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Gift horse

by David M Willis on October 11, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

Discussion (96) ¬

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 11, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Either she’s a lightweight or Billie has some extreme tolerance.

    • Cave
      Cave
      October 11, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Well Billie’s was pretty much an alcoholic so I think it’s the latter

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      October 11, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

      Or she drank more than her share.

      • L
        L
        October 11, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

        Or Ruth started drinking before she got there.

        As Billie would put it, “Pre drunk”.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          October 11, 2012 at 9:08 am | #

          That’s true. She did have bubbles over her head when she showed up if I remember right. She probably pregamed.

    • Riku
      Riku
      October 11, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

      I’m gonna say neither. It’s more than likely that Billie had much less to drink. Ruth would likely have some tolerance herself since she seems to be no stranger to alcohol

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        October 15, 2012 at 12:56 pm | #

        Billie was probably also drinking less out of caution. It’s Ruth, after all.

      • Somebody
        Somebody
        November 13, 2012 at 8:15 pm | #

        But can you say that she’s no stranger to love? LOL

    • Volkai
      Volkai
      October 18, 2012 at 12:38 pm | #

      Or both.

  2. Parismio
    Parismio
    October 11, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Now back to the shipping.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 11, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Did it ever really stop? We’re all-ship-all-the-time around here.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 11, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        We’re Ship faced
        Ship just hit the fan
        You’re Shippin’ me
        This is some bull Ship.

        • gingerchris86
          gingerchris86
          October 11, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

          Ship Ship Hooray!

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 11, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      I’m surprised it stopped!

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        October 11, 2012 at 3:40 am | #

        http://memegenerator.net/instance/28167888?urlName=ID-Ship-It&browsingOrder=New&browsingTimeSpan=AllTime

        I made my first meme! I’m so proud.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 11, 2012 at 5:56 am | #

          Until enough other people use it, it doesn’t count as a meme, if you push it enough, it might become a forced meme, but most forced memes fail.

          • Spazman
            Spazman
            October 11, 2012 at 8:20 am | #

            http://memegenerator.net/instance/28167888?urlName=ID-Ship-It&browsingOrder=New&browsingTimeSpan=AllTime

            seconded.

            😛

      • DaJoshMaster
        DaJoshMaster
        October 11, 2012 at 8:25 am | #

        Needs more Lucy

  3. Raen
    Raen
    October 11, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    You two! You have this BACKWARDS! BACKWARDS I say!

  4. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    October 11, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    And so Billie actually has the higher alcohol tolerance?

    …Actually, that should not surprise me.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 11, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      The secret to high alcohol tolerance is simple, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

      • Big Ninja Jim
        Big Ninja Jim
        October 11, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

        And now All I can see is a Montage of Billie drinking to “Eye of the Tiger”.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 11, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

          I thought that the theme song of Rocky might work better in that montage.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            October 11, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

            Any 80s movie would!

          • Star Ranger
            Star Ranger
            October 11, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

            eye of the tiger is a rocky training montage, from 3

          • Historyman68
            Historyman68
            October 11, 2012 at 10:13 am | #

            Eye of the Tiger is the Rocky III theme song. Or is it Rocky IV?

          • Bill M.
            Bill M.
            October 11, 2012 at 11:04 am | #

            The theme from the first Rocky movie, “Gonna Fly Now” is not a good fit, because alcohol and piloting is a bad mixture.

    • Jon
      Jon
      October 11, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      My conclusion is that Ruth went through a shit-ton of beer, and Billie knew better than to try to take more than one or two from her RA of Death.

      • That Damn Rat
        That Damn Rat
        October 11, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

        When this started she appeared to only have a single six pack with her, so it probably doesn’t qualify as a shit ton, unless it was really strong beer.

      • Bill M.
        Bill M.
        October 11, 2012 at 11:08 am | #

        Or… the sheer amount of alcohol needed to move Billie from pre-drunk to drunk enough to understand the super-drunk is more than what Ruth can carry.

    • Luke
      Luke
      October 11, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

      If Ruth had her daily blood ration that day, she’d’ve fared better.

      … You know, because the blood-alcohol… No? Okay.

    • brasca1
      brasca1
      October 11, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

      All we’ve seen with Ruth is her drinking herself to sleep on what was presumably beer. If Ruth didn’t know anything about Billie’s alcohol tolerance than she took a big risk getting drunk with her.

    • RaijinK
      RaijinK
      October 11, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

      Ruth must have left Canada before she became drinking age, otherwise their respective tolerance levels would be reversed.

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 11, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I swear to drunk officer I’m not god.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Thank goodness. I would feel guilty about ticketing God.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      October 11, 2012 at 3:11 am | #

      Of course you’re not, you don’t look like like a puppet to me. And I don’t see a banjo ANYWHERE.

      • Raiser
        Raiser
        October 11, 2012 at 3:52 pm | #

        …ye gads, a Sinfest reference in the wilds?

      • kixon shadowbane
        kixon shadowbane
        September 27, 2013 at 10:12 pm | #

        Nice order of the stick referince (hope I had the right spelling)

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      October 11, 2012 at 9:40 am | #

      I also swear to Drunk Officer.

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 11, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    You should look a gift beer in the mouth…Otherwise you might get roofied.

    • Petre Pan
      Petre Pan
      October 11, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

      And all God’s people say,
      “Amen”
      –Joyce

      • Resne
        Resne
        October 11, 2012 at 10:19 am | #

        One should be leery of Sprite, too.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          October 11, 2012 at 11:35 am | #

          No, Sprite’s fine. It’s Sierra Mist and the people who drink it you can’t trust.

  7. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 11, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    If give Billie enough hard liquer, she might be open to some hard licking if you know what I mean. 😀

    • Squidiggles
      Squidiggles
      October 11, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Twenty-four scoops of ice cream and a crate of lollipops is the best way to deal with a hangover, in my experience.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 11, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        How, by going into a diabetic coma?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 11, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

          You can’t have a hangover when you sleep forever.

          • Resne
            Resne
            October 11, 2012 at 10:22 am | #

            That’s known as “Final Fantasy villain logic.”

  8. Zoey
    Zoey
    October 11, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    hahahah love ruth

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      me love ruth too.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        October 11, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

        me love ruth long time

  9. MR C
    MR C
    October 11, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    ruth is truly a wordsmith when she’s drunk

    • Resne
      Resne
      October 11, 2012 at 10:22 am | #

      This smith is pretty hammered.

      • MR C
        MR C
        October 11, 2012 at 7:56 pm | #

        ICWUDT

  10. Kirby
    Kirby
    October 11, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    I’m putting 2 to 1 odds on Ruth making out with Billie.

    Any takers?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      Joe already has a pool on that.

      • gingerchris86
        gingerchris86
        October 11, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        And a Camera set up to record it

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 11, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

        And not just any pool, an inflatable kiddie pool.

        • Wizard
          Wizard
          October 11, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

          Filled with pudding.

          • GrrArg42
            GrrArg42
            October 11, 2012 at 3:05 am | #

            NO! Not my pudding! * sniff * At least it died a warrior’s death.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      October 11, 2012 at 1:05 am | #

      But if that happens, don’t we ALL win, really?

      • Crumplepunch
        Crumplepunch
        October 11, 2012 at 4:19 am | #

        In a greater sense, we’re all losers.

        • TheClipper
          TheClipper
          October 18, 2012 at 7:55 pm | #

          Just replying to say that your avatar and your comment compliment each other perfectly. I find it most amusing. That is all.

          Oh, and there’s no way they’ll get together. Not until they run into each other at a party, and their eyes meet from across the room…

  11. Squidiggles
    Squidiggles
    October 11, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    Well, I can’t think of any funny Canadian songs that I could quote to go with this. Guess I have to hand in my maple leaf to the Grand High Moose Riding A Beaver.

    • Luke
      Luke
      October 11, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

      Haha! Stereotypes.

    • Lieutenant Dan
      Lieutenant Dan
      October 11, 2012 at 8:06 am | #

      The legend lives on from the Hoosiers on down
      Of the big ship they call Ruth and Billie…

    • das-g
      das-g
      October 11, 2012 at 4:35 pm | #

      Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! The Fir! The Larch! The Redwood! The mighty Scots Pine! The plucky little Aspen! The smell of fresh-cut timber! The crash of mighty trees!

      With my best gal by my side, we’d sing, sing, SING…

  12. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 11, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

    Ruth wants a friend. Her choices are a bit limited.

  13. Raine
    Raine
    October 11, 2012 at 2:39 am | #

    I’m expecting a kiss, drunken or not, by the end of the year.

    • Blue
      Blue
      October 11, 2012 at 6:15 pm | #

      Our year, or their year?

      If it’s theirs, you might be waiting a while…

  14. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 11, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

    Now make out.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2012 at 7:16 am | #

      Where’s Lucy where you need her?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 11, 2012 at 11:39 am | #

        Being Batgirl.

  15. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    October 11, 2012 at 3:34 am | #

    Billy is the Master of the Drinking skill. Once you’ve leveled up your Drinking skill and got your Rookie and Adept training, you seek her out and she’ll send you on a quest to recover some extra-dimensional booze which she’ll take in exchange for advancing you to Master level in the skill.

  16. Mr. Morningstar
    Mr. Morningstar
    October 11, 2012 at 4:44 am | #

    Isn’t it amazing how you can understand someone speaking complete gibberish if you’re both drunk.

    I like that. It’s awesome.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      October 11, 2012 at 4:50 am | #

      I put a rank into Linguistics to add “Drunkard” to my language list.

    • kixon shadowbane
      kixon shadowbane
      September 27, 2013 at 10:20 pm | #

      Maby we should tell roxie

  17. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    October 11, 2012 at 5:42 am | #

    Okay, so Billie isn’t totally heartless…

    • DaJoshMaster
      DaJoshMaster
      October 11, 2012 at 8:23 am | #

      She normally doesn’t mean to be… she just… is. 😛

  18. Spazman
    Spazman
    October 11, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

    Oh God.

    I got the top banner with the complete cast, and I realized something.

    If Ruth and Mike got together…..

    they would have the angriest babies.

    ever.

    • TheClipper
      TheClipper
      October 18, 2012 at 7:57 pm | #

      No one would be safe. The child would bring in the Snarkopolypse. The earth would drown in a sea of sick burns and sarcasm.

  19. Potatamoto
    Potatamoto
    October 11, 2012 at 8:27 am | #

    I did not ship Billie X Ruth until just now. And now it’s my absolute favorite DoA pairing.

  20. Ilthit
    Ilthit
    October 11, 2012 at 9:10 am | #

    So where’s all the Ruth/Billie fanfic/art? (I made one! https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WubbILSD0Xo/UGB0PCo7oHI/AAAAAAAAA1w/qZgyDjSuXa0/s477/WALKY-SexualTension-color-small.png)

    • allaces14400
      allaces14400
      October 11, 2012 at 4:52 pm | #

      hawt.

  21. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    October 11, 2012 at 9:18 am | #

    They both live in the dorm. No driving involved.
    Get more Beer!

  22. nothri
    nothri
    October 11, 2012 at 10:33 am | #

    “Don’t look like a gift beer in the mouth I’ll shove your face.”

    I think she means ‘shove your FAAAAAACE’.

    For my part, I’m totally down with Ruth shoving her mouth (presumably tasting of gift beer) into Billie’s face. Just saying.

    • Starfire22
      Starfire22
      October 11, 2012 at 11:25 am | #

      Not gonna lie, I would like to see this too.

      • blackaeon
        blackaeon
        October 11, 2012 at 12:41 pm | #

        So apparently there’s a part of the world where you can’t get lesbian porn on the Internet?

        • nothri
          nothri
          October 13, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

          Maybe? There’s apparently a part of the world where people don’t know the difference between shipping and pornography (granted, the two are often used by fans in tandem, but still) so anything is possible.

  23. SakuraRuby
    SakuraRuby
    October 11, 2012 at 3:40 pm | #

    Go home hands, you’re drunk!

  24. allaces14400
    allaces14400
    October 11, 2012 at 4:51 pm | #

    totally shipping these two.

  25. milk experiment
    milk experiment
    October 11, 2012 at 7:33 pm | #

    Billie has her high school cheer stuff on her college dorm room bulletin board? That’s kind of sad.

  26. codyblues
    codyblues
    October 12, 2012 at 2:45 am | #

    Hmmm, I wonder if we are about to learn who “sir” is.

  27. Jay
    Jay
    October 23, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    wow i just read through 2 years of comics in an evening

  28. Pinja
    Pinja
    January 29, 2013 at 11:50 am | #

    Poor Ruth ;___;

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