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Younger

by David M Willis on July 21, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    July 21, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Those renegade Leafs, refusing to be called Leaves.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      July 21, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      They won’t be constrained by your “rules”, man!

      • Kennerly
        Kennerly
        July 21, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        When is somebody going to introduce them to pot? No withdrawal symptoms!

        • antiqueChairman
          antiqueChairman
          July 21, 2013 at 12:07 pm | #

          Yeah, but then Sarah would get them kicked out of school.

    • Sgore
      Sgore
      July 21, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      Supposedly it has to due with the team name being a proper noun, and therefore subject to different pluralization rules.

      (Source: http://lastwordonsports.com/2012/10/24/the-peculiar-side-of-sports-why-not-the-maple-leaves/ )

      But I like the idea of hockey teams actively choosing to be grammatical renegades more.

    • TurtlyLooker
      TurtlyLooker
      July 21, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

      Better than being one of two variations of “Sox”.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        July 21, 2013 at 8:33 am | #

        Yeah… what’s up with that? Who wants to be named after socks?? And do the Red Sux… I mean Red Sox actually wear red socks as part of their uniforms?

        • merbrat
          merbrat
          July 21, 2013 at 11:48 am | #

          The used to.

          • merbrat
            merbrat
            July 21, 2013 at 11:48 am | #

            *siiiigh*

            • merbrat
              merbrat
              July 21, 2013 at 11:50 am | #

              (they) “” does not show up

  2. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    July 21, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    I just realized the storyline changed, when did that happen?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 21, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      This morning. Each new day is a new chapter. With Dorothy wakin’ up.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        July 21, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

        She then rolls over and tells Walky about going to go to class, only to find out she never went to college. And she’s thirty-two.

        • John
          John
          July 21, 2013 at 10:15 am | #

          And it’s Joyce next to her.

          • Neospector
            Neospector
            July 21, 2013 at 11:56 am | #

            And Joe is behind her.

            • Jinxed44
              Jinxed44
              July 21, 2013 at 1:52 pm | #

              And everything is burning

            • Anon
              Anon
              July 21, 2013 at 4:31 pm | #

              And Mike is the bed.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                July 22, 2013 at 3:57 pm | #

                And then it gets wierd.

                • Mkvenner
                  Mkvenner
                  July 25, 2013 at 10:39 pm | #

                  Ronald Reagan is there in nothing but a pair of socks and a hat.

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 21, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    They really are the Odd Couple.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 21, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Nah, Plas, they’re not *that* different from one another. Some other couple that’s got snappy dialogue . . .

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 21, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        They both have gender in common.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          July 21, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          True. Maybe they’re more like Ernie and Bert. : )

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            July 21, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

            I have trouble visualising either of them as Bert.

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            July 21, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

            Oddly enough, I always envisioned them as brothers. The more common reference to them never really crossed my mind.

            • Totz the Plaid
              Totz the Plaid
              July 21, 2013 at 6:35 am | #

              I’ve always thought of Ernie and Bert as brothers, too. Calling them a gay couple has always bothered me because to me that’d be incest!

              Make any two other Muppets a gay couple, and I’m cool with it, but Ernie and Bert are not fucking incestuous! No! That is NOT happening!

              Incest is disgusting!

              • Crimson Doom
                Crimson Doom
                July 21, 2013 at 9:18 am | #

                Cancer incest?

              • Optimus Prime
                Optimus Prime
                July 21, 2013 at 3:10 pm | #

                I am confused. If they are engaged in a combining relationship, than the evidence that led you to conclude they were brothers is explained another way. If they are brothers, the evidence that they are in a combining relationship is similarly otherwise accounted for. In one case, they are brothers, but do not combine, in the other, they combine, but need no longer be brothers. Why do you not simply reassess your original conclusion rather than integrating it to the new one in a way that clearly distresses you?

                • Anon
                  Anon
                  July 21, 2013 at 4:30 pm | #

                  As usual, I agree with Optimus Prime.

                • Megatron
                  Megatron
                  August 2, 2013 at 6:36 pm | #

                  Because, Prime, it’s important to stick to your guns! That’s why. Remember when you killed yourself over a video game? That was awesome.

            • The Lurker
              The Lurker
              July 21, 2013 at 4:20 pm | #

              Billie & Ruth are brothers? How long have we known that?

              • Doom Shepherd
                Doom Shepherd
                July 22, 2013 at 6:36 am | #

                I blame Amber’s dad.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          July 21, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

          Um…so do the Odd Couple.

          • lightsabermario
            lightsabermario
            July 22, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

            Please don’t.

  4. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    July 21, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Are you talking to Billie or to us with that alt-text, Willis? Because if we’re going to have a serious discussion then I should probably put on some pants and offer everyone attending a drink.

    • Buckybone
      Buckybone
      July 21, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Oh, he’s talking to us alright.

      Also applicable to religion, by the way.

      • ArkhamTexan
        ArkhamTexan
        July 21, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        It’s applicable to a lot of things! That’s just the way we are! Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that. Although, as a Cowboys fan, it just means I’ve been suffering for YEARS now. Damn that Jerry Jones!

        What do you want to drink?

        • DanMan9820
          DanMan9820
          July 21, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          Cowboys? At least you won a couple Super Bowls. Here in Minnesota, we have a team with and 0-for-4 Super Bowl record!

          • Jacob
            Jacob
            July 21, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            Two words, and possibly the most cringe-worthy words in the NFL: Detroit. Lions.

            • ArkhamTexan
              ArkhamTexan
              July 21, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

              You win.

              • Totz the Plaid
                Totz the Plaid
                July 21, 2013 at 6:38 am | #

                As a geek, I mostly ignore sports, but I have a soft spot for the Red Wings since they’re the one consistently great sports team in the area.

                I’ve been to Tigers and Pistons games, and I’ve enjoyed them (and I’m a fair weather ‘fan’ who roots for them, though I never watch televised sports*), but the Wings are the only ones I’d be willing to put myself behind.

                *caveat: I sometimes watch sports that aren’t part of the ‘big four’ (Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, American Football), such as tennis, but only rarely.

            • Poli
              Poli
              July 21, 2013 at 4:45 am | #

              I’ll see your Detroit and raise you the Cleveland Browns (I am a New England man myself, despite being from Texas. But I blame video games for that)

              • Andy
                Andy
                July 21, 2013 at 11:04 am | #

                That’s a tough one, really. I mean, on the one hand, they’re the Detroit Lions. Sucking is part of their culture. On the other hand, the Browns are from Cleveland. And no one deserves that.

                • laurenh
                  laurenh
                  July 27, 2013 at 5:31 pm | #

                  Can’t remember the exact year off-hand (I think it was 2008) but the Lions won every game in their preseason and then continued to lose EVERY SINGLE GAME in the regular season which set a new NFL season record as it was the first time a team had lost every game since a couple extra were added to the regular season.

                  That’s not bad, that’s awe-inspiring!

              • Guitarwanker
                Guitarwanker
                July 22, 2013 at 6:20 am | #

                Oh man, no cleveland wins. There should be a whole page dedicated to god hates cleveland. This has nothing to do with the town, its not most peoples cup of tea but it appeals to some. But in the sports world the gods have forsaken cleveland like no other town. Also I’m not a browns fan but when the vikes were brought up, my first thought was cleveland.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                July 22, 2013 at 4:01 pm | #

                You are from Texas and are not a Cowboys fan? How is that possible, isn’t it like, a felony or something?

        • BlueRam
          BlueRam
          July 21, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          PFFFFTTT. I was born in northern columbus which made me a BROWNS FAN.

          I DARE you to think of an NFL franchise with worst luck.

          • ArkhamTexan
            ArkhamTexan
            July 21, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

            … I’m going to make them all hard drinks then. Here’s to you, my Browns and Vikings fans!

          • TurtlyLooker
            TurtlyLooker
            July 21, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

            Bills.
            Buffalo Bills.
            The Browns were BAD, but the Bills were, four straight years, UNLUCKY.

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              July 21, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

              I live in Chicago, I don’t have anything to complain about for the year. Also, just ginger ale for me. Followed by an actual ale. Then a beer keg. and a goat.

              • ArkhamTexan
                ArkhamTexan
                July 21, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

                Sorry, all I have is the goat.

                And Chicago has CM Punk. You can be happy FOR LIFE!

            • ArkhamTexan
              ArkhamTexan
              July 21, 2013 at 9:56 am | #

              Ah, the good ol’ Bills. 😀

          • David
            David
            July 21, 2013 at 4:23 am | #

            I bet you already had brown diapers.

            You think you have it bad? They don’t even have baseball where I am from. Or American football.

            We need to rely on TV for getting brain damage.

          • dethtoll
            dethtoll
            July 21, 2013 at 6:46 am | #

            hi guys we’re the bengals what’s happeni- uh oh oh no MLLOORRRRGHGPHPHP

        • etyb
          etyb
          July 21, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

          Posting for the first time on this site just to say that RG3 will haunt your dreams for the next 12-15 years.

          • ArkhamTexan
            ArkhamTexan
            July 21, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

            I’d be more upset about RG3 if he hasn’t been such a damn class act so far. Goddamn NFC rivals Redskins… but you just can’t help but love RG3! I’d rather lose to him than Eli Manning *any* day!

            • etyb
              etyb
              July 22, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

              I’d rather lose to Eli than Romo, but that’s just because I dislike the Cowboys so much. Also because Eli can be pretty funny: http://snygiants.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/image001.jpg?w=270&h=300

              I honestly feel kinda bad for Romo that he’s stuck with Jerruh as team owner. Sure, he didn’t have to sign that extension, but when you’re offered that much money it’d be pretty hard to turn it down. And this is coming from a Redskins fan…thankfully Snyder has started to atone for his sins.

              • ArkhamTexan
                ArkhamTexan
                July 22, 2013 at 10:17 am | #

                You’re not kidding about Jerry. I mean, yeah, there’s the Browns and the Lions and all the other rest of the teams that have been ragging themselves on this thread, but EVERY GODDAMN YEAR the media (fueled by Jones) is front and center and thinking that anything less than a Super Bowl win means the season is a failure for the Cowboys. EVERY. YEAR. The same promises are made and broken and Jones doesn’t have any damn clue that, y’know, perhaps it’d be good to be outta the limelight for a while, pipe down, and just play some football with the hopes of having a respectable season. Instead, it’s “Super Bowl or Bust” and it’s been bust for about 18 years or so now. But, each year, we Dallas fans buy it hook, line, and sinker.

                http://www.thedrawplay.com/?p=304

                It’s very much like that.

                I love Tony Romo. I just hate that the Cowboys is his team. I was actually hoping he’d go somewhere else because he’s fantastic–but NO ONE would be able to find success under Jerry’s rule.

                But, hey, Jones makes craptons of money on the Cowboys and they’re the highest-valued franchise in the NFL right and have consistently been up there in terms of money-making. So the fact that they keep making money tells Jones he must be doing something right so he’ll stay the course since it speaks in dollars.

                My god, he’s the Vince McMahon of the football world.

                • lightsabermario
                  lightsabermario
                  July 22, 2013 at 3:12 pm | #

                  Exactly. I used to be a Cowboys fan. Emmitt Smith got me into football in the first place. After that era, I still held a candle for them a little, but not enough to suffer through years of mediocrity. I’ll root for them when they’re against a team I hate or don’t care about, but within the NFC East I love the Giants (parents from New York, plus I’m a huge Manning Family fan).

                  Some teams that suck for a while tend to cycle back to the forefront due to collecting high draft picks, such as what’s going on with the Lions. (Cleveland is exempt from that rule because the management has no effing clue what they’re doing.) However, the ‘Boys have never been able to succeed or fully suck, so they are trapped in a limbo of average. They are pretty much the definition of average. The good news is that the NFC East is so even with no clear dominant team, that they could pull themselves out at any time. But they don’t.

                  The strange thing is, it’s not that the talent isn’t there. Maybe the team mindset needs adjusting. More often then not, they tend to shoot themselves in the foot and prevent themselves from winning games. If they could keep penalties down, and play smart near the end of games, maybe they could make it into the playoffs.

                • etyb
                  etyb
                  July 23, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

                  Jerry’s biggest problem is that he’s a lousy GM. If he wants to promote/hype up his team, fine, I guess as owner that’s what you’re supposed to do. But if you’re gonna be GM, you have to be able to hold yourself accountable to any mistakes you make, or at least listen closely to your scouting and personnel departments. He does neither and at this rate he’ll end up being Al Davis 2.0.

            • Guitarwanker
              Guitarwanker
              July 22, 2013 at 6:25 am | #

              Except he’s made the news a few times this offseason for some less than class act reasons. He needs a bad season next year or he runs the risk of being a ryan leaf/cam newton saga, tons of potential but too big too quick.

              • etyb
                etyb
                July 23, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

                What “less than class act reasons” would those be?

          • Rheinman
            Rheinman
            July 22, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            Cowboys and Redskins have both been bad for so long that it’s not much of a rivalry any more. That said, I think I can apprecate the awesomeness of RGIII even if he is whipping up on the Cowboys.

            I am fortunate to live in a town with for professional sports teams. If the Cowboys are down then the Rangers or Mavericks are doing better. Now, if only the Dallas Stars can pull it together with new ownership, management, coaching, players, zambonis, hot dog vendors, etc…

            • ArkhamTexan
              ArkhamTexan
              July 22, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

              Ugh, Rangers just lost their 4th in a row tonight though. And, right now, they’re our best franchise at the moment. But, hey, they can pull it together in time…?

            • etyb
              etyb
              July 22, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

              I think you’d have been right, but now that Washington finally has a real QB and a legit offense that steamrolled the Cowboys both in Dallas and back in MD/D.C., I’d say the rivalry’s back.

        • The Lurker
          The Lurker
          July 21, 2013 at 4:22 pm | #

          Hey I’m a Cubs fan… you got nothin….

          • The Lurker
            The Lurker
            July 21, 2013 at 4:24 pm | #

            and just a CokeZero for me I’m the DD.

      • Tachyon
        Tachyon
        July 21, 2013 at 2:31 am | #

        I’m trying to think… the only things I like that’re local is some of the food and a tiny bit of the scenery.

        So I guess I like stuff from other places because of where I’m from? Weird.

  5. Buckybone
    Buckybone
    July 21, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Physical trauma to the…nah, too easy.

  6. Gram91
    Gram91
    July 21, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    In the immortal words of Joe, “Now kiss.”

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 21, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      … and that grav. Couldn’t be better unless it was Joe himself!

    • ambiguousArsonist
      ambiguousArsonist
      July 21, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Lets just go with to the Faaaaaccceeeeeeeee

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      July 21, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      Aw, now I’m just sad that these two aren’t as, er, friendly as the Roomies versions.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 21, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

        They would have been, but Ruth fucked that up.

        • John
          John
          July 21, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

          bongo shouldna shoved her.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            July 21, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

            Meanwhile in the Walkyverse Billie shoves Ruth to the ground.

            • John
              John
              July 21, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

              ‘S not so much a “shove” as a “pounce”.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                July 21, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

                bongo shoulda pounced me.

                • Totz the Plaid
                  Totz the Plaid
                  July 21, 2013 at 6:40 am | #

                  Everyone wants Billie pounces!

  7. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    July 21, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    Everyone knows that physical trauma makes everything better. Just ask the attendees of my last birthday party!

    • Tbf
      Tbf
      July 21, 2013 at 5:45 am | #

      Why is Joyce wearing the “safer sex” hat?

      • sidhe3141
        sidhe3141
        July 21, 2013 at 11:01 am | #

        She lost a bet.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          July 21, 2013 at 6:34 pm | #

          The real answer is that, as you probably know, Roz’s first appearance had her wearing what I later dubbed the Condom Cap. Naturally, I thought this was the most fantastic thing ever, and cropped it for my gravatar. And this was good, for about a year or two. Then came “Guess Who’s Coming to Galasso’s, with Joyce’s grumpy face. And I thought this was also fantastic. But now I was faced with a dilemma: I was still fond of my Condom Cap, but I also was in love with Joyce’s grumpy face, which I felt could be useful in all sorts of situations. And I had no image-editing software of good enough quality to combine the two myself. Fortunately, Heavensrun did (and I am very thankful Heavensrun decided to help me). So now I have the best of both worlds.

          sidhe’s explanation works on an “In-unverse” level, though.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            July 21, 2013 at 6:35 pm | #

            …Why do I keep forgetting to close my quotation marks?

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 21, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    Panel 3 Billie is cute.

    • Link
      Link
      July 21, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      Billie’s so cute that Panel 2 and Panel 4 Billie is cute.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 21, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        …Panel 2???

        Anyway, Billie is always cute. And sexy.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 21, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

        So are panels 6 and on.

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      July 21, 2013 at 6:41 am | #

      Panel 1 Billie’s the cutest to me, but Billie’s always sexy as hell.

  9. Gram91
    Gram91
    July 21, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

    I think that Billie isn’t getting the worst of it is probably because she doesn’t drink out of depression.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 21, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

      Ruth, Just grab one of Billie’s boobs. You cannot…I REPEAT CANNOT be angry while holding one of those.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 21, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

        It’s like eating chocolate. No one can be angry while eating chocolate.

        Unless you hate chocolate or something, but you’re a MONSTER for hating chocolate.

        • Gram91
          Gram91
          July 21, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

          I don’t think that’s the best simile for that particular action.

      • CrazyPete
        CrazyPete
        July 21, 2013 at 4:26 am | #

        Two of the things i love in this world boobs and chocolate

        • Emoroffle
          Emoroffle
          July 21, 2013 at 6:19 am | #

          Ever tried boobs covered in chocolate? They are awesome.

          • Notebooked
            Notebooked
            July 21, 2013 at 3:35 pm | #

            The first man to craft boobs out of chocolate will make himself an easy fortune.

            • Gram91
              Gram91
              July 21, 2013 at 5:48 pm | #

              They can already do pudding, shouldn’t be too hard for chocolate. But brings up the question of which is better.

              • HMRC4EVR
                HMRC4EVR
                July 21, 2013 at 10:59 pm | #

                Chocolate Pudding Boobs?

  10. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    July 21, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

    We don’t complain about how the Leafs suck. We just wish they would win. And every year, we hope they do.

    • Kennerly
      Kennerly
      July 21, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      The Leafs are the Cubs of Hockey, and Hockey is the Cubs of North American professional sports.

  11. zomgvampires
    zomgvampires
    July 21, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

    Oh god, being reminded that the main characters aren’t even of LEGAL age to drink makes me feel old.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 21, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      Not me. Ruth’s still older than me.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      July 21, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

      I’m about the same age as Ruth.

      Which feels kinda weird, seeing as I basically started college at the same time as Billie.

    • andmangrewproud
      andmangrewproud
      July 21, 2013 at 2:12 am | #

      Maybe that’s why the exodus of characters from Shortpacked has bugged me so much… they are much closer in age to me than their younger dummiverse counterparts.

      • zomgvampires
        zomgvampires
        July 21, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

        I think Shortpacked! Amber is two years older than I am. So I completely feel where you’re coming from. It’s weird to see them in this verse. Not complaining, but it’s hard to remember that for the most part, they’re supposed to be 10 years younger than I am. I have no idea what that says about me.

  12. John
    John
    July 21, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

    C’mon, Billie, that’s not how you respond to Ruth complaining about being alone. Alternate-universe you knows where it’s at!

  13. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    July 21, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

    These two need to kiss already. Again. Mutually.

    I remember reading Roomies and every character was older than me.

  14. SonsOfSauron
    SonsOfSauron
    July 21, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

    Can we just have Ruth & Billie comics forever?

    • Wensleydale
      Wensleydale
      July 21, 2013 at 2:40 am | #

      Can they get a whole universe to themselves? Themselves and the Leafs?

      • The Candyman
        The Candyman
        July 21, 2013 at 12:29 pm | #

        With Joe watching?

  15. Sporky
    Sporky
    July 21, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

    I like how Ruth isn’t even mad at Billie making fun of her.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 21, 2013 at 3:29 am | #

      I mean she’s kinda threatening violence.

      • John
        John
        July 21, 2013 at 10:18 am | #

        That’s how she flirts.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 21, 2013 at 12:42 pm | #

      Exactly! They’re just shooting the shit. They seem to have skipped romance and gone straight to we’ve-been-together-so-long-we-have-the-script-down… That means we need some retroactive Ruth-Billie romance, licky-style — right now!!

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

    My hoverlink is busted. I can’t ‘see’ the nifty hidden messages embedded in the comic by Mr. W. anymore.

  17. Anguirus
    Anguirus
    July 21, 2013 at 4:53 am | #

    OK now they’re almost too adorable together.

  18. CallMeIshmael
    CallMeIshmael
    July 21, 2013 at 4:56 am | #

    Goddamn, Ruth is an asshole. And an alky. Detox symptoms at 20? When did she start drinking? 5?

    • Crumplepunch
      Crumplepunch
      July 21, 2013 at 7:59 am | #

      Yeah, I think her being an alcoholic was pretty well established.

  19. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    July 21, 2013 at 5:31 am | #

    Not most! Just…the largest percentage of!

  20. bibulb
    bibulb
    July 21, 2013 at 5:49 am | #

    [yellingbird]
    YOU NEED MORE HOT ACTION IS WHAT YOU NEED SO START GETTING BUSY WITH EACH OTHER’S BAD SELVES
    [/yellingbird]

    That said, sometimes one finds an actual affinity in a luck-of-the-birth regional grouping – I know that I do identify pretty deeply with much of the character of my hometown.
    (But not our sports teams, because NERD.)

  21. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    July 21, 2013 at 8:04 am | #

    Hurr de hurr indeed.

  22. Jackson
    Jackson
    July 21, 2013 at 9:01 am | #

    Sobriety buddies!

  23. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    July 21, 2013 at 9:06 am | #

    Is “physical trauma” an euphemism for “getting laid”? Coming from Ruth, it probably is.

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      July 21, 2013 at 7:26 pm | #

      Everything is a euphemism for Ruth. She’s cranky because nobody is ever responding to her advances.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        July 22, 2013 at 3:39 am | #

        Everything?

        Wow, I wouldn’t have imagined she wanted Joyce *that* bad.

  24. LookingIn
    LookingIn
    July 21, 2013 at 10:15 am | #

    Well you would need physical trauma to account for being a Leafs fan, it goes along with the mental trauma of realizing they are perenial disappointments and the emotional trauma of being constantly up and down as a team.

    Then agian it’s still healthier than being a Chicago Cubs fan 😉

  25. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    July 21, 2013 at 10:22 am | #

    But my favorite team has ALWAYS been the…

    …one moment please…

    …Yankees/Giants/Rangers/Knicks!

  26. Andy
    Andy
    July 21, 2013 at 11:02 am | #

    See, this is why you shouldn’t be a Leafs fan. You should like a good team.

    Like the Blues.

  27. Lurlock
    Lurlock
    July 21, 2013 at 12:13 pm | #

    Do they HAVE cheerleaders in hockey? I’d just think the combination of cold and violence would make it somewhat impractical to have a bunch of girls in miniskirts out in the rink…

    • Justnobody
      Justnobody
      July 21, 2013 at 12:39 pm | #

      Correction: it would make it better.

  28. ajm5007
    ajm5007
    July 21, 2013 at 4:40 pm | #

    Those two years can actually make a big difference at their age.

  29. Ruck Bogers
    Ruck Bogers
    July 21, 2013 at 5:23 pm | #

    It’s true! Most of the stuff that I enjoy either comes from Europe, the Americas, or Asia! And I was born in one of those places!

  30. Mattyos
    Mattyos
    July 21, 2013 at 6:39 pm | #

    And this is why I’m a sabres fan!

  31. Ryorin
    Ryorin
    July 21, 2013 at 10:13 pm | #

    Thus my sort of caring about the Seahawks, Mariners, and Sounders when I remember that major league sports exist. Despite not living in that state since I was a baby. And they still manage to be the closest major league teams in the country to me despite being nearly 1500 miles away.

  32. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    July 21, 2013 at 10:32 pm | #

    No Billie, you aren’t, but you could be nailing it, if you catch my drift. 😉

  33. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    July 21, 2013 at 11:02 pm | #

    I mentioned this to Walky at Botcon but Ruth and Billie still haven’t addressed the elephant in the room: why DID Ruth kiss her? I mean, we know based on other incarnations of these characters, but in-universe they haven’t sat down and Billie says “Ruth…why did you kiss me?” or something akin to that.

    Guess it was easier for them to focus on the alcohol issue for now than anything else.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      July 22, 2013 at 3:43 am | #

      Ruth kissed Billie because she has the hots for her. Neither of them have addressed the subject because it’s kind of obvious.

  34. Darth Cariss
    Darth Cariss
    July 21, 2013 at 11:10 pm | #

    My favorite sports team is the L.A. Lakers even though I’m not from California. Is that weird?

  35. Belades
    Belades
    July 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    As a Red Sox fan, I can verify that the hovertext is 100% accurate.

  36. Ziaheart
    Ziaheart
    July 22, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

    About that hovertext… it actually decides what I hate rather than what I like.

  37. Roborat
    Roborat
    July 22, 2013 at 4:09 pm | #

    Not me, I was born in Ottawa, and I don’t cheer for the Senators, and the Rough Riders no longer exist, not that I cheered for them anyway. I am an Edmonton Oilers/Eskimos fan. Before the Oilers existed, I was a Black Hawks fan, and still cheer for them once the Oilers are out of contention. In my defence, I was an Air Force brat, and lived all over the country growing up.

  38. nothri
    nothri
    July 24, 2013 at 12:00 am | #

    I just say obscenities. I’ve never barfed them up.

  39. takashid
    takashid
    February 20, 2014 at 5:27 pm | #

    in hindsight this strip hurts pretty bad. dammit Billie

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