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by David M Willis on February 25, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - I Was a Teenage Churchmouse
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce, sal, squirrel

Discussion (238) ¬

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    So now she’s passive-aggressive judgemental?

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      She’s levelled-up?

    • nothri
      nothri
      February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      baby-steps, my friend. Baby-steps.

    • Suitora
      Suitora
      February 25, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

      I thought you were talking about Billie at first… It’s scary how this could apply to both her and Joyce.

      • Deathjavu
        Deathjavu
        February 25, 2014 at 5:00 am | #

        Billie’s not being passive-aggressive, she’s being aggressive-aggressive. Also known as being a jerk.

        I mean, obviously she has reasons, but still.

        • Raynebough
          Raynebough
          February 25, 2014 at 8:14 am | #

          p sure he meant Joyce, who is the queen of passive aggression up in here

  2. Shogouki
    Shogouki
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Squirrel is new character?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Next strip: Drinky-Squirrel

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        And likewise me, Morocco Mole.

        • George
          George
          February 25, 2014 at 12:09 pm | #

          Man… that show. Cartoon network once did a “super chunk” of what had to be every episode in existence… it was glorious.

    • LiamAldam
      LiamAldam
      February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah, he’ll do something important in 4 years or so.

      • MM
        MM
        February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        When the moose shows up, you’ll know shit is about to go down.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        In fact, he’ll be the most important character.

        • nothri
          nothri
          February 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          This isn’t going to end with the squirrel flipping out over a Insane Clown Posse, putting on clown make up and randomly murdering half the cast, is it?

          (Wow, I’m feeling obscure today.)

          • Kottra
            Kottra
            February 25, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

            I hope not, considering we don’t have anyone who knows anything about shooshpapping to calm it down.

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          February 25, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

          Squirrel will kickstart the rabies arc where the most prominent members of the cast die to make way for the ones who don’t get as much spotlight.

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            February 25, 2014 at 4:06 am | #

            So, good chance that Sierra will be the new main character then. Gotcha.

          • Dr. Paul
            Dr. Paul
            February 25, 2014 at 7:16 pm | #

            That would be totally rabies.

            • MichaelHaneline
              MichaelHaneline
              February 25, 2014 at 9:15 pm | #

              (•_•)
              ( •_•)>⌐■-■
              (⌐■_■)
              YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              February 25, 2014 at 11:11 pm | #

              Someone needs to add an upvote or like button to the comments section just for this comment.

      • nerdboy64
        nerdboy64
        February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        It’ll be like Sal’s hand. In those four years, Willis will repost this strip and be all, “Remember the squirrel from February 24, 2014? Yeah, SAME FUCKING SQUIRREL.” Then he’ll make porn of it.

      • Just Cheeto Dust
        Just Cheeto Dust
        February 25, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

        Like ruin a football game?

      • Niklarean
        Niklarean
        February 25, 2014 at 7:14 am | #

        He’s Chekov’s Squirrel

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Yes… yes it is… but why, I have nooooo idea.

      • nothri
        nothri
        February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Willis is easily distracted?

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxYYPziLdR4

      • Shogouki
        Shogouki
        February 25, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        I’m hoping it will be Sal’s buddy and will go on bike rides with her.

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      February 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      You just know that Squirrel is going to getting an interesting side arc. It’s never going to be in the main comic, but you’ll see him in the background shaming the hell out of Shakespeare.

    • John
      John
      February 25, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      “Squirrel” is actually the dude walking the other direction.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        February 25, 2014 at 4:10 am | #

        So the real squirrel is a deception? :O Clever girl…

        • Malebranche
          Malebranche
          February 25, 2014 at 11:55 am | #

          the squirrel ruse was a…DISTACTION

    • LograyX
      LograyX
      February 25, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

      It’s Reagan.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      February 25, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

      At first I thought the squirrel was Admiral Akern, who was introduced quite some time ago when Amber and Danny were walking to the comic book shop together. However, this squirrel is nowhere near Squirrel Island, so it is unlikely to be the Admiral. Might be one of his subordinates on a scouting mission though …

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      February 25, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

      Well there is a squirrel walking on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street from the group. Not sure if this is the one referred to in the tag, though.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      February 25, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

      EGS cameo?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        February 25, 2014 at 3:34 am | #

        Like!

    • Azhrei Vep
      Azhrei Vep
      February 25, 2014 at 7:37 am | #

      Squirrel is the best new character!

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      February 25, 2014 at 4:02 pm | #

      She is on loan from Sequential Art.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      February 25, 2014 at 4:12 pm | #

      Yes, came with moose.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        February 25, 2014 at 4:13 pm | #

        Sorry, couldn’t decide what response I liked better, so I decided to use both.

    • icepyrox
      icepyrox
      February 25, 2014 at 6:04 pm | #

      I like how the comments read as if the guy walking the other way is called Squirrel, as opposed to, you know, the squirrel that Willis decided to draw and draw attention to because SQUIRREL!

    • leadsynth
      leadsynth
      February 25, 2014 at 7:04 pm | #

      More like Amazi-Squirrel!

  3. sps48
    sps48
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Even Sal can be 180 degrees off!

  4. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Yup that’s our little ray of stinkin sunshine, go Joyce.

  5. DylBat
    DylBat
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Haha.

    Fudge bombs.

    Boobs.

    • ocbrad1
      ocbrad1
      February 25, 2014 at 10:50 am | #

      I’m surprised Yotomoe didn’t pick up on Sierra’s fudge bombs!

    • Vert
      Vert
      February 25, 2014 at 11:41 am | #

      Yeah, Joyce, that’s “F-bombs”. Fudge bombs are… uh… something else.

  6. Alexander the adequate
    Alexander the adequate
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    (generic comment about how I liked the amazigirl arc more and that I want more of it now)

    • Van Dyne
      Van Dyne
      February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      (generic comment about how the Willis thrives on depriving his readers of things they want)

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        (generic comment insinuating that I had sex with your mother for a five-cent piece.)

        • SUGauthor
          SUGauthor
          February 25, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

          (generic comment indicating I wanted to be a part of this thread.)

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          February 25, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          (generic skyward yell damning Willis)

          • Sageress
            Sageress
            February 25, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

            (Generic exaggeration of the word “face”)

            • lejwocky
              lejwocky
              February 25, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

              (generic taco-based pun)

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                February 25, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

                (genetic non-sequitur)

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  February 25, 2014 at 7:04 am | #

                  (generic meta-post)

                • Batman
                  Batman
                  February 25, 2014 at 9:11 am | #

                  (generic Batman)

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                February 25, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

                (generic implying Joyce is sexually attracted to women)

                • AJBulldis
                  AJBulldis
                  February 25, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

                  (generic accusation that this arc will be the result of Danny Danning everything up)

                • Karfsma778
                  Karfsma778
                  February 25, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

                  (Generic D&D reference)

                • RK
                  RK
                  February 25, 2014 at 3:12 am | #

                  (generic attempt to start a pun battle)

                • Kevin
                  Kevin
                  February 25, 2014 at 6:01 am | #

                  (generic Monty Python reference)

                • The Candyman
                  The Candyman
                  February 25, 2014 at 7:52 am | #

                  *generic Princess Bride reference*

                • ocbrad1
                  ocbrad1
                  February 25, 2014 at 10:52 am | #

                  (generic question about a Shortpacked/DOA character crossover)

                • Cragalanch
                  Cragalanch
                  February 25, 2014 at 1:11 pm | #

                  (generic reference to femurs)

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  February 25, 2014 at 4:03 pm | #

                  Generic comment expressing sorrow that one arrived too late to take part in the thread.

      • Joe
        Joe
        February 25, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

        Something something “Damn you, Willis!”
        Okay, I think we’ve covered everything for today.

    • Just Cheeto Dust
      Just Cheeto Dust
      February 25, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

      (generic joke about how someone other than Amber is Amazi-Girl)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 25, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

        (generic products are often cheaper than brand-name products)

        • SUGauthor
          SUGauthor
          February 25, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

          You win.

        • No
          No
          February 25, 2014 at 2:01 am | #

          (generic joke because the premium joke was too expensive… by a nickel.)

          • SilverArrowArtemis
            SilverArrowArtemis
            February 25, 2014 at 3:14 am | #

            Here. Take my Internets! XD

  7. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    that shadow on Joyce’s face in panel 4 looks like the black eye she’s risking by picking on a post-drama-bombed Billy

  8. Urzu725
    Urzu725
    February 25, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    But…but I like Joyce’s sleeves the way they are.

  9. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Did anyone else watch the new Adventure time today and immediately think of Amber?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      N-no?

    • Sageress
      Sageress
      February 25, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Not in the slightest actually.

      • SUGauthor
        SUGauthor
        February 25, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Neither did my brother. I guess I’m the crazy one.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      February 25, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

      Yes.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      February 25, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

      At least the episode is way better than the last one. Save for the fist fight between Flame King and the Fire Lord, that episode was one big WTF?

      • SUGauthor
        SUGauthor
        February 25, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

        I know right?, such a letdown, and I’m glad I’m not completely crazy.

    • Lizardizzle
      Lizardizzle
      February 25, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

      I did actually think of David’s character designs (like Amber) upon seeing Betty. But only for a split second because the episode was so feelsy.

  10. madock345
    madock345
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Fudge Bombs?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Sounds like an amazing prank if you could get it to work.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Riley’s 17th favorite cereal!

      • Sageress
        Sageress
        February 25, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        Right behind Nugget Nukes and right ahead of Air Raid Raisin

        • Just Cheeto Dust
          Just Cheeto Dust
          February 25, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

          I once found a mushroom in a box of Nugget Nukes. Pass.

          • Kevin
            Kevin
            February 25, 2014 at 6:01 am | #

            I found maggots in Honeycomb when I was like 10.

            Never again, Honeycomb. Never again.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              February 25, 2014 at 4:07 pm | #

              What did you think made the honeycombs?

    • Bill
      Bill
      February 25, 2014 at 10:48 am | #

      Fudge bomb — dark creme de cacao and Red Bull.

      • ocbrad1
        ocbrad1
        February 25, 2014 at 11:02 am | #

        I was torn in two beautiful directions on this. One, Fudge Bombs obviously evoke the idea of an appropriately chocolatey adult beverage (Willy Wonka’s Car Bomb?). On the other hand, a classic Calvin and Hobbes reference to one of his favorite cereals: Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs! Both are a win, IMO.

        • MichaelHaneline
          MichaelHaneline
          February 25, 2014 at 9:19 pm | #

          My first thought was a euphemism for poop.

          Apparently I’m like… 7.

          • John
            John
            February 25, 2014 at 10:00 pm | #

            Well, it’s Joyce saying it, so that seems about right. That’s roughly the age most of her vocabulary runs at.

  11. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    “I’ve matured! I stayed up til 9:30 last night, didn’t finish my peas at the lunch, and I call them ‘fudge bombs’ now instead of ‘Ouchy-No-No-Words’!”

    • MM
      MM
      February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      No peas? Oh, Joyce. What has college done to you?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        Of course she had peas! She’s not a monster!

        She just didn’t finish them. There were like four left.

        • MM
          MM
          February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

          Oh, the pea-manity!

          • Ancestral Hamster
            Ancestral Hamster
            February 25, 2014 at 1:04 am | #

            “All we are saying,”
            “is give peas a chance …”

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              February 25, 2014 at 4:07 pm | #

              Carrot juice is murder?

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      February 25, 2014 at 10:47 pm | #

      “Ouchy-no-no-words”.
      We have a winner.

  12. arank11
    arank11
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    She counted?!

  13. Jay Eff
    Jay Eff
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    “77 Fudge bombs?”
    Sounds like something you do at a bar.
    (I think the alt-text agrees with me..)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      I think when people get to be a certain amount of drunk they release an onslaught of F-bombs.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Or if you have diarrhea.

    • Just Cheeto Dust
      Just Cheeto Dust
      February 25, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      I’m debating whether or not to add choclate vodka and Red Bull to my grocery list.

      • Bill
        Bill
        February 25, 2014 at 10:49 am | #

        Dark creme de cacao would probably work better.

  14. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Does this mean that Joyce could watch “In The Thick Of It” without her brain exploding now? WHOA!

    • MM
      MM
      February 25, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Unless you want Indiana to go fudge-bombity-bye, I don’t think we should test that theory.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 25, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        You might be right.

      • Dr. Paul
        Dr. Paul
        February 25, 2014 at 7:25 pm | #

        Try it! Worst case, the state blows up and I don’t have to go there for a two day meeting. Best case the state blows up and takes Ill as far as Peoria with it and I can avoid my other business trip.

    • bibulb
      bibulb
      February 25, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

      Um, WOW. I hadn’t even considered what an FCC-approved version of that would sound like.

      • BlackIo
        BlackIo
        February 25, 2014 at 6:23 am | #

        Mostly silent, I’d imagine.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          February 25, 2014 at 11:18 pm | #

          I haven’t seen it yet but from the descriptions I would think one long beep with minute bursts of silence to create a staccato effect.

  15. THeamwesimesine
    THeamwesimesine
    February 25, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Amber’s dad is in the first panel!

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      February 25, 2014 at 6:03 am | #

      That’s a squirrel.

  16. Doc Harleen
    Doc Harleen
    February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Yeah, what’s the deal with the sleeves? It’s very cute on Joyce but still an oddly-proportioned article of clothing.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Maybe Joyce is a big fan of Number 3 from KND. *shrugs*

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 25, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Only Numbuh 3 can rock that look, Joyce. She’s earned it.

      • nothri
        nothri
        February 25, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        Uh, excuuuuuuse me Mongoose, but I believe you me “NUMBAH 3”?

        That’s right. I’m being that guy right now. And I am totally not sorry. Somewhat disgusted with myself, perhaps, but certainly not sorry.

        • nothri
          nothri
          February 25, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

          DAMN YOU YOTOMOE!!!!!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 25, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

          *HA HA*

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlqBYuShAU

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          February 25, 2014 at 5:15 am | #

          See, now I want to say “Numbuh 3” to antagonize you. Pedantry is a cardinal sin of language.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I detest the term “Fudge-Bombs” because that phrase accomplishes nothing “F-bombs” does other than make Joyce look like a baby.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Besides, I thought Fudge Bomb is a euphemism for shit.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 25, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Fudge-Bomb may be short for Fudge Jagerbomb??

    • newllend
      newllend
      February 25, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      You know you shouldn’t be anywhere near a college if the paraphrase “F-bomb” isn’t censored enough for you.

    • The Candyman
      The Candyman
      February 25, 2014 at 7:55 am | #

      Isn’t that kinda the point?

  18. licoricepencil
    licoricepencil
    February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Ohhhhhh Joyce. You still have a long way to go.

  19. newllend
    newllend
    February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    …compared to everybody else she’s fucking with us right?

  20. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Did everyone contract leprosy in between strips or are those just badly done shadows?
    Yeah, sorry. That was just bothering me. Needed to get it out of my system.

    • Alden
      Alden
      February 25, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      I think they walked into the shadow of a tree.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      February 25, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      They aren’t badly done, they are the shadows from the trees.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      February 25, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      am i on the internet or are certain folks just being assholes to me for no reason other than boredom

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 25, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

        Are you suggesting that we are NOT on the internets? 😛

      • Mr K
        Mr K
        February 25, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        Sorry about that guy, buddy.

      • Super Duper
        Super Duper
        February 25, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

        Sorry. I just finished the Wicker Man remake and am feeling bitter.
        Again, sorry. I really do love this comic.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          February 25, 2014 at 4:18 am | #

          HOW’D IT GET BURNED?!

        • Kevin
          Kevin
          February 25, 2014 at 5:54 am | #

          I was way more of a persistent dick about the facial expressions in WPAS.

          Wait a minute. I need to start evaluating my behavior before it happens.

      • LograyX
        LograyX
        February 25, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        May they be stricken with a terrible case of the Fudge Bombs.

        And because I am a monster, perhaps even 78 of them.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 25, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        I’m assholes to everybody. That’s just my humor.

      • Blue Dragon
        Blue Dragon
        February 25, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

        C’mon, that was, like, three weeks ago!

        …

        …yeah, alright. I’m sorry. Okay? I’m sorry.

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        February 25, 2014 at 8:37 pm | #

        That’s not an either/or, its an AND.

  21. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 25, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    If I do ninety-eight fudge bombs, do I still see a doctor, a therapist, or should I simply go buy a medal to commemorate the achievement?

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      February 25, 2014 at 11:46 pm | #

      Call Poison Control first, then an ambulance because I’m sure that would cause alcohol poisoning. Or chocolate poisoning dependent on the recipe used to make the fudge bombs. Or both, which would mean you die anyway…

  22. Aizat
    Aizat
    February 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Uh…Joyce…if Sal did that many fudge bombs, she should be in the hospital right now.

  23. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    February 25, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Passive aggressive, my ass.
    Always a word for something in this world.
    Billie’s right. A person old enough to dress themselves look ridiculous with sleeves hanging over their hands, like a kid in their mothers sweater.
    But then, when I look around it seems like half the females I see are wearing clothes 2 sizes too small, or like Joyce and Sal, falling off.
    I’m female and no fashionista by a long shot. Turtlenecks, jeans and hoodies, sneakers are just fine.
    I just sometimes wonder what some girls/women think of when they get dressed in the morning?
    What happened to clothes that actually fit?
    Oh well takes all kinds, which is a good thing.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      February 25, 2014 at 4:21 am | #

      “What happened to clothes that actually fit?”

      Individuality, desire to express oneself by not limiting oneself to traditional dress sense?

    • Hika
      Hika
      February 25, 2014 at 8:21 am | #

      The right to freaking dress as one might choose for themselves?

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      February 25, 2014 at 10:26 am | #

      hi grandpa

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        February 25, 2014 at 11:48 pm | #

        That’s beyond a “grampa” reaction. I’m a grandfather, so I know…

    • ajm5007
      ajm5007
      February 25, 2014 at 11:52 am | #

      Can you get the clothes on your body? Do they do what you want them to do? Yes? Then they fit.

    • The Candyman
      The Candyman
      February 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm | #

      That gravatar actually works kinda well here, if you don’t mind me for saying.

  24. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Congratulations, want a medal with that?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 25, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      “And she will be receiving…a freaking medal”

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        February 25, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        For actually counting how many times Sal said Fuck.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 25, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Do they give out Purple Hearts for hearing naughty words?

  25. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    77 Fudge bombs are in Sal’s head, 77 Fudge bombs indeed.
    She blurts one out, Joyce has a pout.
    76 Fudge bombs are in Sal’s head.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      February 25, 2014 at 10:52 pm | #

      This is a thing now. I’m making this a thing.

  26. Barrage7667
    Barrage7667
    February 25, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Is squirrel going to become a recurring character? There is just an aura of passion and wonder to him that makes me want to see him more. There should be an entire arc for le squirrel

  27. newllend
    newllend
    February 25, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Ok everybody let’s not get distracted from the- SQUIRREL!

  28. Dan
    Dan
    February 25, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    “77 Fudge-Bombs” was my least favorite Nena song.

  29. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 25, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Joyce is the kinda person that I could not tolerate if I was in a bad mood.

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      February 25, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      Sal and Billie must be real patient not to strangle her.

  30. Aizat
    Aizat
    February 25, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Am I the only here who thinks that Joyce won’t be out of place in the 80’s?

  31. xain
    xain
    February 25, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    i kinda love how joyce actually counted how many f-bombs were dropped

  32. Aras
    Aras
    February 25, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    SQUIRREL!

  33. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    February 25, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    That zinger made Billie feel extra bad.

    • nothri
      nothri
      February 25, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      Alas, unlikely to feel bad enough to stop drinking.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 25, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

        Only the lack of booze will stop her from drinking.

        • nothri
          nothri
          February 25, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

          Or an inability to get booze, like being handcuffed to a wall…

          DAMNIT RUTH! YOU HAD SO MANY SOLUTIONS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WOULD HAVE SOLVED SO MANY PROBLEMS!

          • Kevin
            Kevin
            February 25, 2014 at 5:51 am | #

            Girls handcuffed to walls are also ripe for (consensual) fetish games.

  34. Sageress
    Sageress
    February 25, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    DROPPIN DA TRUTH UP IN HERE WITH MAH MAIN SQUEEZE JOYCE AW YISS

  35. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    February 25, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    And now Billie sees everyone just accepts that she’s the Boozinator 4000.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 25, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      Gosh darn it Boozinator!

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        February 25, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

        Boozinator is related to the Crushinator, hence her attractiveness.

  36. emeraldbeacon
    emeraldbeacon
    February 25, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    I’m thinking it’s actually Amber in disguise.

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/wordplay/

    • nothri
      nothri
      February 25, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      Maybe the squirrel is like a complicated surveillance robot Amazigirl is using to track her enemies.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 25, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

        I thought it was the radioactive squirrel that gave Amber her special tree-jumping powers.

      • Mr K
        Mr K
        February 25, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

        Sal’s secretly planning world domination. Amber will fight her. Soon she’ll lose and become Sal’s lover and minion.

      • lejwocky
        lejwocky
        February 25, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        Like in the milkman conspiracy level of the most excellent game Psychonauts?

  37. xain
    xain
    February 25, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

    you’d be cranky to in you saw your beautful ship had sprung a few leaks

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      February 25, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Don’t you mean sink at the bottom of the ocean?

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        February 25, 2014 at 5:25 am | #

        What are Ruth and Leslie doing in SP! again? Oh right, each other.

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          February 25, 2014 at 5:26 am | #

          FFFF. That’s Robin. Damned R names.

    • newllend
      newllend
      February 25, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

      You know what, this years award of sunken ships goes to Billie&Ruth, because damn that was a long a waited glimpse of heaven only to have the door shut in your face.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        February 25, 2014 at 5:24 am | #

        Pft, you think the door was shut on shipping. I know at least two women who aren’t me still shipping Billie/Ruth.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      February 25, 2014 at 4:33 am | #

      I’ve seen ships brought back from the metaphorical Marianas trench, and without torturing the story to do it. Comparatively speaking, this one’s just resting on a continental shelf.

      • Bill
        Bill
        February 25, 2014 at 4:57 pm | #

        It’s just grounded outside the harbor.

  38. John
    John
    February 25, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    I wonder if Sal’s speaking from certain knowledge, or just guessing from past experience that Billie crawled into the bottle last night.

    • Random832
      Random832
      February 25, 2014 at 11:32 am | #

      I’m guessing she’s entirely off the mark, and Billie’s irritability today is a withdrawal symptom.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        February 25, 2014 at 7:27 pm | #

        We will know when she spends a … wednesday? … barfing obscenities into the toilet.

      • John
        John
        February 25, 2014 at 11:24 pm | #

        Yeah, that’s the underlying question. Sal’s the roommate, so she may actually have witnessed it, but on the other hand she doesn’t spend much time in the room, so she may just be assuming that when she finds Billie miserable and looking like crap it’s because she’s been drinking and is hung over.

  39. Henry
    Henry
    February 25, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    The sad part is that for Joyce, this really is progress.

  40. anonymous
    anonymous
    February 25, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

    “The crankiest of creatures in the whole wide world
    Our next cartoon features Slappy the Squirrel.”

    • StClair
      StClair
      February 25, 2014 at 3:57 pm | #

      “eNUFF wit’ da singin’ already!”

  41. Bill
    Bill
    February 25, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

    “77 fudge-bombs”.

    Joyce, you’re adorkable.  Don’t ever change.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      February 25, 2014 at 7:30 pm | #

      Seventy-se/ven fudge bombs/sitting in the/living room!

  42. Nick
    Nick
    February 25, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

    77 Fudge Bombs… Laxative win?

  43. GoSpeedRumpist
    GoSpeedRumpist
    February 25, 2014 at 1:23 am | #

    I like marginally-self-aware Joyce, she has an adorable fashion sense.

  44. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    February 25, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

    That guilt on Billie’s face in the last panel tells me exactly what I want to know. Eventually, her guilt will drive her to change-

    – or to death, but we know no one dies.

  45. WingedBeast
    WingedBeast
    February 25, 2014 at 1:26 am | #

    “Fudgebombs” I want to use that, now.

  46. bibulb
    bibulb
    February 25, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

    Considering that her predicament is largely of her own making, I don’t know why I’m feeling so sad for Billie right now. But yet, I am.

  47. Natenanimous
    Natenanimous
    February 25, 2014 at 1:46 am | #

    You and I, in a candy shop,
    Buy chunks of fudge with the money we’ve got.
    Load them up, combustive stuff,
    And one by one, wind them up.

    Back at dorm, what a mess:
    Sal’s upset with her DS.
    Floating in the autumn sky,
    Seventy-seven fudge ba-bombs go by …

  48. Vincent
    Vincent
    February 25, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

    I wonder if maybe, just maybe, Sal’s assuming that Billie’s been drinking, but instead Billie’s gone off booze entirely and is just feeling the ill effects of detox. She doesn’t correct Sal because she’s still feeling bad about how things went down with Ruth.

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      February 25, 2014 at 5:50 am | #

      This theory assumes Willis is willing to give us something positive in the Ruthlie developments, and I just can’t believe that.

  49. Horrible Person
    Horrible Person
    February 25, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

    …she counted.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      February 25, 2014 at 12:07 pm | #

      Joyce is like Rainman but for obscenities.

      • The Candyman
        The Candyman
        February 25, 2014 at 4:01 pm | #

        That’s a rather specific skill.

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          February 25, 2014 at 7:37 pm | #

          Is it more or lest specific than the amount of tired that requires a hilltop rest, but doesn’t prevent a hill climb?

    • John
      John
      February 25, 2014 at 10:03 pm | #

      For a moment, Joyce and I were one.

      And then she called them “fudge-bombs”, and the moment was over.

  50. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    February 25, 2014 at 3:00 am | #

    She’s been drinkin’, and Sal’s been supplyin’, and I was watchin’. 😀

  51. Kevin
    Kevin
    February 25, 2014 at 5:57 am | #

    Am I a bad person for thinking Billie is 5x as sexy with her hair down and baggy eyes?

    (Yes. The answer is yes.)

    • moby
      moby
      February 25, 2014 at 7:11 am | #

      Not any worse than Ruth.

  52. The Phantom's Belch
    The Phantom's Belch
    February 25, 2014 at 6:17 am | #

    Okay, we have a squirrel as a character now. Dun dun duuuunnnnn!

    Of course, now I have Ray Stevens’s Mississippi Squirrel running in my head, and I can’t wait to see this squirrel accidentally on purpose in the pocket of one of those hoodie-dresses.

  53. LordHaw
    LordHaw
    February 25, 2014 at 8:54 am | #

    Shouldn’t read this comic at work…I snorted and laughed out loud after reading the alt text!

    Awesome!

    And look at Joyce sliding in a zinger on Billie! Don’t think she meant it that way but it looks like it certainly made Billie feel worse than she did.

  54. Corronchilejano
    Corronchilejano
    February 25, 2014 at 9:16 am | #

    I need to know the backstory of the guy casually walking out of the first panel. Did he have a horrible accident and lose the top part of his head?

    • Bill
      Bill
      February 25, 2014 at 10:38 am | #

      See the trunk of a tree at the very right side of the panel?  That’s a low-hanging branch of that tree in the foreground obscuring the top of his head.  To create the illusion of depth and all that.

      • Corronchilejano
        Corronchilejano
        February 25, 2014 at 10:55 am | #

        Who are you, bringing logical explanations to my online rants?

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      February 25, 2014 at 11:31 am | #

      He’s one of those guys who appears on the covers of romance and urban fantasy novels. They always crop the top of the head in those pictures, and this is why.

      • Fred Garber
        Fred Garber
        February 25, 2014 at 3:26 pm | #

        My friend Jason had a series of sci-fi thriller books published (http://www.amazon.com/Jason-M.-Hough/e/B00B3VQ7EI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1), and he told a story about the model on the covers. It seems that the photos of the model looked mostly OK, but he had a really poofy hairdo that the Editor didn’t like. So they cropped the photo to cut off the top of his head, and that’s the covers.

  55. a4lbi
    a4lbi
    February 25, 2014 at 11:05 am | #

    It actually took me a while to realize that those “fudge-bombs” were referring to Sal’s spectacular fudge-bombs in the “Temper” strip, not some sort of drink…

    I’d totally do 77 shots of “fudge-bomb.” Some chocolate liquor and something else or something. I GOTTA MAKE THIS HAPPEN

    • slydragon4
      slydragon4
      February 25, 2014 at 6:00 pm | #

      It’s not a shot, bit: 1 shot each of chocolate liqueur and white chocolate liqueur in hot chocolate, with whipped cream and hot fudge?

  56. Yet-One-More-Idiot
    Yet-One-More-Idiot
    February 25, 2014 at 11:33 am | #

    Billy, calm the fudge down….there is nothing wrong with wearing your sleeves past the end of your fingers, it makes you look…cosy; relaxed. 🙂

    Not all wound-up like a….thing that winds up in a wind-up way. That sentence got away from me, shush. 😛

  57. Ben
    Ben
    February 25, 2014 at 11:47 am | #

    An adorable child maybe.

  58. Alex Stritar
    Alex Stritar
    February 25, 2014 at 12:05 pm | #

    Why did you do that, Billie? You know Joyce can rock the Numbuh 3 look.

    • Valerie
      Valerie
      February 25, 2014 at 10:19 pm | #

      But that sweater is pink, not green!

      • Alex Stritar
        Alex Stritar
        February 25, 2014 at 10:56 pm | #

        Well, that’s cus she never actually saw the show, parents say that it encouraged children to make decisions without adult approval. XD

  59. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    February 25, 2014 at 3:16 pm | #

    for about a week oc classes she’s doing better then I expected.

  60. JAD
    JAD
    February 25, 2014 at 3:53 pm | #

    “And who is dressing everyone today? This gal!”

    Seriously, she is adorableness incarnated.

  61. Tenn
    Tenn
    February 25, 2014 at 4:33 pm | #

    *sniff* …Our little girl is growing up! 🙂

  62. ZORK
    ZORK
    February 25, 2014 at 6:42 pm | #

    Oh hey, I’ve managed to get to the most recent strip, hoooray!

    …I’m also inexplainably sad because now I have yet another web-comic where I have to wait for updates.

  63. xKiv
    xKiv
    February 25, 2014 at 7:41 pm | #

    Is it a girl squirrel?

  64. brionl
    brionl
    February 25, 2014 at 8:01 pm | #

    As long as it’s not Squirrels in Your Pants
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_pQ8fuaBg

    • Animal
      Animal
      February 25, 2014 at 9:02 pm | #

      Or worse – minions of the Vast Conspiracy for Skwerl World Domination.

      See for yourselves: http://scarysquirrel.org/page1.html

  65. Rutee
    Rutee
    February 26, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

    Damn. I went back and checked, and that’s the same color as the bags under Billie’s eyes when she was drunk and trying to bang Sal. Was hoping she was exhausted after not drinking. Still, I don’t give up easy~

  66. Storel
    Storel
    February 26, 2014 at 4:03 pm | #

    She COUNTED the F-bombs??

  67. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    February 27, 2014 at 8:29 pm | #

    sals got a bakery going.

  68. Onion
    Onion
    May 3, 2016 at 10:42 pm | #

    2nd panel: Nah, she just looks like Jyushimatsu….. wait

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