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by David M Willis on February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    dammit Dotty move your foot

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 5, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Yeah, it’s off panel! You’re only giving the foot fetishists half a show!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 5, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        Where’s Sierra when you need her.

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          February 5, 2014 at 5:00 am | #

          When do *you* not need her?

        • Aeron
          Aeron
          February 5, 2014 at 7:42 am | #

          Spoiler: Dorothy is about to land on Sierra.

          • Dude
            Dude
            February 5, 2014 at 9:01 am | #

            Which is impressive, since they kicked Sierra out before Walky performed a sex.

            • a4lbi
              a4lbi
              February 5, 2014 at 10:39 am | #

              your avatar + the phrase “Walky performed a sex” = hilarity @ 10ish in the morning.

              He mad. >:C

        • arbot
          arbot
          February 5, 2014 at 9:29 am | #

          She needed to leave.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Why? She already had Walky’s foot just a few moments ago. 😀

      • LS
        LS
        February 5, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        He might have claimed it was a foot but guys have been known to exaggerate (or optimistic thinking)…

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 5, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          Maybe it was a “metric” foot? But then again, Subway footlongs ain’t exactly 12 inches either.

          • Lel
            Lel
            February 5, 2014 at 9:54 pm | #

            The infinitely supperior and majestic metric system does not have feet at all. But a meter-long dong would be less impressive, more deformity. A meter is roughly 3 feet.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              February 5, 2014 at 11:32 pm | #

              I was thinking more of the line of a metric foot equaling 12 cm.

              • JJ
                JJ
                February 8, 2014 at 9:49 am | #

                You might have to dump your teacher for others that actually know the metric system. I’m not precisely sure how many centimeters is a foot worth but it is close to 30-32.

                Thus if Walky’s “foot” was only 12cm long it’d be rather unimpressive.

                Incidentally, this conversation fits my avatar perfectly. 🙂

                • Kelly
                  Kelly
                  February 8, 2014 at 4:45 pm | #

                  I think that was the joke? Anyway, Plas is a native metric user, i.e. not a ‘merican

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  February 27, 2014 at 3:58 pm | #

                  @Kelly: Exactamundo! (Gotta love the 80s)

                  @JJ: Yes I know that 1 foot = 30.48cm, it was supposed to be a joke.

        • Salmo
          Salmo
          February 5, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

          I’ve seen it. It’s certainly sufficient.

        • nekobawt
          nekobawt
          February 5, 2014 at 3:30 am | #

          i knew a guy in high school who referred to his wang as his “foot.” it never occurred to me to think of it in the context of a unit (hurr hurr) of measurement.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            February 5, 2014 at 7:11 pm | #

            Foot is a euphemism for penis in the Old Testament, too.

      • The Steve
        The Steve
        February 5, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

        I honestly just misread that as “Wanky”. Hardly an appropriate name now that he has Dorothy though.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          February 5, 2014 at 7:11 pm | #

          One doesn’t preclude the other!

  2. The Meek Ninja
    The Meek Ninja
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Back to normality!

    • The Meek Ninja
      The Meek Ninja
      February 5, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      And by normality, I mean normalcy.

      • The Meek Ninja
        The Meek Ninja
        February 5, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

        And by normalcy, I actually mean normality. English is hard, guys…

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          February 5, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

          Just say whatever you want. If you convince enough people, it’ll become real. That’s how language works. No one knows that all of language started because someone didn’t want to seem dumb when they thought they’re friends were making the same sounds for a reason.

          • Wereboyscout
            Wereboyscout
            February 5, 2014 at 2:27 pm | #

            Twerk is in the English dictionary. As is Squee.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 5, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          My ancestors came from Normandy… 😀

          • nothri
            nothri
            February 5, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

            OPPRESSOR!!!

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_yoke

            (And they thought wasting a whole day on wikipedia wouldn’t be worth anything.)

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              February 5, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

              Maybe but it also means that when they say bad things about Anglo-Saxon culture, I can say “Nothing to do with me”. 😀

              • davidbreslin101
                davidbreslin101
                February 5, 2014 at 8:19 am | #

                And I say these so-called “Anglo”-Saxons have been walking around like they own the place for far too long. There are towns in England where you’ll rarely see an honest Pictish face. Back to Saxony with the lot of ’em!

                • The Candyman
                  The Candyman
                  February 5, 2014 at 8:52 am | #

                  To heck with that, send ‘me all back across the North Sea where they belong! Britain for the Britons!

                • nothri
                  nothri
                  February 5, 2014 at 11:46 am | #

                  The Candyman, the Celts called, they want their kingdom back.

                • nothri
                  nothri
                  February 5, 2014 at 12:28 pm | #

                  ….actually, ignore that. I’m being dumb again.

  3. Sageress
    Sageress
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    SUDDENLY JACKET.

    • Just Cheeto Dust
      Just Cheeto Dust
      February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      “Suddenly glasses” as well.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        February 5, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        Suddenly Seymour.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 5, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

          I was thinking of saying that too, complete with youtube link but then you beat me to it.

        • Scott
          Scott
          February 5, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          Suddenly Susan?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 5, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Suddenly Jacket
      It enveloped me
      Suddenly Jacket
      Showed me I can
      Learn how to be warm
      When I’m feeling chilly
      With sweet fleecy lining
      Jacket’s my friend

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        February 5, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Nobody ever, kept me all toasty
        Sweatervest’s chilly, parka’s too warm
        I find a coat, and I wear it blindly
        It snaps its buttons, and I would say “sure”

        SUDDENLY JACKKKKKET~

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        February 5, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Dammit, usually we draw “Suddenly Seymour” parodies out over multiple posts! Quit hoggin’ all the reference!

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          February 5, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          … Was that a reference?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 5, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        These are the coats we wear
        Of Devil’s plaid and witches hair
        Jackets are everywhere
        You are my outerwear,
        My special Coat without a tear
        Jackets are Everwhere.
        With a hood or a belt or a sleeveless one.
        Doesn’t count that’s a vest called a Jerkin.

        • Just Cheeto Dust
          Just Cheeto Dust
          February 5, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

          http://meta.filesmelt.com/downloader.php?file=deandancing.gif

  4. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Magic glasses and good flying shot.

  5. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Wow! that was quick!

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      February 5, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Gah! MUST. RESIST. CLICHE.

  6. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    “I thought I was so bad I bored you to sleep.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 5, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      “I neither confirm, nor deny that, Walky.”

      • gka
        gka
        February 5, 2014 at 4:26 am | #

        “Because I’m asleep.”

  7. NCP19
    NCP19
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Now that’s an action pose!

  8. Leorale
    Leorale
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Go go dorothy glasses!

  9. Phil
    Phil
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Virginity: Lost

  10. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Did she just jack his hoodie?

    • Bastylos
      Bastylos
      February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Would YOU try stopping her? Let’s just hope she remembers to put on some undies. Only Walky can pull off strolling the halls with his assets out.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        February 5, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        But he’ll be too hypnotised by her tush to remind her.

    • John
      John
      February 5, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      It is her traditional right to wear her man’s shirt as post-banging attire.

      • Ugakicka
        Ugakicka
        February 5, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        Let’s hope Joyce doesn’t come by and recognize it as post-banging attire. Or do we hope that she does recognize it.

        I am conflicted.

        • Tunaro
          Tunaro
          February 5, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

          I think she’d be more freaked about Dotty not wearing any pants.

        • nothri
          nothri
          February 5, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

          Well, it has almost been a week…

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/overbearin/

          • John
            John
            February 5, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

            It’s been maybe a day in-comic.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 5, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Is that what they call it nowadays? 😀

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        February 5, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Heh, well played.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 5, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          ^_^

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        February 5, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        http://gifs.gifbin.com/1233928590_citizen%20kane%20clapping.gif

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 5, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          NIIIIICE!

  11. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    February 5, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    She’s just fucking adorable in that last panel.

    • Carlos
      Carlos
      February 5, 2014 at 2:58 am | #

      Walky would tend to agree…. however he might rearrange those words a bit

      • ocbrad1
        ocbrad1
        February 5, 2014 at 9:38 am | #

        Or he might assume that is his new nickname…

  12. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    February 5, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    So, Dorothy can just materialize jackets and glasses, but not pants?

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Priorities!

      • WaveRocker
        WaveRocker
        February 5, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

        ^what he said

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 5, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Pants are a higher level shaping magic skill.

      • Geminia999
        Geminia999
        February 5, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        I would say glasses are, I mean, you need to get the right perscription as well as making them see through.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 5, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

          But nerds automatically get the “Glasses Appear” as a class spell.

        • Kai
          Kai
          February 5, 2014 at 4:25 am | #

          Yes, and now imagine she gets it wrong and makes the clothes see through instead of the glasses.

          • TPman
            TPman
            February 6, 2014 at 9:23 pm | #

            I can imagine it. I can imagine it repeatedly 😀

  13. EvilPenguin
    EvilPenguin
    February 5, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Aww, what a touching mo-and it’s over

    • EvilPenguin
      EvilPenguin
      February 5, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Also, Dorothy’s butt

      • Robin
        Robin
        February 5, 2014 at 3:56 am | #

        What a touching butt

        • John
          John
          February 5, 2014 at 5:42 am | #

          No, that was earlier.

  14. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    But at least she didn’t disappoint him, he knows her.

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 5, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Her glasses teleported to her face.

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      February 5, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Clark Kent also has the same power. It’s why he’s so good at disguises.

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        February 5, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        I thought his disguised were powered by fear.

        • Jonathan S.
          Jonathan S.
          February 5, 2014 at 5:40 pm | #

          Hey, if some guy who can bench-press the Empire State Building without breaking a sweat wants me to pretend I can’t recognize him when he wears glasses, I freaking well can’t recognize him with glasses, okay?

  16. Detective Mury
    Detective Mury
    February 5, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    All work and a little play makes Dorothy a happy girl…

  17. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 5, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    I feel like this is going to be like the simpsons movie. Just, the most creative and epic scenery censors ever.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 5, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Needs moar spider-pig.

      • Just Cheeto Dust
        Just Cheeto Dust
        February 5, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        Indeed.

  18. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 5, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Let’s hope noone left out any legos or this comic will take a dark twist.

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      February 5, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      “Walky Performs a Lego-Based Assassination”

    • Just Cheeto Dust
      Just Cheeto Dust
      February 5, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      I was going to mention Home Alone 2 because of the broken Christmas ornaments that were stepped on, but I just remembered a YouTube video that had a dark take on all of the traps in that movie. Now I don’t want to talk about that movie anymore.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 5, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Not gonna watch it. It’ll ruin the funniest movie ever for me.

        • Just Cheeto Dust
          Just Cheeto Dust
          February 5, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

          It just tallies the amount of times Harry and Marv would’ve died had normal rules for pain and injury come into play. That body count was surprising, and–while I said it was dark–that body count was humorous as well.

        • Bill
          Bill
          February 5, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

          The consequences as listed are all worst-case scenarios.  The human skeletal system is a little bit more robust than that, especially in regards to the number of spinal/rib fractures tallied.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 5, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        @Just Cheeto Dust: Cool, more videos to watch!

      • StClair
        StClair
        February 5, 2014 at 5:41 am | #

        In other words, applying realistic consequences (and moral standards) to cartoon violence. Nothing really new.

        • Just Cheeto Dust
          Just Cheeto Dust
          February 5, 2014 at 12:38 pm | #

          Fun fact: I never said this was new.

          But if you want to ignore the fact that some people made a video for entertainment purposes just so you could pretend you got a victory in an argument that never actually happened, then be my guest. Cheers.

      • Dante
        Dante
        February 5, 2014 at 10:35 am | #

        Why did I decide to watch that, AGAIN!? >_<

  19. hmrc4evr
    hmrc4evr
    February 5, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    I wonder if her glasses can be summoned like the Sword of Omens?

    Dorothy: “Glasses of Studying, come to my face!”

    • Qihf
      Qihf
      February 5, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      The glasses she pulled from a pocket of the jacket. But where did the jacket come from?

    • Bill
      Bill
      February 5, 2014 at 2:49 am | #

      Accio jacket??

      The glasses actually got dislodged from her face during the sexytimes and remained in the bunk.  As a person who wears glasses myself, I was more worried that they would have rolled over onto them and broken them.

      And that is Walky’s jacket, but he had already taken it off before getting into bed together.  Not to mention that it is probably wet, cold, and clammy about now.

    • Vorkon
      Vorkon
      February 5, 2014 at 10:20 am | #

      “Glasses of Omens, give me sight BEYOND two feet!”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 5, 2014 at 4:39 pm | #

        +1 LIKE

  20. newllend
    newllend
    February 5, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    NAKED, anyway do you think that in her excitement she would forget that she’s not wearing clothes and will just rush down the hall way…wait their in her room never mind

  21. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 5, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    So where do you turn in a V card? Is there like a vending machine that takes it? Does it give you confetti?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 5, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      You do not get a gift. You are given a curse. In time, hopefully you can overcome it.

      • Bill
        Bill
        February 5, 2014 at 5:53 am | #

        I wish we had a PM feature in these comments.  I’d like to know, without necessarily embarrassing either Yotomoe or myself, just what exactly is this curse to which he refers.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          February 5, 2014 at 7:28 am | #

          ‘S like a taste for blood. Once you get one you crave more. Often times to physical and emotional fault!

          • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
            Thanks, I'll Have Another!
            February 5, 2014 at 11:49 am | #

            I take it you’ve earned your Red Wings?

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              February 5, 2014 at 6:32 pm | #

              I’m such a virgin it’s not even funny.

    • Baker
      Baker
      February 5, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      I think most churches have a machine just inside the door. Pretty sure.

      They like to keep track of that kind of thing so girls don’t wear white at their wedding.

      • Just Cheeto Dust
        Just Cheeto Dust
        February 5, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

        “Here’s the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know: do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don’t, you’ll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be? White-White?”

        “Yes…um, except for the gloves.”

        • davidbreslin101
          davidbreslin101
          February 5, 2014 at 8:27 am | #

          Reminds me of a character in one of Dorothy L Sayer’s books, who gets married in a gold dress on the basis that no-one who knew her would believe the white.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          February 5, 2014 at 2:57 pm | #

          And the veil.

  22. Mal
    Mal
    February 5, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I think Dorothy’s freckles are adorable.

  23. CrazyOne
    CrazyOne
    February 5, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    afterglow… faded

  24. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    February 5, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    What are you talking about, Willis? Glasses just happen. As do jackets.

  25. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    February 5, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    SPEAKING OF AMAZI-GIRL, can we get back to that please?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      February 5, 2014 at 6:59 am | #

      Or we can move on to happier things for a while.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        February 5, 2014 at 8:59 pm | #

        Can we move on to happier things for Amazi-Girl?

  26. DrBear
    DrBear
    February 5, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Jump like that, Dorothy, and the first thing that’s going to hit your floor will be your but… and for somebody who wants to go to Yale, you’re not smart enough to use the BOTTOM bunk in case you get really wild?

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      February 5, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      There is no bottom bunk. Her desk is under her lofted bed. Sierra’s bed is the same way, which is why the top of her mattress was at their eye level when they kicked her out

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      February 5, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      All of the bunks are top bunks, with the desk and wardrobe/dresser underneath them. Better use of floor space.

    • Bill
      Bill
      February 5, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

      You can even see the study carell (with the computer monitor on it) beneath the loft bed in the last panel.

  27. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    February 5, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    A naughty part of me is imagining 4th panel Dotty about to perform a variation of Joker’s dissapearing pencil trick. 😛

  28. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    February 5, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    They work so well as a couple. Also, cute freckles.

  29. Regalli
    Regalli
    February 5, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    People who had money and have thus seen WPaS, do you know where their glasses and clothes most likely ended up, or is it truly just spontaneously-appearing?

    • Bilfred
      Bilfred
      February 5, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      I’m pretty sure that in this world, clothes materialize or disappear when needed.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      February 5, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Given the last place I saw the glasses, I imagine they ended up on the floor. Good thing they can teleport (or Dorothy can teleport them?). I remember thinking they would get knocked off at the time too.

      • Thasvaddef
        Thasvaddef
        February 5, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

        Reminds me of this.

        http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=509

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      February 5, 2014 at 9:10 pm | #

      The glasses fell of her head right at the end, and ended up behind her pillow. I can’t remember if we saw where the clothes ended up, but I think the May have just been shoved to the edges of the bed, if not off altogether due to them being soaked.

  30. Link
    Link
    February 5, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Gotta love the detail, especially the freckles on her thighs. Great work as always, Willis.

  31. Lilith
    Lilith
    February 5, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    Dorothy is awesome.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      February 5, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      Agreed!

  32. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    February 5, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    Great examples of convenient censorship Mr Willis.

    • maxyai
      maxyai
      February 5, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      There’s nothing convenient about it!

  33. WaveRocker
    WaveRocker
    February 5, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    A free slice of that freckle-y ass for those of us that didn’t get WPAS.
    Good guy Willis.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      February 5, 2014 at 8:32 am | #

      My “dat ass” meter is going off the charts.

  34. Mr K
    Mr K
    February 5, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

    A wild Joyce appears!

  35. Menocu
    Menocu
    February 5, 2014 at 1:58 am | #

    Convenient censoring for the win.

  36. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    February 5, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

    She is not going to land well.

  37. wynne
    wynne
    February 5, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

    Thank God they used Dorothy’s, even if it was a bunk bed. I’ve heard horror stories.

  38. Paul Indrome
    Paul Indrome
    February 5, 2014 at 2:52 am | #

    Ah… that precious afterglow. Relaxing, getting glued together by drying sweat, eye-contact-cuddling, … jumping off the bed, obsessing over photos of twentysomething vigilantes… °O

  39. Robin
    Robin
    February 5, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

    Dotty’s glasses are like Thor’s hammer.

    Mew mew!

  40. nothri
    nothri
    February 5, 2014 at 3:37 am | #

    She is a freckly girl, isn’t she?

    (Also, I’m assuming her glasses are like Thor’s hammer.Except probably no lightning powers.)

  41. Grace
    Grace
    February 5, 2014 at 3:42 am | #

    So he didn’t know what he was doing, but he was perfect? Either Dorothy’s never had good sex or she’s lying to make him feel better.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      February 5, 2014 at 4:04 am | #

      if you think those are the only two possibilities you have a really narrow and/or cynical view of what makes sex enjoyable for some people

      • Jen
        Jen
        February 5, 2014 at 8:18 am | #

        Agreed. I’ve had fantastic sex with someone I’ve had a great emotional connection with and I’ve had crappy sex with someone who knew exactly how to push all the right buttons but there was no emotional connection anymore. Just because someone is skilled in a technical/mechanical sense doesn’t mean that great sex will happen and just because someone is new and doesn’t feel like they know what they’re doing doesn’t mean that the sex will be bad. And even if someone feels they don’t know what they’re doing, that doesn’t mean they won’t hit the right buttons. When partners are um…demonstrative…when they are enjoying something, it tends to encourage the other partner to keep doing that thing that is getting the sexy reaction. 🙂

        • clodia
          clodia
          February 5, 2014 at 11:01 am | #

          Also, I’ve had great sex with one person and mediocre sex with that same person another time. Perfect probably means “exactly what she wanted” and that can change day-by-day.

          • Jen
            Jen
            February 5, 2014 at 12:04 pm | #

            Excellent point, clodia.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            February 5, 2014 at 3:00 pm | #

            What to you mean day-by-day? More like minute-to minute.

            • CrazyOne
              CrazyOne
              February 5, 2014 at 3:47 pm | #

              you actually give a minute? 20 seconds tops.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      February 5, 2014 at 5:04 am | #

      Perhaps shockingly, some people can perform well their first time if they pay attention to their partners.

    • Bill
      Bill
      February 5, 2014 at 7:06 am | #

      Sometimes it’s not what’s being said as much as what is not being said.
      SAID: “You were fine.  You were perfect.”
      UNSAID: “… for a first-timer”

  42. Arturo
    Arturo
    February 5, 2014 at 4:55 am | #

    In this issue of Careful Placement Monthly….

    • Cheryl
      Cheryl
      February 5, 2014 at 5:16 am | #

      HAHAHA RIGHT?!

    • Scott
      Scott
      February 5, 2014 at 9:46 am | #

      Willis, give Arturo an autographed copy of this strip for that one…

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      February 5, 2014 at 3:02 pm | #

      A recent Magick Chicks page also did a good job of that.

  43. WikiDreamer
    WikiDreamer
    February 5, 2014 at 9:23 am | #

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand she’s back.

  44. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    February 5, 2014 at 10:23 am | #

    I approve of the random freckles on Dorothy’s body. They’re not where you usually see freckles in comics. (cheeks, and that’s it)

    • John
      John
      February 5, 2014 at 7:59 pm | #

      Or flood-fill all over her body.

  45. Sam
    Sam
    February 5, 2014 at 10:33 am | #

    AHHHHHHHHH NAKED AHHHHHHHHHHHH

  46. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    February 5, 2014 at 11:57 am | #

    What’s the M on the track shirt stand for?

    • Bill
      Bill
      February 5, 2014 at 12:27 pm | #

      Michigan.

      • David Willis
        David M Willis
        February 5, 2014 at 3:17 pm | #

        nope

        • Maveric1984
          Maveric1984
          February 5, 2014 at 9:12 pm | #

          Considering the antlers: Moosejaw.

      • Bill
        Bill
        February 5, 2014 at 4:34 pm | #

        I know that, Willis, but since you’re from Columbus (Ohio State) I was just tryin’ to jerk your chain.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          February 5, 2014 at 4:54 pm | #

          Ha ha, FOOL! I care nothing for your human sportsballs!

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      February 5, 2014 at 3:07 pm | #

      MYSTERY

      And you’ll never know! Muahahahahahahaha

      • David Willis
        David M Willis
        February 5, 2014 at 4:54 pm | #

        hint, she went to high school there

        • froggert
          froggert
          February 5, 2014 at 9:55 pm | #

          Martinsville! Mitchell?
          (I might be from southern Indiana…)

          • David Willis
            David M Willis
            February 5, 2014 at 11:54 pm | #

            Way norther.

  47. Alexx
    Alexx
    February 5, 2014 at 12:37 pm | #

    GLASSES! RETURN TO ME!

  48. LJoL
    LJoL
    February 5, 2014 at 1:22 pm | #

    Picture this scenario…

    Joyce standing outside of Dorothy’s room. Naive and sexually repressed Joyce thinking out loud to herself, “Hey this is weird, I wonder why there is a sock on her door?” Confused Joyce barging inside without knowing what the sock represents. And finally a helpful Joyce starting to say, “Hey Dorothy did you know..” before receiving a face full of Dorothy.

    Yes, Joyce & Dorothy shippers you may now happily imagine that scenario and squeal with glee. ‘Squee!’ away to your heart’s content. You are quite welcome. But be sure to thank Willis for that perfect setup.

  49. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    February 5, 2014 at 1:31 pm | #

    Even when she has downtime for Walky it’s “I have forty-five seconds…” She can’t not be Dotty even when she’s not being Dotty.

  50. Roborat
    Roborat
    February 5, 2014 at 3:05 pm | #

    Wait, wouldn’t that hoodie still be soaking wet?

  51. Minder
    Minder
    February 5, 2014 at 6:54 pm | #

    Oh. Oh god.

    After all that just went down with the Amazi-girl storyline I am really dreading the culmination of this Dorothy arc with her newspaper article.

  52. Pjotroos
    Pjotroos
    February 5, 2014 at 8:21 pm | #

    Really like the chemistry between the two of them. Walky actually being glad that he’s not her first and she could lead him through the whole thing is just nice to see.

  53. Toon Link
    Toon Link
    February 5, 2014 at 9:53 pm | #

    Much detail much wow.

  54. Baker
    Baker
    February 5, 2014 at 11:30 pm | #

    I wish I had glasses that returned to my face under their own power.

  55. Timni16
    Timni16
    February 6, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

    I am surprise that Walky has abs with his diet…

  56. Gally
    Gally
    February 6, 2014 at 11:42 am | #

    Dotty confused lay and lie! There go her presidential hopes… 😉

  57. Creaks
    Creaks
    February 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm | #

    Im uh… Honestly…. Im still thinking about Amazigirl being Amazing.

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