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by David M Willis on October 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: dorothy, sierra, walky

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  1. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 16, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    And when Dorothy throws a shoe, it’ll land on a moving truck.

    • SkepticJ
      SkepticJ
      October 16, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      But will she still be able to predict the weather?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 16, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

      I will now imagine Dotty with English dub Osaka’s voice.

      • Sir Robin
        Sir Robin
        October 16, 2012 at 8:01 am | #

        Dorothy sounds like Twilight Sparkle

        • Scout
          Scout
          October 16, 2012 at 4:57 pm | #

          Approved. Headcannon.

          • Sir Robin
            Sir Robin
            October 16, 2012 at 8:46 pm | #

            I imagine most DoA characters voiced by a combination of MLP: FiM and Futurama

            • Nathan
              Nathan
              September 6, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

              Walky’s Fry, but would Mike be Bender? Yeah, I like that idea! Bender’s voice would fit Mike fairly well.

          • Volkai
            Volkai
            October 18, 2012 at 1:00 pm | #

            Headcannon? FIRE!!

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      October 16, 2012 at 2:11 am | #

      From now on we will call her Indiana.

      • Spazman
        Spazman
        October 16, 2012 at 8:46 am | #

        You’re named after the DOG???

      • Volkai
        Volkai
        October 18, 2012 at 1:00 pm | #

        Just as long as her nickname’s not ‘Indy’.

    • LaurelRaven
      LaurelRaven
      October 16, 2012 at 2:32 am | #

      Ow! That really hurt!

      Honestly, who throws a shoe? You fight like a woman, man!

      • Jacob
        Jacob
        October 16, 2012 at 4:25 am | #

        Nice Austin Powers reference.

      • Jeff K!
        Jeff K!
        October 16, 2012 at 7:34 pm | #

        How appropriate. You fight like a cow.

        • Steven
          Steven
          October 17, 2012 at 8:15 am | #

          *Highest of fives*

    • LimeTH
      LimeTH
      October 16, 2012 at 8:36 am | #

      Goddamnit, why do I always get beaten to the Azumanga Daioh reference?

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        October 16, 2012 at 9:45 am | #

        Saturation.

    • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      September 18, 2015 at 10:08 pm | #

      It’s too late! There they are, and there they’ll stay!

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 16, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Dorothy is giving in to her childishness. That’s going to make naughty time weird.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      October 16, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

      Weird? it will be much more fun!

      • Garth
        Garth
        October 16, 2012 at 2:44 am | #

        Perfect avatar moment. Here’s hoping I get walky

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        October 16, 2012 at 4:00 am | #

        Your current avatars (screw you, future readers!) make it seem like an actual conversation between Sierra and Dorothy. That makes my avatar a happy Walky. Threesome FTW!

        • DaJoshMaster
          DaJoshMaster
          October 16, 2012 at 4:21 am | #

          I don’t have a reply I just wanted to use my gravatar to make this thread into a four way. 😀

          • David Herbert
            David Herbert
            October 16, 2012 at 5:21 am | #

            We’re going to get a Dorothy clone?

            • DaJoshMaster
              DaJoshMaster
              October 16, 2012 at 8:26 am | #

              Of course…

          • Izzy
            Izzy
            October 16, 2012 at 7:37 pm | #

            What’s a four way?

            • David
              David M Willis
              October 16, 2012 at 8:31 pm | #

              It’s a 3-way with either diced onions or red beans added.

              • KazasDrakon
                KazasDrakon
                October 16, 2012 at 11:21 pm | #

                if we add both can it be a 5 way? Dammit now I’m hungry.

                • David
                  David M Willis
                  October 16, 2012 at 11:44 pm | #

                  Yep, that is the actual definition of a 5-way!

                • KazasDrakon
                  KazasDrakon
                  October 18, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

                  So it’s chili, spaghetti, diced onions, red beans, and cheese. That’s some kind of kink I’ve never even heard of, and my Gravitar is Joe right now.

    • Kirt Dankmyer
      Kirt Dankmyer
      October 16, 2012 at 10:38 am | #

      It’s already made weird by the fact she started out talking to him like she’s his mom.

  3. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 16, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Not so above it all,huh, Dorothy?

    • Resne
      Resne
      October 16, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

      She’s not so much above as she is trying to tread water on the surface of it.

  4. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    October 16, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I believe that is the first time I have seen Dorothy address Walky by his real name.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 16, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      And she sounds just like a mother berating a child.

      • Not now
        Not now
        October 16, 2012 at 11:14 am | #

        It does! And itt makes this ship even more abhorrent.

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 16, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    So this is football?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 16, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      I think we’re missing a few items.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 16, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

        Namely, the ball.

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          October 16, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

          And the keepers.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 16, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

          Walky could argue that he has too. Then again that game might not be very fun…at least not for him.

          • slicedtoad
            slicedtoad
            October 16, 2012 at 5:18 pm | #

            *two
            sorry, it was bothering me

  6. Amaziboy
    Amaziboy
    October 16, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Amazigirl will show him.

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 16, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    You call that a shoe toss Walky? You disapoint me…

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 16, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      *Puts on a weighted shoe* THIS is a shoe toss.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      October 16, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

      *Puts on a Croc shoe* NO! THIS is a shoe toss!

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 16, 2012 at 6:33 am | #

        Crocs have speed holes. They make the shoe go faster.

        • Lazywaters
          Lazywaters
          October 16, 2012 at 1:47 pm | #

          Weak results, but kudos to the kid for his form and face. Not so great for shoe tossing, but I had to smile and say, ‘Only Walky.’

  8. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    October 16, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Woo for Dotty trying to act like a reasonable adult, only to go “Really? That’s it? Psh. WATCH THIS!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 16, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      That’s how it begins. Next thing you know they’re kicking them across the lot and they beam a drunken Ruth with it.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 16, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

        Even better, a drunken Ruth catches the shoe…while she was drinking beer.

        • AckAckAck
          AckAckAck
          October 16, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

          Even better, the shoe hit Ruth while she’s “bumping around” with Joe in the bush.

          • Pyr05
            Pyr05
            October 16, 2012 at 3:49 am | #

            Even better, a drunken Ruth catches the shoe while “bumping around” with Joe in the bush and beams them in the head with it. Two(or three)-fer!

            • DaJoshMaster
              DaJoshMaster
              October 16, 2012 at 4:49 am | #

              Bluh… *mind breaks*

  9. Bekah
    Bekah
    October 16, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    His technique was all wrong. But he still gets a 5.9 from the Russian judge.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 16, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      Getting 5.9 is like getting a D+.

    • Joe H
      Joe H
      October 16, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

      I’m glad I’m not the only one to notice that he has poor technique.
      You can’t kick off a shoe like you’re rearing to kick a soccer or football. The best shoe-kicks are more like half-kicks.

      • Geegles
        Geegles
        October 16, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

        It’s all in the ankle…

        • GenericScreenName101
          GenericScreenName101
          October 16, 2012 at 8:10 am | #

          Also he needs more of his foot in the shoe as opposed to having it dangle off his toes

          • OrlahEhontas
            OrlahEhontas
            October 16, 2012 at 6:48 pm | #

            Not to mention the untied laces cause way to much drag and cause to shoe to hit the floor way to soon.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 16, 2012 at 3:51 am | #

        You clearly haven’t seen the epic-ness that is a classmate of mine PLAYING soccer and kicking his shoe off further than he kicked the ball.

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      October 16, 2012 at 2:17 am | #

      The scoring system only go up until 5…..

    • Björn
      Björn
      October 16, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

      And those pants should have give him +1 DEX.

  10. Leorale
    Leorale
    October 16, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    I just love how happy Sierra looks at the shoe-kicking. They’re gonna be pals!

  11. Parkrndl
    Parkrndl
    October 16, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Is Ruthless back to her room yet? My money says the shoe Dorothy flings is gonna whack Ruth somewhere unpleasant. Hilarity will ensue.

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      October 16, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

      Yup, exactly what I’m thinking too.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 16, 2012 at 1:13 am | #

      Hmm…

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    October 16, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    I used to do that…..then the shoe hits the school tough guy in the balls.

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

      10 points?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 16, 2012 at 1:00 am | #

        I didn’t know how did it happened but it hit the guy sole first, as if it was stomping the guy’s balls.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          October 16, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

          You kicked your shoe into a guy’s soul?

  13. Dave
    Dave
    October 16, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Dorothy knows if you’re gonna misbehave, you gotta do it right

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

      I just wish I could thumbs up that comment so hard.

      This will have to do.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 16, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        11
        11
        I3333
        133333
        13333
        here’s a big ol’ thumbs up for ya

        • Geegles
          Geegles
          October 16, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

          Your fingers look strangely…lumpy…

          • Pyr05
            Pyr05
            October 16, 2012 at 3:54 am | #

            You didn’t have to point it out! GAWD. He’s sensitive about it already you know!

            • Geegles
              Geegles
              October 16, 2012 at 11:24 am | #

              I’m just concerned about his health and well-being!

              • Lazywaters
                Lazywaters
                October 16, 2012 at 1:50 pm | #

                Ahmahgawd. Do you have, like, a problem with lumps? That’s low.

  14. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 16, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    I am even more reminded of those nights me and my roomates threw grapes off the balcony.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 16, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

      But did they have the GRAPES?

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      October 16, 2012 at 4:04 am | #

      Well, it’s cooler than cowtipping, I guess.

  15. Kafloobop
    Kafloobop
    October 16, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    And it’s official. Dorothy is the perfect girl.

    • Mister Mercy
      Mister Mercy
      October 16, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      I like your avatar. I got o’malleys autograph at nycc

  16. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    October 16, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Of course the shoe isn’t going to fly very far. It’s hard to get a good, clean release when it keeps sticking to the caramel.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      October 16, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      But, the caramel is wearing socks.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 16, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        it soaked through…for the sake of the joke.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          October 16, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

          Exactly! It gets pretty warm in a guy’s shoes.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 16, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

      I am seeing a trend: less FACE, more caramel. Would it be that hard to program an engine to graph changes in memes in comment sections over time?
      Complication: FAAAAAACE doesn’t have a set number of As, and the variations are harder to recognize.

      • Eolirin
        Eolirin
        October 16, 2012 at 3:26 am | #

        Oh that’s not a problem at all, you just have to use a regular expression, and check for FA[anynumber of As]CE

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          October 16, 2012 at 4:08 am | #

          https://xkcd.com/208/

          You asked for it. 😉

  17. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    October 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    Dorothy is such a extreme perfectionist even that she has to do better! XD

    • Groove
      Groove
      October 16, 2012 at 3:39 am | #

      That was exactly what I thought.

      MUST BE BEST, BEST AT ALL

      It’s not the healthiest attitude, even if it is very productive.

      • LurkerAbove
        LurkerAbove
        October 16, 2012 at 3:41 am | #

        That’s it, Dorothy is Amazi-Girl.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 16, 2012 at 3:58 am | #

        Dorothy aspires to be Batman.

        • Spazman
          Spazman
          October 16, 2012 at 8:51 am | #

          Batman aspires to be Dorothy.

          Think about it…..Dorothy’s got Walky in Pajama pants.

          Batman hangs around Robin, who wears pajamas to fight crime.

  18. Dave McGravy
    Dave McGravy
    October 16, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

    Second panel needs to be a gravatar.
    All those that agree say I.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 16, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

      Eye.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        October 16, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

        Aye.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          October 16, 2012 at 1:25 am | #

          Aiyiyi!

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            October 16, 2012 at 9:31 am | #

            Oi.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              October 16, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

              L.

              • N0083rP00F
                N0083rP00F
                October 16, 2012 at 12:22 pm | #

                Eh!

                Hey, I’m Canadian and that’s how we say it over here.

                • Izzy
                  Izzy
                  October 16, 2012 at 7:44 pm | #

                  Yup

  19. Ben
    Ben
    October 16, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

    Walky makes the best faces. hands down.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 16, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

      you’re living proof of that, huh?

  20. Ryorin
    Ryorin
    October 16, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    It is official: THEY ARE MEANT TO BE.

  21. taekwondogirl
    taekwondogirl
    October 16, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    In 8th grade, my math class was in a portable behind the school. It was spring, and when we finished the test our teacher let us go outside. My friends and I decided to have a shoe kicking contest.

    We started going from the school down towards the creek, but then someone’s shoe almost landed in the creek.

    So then we started at the bottom of the hill by the creek and kicked our shoes up towards the school. One kid kicked his shoe and it smacked against the door right as another teacher came out of the one next to it. Missed her face by about a foot.

    We had to disperse, but after it was safe again, we lined up against the school gym and turned it into a height contest since it was pretty tall. I was wearing flip flops, and it started getting windy. I kicked my shoe up and it got blown onto the roof of the gym. I won that round.

    Wound up having to wait until the end of the class before my teacher let me go to the office and tell them. They had a hard time understanding what happened, but thankfully the janitor was able to retrieve my shoe for me.

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 16, 2012 at 4:00 am | #

      You were lucky it was “time to clean the roof” day. Or, also known as “get all the phys. ed. balls off the damn roof to use” day.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        October 19, 2012 at 4:58 pm | #

        Nah, they had him go specifically up there just for my shoe. I felt really bad.

  22. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 16, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

    Shoe kicking! Brings back memories. Straight out kick, curl the foot, flip it, and release..shoe sails a mile if you do it right. And I have to agree with all who commented above, I think they are right, Dorothy’s going to hit Ruth smack in the head with it-or maybe the butt.

  23. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 16, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

    That is if the same dorm? Now I’m confused.

  24. fellixe
    fellixe
    October 16, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

    Very intense. I can’t wait for the other shoe to fall.

    • madock345
      madock345
      October 16, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

      That was terrible…

      Have a cookie.

    • Jimmy
      Jimmy
      October 16, 2012 at 2:02 pm | #

      Aw man I had the same response *sits in a corner sulking*.

  25. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 16, 2012 at 1:24 am | #

    Give me the shoe. Then run.

  26. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 16, 2012 at 1:27 am | #

    “Anything you can do, I can do better!”

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      October 16, 2012 at 2:19 am | #

      Sex too?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 16, 2012 at 3:23 am | #

        Maaaaaaybeeeeeeee!

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      October 16, 2012 at 3:39 am | #

      “I can kick a sneaker, farther than a squeaker”

      • DaJoshMaster
        DaJoshMaster
        October 16, 2012 at 4:59 am | #

        I can throw a slipper further than a flipper!

        • Lieutenant Dan
          Lieutenant Dan
          October 16, 2012 at 7:47 am | #

          I can toss a loafer further than a gopher?

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            October 16, 2012 at 9:33 am | #

            I can toss a croc further than a cock.

  27. Undrave
    Undrave
    October 16, 2012 at 3:32 am | #

    And that’s how the Collegial Shoe Kicking League got it’s start.

  28. DaJoshMaster
    DaJoshMaster
    October 16, 2012 at 4:55 am | #

    Anyone else notice that he kicked his right shoe, but that’s clearly a left shoe. ‘;)

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      October 16, 2012 at 10:49 am | #

      It just bent funny on impact; it’s a right show again in panel five.

      Or rather, behind panel four. Willis is messing with the first wall again!

  29. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    October 16, 2012 at 6:10 am | #

    “YES. THIS PLEASES SIERRA.”

  30. Dichro
    Dichro
    October 16, 2012 at 6:51 am | #

    Climbing up to Lucy levels of awesome, I see.

  31. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    October 16, 2012 at 7:00 am | #

    Now I have to wait for the other shoe to drop *insert groan here*

  32. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    October 16, 2012 at 8:14 am | #

    Wow… This David Walkerton charm may work out for the possible three way!!

  33. EveryBody Popes
    EveryBody Popes
    October 16, 2012 at 8:20 am | #

    Second panel.
    Dat face.

  34. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    October 16, 2012 at 8:21 am | #

    I’m afraid to see what happens when the other shoe goes airborne.

  35. Spazman
    Spazman
    October 16, 2012 at 8:45 am | #

    ……Dorothy just became WAY more awesome.

  36. N0083rP00F
    N0083rP00F
    October 16, 2012 at 12:27 pm | #

    Seeing the sequence makes me flash-back to something similar in a certain school based anime series of shorts.

    Shoe sails way up and away, goes long and hits a taker truck. Explosive hilarity ensues. I won’t expect less for tomorrow’s strip. ^_-

  37. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 16, 2012 at 12:43 pm | #

    Wow, they’re made for each other.

  38. Stolen
    Stolen
    October 16, 2012 at 3:15 pm | #

    so should i be proud that i have skill at this somehow?

  39. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    October 16, 2012 at 6:58 pm | #

    This is going to end with Ruthless getting a face-full of shoe, isn’t it?

  40. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 16, 2012 at 10:00 pm | #

    “That’s not how you kick a shoe…”

  41. Sock
    Sock
    October 16, 2012 at 10:00 pm | #

    Her shoe is going to hit somebody in the faaaaace

  42. Gamegeneral
    Gamegeneral
    October 16, 2012 at 11:50 pm | #

    That second panel reminds me of Dungeons of Dredmor.
    New Skill-tree.
    Shoechery. Launch footwear with devastating accuracy! Boot and arrow! Sneaker-attack!

  43. Elias Hedberg
    Elias Hedberg
    August 14, 2013 at 11:10 am | #

    Very nice play with the frames and the placement of the shoe, it connects the strip with the surrounding and still keeps it within context. I like it!

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