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Ruthless

by David M Willis on June 23, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Butterflies Won't Fly Away
└ Tags: amber, becky, danny, dina, dorothy, ethan, jennifer, joyce, ruth, sarah, walky

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  1. Code
    Code
    June 23, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Okay, I didn’t see that one coming.

    • GlaceEx
      GlaceEx
      June 23, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      I know right?! This is just amazing! I almost had a heart attack after the last page, but thisthsi, well llet’s just say Willis is AMAZING! And I hope to one day write something as amazing as this! 😀

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        June 23, 2015 at 7:18 am | #

        Yeah! C’mon in Ruthie, join the partay! 😀 *hic*

  2. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    June 23, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    little do they know Ruth is already drunker than any of them

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Nah. No squeans/boozles.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        The only people I see without boozles are Ruth, Joyce, Becky, and Dina. Oh, and Sarah. I think that’s her scarf floating above Becky’s hair.

        • nanoi
          nanoi
          June 23, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

          sarahs like if she cant see me i wont get in trouble

        • podian
          podian
          June 23, 2015 at 3:39 am | #

          You forgot Amber – she’s on the panel, remember? 🙂

      • Wire Segal
        Wire Segal
        June 23, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Ruth is so drunk she has transcended squeans/boozles.

    • JA
      JA
      June 23, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

      I had an RA once that didn’t care if we drank in our dorms, so long as we kept quiet and didn’t go running around the halls. And if he caught you with alcohol, he’d take 10% of it and tell you to get better at hiding it.

      • Athedia
        Athedia
        June 23, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

        Do you realize how much paperwork alcohol violations cause? I am friends with a couple RA’s and most of them will only do something if it is blatant (door open, loud, alcohol left in middle of room or if there is a complaint). They already have to do paperwork for everything, it just isn’t worth it.

        • Jordan
          Jordan
          June 23, 2015 at 9:47 am | #

          It’s so true. Maybe I was just a lazy RA, but unless there were complaints or if it was REALLY obnoxious, I generally let my residents do as they wanted. There was so much stupid paperwork as it was that I didn’t want to make any more work for myself.

        • Halloween Jack
          Halloween Jack
          June 23, 2015 at 10:08 am | #

          When I was an RA, I started out pretty strict about enforcing the rules because it was drilled into us during training how big of a deal the alcohol laws were and blah blah blah. Then I realized that the residence hall management absolutely did not have our backs and would fire RAs (thus leaving them homeless in the middle of the semester) for looking at them funny. The last week of spring semester (and my undergraduate career), I even passed out drinks after a stupid stunt that someone pulled, and my supervisor was like, “Wow, you’re lucky you graduate in a week”, and I was like, “Wow, you’re lucky I never went above you in the chain of command.”

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 3:25 am | #

        My freshman “resident head” (master?) — an adult, not a student — drank way more than any of us and stayed in his apartment with his lady. We did what we wanted. Tho we didn’t go tooo far over the line too often.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 10:58 am | #

          Those are the type of RA/RH you really, really don’t want to disturb. Get cranky when they’re called out of their caves, they do.

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      June 23, 2015 at 7:21 am | #

      Maybe drunker than everyone else, not quite so immediately sure if drunker than Billie…

      This could still easily lead into a Slipshine very quickly. Either Ruth drags Billie out of the room and has angry-ish make-out sex with her, they make out drunkenly in front of everyone else, or there’s one great big Slipshine orgy in the offing.

      I vote C! xD

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 23, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

        Unless I’m mistaken, Willis has stated he’s never going to do drunk slipshines.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 23, 2015 at 7:36 am | #

          Didn’t he already do a Billie/Ruth one?

          • Li
            Li
            June 23, 2015 at 7:52 am | #

            And in it they were sober, is the idea. They have had drunk sex, but that’s not gonna ever be slip shine’d.

            • Yet_One_More_Idiot
              Yet_One_More_Idiot
              June 23, 2015 at 4:22 pm | #

              No drunk slipshines? Aww…

              Still, that doesn’t completely preclude the possibility of a Slipshine orgy. It just mostly precludes it. (“Preclude” is a word that doesn’t get used enough in my book xD)

              • Spencer
                Spencer
                June 23, 2015 at 4:49 pm | #

                Just go read It’s Walky!. That had orgies.

  3. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Hi. How are ya?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Hi-de-ho neighborinos.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Hello boobie.

      • Meebo
        Meebo
        June 23, 2015 at 2:10 am | #

        Dorm Improvement?

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        June 23, 2015 at 7:22 am | #

        That’s “Hi-diddly-ho, Neighbourinos!”

        Stupid sexy Flanders.

  4. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Nice to see Dina isn’t too distracted by her new experiment to keep the Ruth-fear simulation going.

    • OrtyBortorty
      OrtyBortorty
      June 23, 2015 at 3:49 am | #

      Her expression is very convincing.

  5. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, that didn’t last long.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Ruth, would you like to participate in a scientific experiment?

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      June 23, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

      Yes Ruth, do it. For Science.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

        Oh my.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        June 23, 2015 at 7:23 am | #

        If it’s not all caps, you’re saying it wrong. xP

        FOR SCIENCE!

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Girls, this is no time to be staring at Billie’s rack.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 23, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      They just want to make sure Ruth doesn’t find out her cup size.

      • SDGlyph
        SDGlyph
        June 23, 2015 at 3:05 am | #

        *slow clap*

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s an admirable rack, but they’re looking at the only solo cup that’s still in sight.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

        Yeah, at first I thought a few of them ticked that Billie only called her “Ruth”, but… 😀

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 3:32 am | #

        Cause RUTHLESS!! didn’t see the cups that are now behind backs. (Once did something like that in front of a pair of cops: “hm, if I do something ridiculously clumsy and stupid to hide the bottles that will make me invisible, right?”)

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 3:34 am | #

        So if a college kid drank from something other than a red solo, would that make their booze invisible?

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 3:41 am | #

        Hide In Plain Sight. A guy in my freshman dorm kept a pot plant on his desk. People asked him what kind of plant it was; he told them; no one believed him–they really thought he was joking, because no one would really keep a pot plant on his desk, right? Maybe Joyce’s Drunks should learn to copy Billie: she’s the only one who doesn’t look guilty as sin. (Don’t pharmacies sell something to mask boozles?)

        • Shade
          Shade
          June 23, 2015 at 2:48 pm | #

          To be fair, Billy knows for a fact that Ruth drinks as much, if not more than her. She doesn’t look guilty because she knows she’s just as guilty.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 4:18 pm | #

          That works okay on city kids, maybe. Anyone who’s ever had to deal with people trying to grow the stuff in your cornfields will spot it on sight at any useful point in the growth cycle.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        June 23, 2015 at 4:28 am | #

        Oh, I see – staring at the only girl not acting guilty as hell (besides Amber), because that will really help them out here.

        • Commenter
          Commenter
          June 23, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

          “Everybody act naturally!”

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      There is ALWAYS time for that when your drunk.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 23, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

        The boobs or the last container of unconsumed alcohol?

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          June 23, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

          Yes.

        • Someone
          Someone
          June 23, 2015 at 11:21 am | #

          If your boobs contain unconsumed alcohol, you should probably see a doctor

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        June 23, 2015 at 11:00 am | #

        Strangely, none of the drunk guys are staring at her rack.

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      June 23, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

      Well that’s, like, your opinion, man.

      • Wire Segal
        Wire Segal
        June 23, 2015 at 1:38 am | #

        Your avatar makes this 10x better.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      June 23, 2015 at 3:19 am | #

      They’re looking at a storm in a d-cup.

    • SonicBlueRanger
      SonicBlueRanger
      June 23, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

      Everytime’s a good time to stare a Billie’s Rack.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 23, 2015 at 11:02 am | #

        Is the theory that she’s taken to not wearing pants in an attempt to distract attention from her chest, then?

        • fogel
          fogel
          June 23, 2015 at 11:29 pm | #

          Maybe she just likes going bare bottomed?

  8. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    June 23, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    You called her by her actual name! Conspiracy!

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 23, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      BILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

      • jpic89
        jpic89
        June 23, 2015 at 3:00 am | #

        …you know what, I’m not even angry. That was just impressive.

        • Yet_One_More_Idiot
          Yet_One_More_Idiot
          June 23, 2015 at 4:23 pm | #

          Well there was a possi-billie-ty that someone would say it sooner or later.

  9. Kris
    Kris
    June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    On a first name basis with Ruth eh Bille? Something fishy’s going on there.

    • LouisvilleRobin
      LouisvilleRobin
      June 23, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Other than the fact that we, the audience, know somethings going on, what’s suspicious about her calling Ruth by her name. Didn’t she introduce herself at some point as Ruth?

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        June 23, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

        Because she really should be as terrified as the rest of them and thus refer to her as Ruthless.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          June 23, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

          Well, her open conflicts with and criticisms of Ruth would seem to suggest she’d gotten over that phase.

        • HMRC4EVR
          HMRC4EVR
          June 23, 2015 at 8:59 am | #

          That’s true, but I’m having to guess after Billie’s been on a guided tour of Ruth’s Happiest Places to Visit, faking shock and surprise while drunk would be hard to pull off.

          Plus I think Billie is honestly surprised Ruth is out of her room and joining a societal gathering that didn’t include the harvesting of femurs.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            June 23, 2015 at 8:59 pm | #

            “Ruth is out of her room and joining a societal gathering that we hope didn’t include the harvesting of femurs.”

            Fixed that for ya. 😉

  10. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Isn’t the whole point of asking a rhetorical question demanding a verbal reply of one sort or another?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Was that question about rhetorical questions a rhetorical question?

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        June 23, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Will this comment spiral off into an endless chain of rhetoricality?

        • Wire Segal
          Wire Segal
          June 23, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          Will someone reply to thomas’s comment?

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            June 23, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

            Would anyone really perpetuate this silly little thread on purpose?

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              June 23, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

              I like pie!

              • neeks
                neeks
                June 23, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

                Rhetorically?

                • Yet_One_More_Idiot
                  Yet_One_More_Idiot
                  June 23, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

                  Yes

              • Wire Segal
                Wire Segal
                June 23, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

                Opus whai

                • Opus the Poet
                  Opus the Poet
                  June 23, 2015 at 2:25 pm | #

                  And vanilla yogurt!

              • Rycan
                Rycan
                June 23, 2015 at 4:29 am | #

                Thank you. And now I want pie.

                • Opus the Poet
                  Opus the Poet
                  June 23, 2015 at 2:25 pm | #

                  With vanilla yogurt?

      • SineSileo
        SineSileo
        June 23, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Would you really ask something like that? Is there REALLY a point in rhetorically questioning a rhetoric question about rhetoric questions?

        • jpic89
          jpic89
          June 23, 2015 at 3:03 am | #

          Is that rhetorical?

        • kamisori
          kamisori
          June 23, 2015 at 9:20 am | #

          What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            June 23, 2015 at 2:26 pm | #

            No punchline!

            • Clif
              Clif
              June 23, 2015 at 4:36 pm | #

              +1 Internet

    • Yarrr
      Yarrr
      June 23, 2015 at 5:46 pm | #

      Grammatically, there is nothing wrong with responding to a rhetorical question.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        June 23, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

        What if you answer that question with another question?

  11. Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
    Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
    June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Okay, what?

  12. That Damn Rat
    That Damn Rat
    June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Looking at Joyce and Dotty’s faces, did Billie just give the game away?

    • thomas0comer
      thomas0comer
      June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      I think they’re looking at her either because she’s the one who provided alcohol or because she didn’t react as adversely as everybody else did. I think everybody already knew her proper name was Ruth.

    • Pat
      Pat
      June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Billie didn’t hide her cup. Everybody else’s is gone.

      • LouisvilleRobin
        LouisvilleRobin
        June 23, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        I think Pat’s right. Billie forgot that she wasn’t suppose to drink around Ruth and failed to hide her cup.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

          Forgot. Yeah. That’s it. Headed for a stern talking to back in Ruth’s room, she is.

          Going to laugh if it turns out Billie and Ruth set this whole thing up to put the fear of the Ruth into the dorm and discourage underage drinking a bit.

          • fogel
            fogel
            June 23, 2015 at 3:45 am | #

            Billie is become Ruth’s agent provocateur and narc? Harsh!

          • fogel
            fogel
            June 23, 2015 at 3:46 am | #

            Actually, how can RUTH possibly think/hope that Billie isn’t going to out their relationship?

            • Rich
              Rich
              June 23, 2015 at 4:15 pm | #

              Billie’s a pretty experienced drinker. Going by the original party with Ryan, she functions quite well when drunk, and certainly can think clearly. If anything, I think she’s less likely to blow their cover now than when she’s sober and giddy from a post-sexy time dopamine high (eg the Go Leafs jersey incident).

              • fogel
                fogel
                June 23, 2015 at 11:33 pm | #

                I still don’t understand why she moved ALL of her clothes to Ruth’s room.

  13. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    June 23, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    and that was the day all of the femurs died

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 23, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Never femur-get.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 23, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      bye bye miss femurican pie

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      June 23, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      A long long time ago
      I can still remember how
      Becky told me not to change.
      And I had to make my stand
      To find a good, nice husband,
      And I thought I found one I could arrange.

      But he turned out not so nice
      Now other guys make me think twice
      Bad news I’d acknowledge,
      Becky’s out of college.

      Then Becky threw me a party
      But all the people drank a forty
      And Ruthless let herself inside
      The day the femurs died.

      (I suck at parody-writing.)

      • Twilightomens
        Twilightomens
        June 23, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

        I love you.

      • Arian
        Arian
        June 23, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

        On the contrary. That’s great. 🙂

      • kamisori
        kamisori
        June 23, 2015 at 4:30 pm | #

        That…was awesome. And you did that with some pretty crazy rhyming words…pretty impressive

  14. Specter177
    Specter177
    June 23, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Did Walky and Ethan EAT the cups?

    • poppaboo2electricboogaloo
      poppaboo2electricboogaloo
      June 23, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Holy crap that’s just what I was thinking. I wasn’t sure when I saw Walky’s hand behind his back, but that could just be him hiding quickly hiding Dorothy’s cup.

      HOW DO YOU SWALLOW A WHOLE PLASTIC CUP!?

      • MM
        MM
        June 23, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        In a different universe, he managed to lick a shirt dry. Walky’s got skills, yo.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 23, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

          Meanwhile, in this universe, all he’s managed so far is drunkenly lick Dorothy’s finger.

          • fogel
            fogel
            June 23, 2015 at 3:48 am | #

            “All”? In the middle of a party?

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            June 23, 2015 at 4:31 am | #

            And hide paper in his mouf.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Between that and his test grades his metabolism isn’t gonna make it out of the semester alive.

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 3:49 am | #

        Walky can fit an entire bag of Nachitos or box of nuggets in his mouth.

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      They’re behind their backs, just like Dorothy’s.

    • Jordan
      Jordan
      June 23, 2015 at 9:48 am | #

      Yes. Yes they did.

  15. Sam
    Sam
    June 23, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Are the guys waiting for Ruth’s permission before they gulp down the sip they just took?

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      SWALLOW, YOU FOOLS!

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        June 23, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        But then they get even drunker.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 23, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      They shoved their cups in their mouths.

  16. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 23, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Quick, escape out the window!

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Amber readies her grappling hook, then remembers she hasn’t done anything wrong.

    • Sam
      Sam
      June 23, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Multiple ppl escaping through the window will only add all of them to Billy’s list of AmaziGirl alter-egos.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 23, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Confusingly, Sal chooses this moment to enter through the window.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      June 23, 2015 at 4:32 am | #

      And Sal’s day takes a turn for the worse again when half of Reed Hall lands on top of her when she’s partway up the building.

  17. Litch Opus the Poet
    Litch Opus the Poet
    June 23, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Yay Ruth is removing femurs again. That happens in my universe too

  18. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    lolllll at the bubbles over everyone. That visual cracks me up.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 23, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s the bubbles of nothing that make it really something.

  19. grantimusmax
    grantimusmax
    June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Dumbing of Age is drawn before a live studio audience.

    • Someone
      Someone
      June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Willis: Will everybody stop staring over my shoulder! Its really distracting!

      • Karen Lynn
        Karen Lynn
        June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Audience: No.

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 11:36 pm | #

        How long have you known Everybody?

  20. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Looks like Walky stuffed his cup into his mouth.

    • grantimusmax
      grantimusmax
      June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Walky’s mouth of holding is legendary.

  21. SineSileo
    SineSileo
    June 23, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    I love how all the guys just take a sip and stay quiet.

    That said, Billie’s just obviously shown at least part of her hand, so… let’s see how that poker face works tomorrow!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 23, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      They didn’t take a sip, they stuck the cups in their mouths.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 5:05 am | #

        if they did, their hand wouldn’t be behind their back.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 23, 2015 at 7:34 am | #

          Why not?

          Okay, you’re probably right and I was very tired when I wrote the above but I shall stick by my theory till proven wrong.

          • Rich
            Rich
            June 23, 2015 at 4:10 pm | #

            I’ve heard that line somewhere before…quote from a Flat Earther, maybe? Or a Moon Landing Denier?

        • Trolldrool
          Trolldrool
          June 23, 2015 at 9:07 am | #

          Where do you think they’re holding the booze?

  22. -Sentinel-
    -Sentinel-
    June 23, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Heh, the hovertext was funnier than the strip.

  23. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Ya you pretty much can but really Ruth you see all this, all this is YOUR fault.

  24. gkheyf
    gkheyf
    June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    it took me a few re-reads and 3 guesses to realize that they’re staring at billie’s cup cuz she’s the only one who didn’t hide it between panels 1 and 3

  25. John
    John
    June 23, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Um, Amber isn’t tagged, actually.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 23, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Oh the irony…

    • Jason
      Jason
      June 23, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      That’s what I was gonna say!

      • Jason
        Jason
        June 23, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        And NOW it’s there….

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 23, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      She is now.

  26. Blue
    Blue
    June 23, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Given the order of the panels, I still haven’t decided whether they’re reacting to Billie’s nonreaction or to Ruth seeming to ask permission to come in.

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      June 23, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      first one

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      June 23, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      In panel three, they’re reacting to Billie’s failure to conceal her solo cup.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 23, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        That. Hence the looks of horror.

  27. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    June 23, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    i like how the guys all thought hiding all their drink in their left cheek would be less conspicuous than just swallowing it

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      They each had a mouthfull of boozeyliquids when Ruth came in, and didn’t swallow.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 23, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

      Shoved the cup in too most likely.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 23, 2015 at 7:20 am | #

        I sincerely doubt any of them could hide an entire plastic cup in their mouths. It’s more likely, given that all of three of them were taking a drink when the girls screamed, that they haven’t swallowed their drink yet and are hiding their cups behind their back.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 23, 2015 at 7:33 am | #

          Oh, you think it’s plastic? I was assuming paper, and we already know Walky eats paper.

          • LiaHansen
            LiaHansen
            June 23, 2015 at 7:29 pm | #

            nah man, those are Alcoholic Beverage Red Plastic Party Cups ™

    • The Churro
      The Churro
      June 23, 2015 at 3:50 am | #

      I think the bubbles are more conspicuous than that.

  28. Joey
    Joey
    June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Am I the only one desperately trying to find that tiny bit of Amber mentioned in the Alt Text?

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 23, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

      No, but I eventually gave up in favor of checking the comments. Evidently so did you, at least temporarily.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 23, 2015 at 5:06 am | #

      I tried, to no avail.

    • Joe
      Joe
      June 23, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

      I think it’s a ploy to get us to look at everyone’s crotch.

  29. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Awwww, look how Becky is hiding (behind Dorothy, no less).

  30. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Because of the hover text I’m gonna be spending the next 20 minutes trying to find where exactly is Amber aren’t I? Damn you Willis.

  31. Catullus
    Catullus
    June 23, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    I may or may not have spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to actually find Amber in panels one and three…

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 23, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      She’s behind Waldo

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      June 23, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Wait, Amber’s tagged now. BACK TO THE SEARCH!

      • Someone
        Someone
        June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Its important to stretch before searching for Amber.

  32. nanoi
    nanoi
    June 23, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    skerw u i do what i want

  33. Tim m
    Tim m
    June 23, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Am I missing something? Amber isn’t tagged?

    • Tim m
      Tim m
      June 23, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Okay she is now.

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      June 23, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      First tag. Alphabetical order.

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        June 23, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Ninja’d.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          Rick?

  34. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 23, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    What’s with all these bubbles in the room? I did NOT authorize a bubble blower in this dorm!

    • nanoi
      nanoi
      June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      but we paid 20 bucks for this thing

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      No one is actually drunk. The dorm is just haunted by the ghost of Don Ho.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 23, 2015 at 2:05 am | #

        Don Ho’s an IU alumnus?!

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 10:55 am | #

          No, but are you really surprised that he wound up haunting the place after seeing how the afterlife is run in Beetlejuice?

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 3:58 am | #

        Dude…how many current first years know about tiny bubbles?

        • nanoi
          nanoi
          June 23, 2015 at 10:17 am | #

          more than you think

  35. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    June 23, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Nice try, alt-text, but the tags have let it slip… Amber is actually Dorothy!

  36. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    I gonna be sad when this party ends and everyone stops being in the same room together

  37. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    June 23, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Looking really hard for Amber’s hip.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      June 23, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Little line between Danny’s legs.

      • Twilightomens
        Twilightomens
        June 23, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

        Is it now!

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 5:08 am | #

        …you made making a saucy comment very tempting.

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 11:42 pm | #

        Dang! Twilightomens and Darkoneko have set a good example of decorum and self-restraint. What are these comments coming to??

  38. sps48
    sps48
    June 23, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Don’t be srprised, Ruth. Billie can’t stop drinking for her self; she can’t for you, either.
    She needs help, and she might be one who is beyond help (but don’t give up!)

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 23, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

      They gave up on giving up awhile ago, though. Now they’re just riding the doom spiral.

  39. Megatron
    Megatron
    June 23, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

    Rhetorical questions are an important part of every despot’s toolbox. I often ask Starscream how he wants to die, for example.

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 23, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      The rhetorical part is because he can’t, right?

      • Megatron
        Megatron
        June 23, 2015 at 2:14 pm | #

        Well, neither can I so it’s all even. Besides, I’m happy to kill whoever is hosting Starscream’s ghost. It gives me double satisfaction.

  40. poppaboo2electricboogaloo
    poppaboo2electricboogaloo
    June 23, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    Jeez Billie ain’t wastin’ no time, she already dropped her pants!

  41. JeremiahTheBulldog
    JeremiahTheBulldog
    June 23, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    I’m sure implicating 8 or more unpredictable young people with illegal activities will work out according to plan.

  42. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    June 23, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

    Somehow I think not hiding the glass is a better idea, act normally, discretely drink away the evidence and hope your drunkness doesn’t show much XD

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      If it works like any of the schools I attended when I was still young enough to care, the key is getting the alcohol down, or dumped in a plant, or poured in a sink, or whatever. Booze in a cup is hard to deny. Booze in yours system is plausibly deniable, and getting a the police to drag over a breathalyzer usually requires “apocalyptic frat party of doom” levels of public drunkenness.

      • Random832
        Random832
        June 23, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

        Yeah but they have to actually prove that what’s in the cup is alcohol – sure, they can smell it, but they can smell it on your breath too.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 23, 2015 at 2:51 am | #

          As far as we know, Billie only had one flask with her and most of these guys seem like lightweights so there’s probably not a lot alcohol in their drinks or alcohol smell on their breathes that it’d be noticeable.

        • fogel
          fogel
          June 23, 2015 at 4:01 am | #

          Vodka….

          • Rich
            Rich
            June 23, 2015 at 4:08 pm | #

            My preferred drink back in the day, largely for that reason.

            • fogel
              fogel
              June 23, 2015 at 11:44 pm | #

              You were indeed wise beyond your years. 🙂

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 23, 2015 at 10:37 am | #

        In Wisconsin anyway, most campus Gestapo police/protective services have access to their own PBTs (Preliminary Breath Test devices) and can write a citation/take a subject into custody based on that alone.  Don’t forget that a charge of ‘underage drinking’ does not require a certain level of alcohol in the bloodstream, which is the real reason for the Breathalyzer, blood, or urine tests — if you’re under 21, technically ANY amount of alcohol in you is verboten and can get you busted.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 10:51 am | #

          Ah, Wisconsin is one of those states, isn’t it? My home just has a “no buying” law. You can drink all you want, and you can even be served legally in private residences under parental supervision. Our school cops don’t have PBTs, not worth the money out of their budget.

          Not that I’ve cared personally in thirty-ish years, but it’s fun to listen to the kids complain. 🙂

    • feli
      feli
      June 23, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

      Yea, I’m with Rich on this one.

      We had a party with alcohol on one school trip (all underage). The teacher noticed something was off (well, wasn’t so hard xD) and searched the room. We had disposed of the drinks and bottles, so he had to let us get off with a warning although some people were obviously drunk.

  43. Rich
    Rich
    June 23, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    That is a decidedly nonthreatening Ruth there, at least by her standards.

  44. Captain Napalm
    Captain Napalm
    June 23, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

    I was right? She really is joining the party. ^.^

  45. SamBC
    SamBC
    June 23, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

    Why does Walky appear to have a very full mouth? Did he eat the cup?

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 23, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

      I believe he finished the glass all at once in surprise, and swallowing hasn’t yet occurred to him.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        June 23, 2015 at 9:08 pm | #

        Or Danny or Ethan; everyone who had a cup to their mouth when Ruth walked in suddenly has very full cheeks and no cup and (that I can see) no hands behind their backs.

        That is a very short-term solution, lol.

  46. brionl
    brionl
    June 23, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

    Man, that’s a lot of boozles.

  47. Ryan
    Ryan
    June 23, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

    I like how, in panel 1, the women are all exclaiming while the men are all still drinking.

  48. m2iCodeJockey
    m2iCodeJockey
    June 23, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

    “Ruthless?!”
    Yep. That was the record-scratch scene.

  49. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 23, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

    That’s adorable. sorta.

    So I was right, she came because she was bored ^^

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 23, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      Ruth be all
      “Oh, right, I’m supposed to berate people about alcohol”

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 23, 2015 at 3:05 am | #

      Maybe she’ll start nagging Billie about being out late in such a stereotypical ‘girlfriend’ way that you need to be either brain-dead or Joyce to miss the implications!

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 5:09 am | #

        Personally, i’m more linking that to the scene where Ruth barged into Billie’s room to watch Volleyball, out of the blue.

        Rather than bored, well, she is lonely.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 10:47 am | #

          Both, maybe. At least she seems to have gotten past her earlier depression.

  50. Rutee
    Rutee
    June 23, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

    Oh god, Billie’s just buzzed enough to not call her Ruthless X3

  51. Rheios
    Rheios
    June 23, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

    Oh – I totally thought they were staring at Billie because she said Ruth and not Ruthless. But then I noticed she was the only one that DIDN’T hide her cup so they could all be looking at that too.

    • feli
      feli
      June 23, 2015 at 2:54 pm | #

      Dorothy, Joyce and Dina are the ones looking at it. I believe they are too shocked or drunk (in Dorothys case) to notice what Billie said. Their main thought are probably “OH SHIT SHE’S GONNA GET US KILLED AND THEN EXPELLED – HIDE THE BOOZE!” 😀

      I’m curious who of the guys will spill first. Haha. (I made a pun.)

  52. Aeron
    Aeron
    June 23, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

    TIIINY BUBBLEEES…

  53. Well_Played
    Well_Played
    June 23, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

    Dammit Billie get into character!!

  54. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    June 23, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

    Ruth is being surprisingly subdued for busting a dorm party? So is she or is she not…maybe she really is just bored. But, somehow I kinda doubt that.
    Hide the booze, hide the femurs. And for God’s sake guys, swallow.

    As for Joyce, what is with her arms positioning, they’ve been like that for awhile, drying her nails?

    As for Ruthless arriving, is there seriously anyone following DoA who did not see this coming…like about when Becky said ‘lets have a party’.

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      June 23, 2015 at 2:14 am | #

      Maybe she came here to boardgame!

    • fogel
      fogel
      June 23, 2015 at 4:06 am | #

      Joyce’s arms/hands: kind of like Envy Adams on stage ….except that her arms are covered…

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 23, 2015 at 4:09 am | #

        And most of her hands

  55. Wafflebob
    Wafflebob
    June 23, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

    Why aren’t Becky and Dina next to each other? they have more tests to run.

  56. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 23, 2015 at 1:51 am | #

    The more, the merrier…

  57. Professor Fate
    Professor Fate
    June 23, 2015 at 1:57 am | #

    Everybody sing!
    “Every party needs a pooper,
    that’s why we invited you,
    party pooper, party pooper.”

    Well, she did invite herself, but still …

  58. Ruthmore
    Ruthmore
    June 23, 2015 at 2:02 am | #

    …aaand everyone was expelled.

    LE FIN

  59. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    June 23, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

    Even Dina is looking at the cup.

  60. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 23, 2015 at 2:18 am | #

    Now… Based purely upon the direction of Joyce and Dorothy ‘s gazes in panel 3, I suspect that they’re going to do something spontaneous in an attempt to protect Billie. This is ironic because, of course, she doesn’t need it.

    Anyway, I think that Joyce is going to try to ‘destroy the evidence’ by chugging Billie’s whole cup. She’s going to end up falling-down drunk, suffering with with alcohol poisoning and possibility in a compromising position with one of her friends.

    • Narf
      Narf
      June 23, 2015 at 3:29 am | #

      I think you are incorrect

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      June 23, 2015 at 5:18 am | #

      If that were the case, Willis should just rename the comic ‘PTSD’.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 23, 2015 at 10:45 am | #

        Pretty Terrible School Days?

        Ah, I said the words! “Nice boat” flashback incoming…

  61. Author X
    Author X
    June 23, 2015 at 2:27 am | #

    Oh no, what will happen if the RA finds out Billie has alcohol in the dorm??

  62. TinPanAli
    TinPanAli
    June 23, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

    Either Walky is hiding it behind his back, or he inhaled the red cup.

    And I know which one I’m going to believe.

  63. fogel
    fogel
    June 23, 2015 at 3:17 am | #

    Danny’s taller than Ethan?

    • The Churro
      The Churro
      June 23, 2015 at 3:45 am | #

      Suffice to say all the headcanons need to be rewritten.
      if (Danny.height > Ethan.height)
      {
      mind.isBlown = true;
      throw new UniverseException("I thought Ethan was supposed to be the tallest?");
      }

      • OnyxIdol
        OnyxIdol
        June 23, 2015 at 7:00 am | #

        Is that a property with a lower case first character i see? Shame on you, sir or madam, shame on you.

        • Li
          Li
          June 23, 2015 at 7:58 am | #

          Camel case is preferred for a lot of programming languages. Though apparently underscores are more easily readable.

        • TheChurro
          TheChurro
          June 24, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

          As Li said, camelcase. And anything is better than T.A.ing and seeing people put colons and spaces and the like in project names.

    • Nono
      Nono
      June 23, 2015 at 5:02 am | #

      I think it’s perspective – Danny’s closer to the edge of the ‘screen’ as compared to Ethan.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/stylized/

      At level ground, Ethan is clearly taller.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 23, 2015 at 6:34 am | #

      If Danny’s taller, he can’t be the uke!

      • Oz
        Oz
        June 24, 2015 at 11:41 am | #

        You seriously need to be introduced to the world of tall ukes and small semes.

  64. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    June 23, 2015 at 3:25 am | #

    I’m forever blowing bubbles! Pretty bubbles everywhere!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr_DTozbH8E

    I’m not drunk at all!

  65. fogel
    fogel
    June 23, 2015 at 4:11 am | #

    Does anyone know the species of bird that is the first to start singing in the morning in my neighborhood?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 23, 2015 at 5:13 am | #

      cocks do.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 23, 2015 at 9:12 pm | #

      In mine it’s the crows. All two thousand or so of them. At five am.

      Failing that it might be an American robin, if you’re in North America; they start pretty early.

      The crows at 5 am still beat the sea lions at 5 am I had in one place, at least. Good lord.

    • fogel
      fogel
      June 23, 2015 at 11:58 pm | #

      Not cock crowing or crows cawing. Could be robin’s for all I know. Being up at 4 am when the first birds here start their day isn’t something I’m used to. By 5:00 there’s an amazing multi-part chorus.
      ‘re sea-lions, I’m torn. OTOH I know that they can be hella obnoxious, but OTOH if they woke you up then you must of been living hella close to the ocean.

  66. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 23, 2015 at 4:58 am | #

    *Furiously searches for Amber*

  67. Rycan
    Rycan
    June 23, 2015 at 5:22 am | #

    Hmm, on re-reading, it seems like panel 2 is Ruth temporarily dropping her act in front of Billie (well, part of her act), before she remembers that they’re mot alone.

    Or that’s just wild speculation. But what else am I supposed to do here?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 23, 2015 at 10:12 am | #

      I sympathise with Ruth here.
      She’s feeling lonely (kinda like when she came watch Volleyball in Billie’s room, out of the blue)
      …she has no idea how to be nice to people.

      Also what reaction did she expect with the way she acted with most of the cast up to now ? XD

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 10:13 am | #

        aand it wasn’t supposed to be posted as an answer.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 23, 2015 at 10:42 am | #

        Even RAs sometimes like some company, and they do tend to get excluded a lot. Hard being an authority figure sometimes.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          June 23, 2015 at 12:39 pm | #

          Of course ! But it’s even harder when your first motion was to push everyone away with a pitchfork.

          • Rich
            Rich
            June 23, 2015 at 4:05 pm | #

            Fair point. Her pickup technique with Billie seems to have worked out surprisingly well, all things considered.

  68. Kim
    Kim
    June 23, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

    These two group shots are among the most beautiful shots I’ve seen in DoA! I love them both! Real Good ^_^

  69. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 23, 2015 at 7:08 am | #

    Just a thought: Does Ruth know about her nickname or is she silently wondering where the hell ‘Ruthless’ came from?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 23, 2015 at 7:12 am | #

      I think she’s pretty proud of it.

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      June 23, 2015 at 7:58 am | #

      Seems pretty proud of it to me. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/training/

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 23, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

        Apropos of nothing, it is interesting to look back at the early strips and, by comparing Ruth, Billie, or Joyce from then to their characters as drawn today today, be able to see how much Willis’ drawing style has gradually changed over the past five years.

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 23, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

      She owns it.

      Have to wonder what her parents were thinking of when they named her. Was it the Biblical Ruth (which means, variously, friend/companion/vision of beauty) or the word ruth (a feeling of pity, distress, or grief)? Willis wordgame there?

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        June 23, 2015 at 11:06 am | #

        If not explicitly for being from the Bible, maybe just because it would’ve been a common name in a Christian community (and Joseph and Daniel, for that matter)?

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 3:57 pm | #

          Ruth the name (as opposed to ruth the word) is of Hebrew origin, like many popular “Christian” names. They’re almost all ultimately drawn from some Biblical character or another, whether that’s the deliberate intent or not.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        June 23, 2015 at 12:36 pm | #

        It’s a rare thing these days for people to name a child based on the meaning of the name. Usually it’s on the basis of ‘oh, that’s a nice sounding name’. Or ‘He/she looks like a…” I, for example, was named for my mother’s favourite TV stars at the time. I remind myself constantly that it could have been a million times worse.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 23, 2015 at 4:03 pm | #

          Maybe. Could be a generational thing, I guess. My circle of friends includes a few random sounds-good names, many that are based on relatives, and about the same number that were selected for meaning. I don’t know anyone whose name has a recognized meaning that doesn’t know what that meaning is, though. Even if they were named for great aunt Amy or whatever, the parents or the kid did so after looking up what it meant.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            June 23, 2015 at 9:16 pm | #

            We did consider meaning before choosing the names of both our kids, but they both were historical names rather than, like, Tiffany or Brittany or whatever (who, yeah, I guess would be old enough to vote now, weird). But we also chose names that, while not common, at least didn’t sound weird to current ears.

  70. feli
    feli
    June 23, 2015 at 8:48 am | #

    An’ everyone’s like “oh shit hide the alc” … except for Billie, who would more suspicious without xD

  71. Lulu
    Lulu
    June 23, 2015 at 9:43 am | #

    Now all of them are wondering if they are so intoxinated that Ruth seems kinda nice.

    Alcohol makes everything nice.

  72. Benjy
    Benjy
    June 23, 2015 at 9:58 am | #

    I still can’t see Amber’s hip.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm | #

      Me neither; I suspect that Willis is pulling out collective legs.

      • StrawGirl
        StrawGirl
        June 23, 2015 at 2:41 pm | #

        I’m wondering if he originally drew her bottom half and then layered people over it to the point that you can’t see it anymore, but he still drew it, so it’s still there?

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          June 23, 2015 at 2:46 pm | #

          I drew Amber last.

          • Benjy
            Benjy
            June 23, 2015 at 3:02 pm | #

            Oh! I found her! http://www.thedrum.com/uploads/drum_basic_article/97639/main_images/WheresWallyAtWembley_6.jpg

            • Benjy
              Benjy
              June 23, 2015 at 3:03 pm | #

              (really wishes she could find where someone had once told someone else how to do the linky thing with words thingy)

              • CJ
                CJ
                June 23, 2015 at 7:14 pm | #

                Do it as follows,money use angle brackets in place of the round ones:
                (a href=”pasteLinkHere”) Text you want to be shown (/a)

                Testing my statement
                (a href=”dict.leo.org”)English-German- Translation site Leo(/a)
                Real link below:
                English-German- Translation site Leo

                • CJ
                  CJ
                  June 23, 2015 at 7:17 pm | #

                  Right, I forgot something.
                  The link must start with http://
                  <(a href="http://dict.leo.org&quot;)now really links to English-German- Translation site Leo (/a)
                  now really links to English-German- Translation site Leo

                • Benjy
                  Benjy
                  June 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm | #

                  Thank you for having mercy on me.

            • Rabid Rabbit
              Rabid Rabbit
              June 23, 2015 at 7:21 pm | #

              It took me five seconds to find him.

              I’m honestly not sure how.

            • Kryss LaBryn
              Kryss LaBryn
              June 23, 2015 at 9:19 pm | #

              Don’t see her but I found Waldo pretty quickly.

  73. Superdud
    Superdud
    June 23, 2015 at 11:01 am | #

    Why did Walky put his hands behind his back when he’s got no cup to hide there? (Since he obviously put it in his mouth.)

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm | #

      Actually, I don’t think that he ate any cups. He put the whole contents into his mouth an there is now an empty cup behind his back. “Drink, what drink?”

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 23, 2015 at 12:41 pm | #

        Both Danny and Ethan have something suspicious in their mouth, as well.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          June 23, 2015 at 12:50 pm | #

          Frankly, this does not bode well. I’m not sure if any of those guys can handle the concentrated cleaning solution that Billie has been handling in that sudden quantity.

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            June 23, 2015 at 12:58 pm | #

            Oh it’s pretty diluted I’m sure.

          • HMRC4EVR
            HMRC4EVR
            June 23, 2015 at 5:15 pm | #

            Ben I asked this a few weeks ago, but forgot to follow up (duh) but do you use the same ID at FF.N?

            • DarkoNeko
              DarkoNeko
              June 23, 2015 at 11:54 pm | #

              I have no idea what FF.N is, if it’s me you’re asking.

              • HMRC4EVR
                HMRC4EVR
                June 24, 2015 at 10:28 pm | #

                sorry, that was directed at BenRG.

        • Rabid Rabbit
          Rabid Rabbit
          June 23, 2015 at 7:23 pm | #

          Oh, they both wish they had something suspicious in their mouths, all right. Hurr hurr hurr. If you get what I mean. And I think you do.

          (Their penises. By “something suspicious” I mean their penises. Each the other’s, that is, not their own.)

  74. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    June 23, 2015 at 2:19 pm | #

    ‘And whoever I want, like Billie.’

  75. Marc in MN
    Marc in MN
    June 23, 2015 at 6:48 pm | #

    Ruthless: “I have one question. What kind of dorm room is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1:00 AM?!”

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 23, 2015 at 9:21 pm | #

      What kind of dorm room isn’t filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1:00 AM?!

  76. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    June 23, 2015 at 8:37 pm | #

    Buncha drippies and hifters in here.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 23, 2015 at 9:22 pm | #

      Goddamned hifters.

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      June 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      Why, I’ll bet they all read the Hi-Times!

  77. Les
    Les
    June 23, 2015 at 11:25 pm | #

    For some reason I’m picturing Jack Nicholson poking his head through the door…”Wendy, I’m home!”

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