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May 5, 2026

Toes

by David M Willis on November 25, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – It's The Love I Haven't Got
└ Tags: dorothy, joe, joyce

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  1. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 25, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    hi Dotty !

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 25, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Me: “How can people not touch their toes?? Lemme demonstrate”
    *creaks in Old Person*
    Me: “…n/m”

    • Ryan
      Ryan
      November 25, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      And what’s with the straight back?!? That defeats at least half the purpose.

      I could barely wave at my toes yesterday. Today, touching the floor. Tomorrow, who knows. The Olds is no fun.

      • Casi
        Casi
        November 25, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

        you want a straight back because you want to be moving your torso at the hips, not your spine for that stretch. It’s much like the “lift with your legs, not your back” mantra.

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          November 25, 2023 at 5:16 am | #

          Fun fact: I have been hearing that mantra all my life. Every time I had to lift something heavy as a kid, someone would say “Remember, lift with your legs, not your back!” and I would have no idea what they were talking about, because I was lifting with my arms. But they’d say it so authoratively that I wouldn’t want to question it, so I just nodded.

          Then, in I think my late 20s, I got a warehousing job. And naturally, we had to do was watch a health and safety video on Correct Lifting Technique. And this actually said “If you stoop over to lift something,you’re putting too much strain in the wrong places, you should bend your knees instead.” And I was like “Ohh, that makes sense. Is that what people meant the whole time?”

          • Zak
            Zak
            November 25, 2023 at 6:20 am | #

            Yeah I worked briefly at lowes and we had a video that did the same and I had a similar moment. I’m pretty sure people just you know heard the thing and then parroted the thing, but had no concept of the thing because they were all lifting wrong as well.

          • Mark
            Mark
            November 25, 2023 at 7:44 am | #

            I worked in the back room at the post office for a while. Not only did I get similar training, I worked in the same area with a guy who had lifted something wrong (at least) once and had to have his spine pinned. I still remember that lesson!

          • TCS
            TCS
            November 25, 2023 at 8:10 am | #

            The wording never made sense to me either until I was shown! But my thinking was “How can you not be lifing with your legs? They hold everything up!” lol

          • jflb96
            jflb96
            November 25, 2023 at 7:30 pm | #

            It’s also not always true. If something is light enough, you should lift with your back for the exercise.

          • Lazarus
            Lazarus
            December 6, 2023 at 4:09 am | #

            And now after decades of that advice knee injuries are rampant. Heavy lifting is a strain no matter how it’s done. Now some factories are working on equipment so no bending or crouching is required.

    • Raznaak
      Raznaak
      November 25, 2023 at 10:31 am | #

      I’m 32 and heavily out of shape.
      I can still touch my knuckles to the floor with both my back and knees straight.

      • Miri
        Miri
        November 25, 2023 at 6:28 pm | #

        I am apparently 39 and am definitely out of shape. I am also hypermobile and can do this easily… Can also put my hands down flat on the ground with straight knees and presumably back. Am assuming that the hypermobility is my secret advantage here.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          November 25, 2023 at 11:52 pm | #

          I am… more than that =| and whatever I used to be able to do, I can’t anymore T_T

  3. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    November 25, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    *plays “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails on hacked muzak*

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 25, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      I like that you give fun song suggestions, but I looked up this song and SWEET JESUS that is a disturbing music video. I thought the flipped over roach was a maybe little cruel and strange for a music video for a song just about sex but, I was able to just brush it off as a weird minor one off thing for the sake of art. Then they started crucifying a monkey and defiling a pig’s corpse and now I am wondering who the hell directed this thing.

      • Chaucer59
        Chaucer59
        November 25, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

        Reznor designed the video himself.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        November 25, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

        Heh I never saw the music video, and wow 😮

      • modulusshift
        modulusshift
        November 25, 2023 at 1:23 am | #

        Yeah as I understand it NIN kinda blew up in some circles because of a video made for the Broken EP that was never officially released, Trent had second thoughts about it and only gave a few copies to friends, but copies were made of those copies and urban legends spread and the copies only got degraded and fuzzier as they were copied and watched again and again, going viral but only among people who had heard how fucked up it was and wanted to see it for themselves, separated only by the recording artifacts from something that felt so *real*.

        So I expect that Closer was an attempt to recapture some of that magic, and it *was* played on MTV a lot, but heavily censored.

      • ktbear
        ktbear
        November 25, 2023 at 1:25 am | #

        If you have problems with NIN’s video I could suggest Halocene’s cover instead.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        November 25, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

        It’s a very different vibe to the song called “Closer” that I’m more familiar with.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          November 25, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

          There are entirely too many songs called “Closer”

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            November 25, 2023 at 5:22 am | #

            To confuse things further, some of those songs should be, like, a break-up song about having a blazing row, but you’ve got the argument that will shut your ex’s down completely. That’s the closer.

            • Daibhid C
              Daibhid C
              November 25, 2023 at 5:23 am | #

              (I really don’t have the energy to check if any of them are.)

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            November 25, 2023 at 6:14 pm | #

            The video for that Lemaitre song is seriously Foxtrot Uniform.

      • deliverything
        deliverything
        November 25, 2023 at 3:44 am | #

        Thing is, it’s not actually “a song just about sex”. Wikipedia summarises: “Lyrically, “Closer” is a song about self-hatred and obsession; to Reznor’s dismay, the song was widely misinterpreted as a lust anthem due to its chorus”.

      • Nicoleandmaggie
        Nicoleandmaggie
        November 25, 2023 at 7:16 am | #

        I love the post modern jukebox cover. (Also the same guy— Kenton Chen) covers another song called Closer and I would so buy an album of him covering lots of different Closer songs.)

      • khn0
        khn0
        November 25, 2023 at 10:45 am | #

        Crucifying the monkey is unlikely, given that known animal activist Nivek Ogre was one of his early models…

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 25, 2023 at 6:16 pm | #

          They didn’t hurt it, It was just tied to a cross, but not like hung up or anything.

          • khn0
            khn0
            November 26, 2023 at 8:04 am | #

            Exactly.

  4. Nono
    Nono
    November 25, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    I haven’t been able to touch my toes bending over in at least a decade, I think.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      November 25, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      saame

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 25, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

      lol well, as long as you can bend down good enough to tie ur shoes hopefully it should be fine

    • Max
      Max
      November 25, 2023 at 1:27 am | #

      Even when I was a kid I couldn’t do it.

      Raise your hand if you just stood up and tried it yourself.

    • Lumino
      Lumino
      November 25, 2023 at 2:11 am | #

      Never been able to. My mother’s side of the family has long legs and short arms, so it’s a consistent problem on that side.

    • foamy
      foamy
      November 25, 2023 at 2:49 am | #

      I haven’t been able to do it since my age hit the double digits.

  5. june gloom
    june gloom
    November 25, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Bisexual vibes off the charts.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 25, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      The poly here.

    • GreyICE
      GreyICE
      November 25, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      This would be a hella cute poly relationship.

      • FlamestAndLight
        FlamestAndLight
        November 25, 2023 at 11:34 am | #

        Dotty: “This is my girlfriend 🙂 and her boyfriend >:|”

    • UrsulaDavina
      UrsulaDavina
      November 25, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      Or Hetroflexiable or Saiposexual.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        November 25, 2023 at 6:20 pm | #

        Yes that seems to be Joyce’s case, she wants to F*ck their minds, in a nice loving way.

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      November 25, 2023 at 2:34 am | #

      Yeah seriously relating to Joyce here (in both a thirsty and poly way): everyone is so hot and i also like them all as people oh no halp

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 25, 2023 at 9:12 am | #

      This is weird

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      November 25, 2023 at 9:27 am | #

      Oh my yes.

  6. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    November 25, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    This is when we discover this is the first time Joyce has bent over in her entire life.

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    November 25, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    I admit, I can touch my toes, but it hurts to do so. Still I try to do so every day when I stretch.

    Just don’t expect me to be very stretchy. Anyone here particularly flexible?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      November 25, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      Weirdly despite being a very tall, overweight, 30 yr old dude I’m very flexible. My doctor is always surprised how easily I can bend over or frog sit. In my younger days I could even do the splits.

      • Ryan
        Ryan
        November 25, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

        Frog sitting is manageable, so long as I’m not expected to stand back up. It’s a one way trip.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      November 25, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      I can put my entire hands on the floor.

      I can, however, not stand with straight legs and also have my spine be in the shape it’s supposed to have – nope, my lower spine bends way forward.

      So… Yesn’t? Only flexible in relatively useless ways XD

      • Ryan
        Ryan
        November 25, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

        That’s primarily a back stretch for me. Straight back does not compute.

    • Tawdry Quirks
      Tawdry Quirks
      November 25, 2023 at 3:48 am | #

      I can still touch my toes, and I turn 40 next year. I was the kid who got excited when they pulled out that board to measure how far you could reach for the fitness test, because that was the one thing I was good at in gym class.

      I’m just bendy enough to be fun, but not bendy enough to be worried about joint hypermobility.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      November 25, 2023 at 4:25 am | #

      I’m flexible in weird ways. Not gym-type stretching flexible (much less yoga), but I can, say, be carrying a full armload of stuff out to the garage from the house, and then reach up with my foot to grip the door handle with my toes, open the door, and pull it towards me with my toes, all without ever being at risk of losing balance.

      …. but also if just stand up or turn around wrong I can spontaneously halfway dislocate one or both of my shoulders. I don’t know if that counts as being too flexible or not flexible enough, but it sucks either way.

      • Inahc
        Inahc
        November 25, 2023 at 4:51 pm | #

        sounds like hypermobility, yeah. https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/what-is-hsd/ diagnosis is still kinda problematic (or if you’re canadian, impossible/useless) but if you find other people online you can learn stuff that might help. Muldowney protocol is a good place to start for keeping your shoulders in.

        (also, PSA: losing the flexibility doesn’t mean you’ve lost the hypermobility disorder, especially if you lost it because your muscles are so damn tight they’re causing other problems)

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      November 25, 2023 at 4:43 pm | #

      just flexible enough for my body to completely fall apart when I was 29ish 😂 hypermobility disorders suck. gabapentin has helped, though (that and finally un-dislocating my own neck after 7ish years of doing other joints myself and searching in vain for a physiotherapist/chiropractor/anyone who could actually help)
      …Muldowney helped too, but I’ve been avoiding getting back to it because it’s tedious as fuck, and I’m doing well enough to get away with avoiding things 🙂

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      November 25, 2023 at 6:23 pm | #

      In my teens I could scratch my ears with either foot, back when Gerald Ford was president. In 2011 I was doing yoga and fell out of a pose and stuck my right foot in my ear and pulled some ligaments. That hip has hurt ever since.

  8. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    November 25, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Didn’t she just do some backflips off panel several strips ago?
    How is she so inflexible now?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      November 25, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      Uhhh, what backflip? You sure we are talking about the same Joyce?

      • Angel
        Angel
        November 25, 2023 at 12:50 am | #

        well she did ‘teleport’ up a tree. maybe her abilities are comedy based lol

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          November 25, 2023 at 4:20 am | #

          That, plus some panic-fueled adrenaline.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      November 25, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      Never mind.
      That strip said “slipping away”.
      For days I’ve thought it said “backflipping away” and wondered why she was THAT excited.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 25, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

      That was Soggy Cardboard. Different comic.

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        November 25, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

        No it wasn’t.
        I don’t read any other comics.
        I don’t even know what that is.
        I just misread the strip when Joyce left Sarah in mid monologue to talk to Jacob.

  9. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    November 25, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    I can’t touch my toes, but I also do not give a shit about that.

    Now, I guess we get to see how homoerotic this all winds up getting. My guess is, quite.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      November 25, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      If Joyce comes out as bisexual, Becky might explode… Actually I’d love to see that; whenever she is comfortable to announce it of course.

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        November 25, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

        This was not supposed to be a reply, sorry. ._.”

        • DailyBrad
          DailyBrad
          November 25, 2023 at 1:03 am | #

          I mean, it’s fine, it went along with the homoeroticism mention, so if you hadn’t said anything, I’d have thought nothing of it, honestly!

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        November 25, 2023 at 1:58 am | #

        My read on Becky’s whole feud with Dorothy has always been that she thinks Joyce feels a way about Dorothy that she’ll never feel about Becky despite how much Becky wanted her too.

        I’m not sure how she’d react to that being confirmed.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 25, 2023 at 6:26 pm | #

          Becky has Dina now, she’s (almost) over Joyce.

  10. butts
    butts
    November 25, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    damn she’s just like me forreal

  11. Ray
    Ray
    November 25, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    CALLED IT 😀

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 25, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      Are you a steak? Because that was very well done.

  12. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    November 25, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    I guess the real exercise of the day is Tug of War.

    Also, Is Dorothy wearing a cape?

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      November 25, 2023 at 7:00 am | #

      no, that’s the bottom of a jacket

      –Dave, probably a colorblocked one, white arms/collar/yoke, yellow bottom

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 25, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    You could say she’s PAST tense. Or at least she was.

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 25, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

      dorothy could give her a massage later ;P

      (Tho other than helping other ppl before i’m surprised you coudl tell if someone’s body feels tense just by touching)

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 25, 2023 at 4:23 am | #

      Got it

  14. AlexaSpuds
    AlexaSpuds
    November 25, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

    Dorothy getting gayer every time she appears on screen, I’m so here for it.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      November 25, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      I think Dorothy’s gayness is accidental, and she is in fact straight. However Joyce is an entirely different situation, where she may be suppressing her gayness, if any.

      • UrsulaDavina
        UrsulaDavina
        November 25, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

        Or she is bisexual or heteoflexiable

        • deliverything
          deliverything
          November 25, 2023 at 3:51 am | #

          I don’t know, she seems to be struggling with flexibility here.

          • deliverything
            deliverything
            November 25, 2023 at 7:29 am | #

            Oops… Just realised I put this reply on the wrong comment.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 25, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

        Dorothy’s the one making the moves here.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        November 25, 2023 at 1:55 am | #

        I would have agreed with this a year ago, but I’m increasingly less certain of that assessment

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          November 25, 2023 at 9:35 am | #

          Dotty’s Mind: “Hm. I can’t tell Joyce not to date Joe. That would violate trust and free will and such. Hm. I know. I will begin an increasingly campaign of slow seduction, starting with dryer masturbation, escalating with sexy back massage, and ending when Joyce realizes it’s me she wants and abandoning Joe for me.”

          • Rose by Any Other Name
            Rose by Any Other Name
            November 25, 2023 at 9:36 am | #

            Crap… I participled my verb list. Don’t know what I was thinking.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              November 25, 2023 at 6:29 pm | #

              Relax, it was grammatic enough to comprehend.

    • Mym
      Mym
      November 25, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      Are we also including her outfit today?

  15. Antisolanum
    Antisolanum
    November 25, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    bisexual joyce is killing me, she deserves to be with both dorothy AND joe

  16. Mym
    Mym
    November 25, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    Spit roast her

  17. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    November 25, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

    Surprisingly, despite always being big, and even becoming fat enough to be morbidly obese for many years, I have always been able to touch my toes, so I can’t really relate to this minor struggle.

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 25, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

      i imagine it’d be hard if you do the back test trying to touch your arms/fingers together, tho i only ever had to do that once for gym

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        November 25, 2023 at 12:53 am | #

        I’m not sure what that is.
        But I’m sure I can’t do it now.
        I have arthritis in both shoulders and additional clavicle trouble in the left one which reduces my range of motion.

        • Angel
          Angel
          November 25, 2023 at 11:21 pm | #

          https://www.topendsports.com/testing/images/back-scratch2.jpg dunno if it had a name but it’s this one lol

          But other than an itch on ur back or showering (tho most ppl i’d assume would use a scrubber if they need it) hopefully you wouldn’t ‘need’ to lol

    • CrazyJ
      CrazyJ
      November 25, 2023 at 4:02 am | #

      I’ve always been in the normal BMI category (even was in the lighter end of normal when I was younger) and yet I’ve never been able to touch my toes I think the amount of walking/biking/running I do counteracts what little amount of stretching I do.

  18. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    November 25, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

    I tense up when people invite themselves to touch me too.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      November 25, 2023 at 1:28 am | #

      Well, Dorothy did ask. She just failed to be clear what she meant. In military contexts we’s straight up ask “permission to touch?” when helping each other for inspections.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 25, 2023 at 12:28 pm | #

        so she didn’t actually ask.

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      November 25, 2023 at 2:52 am | #

      On the belly, no less! *flinch*

  19. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    November 25, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

    Surprised Dorothy isn’t slutting it up like Joe is with the workout attire. Sarah’s arguably doing the same. Didn’t she read the memo that they’re not actually here to workout but seduce objects of affection with their bodies?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 25, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      I dunno she’s showing off the freckles at least.

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 25, 2023 at 12:49 am | #

      i mean other than it being a sports bra/showing off midriff, i think it’d be around the same level since they’re both workout outfits, but maybe dorothy will take her jacket off (that said even in summer i disliek showing off my midriff,even if i had a more slender body i’drather wear a tanktop lol)

  20. sdrainbow
    sdrainbow
    November 25, 2023 at 12:32 am | #

    aaaaaaaaaand there it is

  21. Dday
    Dday
    November 25, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

    Now you’re just being mean on purpose what’s next a conveniently placed vat of pudding https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/pudding

  22. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    November 25, 2023 at 12:34 am | #

    Somehow I don’t think Dorothy is the best person to help Joyce be straight.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 25, 2023 at 12:35 am | #

      This made me laugh, thank you. That was a great way to close the day.

    • Dara
      Dara
      November 25, 2023 at 12:56 am | #

      They’ll remember this at an hilariously inappropriate moment some six or seven years from now and it will absolutely wreck the tension but they’ll decide it was worth it.

    • DashWallkick
      DashWallkick
      November 25, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

      Hah, swish.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      November 25, 2023 at 9:39 am | #

      **rimshot noise**

  23. Qube
    Qube
    November 25, 2023 at 12:35 am | #

    the butts disease is acting up again I see

  24. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 25, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

    Oh dear. XD This’ll be a fun gym day.

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 25, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

      and then they all go to lunch again but hopefully this time will be better lol

  25. Bryy
    Bryy
    November 25, 2023 at 12:48 am | #

    Willis knows what he is doing.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 25, 2023 at 12:59 am | #

      Yes. Yes he does. He knows what he did. And he’ll do it again, too.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 25, 2023 at 6:33 am | #

        If it weren’t for us meddling commentators?

  26. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    November 25, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

    Joyce finding out there’s physiological repercussions to being neurotic and anxious all the time!

  27. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    November 25, 2023 at 1:33 am | #

    I remember those times when I was unable to touch my toes.

    Now I can touch the floor with my palms. >.>

  28. Bash
    Bash
    November 25, 2023 at 1:43 am | #

    Panel 2 is the most I have ever related to Joyce.

  29. Suet
    Suet
    November 25, 2023 at 2:47 am | #

    As if she would bend over in front of Joyce, no siree bob

    His keyword here is “try” though, unless you have a mad legs-to-torso ratio.

  30. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    November 25, 2023 at 4:19 am | #

    Confirmed that Joyce is willing to bend over for Joe if he asks.

    (Disclaimer: “willing” does not necessarily imply “able”.)

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      November 25, 2023 at 4:54 am | #

      Dotty will one day regret helping her with those exercises XD

  31. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    November 25, 2023 at 4:21 am | #

    Uh-oh, Joyce likes what she sees…

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/twohours/

  32. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    November 25, 2023 at 4:53 am | #

    The levels of horny in this room are off the charts and it’s only Partially Joe’s fault XD

  33. Disastroid
    Disastroid
    November 25, 2023 at 5:55 am | #

    Now Joyce must face the challenge of the workout Do(tty)Jo(e)

  34. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 25, 2023 at 6:34 am | #

    I’m not liking this storyline: it’s shoving in my face that I should return to gym.
    Just can’t be sedentary in peace…

  35. David DeLaney
    David DeLaney
    November 25, 2023 at 7:02 am | #

    even Joyce’s ponytail is tense

    I cannot bend over like that any more without leaning my head against, say, a convenient wall, because I have balance issues these days. but I used to be able to just about touch toes

    –Dave, Dina, lurking behind weight machine: *scribbles in notebook about socialization methods*

  36. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    November 25, 2023 at 7:19 am | #

    1. Butt! Face!
    2. Knees aren’t straight. Cheating!

  37. Dday
    Dday
    November 25, 2023 at 8:19 am | #

    To be fair, Joe is clearly not all that flexible himself. Straighten those knees, Mr Stiff-Hams!

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      November 25, 2023 at 1:19 pm | #

      Well, he did say TRY to touch your toes, and since we don’t even see how close he gets to succeeding…

  38. Cauchemar
    Cauchemar
    November 25, 2023 at 8:23 am | #

    Joyce is stuck between Joe’s butt and Dorothy touching her.

    THE BI PANIC IS REAL

  39. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 25, 2023 at 8:45 am | #

    Has Joyce spent enough time picking up socks, unlike Marigold?

  40. Taffy
    Taffy
    November 25, 2023 at 9:09 am | #

    If they’re not gonna make out, I’m not gonna get excited when one of them touches the other.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      November 25, 2023 at 11:39 am | #

      I’d be down for make-outs too, but the way everyone is leaning into casual touch means they’re about to is weirding me out a bit.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        November 25, 2023 at 7:16 pm | #

        That’s about where I’m at. I get it, exaggerated shipping goggles blah blah blah, but it feels weird.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 25, 2023 at 9:18 pm | #

      It’s not like we’re seeing Joyce respond like she did when Joe touched her.

  41. Rose by Any Other Name
    Rose by Any Other Name
    November 25, 2023 at 9:41 am | #

    “Joyce stumbles ass-backwards into a bisexual threeway: A Dumbing of Age pornographique.”

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      November 25, 2023 at 3:20 pm | #

      I’d sub for it.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        November 25, 2023 at 7:03 pm | #

        I’ll resume my sub for any pornographic Willis put out soon, really

  42. Thomas O.
    Thomas O.
    November 25, 2023 at 9:43 am | #

    “Now back that ass up and down and get low get low…”

  43. Segnosaur
    Segnosaur
    November 25, 2023 at 12:38 pm | #

    Have to admit I am surprised to see Dorothy here.

    I know she works to stay in shape, but I thought her thing was just running, not weight training. (Unless of course she tracked Joyce down there)

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      November 25, 2023 at 1:18 pm | #

      It’s the middle of winter.
      She may have opted for the treadmill instead of running outside.

  44. Raen
    Raen
    November 25, 2023 at 1:40 pm | #

    …this would be less weird if she were spotting a lesbian who asked her out last Tuesday. And I would say the same if all three were men.

  45. Shadow Dreamer
    Shadow Dreamer
    November 25, 2023 at 1:40 pm | #

    Your HONOR, they are– [shot in the head by a sniper before she can finish the joke]

  46. Dday
    Dday
    November 25, 2023 at 5:12 pm | #

    Imma level with ya, this one is pretty tasteless, but I couldn’t not picture it looking at this strip. Is it SFW? I mean, everyone’s got their clothes on but probably don’t literally treat it as SWF. Lets call it “suggestive”
    https://i.imgur.com/4iEKudV.png

  47. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    November 25, 2023 at 6:06 pm | #

    My toes and I are in a distant relationship, they won’t let me touch them. BA-DUM-TISH! I’ll be here until next Friday, try your waitress and tip the veal.

  48. David DeLaney
    David DeLaney
    November 25, 2023 at 6:51 pm | #

    also i notice those pupils got REAL big in panel 2

    –Dave, see anything you’d like, Joyce?

  49. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    November 25, 2023 at 6:58 pm | #

    thinking about this strip for no* reason.

    *multiple reasons

  50. shoopdawhoop
    shoopdawhoop
    November 26, 2023 at 8:18 pm | #

    There *is* a heterosexual reason for what’s happening here, but it’s pretty flimsy and noone buys it.

  51. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    no comments on how Joe’s posterior seems to become more defined as Joyce’s eyes dilate, huh

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