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Threesome

by David M Willis on January 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark
└ Tags: joe, sarah

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  1. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    January 13, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    i’m gonna love this >=D

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    January 13, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    She’s going to punch him. In the FAAACE.

    • Inara
      Inara
      January 13, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      If he’s *lucky*, in the face…

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        January 13, 2011 at 2:30 am | #

        You mean FAAACE.

        • LazarusLong
          LazarusLong
          January 13, 2011 at 12:39 pm | #

          No he means BAAALLLSS

          • David Herbert
            David Herbert
            January 13, 2011 at 6:59 pm | #

            We may have a few meme.

            BAAALLS!

          • Justme
            Justme
            January 13, 2011 at 9:13 pm | #

            Alright, who keeps saying ‘Balls’? Anyone? Okay, if you DIDN’T say ‘Balls’, raise your hand…

  3. Cratacon
    Cratacon
    January 13, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    Alright, we’re all thinking it but I’m the only one brave enough to say it.

    Shaggy isn’t in this strip, and therefore, it is a lesser strip than previous Shaggy-background ones. There, I said it.

    • Osaru Sensei
      Osaru Sensei
      January 13, 2011 at 2:56 am | #

      Ruh-roh…

      in his FAAACE.

    • Richie9999
      Richie9999
      January 13, 2011 at 8:12 am | #

      Its not shaggy, its Hooper!

  4. Wackd
    Wackd
    January 13, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Wow. Sarah is actually concerned enough for Joyce that she will talk to Joe of her own free will.

    On an unrelated note, why is “Yes, because I used Google” not an option in the poll?

    • captainswift
      captainswift
      January 13, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Why isn’t “Yes, because I’m old” an option? I’m quite a bit older than Willis, and I had to look it up.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        January 13, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

        How ’bout “Yes, because I ran one”? =p

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          January 13, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

          Or even, “Yes, because I’m Seth Able”? ^.^:

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            January 13, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

            I would totally have had to choose that one. Therefore, in interest of not lying, I’m glad there’s a ‘perverse sexual lust for LORD’ option.

    • R
      R
      January 13, 2011 at 2:08 am | #

      Emotionally messed up roommates can make studying harder.

    • Someone
      Someone
      January 13, 2011 at 8:07 pm | #

      Sarah…acting to protect Joyce? I can’t see it. Now, acting to protect Joyce so she doesn’t have to deal with it later…

  5. ME
    ME
    January 13, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Oh, Joe. The universe may change, but you stay the same. And we wouldn’t have you any other way.

  6. AsinineAxioms
    AsinineAxioms
    January 13, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    If DoA were an animation, this would be the part where “The Ultimate Showdown” would start playing in the background.

  7. Teowulf
    Teowulf
    January 13, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

    I was expecting Sarah to just punch Joe with that comment… I’ve been watching too much Firefly.

  8. Chiatroll
    Chiatroll
    January 13, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    So sarah has pizza.

    Joe has.. is that cake and a pheasant? It looks like a tiny bird. maybe one of the mini turkey things. I do like the seperate plates though.

    Sarah may also have a slice of cake.

    • Chiatroll
      Chiatroll
      January 13, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

      No wait sarah can’t have cake in panel three it’s just about completely flat. That would be a really flat cake. It must be pizza.

      • MeHael
        MeHael
        January 13, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

        Probably pizza. Could be pie though.

        • MrGBH
          MrGBH
          January 13, 2011 at 3:42 pm | #

          Could be a quiche.

      • Socks
        Socks
        January 13, 2011 at 6:49 pm | #

        it looks like pizza then in the 3rd panel it just looks like cheese XD

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      January 13, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

      Joe is carrying a very small turducken. And a brick.

  9. Dr. Worm
    Dr. Worm
    January 13, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

    Aww, now isn’t that great? Standing up for the little ridiculously-naive freshman roomie… Warms my heart.
    …
    Crap, this is gonna end with Sarah and Joe banging, isn’t it?

    • Buzzsaw
      Buzzsaw
      January 13, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

      I think that they already HAVE – thus the reason for Sarah’s “we need to talk” and having that guilty/embarrassed look in the first two panels.

      • silva
        silva
        January 13, 2011 at 5:34 pm | #

        I think you’re right, buzzsaw. Think about it. He said the girls weren’t random, and that he chose someone for danny with “experience”… Now how exactly would he know that about some random girl?

        Doesn’t take much imagination…

    • NF
      NF
      January 13, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

      I actually think this is going to end with Joyce giving Sarah crap for scaring off Joe.

      And Joe telling Danny later, “Man, I was so lucky to run into what’s-her-name’s roommate at lunch today.”

      To which Danny will likely respond, “Why are you in your underwear again?”

  10. Joebo
    Joebo
    January 13, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

    Look, they don’t have trays.

    • Dara
      Dara
      January 13, 2011 at 4:03 am | #

      This tray is wet, this tray is wet….

      • Kindra
        Kindra
        January 13, 2011 at 9:54 am | #

        Did you dry these in a rainforest?

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          January 13, 2011 at 2:52 pm | #

          How, with the power of the Death Star can we not have a dry tray?!

  11. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    January 13, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

    Walky-

    In this universe, can Joe be Waspinator?

    And by that I mean he gets beat up, shot, mugged, hit with a random falling gargoyle..etc….

    BUT since this is an alternate universe, the twist (THE TWIST!) is that he doesn’t come back for more?

    Please?

    For some reason- in case it’s not totally apparent- I LOTHE Joe and wish him a fast trip to hell.

  12. Lokitsu
    Lokitsu
    January 13, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

    Joe’s next thought is probably “Fight? Great! I love make-up sex!”

  13. Marty
    Marty
    January 13, 2011 at 1:52 am | #

    Regarding Sarah’s pizza, I never got why it was a popular lunch item at my college. I like pizzas, but to eat it on a regular basis? Uh, no.

    • Marty
      Marty
      January 13, 2011 at 1:54 am | #

      But then, I’m very picky.

  14. dchorror
    dchorror
    January 13, 2011 at 2:03 am | #

    I bet he was thinking he could have his cake and eat it too.

  15. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    January 13, 2011 at 5:11 am | #

    Ah yes, Joe and what’s-her-name, soulmates indeed.

  16. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    January 13, 2011 at 8:19 am | #

    Haha, Joe. Oh how you entertain me. Almost as much as Mike does. Where’s Mike? We need more of him.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      January 13, 2011 at 2:53 pm | #

      He’s banging your mom.

  17. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    January 13, 2011 at 1:35 pm | #

    Aw, that’s actually really sweet of her. To have Joyce’s back.

    …I can’t believe how much I like this strip. It’s weird that this early on we have such a connection to everyone due to Other versions of them. Kind of brilliant of David, actually…

  18. Jason
    Jason
    January 13, 2011 at 2:40 pm | #

    So…no making out at first sight as in Roomies!, eh? (Yes, I know this isn’t the first time to meet in this strip; I just wanted to say it anyway!)

    • Jason
      Jason
      January 13, 2011 at 2:43 pm | #

      BTW, I wonder if Willis plans on introducing any new characters (i.e. characters that weren’t in SP! or IW!) soon. Or whenever (if ever!) these characters becomes sophomores and a new freshman class enrolls. Not that I’m tired of the old ones or anything, I’m just curious.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        January 13, 2011 at 2:54 pm | #

        That sir, is preposterous! New characters indeed.

      • Cratacon
        Cratacon
        January 13, 2011 at 6:00 pm | #

        Shaggy is a new character as far as the old continuities are concerned, and he’s already by far my favorite.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          January 13, 2011 at 11:14 pm | #

          Shaggy should be Ethan’s roomate!

        • Richie9999
          Richie9999
          January 14, 2011 at 10:28 am | #

          Shaggy is HOOPER from the Walkyverse. Stop with your heresy!

  19. ArchSchnitz
    ArchSchnitz
    January 13, 2011 at 5:03 pm | #

    Ah, Joe. Ever so classy.

    • BD
      BD
      August 17, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

      I’m amused at how Joe’s reaction is basically “er, maybe we should wait on that”. Joe may delegate large parts of his thinking processes to his Joe, but not all of them.

  20. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    January 13, 2011 at 7:39 pm | #

    Awwwww…Look at Sarah being a caring roommate! 😀

  21. Janos
    Janos
    January 15, 2011 at 3:07 pm | #

    Aw isn’t that cute? the two are going to fight and have hawt hawt make up sex <3

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