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Borrowed

by David M Willis on May 24, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Up All Night to Get Vengeance
└ Tags: joyce, sal, sarah

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 24, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    IT SMELLS LIKE CANCER

    AND COOLNESS

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      Don’t forget caramel.

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        May 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        And beer.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          May 24, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

          And motorcycle exhaust. Maybe even burnouts.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          May 24, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          Especially the beer.

          • JustCheetoDust
            JustCheetoDust
            May 24, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

            Shouldn’t Sal’s scent be tormenting Billie on a regular basis, then?

            • Mr K
              Mr K
              May 24, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

              No wonder she is in love with Sal.

        • Aeron
          Aeron
          May 24, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          And Amber’s tears and shame.

      • Aisling
        Aisling
        June 9, 2015 at 5:12 pm | #

        and lesbian fantasies.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      May 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      CancerCancer?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 24, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        No the starsign. 😛

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          May 24, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

          It’s gonna be some really Funky CancerCancer.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Mmmmm, emphysema…sweetest of the malignant neoplasms.

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Smells like menthol.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 24, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Menthol, the stench maker.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      Maybe even Indonesia.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      Smells like the men’s room in my college.

  3. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    May 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Maybe some residual coolness wil rub off on her.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      Even if Joyce was 50% cooler she’d be a giant dork. It’d be like using a watering can to irrigate a desert.

      • Pourush
        Pourush
        May 24, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        Maybe the coolness increase isn’t percentage based?

        • Jackson
          Jackson
          May 24, 2014 at 4:25 pm | #

          But that much coolness, in such a concentrated dose…it could destroy Joyce as we know her! :O

  4. Julez
    Julez
    May 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Smells like Teen Spirit? Nah, I got nothin.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 24, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      More like Smells Like Cigarettes.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        May 24, 2014 at 9:29 pm | #

        Probably more like smells like peppermint to cover up the smell of fag smoke. 😛

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      More like Natural American Spirit!

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      May 25, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

      Does that deodorant still exists?

  5. SAL
    SAL
    May 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Smells like my grandma.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      It tastes like my cat.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 24, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        It tastes like everybody’s cat.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          May 24, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

          Looks like my midnight snack is going to be Chinese food!

          That reminds me of a stand up comedian (Russ Meneve) saying that he once ate so much Chinese food that he “shit a cat.”

        • Chaucer59
          Chaucer59
          May 24, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

          How do you guys know what cats taste like?

          • CRtwenty
            CRtwenty
            May 24, 2014 at 4:36 am | #

            the answer should be obvious

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            May 24, 2014 at 5:21 am | #

            Mushrooms. They always say that mushrooms taste like everyone’s cat.

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            May 24, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

            http://weknowmemes.com/2012/08/human-stahp/

          • gwalla
            gwalla
            May 24, 2014 at 11:33 pm | #

            They come from the planet Melmac.

        • Yet_One_More_Idiot
          Yet_One_More_Idiot
          May 24, 2014 at 9:30 pm | #

          I don’t have a cat. How can it smell like the cat I don’t have? xD

    • Ocksgrough
      Ocksgrough
      May 24, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

      Smoking has never been appealing to me partly for this reason. I still think of tobacco’s smell as “decaying old person stench”.

      • Ocksgrough
        Ocksgrough
        May 24, 2014 at 1:37 am | #

        And of course I get an avatar with a cigarette in her mouth.

        • Carlos
          Carlos
          May 24, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

          Who says the universe has no saense of irony?

          • Ian
            Ian
            May 24, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

            80’s sure thats the point.

            • Ian
              Ian
              May 24, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

              Now 100% sure

              • Clif
                Clif
                May 24, 2014 at 11:02 am | #

                *Snicker*

  6. Edrp
    Edrp
    May 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce looks like a hyperactive kid in a toystore. SO HYPER, and so adorable-

    • MissQuinn
      MissQuinn
      May 24, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Yeah, but only in small doses. Speaking as a former hyperactive kid in a toystore, we’re only cute for very very short periods of time. More than 20 minutes with one and trust me, you’ll want to strangle em to death.

      • Treb
        Treb
        May 24, 2014 at 7:46 am | #

        Been there, done that, got the police report.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          May 24, 2014 at 10:23 am | #

          Gravatar win XD

  7. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    May 24, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Sarah needs to leave the room so Joyce can get naked and rub it all over body as she smells it. It’s gonna get rubbed all over tummy.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      That shirt will become part of a makeshift body pillow.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        Along with those pieces of hair.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          May 24, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

          I can imagine the bulk of those going towards her very own Sal wig.

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            May 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm | #

            …Faz is Joyce’s alter ego?

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      May 24, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      “Joyce performs something really weird and it makes everyone uncomfortable”
      A Dumbing of Age wtf

    • nothri
      nothri
      May 24, 2014 at 10:09 pm | #

      Oddly specific…

  8. arank11
    arank11
    May 24, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Hmmmm….
    Okay. I’m stumped. What’s beginning?

    • Loki
      Loki
      May 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm | #

      I think it’s meant to foreshadow that Sal is going to come back into her room now, where a nearly passed out Billie will slur something about “some girl with brown hair brought me home… and she knows Amazigirl… zzz”

  9. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    May 24, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    I hope she didn’t spray that thing with Sex Panther, because if she did…

    It’s that 60 percent that works 100 percent of the time.

  10. Vile Gamer
    Vile Gamer
    May 24, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Coolness must derive from cigarette smoke. The source being cigarettes! Subliminal advertisement! For shame, Sal, corrupting poor Joyce.

  11. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    May 24, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh no, Joyce is going to make a Sal-shrine, isn’t she?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 24, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      She will be ‘borrowing’ Sal’s underwear next so she can wear it like a facemask.

      • lightsabermario
        lightsabermario
        May 24, 2014 at 7:17 am | #

        And inhaling deeply while- Joyce! Where’s your other hand?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 24, 2014 at 10:39 pm | #

          She’s ummm curing herself of the hiccups. 😀

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 24, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I hope it’s tasteful like Conrad Verner’s shrine to Shepard.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 24, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Unfortunately Sal is a smoker instead of a gum chewer, so the bulk of it will need to be made from discarded cigarette butts.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 24, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s gonna look like Helga Petaki’s.

      • Kas
        Kas
        May 24, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

        What is the proper way for me to show my intense joy over this comment. Whatever it is, pretend I did it.

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 24, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Well Joyce, I’m afraid I have some bad news…

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      Are we all out of ice cream?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 24, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        Unless you like chocolate…then yes.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          May 24, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

          Maybe caramel? The kind salted with Amazi-Girl’s tears of abject failure? (link goes to original use of that joke)

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      May 24, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

      Bad News Aizat!

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 24, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

        Can we have some decorum?!

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          May 24, 2014 at 8:24 pm | #

          TAK! TAK! TAK!

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Good news, everyone!…unless your’e Joyce.

  13. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    May 24, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Smells like southern drawl.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 24, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      I can’t read this without reading it in a southern accent.

  14. LeslieBean4Shizzle
    LeslieBean4Shizzle
    May 24, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    That alt text disturbs me greatly.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      Wait ’til someone illustrates it!

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        May 24, 2014 at 8:20 pm | #

        I’m looking at you Yotomoe!

  15. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 24, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    This really has been the week of no-pants, hasn’t it? Which is good, pants are overrated outside of pockets.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      And inside of pockets you can’t fit a pair of pants.

      (Thanks to Groucho for inspiring this bad joke with his good joke)

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 24, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

        I appreciated it all the same, and got the reference even before you told me, so hey, you rock.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        May 24, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

        Now I’m just imagining the Second Doctor doing Groucho’s cigar waggling thing. Ooo, or him doing it with his recorder.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 24, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      My favorite week. Second only to the week of no shirts, and the week of italian cuisine.

    • sps48
      sps48
      May 24, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

      Pants ARE Overrated:
      http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/page/4/?s=bacon
      (one of four Hobbes and Bacon strips)

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 24, 2014 at 5:26 am | #

        Yeah! Be like the Youngster and wear shorts. It’s comfortable and easy to wear.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      May 24, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

      I trust you’re you’re using the North American definition of “pants”… though given this fandom, I assume my trust will turn out to have been misplaced.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 24, 2014 at 3:25 am | #

        North American, yes. Amber was in her undies, and now, so is Sarah and potentially Joyce, just since it’s not overly clear if they are shorts or boyshorts, which are undies while the previous would be uncharacteristic of her fashion sense up ’til now, though I guess pajamas need not be as conservative.

  16. JustCheetoDust
    JustCheetoDust
    May 24, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Those eyes almost doubled in size in panel 2.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Actually, I’m not so sure anymore since I’m drunk.

      • Ian
        Ian
        May 24, 2014 at 2:44 am | #

        It’s the the drinking, now if you were say a functioning alcoholic you could see the eye difference. Unfortunately you have to deal with the downsides of alcohol.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 24, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    I’m gonna start shipping Joyce and Sal now.
    Not Sal and Joyce, Sal is uninterested but Joyce really wants that sal booty.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Why do we call the rear end “booty”? Are we all pirates now?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 24, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        Because it is a glorious treasure.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      May 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      Who doesn’t want some Sal booty?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 24, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

        I wouldn’t mind her ‘treasure chest’. 😀

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        May 24, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

        I don’t think Walky wants any Sal Booty.

  18. Kristen
    Kristen
    May 24, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    It looks like someone has a bit of a crush on Sal. Also Joyce likes her too.

  19. Shanunu
    Shanunu
    May 24, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    I wonder if that was her plan from the start…

  20. Chris
    Chris
    May 24, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Ah, first girl-crush.

  21. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Wait, Joyce has a collection of other people’s hair?

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      May 24, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      Apparently “Hey Arnold” ins’t sinful enough for her parents.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 24, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        Not sinful enough? Must’ve been one of their off days.

  22. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 24, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Could this be Joyce’s new theme song?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WC3pMtTAfo

  23. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    May 24, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    A lot happened in one day since Sal borrowed that shirt.

    Joyce has a serious problem…ah never mind…it’s Joyce.

    So, Sal is wandering around the halls, and Amber is lying awake in her bunk…still time to meet and talk?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 24, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      The day Sal borrowed Joyce’s shirt is an eventful day for Joyce…but for Sal, it’s Tuesday.

      • Alex
        Alex
        May 24, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        But, it was Monday. Today is Tuesday

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      May 24, 2014 at 4:12 pm | #

      Hmm? If memory serves, Sal’s/Billie’s room is connected to Joyce’s/Sarah’s room by their shared bathroom. Sal didn’t have to pass through the halls to get to Joyce’s room (and if she entered through the window, she didn’t have to set foot in the halls at all oh her way to her own room either).

  24. Tacdud2
    Tacdud2
    May 24, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    I ship Joyce and Sal so hard right now.

  25. Mr K
    Mr K
    May 24, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    As If we needed more proof that Joyce is a creepy Stalker.

  26. NF
    NF
    May 24, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    I was going to make a joke about a Sal-Joyce-Dorothy threesome, then I remembered that Dorothy is sexing Sal’s brother. That would be super awkward.

    • sps48
      sps48
      May 24, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

      Legendary, you mean!
      I assume. Sisters would be, right? Brothers are easy (the same girl was with myself, then my 2 younger brothers in succession).

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        May 24, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

        Sisters are sometimes too… I knew one guy who dated twins (in succession) in high school. At one point he was asked which one he was dating at that point and he answered “the hot one”. It wasn’t till we saw a photo of the two twins together in the yearbook that we saw what he meant.

  27. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 24, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

    Going to assume Joyce is in boyshorts here, just since I can’t imagine her owning outerwear shorts that short or snug.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 24, 2014 at 12:56 am | #

      She’s wearing short-shorts.

      • sps48
        sps48
        May 24, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

        Granny panties; Joyce doesn’t have sexy panties (I assume). Note Sarah is in normal panties; they both got up recently.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 24, 2014 at 5:25 am | #

        So, if shorts are comfortable and easy to wear…are short-shorts even more comfortable and easier to wear?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          May 24, 2014 at 12:58 pm | #

          Depends on how hot the temperature and the wearer are…

  28. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    May 24, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

    Man, don’t become a stalker, Joyce. I mean, at the very least, I’m pretty sure it would count as idolatry.

    • MissQuinn
      MissQuinn
      May 24, 2014 at 2:26 am | #

      Yeah, I mean, it’s not like Joyce has ever had any predisposition towards stalking or anything, right?

  29. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    May 24, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

    Just then, there was a sudden outburst of sounds that Joyce never knew she could make.

  30. JeremiahTheBulldog
    JeremiahTheBulldog
    May 24, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

    These past 5 or so comics have raised odd issues with time. At the Wal-Mart, it’s just after 4am. In the last few panels, people are acting like it’s normal times in the morning, and from being in college, those don’t begin until at least 10-11am.

    • sps48
      sps48
      May 24, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

      Pregnant pause?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      May 24, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

      sometimes time advances between and/or during strips

      • JeremiahTheBulldog
        JeremiahTheBulldog
        May 24, 2014 at 10:48 am | #

        That’s very obvious, but does that mean Sal stayed out until 11am (doubtful, since she wasn’t having a terribly fun time)? Does that mean that Walky came back to his room before 10am (also, not the most likely, since he doesn’t seem like an early riser)? Just saying time passes doesn’t really clarify anything.

        • Clif
          Clif
          May 24, 2014 at 11:19 am | #

          I’m not sure why you’re saying 11 instead of say 9:AM, though 11 is certainly possible. But yeah, Sal has been out till now. With the addition of a little alcohol her night probably got better. Night is also the best time for you, the road and speed. I suspect that staying up all night and catching a few hours sleep is probably chronic with Sal except when she binge sleeps, but that’s an assumption on my part.
          The time jump came just before Walky returned from spending the night in Dorothy’s room to his shared room with Mike. He may not naturally be an early riser, but classes. And also Dorothy who likely is an early riser in most cases.
          What do you see as the problem???

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            May 24, 2014 at 4:20 pm | #

            When Amber escorted Billie to her room, the sun wasn’t up yet.- no light was coming into Billies room through the window.
            As Amber lay awake in her bed contemplating her escape plan, there was sunlight. A timeskip probably happened in between those two pages, and possibly another between then and Walky’s return to his room.

            It’s probably not past 7 or 8 AM, considering Joyce and Sarah are not yet dressed for class.

        • Jackson
          Jackson
          May 24, 2014 at 3:42 pm | #

          Joyce is certainly an early riser. In fact, waking people up way before they want to has been shown to be her schtick!

  31. Ben
    Ben
    May 24, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

    holy wow Joyce… Creepy much?

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 24, 2014 at 3:48 am | #

      Joyce’s infatuation with Sal’s “coolness” is even creepier than the Carpenters — a brother/sister duo singing love songs like “We’ve Only Just Begun”, “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”, “Hurting Each Other”, and “Goodbye to Love”.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 24, 2014 at 5:22 am | #

        Or as creepy as Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch having a relationship.

        • Hoboturtle
          Hoboturtle
          May 24, 2014 at 5:36 pm | #

          And Ultimate Wasp being totally okay with it.

          …Speaking of which, probably not quite as creepy as Ultimate Wasp’s and Ultimate Ant Man’s relationship.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 24, 2014 at 10:42 pm | #

        They seemed totally legit to me Bill.

  32. tinfoil theory
    tinfoil theory
    May 24, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

    It seems the pious protestant girl has a thing for wayward catholic school girls. What will her closeted boy-friend think of her homosexual infidelity?

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      May 24, 2014 at 2:01 am | #

      Probably just relieved that there is something else to distract Joyce from his burning desire not to have sex with her.

      • David
        David
        May 24, 2014 at 2:04 pm | #

        To be fair: Ethan ran like anything at the threat of her having sex with him rather than the other way round. I don’t blame him. That’s not something you do with someone who is just wrong. Sort of like screwing a plush doll. Or putting a strapon on one.

        No, I don’t want to hear about counterexamples. Don’t post pics.

    • Marisa Mockery
      Marisa Mockery
      May 24, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

      I don’t think he’ll care….

  33. takashid
    takashid
    May 24, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

    looking extremely heterosexual today joyce

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      May 24, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

      I think this qualifies Sal for the Even the Girls Want Her trope. Remember, Billie tried to kiss her a few days ago. (I think. Comic-time is way too slow.)

      • Luzahn
        Luzahn
        May 24, 2014 at 7:19 am | #

        Well, I mean Billie isn’t exactly heterosexual, so I’m not sure that qualifies as evidence.

        • takashid
          takashid
          May 24, 2014 at 8:22 am | #

          yeah Billie is canon bisexual after all.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 24, 2014 at 9:35 am | #

          True, but I don’t think that disqualifies her from the trope in question, unless it suddenly doesn’t make her a girl.

          • E.R.
            E.R.
            May 25, 2014 at 1:29 pm | #

            I think the trope only counts hetero sexual girls, otherwise almost every lesbian would get it by default and then it’s less useful as a categorical tool.

  34. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    May 24, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

    But what if Joyce notices Marcie-scent on it? Surely Marcie’s almost as cool. How will Joyce react to the possibility of pre-marital non-heterosexual really-really-cool hanky-panky?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      May 24, 2014 at 7:13 am | #

      Although we can always hope, I don’t think heteroflexible Sal/Marcie hijinks would occur to Joyce. Those two always strike me as platonic buddies anyhow.

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        May 24, 2014 at 8:38 am | #

        ‘Yer right, as always’ sounded a little stereotypically couple-y to me, but apart from that they always strike me as platonic buddies.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          May 24, 2014 at 2:11 pm | #

          The only real difference between super close friends and lovers is often whether they’re sexually attracted to each other. Sal and Marcie may or may not be, but they obviously still know each other really well.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        May 24, 2014 at 10:25 am | #

        I BEG TO DIFFER

        • Clif
          Clif
          May 24, 2014 at 11:22 am | #

          +1

  35. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    May 24, 2014 at 4:06 am | #

    It smells of dreams and adventures and the wild. wide world.

    Watch out. It’s a virus and very contagious.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      May 24, 2014 at 4:14 am | #

      Of kisses and cuddles and 3am rendezvous’s beneath witching moons, steel-eyed stars and a neon storefront; pooled shadows, fingers that brush, wild, dark, shining eyes loaded with promise.

      • Clif
        Clif
        May 24, 2014 at 11:23 am | #

        Oooo! Can I steal? Or is this from something?

        • Willoughby Chase
          Willoughby Chase
          May 26, 2014 at 2:23 pm | #

          Steal away.

  36. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    May 24, 2014 at 8:51 am | #

    The truth in this. I’m a non-smoker and every time I return from a week at my mother’s or my brother’s place (both smokers), all my clothes smell of smoke for weeks afterwards lol.

  37. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    May 24, 2014 at 9:43 am | #

    Future scenario: someone’s going through Joyce’s stuff, comes upon this shirt, in an airtight Ziploc bag.
    “Joyce, what is this? Does it need washing?”
    “NOOOO! I mean… it’s fine…”
    Later, we see Joyce opening the bag, taking a deep breath, and closing it.
    “Hhhhhgrlll…”

  38. mistrali
    mistrali
    May 24, 2014 at 12:29 pm | #

    Ho boy. Joyce/Sal 4eva

  39. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    May 24, 2014 at 2:01 pm | #

    I’m sure this is a perfectly chaste and hetero girl crush…

    • David
      David
      May 24, 2014 at 2:10 pm | #

      Sick, sick, sick. I mean, really? Tobacco smoke? After a night out, I usually had to shower and wash hairs before going to bed, and it did not do to stuff the worn clothes into the clothes bin in the bed room. I think I tended to just stuff them straight in the washing machine (without switching it on) to get rid of them. Which reminds me: have to hang up the laundry now.

  40. monica
    monica
    May 24, 2014 at 3:30 pm | #

    This reminds me of the ANCIENT “Mean Joe Green” coca-cola ad. I mean, tobacco smoke can’t be much worse than an NFL player after a game. http://youtu.be/xffOCZYX6F8

  41. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    May 24, 2014 at 6:10 pm | #

    I totally support Bi Joyce.

  42. anonymous
    anonymous
    May 24, 2014 at 8:51 pm | #

    Willis, the alt-txt for “Come at me” is still “ut oh.” Is this a typo or a Walkyverse reference?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      May 24, 2014 at 9:24 pm | #

      it is neither

      • PedanticJerkass
        PedanticJerkass
        May 30, 2014 at 9:41 am | #

        “Ut oh” is an incredibly common misspelling of “uh oh.” Apparently, it is common enough that far too many people don’t even realize that it is wrong, such as Mr. Willis here.

        • advancecasette
          advancecasette
          June 17, 2014 at 10:12 pm | #

          no

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