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by David M Willis on August 11, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: chick-fil-a, joyce, pizza hut, walky

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  1. Berenzen
    Berenzen
    August 11, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

    I’m with Joyce here, fast food is gross

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      August 11, 2011 at 2:26 am | #

      I’ve never had anything greasier than an American McDonald’s cheeseburger.

      • 3DSarge
        3DSarge
        August 11, 2011 at 2:33 am | #

        Never come to the Iowa State Fair. They’re selling deep-fried butter on a stick this year.

        • StrangeGirl#1,589,327,001
          StrangeGirl#1,589,327,001
          August 11, 2011 at 11:08 am | #

          Here in Missouri we have a bunch of fairs, but I’ve only been to one. There’s a reason why, they sold deep fried Oreos and Twinkies -___-

          • BH
            BH
            August 16, 2014 at 5:06 am | #

            The Ren Faire in Wentzville? If so, a friend of mine makes those fried Twinkies and Oreos. They’re actually pretty good; the trick to eating them is you have to let them cool for a few minutes first, otherwise the superheated, liquified Twinkie filling will burn your mouth.

            …and yes I’m aware I’m replying to a 3 year old comment, don’t judge me.

            • Daddy
              Daddy
              October 25, 2014 at 7:34 pm | #

              Dude, what’s there to judge? Good information is never out of date.

        • Rachel
          Rachel
          August 11, 2011 at 1:25 pm | #

          The Indiana State Fair has done deep-fried twinkies and deep-fried coke.

          …the twinkies are really good…

          • Menachem Schmuel
            Menachem Schmuel
            August 11, 2011 at 1:43 pm | #

            And deep fried Pepsi, and deep fried Milky Ways, and deep fried butter, and deep fried Twix, and the list goes on and on and on…

          • Energetic Jen
            Energetic Jen
            August 11, 2011 at 1:52 pm | #

            I heard there was a deep-fried cheeseburger last year… I’ve never been there myself, though.

          • MediaDuke
            MediaDuke
            August 11, 2011 at 9:20 pm | #

            …how do you deep fry a drink? o_O

            • ShadeTail
              ShadeTail
              August 12, 2011 at 12:01 am | #

              By drizzling the concentrated syrup into the oil.

              • CWR
                CWR
                August 13, 2011 at 6:03 am | #

                At the San Diego County Fair they had deep fried bacon.

                Deep fried bacon.

                • Rogue of Space
                  Rogue of Space
                  June 27, 2013 at 11:55 am | #

                  All I can say to all of this is just ‘Murica.

        • Panda Pete
          Panda Pete
          August 13, 2011 at 11:49 pm | #

          Yikes, thanks for the warning…

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 11, 2011 at 6:38 am | #

        I avoid McDonald’s burgers cos the secret sauce sickens me.

        • NinjaMaid
          NinjaMaid
          August 11, 2011 at 6:34 pm | #

          It’s mostly mustard, they recently upped the mustard to other sauces ratio.

          • Kasamari
            Kasamari
            August 11, 2011 at 6:38 pm | #

            Well, that and Thousand Island dressing.

      • captainswift
        captainswift
        August 11, 2011 at 10:52 am | #

        Never been to Jack in the Box, then, have you?

      • Maycroft
        Maycroft
        January 20, 2012 at 5:16 pm | #

        Does Subway qualifies as fast food?

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 11, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    In college, I had Chick-Fil-A every day because it was tasty. Cafeteria stuff was filling, but kinda gross after a few bites.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      August 11, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      Chick-Fil-A NEVER gets old! I’ve been working in the chicken business for 6 years now! First KFC, then KFC and Chick-Fil-A and now just Chick-Fil-A. I’ve been at CFA far almost 4 years, and STILL haven’t gotten tired of either place. It’s apparently b/c of the old adage that, Baptists eat chicken, lol!

      • X
        X
        August 11, 2011 at 1:48 am | #

        Man, screw Chick-Fil-A. If my money’s not good enough for you on one day of the week, you can’t have it any other day of the week either.

        • Compulsive Collector
          Compulsive Collector
          August 11, 2011 at 10:03 am | #

          That and it’s just gross.

        • QueenThomas
          QueenThomas
          August 11, 2011 at 10:03 am | #

          ^ This.

        • Mikehatesyou
          Mikehatesyou
          February 14, 2012 at 3:43 am | #

          If you don’t like Chick-fil-a because it isn’t open on sunday, I wonder how much trouble it was for you to find a place you wanted to bank at.

      • Palmetto
        Palmetto
        August 11, 2011 at 11:09 am | #

        Too salty. Also, the biscuits at breakfast are too doughy. Bring back the Chick-n-Que!

    • dethtoll
      dethtoll
      August 11, 2011 at 4:56 pm | #

      When I did my internship at my city’s newspaper, the only real place to get dinner real quick was in a minimall down the street. Chick-Fil-A was there and I usually got my dinner from them. The problem was their little chicken nuggets were bullshit and expensive and pissed me off.

      One night I had a dream that I bought some nuggets, opened the box, and it was little tiny deep-fried severed heads. I ate them anyway because they were bigger than the actual nuggets.

      I stopped going to Chick-Fil-A after that. Then I found out about the whole homophobia thing and now I just don’t bother with them at all.

      • Mikehatesyou
        Mikehatesyou
        February 14, 2012 at 3:49 am | #

        How dare they cater food to organizations with agendas.

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 11, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    What? No Taco Bell?

    • Horerczy
      Horerczy
      August 11, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

      Yoru gravaatar makes this statement full of win.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

        I was in the mood for Trollface Joyce, I’m just glad it fits today so well.

        • Derp
          Derp
          August 11, 2011 at 4:48 am | #

          That’s not actually a trollface. Just saiyan.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 11, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      You know what they say about Taco Bell.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 11, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

        I’m an Australian, so I don’t know what they say, so what do they say?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

          I’m a Malaysian so I had to Google it. They said that Taco Bell gives you the shits.

          • Mkvenner
            Mkvenner
            August 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

            Either way Taco Bell is crap.

            • MrGBH
              MrGBH
              August 11, 2011 at 4:26 am | #

              I’ve been eating Taco Bell every Tuesday for about 2 months now. I find it not only tasty but filling.
              Also, I live in Britain (Have I mentioned I’m British today?) so the fast food has higher standards.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 11, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

            Spicy food gives everyone the shits, thw burning kind.

            • Thor
              Thor
              August 11, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

              Also, there is absolutely nothing “spicy” about Taco Bell. It’s the least threatening form of “Mexican” food there is.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                August 11, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

                Sounds disappointing

                • Andy
                  Andy
                  August 11, 2011 at 2:01 am | #

                  I like it. Sometimes you’re in the mood for authentic and/or spicy Mexican, sometimes you just want a taco.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  August 11, 2011 at 3:07 am | #

                  When I want something quick and spicy, I grab a Mad Ming Bing with extra zing.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  August 11, 2011 at 6:45 am | #

                  If I want something spicy in my country, I’ll just go to any restaurant and ask for nasi lemak with extra sambal or nasi goreng with extra chili but then again, I can’t stand spicy food.

                • StrangeGirl#1,589,327,001
                  StrangeGirl#1,589,327,001
                  August 11, 2011 at 11:16 am | #

                  It is disappointing -___- the ‘meat’ is 30%-40% real meat. It goes so well because when people are drunk they will go to Taco Bell to eat since it is so cheap, plus it’s a place to wait for your buzz to be over. If I’m in the mood for Mexican the places to go are Qdoba, Casagallardo, or I mooch off of my friends that can cook 😀

              • Palmetto
                Palmetto
                August 11, 2011 at 11:11 am | #

                I’m glad you put “Mexican” in quotes. It is cheap, though; good for a college budget.

          • iSaidCandleja-
            iSaidCandleja-
            August 11, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

            Taco Bell is a collection of funky laxatives. Even if your taste buds are warped enough to like it, your bowels will still hate it.

            • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
              Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
              August 11, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

              This must affect some people in different ways. I can eat Taco Bell or any other spicy foods and be perfectly fine. Spicy Sandwiches at CFA are great!

  4. buttsbutts mcgee
    buttsbutts mcgee
    August 11, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky is just as neurotic about staying unhealthy as some people are about staying healthy.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      August 11, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      This is country full of neurotic people this is not surprising.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      But without his abductee powers, wouldn’t his fast food only diet make him fat or sickly?

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 11, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

        I thought so too but here we are.

      • David
        David M Willis
        August 11, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        I wasn’t an abductee, I ate nothing but Taco Bell, and I was 120 pounds until I was 23.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 11, 2011 at 12:29 am | #

          What happened after your 23rd?

          • ilvos01
            ilvos01
            August 11, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

            He became a webcomic artist!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 11, 2011 at 12:46 am | #

              Let that be a lesson for us all then.

          • Rex Hondo
            Rex Hondo
            August 11, 2011 at 2:07 am | #

            If my friends who were skinny in HS are any indication, his metabolism ground to a halt with an audible THUD, followed by the overnight development of a gut.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 11, 2011 at 3:03 am | #

              Amen to that, when you are used to been able to eat huge quantities without any worries for many years, having your metabolism slow down is most unwelcome.

              • CWR
                CWR
                August 13, 2011 at 6:09 am | #

                If he’s like me, it means he got married when he was 23…

        • wynne
          wynne
          August 11, 2011 at 2:05 am | #

          I hate you, Willis. You and my brother.

        • Stolen
          Stolen
          August 11, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

          i’ve probably been eating a similar diet to yours willis, and im barely 124 pounds at 20 years old.

          • MrGBH
            MrGBH
            August 11, 2011 at 4:30 am | #

            I’m 6 foot tall and weigh in at 126 pounds. I live on a diet of chocolate, ice cream, fast food and bacon sarnies for breakfast.
            I’m 25 already.
            Somehow, I look like a stick figure.

        • adius
          adius
          August 11, 2011 at 8:36 am | #

          I wasn’t an abductee

          So you assume…

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          August 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm | #

          Well, that’s no surprise, if the food affected you the way others are saying, you probably crapped out calories faster than your body could digest them.

        • Animal
          Animal
          August 11, 2011 at 4:40 pm | #

          And now?

    • Pat
      Pat
      August 12, 2011 at 2:05 pm | #

      You imply that cafeteria food is healthy.

      My experience indicates otherwise, though I’ve never eaten at this particular cafeteria.

  5. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 11, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky, you suprised me.

  6. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    August 11, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Does anyone else get those creepy phone calls from Vincent Price?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 11, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Vincent Price, no. A call from yourself is a lot creepier.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 11, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

        Now I am afraid to answer my phone.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      August 11, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

      Also I hear wedding bells, I think.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        August 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

        It could just be Mike.

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          August 11, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

          Or the local minister just hung himself.

          • QueenThomas
            QueenThomas
            August 11, 2011 at 12:28 pm | #

            It could be both. Why can’t it be both?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

        That’s weird. I hear cowbells. Then again, I am listening “Don’t Fear The Reaper” right now.

        • Energetic Jen
          Energetic Jen
          August 11, 2011 at 1:57 pm | #

          “The only prescription is more cowbell!”

  7. mnk
    mnk
    August 11, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky must have some metabolism. By the sound of it, he should be a little… wider. Or diabetic.

    • Hitoshi
      Hitoshi
      August 11, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      I have a friend who can eat a whole can of Pringles at one time and eats Taco Bell on a nearly daily basis. His brother is much the same way only slightly scarier. Never underestimate how much skinny people truly eat.

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      August 11, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      i had 2 friends like walky in college: 1 was so skinny you could basically put both hands completely around his stomach, and he would eat a stack of cookies, plus actual food a day…with 3% body fat index when tested for some health class. the other was about as thin, but when he had his graduation party his mom and sister filled his car with candy, hostess stuff, and ibc root beer, that he ate in less than a week.

      • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
        August 11, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

        LOL! I can do EXACTLY the same thing. Sometimes only throughout the day, but other times I can pack down tons of food in one sitting.

  8. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    August 11, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Ergh, I hated the location of my campus. Unless you had a car, there was NOWHERE to go except a grocery store and a pizza parlor.

    And the only place I can think of that I went to thanks to shuttle buses was Arby’s.

    • yourfaaaaace
      yourfaaaaace
      August 11, 2011 at 12:54 pm | #

      Aside from the Pizza Hut Express that was *on campus* for some reason, at my university if you had no car you had to either eat at the dining hall or embark on the long and winding hill trip down to the Wendy’s on the corner next to the Haggen. Luckily, the dining hall food was really good, in my opinion.

    • Matt
      Matt
      August 11, 2011 at 1:47 pm | #

      At least you’ve got the pizza parlor going for you. If I want to go grab a bite to eat, (that’s not at a campus dining hall) it’s time to hit the bricks and either drive or hike all the way to downtown.

    • Akilika
      Akilika
      August 11, 2011 at 11:48 pm | #

      But… doesn’t a grocery store have everything you could possibly want to eat? Sounds pretty sweet.

      • Pat
        Pat
        August 12, 2011 at 2:07 pm | #

        If you have a kitchen, yes.

        If you live in a dorm, likely not.

  9. Inara
    Inara
    August 11, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Unfortunately, corollary to ‘we could *not* have fast food’ tends to be ‘we could be crazy late to our next class’. We always had this problem in college, but the ‘not’ fast food place also served beer, making the choice even more difficult.

    • Wix
      Wix
      August 11, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Damn, I hate to admit that would make the choice difficult… I’d go fast food, but regret every minute of class where I wasn’t inebriated (or at least buzzed slightly.)

    • gangler
      gangler
      August 11, 2011 at 6:06 am | #

      Yeah, if I’ve only got an hour between classes then it’s really gotta be fast food. I mean fifteen minutes to walk to a food court, fifteen minutes to walk to class, and you gotta get there twenty minutes early. That barely allows time for waiting in line, let alone actually sitting down to eat.

      • Pat
        Pat
        August 12, 2011 at 2:08 pm | #

        I was always early to class, but 20 minutes still seems excessive.

        • gangler
          gangler
          August 17, 2011 at 6:13 pm | #

          Sometimes the prof arrives fifteen minutes early and I’d better be there or I just missed the first fifteen minutes of the lecture. These guys don’t wait for the clock to hit the hour when they’re in a classroom and they already got students.

  10. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    August 11, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    @ Panel 1 Walky

    In the words of one of the great philosophers of our time: what are you, the narrator?

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      August 11, 2011 at 3:54 am | #

      Trixie Dixon?

      • yourfaaaaace
        yourfaaaaace
        August 11, 2011 at 12:55 pm | #

        Homer Simpson, I believe.

  11. meanderling
    meanderling
    August 11, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

    I was trying to figure out why this comic weirded me out until I realized this was the most normal social interaction in this comic to date.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 11, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

      Holy Crap, you are right.

    • Izzy
      Izzy
      August 11, 2011 at 2:05 am | #

      your gravitars face fits lol

  12. Wix
    Wix
    August 11, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

    It’s kinda ironic that they’re known for almost being whores for Taco Bell in Shortpack’d and Mac n Cheese, but here Joyce, the one who chose Taco Bell over sex, is the one saying that Fast Food is a bad choice.

    • Wix
      Wix
      August 11, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      That was for the record an exxageration, but you get the point.

  13. thatgirlwiththeglasses
    thatgirlwiththeglasses
    August 11, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

    Slow food FTW!

    • thrudd
      thrudd
      August 11, 2011 at 11:45 am | #

      Found exclusively at Al’s Wait & Eat on Level 31

  14. Pau1ie
    Pau1ie
    August 11, 2011 at 12:43 am | #

    Jeez, they must go to some private school for rich kids – my standard lunch in college was one item from Wendy’s 99¢ menu + a cup of ice water :-/

  15. ilvos01
    ilvos01
    August 11, 2011 at 12:44 am | #

    Funny, they seem to have a relationship forming out of nowhere, despite their obvious resentment of each other.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      August 11, 2011 at 1:48 am | #

      Possibly since they are still new to the campus and happen to have the same classes. It’s natural to gravitate to a familiar face when one is still at sea in a new environment.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      August 11, 2011 at 3:55 am | #

      Yeah ‘we can’t be friends but we had lunch together almost every day this week’. Nice way not to be friends. Wish I had non-friends like that last time I was in school. Eating lunch alone got old real fast :/

  16. The Master Plan
    The Master Plan
    August 11, 2011 at 1:09 am | #

    The way that they argue with each other over what to eat is so cute. It’s almost as if they could be a couple in some other universe.

    • Anon
      Anon
      August 12, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

      Ahaha, I see what you did there!

  17. Kisai
    Kisai
    August 11, 2011 at 1:25 am | #

    Skinny people just have a less “efficient” metabolism, instead of storing everything, it just spends less time in them. Read into that any way you want.

  18. Liberal1337
    Liberal1337
    August 11, 2011 at 1:41 am | #

    Fast food has been proven to limit ones sexual drive… maybe Joyce should feed all her future boyfriends fast food, and then date them!

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      August 11, 2011 at 2:05 am | #

      Well, it’s a good thing my wife and I have fast food once in a while, then. Otherwise, we probably would have died of dehydration or something by now…

  19. Dierna
    Dierna
    August 11, 2011 at 1:58 am | #

    Im surprised Joyce doesn’t go to Chick-Fil-A every day considering it’s a Christian fast food joint.

    • Mikehatesyou
      Mikehatesyou
      February 14, 2012 at 3:53 am | #

      I am surprised Billie doesn’t go to Panda Express every other day since, you know, she is half Asian.

  20. wynne
    wynne
    August 11, 2011 at 2:10 am | #

    Thankfully, my school is in the middle of nowhere, so our only choices are between “regular dining hall” and “vegetarian dining hall where everything tastes funny”.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      August 11, 2011 at 6:31 am | #

      Thankfully?

    • thrudd
      thrudd
      August 11, 2011 at 11:48 am | #

      Does that mean they serve vegetarian Clowns?

  21. Shifty
    Shifty
    August 11, 2011 at 2:25 am | #

    D-Did Joyce just bad mouth Fast Food?! Wow, I know this an alternate universe, but I didn’t think it was THAT much of one! {:-O

  22. oooo oooo
    oooo oooo
    August 11, 2011 at 2:57 am | #

    Walky has STANDARDS.

  23. Joebo
    Joebo
    August 11, 2011 at 3:29 am | #

    Oh, but those personal pan pizzas are so damn good!

  24. SDHero
    SDHero
    August 11, 2011 at 3:34 am | #

    It makes me extremely happy to know that Joyce and Walky have been getting lunch together. Something about those two together is life-affirming and soothing in an uncertain world! 😛

  25. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    August 11, 2011 at 4:41 am | #

    The time I spent in college fast food was a luxury lunch, I basically lived out of the vending machines when on campus. The fact I worked at a buffet restaurant was the only reason I had anything resembling balance to my diet.

    • gangler
      gangler
      August 11, 2011 at 6:15 am | #

      Vending machines sounds like it would be more expensive, not less. Was that a time thing?

  26. dchorror
    dchorror
    August 11, 2011 at 6:34 am | #

    I feel for them. My normal choices for lunch are McD, Dunkin Donuts, Arby’s, and several places I can’t afford on a regular basis.

    Sushi is awesome, but I can only get it if I time it right, and then it’s more along the lines of dinner.

  27. Sarssol
    Sarssol
    August 11, 2011 at 6:56 am | #

    It feels weird seeing a strip in which Joyce is not being painfully awkward.

    • Izzy
      Izzy
      August 11, 2011 at 8:14 pm | #

      So Joyce not being awkward is awkward….so joyce being awkward is not awkward and therefore awkward. Thereby making it not awkward, which leads to It being awkward…then it’s no longer awkward, which you apparently find awkward.

      • Anon
        Anon
        August 12, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

        ^ This.

  28. Zem
    Zem
    August 11, 2011 at 8:23 am | #

    “Well this is why YOU are fat!”

  29. Jason
    Jason
    August 11, 2011 at 9:53 am | #

    I vote that they go to GALASSO’S every day for lunch! I’m surprised no one else has suggested this yet.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 11, 2011 at 6:32 pm | #

      That makes sense, Galasso makes pizzas and subs, those two items tend to be pretty popular amongst the college demographic.

  30. Jason
    Jason
    August 11, 2011 at 9:58 am | #

    Also, if they’re just getting out of math, and now having lunch, then that means that their first class of the day is really late in the morning (11 am, or 10 at the earliest), which is really lucky for them. And they’re sleeping in really late…and it’s kinda surprising that Billie missed the class on Wednesday…

    • Marimba
      Marimba
      August 11, 2011 at 10:23 am | #

      Nowadays I can’t sleep that late, but in college I would have been able to do it easily!

    • Izzy
      Izzy
      August 11, 2011 at 8:12 pm | #

      I don’t think it’s that suprising…that’s the night she was trying to be up real late, drinking to catch sal, isn’t it?

  31. Cholisose
    Cholisose
    August 11, 2011 at 10:49 am | #

    Ah, the joy of going through college poor, to the point where a dollar burger and Frosty from Wendy’s is a special treat that comes every couple months or so. x_x

  32. Matt of Steel
    Matt of Steel
    August 11, 2011 at 10:50 am | #

    Who are these college students who can afford to eat out all the time?

    • Spiffster13
      Spiffster13
      August 11, 2011 at 11:46 am | #

      strangely enough, especially if you live off campus, you find that your lunches usually do end up fast food. packing a lunch at 6 or 7 and having it not mess up by lunch time never works). It’s dinner that becomes majority home cooking.

      • thrudd
        thrudd
        August 11, 2011 at 11:52 am | #

        Tupperware or the equivalent, OR better yet food containers you can get from any Boy Scout Supply shop or Mountain Equipment Co-op.
        Just remember to have a partition put aside in your pack for the containers and you are always good.

      • Trieo
        Trieo
        August 11, 2011 at 11:56 am | #

        What I don’t understand is how it is affordable. Is it just really cheap in America?
        Here a medium sized McD meal costs about 11 USD.

        • Mikehatesyou
          Mikehatesyou
          February 14, 2012 at 3:56 am | #

          Oh my Cheese…

      • Andy
        Andy
        August 11, 2011 at 12:56 pm | #

        Not true. I lived of campus for two years. One year, I lived just across the street, so lunch was easy, but the second I lived 15 minutes out. I ended up taking leftovers each day, storing them in the fraternity house fridge, and then having lunch there. It’s not hard to have a decent non-fast-food lunch, you just have to plan ahead a little.

        • Outrider
          Outrider
          August 11, 2011 at 5:55 pm | #

          And apparently belong to a fraternity with a fridge on campus?

        • gangler
          gangler
          August 11, 2011 at 6:01 pm | #

          Lol. Evidently plan ahead = have access to an on campus fridge. Yes, I suppose that would be a gamechanger wouldn’t it? Refrigerators are massively helpful when seeking to keep food from spoiling. Almost as if they were specifically engineered for that purpose 😉

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 11, 2011 at 6:28 pm | #

          And no one stole any of the food/drink you placed in the fridge? Now that is impressive.

          • Andy
            Andy
            August 12, 2011 at 12:59 pm | #

            We were a smaller fraternity for one thing, and were really hard on people who did steal food and drink for another. If you left it unmarked, though, it was fair game.

  33. TheDoctor
    TheDoctor
    August 11, 2011 at 11:02 am | #

    Now PITT University campus also has “The ORIGINAL Hot Dog Shop”, (or The Dirty “O” for short) and Primantis Bros.
    http://pittsburgh.citysearch.com/profile/8608800/pittsburgh_pa/original_hot_dog_shops_inc.html
    http://primantibros.com/

  34. xetaray
    xetaray
    August 11, 2011 at 11:34 am | #

    I just finished the archives, and this was one of the very, very few comics that made me laugh consistently throughout.

    • David
      David M Willis
      August 12, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Thank you!

  35. Jack Faire
    Jack Faire
    August 11, 2011 at 12:50 pm | #

    Nice to find Walky branching out.

    • Izzy
      Izzy
      August 11, 2011 at 8:03 pm | #

      They could go get Subway…

  36. Caffienated
    Caffienated
    August 11, 2011 at 1:49 pm | #

    Did anyone notice Walky has a yellow stripe? I just noticed it and I feel like an idiot for not seeing it sooner XP

  37. Leon
    Leon
    August 11, 2011 at 4:25 pm | #

    They could try Subway. That’s healthier at least. As long as they have whole wheat.

  38. Barbzilla
    Barbzilla
    August 11, 2011 at 4:48 pm | #

    What the hell day is it then? Are they still in their first week? Willis you confound me so.

  39. Greg
    Greg
    August 11, 2011 at 6:04 pm | #

    Y’know, I used to complain about the meal options on my campus, but in retrospect I had a pretty sweet deal:

    There were five regular dining halls; two “fancier” dining halls (one of which I heard even had waiters, but I never went there myself); a food court with Taco Bell, Sbarro, burgers, etc; and a handful of “late night” cafes in some of the dining halls. The food wasn’t amazing, but they had tons of different stations where you could order a variety of different food items. I quickly learned that there were some that were terrible but others – like the omelettes and burgers at the grill station – were generally pretty good.

    And then there were the hours: The first dining hall opened up at 7 AM and the last “late night” place closed at 2 AM, so you could pretty much get food on campus whenever you wanted to.

    Granted, our campus was along a highway with only one or two places you could walk to, so they made an effort to have options for students that didn’t have a car.

    …now I’m feeling really nostalgic for my college days.

  40. Kad Mad
    Kad Mad
    August 11, 2011 at 7:47 pm | #

    One of the greatest parts about following Willis’s comics is reading the comments.
    I don’t know what it is about Willis, but his comics attract a witty, likable fanbase. Whatever it is you’re doing Mr. Willis, please keep it up!

  41. Chillpillz
    Chillpillz
    August 11, 2011 at 10:26 pm | #

    Am I seeing a yellow stripe on Walky’s shirt or is that just a coincidence?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 12, 2011 at 2:18 am | #

      There’s a second thin stripe below it, so it doesn’t count. It’s probably a reference, but nothing more.

  42. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    August 12, 2011 at 1:06 pm | #

    His friendships seem to be based exclusively on fast food.

  43. SgtNumnum
    SgtNumnum
    November 7, 2013 at 4:27 pm | #

    That and Joyce is too brainwashed to make sense…Wait is Walky working for the government in this universe too, or is this just a reference?

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