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by David M Willis on August 4, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce, mike, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 4, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    SAL WHY DON’T YOU ASK THE TA WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE

    oh wait

    • AaronS
      AaronS
      August 4, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      Agreed 100%. Come on, Sal, pretend to care about math just a little bit longer! Keep walking down there!

      …No?

      Rats.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      August 4, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

      You mean, help her with his penis?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 4, 2011 at 2:57 am | #

        As Joe would reply, “With my penis”.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 4, 2011 at 5:15 am | #

          And Mike would reply, ” With your mom for a nickel.”

      • Björn
        Björn
        August 4, 2011 at 8:02 am | #

        Jason’s penis can’t do that. It’s too British. 😉

        (Jason is very British in the earlier webcomics. Dunno if that’s been mentioned in DoA yet.)

        • TsunamiJane
          TsunamiJane
          August 4, 2011 at 8:36 am | #

          No no no….Willis has said multiple times that we are not to even MENTION the earlier webcomics. These are not the same people we once knew!

          • BritNinja
            BritNinja
            August 4, 2011 at 12:46 pm | #

            If Jason is no longer British, I will MUTINY.

            I would also like to make it clear, the British penis is perfectly adept at helping young ladies with their maths problems should the need arise.

            • Sandpunk
              Sandpunk
              September 9, 2011 at 3:42 pm | #

              Yeah but you gotta convert from metric.

          • madd
            madd
            August 4, 2011 at 2:54 pm | #

            Or the penises we once knew.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              August 4, 2011 at 4:34 pm | #

              Dr. Seuss’ little known book, “Oh, The Penises You’ll Go”.

              • CWR
                CWR
                August 5, 2011 at 7:21 am | #

                “These aren’t the penises you’re looking for”
                “These aren’t the penises we’re looking for”
                “He can now get down to bidness”
                “You can now get down to bidness”
                “Bang a gong”
                “Bang a gong, bang a gong”

                Quotes from the porn edition of…oh, you know – that movie. Argh! Tip of my tongue…no, not literally – wait, what?

    • Chris
      Chris
      October 9, 2014 at 12:02 pm | #

      And then they can make out, right next to the regenerating innards of her dead brother!

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 4, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce as a tutor? That could be interesting…

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 4, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

      “Interesting” in the same way that a car wreck is “interesting”.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 4, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

        Interesting as in that mysterious growth on that guy’s neck looks interesting.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          August 4, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

          Interesting in the same way hilariously bad fanfiction is interesting.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 4, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

            “Interesting” in the way that Jack Chick Tracts are “Interesting”. 😀

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            August 4, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

            Interesting in the same way as an over the top Super Robot anime.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 4, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

              That’s a very optimistic viewpoint.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              August 4, 2011 at 2:55 am | #

              No, that’s the awesome kind of interesting. We’re talking about the “Oh God, it’s so horrible, yet I can’t look away” kind of interesting.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                August 4, 2011 at 3:52 am | #

                Okay, how about as interesting as your most hated person getting mauled by 400 bears?

                • MrGBH
                  MrGBH
                  August 4, 2011 at 4:38 am | #

                  So you’re talking about Rupert Murdoch?

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  August 4, 2011 at 5:14 am | #

                  It’s my “Oh God, it’s so horrible yet I can’t look away” moment.

          • A. Colunga
            A. Colunga
            August 4, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

            I’d totally secretly read that fanfiction =P

          • JBO
            JBO
            August 4, 2011 at 3:43 am | #

            Interesting in the same way lemons are interesting.

            • Saria
              Saria
              August 4, 2011 at 11:32 am | #

              Combustible lemons?

    • andrew
      andrew
      August 4, 2011 at 2:50 am | #

      i liked your last dp better

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 4, 2011 at 6:06 pm | #

        dp? What’s that?

        • Tournesol
          Tournesol
          December 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm | #

          either a Director of Photography or double penetration.. I think there MIGHT be a definition I don’t know of 😛

  3. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    August 4, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Will Jason Be making another appearance in the near future?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 4, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      Well they have made 12 films featuring Jason already, so who knows.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 4, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

        Not that Jason and you kown it. >:(

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 4, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

          Holy Shit! How did ya know? Are you psychic or somethin’? 😛 😛

  4. gangler
    gangler
    August 4, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    So question of the day, how does this disappear her?

  5. calendarman27
    calendarman27
    August 4, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    JOYCE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU SAL…SHE LOVES YOOOUUUU

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 4, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

      Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, Joyce Brown will find you and offer you tracts.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 4, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        Joyce is a very at-tract-ive chick. 😛

        • calendarman27
          calendarman27
          August 4, 2011 at 1:30 am | #

          She’s helping Sal get on the right tract for school

          • CWR
            CWR
            August 5, 2011 at 7:24 am | #

            Huge tracts of land, m’boy!

      • RSerian
        RSerian
        August 4, 2011 at 2:52 am | #

        This may make me feel old but for some reason with Aizat’s remark I am reminded of the 1980’s pilot “Pryde of the X-Men”.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 4, 2011 at 12:33 am | #

      Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna turn around and desert you.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 4, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

        I have no choice but to reply with a Rickvana!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 4, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

          Now that is interesting.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 4, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

        I actually like that song. 😛

      • Gordon
        Gordon
        August 4, 2011 at 1:01 am | #

        Joyce would love that song for its sincerity.

  6. Gnoka
    Gnoka
    August 4, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Thus begins Sal and Jason.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 4, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

      That sounds like an 80’s sitcom.

      • calendarman27
        calendarman27
        August 4, 2011 at 1:12 pm | #

        Sal and Jason, starring Mary Tyler Moore as SSL and Dave coulier as Jason, with guest spots by jaleel white as Walky, sit ubu sit, good dog

        • calendarman27
          calendarman27
          August 4, 2011 at 1:23 pm | #

          Godammit my stupid phone wrote SSL instead of Sal

  7. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 4, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

    Curses! Foiled again!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 4, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Dagnabbit!!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 4, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

      Curse you, Joyce Brown!

  8. AaronS
    AaronS
    August 4, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    I never realized this chapter’s name is “Yesterday was Thursday”.

    GJ, David, GJ!

  9. dchorror
    dchorror
    August 4, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Karma is shaped like Joyce?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 4, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Will Sal be able to pull off a Karma Houdini?

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        August 4, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

        I defy your link!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 4, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

          I will get you next time DC, NEXT TIME! 😀

          • Gordon
            Gordon
            August 4, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

            Aww, I fell into the trap.

            *isn’t sleeping tonight*

            • dchorror
              dchorror
              August 4, 2011 at 1:54 am | #

              The sad part of this being that I was able to defy your link because I was already on tvtropes.

              Been forever since I’ve seen anyone call me that.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            August 4, 2011 at 2:36 am | #

            *cat sounds*

  10. MM
    MM
    August 4, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Now would be a really good time to teach Billie some crazy ninja skills, Sal.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 4, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Why doesn’t Sal just disappear like batman?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 4, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        You cannot escape Joyce. She can find you even if you went of the grid.

        • 1Samildanach
          1Samildanach
          August 4, 2011 at 1:25 am | #

          She’s like a golem. A smiling, Christian golem. With chick tracts.

          • calendarman27
            calendarman27
            August 4, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

            she can’t be a golem they’re Jewish, now Joes a golem, a sex golem, following out the orders of his maters with his penis

            • 1Samildanach
              1Samildanach
              August 4, 2011 at 1:55 am | #

              Christianity started off under the umbrella of Judaism. Then they had a bit of a disagreement and Christianity eventually left home.

              • Blob Marley
                Blob Marley
                August 4, 2011 at 11:34 am | #

                He’s my messiah! Why can’t you just let me be with him! You’re ruining my life, mom and YHWH! I hate you FOREVER! I’m totes running away, and one day I’ll be more famous than you and you’ll regret this!

              • calendarman27
                calendarman27
                August 4, 2011 at 1:16 pm | #

                Not to mention was already dealing with its estranged brother Islam so it couldn’t devote full attention to its child Christianity. Family squabbles whattareya gonna do?

                • Doom Shepherd
                  Doom Shepherd
                  August 4, 2011 at 2:31 pm | #

                  Um, no. Christianity is older than Islam.

                • Mkvenner
                  Mkvenner
                  August 4, 2011 at 6:11 pm | #

                  Buddhism is older than Christianity.

  11. Matt of Steel
    Matt of Steel
    August 4, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    I thought hyper Christians were bad at math.

    Earth = 6000 years old and all that.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      August 4, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      Newton was a Hyper Christian.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 4, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

        But he wasn’t mentally deficient.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          August 4, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

          After the mercury he was!

    • MM
      MM
      August 4, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

      That’s not math. That’s inability and/or unwillingness to understand carbon-dating.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 4, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

        That’s because it comes with a carbon tax. 😛

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          August 4, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

          And the hate taxes because money grubbing penny-pinching misers who kill poor people.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 4, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

        Fundies don’t believe that marriage should be between a man and a carbon.

    • drs
      drs
      August 4, 2011 at 9:47 am | #

      That’s not math, that’s science. There’s no reason for Christian fundamentalist homeschooling kids to be bad at math, or any other subject not related to evolution, the age of the Earth, or other trigger subjects, and the sort of parents who care enough to homeschool probably raise your chances of getting a good education in general. For that matter, from what I’ve seen of materials, such a kid might well know more biological facts than average… presented of course in a framework of “the glory of God’s Creation” rather than “and this is how evolution makes it all make sense.”

      Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic — no reason for Joyce to be flawed in any of them. Or chemistry, or physics outside astronomy and radiodating, or knowledge of living species. Evolution and history of the US, those are other matters…

      • MacaroniPterodactyl
        MacaroniPterodactyl
        August 4, 2011 at 10:12 pm | #

        Math is a touchy subject for a lot of Fundies, or at least it was. Copernicus, Gallileo, Beethoven, Bach, Da Vinci. All of them loved math, all of them got in big trouble for using it to disprove the bible. Big time.

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 4, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    Persistent isn’t she? Joyce, I mean.

  13. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
    August 4, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    I suddenly have the urge to yell out, “BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON!” After seeing Sal’s Blue eyes comment.

    • Hitoshi
      Hitoshi
      August 4, 2011 at 5:14 am | #

      Joyce is more like “Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon”.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 4, 2011 at 5:17 am | #

        Joyce has three heads? Oh god, now she’s more nightmare fuel by the second.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 4, 2011 at 4:26 pm | #

      I SUMMON BLUE EYES WHITE JOYCE!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 4, 2011 at 6:10 pm | #

        I would have thought that Joyce would be more of a Trap Card than a Monster Card. 😀

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          August 5, 2011 at 12:48 am | #

          Joyce used A Tract!

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      August 4, 2011 at 4:52 pm | #

      Blue Eyes White Devil.

  14. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    August 4, 2011 at 12:32 am | #

    What does Marsellus Wallace look like?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 4, 2011 at 12:34 am | #

      He’s black.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 4, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

        Go on.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 4, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

          He’s bald.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            August 4, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

            Does he look like a bongo?

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              August 4, 2011 at 12:47 am | #

              What?

              • Mkvenner
                Mkvenner
                August 4, 2011 at 12:49 am | #

                *Shots Aizat* DOES…HE…LOOK…LIKE A…bongo?!

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  August 4, 2011 at 12:51 am | #

                  *Yells in pain* NOOOOOOO!!!!

                • Mkvenner
                  Mkvenner
                  August 4, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

                  Then why’d you try to f*** him like a bongo, Aizat?

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  August 4, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

                  I didn’t.

                • Mkvenner
                  Mkvenner
                  August 4, 2011 at 12:57 am | #

                  You read the Bible?

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  August 4, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

                  No.

                • Mkvenner
                  Mkvenner
                  August 4, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

                  Oh, good cause I’m running late for my next appointment. So don’t do it again.

  15. HiEv
    HiEv
    August 4, 2011 at 12:55 am | #

    Mike’s shoulder is in the first frame, so this gets a “mike” tag. LOL

  16. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    August 4, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

    Well, we can mark “Bad with Schoolwork” off the bingo card, at least.

  17. Ravux
    Ravux
    August 4, 2011 at 1:34 am | #

    Me feels Sal doesn’t like Joyce too much. Just a feeling.

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      August 4, 2011 at 3:00 am | #

      I think it’s less Sal not liking Joyce, more Sal trying to mask her utter apathy towards her math class.

      She knows Joyce means well, but she doesn’t want to run the risk of Joyce trying to save her grades by admitting she doesn’t much care. And Joyce does come off as sort of a buttinski.

  18. CP
    CP
    August 4, 2011 at 2:36 am | #

    I really don’t like the way the characters are drawn in profile. Their mouths look super creepy, like they’ve turned part baleen whale or something, suddenly. Just a little minor input.

    • CP
      CP
      August 4, 2011 at 2:41 am | #

      Okay, actually checking back a ways, this is only done with Joyce. It’s still creepy.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 4, 2011 at 2:56 am | #

        Joyce is creepy.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 4, 2011 at 3:55 am | #

          When Joyce stared into the abyss, the abyss looked away out of terror.

          • MM
            MM
            August 4, 2011 at 10:17 am | #

            And yet Joyce chased after it, trying to give it a hug and a Chick tract.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            August 4, 2011 at 3:46 pm | #

            The abyss blinked.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        August 4, 2011 at 10:58 am | #

        Joyce’s triangle grin defies the laws of physics, in the same way her blue eyes defy the laws of outline coloration. The cuteness is truly an unstoppable force.

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          August 4, 2011 at 4:08 pm | #

          Okay I understood the first laws but I’ve never heard of the second ones you mention.

  19. Daeva
    Daeva
    August 4, 2011 at 3:01 am | #

    Is it me, or is the entire world tilting to the left in the fourth panel?

    • sarpiedon
      sarpiedon
      August 4, 2011 at 9:30 am | #

      Back, and to the left…

  20. Jokerisdaking
    Jokerisdaking
    August 4, 2011 at 3:24 am | #

    Why does Sal still have a southern accent in this alternate universe? She wasn’t raised in the south in this universe was she?

    • The Aussie Bloke
      The Aussie Bloke
      August 7, 2011 at 10:27 pm | #

      Probably picked it up at Catholic school in… Tennessee, was it? *Is Australian and doesn’t know American state locations very well*

  21. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    August 4, 2011 at 4:43 am | #

    Today’s comments are utterly random.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 4, 2011 at 5:26 am | #

      As random as finding a person who have the same name as you.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      August 4, 2011 at 6:57 am | #

      With one exception, I don’t think any of the comments today were random, much less utter. Which actually makes yours random, so two…

  22. Hitoshi
    Hitoshi
    August 4, 2011 at 5:22 am | #

    Joyce reminds me of that skeleton from Animaniacs in Panel 5.

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      August 4, 2011 at 1:21 pm | #

      Good idea: helping a friend with their homework
      Bad idea: helping a friend with their homework with your penis

  23. Zem
    Zem
    August 4, 2011 at 7:19 am | #

    Cute. I like.

  24. Renomitsu
    Renomitsu
    August 4, 2011 at 1:04 pm | #

    Haha, Joyce is just too cute! :3

  25. begbert2
    begbert2
    August 4, 2011 at 3:21 pm | #

    I think I reveal my gender with this comment: Sal should definitely go without the jacket more often.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      August 4, 2011 at 4:06 pm | #

      That really doesn’t reveal your gender.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        August 4, 2011 at 4:42 pm | #

        Just your preference.

  26. shovels
    shovels
    August 4, 2011 at 3:44 pm | #

    Quick Sal look for a window!

    or would Joyce follow her down the window!?

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      August 4, 2011 at 4:07 pm | #

      Joyce would already be on the otherside waiting for her. 😀

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 4, 2011 at 4:31 pm | #

        Joyce is Nightcrawler.

  27. artemi
    artemi
    August 4, 2011 at 6:16 pm | #

    …It actually took me about a full minute of searching before I found Mike.

  28. Shifty
    Shifty
    August 4, 2011 at 11:53 pm | #

    Joyce could honestly make for an interesting sort of horror movie villain. Sure, the conventional killers are always a good stand-by, but there would be something to be said about a horror villain character who is constantly happy, will follow you around 24/7, and who will either try to convert you into believing in Jesus or force you into marrying her. It’d be kinda like the Stepford Wives meets Single White Female.

  29. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    August 4, 2011 at 11:54 pm | #

    Eh, this comic’s ok

  30. ParanoidSpy
    ParanoidSpy
    October 20, 2013 at 2:02 pm | #

    I keep hearing Ironhide’s voice coming out of Sal’s mouth.

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do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
hunter biden for president?????
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Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
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