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by David M Willis on December 17, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark
└ Tags: joe, joyce

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  1. Teowulf
    Teowulf
    December 17, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    Regret if I’ve ever seen it.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 17, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    Two can ask that question, Joe! =D

    I mean, hell of a set-up…

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      February 17, 2011 at 2:19 pm | #

      HAHA! Go Joyce! Making sure everything’s in order first.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 17, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Well, at least she’s prepared.

    Was she a girl scout?

    • Rodrigo
      Rodrigo
      December 19, 2010 at 8:39 am | #

      I have a questionaire too for first dates. And also psychological tests. Seriously! But it never worked out.

  4. DaniellePhantom
    DaniellePhantom
    December 17, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    i still think this will work out. JOE AND JOYCE will prevail.

    • R
      R
      December 17, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

      Exactly, they’ll just be one of those couples that has to take a while to be ready for each other, and it’ll be all worth it in the end.

    • Socks
      Socks
      December 17, 2010 at 2:30 am | #

      i believe 1 of 2 things will happen
      1. joe will give up & move on to another lady
      or
      2.joe will lie & still try to get her to go to bed with him lol

  5. The A.D.D. Kidd
    The A.D.D. Kidd
    December 17, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    Joe is already terribly frightened, you can just see it in his eyes.

  6. Samui
    Samui
    December 17, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    JoeXJoyce? More like Joeyce!

  7. Azreal
    Azreal
    December 17, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    I realy dislike this joyce.

    • R
      R
      December 17, 2010 at 1:01 am | #

      She sounds a bit like the old one (well, the old one didn’t really say Jesus as much). Remember when she was discussing their future kids’ names with Danny?

  8. Azreal
    Azreal
    December 17, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

    God damit why is my avatar rachael!!!

    • Blah
      Blah
      December 17, 2010 at 1:32 am | #

      Because nobody knows who you are or what you’re really doing here.

      BURN!

      • Zem
        Zem
        December 18, 2010 at 11:42 am | #

        đ_đ

        Please note that the views of the person above me are not representative of the general opinion on these forums in any shape or form.

  9. Eri
    Eri
    December 17, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

    And usually the realization of a terrible mistake comes in the morning. Joe should be happy, look at all the time he hasn’t wasted!

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      December 17, 2010 at 12:20 pm | #

      But he misses out on all the fun stuff this way.

  10. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    December 17, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

    I LOVE JOYCE

  11. Rognik
    Rognik
    December 17, 2010 at 12:53 am | #

    15 questions just to learn what religion he is? That’s kind of excessive. Then again, that clipboard might be longer than any of us suspect.

    • R
      R
      December 17, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

      Fundamentalist Christians tend to try to figure out just how “Christian” others who say they’re Christian are. At least that’s how the fundies I used to work with were. I recited the Niece Creed at them once during break, it was fun…

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        December 17, 2010 at 1:12 am | #

        The Niece Creed? ‘We believe in one little girl, daughter of my sibling, creator of messes, visible and invisible’?

        • R
          R
          December 17, 2010 at 1:25 am | #

          Sorry cold meds make me bad at spelling.

        • Taryn
          Taryn
          December 17, 2010 at 1:52 am | #

          That is a creed I could believe in.

        • agentksilver
          agentksilver
          December 17, 2010 at 9:26 am | #

          I don’t believe in nieces. I believe that we have the same relatives, and they are welcome at family barbecues, but they are not related to me.

          • zuche
            zuche
            December 17, 2010 at 9:54 am | #

            My four nieces would never forgive me if I attempted to disbelieve in them, and I would be sad to lose touch with them as well. Biased as I am, how could I not be impressed with children that tell bedtime stories to their books?

          • agentksilver
            agentksilver
            December 17, 2010 at 10:44 am | #

            Oh, gentiles…oy vey…I’ll say you’re Orthodox and I’m Reformed.

          • CJ
            CJ
            December 17, 2010 at 3:33 pm | #

            I don’t believe in extended families at all, but rather that we all have the capacity to be at least friends. Nieces? Nephews? Y’all some crazy fundies.

          • Lokitsu
            Lokitsu
            December 17, 2010 at 6:28 pm | #

            I guess that’s useful for getting dates

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        December 17, 2010 at 1:52 am | #

        Do you mean the Nicean creed?

        And seconded on the “how Christian art thou” questions. Oy veh.

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 17, 2010 at 9:58 am | #

          The correct answer to that question is, “He wants me to keep that between us.”

        • JesseJanitect
          JesseJanitect
          December 17, 2010 at 10:39 am | #

          That’s still not how you spell it. It’s Nicene creed. And I’ve done that too. It was excellent revenge for that time when I went to a Southern Baptist summer camp and was warned not ot admit I was Catholic.

      • Steven
        Steven
        December 17, 2010 at 3:39 am | #

        To be fair, if all the people who claimed to be Christians actually acted like Christians, there’d be no need for such a checklist.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 17, 2010 at 7:15 am | #

      Sections, not questions. This is an exam you have to study for, and still might fail.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      December 17, 2010 at 6:25 pm | #

      Not fifteen questions, fifteen sections.

      Be afraid Joe… be very afraid

  12. Gianni
    Gianni
    December 17, 2010 at 12:53 am | #

    “The next fifteen sections” Love it!

  13. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    December 17, 2010 at 12:53 am | #

    So much for ‘not as crazy as Walkyverse’ Joyce.

    • Someone
      Someone
      December 17, 2010 at 1:46 pm | #

      Least it’s a different kind of crazy. And at least she hasn’t stalked anyone to their dorms (that we’re aware of)

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        December 17, 2010 at 11:10 pm | #

        Give her time.

  14. Lillian
    Lillian
    December 17, 2010 at 12:55 am | #

    I love Joyce. If only it were that easy to check the religious/moral beliefs of prospective partners.

    • R
      R
      December 17, 2010 at 1:04 am | #

      Why isn’t it? I think that’s normal first date (or sooner) material if the subject is important to you.

  15. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    December 17, 2010 at 12:57 am | #

    Joe believes in 90%, so long as snuggling and Joeing are synonyms.

    • Confuzor
      Confuzor
      December 17, 2010 at 1:16 am | #

      Cuddling…with his penis.

      • Confuzor
        Confuzor
        December 17, 2010 at 1:17 am | #

        er, “snuggling”

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 17, 2010 at 10:00 am | #

          Yeah, he’d mistake the other word for “cudding” and get the wrong idea entirely.

      • maggiemarmalade
        maggiemarmalade
        December 17, 2010 at 10:32 pm | #

        puggling? pudding? pengling?

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          December 18, 2010 at 4:01 am | #

          Piddling?

          … No, that’s something else.

          Does involve Joe’s penis, though.

          …

          I wonder if he’s into that.

          …

          Yeah, I need the brain bleach, now…

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            December 19, 2010 at 3:18 am | #

            Sorry, all out. I’ve got a shotgun if you’d like.

  16. Clementine
    Clementine
    December 17, 2010 at 1:03 am | #

    Awww! Snuggling! I should have a questionnaire…

    • sainki
      sainki
      December 17, 2010 at 3:28 pm | #

      not unless you are planning to be celibate for all of eternity

  17. Cheeso
    Cheeso
    December 17, 2010 at 1:03 am | #

    Where did she hide the clipboard?

    • Shift
      Shift
      December 17, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

      The same place Clark Kent hides his glasses and hair-gel probably.

    • milk experiment
      milk experiment
      December 17, 2010 at 1:20 am | #

      Perhaps like original Walkyverse Joyce, DoA Joyce has access to hammerspace. Instead of a jetpack and BFG, she keeps her husband-hunting equipment there.

      • Bickendan
        Bickendan
        December 17, 2010 at 3:13 am | #

        WARNING: The above post has a pothole. Proceed with caution and/or abandon!

        • Zap
          Zap
          December 17, 2010 at 5:03 am | #

          … huhwha? Is it 4 AM already? I clicked on those links… then clicked more links…

          Forget “damn you Willis”. DAMN YOU TVTROPES!!!

          • Milosh
            Milosh
            December 17, 2010 at 5:33 am | #

            What Zap said. I had just made a personal goal to never go back there, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          December 17, 2010 at 7:17 am | #

          See, I’m glad I’ve long since made an aversion to clicking random links.

          Thank you, Rick Astley.

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            December 17, 2010 at 3:17 pm | #

            Rickrolling is what made you stop clicking links? Lucky.

            • David
              David M Willis
              December 17, 2010 at 3:30 pm | #

              Coulda been Goatse.

          • Lokitsu
            Lokitsu
            December 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm | #

            Ah, Goatse…

            My eyes still bleed at random intervals thanks to a “friendly link”

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            December 17, 2010 at 9:53 pm | #

            2girls1cup

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            December 17, 2010 at 9:53 pm | #

            still have avoided seeing it thank god.

        • l0vot
          l0vot
          December 19, 2010 at 11:57 pm | #

          Thanks, i was about to enter the endless vortex of information without knowing what i was getting myself into…

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        December 17, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

        You jackasses make me so glad I turned off the underline links feature on my browser. I managed to make it to the end of the comment string and was warned! Ha! I have prevailed over the addictive evil that shall not be spoken!

      • CJ
        CJ
        December 18, 2010 at 4:06 am | #

        you monster

  18. Shift
    Shift
    December 17, 2010 at 1:07 am | #

    I’m guessing no one ever explained that most guys do not find the idea of an indepth survey exactly “romantic” to Joyce huh?

    The scary thing is, the survey was probably 100% her idea. I can just see her now explaining to her friends “What kind of man WOULDN’T want to answer this? I’ll be engaged by Fall Break!”

    So what’s it going to be Joe? Put up with all this in the off-chance she MIGHT sleep with you, or see if you can tag out with Danny?

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 17, 2010 at 7:18 am | #

      Once again, this kind of goes against him setting Danny up with someone. Passing off the crazy chick is not cool wingman material.

      • Shift
        Shift
        December 17, 2010 at 12:51 pm | #

        This the guy who actually asked his best friend if he could have sex with his soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend before the couple even broke up. Do you honestly think he won’t have any problem with passing off the crazy to someone else to make his own attempt at getting laid easier?

        • Someone
          Someone
          December 17, 2010 at 1:50 pm | #

          Joe could see the writing on the wall months before Danny. Hell, maybe he’d even talked in confidence with Dorothy beforehand to be prepared to deal with what Danny’d become. And every guy knows that once it’s over, she’s fair game again! Right guys? …Guys?

          • Shift
            Shift
            December 17, 2010 at 3:14 pm | #

            The Bro Code dictates you do not go after that ex-girlfriend of your bro, especially not immediately after the break-up and when they have not yet gotten over the break-up.

            Regardless of the writing on the wall, it was an uber-douche move on Joe’s part. And the previous comic has shown that Joe and Dorothy only recently talked about dealing with Danny after the break-up.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 17, 2010 at 9:30 am | #

      My boyfriend explained to me yesterday, “Do not stick your dick in crazy.” I would hope that, at the very least, he finds a way to extricate himself from the situation without passing Danny the buck.

      [it should be noted he told me this rule while reading FML aloud to me]

      • Akilika
        Akilika
        December 17, 2010 at 10:04 am | #

        You know, not sticking it in the crazy is one of those things that gets *said* a lot, much like girls have “Don’t date assholes.” Yet in the end, there seems to be something terribly appealing about each archetype, ’cause everyone does it anyway.

        (Spoken as a crazy person dating an asshole, so not much room to talk. But hey, it’s fun. 🙂

        • agentksilver
          agentksilver
          December 17, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

          I’ve noticed the crazies and the assholes tend to bring out the crazy and the asshole in each other. I base this on personal experience. When I was dating an asshole, I was crazy. I’m dating a nice guy, and I’m not crazy.

      • Bill M.
        Bill M.
        December 17, 2010 at 11:39 am | #

        No, the rule is “Crazy chicks usually lead to awesome sex, but bring tons of baggage. They are not girlfriend/wife material.”

  19. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    December 17, 2010 at 1:15 am | #

    This reminds me of (sorry, Dave, I know you don’t like this sitcom) the long questionnaires Sheldon of The Big Bang Theory has made people answer, such as in the flashback “how they met” episode when Leonard saw him about sharing the apartment.

  20. Milosh
    Milosh
    December 17, 2010 at 1:21 am | #

    And that’s why it’s her first date.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      December 17, 2010 at 1:57 am | #

      Agreed, although it will be her last with Joe.

      After this, Joe will hit on a cheerleader off-camera.

      • Cha
        Cha
        December 17, 2010 at 2:27 am | #

        Man, he’s going to Joe Billie?

        • Bickendan
          Bickendan
          December 17, 2010 at 3:11 am | #

          Or is Billie gonna Billie Joe?

          • Zap
            Zap
            December 17, 2010 at 5:04 am | #

            Or is Billie gonna Joe Joe?

            … wait, this isn’t that kind of comic. Right.

          • zuche
            zuche
            December 17, 2010 at 10:12 am | #

            “Oh no! Billie Joe!”

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            December 17, 2010 at 11:18 pm | #

            Billie Joe is not my lover.

          • Index
            Index
            December 18, 2010 at 9:47 am | #

            Billie Joe…now that’s a fire that I’d like to see started.

          • Bill M.
            Bill M.
            December 20, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

            She’s gonna jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

  21. Tomb
    Tomb
    December 17, 2010 at 1:25 am | #

    Buwahahahahahha!

  22. Rigenstein
    Rigenstein
    December 17, 2010 at 1:33 am | #

    This couple wont work, its goig to be interesting the development of their relationship though, also what H.R.M means?

    • Animaniac
      Animaniac
      December 18, 2010 at 1:41 am | #

      H.R.M. would be His/Her Royal Majesty, however, what Joyce did up there was “hrm” which is a noise made in the throught when thinking, like “hmm” but with a slight negative or disapproving tonality.

      • Animaniac
        Animaniac
        December 18, 2010 at 1:41 am | #

        err, “throat” hrm..

  23. Rigenstein
    Rigenstein
    December 17, 2010 at 1:35 am | #

    “its going to be interesting to see the development……” my apologies for the typos, kinda sleepy right now

    • green K
      green K
      December 19, 2010 at 11:23 pm | #

      I wonder if having a snobby brit as your avatar prompted you to correct your spelling. 😛

  24. Taryn
    Taryn
    December 17, 2010 at 1:54 am | #

    Joyce is awesome. She’s totally my second favorite character. She’d be my fav if she wasn’t so religious. v.v Alas. But that happens in real life too. XD

  25. MeHael
    MeHael
    December 17, 2010 at 1:56 am | #

    I’m a little impressed. I would’ve thought that Joe not being Christian would have ended the questionnaire immediately. Then again, she is the best-socialized of her whole homeschool group…

    • Sarah
      Sarah
      December 17, 2010 at 2:18 am | #

      I agree, the second he said that i thought was over. i guess christian home-school socialization is better than i thought.

    • Keleso
      Keleso
      December 17, 2010 at 3:37 am | #

      Don’t worry, she’ll convert him.

    • Heather
      Heather
      December 17, 2010 at 3:42 am | #

      I know me too, thought then again she probably thinks she could convert him eventually.

      Strangely there used to be a big programme for that in America (and… maybe here too) I hear, about christians delibrately dating secular people to convert them once. Still probably happens, but it was actually an idea which was spread among some sects of christianity as a good idea.

      But then they had to stop because a lot of the christians deconverted instead rather than convert.

      Woopsie.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 17, 2010 at 7:22 am | #

      It doesn’t seem to ever have been a problem with her if the other person didn’t believe the same as she did(may be wrong on that, I’m not able to get a J&W subscription). She mostly wants the other person to respect her choice in faith.

  26. Mimi
    Mimi
    December 17, 2010 at 1:58 am | #

    I hope hope HOPE that these two stay together! I loved the Joe/Joyce pairing in Walky (even more than Joyce/Walky).

  27. Joebo
    Joebo
    December 17, 2010 at 2:01 am | #

    What hath God wrought?

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 17, 2010 at 11:31 am | #

      Flaming swords, mostly.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      December 17, 2010 at 11:41 am | #

      Your mom, for a nickel. (Figure while I have the Mike avatar temporarily, better put it to good use.)

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 17, 2010 at 9:24 pm | #

        Well damn, he overpaid.

  28. Socks
    Socks
    December 17, 2010 at 2:06 am | #

    wow, i think that was diffused quickly XD

  29. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    December 17, 2010 at 2:07 am | #

    Oh yeah! This Joyce may be naive, but she isn’t exactly innocent. Or should that be the other way around>

    • Socks
      Socks
      December 17, 2010 at 2:15 am | #

      either way she knows how to weed them out REAL good >_>;;

  30. Cha
    Cha
    December 17, 2010 at 2:28 am | #

    …how long is each section?
    And dang, Joyce is adorable!

  31. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    December 17, 2010 at 3:46 am | #

    Too soon too fast, don’tcha think Joyce? I mean, religion, in a way, brought me and my crush together as pals, but jeeeez…

    Joes taking this better than I thought he would O: (Poor joyce…she’s gonna find out the hard way Joe is polygamous…)

  32. dchorror
    dchorror
    December 17, 2010 at 7:24 am | #

    That thing is at least three pages long and she hasn’t flipped past the first page. How small is the print that she has fifteen sections on the first page?

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      December 17, 2010 at 8:16 am | #

      Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally small print.

      • Socks
        Socks
        December 17, 2010 at 12:33 pm | #

        or she memorized the questions & is just using the clipboard for writing his answers down :O

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      December 17, 2010 at 4:05 pm | #

      It’s on a microfiche. That’s just Volumes 1-4. There’s more.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 17, 2010 at 7:55 pm | #

      I love that I’m still Billy, it makes all my comments seem better. Watch it change on Monday now that I’ve said this.

      I could see Joyce memorizing this, since that small of a print would probably require someone of 20/20 sight needing glasses to read it.

  33. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    December 17, 2010 at 8:05 am | #

    Ah, so Joe is Jewish, not German.
    Now I’m anticipating the moment he meets a certain other Jewish Transformers fan.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 17, 2010 at 9:33 am | #

      Could be a German Jew. But yeah, unlike it seems the entire rest of the commenters, I wasn’t convinced he was Jewish until he outright said it.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        December 17, 2010 at 11:23 pm | #

        He was Jewish in It’s Walky! He even said it a few times over. However, the only one I can think of immediately is his visit to the Brown house. “Go, Jews for Jesus!”

        • David
          David M Willis
          December 18, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

          Joe was based on my best friend from elementary school who was Jewish, so Joe has always been Jewish.

          • Gianni
            Gianni
            December 18, 2010 at 5:23 pm | #

            Jews for Jesus. Booyah!

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            December 19, 2010 at 3:36 am | #

            You had a best friend in elementary school who was a sex maniac?

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            December 21, 2010 at 2:20 pm | #

            Elementary School Sex Maniac: Coming this Fall on Fox.

  34. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    December 17, 2010 at 8:53 am | #

    She has put some thought into this…that is so scary. Run Joe! She is not worth Joe’ing!

  35. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    December 17, 2010 at 9:35 am | #

    Hey, she’s doing them both a favor! Only a man willing to put up with such a questionnaire would be the man for her, and she’s letting him know she’s insane right up front. Wish the Jewish guy I dated was helpful enough to let me know he was insane right up front.

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 17, 2010 at 11:34 am | #

      For some reason, I started reading your second sentence as: “Only one man would put up with so many questions…” in the voice of that guy who used to do all movie trailers of that sort.

  36. Aetharion
    Aetharion
    December 17, 2010 at 9:38 am | #

    That’s what SHE said!

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      December 17, 2010 at 10:04 am | #

      it took this long for someone to say that? wow

      • Aetharion
        Aetharion
        December 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm | #

        I was kind of surprised myself.

  37. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    December 17, 2010 at 10:03 am | #

    i imagine him running up to danny and sarah, tagging him and yelling something, and throwing this girl in his arms while runnign off w/sarah for some rehab

  38. MM
    MM
    December 17, 2010 at 10:31 am | #

    Sheesh, did Joyce print off the eHarmony questionnaire?

    • JesseJanitect
      JesseJanitect
      December 17, 2010 at 10:47 am | #

      Nope, there’s a fundy-Christian version of the dating sites. She printed off (and augmented) theirs.

  39. zuche
    zuche
    December 17, 2010 at 11:35 am | #

    Run, Joe, run!

  40. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    December 17, 2010 at 1:59 pm | #

    Did the clipboard checklist evolve in Joyce’s mind as she vicariously suffered through her girlfriends’ breakups, or did she get genuine ditto/mimeograph/PDFs from her church youth group, or did her parents or other adult relatives give her the idea.

    And zuche — I don’t think Joe needs the warning. He’s already ready to take off like a rocket.

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 17, 2010 at 4:07 pm | #

      But I seldom get a chance to refer to that old show! It was like The Fugitive combined with The Littlest Hobo, with a bit of A-Team vibe thrown in.

      …This is not to say it was a very good show. I was seven when I last saw it.

      • Robert in San Diego
        Robert in San Diego
        December 18, 2010 at 11:40 am | #

        OK — TV show reference. I apologize for my earlier remark. Off to Google-land…..

  41. Someone
    Someone
    December 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm | #

    I have to admit, if a woman really did this to me, I would be compelled to see it to the end; just because.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 17, 2010 at 7:53 pm | #

      I could see following it to the end. That’s at least polite. I could also see not going on a date afterward.

  42. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    December 17, 2010 at 4:13 pm | #

    Joe is realizing that he messed up big time.

  43. Roborat
    Roborat
    December 17, 2010 at 7:06 pm | #

    Ok, I have to ask, what does HRM mean? I can’ t figure it out.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      December 17, 2010 at 7:36 pm | #

      Hmm? Hrm? Hurr?

    • Animaniac
      Animaniac
      December 18, 2010 at 1:50 am | #

      If you don’t get it from Jen’s post, see my post above

  44. katie01
    katie01
    December 17, 2010 at 7:53 pm | #

    I admit, when I first saw this, I half-expected two little shoulder-devils to pop up next to Joe. Screaming.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 17, 2010 at 7:58 pm | #

      I don’t think I could see them being two little devils(or a devil and an angel). It seems more likely that they would be different fetishes.

  45. Eposi
    Eposi
    December 17, 2010 at 8:53 pm | #

    I wonder if there’ll be a pdf of that list, and how much will we see on Monday

  46. Joulian
    Joulian
    December 18, 2010 at 10:48 am | #

    Actually, for some reason, I had an ex who did this exact kind of questions to any prospect she met. Also she asked about plans for the future, family background (you had to be from a very respectable family) and current income. She didn’t ask those questions to me for some reason, though.

  47. Zem
    Zem
    December 18, 2010 at 11:48 am | #

    What’s wrong with knowing what you’re buying?

    Also, this is why online dating services don’t work.

    I really liked this follow-up on the previous strip. I wonder if Joyce will ever use her catchphrase in this continuity; you know the one.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 18, 2010 at 12:57 pm | #

      I know way too many married people who met via online dating services (and the Internet) to agree that online dating services don’t work.

      • Zem
        Zem
        December 18, 2010 at 5:35 pm | #

        Oh, the internet, I’ll give you. But I do wonder how many percent success rate dating services have. (Then again, maybe it’s just prejudice…)

  48. Jackson
    Jackson
    December 19, 2010 at 8:28 am | #

    Please don’t let him get past the screening process please don’t let him get past the screening process please don’t let him get past the screening process

  49. Firekeeper
    Firekeeper
    December 21, 2010 at 11:19 pm | #

    All I have to say is… GO JEWS!

  50. BD
    BD
    January 28, 2011 at 10:45 pm | #

    Joe’s getting thrown off his game….

  51. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    July 8, 2011 at 10:08 am | #

    RUN JOE RUN WHILE YOU CAN.

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