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June 14, 2026

Grace period

by David M Willis on March 9, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – See You in the Funny Page
└ Tags: becky, carla, leslie, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 9, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Nooo Carla stay (and also get Rose) we need the Red-Headed League

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      March 9, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      All different shades of red too! From Becky’s bright orange to Carla’s dark crimson. The whole spectrum! We need the whole spectrum!

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      March 9, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      I assume Galasso is the mastermind using the league as a distraction while he tunnels into the bank. Only he could come up with such a stupid…I mean genius plan.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        March 9, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

        I got that reference.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        March 9, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

        It only works if one of the redheads is really, really dumb.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          March 9, 2021 at 11:16 am | #

          Naive. Johnny Five was naive, not stupid.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        March 9, 2021 at 10:25 pm | #

        The funny thing is I’m reading a collected Sherlock Holmes and remembered that story from high school (hence my comment), and the very next story after where I had stopped was the Red-Headed League 😃

    • Dean
      Dean
      March 9, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      One of them can keep Leslie distracted while the other two dig a tunnel to the bank vault across the street!

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        March 9, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

        Wrong education level. This is university, and that’s elementary.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          March 9, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

          Ouch!

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          March 9, 2021 at 2:10 am | #

          Here’s your upvote.

    • drs
      drs
      March 9, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

      Leslie’s Angels

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      March 9, 2021 at 11:16 am | #

      Panel 4 is almost perfect. But it should be Happy, Smug and Angry instead of happy smug and … stunned?surprised? I mean, it’s correct at what it’s portraying, but as a poster for my wall it’s just not quite there. (sigh)

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 9, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Ginge, Ginger, and Gingest.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      March 9, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      “Only a ginger can call another ginger.” –Tim Minchin

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        March 9, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

        …it suddenly hits me that “ginger” is an anagram of quite possibly the worst racial slur in existence.

        Kind of wish it would un-hit me.

        • Ginger
          Ginger
          March 9, 2021 at 2:43 am | #

          Please go listen to/watch Tim Minchin’s “Prejudice”, from which the above line is quoted.

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            March 9, 2021 at 4:51 am | #

            “Prejudice”: https://youtu.be/KVN_0qvuhhw

            • milu
              milu
              March 9, 2021 at 12:41 pm | #

              oh wow! that was brilliant! thanks yous!

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      March 9, 2021 at 7:32 am | #

      The Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy of the situation! Becky is Ed, Carla Edd and Ruth Eddy! Perfect!

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 9, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    I want to drop the class now that all the cool people are doing it!

  4. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 9, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Jennifer doesn’t even OWN a motorcycle, Becky, what are you on about? 😛

    I’m glad Ruth stayed. I hoped she would. Maybe Jennifer will too!

    And Carla wanting to hang out with Sal is adorable. I think I heard Cerberus squee in the distance. XD

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 9, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      Okay, gravitar roulette, what’ve you got for me?

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 9, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

        I can accept this for tonight.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      March 9, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      I was actually gonna make this exact point. Sal owns a motorcycle. Jennifer just gets rides on her boyfriend’s which is subjectively not even as cool a bike since it’s probably not a Rutten one. Why does she get to be motorcycle girl? Just cause it’s new? Is Sal last semester’s model?

      • Fart Captor
        Fart Captor
        March 9, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        Sal owned a motorcycle. There was a 3 month time skip. Who knows what all has happened that we just haven’t found out about yet?

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          March 9, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

          Ugh. I don’t like this idea. Sal had a motorcycle last we knew. If it’s just gone for reason’s we don’t know about or were never established I will be pissed. Kill Mike, break up “Billie” and Ruth, but leave the motorcycle alone!

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            March 9, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

            Pretty sure Sal sold her bike for her new lefty guitar. Those are not cheap.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            March 9, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

            Walky asked where her bike was a while ago and she didn’t want to talk about it. I’m hoping I’m wrong but I smell a Linda shaped rat.

            • Sirksome
              Sirksome
              March 9, 2021 at 12:54 am | #

              I’m hoping she just left it at home cause gas is expensive and didn’t actually sell it, but He Who Abides makes a fair point since Sal didn’t actually confirm her guitar was a Christmas gift. A Christmas gift to herself with the “profits” from selling her bike is plausible. Although that better be one great guitar cause motorcycles like hers cost thousands of dollars and you can get a guitar for a hundred bucks.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                March 9, 2021 at 2:41 am | #

                I find that unlikely because I’m pretty sure Sal would just say so if that was the case.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                March 9, 2021 at 6:42 am | #

                I’m seeing prices generally around $4,000 to $6,500 for 600-ish cc sport bikes with under 20k miles and up to 10 years old on CycleTrader. Prices drop off pretty quickly from there as bikes get older and rack up more miles, and usually level out at a grand for anything that runs and comes with paperwork.

                That’s actually kind of surprising to me; MSRP for new bikes in that category is generally only around $10k. When I was looking for a bike a couple years ago, that same category was only around $3k to $4.5k. Maybe it’s because everyone was buying lockdown toys? (I ended up getting a 45-year-old Honda for a song.)

                • ValdVin
                  ValdVin
                  March 9, 2021 at 8:53 am | #

                  A 45-y.o. Honda? Whatever model, that just sounds cool.

                  My Honda was “old” when I bought it and I’ve managed to own it long enough that it’s now “vintage” I guess.

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  March 9, 2021 at 10:13 am | #

                  It’s just a CB360T, the least loved of the 70s twins. It already has aftermarket rear suspension, which “solved” the handling downgrade from the 350 by shortening the front rake angle. The side covers were shot, but I found some good replacements. (And no, it’s not going to become a “café racer project”. I’m actually kind of going for the anthesis of a café racer, a stock-ish restomod with a luggage rack and panniers.)

                  What I really want though is a GL1800, grandpa’s highway Lay-Z-Boy. I need to get some more seat time and take the MSF first though, so for now it’s just around-town practice on the 360 for me.

              • Liquid Len
                Liquid Len
                March 9, 2021 at 8:27 am | #

                A halfway decent acoustic guitar (made overseas) would probably be about $500-$1000. If she got a few grand from the bike she could have even splurged for a US made Martin or a Taylor which are in the $2-3K range.

                • Liquid Len
                  Liquid Len
                  March 9, 2021 at 8:27 am | #

                  Ha! perfect gravatar!

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  March 9, 2021 at 4:23 pm | #

                  But with Martin and Taylor you are paying for the name, not getting a better guitar.

            • Rabid Rabbit
              Rabid Rabbit
              March 9, 2021 at 1:57 am | #

              The question is how Linda would have pulled it off, since Sal was very clear that she bought the motorcycle with her own money. I mean, sure, Linda was quite happy to steal the money Sal raised for Marcie, but this seems like something much harder for her to pull off.

              • Khyrin
                Khyrin
                March 9, 2021 at 2:34 am | #

                For one thing, Linda would need the title.
                That said, were I a devious snake-bongo hybrid like Linda, I could easily take advantage of my now-adult daughter leaving the title to her rebellious vehicle and the vehicle itself in my care because keeping everything you own in a dorm room is not ideal. Then, I just take the bike and title to a dealer and claim that my daughter is deceased or in a coma and I wish to get rid of it because that is how my daughter became dead or comatose.

                • Khyrin
                  Khyrin
                  March 9, 2021 at 2:36 am | #

                  hit post too soon.

                  I suspect, if Linda DID do the above, Sal would have a cracking criminal case against Linda, and it would be an interesting journey getting her motorcycle back if it had been re-sold. The dealer would likely be very eager to help, since in that scenario they would have unknowingly sold stolen goods.

                • Warren
                  Warren
                  March 9, 2021 at 1:56 pm | #

                  I doubt Sal trusts her mother enough to leave valuable items in her care.

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          March 9, 2021 at 10:19 am | #

          Sold it to Asher

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      March 9, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

      Seriously. I enjoy Carla’s adoration of Sal.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      March 9, 2021 at 11:18 am | #

      Definitely agree, driving/owning it is what makes you the chopper monarch. Riding bongo just makes you a tourist.

  5. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    March 9, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    The Holy Trinity of Queer Redhead Ladies, united at last!

    …unless Carla does drop, in which case oh well.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 9, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Also, totally called Carla being in the class. Shame about Jennifer leaving, though.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        March 9, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

        Calling it now, Jennifer’s going to just plain forget about her intentions to drop between now and being done with Asher for today, and by the time she remembers the drop period will have passed and we’ll get to see her and Ruth stuck together in the same class.

        … also, Leslie won’t auto-drop her for a first-day no show for some reason. Maybe they don’t do that at IU?

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          March 9, 2021 at 2:15 am | #

          Generally not until the first five classes, unless it is a wait-listed class.

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            March 9, 2021 at 11:19 am | #

            So she has a few months to react.

    • Diner Kinetic
      Diner Kinetic
      March 9, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      is this every redhead student in the cast, actually? Except Rose?

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        March 9, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

        Mandy.

        • Rabid Rabbit
          Rabid Rabbit
          March 9, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

          Hey, for all we know Asma’s a redhead.

          It’s not hugely likely, but it’s possible.

  6. Nayann Martinelli
    Nayann Martinelli
    March 9, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    If Carla drops this class, so will I!

  7. Sporky
    Sporky
    March 9, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Imagine thinking you were promised Sal and getting Jennifer instead. Real downgrade TBH

    • Sam
      Sam
      March 9, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

      I would downgrade someone’s friendship back to strangers for that (not actually, but I still wouldn’t want Jennifer ever).

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      March 9, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

      A Jennifer who’s not even there, at that. Unless her absence is a point in her favor?

  8. Fart Captor
    Fart Captor
    March 9, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    My two favorite characters are taking a class together? Leslie’s class?? And Ruth’s there too??? The only way this could be more perfectly tailored to my interests is if Mike died again

    • Vangeln
      Vangeln
      March 9, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

      Poor Booster.

      • Fart Captor
        Fart Captor
        March 9, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

        No, I mean Mike. Booster’s great

        • Clif
          Clif
          March 9, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

          Your mom agrees.

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            March 9, 2021 at 11:20 am | #

            Have a nickel.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      March 9, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

      You’re a fan of Carla and hate(d) Mike? Okay, those I can agrre with you on.

  9. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 9, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Wait, did something happen to Sal’s motorcycle??

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      March 9, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

      There was an allusion to her not being able to come back to campus with Walky using it right after the time skip, and we suspected… Reasons may have caused that to be an issue (at best, Sal traded it in to buy a guitar or maybe good skates given she’s in roller derby now; at worst, Linda Happened,) but at the moment we don’t actually know.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 9, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        If Linda has indeed Happened, I’ll eat an egg.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          March 9, 2021 at 12:35 am | #

          Linda’s be-devilled Sal long enough, and as a result the Walkerton family dynamic has become completely scrambled. Only Sal and Walky’s relationship is going over easy. If Linda has indeed poached the Sal-cycle, Sal’s hard-boiled attitude means that things will drop into southern-bound hand-basket.

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            March 9, 2021 at 1:27 am | #

            So very shell-fish — you’ve cracked all those eggcellent puns and only left a few tired yolks for the rest of us!

        • crow
          crow
          March 9, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

          Are you a vegan?

          • RassilonTDavros
            RassilonTDavros
            March 9, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

            I mean, some people just don’t like eggs.

            I am one of those people. The smell nauseates me.

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              March 9, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

              Also they didn’t say the egg would be cooked. Honestly I was imagining them swallowing it whole like a snake.

              The burger with teeth grav probably helped with said image.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                March 9, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

                That is a nightmarish scenario you’ve painted. I can barely swallow a gummi bear whole without having an episode, let alone a raw egg with a high chance of cracking. Dear lord.

                As for the burger grav, it’s Hungry Burger, the most powerful Yu-Gi-Oh! card there is. Nothing can withstand its burgery fury.

                • I am Nothing
                  I am Nothing
                  March 9, 2021 at 2:58 am | #

                  I am well-prepared.

                • Regalli
                  Regalli
                  March 9, 2021 at 10:00 pm | #

                  It’s horrifying but damn memorable.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              March 9, 2021 at 6:47 am | #

              I don’t like them scrambled, but they’re great fried.

              (Why not scrambled? I’m not sure exactly, but it’s probably the texture. It’s like eating foam packing peanuts.)

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            March 9, 2021 at 1:39 am | #

            Not currently, but maybe one day. I get a little gassy from eggs, though.

      • Seregiel
        Seregiel
        March 9, 2021 at 8:21 am | #

        My personal theories are the police confiscated/ impounded it/revoked her license after realizing she was involved both when Becky was kidnapped and getting Faz/Joyce out of the van and realizing speeding/etc plus she has a record… wrist slap, warning, maybe minor court date because THIS time you weren’t a hoodlum or whatever.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 9, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      That question’s been building up since shortly after the time skip. I imagine we’ll get a proper answer at some point down the line. My gut feeling is that it’s probably Linda’s fault.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        March 9, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

        I feel like she sold it to buy her guitar, honestly.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 9, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

          Nah, if that was the case she’d just say so.

          • RassilonTDavros
            RassilonTDavros
            March 9, 2021 at 11:05 am | #

            Yeah, whatever happened, Sal said that she doesn’t want to talk about it. That wouldn’t make sense if she sold it to buy a guitar, or to help Marcie. This has Linda written all over it.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              March 9, 2021 at 5:09 pm | #

              Exactly. If she’d sold it or otherwise disposed of it of her own accord (or even just left it somewhere to be cared for over break like with Marcie) she’d have just said so. That’s not ‘I don’t want to talk about it’ type stuff. And I feel like if it were a legal thing, that’d be too public for those close to her to not know. I’m hoping I’m wrong but I smell a Linda shaped rat.

  10. Wendy
    Wendy
    March 9, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Does…does Carla have a crush on Sal? Did I miss this? Or am I reading too much into things.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 9, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

      This has been known since at least Book 10. Carla thinks Sal rocks.

    • Dawn T
      Dawn T
      March 9, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

      I think everyone has a crush on Sal.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        March 9, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

        Except Walky.

        And Sal.

        … and probably not Ethan, if he even still exists.

        • Rabid Rabbit
          Rabid Rabbit
          March 9, 2021 at 2:00 am | #

          And your avatar. Unless she’s really in denial.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            March 9, 2021 at 2:21 am | #

            That, or she flirts nasty.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              March 9, 2021 at 11:21 am | #

              Which she does, so who knows?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 9, 2021 at 12:51 am | #

      Some people have been reading their interactions that way for a long time.

      • Lingo
        Lingo
        March 9, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

        News to me. I thought her crush was just on Malaya.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          March 9, 2021 at 2:44 am | #

          Some people have read it that way since this strip: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/humiliate/

  11. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    March 9, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    When did Becky tell her that? And now Carla can give Sal a new motorcycle

  12. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 9, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    *plays “Cinnamon Girl” on the hacked Muzak*

  13. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    March 9, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    Two of my favorite characters, in the same class? Yes, please!

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      March 9, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      That avatar, just . . . why?

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 9, 2021 at 1:49 am | #

        Hungry Burger is a Level 6, DARK-Attribute, Warrior-Type Ritual Monster with 2000 ATK and 1850 DEF. It requires the Ritual Spell card Hamburger Recipe and Tributes whose combined Levels equal six in order to be Summoned.

        It’s my favorite card because out of all the wild dragons and anime heroes in the game, it’s just an ornery sandwich.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          March 9, 2021 at 7:18 am | #

          Oh, I know what Hungry Burger is, but thanks for explaining “why Hungry Burger”.

          Actually, considering how many wacky one-off characters that have shown up across the various animes series, I’m kind of shocked that there was never a chef that had a Hungry Burger-centric deck at any point.

  14. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    March 9, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    Carla and Ruth! Ace-romantic representation!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 9, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

      I don’t think Ruth is ace? I haven’t seen any speculation about that, either.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        March 9, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

        Carla is and would be in a romantic relationship like she was with Maya.

        • Nono
          Nono
          March 9, 2021 at 2:59 am | #

          Isn’t there a difference between ace and aro though? I don’t think Carla is necessarily aro if she was similar to Shortpacked!, asexual would be more likely.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            March 9, 2021 at 8:57 am | #

            Ultra Car described herself as homoromantic and asexual in Shortpacked!, and that carried over here for Carla.

    • Reaver
      Reaver
      March 9, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

      Ruth however does not seem to be ace at all…

  15. Kravis
    Kravis
    March 9, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    And that class was forever known as “The Red Death”.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 9, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

      All the red heads. Can Leslie cope?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        March 9, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

        She’ll definitely have to approach the situation gingerly.

        • Seregiel
          Seregiel
          March 9, 2021 at 8:38 am | #

          I’m sure her sanguine personality is up to the task.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      March 9, 2021 at 3:25 am | #

      So anyone else getting a mental image of Red Death dressed as a college student just chilling in the class?

  16. ARoseJess
    ARoseJess
    March 9, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

    A teacher from junior high school stopped by my place of employment …and asked if I ALWAYS had red hair…no, the pale skin, and freckles are just a fashion choice? She assumed I was my best friend, but we can’t have looked more different (then and now), and were vastly different students, she was a super-popular C- student, I’m nerdy and well…a nerd. But people tend to notice the hair…it’s not low-key.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      March 9, 2021 at 1:28 am | #

      As Becky said, a hi-vis hair color. Your old teacher is kinda weird

  17. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    March 9, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

    Who needs Billie/Jennifer? The tribe has spoken. I like Carla to stay.

  18. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    March 9, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

    The red-headed trio
    I don’t know why but i feel like this should have some more fanfare

  19. Bogeywoman
    Bogeywoman
    March 9, 2021 at 2:03 am | #

    Im not 100% sold on a Carla/ Ruth romance but am 100% for them interacting. I have been waiting for it since the “collateral damage”/”acceptable loss” scene which I can’t properly remember or find through tags cos my phone is a jerkfacemcjerkoff.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 9, 2021 at 2:45 am | #

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/antagonize/

      I got you.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 9, 2021 at 11:25 am | #

      The main issue that ship would inevitably run into is that Ruth is still Carla’s RA, and you just know that Mary would exploit the hell out of the situation just like last time.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 9, 2021 at 2:56 pm | #

        “Okay Ruth, this is obviously just a ploy to get all your residents to move away.”

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 9, 2021 at 5:11 pm | #

        They could talk to her supervisor about it ahead of time though, which isn’t what happened with Billie, and get on top of it. Carla’s also a sophomore and so I’m not sure she’d be required to live on campus at all. She could probably afford her own apartment.

  20. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 9, 2021 at 2:11 am | #

    I suppose that Leslie could write “Leave your personal dramas outside” on the blackboard but I doubt anyone would listen or care. However, this is the second successive semester where we’ve seen the class is disrupted almost from the start by this sort of thing so one wonders if she’s given up stopping it!

  21. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    March 9, 2021 at 2:15 am | #

    Just install revolving door, it will be less disruptive.

  22. Varangian
    Varangian
    March 9, 2021 at 2:37 am | #

    CARLA CARLA CARLA HOORAY

  23. Nono
    Nono
    March 9, 2021 at 2:57 am | #

    It’s… really weird to remember that Leslie is only a few years older than Ruth here.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 9, 2021 at 6:58 am | #

      Yeah, Leslie just reads as early thirties to me, even though she says she’s in her mid twenties. Maybe it’s because she’s teaching her own class? If she’s 26 like she said she is, she only just got her teaching degree in the last couple years.

      Same deal with Robin. You have to be at least 25 to get elected to the House of Representatives, so if she ran as soon as she was legally allowed to, she’s only 27.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        March 9, 2021 at 5:12 pm | #

        Robin is 30, according to Mary.

  24. HeySo
    HeySo
    March 9, 2021 at 4:20 am | #

    That alt-text…
    Now I can’t help but imagine Captain Crunch being the Bosley to that trio’s Lesbian Angels. Well, not sure if Carla fits into that dynamic but, well, not like Carla’d let any silly limitations like that stop her anyway.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      March 9, 2021 at 11:02 am | #

      At least if Captain Crunch is here, then the Soggies have a significantly lower chance of ruling.

      They still may rule, but it’s less likely.

  25. Keulen
    Keulen
    March 9, 2021 at 4:47 am | #

    Not enough redheads in one place. There needs to be more.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      March 9, 2021 at 5:06 am | #

      Better note, they might show up on Hollywood’s radar and they’ll deploy their gingercide weaponry

  26. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    March 9, 2021 at 5:26 am | #

    When all three redheads unite, they can summon the giant robot Galactic Demon King Ginjorr. Only with the power of friendship can they defeat the Dark Prince Asher. “Theme song to Ginga Maou Ginjorr plays in the background, sung by a chorus of children”.

  27. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    March 9, 2021 at 5:30 am | #

    We all want more of our favorite motorcycle babe, and it’s not called Jennifer.

  28. thumb
    thumb
    March 9, 2021 at 6:28 am | #

    Carla’s not dropping, she’s not even supposed to be in this class! She just wants to feel like a rebel.

  29. Geneseepaws
    Geneseepaws
    March 9, 2021 at 6:52 am | #

    note that although it is a student entering the classroom late, Leslie is smiling. True, that we don’t know if that’s because Becky is in the class, or if she is really happy that she has a class To teach, but I’m guessing she really loves teaching this class to students.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 9, 2021 at 7:04 am | #

      Ruth is also returning to class after almost dropping it.

      I don’t think Leslie’s worn down enough by teaching yet to care if someone shows up for class a couple minutes late, anyway.

  30. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 9, 2021 at 7:18 am | #

    That’s amazing! Not only Ruth came back, but the class gained Carla! Study buddies trio!!!

  31. JBento
    JBento
    March 9, 2021 at 9:09 am | #

    I’m getting my ocular epithelia burned out by laser Wednesday next week – if they miscalibrate the laser and roast my brain, cremate me and suffocate Clint to death with my ashes.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 9, 2021 at 9:54 am | #

      Godspeed, Scott Summers. I wish you all the best.

      • JBento
        JBento
        March 9, 2021 at 9:56 am | #

        Thanks. Unfortunately, it’s the other way around – the lasers aren’t coming out, they’re going in, though admittedly that would make “laser eye surgery” a lot more desirable.

        • John
          John
          March 9, 2021 at 10:02 am | #

          *puts on pretentious nerd hat*
          Scott Summers optic blasts are not actually lasers, but beams of concussive force that emanate for another dimension through portals that appear whenever Scott opens his eyes.
          *takes off pretentious nerd hat*

          Best of luck in your surgery! I hope it goes well!

          • JBento
            JBento
            March 9, 2021 at 11:34 am | #

            *puts on pretentiouser, nerdier hat*
            Actually, that depends on the writer – some times they’re concussive force, some times they make things blow up like a Michael Bay wet dream.
            *takes off pretentiouser, nerdier hat*

            Thanks.

          • JBento
            JBento
            March 9, 2021 at 11:48 am | #

            Ooops, forgot to nerd it up even more: the portals are always there – it’s just that the Summers brothers are immune to their own powers*, so when Scott has his eyes closed, his eyelids stop the blasts.

            *see also: why Scott v Alex is always a fistfight

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              March 9, 2021 at 12:15 pm | #

              Don’t forget the recently confirmed as canon third Summers brother, Adam X the X-Treme.

              • JBento
                JBento
                March 9, 2021 at 12:18 pm | #

                Won’t that be the fourth? There was this dude named Vulcan who, iirc, was at one time Majestor of the Shi’ar. He was one of the Summers brothers. I don’t know if the immunity is shared between all the siblings, though.

                • Spencer
                  Spencer
                  March 9, 2021 at 12:56 pm | #

                  Adam X the X-Treme is the *real* third Summers brother, intended as such in 1993, and was recently confirmed as such in a story set in that time period.

                • JBento
                  JBento
                  March 9, 2021 at 1:02 pm | #

                  So Vulcan is the fourth? Also, why are the Summers allowed to breed so much? Them and the Greys are conitnually dangers to everybody and everything.

                • John
                  John
                  March 10, 2021 at 9:58 am | #

                  I bow to your superior nerdery.

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              March 9, 2021 at 7:34 pm | #

              *dons pretentiousest, nerdiest hat*
              You forgot to mention that Cyclops’ powers are only uncontrollable due to undiagnosed brain damage he suffered during childhood.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          March 9, 2021 at 10:57 am | #

          Surgery performed using eye lasers would be pretty badass, not gonna lie.

  32. Hydrohead
    Hydrohead
    March 9, 2021 at 9:11 am | #

    The first week of any college class is a lot of shuffling. students shuffling their schedule, profs shuffling their class calendar. everybody shuffling their expectations.

    • JBento
      JBento
      March 9, 2021 at 1:34 pm | #

      I once ha a teacher reschedule his class (not the individual class, the class schedule for the entire semester) for two hours later, because he didn’t want to get up early. In retrospect, this should have made me not surprised when he came in when we were starting our exam saying we were all going to fail.

  33. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 9, 2021 at 9:42 am | #

    This class is so educational

    • JBento
      JBento
      March 9, 2021 at 1:35 pm | #

      Where else would you learn who the current motorcycke babe is?

  34. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 9, 2021 at 9:42 am | #

    That’s 5 minutes of lessons no one will get back, i guess

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 9, 2021 at 9:54 am | #

      I bet Leslie was running a betting pool over who would come back first, and when.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      March 9, 2021 at 12:16 pm | #

      Oh no. Five entire minutes, on the first day. I’m sire this will matter. Wink wink.

  35. Mr. 2
    Mr. 2
    March 9, 2021 at 9:46 am | #

    It is obvious. Sal is clearly upset that she now lives in a climate where she cannot safely ride her motorcycle all winter due to the chance of ice and snow.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 9, 2021 at 9:57 am | #

      The answer to that is knobby tires with ice studs. Motorcycle ice racing has been a thing for decades! A KLR650 with studded tires is nigh unstoppable.

  36. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    March 9, 2021 at 11:29 am | #

    My college started class at 10 after the hour. I think all the Ruth/Jennifer drama used that up. Sorry, Carla, you’re stuck here now.

  37. Brighter Side
    Brighter Side
    March 9, 2021 at 3:49 pm | #

    The first week, the instructor really can’t hold anyone to anything, since people are still adding and dropping; it’s super annoying as an instructor to know you only have 14 weeks and the first one is kind of a wash.

  38. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 9, 2021 at 9:59 pm | #

    https://twitter.com/mikemchargue/status/1369373823208947712?s=21

    Not relevant to today’s strip, but saw this whole thread and thought the later tweets were relevant to Joyce and Becky.

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