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Greetings

by David M Willis on May 19, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Hompk!
└ Tags: conquest, daisy

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    May 19, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    WELL THAT WENT WELL

    …same time in 5 minutes?

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      May 19, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      (that sounded better in my head maybe)

      Why hello Teruhashi-san! *gasp*

    • Lightpunster
      Lightpunster
      May 19, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      That comment made me laugh harder than any comic strip so far

      • milu
        milu
        May 19, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

        It was a very good comment.

  2. Suet
    Suet
    May 19, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Connie!!

    Great start, Daisy. Over/Under on how long this date will last? I take 5 strips.

    • Clif
      Clif
      May 19, 2021 at 1:42 am | #

      The date never starts. Instead Daisy is sidetracked into convincing Glasso that sha and Conquest are the perfect couple to produce him an heir.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 19, 2021 at 7:19 am | #

      I would like to place a bet on either 0 strips or a successful date that leads into Ruth/Daisy being the status quo for a while

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 19, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Anyone else imagine Conquest speaking with an accent? Problem is, I can’t figure out what accent it is I’m “hearing”.

    It just seems like the daughter of an evil overlord has an accent. Galasso himself doesn’t need one, he’s just voiced by Clancy Brown.

    • NotThatDrew
      NotThatDrew
      May 19, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Yes, actually. For some reason I’ve always felt she’d have a vaguely Eastern European accent, and I can’t put my finger on why that idea popped into my head

      • Blackdrazon
        Blackdrazon
        May 19, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        You’re both thinking of Talia al Ghul from Batman: The Animated Series.

        • Proto
          Proto
          May 19, 2021 at 9:15 am | #

          Who was basically the genesis for Connie so I’d imagine they sound extremely similar.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            May 20, 2021 at 12:07 pm | #

            Okay I just looked it up, and I think that’s the best suggestion so far. Maybe we can get Helen Slater to voice Connie, and David Warner can voice Galasso.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXvOaUiLvL4

      • Nono
        Nono
        May 19, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        It’s likely a combination of blonde hair + blue eyes and the fact that she uses terms like ‘Father’ and a bit stilted in her grammar.

        I could see her with some kind of Scandinavian accent.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          May 19, 2021 at 2:35 am | #

          Swedish, maybe?

          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z92-eVfIuGI

          I always thought she’d sound vaguely English for some reason. Sort of like the accent Alex Moffat is faking in this SNL skit:

          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoZHUDB3GU

          But for that to be plausible we’d have to get someone like Judi Dench to voice Pamela and I don’t know if she’s in our budget.

          • JediMB
            JediMB
            May 19, 2021 at 5:52 am | #

            Oh, lawd, do I abhor Swedish accents for English. It’s irrational, but I can’t shake it.

    • Miri
      Miri
      May 19, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      I always imagine her sounding robotic!

      • Miri
        Miri
        May 19, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

        (Flat with no emotions/emphases)

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      May 19, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

      Straight Valley Girl accent, for maximum cognitive dissonance

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 19, 2021 at 7:24 am | #

      Everyone speaks with an accent of some sort, as I understand it

    • Ace
      Ace
      May 19, 2021 at 10:51 am | #

      A north eastern-Maine-ish almost faux-British accent is how I’ve always imagined Conquest.

  4. Jamie
    Jamie
    May 19, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    DAISY NO

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      May 19, 2021 at 5:39 am | #

      DAISY YES

      • AbelUndercity
        AbelUndercity
        May 19, 2021 at 9:18 am | #

        DAISY MAYBE

        • a/snow/mous/e
          a/snow/mous/e
          May 19, 2021 at 9:55 am | #

          DAISY I DON’T KNOW CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            May 19, 2021 at 4:45 pm | #

            Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do

  5. BBCC
    BBCC
    May 19, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Jennifer, come on, give her a photo or at least a description of what Ruth looks like!

    Or one would think you’re subconsciously sabotaging the date or something.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 19, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      “What does she look like?”

      “Scowly.”

      Daisy sits down at Sarah’s table.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      May 19, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      I wonder if she just didn’t want to tell Daisy it’s Ruth, but then she wouldn’t mention the scowling, so hmm. Ruth’s kind of notorious, so it’s surprising if Daisy doesn’t know her.

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        May 19, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        Notorious in her own building, but it’s a big campus

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          May 19, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

          “Big campus” is kind of underselling it, IU Bloomington has a student+faculty population approaching 60,000 people. That’s not even counting people living in Bloominton who aren’t directly affiliated as either students or faculty. 😛

          • Meagan
            Meagan
            May 19, 2021 at 1:25 am | #

            Dang, that is so much more than the population of my university. I didn’t even know colleges could be that big.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              May 19, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

              It’s not even in the top ten as far as campus sizes go in the US.

              (#10 would currently be University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with 62,680 students+faculty; the #1 place currently goes to the University of Central Florida, with 84,267 students+faculty.)

          • drs
            drs
            May 19, 2021 at 3:18 am | #

            Really? When I was there I think it was 28,000 UG, 7,000 grad students, no idea about faculty. 60,000 was the putative population of the town, I never knew if that included the students or not.

            • drs
              drs
              May 19, 2021 at 3:19 am | #

              Huh, wiki says 50,000 students, 90,000 population.

          • Kaidah
            Kaidah
            May 19, 2021 at 8:27 am | #

            Yikes. My whole town doesn’t have 60,000 people.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      May 19, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      The question is, does Billie even have a picture of Ruth at this point?

      Although she could have easily said: “She’s a redhead with a possible scowl.” and have prevented this.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        May 19, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

        Yeah, I could understand not having a photo because you deleted them or whatever, but at least tell Daisy what she looks like. “Rehead, glasses, tall but sorter than you, scowly” isn’t that long and cuts down on the chance for hijink – ah, I see the problem.

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 19, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      She’s not mistaking Conquest for Ruth, since most sensible people would recognise Conquest’s words to be from the waitstaff. She’s just going lady hot, brain ooga booga.

      • Nono
        Nono
        May 19, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

        The ‘said you’d be kinda scowly’ is likely a reference to Galasso. The shouting host of a pizza (and subs) place is probably a memorable point to include in casual conversation.

        • RacingTurtle
          RacingTurtle
          May 19, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

          No, the panel established Daisy doesn’t know what her blind date looks like for a reason. She’s looking for Ruth. Missing the obvious social cues that indicate Conquest works there are what Daisy is embarrassed about

        • milu
          milu
          May 19, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

          Which ties in to her running out…. How?
          No, she totally thought that was Ruth but then got deeply embarrassed because in retrospect she realizes it SHOULD’ve been obvious she was a waitress.

    • I am Nothing
      I am Nothing
      May 19, 2021 at 2:22 am | #

      Well, I guess it really is a blind date.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      May 19, 2021 at 5:41 am | #

      Kinda surprised she didn’t give Daisy at least a decent description of what Ruth looks like.

  6. Axel
    Axel
    May 19, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    At least she’s planning to go back?

    • NotThatDrew
      NotThatDrew
      May 19, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Everyone should be able to give themselves one mulligan in social situations

      • NotThatDrew
        NotThatDrew
        May 19, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

        Although, given what we’ve seen from Daisy thus far she may need at least three of those

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    May 19, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    It’s ok Daisy, just pretend you have no idea what is going on at any given moment. That’s how I bumble through life and just look at me: fat, sad and probably going to die alone.

    Don’t you want that to be you? :V

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      May 19, 2021 at 5:43 am | #

      Oof, this is too relatable.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      May 19, 2021 at 7:43 am | #

      Same.

      I mean, apart from the pretending part.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      May 19, 2021 at 10:45 am | #

      Or you could die surrounded by smirking enemies.

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 19, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Oh hey Conquest! It’s been a while!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 19, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      Yeah, it’s been like 6.5 years since we got a Conquest appearance.

  9. Mikey
    Mikey
    May 19, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Okay, so is “Hi, I’m Daisy” a Nintendo reference?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      May 19, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Nintendo doesn’t own generic name-based greetings.

      • Mikey
        Mikey
        May 19, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

        Yeah, but I’m so used to hearing Princess Daisy say that, that to me it will always sound like a reference to her.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      May 19, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

      Pretty sure it’s more of a reference to this: https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/hi-i039m-daisy

      So yes, but at one remove.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        May 19, 2021 at 5:36 am | #

        That was the first thing I thought of when I read Daisy’s line in this strip.

  10. TheKelliestKelly
    TheKelliestKelly
    May 19, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Dang, Billie, you couldn’t have given Daisy a hair color to go off of? “Red hair” is a lot easier to pick out than “Scowl-y”

    Also, no one tell Daisy that Conquest is only 16 – Daisy might actually die of embarrassment

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      May 19, 2021 at 2:23 am | #

      I think at that point she finds a hole to crawl into and a rock to cover it with.

  11. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    May 19, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Daisy you incel, the waitstaff is never hitting on you, go back there and look for your date. Kids these days.

    • TheKelliestKelly
      TheKelliestKelly
      May 19, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      I think Daisy didn’t realize that good ole’ Connie is part of the restaurant staff

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        May 19, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

        Maybe she doesn’t go out to eat very often, then.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          May 19, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

          Didn’t you read yesterday’s strip? Of course she doesn’t ea-
          *is dragged away*

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            May 19, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

            Fuck, that was free pun real estate and I totally missed it.

  12. Kravis
    Kravis
    May 19, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    I didn’t even know Conquest existed.

    She sure is more charming than her “Invincible” namesake.

  13. Endplanets
    Endplanets
    May 19, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    She finally said “Hi. I’m Daisy”.
    Meme achieved.

    • JediMB
      JediMB
      May 19, 2021 at 6:00 am | #

      [Like]

  14. Pivitor
    Pivitor
    May 19, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    It’s nice to know Galasso pays her! You never know with him

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      May 19, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      THE HEIR TO MY EMPIRE REQUIRES NO PAYMENT SAVE THE LAMENTATIONS OF OUR ENEMIES wait, I am informed of something called “The Department of Labor”

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      May 19, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      I’m pretty sure it’s Pamela who actually handles payroll. 😛

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        May 19, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

        Pamela handles everything that requires actual management I suspect

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          May 19, 2021 at 2:40 am | #

          Headcanon says she actually runs the business, and lets Galasso lord over the kitchen and wait staff as head chef / mascot.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            May 19, 2021 at 2:56 am | #

            Galasso also provides a handy cover to anyone who’d think their business might be sketchy. Obviously the owner has delusions of supervillainy, yeah, but he’s too histrionic to ACTUALLY be up to anything, he’d admit it instantly.

            And Pamela smiles from the back room, where she’s working on the schematics for a Dimensionator to bring an alternate-dimensional army. If she can just get the proper cheese formula, then soon. Soon, MULTIVERSAL PIZZA (and subs) DOMINATION WILL BE THEIRS!

            • Keulen
              Keulen
              May 19, 2021 at 5:46 am | #

              Just as long as she doesn’t accidentally cause Soggies to try and take over or something.

              • NotThatDrew
                NotThatDrew
                May 19, 2021 at 9:45 am | #

                They may yet rule

              • Regalli
                Regalli
                May 19, 2021 at 11:46 am | #

                Unintentional consequences? From cross-dimensional travel? Pshaw! That would NEVER happen in a Willis work!

          • JBento
            JBento
            May 19, 2021 at 6:37 am | #

            Galasso’s Pizza (and Subs) provides a dinner and a show, and the show is getting to see Galasso. Come on, I’d eat here just to hear Galasso.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            May 19, 2021 at 7:28 am | #

            I think that’s just canon

  15. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    May 19, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    Think of it this way: Going back in immediately is less embarrassing than “not coming back” or showing up in 5 minutes. Your date is waiting! That said, I’m not really sure what Daisy is supposed to do (other than maybe contact Jennifer), since Ruth is inside and Daisy doesn’t know what she looks like. Does Ruth know what Daisy looks like? Setting up blind dates like this only really works if you have a go-between who knows both sides.

  16. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 19, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    Conquest? How many years has it been since we last saw her in a strip?

    • Rikunda
      Rikunda
      May 19, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      How many days are in a few years of comics?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 19, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

      Last appearance was in December of 2016

      • dej
        dej
        May 19, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

        so approximately a week comic time

        • Norah
          Norah
          May 19, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

          Well, more now because of the time skip.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            May 19, 2021 at 9:19 am | #

            Her previous appearance occurred on September 23rd, DoA time. Now it’s January, but we don’t know the exact date or day of the week yet.

  17. Mikey
    Mikey
    May 19, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    Here’s some genuine advice for if you find yourself in this kind of situation: If possible, just laugh at your mistake to defuse the awkwardness. Say something like “Oh, I thought you were my blind date! Sorry!” In general, explaining the situation makes you seem like less of a weirdo and more of a person making an honest mistake.

    • milu
      milu
      May 19, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

      That or just imagine the other person naked, and– nope

      • AGV
        AGV
        May 19, 2021 at 7:39 am | #

        Who the frick came up with that bs anyway

        • milu
          milu
          May 19, 2021 at 3:37 pm | #

          i think it’s more commonly recommended when addressing an audience actually. i guess if everyone is naked it stops being erotic and just becomes silly? idk i don’t talk to audiences.

  18. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    May 19, 2021 at 1:01 am | #

    …I really needed this laugh tonight.

  19. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    May 19, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

    $29.95?  Dang, those are some pricey T-shirts.

    • milu
      milu
      May 19, 2021 at 1:12 am | #

      they’re $19.99 ^^

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      May 20, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

      It’s these 66-year-old eyes.  Thought it said $29.99 for the T-shirts and $19.99 for the tank tops.

  20. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 19, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

    I mean, Conny works for a) her parents, one of whom is b) Galasso.

    Is she really being paid to be nice?

    and if so, is she paid enough?

    • milu
      milu
      May 19, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

      And if not, is she really paid to lure the customers into a sense of unguarded complacency?

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        May 19, 2021 at 2:50 am | #

        Oh, obviously. Pamela’s not actually any less of a supervillain than her husband, she’s just SMARTER about it. Subtle. The financial mastermind behind the Galasso Empire, which Conquest will someday inherit!

    • JBento
      JBento
      May 19, 2021 at 6:40 am | #

      I don’t know how much she’s being paid, but I DO know she’s not being paid enough. I DO expect Galasso’s to pay its employees a decent wage, but there’s no money in the WORLD enough to compensate having to be nice to, say, Mary.

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        May 19, 2021 at 11:15 am | #

        I don’t believe Mary has ever been to Galasso’s. She and Galasso have not appeared together. And nobody is paying me enough to do a tag trawl of Mary.

      • milu
        milu
        May 19, 2021 at 3:33 pm | #

        eh, most customer-facing jobs require you to be some level of nice to customers, and they all involve serving Maries (or worse) every day.

        so what you’re saying is, service jobs should pay better.
        i mean,
        yeah.

  21. zims
    zims
    May 19, 2021 at 1:40 am | #

    “I am paid to be nice!” Gotta love how up-front Conquest is about that. She’s not letting you see behind the veil, she’s tearing the veil down and burning it. Although given how easy it is to mistake friendliness for flirting, she probably has to be up-front to stave off even half the propositions she gets.

  22. BenRG
    BenRG
    May 19, 2021 at 2:05 am | #

    Additionally, I seem to recall that Connie is a couple of years younger than the main cast making her very underage. So, yeah, awkward.

    The romcom set-up is pretty obvious here. I wonder what lonely/unhappy lady Ruth will meet in there whilst Daisy is off bitterly regretting her wholly-imaginary faults?

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      May 19, 2021 at 3:22 am | #

      The wiki says she’s sixteen, so… yeah, abandon ship.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        May 19, 2021 at 4:19 am | #

        Indiana’s age of consent is 16, so the ship can sail. Legally. Morally is another question.

        • JBento
          JBento
          May 19, 2021 at 6:42 am | #

          Wait, how old is Daisy. I don’t expect her to be older than, like, 18-19, that doesn’t seem like a moral problem. I mean, know which of these two seems to have it more together.

          • BenRG
            BenRG
            May 19, 2021 at 8:03 am | #

            Daisy is in Ruth’s age group, I think – Junior or Senior year – so she might be as old as 21.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              May 19, 2021 at 9:31 am | #

              I assume, just from her being in charge of the newspaper. I don’t think it’s been stated explicitly though.

            • JBento
              JBento
              May 19, 2021 at 12:29 pm | #

              Oh god, no, yeah, torpedo that ship, burn the shipyard, and hang the shipwright.

              • milu
                milu
                May 19, 2021 at 3:45 pm | #

                then torch the gallows, ship the ashes to the Marianas trench, torpedo that ship, then date the torpedo operator, let me give you her number

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            May 21, 2021 at 9:23 am | #

            I seem to recall we got recent notification that Daisy is 26. She’s not a student.

  23. StClair
    StClair
    May 19, 2021 at 3:13 am | #

    I love the alt-text here.

  24. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    May 19, 2021 at 4:45 am | #

    Glad to see Connie in this universe has retained the ability to be merciless when she feels like being merciless. Feels very Gen z this time and I am here for it

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      May 19, 2021 at 4:45 am | #

      Damn! Should have used the desktop to post… here I don’t get my gravatar

  25. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    May 19, 2021 at 5:05 am | #

    OUCH! Poor Daisy.

  26. Amos Batista
    Amos Batista
    May 19, 2021 at 5:09 am | #

    Conquest hair is like it’s glowing. You know, like Super Sonic…

  27. Keulen
    Keulen
    May 19, 2021 at 5:38 am | #

    Jennifer forgot to tell Daisy (or show her a picture or something) what Ruth looks like?

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      May 19, 2021 at 10:48 pm | #

      Jennifer is a terrible wingwoman.

  28. JediMB
    JediMB
    May 19, 2021 at 6:03 am | #

    Connie: Completely unfazed.
    Daisy: Not so much.

    • JBento
      JBento
      May 19, 2021 at 6:44 am | #

      NO OFFSPRING OF GALASSO’S SHALL SUFFER FROM THE AFFLICTION OF THE COMMONERS KNOWS AS “FAZING”.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        May 19, 2021 at 9:29 am | #

        Faz has a chart that disagrees.

  29. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    May 19, 2021 at 7:14 am | #

    So… when does she turn into a grumpy blood-thirsty grandpa with a cybernetic arm?

  30. AGV
    AGV
    May 19, 2021 at 7:44 am | #

    I suppose that I shouldn’t be too surprised about how much of a nervous wreck is Daisy

    Like, who confuses “Hi, welcome to *business name*” with a general introduction

  31. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    May 19, 2021 at 7:49 am | #

    she’s blinding

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      May 19, 2021 at 11:08 am | #

      I’ve got a mental image of Daisy down on one knee in front of her calling her ‘my Sun Queen’ and Gallasso grumbling about “finally, someone addresses Gallasso’s daughter by her proper title!”

  32. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    May 19, 2021 at 8:20 am | #

    I have never understood the economic phenomenon that causes tank-tops to cost more than a regular t-shirt.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 19, 2021 at 8:22 am | #

      Also are awkward lady-boners a thing?

    • Sol
      Sol
      May 19, 2021 at 9:20 am | #

      They don’t though? The T-Shirts are $19.99 and the Tank tops are $14.95

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        May 20, 2021 at 10:13 am | #

        a) I’m getting old, the price for tank tops looked like $24.95,

        b) I’ve seen this IRL, so I accepted the dissonance.

  33. torrent29
    torrent29
    May 19, 2021 at 8:47 am | #

    Conquest is literally glowing.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      May 19, 2021 at 8:57 am | #

      Yeah, Daisy is in love and this can only lead to complications.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      May 19, 2021 at 9:03 am | #

      Galasso pays a grip to keep a spotlight on her for her entire shift. It gets awkward when she’s at school because they have to follow her around with the light on a jib.

  34. Jhon
    Jhon
    May 19, 2021 at 11:37 am | #

    Conquest has obviously been raised to be DaddysLittleVillain. ( do NOT google that .. itsatrap Go to
    this.
    )

  35. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    May 19, 2021 at 11:17 pm | #

    somebody better pick up that phone
    Because i fucking
    C A L L E D I T

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      May 20, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

      …so how long have you been keeping that joke in the cooler?

      • Juanoku
        Juanoku
        May 20, 2021 at 2:41 pm | #

        Too long
        (Is that a reference i see?)

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