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Mundane

by David M Willis on January 12, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines
└ Tags: lucy, walky

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  1. lilyliv
    lilyliv
    January 12, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    OMG, that’s a real thing? Holy shit. I’m with Walky on this one.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      January 12, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      I, too, often must hold myself back when it comes to McNutt.

      • Hinoron
        Hinoron
        January 12, 2019 at 3:48 pm | #

        Red-haired clowns ejaculating… oh boy…

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        January 12, 2019 at 4:14 pm | #

        I’m amazed that Willis managed to so accurately represent in text, the sound made when snerking. xD

  2. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 12, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    The school knew what they were doing, I’m sure. 😉

    • Badgermole
      Badgermole
      January 12, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      My university has a building called Cocke Hall, appropriately enough home to Classics and Philosophy.

      • Nikol Geier
        Nikol Geier
        January 12, 2019 at 11:57 pm | #

        My school has, no joke, a building named “The Richard Woodcock Building”.
        We call it the Triple Dick Building.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 12, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

      For a public university, naming a building after one of the most powerful governors in your state’s recent history is probably not such a bad idea.

      • C.
        C.
        January 12, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

        He was also an IU alumnus and professor.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          January 12, 2019 at 8:16 am | #

          If only his name was Richard.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        January 12, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

        I still maintain they knew what they were doing when they chose that particular individual. 😉

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 12, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

        I had never heard of Governor/Commissioner/Administrator/Ambassador Paul McNutt before I googled him tonight, but now I want to know more. Had FDR not decided to run for a third term, he could have been a presidential contender; his IU roommate was FDR’s opponent in that election.

        • Rartorata
          Rartorata
          January 12, 2019 at 12:53 pm | #

          An election between college roommates would certainly be interesting…

          • Yet_One_More_Idiot
            Yet_One_More_Idiot
            January 12, 2019 at 4:12 pm | #

            Just imagine all the sordid stories about their time as college roomies that would’ve inevitably come to light during the campaign! xD

    • Civil
      Civil
      January 12, 2019 at 2:34 am | #

      the University I studied at was renamed in 1986…. originally the new name was “Curtin Unversity of New Technology”
      It took prnting the new degree certificate for them to realise that was a less than ideal name
      (they went with CUT insead, and recently switched to CU)

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      January 12, 2019 at 6:16 am | #

      I’m waiting for a dorm to be named after one of the Bayhs.

      “Where do you live?”
      “Bayh.”
      “By what?”
      <insert extended contrived "Who's on first?" rip-off?

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        January 12, 2019 at 8:23 am | #

        By Bayh.
        Oh, well, goodbye.
        It’s not bad.
        What?
        Bayh.

  3. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 12, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    “Other than the telepathy?”

    Feeling well enough to let his sense of humor show.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      January 12, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      Either that or he’s playing it up as a coping mechanism like Becky does.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        January 12, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

        He’s facetiously mentioned having “twin-telepathy” to Billie before, I assumed this was a callback to that:

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/05-media-rumble/link-2/

        • SpaceshipPilot
          SpaceshipPilot
          January 12, 2019 at 7:37 am | #

          Wow, the art style’s evolved a lot.

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          January 12, 2019 at 12:59 pm | #

          *reads that strip* Wait, what!? He DOESN’T have twin telepathy? Are you f**king KIDDING me?

  4. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 12, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Sometimes you feel like a Nut…

    • Lieutenant Dan
      Lieutenant Dan
      January 13, 2019 at 8:38 am | #

      …sometimes you don’t.

  5. Antonio Tyler
    Antonio Tyler
    January 12, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    McNutt is what happens when you eat McRib.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      January 12, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

      Hopefully that is done in the privacy of your home and not at the McDonald’s.

      • woobie
        woobie
        January 12, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

        Just so nobody brings a dead raccoon to the McDonald’s.

        • Lookingin
          Lookingin
          January 12, 2019 at 2:37 am | #

          it’s not his fault that he discovered one of the secret ingredients that make the McRib so tasty!

          • Pablo360
            Pablo360
            January 12, 2019 at 1:00 pm | #

            You jest, but if I found out the secret ingredient to the McRib was raccoon, my immediate reaction would be, “I need to eat more raccoon.”

  6. chris73
    chris73
    January 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Even Joyce would agree that these two should definitely start dating

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 12, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      Noooo

      • chris73
        chris73
        January 12, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

        I don’t know what Lucys power is but shes even managing to make Walky less annoying just by her very presence

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          January 12, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

          I’m sure that has entirely to do with Lucy’s “power” and not any bias you might have for this ship.

          • chris73
            chris73
            January 12, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

            I certainly do have a bias for these two and strips like this aren’t helping

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      January 12, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

      I am into this ship.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 12, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

      Joyce is a quantum shipper AND this is Billie’s suggested couple. Joyce will be all on board for it (unless she and Lucy rub each other the wrong way, which I still think would be hilarious).

    • Ronnie
      Ronnie
      January 12, 2019 at 2:24 am | #

      They could actually be wholesome. How’s Lucy managing to make Walky WHOLESOME

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      January 12, 2019 at 3:16 am | #

      I’m not ready to get off the garbage ship yet

    • Amazi-Stool
      Amazi-Stool
      January 12, 2019 at 8:35 pm | #

      I know that you are aware of this, but I want to prove this for the occasional readers:

      Joyce is defintely onboard of this ship!.

  7. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 12, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Ain’t gonna lie, I was tempted to laugh too

  8. Catullus
    Catullus
    January 12, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Nobody tell Walky the name of Rube Goldberg’s comic strip.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      January 12, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      Goldberg had serveral strips. I imagine you’re referring to “Boob McNutt.”

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        January 12, 2019 at 1:02 pm | #

        Boob McNutt was syndicated by McNaught.

  9. ellernock
    ellernock
    January 12, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    my dorm is colloquially known by a man’s name because of its abbreviation (we’re IVAN. the neighboring dorm is IVAS.) but that is nowhere near McNutt on the “how easy is it to make stupid jokes about this building” scale. but given that a cooking magazine we have wrote an article referencing how cashew milk is the “thickest nut milk” in a completely factual manner while i, a 25-year-old human person, could not stop my brain from going There, it’s just a given.

  10. Blanche Quizno
    Blanche Quizno
    January 12, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh no – it’s the She-Jacob!!

    • woobie
      woobie
      January 12, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

      Yep.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      January 12, 2019 at 1:03 pm | #

      Right! They’re both…

      …

      …

      …

      …

      …

      …

      …help me out here? Beside the obvious, are these two actually similar beyond being wholesome?

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        January 12, 2019 at 1:04 pm | #

        OH WAIT I’M AN IDIOT

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          January 12, 2019 at 1:04 pm | #

          oh wait never mind, she only mentions one sibling

  11. Xccj
    Xccj
    January 12, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Okay, I get that it’s a static background, but the door sticker in panel 1 makes it look like Walky is holding onto a burrito or something.

    • Warclam
      Warclam
      January 12, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

      He’s not?

      Huh, look at that, he’s not.

  12. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    January 12, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    . . . Oh no my shipping goggles are activating! Quick put a canon couple on screen to deactivate them once more!

  13. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    January 12, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    Walky, you were so close but maybe just laugh rather than injure yourself or just do the single “snerk” exhale laugh when you can’t hold it. I’m sure there is a better way to describe it but I’m tired and my brain isn’t cooperating.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 12, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      Walky’s day just keeps getting better.

  14. Roger
    Roger
    January 12, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMNBLUqX4AEsGj0.jpg

    • Catman
      Catman
      January 12, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

      I feel personally attacked

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      January 12, 2019 at 3:20 am | #

      I can make good use of this meme.

  15. Tacos
    Tacos
    January 12, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    Let’s be honest, I think most of us laughed at that too.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 12, 2019 at 1:36 am | #

      I definitely did.

  16. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    January 12, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    first, Blowjob Cat. then, McNutt hall. what next?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 12, 2019 at 1:03 am | #

      I think Walky should take a vacation in Britain over the winter break. His itinerary should include Scongahorpe, Didling, Nob End, Broad Bottom, and Cock End.

      He could finish up with a trip on the continent, visiting the German town of Wank, and the Austrian town of Fucking.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 12, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

        Dunno how that happened, but it’s Scongahorpe. The name is classic, er, clbuttic, in internet filtering tropes.

        In the US, we have Norfolk, VA, not a problem in text but a guaranteed Walky-mouth-roof-buster when pronounced.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          January 12, 2019 at 1:15 am | #

          Wow! How self-referential! I just discovered a forum filter i didn’t know existed. And it perfectly illustrates the S-Cee-U-En-Tee-horpe problem!

          I stopped using the c-word 15 years ago, on the basis that it is an inherently sexist derogation for which no male analog exists. I might call Billie an alpha bongo, but I will never call her a conga.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            January 12, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

            Well, I’m guess I’m glad that the censored word doesn’t come up often enough here for the replacement to be common knowledge. (Though I think I remember a fairly recent, probably deleted comment, that made use of it, so perhaps it’s a more recent filter? Or perhaps it was all a dream.)

            Reminds me of how you can’t say “grape” or “skill” on Neopets.

            • Marsh Maryrose
              Marsh Maryrose
              January 12, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

              I was trying to figure out how “skill” could be a problem, and then…I suddenly got a tiny bit worried about the Neopets community.

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                January 12, 2019 at 1:59 am | #

                It’s because you can’t say “kill.” The censors made it real hard the time I had to do a crisis suicide check on Neopets.com.

            • neeks
              neeks
              January 12, 2019 at 12:55 pm | #

              Once upon a time in RuneScape the word “fletching” was censored in the chat, for a very brief period of time, because while it could be considered a workaround for saying “felching,” I GUESS, it also happens to be the name of a skill in the game.

              “So what are you guys doing?”
              “*********.”
              “*********.”
              “*********.”
              “… crafting bows and arrows.”

              • neeks
                neeks
                January 12, 2019 at 12:56 pm | #

                (my guild hosted a fletching event during this time period. It amused.)

          • ValdVin
            ValdVin
            January 12, 2019 at 11:43 am | #

            At one job I dissected a client’s blocked email almost word by word, and discovered that the algorithm was blocking the location name in the subject: New Milford.

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      January 12, 2019 at 4:23 am | #

      The Sculpture of Female Presenting Nipple

  17. Anon
    Anon
    January 12, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

    I chuckle a little whenever I see the name “Condon hall” at my school. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen the building.

  18. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    January 12, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

    Eight years? Guess you’ve got some McStamina.

  19. Dave
    Dave
    January 12, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

    Don’t blame yourself, Willis. With such a gradual buildup, it’d take a long time for anyone to McNutt.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      January 12, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

      OK I laughed at that one, not gonna lie…

  20. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 12, 2019 at 12:49 am | #

    I love her expression here. That is the face of a girl who has totally laughed about McNutt.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      January 12, 2019 at 7:21 am | #

      And it’s not just the expression. I love Lucy!

      • StClair
        StClair
        January 12, 2019 at 7:27 pm | #

        (cue theme music)

  21. Clif
    Clif
    January 12, 2019 at 12:49 am | #

    If Walky’s mouth is torn up enough, he may need the telepathy.

  22. Afterword
    Afterword
    January 12, 2019 at 12:57 am | #

    Is McNutt anywhere near Blowjob Cat?

  23. Catman
    Catman
    January 12, 2019 at 12:57 am | #

    It just occurred to me that if Lucy is the equivalent of Joyce but in the other hall, then this ship is only a step away from the Joyce and Walky of the other universe.

    Could explain the chemistry.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 12, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

      Joyce and Walky: “EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH THAT?! HE/SHE IS SUPER GROSS!”

      • Catman
        Catman
        January 12, 2019 at 5:06 am | #

        IF ANOTHER ME IN ANOTHER TIME LINE FALLS FOR THEM THEN THAT IS TRULY THE WORST POSSIBLE TIMELINE AND GOD HAS ABANDONED IT!

  24. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 12, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

    Don’t strain yourself too hard, Walky, or you’ll bust a McNutt.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 12, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

      Heh

  25. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    January 12, 2019 at 1:18 am | #

    He tore out the upper roof of his mouth. I’d be curious to know if he has a lower roof of his mouth.

  26. Lingo
    Lingo
    January 12, 2019 at 1:22 am | #

    One of my close friends in elementary school had the last name of McNutt. Not such an uncommon name.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      January 12, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

      Far from the worst last name in that school. One family had the last name Crapp.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 12, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

        …did you grow up in a Roald Dahl novel?

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        January 12, 2019 at 1:29 am | #

        There’s a girl in a class I’ve subbed for a couple times whose last name is Butts.

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          January 12, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

          With such a last name, how do you resist the urge to name your son Seymour?

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            January 12, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

            Idk, maybe you love your child.

          • Liquid Len
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            January 12, 2019 at 4:11 pm | #

            I had a friend from way back with the last name Kunz. She married a guy with the last name Seymour. They considered hyphenating the last name, but then thought better of it

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              BarerMender
              January 19, 2019 at 2:25 am | #

              I went to school with a guy named Coontz. He was a couple of years ahead of me. He went on to be a famous writer.

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        January 12, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

        I was going to make a joke about their last tape, but then I thought about Spalding Gray’s performance of “Krapp’s Last Tape,” which I actually saw on video, and Spalding said it better than anyone else could: “I feel pretty close to this play as I often work with a tape recorder and often feel like crap.”

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        Remmington Steele
        January 12, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

        Thomas P Crapper really was a sanitary engineer.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          January 12, 2019 at 4:35 am | #

          Get out.

          *googles*

          …wow, you didn’t try to pull my leg. I love how these things end up.

    • Zee
      Zee
      January 12, 2019 at 10:25 am | #

      I once knew a guy who’s last name was Gay-Semenkof. Poor the other kids were ruthless…

      • Zee
        Zee
        January 12, 2019 at 10:26 am | #

        …good damn it, can we please get an edit button

  27. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 12, 2019 at 1:25 am | #

    Wow, this REALLY reminds me of Walky’s and Becky’s first meeting.

    “Do I do the drama thing?”
    “Hi, I’m a distraction.”
    “HELLO DISTRACTION, LET’S HANG OUT!”

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/belchin/

  28. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 12, 2019 at 1:33 am | #

    Sal and Walky’s twin telepathy in action:

    Walky: “Suddenly I feel this strange urge to brood on a rooftop.”
    Sal: “STOP THINKING ABOUT BUTTS, YOU LITTLE SHIT!”

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 12, 2019 at 2:13 am | #

      I bet twins hate people thinking that there’s anything special about their relationship other than sharing a birthday. Centuries of fiction on the subject has a lot to answer for!

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        January 12, 2019 at 2:35 am | #

        I once had the great fortune of hearing two identical twins arguing with each other.

        *Angry* “YEAH, YOU ARE JUST AS STUPID AS YOU LOOK.”
        *beat* “…we look the same.”
        *hesitation, sullen answer* “…not EXACTLY the same…”

        Kinda took the wind out of the argument 🙂

  29. Keulen
    Keulen
    January 12, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

    I’m still hoping Lucy and Joyce meet each other sometime soon.

  30. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 12, 2019 at 1:41 am | #

    Oh neat, so I guess we’ll see Lucy’s brother too some time.

    I was blanking on his name for a sec, thought he went by Linus.

  31. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 12, 2019 at 2:12 am | #

    Don’t worry about it, Walky. I don’t think that laughing at the ridiculous name of one of the dorm halls equates to insulting the residents!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 12, 2019 at 2:37 am | #

      I mostly think he wants to not look like a buffoon in front of Lucy, which is adorable in itself.

      His failure to contain his laugh, and her little smirk in the final panel is adorable as banter go.

  32. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 12, 2019 at 3:06 am | #

    Come on, Walky. Let out the laughs.

  33. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    January 12, 2019 at 3:18 am | #

    Lucy seems to fit in at read ball a lot Better than Forest Squad.

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      January 12, 2019 at 4:14 am | #

      I thought the same thing. She should have moved here instead of Malaya.

  34. butts
    butts
    January 12, 2019 at 3:46 am | #

    *cough* mcbutt, thank you for coming to my tedtalk

  35. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    January 12, 2019 at 4:55 am | #

    Oh no, they have good chemistry.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 12, 2019 at 8:05 am | #

      Anyone else read this in Gene Wilder’s monotone Willy Wonka warning voice?

  36. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    January 12, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

    The “roof” of your mouth is really the ceiling of your mouth. Change my mind.

    • egg
      egg
      January 12, 2019 at 8:39 am | #

      1) you’re right and i hate it 2) so what IS the roof of your mouth? is it where that specific bit of bone ends? is it the top of the skull? is it in the sinuses somewhere??

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 12, 2019 at 11:03 am | #

        The sinuses are the attic of your mouth. Your scalp is the roof.

        • ruhrow
          ruhrow
          January 12, 2019 at 8:00 pm | #

          What about the anterior cranial fossa? Does this house have TWO attics? What about the orbits? So many questionsssssss.

  37. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    January 12, 2019 at 9:56 am | #

    So Lucy is definitely interested, even i can tell that much.

  38. Roger Sterling
    Roger Sterling
    January 12, 2019 at 10:32 am | #

    They’ll banter, but they won’t date.

    Lucy is too much like Walky in temperament.opposites attract and such. There’s no mystery at all. That they get on so well otherwise will prove to be a continual source of frustration. I’m thinking, like, Elliot and J.D. from Scrubs.

    also she’s not thicc

    • Sam
      Sam
      January 12, 2019 at 11:48 am | #

      Opposites don’t attract though. People like people who are similar to themselves that are different in some ways that allow them to complement each other but not all ways. People don’t actually like people that have nothing in common with them, no overlap in interests, literally no similarities to themselves and that are difficult to get along with in every possible way.

      • Roger Sterling
        Roger Sterling
        January 12, 2019 at 1:21 pm | #

        I didn’t mean absolute opposites. You’re straw manning.

        I’m just saying what does Lucy actually bring to the table, other than being a cheery tumblr sprite.

        I am fully aware and am troubled by of the racial implications of comparing Lucy to Dorothy and Amber, but it’s becoming increasingly clear Walky, for all his exuberant geekiness, likes complimenting divergent personalities.

        • chris73
          chris73
          January 12, 2019 at 3:04 pm | #

          “what does Lucy actually bring to the table, other than being a cheery tumblr sprite.”

          Shes attractive, she, at best, has a similar sense of humor to Walky and at worst understands why Walky would find McNutt amusing, shes helpful and considerate to her friends, tries to see the best in people and doesn’t appear to have much in the way of baggage (in comparison to others) which is what Walky needs right now given everything thats going on

          “likes complimenting divergent personalities”

          Maybe, hes very young and has very little experience of girls or relationships so its too early to tell whether thats his thing or it just happened to be a matter of timing (especially in Ambers case)

  39. Dev
    Dev
    January 12, 2019 at 10:36 am | #

    Ooh, is she Jacob’s little sister then? How interesting.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      January 12, 2019 at 10:57 am | #

      Jacob’s last name is Williams, Lucy’s last name is Glenn. It’s probably unlikely that they’re related.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 12, 2019 at 11:02 am | #

      Nope, her brother’s name is Lyle. He showed up in Shortpacked for a couple strips.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        January 12, 2019 at 11:39 am | #

        I binged Shortpacked! a couple years ago and totally forgot him. Good work!

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          January 12, 2019 at 12:48 pm | #

          Thank Walkypedia, not me!

  40. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    January 12, 2019 at 12:27 pm | #

    What’s so funny about McNutt? It’s just a building close to McButt, and across McBub and Bongo Street.

  41. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    January 12, 2019 at 1:42 pm | #

    I like how Walky’s kind of hitting peak goofball around Lucy. I feel like they play off each other well!

    And I can see Joyce popping out into the hallway and immediately assuming the worst of Walky again, too.

    “Okay, look Walky, I guess I should apologize for how I was acti- wait… are you serious!? Another girl!?”

  42. Hari
    Hari
    January 12, 2019 at 4:22 pm | #

    My Mom graduated from IU and she lived in McNutt.

  43. Bruceski
    Bruceski
    January 12, 2019 at 11:44 pm | #

    True Twin Storytime: my brother and I do weekly online gaming with some friends, and in a lull between boardgames we poked around a F2P Monster Hunter-like last week. No coordination, no planning, he and I show up to find that we’d made near-identical characters. Same hair, same skin color, same facial features, we didn’t even make ones that looked like us or anything.

  44. MatsuoTanuki
    MatsuoTanuki
    January 13, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    I know the feeling all too well Walky. I had to resist the urge to not cackle at the this set of lines from Kevin Kwan’s “Rich People Problems” (third in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy)

    The bishop adjusted his collar, looking slightly uncomfortable. “Well, Victoria, we really can’t force your mother to be baptized, but perhaps we can pray that she will allow Jesus Christ into her heart. We have to let Jesus come into her softly, gently…”

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