy that Tiff is trying and is willing to make logical sacrifices to achieve good goals.
Scoutmaster77 almost 5 years ago
Gak!
Code the Enforcer almost 5 years ago
Lessee here … There’s Dung Beetles! Then, there’s Panda Dung Tea!!
Does THAT mean the tea could POSSIBLY be … Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! … Beetle…" Annnd I’ll stop right THERE!! :)
elliel203 almost 5 years ago
This is all well and good, but I’m not drinking anything that is excreted from any animal. Hard PASS!
Michael Spony almost 5 years ago
You gotta root for Tiffany!!!!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 5 years ago
A form of making lemonade.
bakana almost 5 years ago
And, the Makeup box actually holds more than the suitcase containing everything left of her wardrobe.
ccnrob almost 5 years ago
I keep hearing the “Winnie the Poo” song after reading this.
BlueKnight1966 almost 5 years ago
Yeah. Hard pass on the tea and the milk. Irish Breakfast and three sugars, please.
RSH almost 5 years ago
It seems the interaction with Ed over the table and lamp was short lived and productive; I’m glad for that. Tiffany is adapting to circumstances. She’s a ‘go getter’. I think the folks here who keep saying she should get a sugar daddy and forget about college can put that thought to rest. What’s even more great is the friendship developing between these three and the helping hand that Bernice has extended on so many occasions.
Sisyphos almost 5 years ago
Tiffany and her meagre remaining belongings (a lot of makeup and a small suitcase of clothes) are absorbed into the cocoon of Bernie and Earth Mother Dez. How long can this last?
Dragoncat almost 5 years ago
Tiffany looked very happy in Panel One. I’m guessing Ed gave her her prices
LeighBurton almost 5 years ago
Bernice and Dez are very optimistic, even though they now have to sleep 3 in a dorm room!
rklynch almost 5 years ago
How long will this living arrangement last? Well, if it were me and I was being offered up some Panda dung tea as soon as I walked through the door, I’d be jumping straight out the window….
SeanNelson almost 5 years ago
Poo Party in the dorm room sounds a bit kinky