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by David M Willis on June 28, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Answers in Hennessy
└ Tags: ethan, joyce

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  1. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    June 28, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    You know he’s gay, Joyce; what did you think he had in mind?

    • BlueRam
      BlueRam
      June 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Some intense snuggling?

      • Kannyn
        Kannyn
        June 28, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Extreeeeeeeme snuggling.

        • Resne
          Resne
          June 28, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          With a slight chance of fucking against a wall.

        • Tom Speelman
          Tom Speelman
          June 28, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

          Snuggling so hardcore he’ll snuggle right into your SOUL.

          • Dibullba
            Dibullba
            June 28, 2013 at 3:48 am | #

            With his penis.

            • Ivan
              Ivan
              June 28, 2013 at 4:48 am | #

              I hope he has Fritz The Cat on DVD!!

              • Nathan
                Nathan
                September 13, 2013 at 10:18 pm | #

                Never saw that one, but Wizards is one of my favorites.

            • blarge
              blarge
              November 30, 2013 at 11:21 pm | #

              in her FAAAAACE

        • Ryan
          Ryan
          June 28, 2013 at 3:50 am | #

          With sunglasses and skateboards and mountain dew and doritos.

          • Mally
            Mally
            July 23, 2015 at 5:24 am | #

            (and subs)

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      She also thinks she can fix him. So clearly she thinks at some point he’ll want to bone her. With his thing. On her tummy.

      • GoogerGeiger
        GoogerGeiger
        June 28, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Aaaalllllll over her tummy.

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          June 28, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

          Well, obviously she doesn’t know how sex works, but the tummy actually is an erogenous zone, or at least parts of it are.

          • desolation0
            desolation0
            June 28, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

            Nothing gets a man in the mood quite like a woman bringing him a sandwich.

            • Ivan
              Ivan
              June 28, 2013 at 4:51 am | #

              Agreed! 1 Sandwich FOR sex… (with her best looking friend) and one after (with a multi-meat & veggie heated sub with 6 Italian cheeses and the vinegar/oil sub squirt with misc spices)!!

              AWESOME!

              • Josh
                Josh
                June 28, 2013 at 5:41 am | #

                You appear to have your sex life planned down to the detail.

            • Somebody
              Somebody
              June 28, 2013 at 10:14 pm | #

              Really? The sandwich joke? It really isn’t at all funny.

              • andiemus
                andiemus
                June 28, 2013 at 10:55 pm | #

                Subjective humor: how does it work?

                • 6Qubed
                  6Qubed
                  June 30, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

                  …Magnets?

              • Znayx
                Znayx
                November 23, 2015 at 3:21 am | #

                Really? Spiteful overreactions? It really isn’t at all pleasant.

          • Historyman68
            Historyman68
            June 28, 2013 at 2:39 am | #

            You know what the biggest erogenous zone is? The br-jeez I couldn’t even finish it

            • Wombat
              Wombat
              June 28, 2013 at 2:52 am | #

              Brazilian rainforest?

              • David
                David
                June 28, 2013 at 4:35 am | #

                Well, it certainly qualifies for being pretty big.

            • someguywithakatana
              someguywithakatana
              June 28, 2013 at 8:11 am | #

              I find the most erotic part of a woman is the boobie…

              • Tenn
                Tenn
                June 28, 2013 at 6:29 pm | #

                Hoo boy, you’re in for a treat!

                ^_^

                They come in pairs.

          • Groove
            Groove
            June 28, 2013 at 3:49 am | #

            I was just wondering this, firstly does Joyce understand how how sex works? Secondly does she have the faintest clue how gay sex works?

            She could be in for a whole lot of shocks.

            • StClair
              StClair
              June 29, 2013 at 3:17 am | #

              Signs point to [i]no[/i] and [i]heck no[/i].

            • Cody B
              Cody B
              July 2, 2013 at 11:55 am | #

              Straight sex: probably not.

              Gay sex: They do it with their buts, where the poopy comes from, which is why it’s dirty. They probably teach this at Joyce’s church.

          • Really?
            Really?
            June 29, 2013 at 1:09 pm | #

            The entire body can be an erogenous zone if you’re doing it right.

    • John
      John
      June 28, 2013 at 2:54 am | #

      It’s not what he had in mind; it’s what she had in mind.

    • Charles RB
      Charles RB
      June 28, 2013 at 7:17 am | #

      Well, she is meant to be degaying him. Except she can’t handle what a not-gay boyfriend might mean.

      This will surely end well!

    • Bunivasal
      Bunivasal
      June 28, 2013 at 7:19 am | #

      It’s college. I lost my virginity to a lesbian. Being confused about your orientation and sticking your parts in the nearest available squishy hole is how freshman year works.

      • David
        David
        June 28, 2013 at 9:01 am | #

        How did you convince the lesbian that it was a good idea to stick some part of you into her nearest available squishy hole? Was she confused about being a lesbian?

        And man, I need to redo college. I got it all wrong.

        • bunivasal
          bunivasal
          June 28, 2013 at 1:35 pm | #

          I showed her the parts I intended to stick in there and she was intrigued. They’re very good parts, and she wasn’t very good at lesbianing.

      • Khantalas
        Khantalas
        June 28, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

        I didn’t stick my parts anywhere in college. I feel like I missed out on a lot.

        Also, I didn’t start being confused until after college, so clearly I messed that one up too.

    • Artie
      Artie
      June 28, 2013 at 8:31 am | #

      This. http://youtu.be/HFmeURLVtKM

    • james
      james
      June 28, 2013 at 6:47 pm | #

      Girl please, nobody’s that gay. ~ Ray Gillete from Archer

  2. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    June 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Orange today huh?

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      June 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Just peachy. Thanks for asking.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 28, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        Joyce and Ethan make an interesting Pear.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 28, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          Are these fruit puns anything to do with the fact that at least one of them is gay? 😀

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            June 28, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

            Don’t explain the joke, Plasma Mongoose.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 28, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

              It was that or inserting a kumquat in this lineup.

              • AgentKeen
                AgentKeen
                June 28, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

                Inserting a kumquat sounds painful.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  June 28, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

                  Not as bad as inserting a pineapple would be.

                • Wizard
                  Wizard
                  June 29, 2013 at 6:58 am | #

                  Thank you so much, Plas, for making me think of Adam Sandler.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                June 28, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

                Just make sure you lube up before insertion.

                • Ivan
                  Ivan
                  June 28, 2013 at 4:55 am | #

                  I’ve seen a pineapple done! Google search for Isabelle! Back door pineapple!

                  In Soviet Russia, pineapple…. um, oh – just search it! You’ll see what the pineapple does!

                • Josh
                  Josh
                  June 28, 2013 at 5:42 am | #

                  I really don’t want to know what the pineapple does tbh.

                • sidhe3141
                  sidhe3141
                  June 28, 2013 at 12:07 pm | #

                  Interesting fact I heard somewhere: if you eat too many pineapples, they start digesting you.

                  Is that what pineapple do in Soviet Russia?

                • StClair
                  StClair
                  June 29, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

                  Google search for

                  I stopped right there.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            June 28, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

            Well, we know they can’t elope.

            • Ryune
              Ryune
              June 28, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

              Stop dole-ing out the puns, guys.

              • usayasha
                usayasha
                June 28, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

                Are you kidding? These puns are grape!

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            June 28, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            Well, let’s just say one of them will be in “dis-pear”.

            • Robert
              Robert
              June 28, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

              Joyce has nice melons.. *sigh*….Fuck..sorry guys

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                June 28, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

                What,her Melons?
                That’s the last Straw,berry.

            • Aras Pabedinskas
              Aras Pabedinskas
              June 28, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

              Hopefully this won’t end with the two falling into the lust pit.

              • Mo
                Mo
                June 28, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

                What happens if they guava way?

                • kiapdx
                  kiapdx
                  June 28, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

                  Someone’s gonna kumquat

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  June 28, 2013 at 1:26 am | #

                  Cherries get popped. HOW did you guys not get that one?!

                • slicedtoad
                  slicedtoad
                  June 28, 2013 at 2:50 am | #

                  Common euphemisms that happen to be about fruit don’t really fit in a pun roll. Now lettuce continue.

                • Wombat
                  Wombat
                  June 28, 2013 at 2:55 am | #

                  But orange you glad he tried?

                • Jackson
                  Jackson
                  June 28, 2013 at 8:35 am | #

                  Still, something tells me they’re not going to mate-o anytime soon.

                • andiemus
                  andiemus
                  June 28, 2013 at 4:24 pm | #

                  If the melons gag is ok, then so is the cherry popping one.

                • Far
                  Far
                  June 30, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

                  But you were on a roll,
                  and we haven’t even got to the buns yet.
                  Batter up!

  3. Aras Pabedinskas
    Aras Pabedinskas
    June 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Her face was as purple as those nipples in her dream were.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      …I…Those colors are pretty far on the color wheel, Orange and Purple.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 28, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Depending on the shades of the orange and purple, somewhere between 90 and 150 degrees difference.

        • Aras Pabedinskas
          Aras Pabedinskas
          June 28, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          I was looking at the second panel. I think I stretched for that.

        • AJBulldis
          AJBulldis
          June 28, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

          90 degrees is significant by any sensible measure. It’s the difference between driving right through the intersection and making a left turn into oncoming traffic.

  4. Luzahn
    Luzahn
    June 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Hmm…excitement, or soul-crushing dismay? Hard to tell with this one.

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      June 28, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

      Given her orange hue in panel 3, I’m thinking either Oompa Loompa or too many carrots…

  5. Echelon Four
    Echelon Four
    June 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce gets nervous when confronted with her feelings about cartoons

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 28, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      It’s that pesky PSL rearing its naughty head again.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 28, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      So? Some of us got our first crush on a cartoon character.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 28, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        You too?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 28, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          Yes.

          • Totz the Plaid
            Totz the Plaid
            June 28, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

            My first one was on Kimberly, the Pink Power Ranger, though I did have many animated ones growing up.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              July 2, 2013 at 3:27 pm | #

              And me, first it was the girl in the Frosty the Snowman cartoon, later it was Babs Bunny.

  6. Davriel
    Davriel
    June 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce’s dreams (nightmares) of Ethan sexy-times are crushed again

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Who will rub her tummy now!?

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        June 28, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Mike will rub her tummy. Rectally.

        • Davriel
          Davriel
          June 28, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          For a nickel.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 28, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          I don’t think she wants it there.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            June 28, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

            Mike puts it wherever you don’t want it.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              June 28, 2013 at 1:50 am | #

              “put it anywhere you want.”
              So mike puts it in your mom.

              I fucked it up and put it in the wrong place first

  7. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    June 28, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    But they’re not just cartoons. They’re etchings of cartoons.

  8. ASmellyOgre
    ASmellyOgre
    June 28, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    How long before Joyce explodes in a hedonistic frenzy? You know she has a history of it (at least in another universe). I’m taking bets!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      I say six months in. So in about a few decades.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 28, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        See y’all in yer 40s!

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          June 28, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

          *Few* decades. So 50s or up for me.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            June 28, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

            Hmm that could be a problem. A bunch of original fans, in their 60s, sitting around hoping that two freshman girls kiss. Dirty old men (and women, in some cases)!

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              June 28, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

              “put it anywhere you want.”
              So mike puts it in your mom.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                June 28, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

                damnit wrong reply

                • Wombat
                  Wombat
                  June 28, 2013 at 2:59 am | #

                  So you accidentally put it in with the dirty old men?

        • Mo
          Mo
          June 28, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          Sweet, only four more years!

          WAIT SHIT

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 28, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        So, by the time I sent my kids to college, then?

      • CianM1301
        CianM1301
        June 28, 2013 at 5:06 am | #

        I give it a dumbing of age week. So, about 6 months.

  9. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Facial expressions are golden once again. In one case, almost literally!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 28, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      I believe that colour is orange, not golden.

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 28, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

        Is this gonna be the smurfs thing all over again?

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 28, 2013 at 1:31 am | #

          That depends, was the smurfs thing just someone making a joke?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        June 28, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

        That’s why I said almost. Orange is fairly close to gold and yellow, after all!

  10. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 28, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    Dude, she wants the bazooka.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 28, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      I apologize in advance for the crassness of my comment.

      • Robert
        Robert
        June 28, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        Apologizing after commenting = not in advance.

        😛

        • MarcinMN
          MarcinMN
          June 28, 2013 at 10:38 am | #

          Well, it was still in advance of all other comments regarding his original comment. 😉

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 28, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        I’m-a need you to look up what the word “Advance” means.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 28, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          Right, sorry about that. English isn’t really my native language but without making mistakes, we can’t improve.

          • ArkhamTexan
            ArkhamTexan
            June 28, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

            He’s just advancing in a different direction, is all!

            • Andiemus
              Andiemus
              June 28, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

              Lets not confuse the nonnative speaker right now.

              • Josh
                Josh
                June 28, 2013 at 5:47 am | #

                Confuse him? Why we do that would?

                • andiemus
                  andiemus
                  June 28, 2013 at 4:22 pm | #

                  Thanks Yoda.

                • das-g
                  das-g
                  June 28, 2013 at 4:59 pm | #

                  @andiemus: I think in yoda-speak it’d be:
                  “Why that do, we would?”

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      June 28, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      she wants the bazooka and all the ammunition.

    • Aras Pabedinskas
      Aras Pabedinskas
      June 28, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      I don’t understand.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        June 28, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        You know, “bazooka”.

        • Aras Pabedinskas
          Aras Pabedinskas
          June 28, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

          Is bazooka a euphanism for penis? Is that what you are getting at?

          • gangler
            gangler
            June 28, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

            Bazooka… Joe? Is that one of the seventeen newly discovered positions?

            • ArkhamTexan
              ArkhamTexan
              June 28, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

              She just wants gum.

              • Totz the Plaid
                Totz the Plaid
                June 28, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

                She wants his stick in her gum…

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  June 28, 2013 at 5:37 am | #

                  She wants his ding-a-ling in her fairy cave.

                • Josh
                  Josh
                  June 28, 2013 at 6:05 am | #

                  Ya know… bonking… knobbing.

              • AgentKeen
                AgentKeen
                June 28, 2013 at 1:37 am | #

                Gum for a nickel?

                • Doctor Lantern
                  Doctor Lantern
                  June 28, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

                  Only if that gum came from his mother. For a nickel.

  11. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    June 28, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

    Joyce wanted to “watch cartoons” in missionary.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 28, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      Veggie-tales has never seemed dirtier.

      • Emoroffle
        Emoroffle
        June 28, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

        I never trusted that cucumber.

      • Aras Pabedinskas
        Aras Pabedinskas
        June 28, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

        WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!? Ugh, that is possibly the absolute worse cartoon you could have made that joke with.

        Bravo.

        • Emoroffle
          Emoroffle
          June 28, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

          Thank you. Care for a swig of mind bleach?

          • Aras Pabedinskas
            Aras Pabedinskas
            June 28, 2013 at 9:31 am | #

            Not you, Plasma.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 28, 2013 at 5:39 am | #

          How do you even make vegetables “dirtier” anyways?

          • Josh
            Josh
            June 28, 2013 at 6:05 am | #

            With your penis.

  12. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    June 28, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

    He’s gay. You know he’s gay. If you want to explore sexuality you should apologize to Joe and try that again instead of making up some romanticized fantasy about turning a guy with your pureness and being rewarded with sex and everlasting devotion.

    She is despicable.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 28, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      Except she doesn’t want to explore sexuality, that’s the whole point of their relationship. She doesn’t want premarital hanky-panky, and feels that these lustful thoughts are sinful, so someone like Ethan is safe for now.

      That’s not to say she isn’t going to have lustful thoughts, but she doesn’t want them or to act on them.

      • Aras Pabedinskas
        Aras Pabedinskas
        June 28, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

        In addition, Joe would probably be the worse option for her, seeing as currently, he is a player character that is mostly looking for a sexual relationship. If she forced herself into a relationship with Joe, I think she would be worse off because in addition to trying to supress her own feelings, she would have to deal with Joe’s, which would be harmful for the both of them. It might be wrong for Joyce to be with Ethan, but atleast she is afforded an outlet to explore her feelings where she feels safe.

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      June 28, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

      She’s not despicable. Her intent isn’t ill. She’s just dumb about certain things.

      • David
        David
        June 28, 2013 at 4:42 am | #

        Well, dumb or not, so far her plan is working perfectly. She has no attainable male on her radar.

    • Bunivasal
      Bunivasal
      June 28, 2013 at 7:22 am | #

      What’s this comic called? Smart people make good choices?

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        June 28, 2013 at 4:09 pm | #

        An alternate alternate version would have the characters as eldery residents of a nursing home and be called ‘Dumbing with Age’.

        (I’m sure I’m not the first person to make this joke).

  13. Bemmie
    Bemmie
    June 28, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    Methinks they should just go back to Ethans room and stare at Jacob working out

    • David
      David
      June 28, 2013 at 8:25 am | #

      That’s probably not the plan, but considering David’s penchant for drama, it may be what they end up doing.

  14. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    June 28, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

    When I saw you for the first time (first time)
    My knees began to quiver (quiver)
    And I got a funny feeling (feeling)
    In my kidneys and my liver (digestive system baby)

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      June 28, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

      My hands they started shakin’ (shakin’)
      My heart began a-thumpin’ (boom, boom, boom)
      My breakfast left my body (huey, huey, huey
      Now darling tell me something

      • SHAZAM
        SHAZAM
        June 28, 2013 at 4:37 am | #

        ‘Cause Girl you make me tongue tied (tongue tied)
        Tongue tied……
        Whenever you are near me (near me)

  15. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    June 28, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

    “Cartoons… about SEX.”

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      June 28, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

      Ah. Anime then. Unless Ethan has a Hentai collection? o_O

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        June 28, 2013 at 1:33 am | #

        …hentai is a type of anime, specifically the pornographic type.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          June 28, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

          Coincidentally, his collection is all about rubbing phallic objects against stomachs.

          • Kai Gon
            Kai Gon
            June 28, 2013 at 4:10 am | #

            I guess, that’s something he could share with Joyce…

  16. marky-marcus
    marky-marcus
    June 28, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

    he’s still gayer than a chippendale riding a gay pride float in San Francisco Joyce. Its unlikely he’s gonna be the one to suggest that

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 28, 2013 at 1:47 am | #

    He may want to get her Mind off. But he’s about to get HER off.

    • ridtom
      ridtom
      June 28, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

      HEEEEEYYY-OOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!

    • Ry
      Ry
      June 28, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

      ba-dum-tish

  18. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    June 28, 2013 at 2:52 am | #

    JOYCE BRAINWARP!!!

    XD

  19. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    June 28, 2013 at 3:05 am | #

    “Ah-buh brrgh buh-buhh.” – Joyce Brown

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      June 28, 2013 at 9:30 am | #

      Next book title, right there. I mean Ruth’s was good, but this?

  20. Lanodantheon
    Lanodantheon
    June 28, 2013 at 3:17 am | #

    Womp womp…

  21. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    June 28, 2013 at 4:16 am | #

    Joyce does a great meltdown even when she is not having a meltdown…or is she? Wth is she doing?
    She has been so totally up and down these past few weeks it’s like a roller coaster just watching her mood swings.
    If she doesn’t get a good whambamthankyoumam soon, she’s going to explode. Then again, she will probably explode if she does.

    • David
      David
      June 28, 2013 at 9:09 am | #

      Wth is she doing?

      From the looks of it, I’d say she was taking a dump.

  22. Portmaneau
    Portmaneau
    June 28, 2013 at 4:19 am | #

    Bow-chicka-wo-cartoons!

  23. tahrey
    tahrey
    June 28, 2013 at 4:22 am | #

    How is panel 3 not an avatar yet? How do I fix this?

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      June 28, 2013 at 4:26 am | #

      …ugh, do I really have to sign up for a wordpress account to get a gravatar? I already cropped and saved the pic and all … but I have no use for a WP account and it’s just yet another thing that links back to my email account and whose password I’ll forget…

      • Dan
        Dan
        June 28, 2013 at 5:20 pm | #

        Get a LastPass account. That’ll keep all your passwords securely for you.

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          July 1, 2013 at 4:08 am | #

          BUT THAT’LL NEED ANOTHER PASSWORD 🙁

          And the amount of trust I place in another person or system to hold things that belong solely in my brain is the square root of minus zero. It’s bad enough having to transmit them across the internet, but, needs must…

          (Not written down or stored in a file anywhere … I might, when I get round to drawing up a will, put them on an old 8mb SD card glued to the bottom of the page, with instructions on what account each one is tied to and how to “close” each one… well, at least, the accounts I care about and can remember, that is. I’ve gone way beyond the point of “not remembering every password”, through “not remembering every user name”, and right into the realm of “landing on a website and not being able to recall if I HAVE an account with it already or not”. I’m sure I had a gravatar before, and it didn’t need a WP account then; nowadays, when everything is tied into facebook – that hive of surveilled scum and villany, but reasonable password security all the same – why can’t that be an option?)

  24. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    June 28, 2013 at 6:33 am | #

    Thought for a second she was going to blow a gasket!

    • Bunivasal
      Bunivasal
      June 28, 2013 at 7:24 am | #

      That might actually turn Ethan on and he’s probably got a Fasket or two up in his room.

      • bunivasal
        bunivasal
        June 28, 2013 at 1:33 pm | #

        A Gasket or two.
        This guy

        • John
          John
          June 28, 2013 at 4:13 pm | #

          Wow, that’s, uh… I think she actually could.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          July 2, 2013 at 3:32 pm | #

          Judging from the look on his face, he just was. Blown, that is.

  25. showler
    showler
    June 28, 2013 at 7:22 am | #

    Is this the same kind of arglebargle that Scalia warned us about?

  26. Avenger_Reloaded
    Avenger_Reloaded
    June 28, 2013 at 10:17 am | #

    Thank goodness he said something to calm her down.
    If her head explodes, she won’t help clean it up.

  27. begbert2
    begbert2
    June 28, 2013 at 10:26 am | #

    I’m noticing that she wasn’t saying no.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      June 28, 2013 at 5:18 pm | #

      As far as discernible English words go, she wasn’t saying anything…but “no” is certainly among the more significant things that she wasn’t saying.

  28. Luzahn
    Luzahn
    June 28, 2013 at 12:47 pm | #

    Somehow I don’t think the Hennessy contains the answers anymore.

  29. clodia
    clodia
    June 28, 2013 at 3:22 pm | #

    Joyce, honey, you need to clear your head. All of this turmoil has you pingponging all over the place emotionally. Maybe your boyfriend could give you a backrub? No, I think that might end poorly. I hear you can really clear your head by having a…even worse idea, sorry. I tend to think less when I’m dru- sorry, you’re not Billie.

    Meditation. I know it’s from a different religion, but I think your answer is meditation. Alone. After a cold shower.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      June 28, 2013 at 10:07 pm | #

      She can always pray the Rosary. Mindlessly reciting prayer is a form of meditation as well.

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 29, 2013 at 3:21 am | #

      Don’t forget the hair shirt, and possibly the whip.

  30. Tenn
    Tenn
    June 28, 2013 at 6:18 pm | #

    Guilty horny face is no longer best face. Ah-buh brrgh buh-buhh face is best face! FAAACE.

    • RobHagen
      RobHagen
      June 28, 2013 at 6:36 pm | #

      It’s all about FAAAAACE!

  31. Captain Obvious
    Captain Obvious
    June 28, 2013 at 7:13 pm | #

    Doomed couple is doomed. xD

    Ah Joyce, say hi to your libido 😀

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      July 2, 2013 at 3:34 pm | #

      When I first read this, I saw” dildo” not “libido”. Considering the subject matter of most of the posts, that is not surprising.

  32. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    June 28, 2013 at 7:49 pm | #

    Hmm, Joyce? Nobody’s face can be that colour. Yes, I mean the colour of your face in the third panel. You should go see a doctor, like, now.

  33. UnspeakableAnger
    UnspeakableAnger
    June 28, 2013 at 8:08 pm | #

    I’m really hoping Joyce implodes in this reality. I liked her elsewhere. Quirky, and eventually admirable. This one? Meh.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      June 28, 2013 at 9:49 pm | #

      Right now she isn’t much good, but I’m sure she’ll eventually come around. The whole purpose of a character arc is to change them, right? Perhaps this one will eventually lead to a more enlightened and aware Joyce that’ll learn to accept reality.

  34. Boom
    Boom
    June 28, 2013 at 11:41 pm | #

    Joyce, your vagina wants to have a word with you. It’s not at all pleased with you.

  35. Darnel
    Darnel
    June 29, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

    Well,… In the previous Universe,.. he could sex his female friends if he chose to,.. enjoying it somewhat while driving them up the wall and across the ceiling.

    I have no clue whether he can here,.. but based on his actions so far,.. if she tried to jump his bones – he wouldn’t turn her away.

    Which brings up the question for me of “Bi-sexual” which in my past self-definition just meant that the person can take it however they can get it,…

  36. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 14, 2015 at 7:58 pm | #

    Oh you smooth talker you.

  37. DarkVeghetta
    DarkVeghetta
    June 21, 2015 at 8:53 am | #

    Joyce looks remarkably constipated in panel 3.

  38. Onion
    Onion
    April 30, 2016 at 9:58 pm | #

    My word, she turned orange for a second.

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