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September 20, 2023

Disabuse

by David M Willis on January 3, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Pajama Jeans

└ Tags: jennifer, ruth, sal

Discussion (193) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    January 3, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    SHOWDOWN WOO

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      January 3, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

      Angels sang out an immaculate chorus,
      Down from the heavens descended Sal Walters Walkerton

      • Joe H
        Joe H
        January 3, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

        +1 for the Ultimate Showdown reference. This begs the question, however… who then in this universe is Mr Rogers?

        • Tim
          Tim
          January 3, 2012 at 8:40 am | #

          Dina.

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          January 3, 2012 at 12:14 pm | #

          Clearly it’s Joyce.

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        January 3, 2012 at 2:45 am | #

        Who delivered a kick that could shatter bones…

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          January 3, 2012 at 2:47 am | #

          Into the crotch of Ruth (I wanna say… Jones?)

          • Spazman
            Spazman
            January 3, 2012 at 3:08 am | #

            who was unaffected, being a girl, as Amazi-girl changed back into Amber.

            • TheBenenator
              TheBenenator
              January 3, 2012 at 12:20 pm | #

              As my female friend explained it, you just have to get your foot further back — it STILL hurts. (She got ‘accidentally’ kicked there in a soccer game.)

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            January 3, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

            (it actually works if you say it as is, Blob)

            Who fell over on the ground,
            Writhing in pain,
            As Batman Walky changed back,
            Into David Willis,

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              January 3, 2012 at 3:17 am | #

              But Sal saw through
              His clever disguise,
              And she crushed Willis’ head
              In between her thighs.

              (What a way to go.)

              • Tucker
                Tucker
                January 3, 2012 at 5:51 am | #

                Then Galasso the Boss and Galasso the Pizza and
                Roomies’ and It’s Walky’s Joe Ro’ [sic]

  2. TaZZerath
    TaZZerath
    January 3, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

  3. iamthemasterplan
    iamthemasterplan
    January 3, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Finally, someone to stand up to her. Don’t let me down, Sal!

    • Kaj
      Kaj
      January 3, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

      I <3 panel 4. I have a… violent… hatred of bullies.

    • Commander Clash
      Commander Clash
      January 3, 2012 at 11:04 am | #

      About bloody time someone stood up to her. If I was a girl I’d have stood toe-to-toe with her no matter how hard I got beat down. And the tubbo name-calling was uncalled for. Although I’d say, “Tubbo? Wow, I thought someone with your “higher education” could come up with something better you self-righteous, overbearing, sactimnious windbag.”

    • Kaolla
      Kaolla
      January 6, 2012 at 6:05 pm | #

      She’s gotta protect her woman :3

  4. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    January 3, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Know what happens when you assault your RA?
    EXPELLED.

    Know what happens when youe RA assaults you?
    A RAISE.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Know what happens when your RA EXPELLED A RAISE? Yeah, me neither.

    • Zaratustra
      Zaratustra
      January 3, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Sal’s just brushing a leaf off Ruth’s hair.

    • Izzy
      Izzy
      January 3, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Know what happens when you and your ra assault each other in a kiddie pool full of mud? Raises from most of the male readers…and I’m not talkin about money.

      • gangler
        gangler
        January 3, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        I’m sure money could be arranged as well.

        • Izzy
          Izzy
          January 3, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

          Yeah but the money would probably come from some female readers too

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      What’s that? You assaulted a student? Here, have a bag of money.

    • brasca1
      brasca1
      January 3, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

      Keep in mind Billie still has the pictures of Ruth passed out with alcohol in hand. I’m actually surprised Billie didn’t insinuate that again, but seeing as how Ruth took her by surprise she probably didn’t think of it. Perhaps that’s for later. Meanwhile I like where this is going.

    • Shifty
      Shifty
      January 3, 2012 at 5:17 am | #

      Know what happens if Sal gets expelled?
      She shows up at Ruth’s and takes the raise Ruth earned, along with her lunch money. 😛

      • CWR
        CWR
        January 3, 2012 at 6:04 am | #

        And then Sal puts it somewhere really uncomfortable.

        Like the backseat of a Toyota Tercel.

        • CWR
          CWR
          January 3, 2012 at 6:17 am | #

          And then Sal puts it somewhere really uncomfortable.

          Like the backseat of a Toyota Tercel.

          • CWR
            CWR
            January 3, 2012 at 6:19 am | #

            And then Sal puts it somewhere really uncomfortable.

            Like the backseat of a Toyota Tercel.

            • Commander Clash
              Commander Clash
              January 3, 2012 at 11:05 am | #

              Are you sure it’s not the back of a Volkswagon?

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          January 3, 2012 at 12:15 pm | #

          Hey now, why is it only my open tags that ruin the whole section?

  5. Gundi
    Gundi
    January 3, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal just… became one of my favorite characters.

    • fezzam
      fezzam
      January 3, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

      Wasn’t already? gtfo of my comments you don’t deserve them!!

      • Spazman
        Spazman
        January 3, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

        Seconded.

        Also, spoiler alert–Sal is Amazi-girl’s Father.

        She’s just that awesome.

  6. Platypus
    Platypus
    January 3, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I have gained new respect for Sal.

  7. Robert
    Robert
    January 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    As Joe would say “Okay now make out…make out…make out…”

    • Seerow
      Seerow
      January 3, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      They were going to make out, then Ruth took an arrow to the knee.

      • Batman1016
        Batman1016
        January 3, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

        ‘Cuz Mike was out shooting people in the knees with a bow and arrow. After he fucked their mothers for a nickle. And then shot them in the knees.

        • Spazman
          Spazman
          January 3, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

          with their own femurs.

          • Icalasari
            Icalasari
            January 3, 2012 at 5:43 pm | #

            Arrows made of femurs

            No wonder the guards stopped adventuring. How do you go on after your own femurs were crafted into arrows and shot into your knee?

  8. CelestialEmpress
    CelestialEmpress
    January 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    And now I love Sal even more.

  9. Khantalas
    Khantalas
    January 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Ruth, you don’t get to abuse Sal’s roommate.

    That’s Sal’s job.

  10. Aizat
    Aizat
    January 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Damn it, Sal. Don’t you see you’re interrupting Ruth’s fun? Besides, Billlie wants a piece of her freckled ass.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      January 3, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Billie will have to settle for sloppy seconds cos Sal gets firsties.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        January 3, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        Sal is resisting the urge to grab Ruth’s ass in panel 3. Now you can’t unsee it.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          January 3, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

          And that’s a bad thing because?

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            January 3, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

            It isn’t, but now you won’t be able to think of any other interpretation.

  11. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Place ya bets here!

    Personally, I’m hoping for another Amazigirl intervention. Because the only thing better than a three girl catfight is a four girl catfight.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      The only thing better than a four girl catfight is battle royal catfight.

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      January 3, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      Why is it always “Cat fight! rawr hiss hahahaha!” whenever women fight? You could have two men fighting over the pettiest reason, and it’s a fight, and usually turns into an action sequence. But two women? Context doesn’t matter! Let’s point and laugh and hope they tear each other’s clothes!

      Actually, that’s kind of irritating.

      • fezzam
        fezzam
        January 3, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrL9z3Kvww
        This is why the ‘catfight’ is appealing.

        • Darksen
          Darksen
          January 3, 2012 at 10:41 am | #

          Personally I was hoping that the explanation wouldn’t make guys look like complete idiots, even if the reasoning behind the appeal is stable and I’d be lying if I claimed ignorance that that is the specific appeal for many men. One could make the argument though that some guys like women who aren’t afraid of a fight or can win one much like some women like men who file into that category.

          • das-g
            das-g
            January 3, 2012 at 5:06 pm | #

            The very category of Ethan and Willis? (In the other comic’s universe, at least.) If that wasn’t a cat fight there, I haven’t seen one, yet.

            • Darksen
              Darksen
              January 3, 2012 at 9:37 pm | #

              I rest my case.

      • Doom Shepherd
        Doom Shepherd
        January 3, 2012 at 11:41 am | #

        Actually, most girl fights I’ve seen are pretty brutal and violent. Worse than guy fights. And THAT is why I find them entertaining.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        January 3, 2012 at 1:02 pm | #

        Cat fights are entertaining because that bongo needs a brutal takedown and us guys can’t hit a girl. So we like seeing a girl doing the job we can’t.

        Plus if clothes get ripped up during the fight, we generally ain’t complaining.

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          January 3, 2012 at 3:15 pm | #

          Bullshit. Guys can hit a girl just as much as girls can hit guys or one gender can hit their own gender.

          Stop perpetuating stupid gender norms. 😐

          • beeftony
            beeftony
            January 3, 2012 at 4:09 pm | #

            Nobody should hit anybody. Violence is not an acceptable way of resolving conflict.

            That’s not to say nobody does, I just don’t think we should be talking about who’s allowed to hit whom when the whole concept of violence as conflict resolution is abhorrent.

            • Zababcd
              Zababcd
              January 3, 2012 at 4:57 pm | #

              Violence is an inferior and flawed method of resolving conflict, but I wouldn’t say that it’s always ‘unacceptable’. It reflects badly on the person who has to resort to violence, but it can be preferable to inaction if the person is incapable of developing an alternative strategy of conflict resolution.

              If one is in a situation where violence is the only option that they can find, then there shouldn’t be a question of who can hit who – there should be no option but to hit whoever one needs to hit. If there’s an option, then they should still be trying to find alternative solutions.

              • icepyrox
                icepyrox
                January 3, 2012 at 5:27 pm | #

                The stereotype (to my way of thinking) is due in part to a mental block. When dealing with the same gender, there is a sense of territory, dominance, pride, and other foolishness that seems to bring about violence as the only alternative. When dealing with the opposite gender, this seems to rarely come into play. In other words, I was brought up that violence, in general, should be avoided, but sometimes it can’t be. While I was brought up not to hit a lady, I will say that as Sean Connery once said, “Sometimes you just have to slap the bongo.”

                • taekwondogirl
                  taekwondogirl
                  January 3, 2012 at 10:48 pm | #

                  … You were doing so well up until the Connery quote.

            • taekwondogirl
              taekwondogirl
              January 3, 2012 at 10:46 pm | #

              Notice I said “just as much” as all the other situations? That completely avoids the debate as to how acceptable violence is in general. Whatever you deem the acceptable level and situations for violence, it’s the same across the board for genders.

              I do agree that violence is not a solution in real world situations but… we’re talking about comics. It’s such an irritating trope to see. Such as when a super villainess is wiping the floor with a male superhero because he refuses to hit a girl.

    • C.
      C.
      January 3, 2012 at 11:27 pm | #

      Amazi-girl would probably try to break up the fight.

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    January 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Sal must be picking Ruth off the floor going by Ruth’s face.

    • Robert
      Robert
      January 3, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      She can’t be. I don’t see any black eyes, missing teeth or even any blood.

      • Robert
        Robert
        January 3, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        I think sal can expect one of three possible outcomes from ruth.

        1. She’ll roundhouse kick sal in the chin. Thereby knocking her clear across the room.

        2. She’ll make out with her.

        3. Ruth will cry like a baby and beg for mercy.

    • Gundi
      Gundi
      January 3, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      My guess it’s just that Sal has grabbed some of Ruth’s hair. That can be painful.

      • Michelle J Caboose
        Michelle J Caboose
        January 3, 2012 at 10:09 am | #

        I like the idea that Sal is lifting Ruth by the top of her head. First, because the way her hand is drawn, it definitely does not look like she’s just holding hair. Second, because it’s much cooler for her to be lifting Ruth by her scalp than to just be pulling hair.

        Thirdly, I <3 Sal and want to have her babies.

        • Tucker
          Tucker
          January 3, 2012 at 12:16 pm | #

          “This doesn’t seem physically possible!”

          • Michelle J Caboose
            Michelle J Caboose
            January 3, 2012 at 12:19 pm | #

            Hey, when you’re that cool, you don’t need a…

            Oh, wait, I already made that joke, back when we started shipping Billie and Sal…

          • Michelle J Caboose
            Michelle J Caboose
            January 3, 2012 at 12:25 pm | #

            Alternately:
            “Listen, once when we were kids, we went ice skating, and she fell through the ice. She was under there for three hours, and when they pulled her out, not only was she still alive, she was pregnant.”

            • Tucker
              Tucker
              January 3, 2012 at 1:19 pm | #

              Trust Caboose to miss an RvB reference (because -1 is just that awesome).

              • Michelle J Caboose
                Michelle J Caboose
                January 3, 2012 at 3:07 pm | #

                ACTually, I caught it the first time, but I’m trying to make “when you’re that cool, etc.” a meme of sorts. But then i thought a RvB quote might actually be an appropriate response. Several minutes later. [facepalm]

                And yes, #-1 is that awesome. (Alternate reply: “I like me.”)

                • Tucker
                  Tucker
                  January 3, 2012 at 3:31 pm | #

                  Comment posterity is serious business =P

  13. Aizat
    Aizat
    January 3, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    I think Ruth wants her beer back, Billie.

  14. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    January 3, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Never touch a ginger’s hair. It makes them even more dangerous! Especially if that ginger is Ruth.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      January 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      Her hair gives her super strength!

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        January 3, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

        We must cut it off like Sampson’s hair! Quick, where’s Delilah?

        • OhHayMike
          OhHayMike
          January 3, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

          New York City.

          • Wonder Wig
            Wonder Wig
            January 3, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

            That really REALLY hurt. XP

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            January 3, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

            Isn’t that reference dated?

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            January 3, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

            I had to read that twice XD

          • Jezzeh
            Jezzeh
            January 3, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

            Best comment EVER.

  15. Akari
    Akari
    January 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Sal is becoming even cooler over a very short period of time. How does she do it? Forever cool.

  16. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    January 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    I’ll get the popcorn.

  17. kazzellin
    kazzellin
    January 3, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Yay Sal! 😀

  18. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    January 3, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    Fun fact; In panel 3, Sal is resisting the urge to grab Ruth’s ass.

  19. Black Bumblebee
    Black Bumblebee
    January 3, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    In panel 3, it looks like Sal is using some sort of Darth Vader force move on Ruth

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      January 3, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      No, like I said, she’s resisting the urge to grab Ruth’s ass.

  20. Animal
    Animal
    January 3, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    There will be torn clothes, or I will be sorely disappointed. Sorely disappointed, I say.

    • Tucker
      Tucker
      January 3, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

      Register a kick-starter for your campaign. Capitalism at work!

  21. Rognik
    Rognik
    January 3, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    Now, am I forgetting anything here? Was there a special meeting set up between Ruth and Billie?

    Also, yay Sal! The only girl who successfully avoided the first day all girl’s meeting.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      January 3, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

      After school at the jungle gym. They were gonna settle things once and for all, but Billie backed out.

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      January 3, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

      Nope. But since Billie actually got Sal to sign the roomie agreement, Ruth’s ego is hurt, so she’s pissed off and looking for an excuse to bully Billie.

      • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        January 3, 2012 at 4:34 am | #

        Yeaaaah, Ruth, I can’t make excuses for you anymore, you’re just a bullying jerk now. I am now converted to the awesomeness of Sal. I <3 her… ^^

        • CeilDeAlta
          CeilDeAlta
          January 3, 2012 at 8:36 am | #

          o.o
          There was not any excuse for Ruth anyway, imo.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            January 3, 2012 at 1:07 pm | #

            There was an excuse for Ruth for a while. Up until right about when she goaded Billie into attacking her, and debatably including that act, she could have been honestly trying for the hardass philosophy of achieving order and peace. Everything after that put her definitively into the sadistic bully camp, though.

  22. Organs
    Organs
    January 3, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    FUCK YEAH! Get ‘er, Sal!!

  23. Yhelta
    Yhelta
    January 3, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

    Since becoming a brony I can’t help but hear Sal in Applejack’s voice

    • Johnathan
      Johnathan
      January 3, 2012 at 4:21 pm | #

      Strangely enough, I found that the voice I’d been using for Sal even before MLP:FiM came out matched near perfectly with Applejack. O_o

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      January 3, 2012 at 11:23 pm | #

      Me too, and I imagine Dina sounding like Fluttershy, and Joyce sounding like Pinkie Pie

  24. Aizat
    Aizat
    January 3, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    Maybe it’s me but for some reason, Billie looks cute in panel 1.

    • Chocobonobo
      Chocobonobo
      January 3, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Billie looks cute a lot of the time. C:

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        January 3, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        Agreed.

  25. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    January 3, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    There will be blood! This strip is far more entertaining then that movie good cinematography though.(digression) My money (if i actually were to bet on this) would be on Sal, but I think it’s more likely that Ruth may just back down due to Sal’s epicness(<– not actually a word)

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

      Epicness should be a word.

    • TheBenenator
      TheBenenator
      January 3, 2012 at 12:23 pm | #

      The term you are looking for it “epicousity.”

  26. NakedDumblydore
    NakedDumblydore
    January 3, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    Panel 3 Billie: You probably thought this was a nasty, bullying RA.

    Panel 4 Sal: Nope. Chuck Testa.

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      January 3, 2012 at 12:01 pm | #

      You can insert this panel into today’s strip.

      You’re welcome. ^_^

  27. Chocobonobo
    Chocobonobo
    January 3, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    Ruth’s got a nice raepface going on in panel 3.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

      I thought that was a slasher smile.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        January 3, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        Is there a distinction?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      January 3, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

      “I need an adult!”
      “I am an adult.”

      • Shifty
        Shifty
        January 3, 2012 at 5:12 am | #

        Adults nuttin!

        “I need Sal!”
        “I need Sal!”

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      January 3, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

      Also in panel three judging by both her expression and dialogue, Billie appears to be growing a spine! Which if Sal had not appeared would have been promptly snapped.

  28. Henry
    Henry
    January 3, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

    FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

    • murrkitteh
      murrkitteh
      January 3, 2012 at 5:45 am | #

      Do I have a problem if I read this in Applejack’s voice…?

  29. Blue
    Blue
    January 3, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

    So much shipping possibilities here. So much.

  30. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    January 3, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

    anybody else hear that subtle music change? That mean s***’s ’bout to go down!

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      January 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm | #

      Oddly enough, I hear the music that plays in Pokémon Diamond, when you get into a random encounter, or a trainer battle

      Great, now I hafta dig out my DS…

  31. fishamaphone
    fishamaphone
    January 3, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

    Please don’t let this be Ruth’s death, please don’t let this be Ruth’s death, please don’t let this be Ruth’s death, please don’t let this be Ruth’s death.

    • Zuche
      Zuche
      January 3, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

      That can’t happen unless they take this one to the streets.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        January 3, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

        When I read that, all I could think of was Sal throwing Ruth out a window.

        “Ah always preferred tha direct route.”

        • Crumplepunch
          Crumplepunch
          January 3, 2012 at 5:36 am | #

          Billie breaks out the Spider Jerusalem quotes. “I may have to order my filthy assistant to defenestrate you. And we wouldn’t want anything to happen to your fenestrates, now would we?”

        • Grikmeer
          Grikmeer
          January 3, 2012 at 12:30 pm | #

          “Just how many times did [s]he fall out of that window?”

          “It’s all a blur, and I lost count!”

  32. Jeffrey
    Jeffrey
    January 3, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

    Is it wrong that I read Sal’s dialogue with Applejack’s voice? My Little Roomies: College is Magic?!

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      January 3, 2012 at 11:05 am | #

      I’ve been reading her in Applejack’s voice ever since discovering MLP.

      • Sir Robin
        Sir Robin
        January 4, 2012 at 12:39 pm | #

        Does this mean Walky sounds like Big Mac?

  33. Tucker
    Tucker
    January 3, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

    Panel 2 is the best thing ever. What a lovely little 4th wall walking moment. …Especially the shit-eating grin.

    Mr. Willis, were you getting tired of people not grasping the time-line? =P

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      January 3, 2012 at 12:07 pm | #

      Remember, It’s still Saturday.

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        January 3, 2012 at 12:18 pm | #

        I’m fully aware, silly =P

        • Michelle J Caboose
          Michelle J Caboose
          January 3, 2012 at 12:38 pm | #

          Of course… That was a reminder to the people who don’t grasp the time-line. 😛

          Maybe we should take turns reminding people what day it is? ^_~

          • Tucker
            Tucker
            January 3, 2012 at 1:23 pm | #

            Willis has started doing that all over his Tumblr; but gladly! At least it’s easier to keep track of than Questionable Content. I get the feeling Jaqcues doesn’t really know what day it is either. How can you say no to Pintsize, though?

            “Does anybody really know what time it is,
            Does anybody really care!?

            Internets to whomever places the song preceding!

            • Michelle J Caboose
              Michelle J Caboose
              January 3, 2012 at 3:02 pm | #

              Chicago. I believe the tile of the song is “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”

              I really, really like that song, BTW.

              • Tucker
                Tucker
                January 3, 2012 at 3:32 pm | #

                Whahoo! If I could send you a vinyl, I would!

                Visit your next nearest used record store and ask them if they accept internets at the till.

          • icepyrox
            icepyrox
            January 3, 2012 at 5:42 pm | #

            As long as nobody refers to Rebecca Black for this, I think we will all be okay >_>

  34. Zuche
    Zuche
    January 3, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

    Every fight between Ruth and Billie has been well-attended. With a new participant, the draw can only become greater.

    What this conflict requires… is catering.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      January 3, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

      Galasso is the perfect avatar for that comment.

      • Crumplepunch
        Crumplepunch
        January 3, 2012 at 5:34 am | #

        Chef Galasso, no less!

  35. thatgirlwiththeglasses
    thatgirlwiththeglasses
    January 3, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

    YES! YAY SAL! 🙂

  36. turkishproverb
    turkishproverb
    January 3, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

    cool. now for Ruth to “accidentally” “snap her own neck”.

    • historyman68
      historyman68
      January 3, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

      a Dark Knight Returns reference?

  37. Chase
    Chase
    January 3, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

    Woo! I officially love Sal. …More.

  38. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    January 3, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

    Billie thought college was about learning? XD

  39. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    January 3, 2012 at 1:54 am | #

    … Billie thought college was about learning?

    Not that I’m questioning the idea of college being about learning. I’m just questioning the idea that _Billie_ thought it was.

    • f.p.
      f.p.
      January 3, 2012 at 2:59 am | #

      Much learning is done in college that is not done in class.

  40. Dr. Octopus
    Dr. Octopus
    January 3, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

    This is going to get good. Take as many strips as you need.

  41. Dr. Octopus
    Dr. Octopus
    January 3, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

    Also, what part of Alabama do they say “Howdy”?

    • CWR
      CWR
      January 3, 2012 at 6:12 am | #

      Howdy Doody, Alabama.

      Very small town.

      Okay, I made that up.

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      January 3, 2012 at 12:09 pm | #

      I don’t know — but I thought Sal went to school in Tennessee?

    • icepyrox
      icepyrox
      January 3, 2012 at 5:48 pm | #

      What part of Alabama do they not say howdy? At least, all of my family that is from Alabama does. And most of the south when someone wants to get their attention in a “You’re-ass-is-grass” voice. Contempt just adds such a flavor to the southern drawl and all that, you know.

  42. BassBone
    BassBone
    January 3, 2012 at 2:01 am | #

    How exactly is Billie a “tubbo”? She seems a little heavier than average, but certainly not morbidly obese. The hell, Ruth?

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      January 3, 2012 at 4:36 am | #

      Ruth’s a bully, so of course she’s going to try to go for what she thinks will hurt her intended victim. Love that “must… restrain… fist… of death!” moment from Sal behind her.

    • Michelle J Caboose
      Michelle J Caboose
      January 3, 2012 at 12:11 pm | #

      As Kurosaki-kun mentioned, Ruth is a bully. And she knows Billie, an ex-cheerleader, is sensitive about her appearance. She’s just being somewhat unimaginative (or lazy) and going for the easy ego-bruise.

  43. andrew
    andrew
    January 3, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

    I do not rember sal saying that? If it did happen could i get a link?

    • User07228332
      User07228332
      January 3, 2012 at 2:20 am | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/trainer/

      • andrew
        andrew
        January 3, 2012 at 9:12 pm | #

        Thanks XD

  44. Jimbo
    Jimbo
    January 3, 2012 at 2:11 am | #

    Eeee! I’d love to see Sal kick some ass!

  45. jjareds
    jjareds
    January 3, 2012 at 3:00 am | #

    Hmmm, this is a hard one to call. On one hand, Sal has super awesome alien powers in another universe. On the other, Ruth has overalls in same said universe. Gonna be a close fight.

  46. Asuka L.S.
    Asuka L.S.
    January 3, 2012 at 3:20 am | #

    Ruth, you summoned the thunder. Now prepare for the boom.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      January 3, 2012 at 9:02 am | #

      You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind.

      • DagonXIII
        DagonXIII
        January 3, 2012 at 4:13 pm | #

        You want to call down the thunder? well, HERE I AM!

        • Icalasari
          Icalasari
          January 3, 2012 at 5:53 pm | #

          ROCKIN’ LIKE A HURRICANE!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      January 3, 2012 at 4:11 pm | #

      Boom-Boom Mountain!

  47. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    January 3, 2012 at 4:16 am | #

    What can I say, I have a twisted mind.

    • murrkitteh
      murrkitteh
      January 3, 2012 at 5:49 am | #

      I think the hand pulling her hair is still necessary, but overall It is a great piece of work. Undoubtedly gravatar material.

  48. Alex C
    Alex C
    January 3, 2012 at 4:31 am | #

    Place your bets for the most anti-climatic-tic moment of the year.

  49. Shifty
    Shifty
    January 3, 2012 at 5:14 am | #

    Seriously… how the bloody hell does Ruth keep this job?

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      January 3, 2012 at 11:52 am | #

      The students in the dorm are either indifferent, or live in utter fear of her She also has made it clear (I cannot remember the exact strip) that she would not get fired because the RA directors love her, although there has been a lot of illegal drinking emotional trauma, illegal entry into the dorms and she has done nothing it seems but torture Billie so yeah she sucks as an RA

      • Shifty
        Shifty
        January 3, 2012 at 4:05 pm | #

        exactly! If she had a good control and eye on things, I’d say “yeah, she’s a bongo, but she knows how to do her job”. But thus far, she’s spent all her time and energy on screen trying to torture Billie. Meanwhile, even if the kids are afraid, their parents wouldn’t be. I find it hard to believe that in a dorm full of students, none of them have mentioned to their parents the evil RA who threatens and steals from them.

        I seriously think she has some kind of blackmail on the administration or something.

  50. Osaru Sensei
    Osaru Sensei
    January 3, 2012 at 5:30 am | #

    ‘I’m Batman Sal’

  51. Martin S Smith
    Martin S Smith
    January 3, 2012 at 6:19 am | #

    GIRL FIGHT!

  52. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    January 3, 2012 at 6:26 am | #

    Okay..liked the strip, but if Sal starts using the word ‘sugah’ she might as well start wearing green and yellow spandex (with all due respects to Dr. K ‘it’s not spandex!’) and we simply just call her ‘Rogue’.

    I’m sure she can fly and all that already since…ya know…she’s Sal.

  53. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    January 3, 2012 at 7:43 am | #

    Normally I’m not much for shipping, but this makes Billie x Sal a pretty strong contender.

    • Darksen
      Darksen
      January 3, 2012 at 10:57 am | #

      Thus Sal vanquished Ruth then proceeded off with the fair Billie upon her motorcycle, popping a wheelie and revving the motor before they drive off into the sunset to go live happily ever after.

      THE END.

    • Chibi Kaji
      Chibi Kaji
      January 3, 2012 at 8:45 pm | #

      I’m trying not to get my hopes up… But I want it to happen.

  54. Jasmine P
    Jasmine P
    January 3, 2012 at 8:18 am | #

    I just realized I read Sal in a voice similar to Applejack from MLP:FiM.

    And I want to say I love Dorothy’s expression in the last panel.

    • Robert
      Robert
      January 3, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

      That’s not dorothy. that’s ruth. You’re getting your glasses mixed up.

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        January 3, 2012 at 9:27 am | #

        Don’t you mean “your freckled asses”?
        One’s a different kind of ass tough.

        • Dave McCoy
          Dave McCoy
          January 3, 2012 at 5:25 pm | #

          HEY-O

  55. Larson E. Jones
    Larson E. Jones
    January 3, 2012 at 8:47 am | #

    Awesome shit be going down and it isn’t Friday. IT’S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!!!!

    ….Wait…..

  56. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    January 3, 2012 at 9:31 am | #

    I love freckles, red hair, glasses and black sweaters.
    I hate Ruth.
    Now I’m confused.

  57. Anguauberwald
    Anguauberwald
    January 3, 2012 at 10:50 am | #

    Her knight in shining leather. D’awwww.

    • TheBenenator
      TheBenenator
      January 3, 2012 at 12:25 pm | #

      Amen.

      Sal: “Sorry babe, *I’M* the only one who gets to dominate her.”

  58. Dragon Nataku
    Dragon Nataku
    January 3, 2012 at 1:26 pm | #

    Kick her ass, Sal.

  59. NF
    NF
    January 3, 2012 at 1:40 pm | #

    “Let’s get ready to RUUUMMMMBBBBLLLEEE!!!!!”

  60. Keulan
    Keulan
    January 3, 2012 at 2:46 pm | #

    Ruth vs Sal- Fight! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA

  61. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    January 3, 2012 at 3:34 pm | #

    Omfg SAL IS SO COOL!

  62. Loser Boi
    Loser Boi
    January 3, 2012 at 5:16 pm | #

    am i the only one that thinks it looks like ruth is looking behind herself in all the panels? eyes should be moved a little

  63. Azukar
    Azukar
    January 3, 2012 at 11:37 pm | #

    A new challenger appears!

  64. Hari
    Hari
    January 23, 2012 at 5:40 am | #

    We had a self righteous RA similar to Ruth. Well she wasn’t as nasty as Ruth. She wasn’t malicious, just a know it all.

  65. Mike
    Mike
    July 16, 2013 at 9:10 am | #

    I don’t understand how Ruth even became an RA… I mean, usually the vetting process for that position is pretty thorough.

  66. B.D
    B.D
    March 20, 2015 at 2:11 pm | #

    Sal Finger (sword?). Men! Men! MEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNN!

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