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July 21, 2023

Nightmare

by David M Willis on November 15, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Pajama Jeans

└ Tags: dorothy, jennifer, joyce, sarah, walky

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  1. Henry
    Henry
    November 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Well isn’t Billie just a beacon of joy and happiness?

    • Henry
      Henry
      November 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

      Oh God, not again.

      • Valerie
        Valerie
        November 15, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

        I just need you to know that I read both of your comments in Applejack’s voice.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          November 15, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

          As did we all.

          • alex
            alex
            November 15, 2011 at 1:31 am | #

            except me.
            i don’t watch ponies.

            • Henry
              Henry
              November 15, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

              *GASP*

            • 3DSarge
              3DSarge
              November 15, 2011 at 1:56 am | #

              Come.

              Come, alex.

              Join the herd.

              We have cupcakes.

              • lightsabermario
                lightsabermario
                November 15, 2011 at 2:48 am | #

                You mean these cupcakes?
                http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/mlp-fanfic-cupcakes.47156/
                Thanks, I’ll pass.

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  November 15, 2011 at 9:04 pm | #

                  I… buh? wha? ::hides from that very, very strange link::

                • alex
                  alex
                  December 19, 2011 at 5:20 am | #

                  i… i think i’ll pass…

                • shadowsneakz
                  shadowsneakz
                  September 29, 2015 at 2:20 pm | #

                  I WILL NEVER LIKE CUPCAKES AGAIN

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                November 15, 2011 at 4:06 am | #

                Cupcakes? Oh no. Don’t eat it alex, for your own good, don’t eat the cupcakes especially if it’s been serve by a pony.

            • Cyth
              Cyth
              November 15, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

              Same here.

            • Palmetto
              Palmetto
              November 15, 2011 at 12:41 pm | #

              Is that what it is?

              • Hayo
                Hayo
                May 22, 2012 at 1:47 pm | #

                Mmmmm cupcakes

        • shadowsneakz
          shadowsneakz
          September 29, 2015 at 2:14 pm | #

          i didn’t read it in her voice until you pointed it out, but now i cannot un-hear it.

    • Brendan
      Brendan
      November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

      Muahaha… I escaped… thanks to YOU.

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      November 15, 2011 at 9:07 am | #

      Billie, you’re an inspiration to us all.

      Seriously, someone should make a successory about her!

  2. Traptfreak
    Traptfreak
    November 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Creepy last panel is Creepy

  3. Brendan
    Brendan
    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Why… what… why are you here?

    Also, happy deuteranniversary, Ethan!

  4. addude
    addude
    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Ballface!

    • Wandering Meme
      Wandering Meme
      November 15, 2011 at 9:13 am | #

      If i were walky…

      Walky: You’re right…LET’S SUCK FACE!!!!!!

    • ironballs16
      ironballs16
      October 16, 2013 at 10:42 am | #

      BallFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

  5. Leorale
    Leorale
    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Concisely told, Dorothy! Poor Joyce.

    Also, here is the obligatory “ball-FAAAACE”

    • MediaDuke
      MediaDuke
      November 15, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      Damn, you beat me to it. Like your mom beat me off last night for a nickel.

      • Fred
        Fred
        November 15, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

        With her… no wait…

        • Wandering Meme
          Wandering Meme
          November 15, 2011 at 9:10 am | #

          aww man, i was waiting to use the man-gina joke again!

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        November 15, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

        You got screwed. I went all the way for the nickel.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          November 15, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

          Or didn’t get screwed, anyway.

          • Khrene Cleaver
            Khrene Cleaver
            November 15, 2011 at 10:01 pm | #

            Without his penis then?

  6. John Harmon
    John Harmon
    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    I’m like this every morning, sans the alcohol.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      November 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Maybe you need alcohol to make you feel better?

      • a99steaksauce
        a99steaksauce
        November 15, 2011 at 12:35 am | #

        i know i do.

        • André
          André
          November 15, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

          Is that icon coincidental?

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          November 15, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

          Well OF COURSE Drunk Mike would.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        November 15, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

        No. Coffee!

        • Semysane
          Semysane
          November 15, 2011 at 4:05 am | #

          Is it weird that I read that in Long John Baldry’s voice, then yelled out IRL “By Celestia’s Beard!”

          • Anon
            Anon
            November 15, 2011 at 4:28 am | #

            Yes.

  7. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    That is an understatement.

  8. Aizat
    Aizat
    November 15, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh come on Billie, you can do better than that.

  9. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Hungover Billie is not my favourite.

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      November 15, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Wow, Billie, you’re cheesy when you’re hung over.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 15, 2011 at 4:08 am | #

      Hungover Billie looks like a zombie.

      • espanolbot
        espanolbot
        November 15, 2011 at 4:51 am | #

        Booooooze! Boooooozzeeeee!

        • Professor Zoot
          Professor Zoot
          November 15, 2011 at 5:47 pm | #

          So what does it sound like when you extend silent e like that?

  10. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    November 15, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    All that drinking and she is merely hung over? She had enough to give Superman alcohol poisoning!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      She have a clock work liver just like Kenshin.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 15, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      Maybe she barfed a lot..

    • Henry
      Henry
      November 15, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      That is Billie’s abductee power.

      Willis, I thought we weren’t going to see any of this abductee crap again!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 15, 2011 at 8:01 pm | #

        It’s more likely to be the result of Scottish/Irish ancestry power.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      November 15, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

      Her liver is iron

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 15, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

        Her liver is why the alarm goes off at airport security.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          November 15, 2011 at 1:07 am | #

          Man, we play off each other so well, don’t we?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 15, 2011 at 6:31 am | #

            We do at times, it’s a matter of if we are in the zone or not.

  11. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    November 15, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    If you didn’t drink you wouldn’t be hungover!

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      November 15, 2011 at 7:25 am | #

      That’s Sober Logic ™ right there.

      Have about two and a half drinks, and you’ll see things differently.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        November 15, 2011 at 5:58 pm | #

        I don’t drink.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          November 15, 2011 at 10:45 pm | #

          Exactly.

    • insomniac
      insomniac
      November 19, 2011 at 6:03 am | #

      If you didn’t sober up, you wouldn’t be hung over, either.

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    No Billie, what you NEED is water and maybe some Vitamin B.

    • Zuche
      Zuche
      November 15, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      All she needs is love!

      Altogether now!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        November 15, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

        All she needs is love!

        • a99steaksauce
          a99steaksauce
          November 15, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

          for a nickel.

          • Ancestral Hamster
            Ancestral Hamster
            November 15, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

            With Billie, it’s free.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              November 15, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

              The first one’s free. Every time after can be yours for 5 easy payments of $19.95!

              • Jacob
                Jacob
                November 15, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

                Or any amount of alcohol

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  November 15, 2011 at 1:06 am | #

                  It’s very expensive alcohol.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        November 15, 2011 at 9:23 am | #

        And other Beatles songs.

  13. fellixe
    fellixe
    November 15, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    Don’t know if it was intentional but that cluster of thumbtacks behind Joyce in panel one are like those *bloop-bloop* foggy bubbles of confusion, but done subtley. Neat.

  14. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    November 15, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    “Holy crap! Dorothy, you just verbed two never-before-verbed nouns in one 22-word sentence! Are you Shakespeare? Should I be following you around with an app that listens to your sentences for further neologisms, and then posts them directly to Urban Dictionary?”

    “Walky, stop linguisting! It’s out of character for you! Joyce is seriously residual-traumaing and maybe identity-crisising, and even though we interventioned last night, we’re still going to be responsibling until we’ve helped her through the Kubler-Rossing.”

    “GENIUS.”

    • Random832
      Random832
      November 15, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

      Glass has been verbed before. Perhaps not in that sense, though.

      • Crumplepunch
        Crumplepunch
        November 15, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

        I’ve heard “glassed” being used in that sense a lot.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        November 15, 2011 at 10:05 am | #

        Yes, though it makes me think of Joyce as the Covenant, dealing with Ryan from orbit. . .

      • Michelle J Caboose
        Michelle J Caboose
        November 15, 2011 at 10:15 am | #

        Yes. In the Halo games, the Covenant forces have a procedure they perform on the surfaces of enemy planets they wish to depopulate. Apparently, it involves superheating the planetary surface, and is called “glassing.” A planet that has been thus treated is referred to as having been “glassed.”

        I like to think this is what Dorothy is referring to when she says “then Joyce glassed him.” But I suppose “punched him in the face with a glass” works almost as well…

        • Michelle J Caboose
          Michelle J Caboose
          November 15, 2011 at 10:24 am | #

          Wow, rereading that, I realize how much that first paragraph makes me sound like a nerd.

          I mean, I am a nerd, but that paragraph really makes me sound like one. :/

          • Kitsuki Noriyuki
            Kitsuki Noriyuki
            November 15, 2011 at 11:04 am | #

            It’s also a fairly common euphemism in modern sci-fi for nuking a place.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              November 15, 2011 at 3:45 pm | #

              The origin of that is, of course, the way sand becomes glass if you superheat it. So if you go to, for example, the first nuclear bomb test site, the whole patch of desert got melted and fused into glass. Kind of cool, in a REALLY eerie sort of way. Basically, that’s what the Elites did to most of Asia. Or Africa. Or wherever it was.

              • Michelle J Caboose
                Michelle J Caboose
                November 15, 2011 at 4:47 pm | #

                Which is why I prefer to think that this is what Joyce did to Ryan. ^_^

                • Hannover Fist
                  Hannover Fist
                  November 15, 2011 at 6:22 pm | #

                  Whenever I hear of somebody being glassed, all I can think of is the ‘straya day video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4AchHTN-XQ

      • waytoomanyusernames
        waytoomanyusernames
        November 15, 2011 at 4:14 pm | #

        Yep, certainly in the UK it’s understood to refer to being hit in the face with a broken bottle or glass. The newspapers even use it.

    • Pat
      Pat
      November 15, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

      Intervened. It’s already a word.

      • drs
        drs
        November 15, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

        Next you’ll be saying we should say ‘use’ instead of ‘utilize’ and then the Bureaucracy won’t want to hire you anymore.

        • drs
          drs
          November 15, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

          I’m still Happy-Joyce!

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      November 15, 2011 at 7:42 am | #

      Responsibling is what Walky is to Sal, I guess.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        November 15, 2011 at 9:24 am | #

        Responsibling is what rappers who want to be good role models wear.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          November 15, 2011 at 11:09 am | #

          hee hee that one made me smile

  15. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    November 15, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

    I just realized that it’s only a matter of time before Billie is mistaken for a D&D affectionado expressing a preference.

  16. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 15, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

    Speaking of nightmares, hung-over Billie has a scary face.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 15, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

      Billie’s gonna look 45 by the time she reaches 25 if she doesn’t change her lifestyle.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        November 15, 2011 at 1:05 am | #

        “Don’t feel bad, Billie! Some guys love a more mature woman. Excluding the fact you still party like a teenager, you are the perfect image of one!”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 15, 2011 at 4:09 am | #

          Especially with your huge….tracts of land.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 15, 2011 at 6:30 am | #

            Depends on whenever you prefer Tubs’ tract of land or Jugs’ sweater puppies more.

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 15, 2011 at 10:56 am | #

        That just makes it easier to acquire booze without an ID.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 15, 2011 at 4:25 pm | #

          So there is an upside… 😀

  17. NF
    NF
    November 15, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

    At least she still believes in justice!

  18. David McG
    David McG
    November 15, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

    Oh good, he can tell her about the pajama jeans now.

    • ryan
      ryan
      November 15, 2011 at 9:46 am | #

      he can tell everyone about them all at once at the same time!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        November 15, 2011 at 11:31 am | #

        How convenient!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 15, 2011 at 4:27 pm | #

          and thus, the PJ jeans become the newest best-seller since the Snuggie.

          • Hannover Fist
            Hannover Fist
            November 15, 2011 at 6:31 pm | #

            I bet Walky already has one of those.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 15, 2011 at 7:58 pm | #

              I can totally see him owning one.

  19. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    November 15, 2011 at 1:28 am | #

    You say that, Billie, but wait ’til you see these pants.

    THESE GODDAMN PANTS.

  20. Xi
    Xi
    November 15, 2011 at 1:38 am | #

    And suddenly calling somebody ballface causes everyone to forget about tragedy for a moment. Bravo Billie. If you were real, I would drink with you always if only for the hung over mornings. ( Annnnd if my avatar is still Ruth, then Beerios sexy times. ;D )

  21. Uhm.
    Uhm.
    November 15, 2011 at 1:44 am | #

    There’s a bit too much an inappropriate mix of seriousness and humour that’s leaving a funny taste in my mouth.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      November 15, 2011 at 12:30 pm | #

      It only taste funny because Billie hasn’t showered.

    • madd
      madd
      November 15, 2011 at 12:49 pm | #

      I don’t know about that, but I was really annoyed with Billie’s entrance in to this scene. I wanted to see what Walky’s reaction was after the first shock of hearing it, but now Billie is likely to monopolize t he conversation or at least insert distracting comments.

  22. Dan
    Dan
    November 15, 2011 at 7:02 am | #

    Hey look, the DRAGONS shirt.

    • Lunchbox
      Lunchbox
      November 15, 2011 at 1:52 pm | #

      Woo!

      Related thought: Does Billy realise the irony of her nerd-hating ways whilst wearing a shirt with DRAGONS emblazoned on the front?

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 15, 2011 at 2:33 pm | #

        Nerds don’t own dragons!

        Just like how hockey doesn’t own ducks.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          November 15, 2011 at 3:40 pm | #

          But, like hockey has the mightiest ducks, nerds have the mightiest dragons. WE WIN!

    • Andy
      Andy
      November 15, 2011 at 7:18 pm | #

      Now we need to see Ruth wearing a shirt that says “Dovahkiin.”

  23. AckAckAck(Bizarro Roz)
    AckAckAck(Bizarro Roz)
    November 15, 2011 at 7:05 am | #

    Quick Billie! mix raw egg, ginger and Guiness beer in a big glass, warm it up and drink it!

    Hang over cure? not really, but it going to be so horrible she will snap out if it!

  24. Joraiem
    Joraiem
    November 15, 2011 at 7:16 am | #

    Dammit Walky, hug Joyce! Do it!

    You hug that girl this instant!

    • Lord Synick XXIII
      Lord Synick XXIII
      November 15, 2011 at 10:19 am | #

      May not be the greatest idea right now.

      • madd
        madd
        November 15, 2011 at 12:52 pm | #

        Why? It’s not like she’s got physical memory of the assault and it doesn’t look to me like any of the other folk there are being very physically comforting. I think he should probably ask if he can hug her of if she would like a hug, but I don’t see why being hugged by a friend would be a bad.

      • Joraiem
        Joraiem
        November 15, 2011 at 3:22 pm | #

        Greatest idea or not, I can’t look at Panel 2 and NOT want her to get all of the hugs.

  25. MM
    MM
    November 15, 2011 at 7:37 am | #

    …I’m not really seeing a marked decrease in quality of insult.

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      November 15, 2011 at 10:21 am | #

      I think it’s more that she actually had to stop and think about it, rather than it just rolling off her tongue automatically.

      “Who put this Walky here?” I love this line, more than “and then Sarah baseball-batted him.”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 15, 2011 at 4:31 pm | #

        Cos she would rather have the other Walky(Sal) instead.

        • Michelle J Caboose
          Michelle J Caboose
          November 15, 2011 at 4:49 pm | #

          That kind of raises the question of which Walkerton she finds less annoying. Hmmm…

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 15, 2011 at 7:57 pm | #

            A better question would be: Which Walkerton is more shippable with Billie?

            • Michelle J Caboose
              Michelle J Caboose
              November 16, 2011 at 12:13 pm | #

              Why choose? Why not ship both?

  26. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    November 15, 2011 at 7:51 am | #

    Billie you’re so clever.

  27. Wix
    Wix
    November 15, 2011 at 9:09 am | #

    This comic doesn’t have enough Dina in it.

    • ryan
      ryan
      November 15, 2011 at 9:49 am | #

      what are you talking about? she’s been in every strip to date!

  28. ryan
    ryan
    November 15, 2011 at 9:51 am | #

    wasn’t ballface a dick tracy villain?

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      November 15, 2011 at 10:17 am | #

      No, he was Butters from “South Park.”

  29. Zem
    Zem
    November 15, 2011 at 11:18 am | #

    At least I… wait… something… you… insult…

    C’mon, Walky, use that one.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 15, 2011 at 12:20 pm | #

      What for? Billie’s kind of used it already.

  30. NerdAtComputer
    NerdAtComputer
    November 15, 2011 at 12:56 pm | #

    This is how imagine this will go:

    Sarah will kick Billie out of the room and Walky (her only “friends”) will finally understand she’s been treating him like crap and give her the cold shoulder.
    Then Billie will notice how pathetic she really is (unwanted, lonely and drunk), and will break down.

    If things don’t go this-way-ish, I’ll be deeply disappointed.

    • madd
      madd
      November 15, 2011 at 2:37 pm | #

      But Walky is used to Billie treating him this way. Why would he suddenly wise up just ’cause Sarah kicked Billie out? Also, given that Billie was of some help the night before, I’m not 100% sure Sarah will kick her out unless she does something to upset Joyce .

  31. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    November 15, 2011 at 6:00 pm | #

    Billie should eat my Gravatar, maybe with some fried bread and several litres of OJ.

  32. HLY
    HLY
    November 22, 2012 at 9:47 pm | #

    I think I’m mostly happy about the “this walky commnet. makes me think she’s encountered more, and more walkys wpuld make the world a better place

  33. Aisling
    Aisling
    May 24, 2015 at 2:50 pm | #

    Billie is channelling the Tourettes Guy in the last panel. lol

  34. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 16, 2015 at 10:32 pm | #

    “And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.”

    1 Samuel 1:14

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