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June 22, 2026

Diversion

by David M Willis on November 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Pajama Jeans
└ Tags: dorothy, jennifer, joyce, sal, walky

Discussion (113) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 22, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    What Walky is saying is BUY THE DAMN PANTS

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      November 22, 2011 at 8:20 am | #

      Psst…Joyce!

      Pants = Happiness! mmk?

    • johannhowitzer
      johannhowitzer
      November 22, 2011 at 6:33 pm | #

      Who cares what he’s saying? Never losing your childhood = awesome. Dorothy clearly does not truly live.

  2. Michael
    Michael
    November 22, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    That’s not what college kids do? Because I’m almost certain that’s what university students do all the time…

    • Joraiem
      Joraiem
      November 22, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Yeah pretty much, at least in my dorm. It’s just “goof off all day every day” until a paper’s due, at which point it turns to “oh shit oh shit oh shit” for a few hours.

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        November 22, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

        Hell, one of my assignments involves watching the Matrix and I STILL haven’t done that yet!

        • Joraiem
          Joraiem
          November 22, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

          We are talking about the first Matrix, right? What the hell’s wrong with you? D=<

          Unless you're playing either Arkham City or Skyrim. Either of those would justify it but STILL all-floor movie nights are a must.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 22, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

            Don’t be too hard on Icalasari, whenever any book or movie becomes homework, your willingness to read/watch it drops.

            • a99steaksauce
              a99steaksauce
              November 22, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

              I ended up watching Birth of a Nation for a class I am currently taking.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                November 22, 2011 at 2:42 am | #

                I tried watching that on youtube, I didn’t even get to the controversial parts before I got bored.

              • Historyman68
                Historyman68
                November 22, 2011 at 4:39 am | #

                “Say what you will about it, at least it’s an ethos”

                • Wackd
                  Wackd
                  November 22, 2011 at 6:39 am | #

                  Shut the hell up, Historyman, you’re out of your element.

                • Jetstream
                  Jetstream
                  November 22, 2011 at 8:44 am | #

                  Oh come on, just use the whole quote! “Say what you will about the tenents of National Socialism, at least it’s an ethos.” 😉

            • Wandering Meme
              Wandering Meme
              November 22, 2011 at 8:15 am | #

              what if your homework is video games?

              • Wandering Meme
                Wandering Meme
                November 22, 2011 at 8:28 am | #

                also, its different if you’re watching it to analyze it. you’re no longer being entertained by it, so fun is right out the window.

                “watch this movie, BUT ALL MIRTH IS FORBIDDEN!”

              • ryan
                ryan
                November 22, 2011 at 8:39 am | #

                i’ll do it later. tv.

              • Habap
                Habap
                November 22, 2011 at 11:05 am | #

                Did I ruin war movies for kids I was teaching leadership? I told them to pay attention to what the leaders do and say, figure out if it works and then try those techniques.

            • chronicler
              chronicler
              November 22, 2011 at 4:57 pm | #

              Did an assignment comparing The Matrix and Inception once. Both are very fun movies. Both become much less fun when watching it with a critical eye, dissecting everything for layers and layers of meaning. Both stop being fun entirely after watching it four or five times for quotes and to make sure nothing contradicts anything you’re saying.

              …yeah. Procrastination is natural. Setting a chore to a bongoing soundtrack makes it less of a chore. It doesn’t make it a party.

          • Kat
            Kat
            November 22, 2011 at 5:00 am | #

            Man. Wish I went to a normal college. (Extension campus. Cheaper, way less fun.)

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              November 22, 2011 at 10:41 am | #

              I went to a normal college and it wasn’t any fun at all. What do they do at yours, waterboard you?

              (Full disclosure: I didn’t live on-campus. But still.)

          • Lordphulish
            Lordphulish
            November 23, 2011 at 3:35 am | #

            Uncharted 3 for me

      • Wandering Meme
        Wandering Meme
        November 22, 2011 at 8:25 am | #

        I love those hours! They really show you what you’re made of…

        Tears, caffinated beverages, the sixth stage of the five stages of grief, and multiple levels of fail…good times.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      November 22, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      They don’t do it at Burger King. That’s what the science labs are for.

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      November 22, 2011 at 7:52 am | #

      …before or after a couple of pints AND a dare?

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 22, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Who cares if you’re in college? When I was in college, I ate chocolate cake for dinner.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 22, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      You haven’t lived until you have ice-cream for breakfast.

      • TaZZerath
        TaZZerath
        November 22, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

        My staple diet was Snickers bars…..

        • Laura
          Laura
          November 22, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

          I just got a care package full of candy. I’ve existed on chocolate and bottle caps for the past few days.

        • Cassidy
          Cassidy
          November 22, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

          Snkrs bars? TOO SOON. TOOOO SOOOOON.

          • NCP19
            NCP19
            November 22, 2011 at 4:05 am | #

            i c whut u did thar

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            November 22, 2011 at 10:44 am | #

            You think that’s too soon? Robin wanted to eat him before he’d even died!

            (Ducks and runs before being shot for mentioning details of other comic. Disclaimer no implication that DoA Robin eats hamsters is expressed or implied intentionally or otherwise not valid in all states all rights reserved.)

        • Wandering Meme
          Wandering Meme
          November 22, 2011 at 7:54 am | #

          see, and people wonder why they put on pounds later in life and just cant get them off…

          “Honey, does this dress make me look fa-”
          “Youuuuu bet’cha…
          …
          …what? Honesty is the foundation of our relationship!”

          • Laura
            Laura
            November 22, 2011 at 12:35 pm | #

            Hey, I know this wonderful just-past-teenage metabolism isn’t gonna last, so I’m enjoying it while I can!

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        November 22, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        I despise comments based solely on gravatars. Really, I do.

        But oh my god adorable Joyce made this comment SO CUTE ASHFSAJE

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 22, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

          You need to calm down, here, have a jellybaby.

          • Joraiem
            Joraiem
            November 22, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

            Mkay.

            It’s just hard to be calm after watching a music video featuring vagina-shoggoths.

            …And no, there is no easier way to describe it.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 22, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

              I gather that it’s not a pop song then.

              • Historyman68
                Historyman68
                November 22, 2011 at 5:03 am | #

                It’s the new Miley Cyrus.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  November 22, 2011 at 7:08 am | #

                  iT SHOWS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO SHOCK ANYONE ANYMORE AS SEX, FOUL LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE IS SO LAST tUESDAY.

            • Spazman
              Spazman
              November 22, 2011 at 5:44 am | #

              I read that comment and I thought I saw “vagina-shegoths”

              Cue a very odd Phendrana Drifts flashback……

        • a99steaksauce
          a99steaksauce
          November 22, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

          But is it not a wonderful thing to connect the comment and an image together for others to ready and gain a greater effect from?

          • Doranian
            Doranian
            November 22, 2011 at 1:47 am | #

            Case in point.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 22, 2011 at 2:41 am | #

            The right (or very wrong) ava can give some comments a ‘unique’ flavour.

          • Joraiem
            Joraiem
            November 22, 2011 at 10:55 am | #

            Oh yeah, I totally agree, I just hate the comments afterwards that go “Oh that gravatar makes it SO MUCH FUNNIER.” Which is why I was ashamed of myself.

            It’s kind of a Don’t Explain the Joke thing.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 22, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s your last chance to act immature. Dorothy just grew up too fast.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        November 22, 2011 at 10:46 am | #

        If you’re not still immature at 35, you’re not trying hard enough.

        • Habap
          Habap
          November 22, 2011 at 11:07 am | #

          Bonus points if you’re still immature in your mid-40s?

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 22, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    They still have Kid’s Meal toys over there in the US?

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      November 22, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      Yeah, the proposed laws to make them illegal haven’t taken effect everywhere yet.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        November 22, 2011 at 1:17 am | #

        Because it’s being challenged in the Supreme Court.

    • Janette
      Janette
      November 22, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      Yep. I still buy myself one if I like the theme.

      That’s about the extent of my toy collecting, but I love my Happy Meal toys.

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      November 22, 2011 at 8:03 am | #

      are you kidding? thats like half their income, drawing america’s children to useless one-trick pony toys for them to collect like pokemon, and fattening our kids up with greasy, ensyme injected meat!

      They’re the saviors of our economy!

      • saturnwonder
        saturnwonder
        November 22, 2011 at 10:10 am | #

        Oh, but not if you get the apples or milk! That’s their way of making it a “very healthy” lunch at a fast food restaurant. Which, in this case, is cause it’s apples instead of fries and milk instead of soda, but what kid now a days wants that?

        I went nuts on the Transformers toys at Burger King when they had em ^.^

        • Wandering Meme
          Wandering Meme
          November 22, 2011 at 2:22 pm | #

          2 words: lactose intolerance.

  5. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    November 22, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    I dunno, that totally sounds like college to me.

  6. Laura
    Laura
    November 22, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Since when does “in college” have any correlation to “mature”?

    • Joraiem
      Joraiem
      November 22, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      It does have a correlation! Negative correlation counts.

      • Laura
        Laura
        November 22, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

        I concede the point.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 22, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      I don’t think mature means what it used to, for instance movies rated M for mature often end up featuring lots of schoolboy humour and poop jokes.

      • Laura
        Laura
        November 22, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

        I think maturity means knowing when it is and isn’t appropriate to act immature. There’s a time and a place for poop jokes.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          November 22, 2011 at 4:54 am | #

          Hee hee! You both said poop.

          What were we talking about, now?

          • Spazman
            Spazman
            November 22, 2011 at 5:46 am | #

            something about duty?

            heh…..

            • Wackd
              Wackd
              November 22, 2011 at 5:30 pm | #

              Huhhuhuhuh, you said duty.

              Haahahah, yeah, and poop.

              Shut up, dumbass.

  7. TaZZerath
    TaZZerath
    November 22, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    When i was in ‘College’ (aka University here) it was the PERFECT time to do kids stuff!!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 22, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      I heard that high-school is harder than college these days.

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        November 22, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

        Eh. Yes and no. High school generally has more busy work and more political stuff changing the game on the students. College (for me at least) seems to have more challenging assignments, but with more space to do them (and more time to procrastinate) so it feels relaxed and easier.

        • Laura
          Laura
          November 22, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

          College seems easier to me. But then, I is a English major.

          • Joraiem
            Joraiem
            November 22, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

            I is English major too! Well, writing major. Basically the same thing.

            It is easier, but I have like 3 essays due every week. It’s not horrible, though, I actually prefer it to the busy work of high school.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 22, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

        I asked this cos I only ever did up to Year 10 myself and that was decades ago.

        I was curious as I heard about how much homework kids get these days.

        • Habap
          Habap
          November 22, 2011 at 11:09 am | #

          They only say that. They didn’t have to walk ten miles, uphill, through the snow, just to get to school. Without shoes.

          • Michelle J Caboose
            Michelle J Caboose
            November 22, 2011 at 2:12 pm | #

            Both ways.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              November 22, 2011 at 2:47 pm | #

              Don’t forget fording the raging river while fighting off the grizzly bears

        • chronicler
          chronicler
          November 22, 2011 at 5:22 pm | #

          Highschool I had ridiculous amounts of homework due every night. I swear they gave me more hours worth than there were in a day, and my parents wouldn’t let me stay up late to get it done. Sweet crap the math alone was almost enough to undo me. Get home at three with three hours of math homework. They knew I had three other courses right? Everyday felt like I was being buried alive in a thousand tiny errands and they’d always try and surprise me with entirely new types of work I’d have to figure out on the fly.

          College I probably technically have more homework, a smaller number of larger assignments so it’s easier to manage. Plus less time spent in class means I have more time to do it. Couple that with the fact that I have the freedom to sleep as little as I need in order to get the job done and it all becomes quite reasonable. Additionally, I get to choose all my courses so that they’re tailored to my own strengths. The course descriptions are detailed to a degree that there aren’t a lot of surprises. I feel that for myself, personally, College has been far easier than highschool.

          That’s my story anyway. I’m sure a lot of people have different stories to tell.

  8. Janette
    Janette
    November 22, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    But that’s what I do in college.

  9. Compass
    Compass
    November 22, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    What else could you possibly distract yourself with in college? Lectures?

    • a99steaksauce
      a99steaksauce
      November 22, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

      There are also loud neighbors that make loud noises through the end of the night like they stole a steem roller. <l:{D

  10. Tucker
    Tucker
    November 22, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

    I’ve noticed a startling trend in Dumbing of Age…
    …People don’t often like to part their teeth. I mean, not like they did in It’s Walky! Circa 2004. Perhaps teeth parting is something learned at a certain age in Willis’ world?

    Besides, grinding is not good for the enamel.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 22, 2011 at 10:52 am | #

      That’s not actually teeth – that’s the shining light of God, manifesting itself by making their heads glow from the inside out. The camera isn’t usually in a position to see it, but they’re casting little beams of light on the opposite wall every time they open their mouths. (There’s also two little dots shining on the floor from their nostrils.)

      This happens less for the older characters because god has rejected them. When you see a tongue, that means the character is flirting with eternal fiery damnation.

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        November 22, 2011 at 1:01 pm | #

        I am in awe.

  11. Digidestined of Trust
    Digidestined of Trust
    November 22, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

    HECK YEAH! I’M IN!

  12. CelestialEmpress
    CelestialEmpress
    November 22, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

    That sounds awesome.

  13. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 22, 2011 at 1:13 am | #

    Man, that’s what I do. Except it’s in a Western-themed pizza joint, and I pretend I’m a cowboy.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 22, 2011 at 2:37 am | #

      Do you get many funny looks when you do this? 😀

      • a99steaksauce
        a99steaksauce
        November 22, 2011 at 3:07 am | #

        If it was a joint near a college than half the people woulda probably thought “Seen it” or “Done it” >:(D

      • Wandering Meme
        Wandering Meme
        November 22, 2011 at 8:13 am | #

        Thats what SHE said…

  14. Ascension
    Ascension
    November 22, 2011 at 1:59 am | #

    Burger Kings have atriums now? This is a thing?

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      November 22, 2011 at 4:57 am | #

      I’m pretty sure it’s just a fancy way of referring to the general area between the counter and the seating area.

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        November 22, 2011 at 10:59 am | #

        I’ve actually seen a lot of Burger Kings recently with this huge area in the middle of the seating section, that has two tables filled with computers.

        It’ll be like:
        / \
        [Booth]
        Where I’ll be sitting at the booth, and in front of me there are those two tables meeting at an angle, and all the other tables are scattered around the walls outside that area.

        It really does make you feel like a starship captain. If that makes any sense.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          November 22, 2011 at 10:00 pm | #

          I haven’t actually been into one of the recently remodeled BK’s yet. I’ll have to keep an eye out. I had heard that a lot of stores were being done in a sort of NuTrek aesthetic.

  15. NikNik
    NikNik
    November 22, 2011 at 4:50 am | #

    I never acted mature in college when it came to relaxing. We had movie nights and video game nights almost every week. It’s how they got me to curse and addicted to the Need for Speed series.

  16. Locke
    Locke
    November 22, 2011 at 5:32 am | #

    Yeah, Walky. Real college students break into Burger Kings at night and SLEEP in those things, not play in them. You’d be surprised at how much I save on housing.

  17. Spazman
    Spazman
    November 22, 2011 at 5:41 am | #

    aaaand Walky’s quickly filling his fanservice quota.

  18. narmenduke
    narmenduke
    November 22, 2011 at 8:59 am | #

    Dorothy’s face in the last panel is priceless.

  19. Michelle J Caboose
    Michelle J Caboose
    November 22, 2011 at 9:07 am | #

    Oh, Dorothy. That’s how you’re supposed to act in college.

    Believe me, I know. I work at a Walmart that is near a state university. That’s how the students act when they come into my store every night. And twice on weekends. >_<

  20. Lord Synick XXIII
    Lord Synick XXIII
    November 22, 2011 at 10:17 am | #

    Aw. Sad Sal in 3rd panel.

    …What?

  21. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    November 22, 2011 at 10:20 am | #

    Yeees, Joyce. Gaze lovingly at Dorothy. Sail the ship with me! MWAHAHAHA!

  22. Ryan Balis
    Ryan Balis
    November 22, 2011 at 10:22 am | #

    I love this couple!

  23. nothri
    nothri
    November 22, 2011 at 11:38 am | #

    Okay Dorothy, while we’re pretending to be all mature and going to college and shit, are we also pretending we don’t watch Dexter Cartoons with the guy who pretends he’s a starship captain?

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      November 22, 2011 at 1:47 pm | #

      Everybody watches/reads Dexter cartoons. Even Fans! read Dexter when he was in the newspapers: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030429.html.

      Boom!

  24. NakedDumblydore
    NakedDumblydore
    November 22, 2011 at 11:42 am | #

    Don’t knock it till you try it, Dotty.

  25. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    November 22, 2011 at 2:27 pm | #

    Dammit Walky, so close yet so far!!!

  26. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    November 22, 2011 at 3:06 pm | #

    My college friends and I distracted ourselves by running around in the woods pretending we were fighting goblins and orcs.

    We also amused ourselves and broke up the monotony of classes by staging random acts of weirdness… sometimes with the cooperation of professors.

    Few things will wake you up more than when a knight in armor wanders in mid-lecture and proceeds to beat your professor with a rubber chicken. Or a group of serious-looking, business suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying people take their seats in the center of the dining hall and suddenly break into a rendition of “Tarzan Boy.”

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      November 22, 2011 at 3:54 pm | #

      Ah LARP, one of the I didn’t have the chance joys of college since I worked four nights a week

  27. Name
    Name
    November 22, 2011 at 4:43 pm | #

    Poor Walky, nobody listens to him even though he doesn’t do anything wrong.

  28. Name
    Name
    November 22, 2011 at 4:43 pm | #

    Poor Walky, nobody listens to him even though he doesn’t do anything wrong.

  29. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    November 22, 2011 at 6:08 pm | #

    Dotwalky ship sinking… sinking… and it’s gone.

    When did Walky get all southern?

    • Boringamus
      Boringamus
      November 22, 2011 at 8:52 pm | #

      But wait! It was a submarine! And it will be back, mark my words.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        November 22, 2011 at 10:27 pm | #

        And it’s long and hard and full of seamen, too.

  30. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    November 22, 2011 at 7:58 pm | #

    Big mistake Dorothy, the only way Walky would have listened to you is if you added the words “for wizards” at the end of that sentence. 🙁

  31. aqua
    aqua
    November 22, 2011 at 11:44 pm | #

    is that lake shark ad from a strip, or a teaser for a future strip? because it looks like it could be part of a cool short arc.

  32. Zem
    Zem
    November 29, 2011 at 9:39 am | #

    “Pretrend we are in college”

    Walky’s already playing that game constantly.

  33. SteveCharb
    SteveCharb
    December 20, 2011 at 1:18 am | #

    Update:
    Walky’s prayers answered.

    this is real this is happening

  34. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 16, 2015 at 11:01 pm | #

    “Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.”

    Deuteronomy 32:38

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