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December 14, 2022

Hockey

by David M Willis on September 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows

└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

Discussion (135) ¬

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 25, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Isn’t she nice for asking first?

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      September 25, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

      Said “please” and everything.

    • Gijora
      Gijora
      September 25, 2012 at 1:24 am | #

      Beer: it makes you nicer, until it makes you meaner!

      • Kam
        Kam
        September 25, 2012 at 5:15 am | #

        So you’re saying Mike just has a HUGE alcohol tolerance then?

        • Mayhemzero
          Mayhemzero
          September 25, 2012 at 1:17 pm | #

          Yes. Yes we were. Mike doesn’t want to be nice, so he probably doesn’t drink much. 😛

  2. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    September 25, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    For Ruth, that’s about as Canadian as she’ll get. However, that “may I please punch your sternum” was NOT a question. -cue Ruth smashing fist into Billie’s sternum-

  3. Tucker
    Tucker
    September 25, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    The true north strong and -oof-

  4. Lumino
    Lumino
    September 25, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, she said please.

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    See, she’s nice.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 25, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      nice and mean.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 25, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        But still nice.

  6. Animal
    Animal
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    My crossover-sense is tingling.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 25, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      By Joe sending dudes to alternate universes.

    • Raen
      Raen
      September 25, 2012 at 5:14 am | #

      At this point, in 2012, maybe 10% of the readers of this feed have any idea why.

      • Animal
        Animal
        September 25, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

        Even better.

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Now I need to go check every Ruth appearance, and see if she ever said the word “aboot”. 😉

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      September 25, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Sal’s the only person whose accent really ever stood out to me in the dialog bubbles. I think I woulda remembered her dropping such a blatant Canadianism.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 25, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        I’m simply going to read any time Ruth says about as aboot. Also her head flaps when she talks in my head now.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          September 25, 2012 at 4:06 pm | #

          Well, you beat me to that one.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 25, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

      Canadians do not say “aboot”. Well, at least none that I have ever run into. Perhaps the maritime accent is strong enough to sound like that, but southern Ontario has an accent more closely resembling northern Michigan.

      • Random832
        Random832
        September 25, 2012 at 1:05 am | #

        I’m pretty sure I’ve heard someone from Michigan say “aboot”, so that’s not a very strong argument.

      • John
        John
        September 25, 2012 at 1:23 am | #

        Southern Ontario, yeah. That’s the accent exhibited by the likes of Peter Jennings and Alex Trebek. But I’ve got friends from up North Bay way, and they sound like every Canadian stereotype ever.

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          September 25, 2012 at 3:55 am | #

          What about Vancouver, seeing as one of the few Canadians of note that I’m familiar with (Angela Melick of Wasted Talent … yes, my celebsphere mainly revolves around interwebs, shut up) lives there and I don’t recall her dropping many stereotyped Canuckisms…

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            September 25, 2012 at 8:53 am | #

            Pamela Anderson, Michael J. Fox, Jim Carey, Michael Myers… Canadians all say “aboot” the way Americans all say “y’all.” It’s a very small regional pronounciation that’s been blown up to a stereotype for the whole country. 🙂

            • Scoops!
              Scoops!
              September 25, 2012 at 5:51 pm | #

              Canadians say it normally. Americans say “abat.”

      • Brat
        Brat
        September 25, 2012 at 6:24 am | #

        Northern Michigan is more of a “don cha kno” like the mom from Bobby’s world. Canadians don’t sound like that to me at all heh.

      • Shadlyn Wolfe
        Shadlyn Wolfe
        September 25, 2012 at 7:50 am | #

        I can confirm that some Canadians say “aboot” and we had great fun working the conversation around until he accidentally would.

        But I don’t know what part he was from off the top of my head, so I dunno how widespread it is.

      • Gary
        Gary
        September 25, 2012 at 3:27 pm | #

        Its more a French Canadian accent thing. Eastern Canada is closer to a Scottish one.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        September 25, 2012 at 4:07 pm | #

        Yes, I am Canadian, the only time I have heard “aboot”, it was my wife, and she is from Nova Scotia.

      • Sporky
        Sporky
        September 25, 2012 at 7:24 pm | #

        A stereotypical Canadian accent thing that does seem to be true as far as I can tell, and more widespread, is the pronunciation of “sorry” as “soary”. It’s especially odd because it’s a trademark of an accent that’s not nearly as strong, so you’ll be hearing someone speak in what sounds roughly like ordinary Midwestern American English and then suddenly that one word will stick out like a sore thumb.

    • Ziaheart
      Ziaheart
      September 25, 2012 at 1:05 am | #

      I think it sounds more like aboat than aboot, eh. I think it’d be more interesting to see if she ever says eh.

      • Narf
        Narf
        June 4, 2013 at 10:58 pm | #

        I am from Nova Scotia, and I can confirm that it is indeed much closer to “Aboat” than “Aboot.” 😛

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Ruth is very specific about the body parts she inflicts damage to, isn’t she?

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      September 25, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      It’s only the polite thing to do.

  9. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Thak you kindly.

  10. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Eh

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 25, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

      MEH

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        September 25, 2012 at 3:05 am | #

        Oh yah?

  11. Tom
    Tom
    September 25, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    i’m canadian too 😮

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 25, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    DoA: Busting stereotypes one fist at a time.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 25, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Well, she’s nice about punching someone in the sternum.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 25, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        She’ll politely remove your femurs.

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          September 25, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

          And mess up your FAAAACE. (Or was that meme triggered by some other act of violence?)

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            September 25, 2012 at 10:27 am | #

            Face was triggered by no violence, but by Billie wanting Joyce to get out of hers. Rather emphatically. (If I recall correctly.)

            • Narf
              Narf
              June 4, 2013 at 10:59 pm | #

              The line was “I’m fine. Shut your face.”

              “But–”

              “Face!”

              “FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 25, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      Now we just need to see Billie fail math, Joyce be excellent at basketball, Sarah to hate fried chicken, and Ethan to tip extra on a meal.
      Have I offended everyone, yet?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 25, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        You forgot to accuse Marcie of being a motormouth.

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          September 25, 2012 at 1:32 am | #

          She was last seen on a motor…

      • Kaylee
        Kaylee
        September 25, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        It took me a minute of staring at the screen wondering “there’s a stereotype of gay people not tipping well?” before I got the last one.

        • Sporky
          Sporky
          September 25, 2012 at 7:26 pm | #

          I had the exact same reaction.

      • Shade
        Shade
        September 25, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

        Eh Joe should tip well and Ethan should be a slob who wears clashing outfits.

        • Petre Pan
          Petre Pan
          September 25, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

          Isn’t Ethan that already? The stricter stereotype of gay guys usually excludes “into robot toys” and includes “into girly stuff.”

          • Shade
            Shade
            September 25, 2012 at 9:42 am | #

            Not really a slob in clashing outfits though.

            Really depends who you talk to, collection of vintage toys according to some people is considered “camp”.

            • Sporky
              Sporky
              September 25, 2012 at 7:27 pm | #

              You immediately made me think of the Simpsons episode. WAs that the intent?

  13. Tucker
    Tucker
    September 25, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I wonder if DOA has to deal with a lockout?

    Also Canadian, and also pissed about Hockey.

    • General Tekno
      General Tekno
      September 25, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      I was wondering the same thing – is it still 2010 in Dumbing of Age, or would stuff like the current NHL lockout be on the horizon?

      (That said, will current events ever have any sort of an impact on DoA if the comic month and that particular month of the year happen to be intersecting, and something important happens?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 25, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

        It is technically now, forever. Like no matter how slowly time goes in DOA it is present day. That’s just how it works.

        • Ziaheart
          Ziaheart
          September 25, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

          Well, hopefully by the time it hits hockey season in DoA the lockout will not be a problem.

      • David
        David M Willis
        September 25, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

        #4, people. #4: http://www.dumbingofage.com/about/

        • TheRealAllPurposeGuru
          TheRealAllPurposeGuru
          September 25, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

          Is there a hockey lockout in the non-specific year that the comic is taking place in?

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          September 25, 2012 at 4:29 am | #

          Exactly, non-specific year.

          The question stands: Does DOA have to deal with a lockout?

          • Andy
            Andy
            September 25, 2012 at 11:05 pm | #

            No. They have to deal with a universe where the Blues can actually win the Cup, instead.

        • Jimbo
          Jimbo
          September 25, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

          oh, I wanted to try #5 to see if it would happen, but then I read #6

        • Sporky
          Sporky
          September 25, 2012 at 7:29 pm | #

          Ah, so it’s going to operate under the same weird principle as Questionable Content, where it takes a year for a month to pass by yet the music references are always current. Which is probably part of why Jeph Jacques has stopped writing so many in.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 25, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      There’s a hockey lockout? Huh? (Oh, and for those who didn’t know, I’m also Canadian.)

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        September 25, 2012 at 8:20 am | #

        There’s a lockey hockout!

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 25, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      If there was I think Gary Bettman would be missing a femur by now.

    • Toggleswitch
      Toggleswitch
      September 25, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

      Also Pissed!

    • lauren
      lauren
      September 25, 2012 at 11:58 pm | #

      Finally! This point was way too far down on the comments for me. You all fail at hockey! 😉

  14. Kelly
    Kelly
    September 25, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    So polite!

  15. needstostudy
    needstostudy
    September 25, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    So I just finished roomies, its walky, and joyce and walky. I also caught up in shortpacked. May I just say WOW

    • Jacob
      Jacob
      September 25, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

      How long did it take you to cover 15 years of material?

  16. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    September 25, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Ruth is very good at talking with a bottle in her mouth.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 25, 2012 at 4:12 pm | #

      It’s a Canadian thing, taught in school in Grade 3.

  17. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 25, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    So if you dated Ruth, no one would believe you?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 25, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      I would.

    • Narf
      Narf
      June 4, 2013 at 11:01 pm | #

      Hah! I get it!

      ‘Cause she’d be your girlfriend from Canada, right?

      That’s excellent. 😀

  18. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 25, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Why don’t you go back to Canadia where you came from then!

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      September 25, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      – Put that Ruth back where she came from, or so help me!
      – So help me!
      – So help me get byyyyyy.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 25, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

        Hey, it’s the sequel to the classic musical “Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!”

  19. cutestupidfox
    cutestupidfox
    September 25, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Ruth canadian … now i like her more …please dont die of liver poisoning from all them booze.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 25, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

      Yesss… liver. THAT’S how Ruth would die from alcohol….
      …
      …
      * tear *

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm | #

      She is Canadian, drinking American beer is like drinking water to her.

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        September 25, 2012 at 5:26 pm | #

        As opposed to how drinking American beer is for anyone else?

  20. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    September 25, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Yeah, she’s a polite Canadian in the same way Wolverine is.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 25, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      I’m the best at what I do…and what I do is punch sternums.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        September 25, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

        I prefer aiming for the trachea myself. (I wonder if Ruth is a biology major.)

      • ArkhamTexan
        ArkhamTexan
        September 25, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

        He even says what he does isn’t very nice!

  21. DK1105
    DK1105
    September 25, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Hey its not just Canadian’s that like hockey. Detroit loves some hockey.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 25, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      The rest of the world is rather fond of tonsil-hockey.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 25, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

        I’m more of a fan of Hookey.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        September 25, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

        Wouldn’t that be, like, REALLY painful and involve a lot of blood?

        • Bill M.
          Bill M.
          September 25, 2012 at 12:14 pm | #

          Only if she’s on her period and is demanding you play with her lower set of lips….

          • GrrArg42
            GrrArg42
            September 26, 2012 at 2:39 am | #

            I’m not too familiar with hockey, are the innings called periods or something and the goals sometimes called lips? Like, at the end of the period he scored a goal in the south lips?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 25, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

      And on a related note, not all Canadians like hockey, either. In fact, the only “sport” I really like is Chess. I can barely skate, even.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        September 25, 2012 at 4:15 pm | #

        Shhh! Not so loud. I have my wife convinced that having to watch hockey on Saturday night is in the Canadian constitution.

  22. Rognik
    Rognik
    September 25, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

    Well, the Maple Leafs jersey suddenly makes a lot more sense. I guess that means that Harold is stuck north of the border for a while, now. Maybe he’ll come visit on the Christmas break (10 years down the road…)

    • John
      John
      September 25, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

      I keep thinking it’s an Avalon jersey.

  23. GrrArg42
    GrrArg42
    September 25, 2012 at 1:21 am | #

    How do you get a hundred Canadians out of a pool? You ask: please get out of the pool.

    • Narf
      Narf
      June 4, 2013 at 11:03 pm | #

      “No problem, b’y, soary we inconvenienced ya there, eh?”

  24. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    September 25, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

    Aboot? Well, of course.
    Ruth…..and…..Billie?
    Meh!

  25. SakuraRuby
    SakuraRuby
    September 25, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

    I’m Canadian….I get asked that a lot too ;__;

  26. Leon
    Leon
    September 25, 2012 at 1:46 am | #

    Just thought of something. Billie, lock your closet.

  27. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    September 25, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

    Obligatory Shut Up and Kiss comment.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      September 26, 2012 at 3:11 am | #

      Surprised it took this long

  28. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    September 25, 2012 at 3:09 am | #

    She asked. Progress!

  29. Cronomatt
    Cronomatt
    September 25, 2012 at 4:26 am | #

    WOULD YOU KINDLY allow me to punch your sternum?

    • AJBulldis
      AJBulldis
      September 25, 2012 at 7:35 am | #

      Incidentally, Ruth and Billie would make a great Big Daddy/Little Sister combo.

  30. Khrene
    Khrene
    September 25, 2012 at 4:29 am | #

    Canadian! Me thinks Ruth just went up 10% on the hot nerd scale! Whos with me on giving one bongoy Canuck a food guck?

  31. Marshall Erickson
    Marshall Erickson
    September 25, 2012 at 5:21 am | #

    So much for canadian niceness.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 25, 2012 at 3:38 pm | #

      There’s a reason she’s living in the states now.

  32. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    September 25, 2012 at 5:54 am | #

    There was something really funny about that.
    “What are you, Canadian?”
    “Yes.”

  33. Jackson
    Jackson
    September 25, 2012 at 6:53 am | #

    Silly Ruth, it’s actually late September!

  34. coobee
    coobee
    September 25, 2012 at 7:24 am | #

    “You may punch it, as long as immediately after you lick it and then the rest of me.”

  35. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    September 25, 2012 at 9:29 am | #

    As if she would ask for permission.

  36. HyperboleKitty
    HyperboleKitty
    September 25, 2012 at 10:01 am | #

    Apparently we swear more as well.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jToJJT0-DU&feature=player_embedded

  37. Cybersnark
    Cybersnark
    September 25, 2012 at 10:12 am | #

    Actually, Canadians aren’t that polite. We just seem that way because we’re next to the Americans.

    • Star Ranger
      Star Ranger
      September 25, 2012 at 10:54 am | #

      As an american I must say…

      we RESEMBLE that remark.

  38. SinbadEV
    SinbadEV
    September 25, 2012 at 10:30 am | #

    Not nice, polite. It’s a common misconception.

  39. Jimbo
    Jimbo
    September 25, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

    dun dun DUUUUUUNNNNNN!

  40. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    September 25, 2012 at 1:20 pm | #

    Please start making out, NOW!

  41. sentientcheese
    sentientcheese
    September 25, 2012 at 1:45 pm | #

    Wait.. i have to wait for hockey in this universe too?! You may commence crying

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      September 25, 2012 at 8:16 pm | #

      What DON’T you have to wait for in this universe?

  42. SeanNOLA
    SeanNOLA
    September 25, 2012 at 3:44 pm | #

    “NHL games won’t start for a few more weeks”

    Ever the optimist.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 25, 2012 at 3:59 pm | #

      Bear in mind that “in a few more weeks” in DoA-time is 2015.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        September 25, 2012 at 4:18 pm | #

        . . . and Willis beats all of the peanut gallery in making a slow comic joke. Nice job.

  43. Johnny
    Johnny
    September 25, 2012 at 6:31 pm | #

    With all the really specific bones Ruth is fond of, I’m guessing she’s taking some anatomy classes, if not majoring in Medicine (or Biology, or Vet, or Arts…)

  44. JA
    JA
    September 25, 2012 at 11:24 pm | #

    Hockey is the real man’s sport.

    When I went to college at University of North Dakota, sporting events were free for students. Even football. Hockey, however, you needed to pay to get in, and before they banned it, people would camp out for a couple weeks at the ticket office to have a chance at getting season passes. Not to mention, the students literally took over the arena during games; there were two sections set aside for students, but in reality it was more like there were two sections set aside for those who were not wearing at least two pieces of Fighting Sioux gear and carrying a beer (don’t get me started about the nickname).

    Football? Basketball? Baseball? What are they again? Who needs anything else when you have hockey?

    • Andy
      Andy
      September 26, 2012 at 8:44 pm | #

      ^THIS TIMES ABOUT A BILLIONTY SEVEN

  45. BrunDeign
    BrunDeign
    September 28, 2012 at 12:44 pm | #

    What no lockout joke? I am disappoint.

  46. Taigan
    Taigan
    October 12, 2013 at 4:44 pm | #

    You know, you could read that as Ruth asking if she could put her hand on Billie’s chest. ^_~

  47. fatemaster1
    fatemaster1
    June 18, 2014 at 4:42 am | #

    We’re not really nice, we’re just working on a subversive plan to take over the world when everyone least expects it.

  48. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    November 5, 2014 at 6:12 am | #

    Nice? I don’t remember Wolverine being nice, or Deadpool for that matter.

  49. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 18, 2015 at 9:43 pm | #

    Well, since you asked nicely, sure…

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