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by David M Willis on August 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: dorothy, joe

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 17, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    Stick to “with my penis,” Joe.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 17, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      Of cause he will stick with his penis, using any other body part wouldn’t be half as fun.

      • Sat
        Sat
        August 17, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

        With his fist.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 17, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

          I stand corrected!

          • XMD
            XMD
            August 17, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

            … with your penis.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 17, 2011 at 1:59 am | #

              You mean with his penis right? Cos I never loan mine out. 😛

  2. meanderling
    meanderling
    August 17, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    Sweet! I have no life!

    Oh, Joe. I love your faces.

  3. buttsbutts mcgee
    buttsbutts mcgee
    August 17, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Stay classy, Joe.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      August 17, 2011 at 1:45 am | #

      JOE JOE JOE JOE!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      August 17, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

      It’ll be hard. He has a full weekend ahead of him.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        August 17, 2011 at 6:58 am | #

        ♫ Double double your entendre ♫

        • das-g
          das-g
          August 17, 2011 at 4:13 pm | #

          … yeah, yeaaaah, ♫ it’s so intense!

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 17, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Oddly enough I am uncertain of what Joe is implying this time… I must be getting old.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 17, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      I do and I’m a 19 year old that prefers the old stuff and sometimes act like a bitter old man.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 17, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

        So can you explain to me what Joe is saying?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 17, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

          Head = Oral Sex. Women are lining up to provide him with Oral Sex.

          With his penis.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 17, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

            I really am getting old, I cannot believe that I wasn’t able to wrap my head around the oral sex angle.

            • Null Set
              Null Set
              August 17, 2011 at 1:43 am | #

              You just need to practice stretching your jaw muscles.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                August 17, 2011 at 4:06 am | #

                That comment is sure to induce anyone’s gag reflex. :O

          • Milosh
            Milosh
            August 17, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

            Wow, I had to read the comments to get that one. And I’m 19 as well, so I can’t blame age here.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 17, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

          Thanks, Dorothy. Thanks to your article, I’m now getting a lot of girls to do with.

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 17, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Joe, you sex maniac. Don’t explain the joke because if you explain the joke there is no joke.

    • buttsbutts mcgee
      buttsbutts mcgee
      August 17, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

      What if you explain the joke… with your penis?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 17, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

        Then you joke will be half-cocked.

        • Vivvav
          Vivvav
          August 17, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

          Clever girl.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 17, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

            Thank you! I am well versed with issues involving the penis. 😀

          • CranJKuris
            CranJKuris
            August 17, 2011 at 3:26 am | #

            I see what you did there.

    • ProfPenguin
      ProfPenguin
      August 17, 2011 at 1:03 am | #

      Remember: A joke is like a puppy. If you take it apart, it dies!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 17, 2011 at 1:55 am | #

        Dead Puppy Humour

        • HeartlessHealer
          HeartlessHealer
          August 17, 2011 at 3:12 am | #

          You’ve linked to tvtropes! You’ve doomed us all!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 17, 2011 at 4:02 am | #

            The more I link to TVTropes now, the more resistant people become to archive binging when they check out a link there.

            It’s like a public service in a way.

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      August 17, 2011 at 2:50 am | #

      Joe *is* the joke here.

  6. Alex
    Alex
    August 17, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    Is it wrong that Joe is a hero of mine?

    • bramble
      bramble
      August 17, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

      If it’s wrong to have Joe as a personal hero, I don’t want to be right.

  7. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    August 17, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    Joe needs to get beaten up. Severely.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 17, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

      You can always hire Mike for the job.

      • Canvas Hat
        Canvas Hat
        August 17, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

        Because Freckles is busy.

        • eagalian
          eagalian
          August 17, 2011 at 1:42 pm | #

          I’m curious, how many meme’s has DOA spawned so far?

      • Kirby
        Kirby
        August 17, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

        No no, I’d say Joyce does a fairly good job of that. ^^ Mike gets to beat lots of people up, Joyce gets the pleasure of it so rarely.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 17, 2011 at 3:58 am | #

          He might get to beat up people but how often does he get PAID to do so?

          • Fred
            Fred
            August 18, 2011 at 9:54 am | #

            For a nickel?

    • Fred
      Fred
      August 17, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

      With his own femurs. On his FAAAAAAAACEEEEEE.

    • kagato23
      kagato23
      August 17, 2011 at 2:54 am | #

      Why? He’s seen as attractive by others, who are consensually giving him their contact info. All because of his upbeat attitude in a situation that would normally impact one negatively.

      Joe needs to be hurrah’d!

  8. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 17, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

    Joe can show thanks for Daisy writing the headline by encouraging more women to show more cleavage.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      August 17, 2011 at 1:57 am | #

      I second the motion.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 18, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

        “Ladies, I’d love to see a chest window.”

  9. Kirby
    Kirby
    August 17, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

    Did I miss what the title was, or has it not been shown yet?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 17, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

      If you mean the headline that Jo mentioned, it has been shown. Here’s the link:http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/boytoy/

      • Kirby
        Kirby
        August 17, 2011 at 2:16 am | #

        Right, yes, I remember this now.

        I need to stop commenting when I hit that crashy period before I catch my second wind… Which seems to have been granted by re-reading QC for the last hour….

        Thanks Aizat and Tristan. ^^

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      August 17, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

      DESANTO BOY TOY SPEAKS OUT

      I had to go back and check. It doesn’t seem quite as impressive as Joe is making it out to be, but then he’s the one who’d know, I guess.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        August 17, 2011 at 1:46 am | #

        He’s on the frontpage! That gets attention ya know.

      • MO
        MO
        August 17, 2011 at 2:30 am | #

        I thought he was referring to the second part of the headline:
        “It’s an open relationship, ladies,” says IU freshman

  10. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 17, 2011 at 12:52 am | #

    Joe is living his dream.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      August 17, 2011 at 1:47 am | #

      Dorothy’s nightmare!

  11. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    August 17, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

    On a completely different note, I love the way Willis draws the ‘Ooh!’ expression.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 17, 2011 at 1:42 am | #

      Reminds me of Doraemon.

  12. Shifty
    Shifty
    August 17, 2011 at 4:44 am | #

    I REALLY wanna see what his mother thinks of all this. I mean, yeah, Joe thinks being known for a sex video is the best thing ever, but I’d really laugh my ass off if his mother showed up in the dorm screaming “What the hell were you thinking you man?!”

    Meanwhile… I’m rather curious as to who would actually consider going out on a date with Joe BECAUSE he made a sex tape.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 17, 2011 at 4:55 am | #

      Joe is almost like a celebrity now, that and the inference of his sexual prowess can be appealing to a number of girls in that respect.

  13. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    August 17, 2011 at 5:11 am | #

    And he isn’t using a pen to write that headline.

    He’s using his penis.

    • ryan
      ryan
      August 17, 2011 at 8:55 am | #

      his pen is writing that headline.

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        August 17, 2011 at 5:10 pm | #

        The pen is his penis.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 17, 2011 at 6:04 pm | #

          The pen is mightier than the pork sword.

  14. Zem
    Zem
    August 17, 2011 at 6:40 am | #

    Ew, fingering seems to have finally broken Joe’s hand and it’s now stuck in that position.

    Deflated thumb and the index finger with a 45 degree break…

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      August 17, 2011 at 10:51 am | #

      The index finger looks fine to me, taking into account perspective, but I agree that the back of the thumb doesn’t dimple in like that, no matter what angle you have it at.

  15. sarpiedon
    sarpiedon
    August 17, 2011 at 9:19 am | #

    your mom’s in that line. Does he have a nickel?

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      August 18, 2011 at 3:08 am | #

      He would, but Mike stole them just so he gets to do it himself.

  16. Amanda
    Amanda
    August 17, 2011 at 12:48 pm | #

    …the reporter does so write the headline. 90% of the time I’m stuck on an article, it’s because I’m trying to come up with a catchy-but-not-cliche headline. /journalist

    • David
      David M Willis
      August 17, 2011 at 1:17 pm | #

      I guess sometimes they do! In my limited experience in journalism, they didn’t. I did some Google searches to make sure I wasn’t crazy, and came up with this: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/memo-media-critics-reporters-don039t-write-headlines-editors-do

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      August 17, 2011 at 3:48 pm | #

      My experience lines up with David’s. This was a source of great frustration for me, because I wanted to control all aspects of my articles’ presentation. They did let me have my way on a few pieces, but it was an experiment for them.

    • Lunchbox
      Lunchbox
      August 17, 2011 at 5:43 pm | #

      Not always true. My aunt works at a national newspaper, and I went into work with her one day – her JOB is to write headlines. The reporters just send in the raw text, and there’s an entirely different team who pretty it up and chop it to pieces.

  17. Glooble
    Glooble
    August 18, 2011 at 10:28 am | #

    My brother is a copy editor at a major newspaper – he often gets to write headlines, but never stories.

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