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New game! BOLTED 
Nooo Carla stay (and also get Rose) we need the Red-Headed League
All different shades of red too! From Becky’s bright orange to Carla’s dark crimson. The whole spectrum! We need the whole spectrum!
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.
I got that reference.
It only works if one of the redheads is really, really dumb.
Naive. Johnny Five was naive, not stupid.
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
One of them can keep Leslie distracted while the other two dig a tunnel to the bank vault across the street!
Wrong education level. This is university, and that’s elementary.
Ouch!
Here’s your upvote.
Leslie’s Angels
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)
Ginge, Ginger, and Gingest.
“Only a ginger can call another ginger.” –Tim Minchin
…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.
Please go listen to/watch Tim Minchin’s “Prejudice”, from which the above line is quoted.
“Prejudice”: https://youtu.be/KVN_0qvuhhw
oh wow! that was brilliant! thanks yous!
The Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy of the situation! Becky is Ed, Carla Edd and Ruth Eddy! Perfect!
I want to drop the class now that all the cool people are doing it!
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
Okay, gravitar roulette, what’ve you got for me?
I can accept this for tonight.
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?
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?
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!
Pretty sure Sal sold her bike for her new lefty guitar. Those are not cheap.
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.
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.
I find that unlikely because I’m pretty sure Sal would just say so if that was the case.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
Ha! perfect gravatar!
But with Martin and Taylor you are paying for the name, not getting a better guitar.
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.
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.
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.
I doubt Sal trusts her mother enough to leave valuable items in her care.
Sold it to Asher
Seriously. I enjoy Carla’s adoration of Sal.
Definitely agree, driving/owning it is what makes you the chopper monarch. Riding bongo just makes you a tourist.
The Holy Trinity of Queer Redhead Ladies, united at last!
…unless Carla does drop, in which case oh well.
Also, totally called Carla being in the class. Shame about Jennifer leaving, though.
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?
Generally not until the first five classes, unless it is a wait-listed class.
So she has a few months to react.
is this every redhead student in the cast, actually? Except Rose?
Mandy.
Hey, for all we know Asma’s a redhead.
It’s not hugely likely, but it’s possible.
If Carla drops this class, so will I!
Imagine thinking you were promised Sal and getting Jennifer instead. Real downgrade TBH
I would downgrade someone’s friendship back to strangers for that (not actually, but I still wouldn’t want Jennifer ever).
A Jennifer who’s not even there, at that. Unless her absence is a point in her favor?
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
Poor Booster.
No, I mean Mike. Booster’s great
Your mom agrees.
Have a nickel.
You’re a fan of Carla and hate(d) Mike? Okay, those I can agrre with you on.
Wait, did something happen to Sal’s motorcycle??
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.
If Linda has indeed Happened, I’ll eat an egg.
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.
So very shell-fish — you’ve cracked all those eggcellent puns and only left a few tired yolks for the rest of us!
Are you a vegan?
I mean, some people just don’t like eggs.
I am one of those people. The smell nauseates me.
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.
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 well-prepared.
It’s horrifying but damn memorable.
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.)
Not currently, but maybe one day. I get a little gassy from eggs, though.
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.
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.
I feel like she sold it to buy her guitar, honestly.
Nah, if that was the case she’d just say so.
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.
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.
Does…does Carla have a crush on Sal? Did I miss this? Or am I reading too much into things.
This has been known since at least Book 10. Carla thinks Sal rocks.
I think everyone has a crush on Sal.
Except Walky.
And Sal.
… and probably not Ethan, if he even still exists.
And your avatar. Unless she’s really in denial.
That, or she flirts nasty.
Which she does, so who knows?
Some people have been reading their interactions that way for a long time.
News to me. I thought her crush was just on Malaya.
Some people have read it that way since this strip: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/humiliate/
When did Becky tell her that? And now Carla can give Sal a new motorcycle
*plays “Cinnamon Girl” on the hacked Muzak*
Two of my favorite characters, in the same class? Yes, please!
That avatar, just . . . why?
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.
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.
Carla and Ruth! Ace-romantic representation!
I don’t think Ruth is ace? I haven’t seen any speculation about that, either.
Carla is and would be in a romantic relationship like she was with Maya.
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.
Ultra Car described herself as homoromantic and asexual in Shortpacked!, and that carried over here for Carla.
Ruth however does not seem to be ace at all…
And that class was forever known as “The Red Death”.
All the red heads. Can Leslie cope?
She’ll definitely have to approach the situation gingerly.
I’m sure her sanguine personality is up to the task.
So anyone else getting a mental image of Red Death dressed as a college student just chilling in the class?
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.
As Becky said, a hi-vis hair color. Your old teacher is kinda weird
Who needs Billie/Jennifer? The tribe has spoken. I like Carla to stay.
The red-headed trio
I don’t know why but i feel like this should have some more fanfare
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.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/antagonize/
I got you.
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.
“Okay Ruth, this is obviously just a ploy to get all your residents to move away.”
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.
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!
Just install revolving door, it will be less disruptive.
CARLA CARLA CARLA HOORAY
It’s… really weird to remember that Leslie is only a few years older than Ruth here.
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.
Robin is 30, according to Mary.
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.
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.
Not enough redheads in one place. There needs to be more.
Better note, they might show up on Hollywood’s radar and they’ll deploy their gingercide weaponry
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”.
We all want more of our favorite motorcycle babe, and it’s not called Jennifer.
Carla’s not dropping, she’s not even supposed to be in this class! She just wants to feel like a rebel.
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.
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.
That’s amazing! Not only Ruth came back, but the class gained Carla! Study buddies trio!!!
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.
Godspeed, Scott Summers. I wish you all the best.
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.
*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!
*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.
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
Don’t forget the recently confirmed as canon third Summers brother, Adam X the X-Treme.
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.
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.
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.
I bow to your superior nerdery.
*dons pretentiousest, nerdiest hat*
You forgot to mention that Cyclops’ powers are only uncontrollable due to undiagnosed brain damage he suffered during childhood.
Surgery performed using eye lasers would be pretty badass, not gonna lie.
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.
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.
This class is so educational
Where else would you learn who the current motorcycke babe is?
That’s 5 minutes of lessons no one will get back, i guess
I bet Leslie was running a betting pool over who would come back first, and when.
Oh no. Five entire minutes, on the first day. I’m sire this will matter. Wink wink.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.