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Need to make up for lost time. Lot of material in the past few days!
Ahem:
Vote Desanto! Obfuscate THIS!
Vote Desanto! Unless yer gay now too!
Vote Desanto! You’re GONNA do it!
Vote Desanto! Only she can save America!
Vote Desanto! You know you’re lezzing on her…
Vote Desanto! She’ll turn every lesbian into a republican by the power of “dat@$$!”
Wait, if its campaign season who is her oponent to be? Is Sydney going to be in the race? Will she be a student instead? Maybe a disgruntled Galasso’s pizza employee?
I don’t think that’s a lezzing smile. I think that’s a “i like you as a friend, but will still accept nice gifts (and votes in november) from you” smile.
I got a couple of those smiles in my time. Still get them.
Ah, thank you for clarifying this for me. Don’t know what I’d do without kind souls like you.
I suspect that “get in on this” is an idiom that just doesn’t translate to your location though? Google it in the quotation like that though and you can find other uses of it.
I feel your pain. My brain is stuck on a mashup of Barry White’s “Love Is In The Air” and “Springtime For Hitler And Germany” as done by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes. But I don’t believe MFATGG ever recorded that song.
Interesting that even DOAverse Leslie has a crush on Robin, given that she doesn’t know her personally and probably only knows her public persona. And I have a sneaking suspicion that Robin’s policies aren’t the most gay-friendly out there.
As stated by Robin in the other continuity: she’s “straight, with an exception.: Who, besides Willis, is to say that that exception is going to cross the void?
Also, I get the feeling that Robin has spent the last 10 minutes or so doing her best to contain her inner craziness. She probably has a padded room in her house. <__>
Guuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh. This is fricking ADORABLE. Leslie’s crush must be universal. I can’t wait to see how this plays out.
Robin better watch out though… it looks like Roz has gotten an idea.
(Granted, given that Robin seems to be the last to know when it comes to stuff like that, it could be just a realization and not an Evil Plot.)
So is Robin a republican? Is this going to turn into one of those ironic situations where an adamant anti-gay politician is caught in bed with a homosexual?
Clearly that’s what Roz is hoping to do with that smirk.
It only matters if it’s with a homosexual of the same sex.
Still, I’m very interested to see how this will play out. No matter how scandalous, if Robin and Leslie wind up together in this universe, Robin’s realization/coming out story is going to be rather different.
I’d say Robin’s probably still unawares, so it’s going to take an impressive achievement by Roz for this to come into play very soon.
That does not look like a happy face on Robin. That looks like an uncomfortable tolerance for something that disturbs you. The kind of look Amber might give Faz. Or Mike might give your mom.
i want to agree with you, but a part of my brain says roz just needs leslie to go licky-style on robin. it won’t matter if robin rejects it or not because the cameras will take it from there.
Politicians – A surgeons perfect patient – No Guts, No Gentiles, No heart, No Spine, No Stomach, A lot of hot air, and best of all the ends are interchangeable.
Interesting coinky-dink that this strip goes up right when an actual out lesbian declares her candidacy for the Senate. Is the Dumbiverse dialed in to the future and stuff?
And suddenly, all the sympathetic points Roz’s gathered in these last few strips will be gone in a second. Or she’ll be sung as a hero. OR her most recent and nefarious plan will bite her in the ass.
Well, Roz could be the catalyst that gets them together in this Universe. So it could end up being a good thing. I hope so, cause I was legitimitly saddened when they broke up in the other Universe.
I know that grin… I have that grin often… I love having that grin, and I love seeing others have that grin as long as it’s not about me… That’s the blackmail grin, and everytime I see it things start getting really awesome for the blackmailer (until the very end, admittedly things -do- eventually come to an end and become useless info.)
You should be ashamed, then. The blackmail grin means doing nasty things to someone for the sake of just doing nasty things to that person. Roz is heading for “heinous bongo” territory if she gives in and uses this. Huh, I was wondering how Willis was going to make her be unlikeable here, and I have my answer. She’s the *really* self-centered one of the two this time around.
Ignoring the nasty future-implications of Roz, today’s strip is really cute. It’s kind of charming the way Robing and Leslie are hitting it off here.
It’s also good for saying ‘Hey, know that thing you were going to make me do? Well, if I do it, then I’ll also do this.’ or just plain getting revenge. I’m not a ‘nasty’ person, I do retaliate, though, when my friends or myself are ‘attacked.’
Wow, I wasn’t expecting that to be mutual. In Shortpacked, Leslie went through a long period of seemingly-unrequited passion before Robin started treating her as more than an accessory. It seemed like her ardor gradually won Robin over. Congresswoman Robin has no obvious use for her, and hasn’t had time to start depending on her, and yet here we are.
Les in this universe seems a lot stronger and more confident, in general, and has a job that commands greater respect. That might have something to do with it: it’s more flattering when the person crushing on you is a well-liked gender studies professor than when she’s a grocery clerk with no apparent social circle.
I think differences between DoA and SP! Robin’s reaction to Leslie may have more to do with Robin’s apparent state of development rather than Leslie’s. Given the realization that Robin had a crush on Amber, this makes her rejection of Leslie and fruitless chase of Ethan seem like an elaborate and Robinesque denial of her own sexual desires (maybe as a unconscious reaction to her father’s legacy).
This is a universe where Robin wasn’t abducted by aliens and forced to deploy as a member of SEMME. Maybe in this universe, she may actually have enough time and growth as a person to accept that she is a (closeted?) bisexual/lesbian and to have at least partly overcome the sexual repression she might have had as a result of her family life. (Assuming Mr. Desanto is also an ass in DOA.)
Sexual repression for Robin seems particularly likely when you consider that Roz has basically adopted a opposite life choice, which in my experience is typical for siblings (that they diverge in their reactions).
Judging by robins blush I really doubt that she is unaware. Love is a good kind of sickness that clouds your mind and makes you completely forget everything you know and believe in in that one moment.
You have no idea on how many levels this makes me happy.
For some reason, I just adore these two together. If my prayers to the Gods of femslash are not heard and they get together again in SP!, then I will at least be able ti gush over them here.
I wonder if all the people who are all ‘No no Roz don’t scheme don’t embarrass Leslie’ realize that if Roz does *not* scheme to embarrass Leslie, then it seems highly probable that Robin would walk out that door and never see Leslie again. It’s not like they ever ran into each other previously, and it’s not like Robin will go out of her way to visit scandal/Leslie upon herself in election season – and by the time that ends, this moment of attraction will be just a memory, if there aren’t interim reminders at the least.
If you like Robin+Leslie, you should be banking on Roz pushing them together with the aim of ruining Robin’s political career. ‘Cause I’m not seeing any other way for your desired end to happen.
Oh my Roz! I hope she just keeps her “Evil Scheme (TM)” at the “look what I’ve got stored on this flash drive” level, and not publicize it. I’m sure the university has a faculty code of conduct that says something about lecturers’ relationships with guest lecturers….
Blackmail tip 1: The power of the threat is greater than the power of the execution (thank you, Aaron Nimzovich). Blackmail tip 2: If the victims escalate, it’s not pretty.
I seriously doubt Roz wants to blackmail Robin – methinks she would rather have Robin out of politics entirely. She probably thinks that politics is making Robin a bad person (with some justification, based on the past few strips) and probably thinks that destroying her political career would be a good thing for *both* Robin and herself.
The probably is just seeing Leslie as a tool in this though – collateral damage. Though if Robin really does get together with her in the long run it might work out anyway.
Roz: The new drama tag and since there was already some drama there in the first place think of how bad it’ll get. Also again metaphorically pulled by Robin.
Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore.
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It's not a new argument, of course, but Chesterton dismissed it effectively in 1908.
"You will hear everlastingly... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man."
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AHA!
Need to make up for lost time. Lot of material in the past few days!
Ahem:
Vote Desanto! Obfuscate THIS!
Vote Desanto! Unless yer gay now too!
Vote Desanto! You’re GONNA do it!
Vote Desanto! Only she can save America!
Vote Desanto! You know you’re lezzing on her…
Vote Desanto! She’ll turn every lesbian into a republican by the power of “dat@$$!”
Conversely:
Vote Dean mchenry! Get your own porn studio!
Vote Dean Mchenry! We’re done here.
Wait, if its campaign season who is her oponent to be? Is Sydney going to be in the race? Will she be a student instead? Maybe a disgruntled Galasso’s pizza employee?
Win. That is win.
WAIT
“Dean Mchenry, We’re done here”
“Cave Johnson, We’re done here”
Hmmm indeed.
I get a smile everytime I see ladies touching each other too.
Robin…don’t look now…but I think she’s in lesbians with you.
I get a…. Well, you know.
If you don’t know, YOUR MOM does.
Perfect
Well I guess that means I was right. She is still gay for Leslie.
I don’t think that’s a lezzing smile. I think that’s a “i like you as a friend, but will still accept nice gifts (and votes in november) from you” smile.
I got a couple of those smiles in my time. Still get them.
i advise you to stop hanging around politicians.
but they’re so much fun! Just ask John Stewart!
Why must you try and take away the only absolute good in the world?
You are not Willis, you don’t get to do that!
Then she got an idea. An awful idea. The Roz got a wonderful, awful idea!
And there was much rejoicing.
Monty Python!
Yessssss!
(Waves flags)
(Non-chantly) yay…
Why should SHE have to kiss any girls when she can get Robin to do so. /evilgrin/
That only works when it rhymes and was written by Dr. Suess.
Lies. It always works because it was written by Dr. Seuss.
“you’re a mean one,
Rozzie Dee.
You really are a slut!
You’ve got web cams filming dickmonsters
Jumping up your butt
Rozzie Deeeee-E!”
WIN! lol
Awesome.
I wanted to make a joke about something growing three sizes, but now it’s gone.
You should always make that joke when the opportunity arises.
You mean with a penis?
Yes. Yes I do.
“Yes. Yes I am.”
FIFY
Still dislike DoA Robin, but if Roz’s plan hurts Leslie, she becomes my most-hated character.
This.
I like Roz. I genuinely do, in both ‘verses. She’s, like, my second or third favorite character.
But don’t you DARE hurt Leslie, Roz!
Oh my God, this makes me all kinds of happy!
That avatar is perfect for the comment.
And your’s and her avatar is perfect for this page.
*inevitable makeouts*
Not sure how I feel about Beef getting in on this.
what do you mean by ‘on’? You don’t need that word there.
also you feel totally stoked. the feeling that you currently have is totally stoked.
Ah, thank you for clarifying this for me. Don’t know what I’d do without kind souls like you.
I suspect that “get in on this” is an idiom that just doesn’t translate to your location though? Google it in the quotation like that though and you can find other uses of it.
I’m pretty sure he was going for “get in this” dur hur penis joke.
I smell a scandal!
And wow, that grin is so eeeeeeeeeeebil.
Tis awesome sauce.
Willis, you are true master of expression.
Non-spazzy Robin is freaking me out a bit.
Aww, c’mon Roz, don’t mess with Leslie.
*brain, twitch* Between this and Shortpacked! my brain is broken.
Completely. Someone come help me reboot my brain….
I feel your pain. My brain is stuck on a mashup of Barry White’s “Love Is In The Air” and “Springtime For Hitler And Germany” as done by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes. But I don’t believe MFATGG ever recorded that song.
Damn you, fellixe! They may not have recorded it, but due to the power of my mind, I’m hearing it as they would do it…
You’re welcome!
Interesting that even DOAverse Leslie has a crush on Robin, given that she doesn’t know her personally and probably only knows her public persona. And I have a sneaking suspicion that Robin’s policies aren’t the most gay-friendly out there.
Given her reaction to Starbuck and cosplay!Robin in the prime universe, it’s not that odd.
And thus Roz proves that messing with a shipper is more dangerous than it’s worth.
Roz is winking into the camera! Fourth wall breach!
Hmm… I’m wondering if Roz might already know something about her sister her constituency doesn’t…
As stated by Robin in the other continuity: she’s “straight, with an exception.: Who, besides Willis, is to say that that exception is going to cross the void?
Twoo luv.
Twoo luv’s to say.
=3
Wuv. It’s twoo wuv.
Do you have the wind?
Mwawwage. Mwawwage is whot bwings us eere tuhgevur, toohday.
THIC CONCEPT OF “WUV” CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US
Sexuality does not appear to have changed for anyone, so we can probably assume it did. Roz certainly did.
SHIP BAIT!
Is it still shipping when it’s already happened in another universe?
Yes it is if the author claims that what is true in one version won’t be true in another.
Well, technically, on the original cannon, they aren’t together. At least, not anymore. Plus maybe in this universe she won’t break her heart.
I had a dog and his name was…BINGO!
Also, I get the feeling that Robin has spent the last 10 minutes or so doing her best to contain her inner craziness. She probably has a padded room in her house. <__>
Nah, its more likely a ball pit.
It’s NERF or nothing ^_^ …. mmmm spongy softness mmmmm….
Lilian avatar. Awesomez.
…
Name spelling possibly incorrect. >_> *runs off*
Roz used Scheme! It…remains to be seen how super effective it is.
that’s because it’s still charging up. you have to wait a couple more turns before the attack is made.
roz is devious and i love it
Guuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh. This is fricking ADORABLE. Leslie’s crush must be universal. I can’t wait to see how this plays out.
Robin better watch out though… it looks like Roz has gotten an idea.
(Granted, given that Robin seems to be the last to know when it comes to stuff like that, it could be just a realization and not an Evil Plot.)
I am begining to like roz alot more. Also fans are about to be hit and shoes will drop. Can’t wait to see what happens.
*ducks and covers*
Oh! Proverbial fans! My bad!
Aww… Robin and Leslie love!
So is Robin a republican? Is this going to turn into one of those ironic situations where an adamant anti-gay politician is caught in bed with a homosexual?
Clearly that’s what Roz is hoping to do with that smirk.
In rural Indiana, any successful Democrats would have to at least appear to be indistinguishable from a mainstream Republican.
It only matters if it’s with a homosexual of the same sex.
Still, I’m very interested to see how this will play out. No matter how scandalous, if Robin and Leslie wind up together in this universe, Robin’s realization/coming out story is going to be rather different.
I’d say Robin’s probably still unawares, so it’s going to take an impressive achievement by Roz for this to come into play very soon.
Unless Robin and Leslie haven’t told us something, I’m pretty sure they’re the same sex…
That does not look like a happy face on Robin. That looks like an uncomfortable tolerance for something that disturbs you. The kind of look Amber might give Faz. Or Mike might give your mom.
Really? I think it looks like an “aww, that’s an adorable blush” face.
If it wasn’t a happy face, Roz wouldn’t get an evil smirk face. She can work with happy crush face. She cant work with uncomfortable tolerance.
i want to agree with you, but a part of my brain says roz just needs leslie to go licky-style on robin. it won’t matter if robin rejects it or not because the cameras will take it from there.
If Robin’s reaction to Leslie is the same as Mike’s reaction to your mom, Roz still has something to work with, here.
Good question: What does Robin consider good family values?
I’m gonna guess “the values that get her elected”.
That sounds like the standard for almost any polly.
Well in my experince when a polly says that they’re talking very cookie cutter, you know the ones with picket fences.
All Roz needs now is a twirly moustashe to play with.
And a long winded monologue just to complete the cliche.
Politicians – A surgeons perfect patient – No Guts, No Gentiles, No heart, No Spine, No Stomach, A lot of hot air, and best of all the ends are interchangeable.
Don’t forget the evil laugh!
OH MY GOD!
can’t believe Dorothy didn’t has her phone out in class.
whoops bad typing skills there as well as a lack of proof-reading.
Interesting coinky-dink that this strip goes up right when an actual out lesbian declares her candidacy for the Senate. Is the Dumbiverse dialed in to the future and stuff?
Eeyup, they’re in love. We all knew it, just weren’t too sure about it.
Now the only mystery left is about Ethan’s homosexuality. XD
Wait, who’s a homosexual?
Joe obviously, he’s clearly over compensating.
Has Ryu shown up in this universe yet? I always had my suspicions about that guy.
And suddenly, all the sympathetic points Roz’s gathered in these last few strips will be gone in a second. Or she’ll be sung as a hero. OR her most recent and nefarious plan will bite her in the ass.
I like the word nefarious.
Is that with or without non-dairy-whipped-topping?
*melts from cuteness*
…D: I don’t like that look on Roz’s face…
Is that a cockroach I see peaking out from Roz’s mouth?
I sense a disturbance in the Force…
Or it could be a plot twist.
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN
Hmm. It seems much more plain on Leslie’s face than on Robin’s. And I’m not sure I see it on Robin’s, really. The one eye, kinda, I guess, but…
Well, if it wasn’t on Robins face too, Roz wouldnt be getting an evil grin.
Or maybe she’s better at reading the sister she’s known her whole life than I am.
Roz. don’t you DARE cock up Robin/Leslie!
don’t worry, she won’t post it online without their consent.
….I don’t think there’d be any cocks in Robin/Leslie. Unless someone is keeping secrets!
Suddenly, Roz uses this chance to ruin her sister’s Street Cred in the Political Arena.
Roz don’t you dare. DO. NOT. DARE. We lost this couple in Shortpacked WE MUST KEEP IT HERE DX
Well, Roz could be the catalyst that gets them together in this Universe. So it could end up being a good thing. I hope so, cause I was legitimitly saddened when they broke up in the other Universe.
agreed
Daw! What a touching comic today. =)
I know that grin… I have that grin often… I love having that grin, and I love seeing others have that grin as long as it’s not about me… That’s the blackmail grin, and everytime I see it things start getting really awesome for the blackmailer (until the very end, admittedly things -do- eventually come to an end and become useless info.)
You should be ashamed, then. The blackmail grin means doing nasty things to someone for the sake of just doing nasty things to that person. Roz is heading for “heinous bongo” territory if she gives in and uses this. Huh, I was wondering how Willis was going to make her be unlikeable here, and I have my answer. She’s the *really* self-centered one of the two this time around.
Ignoring the nasty future-implications of Roz, today’s strip is really cute. It’s kind of charming the way Robing and Leslie are hitting it off here.
Hey! The blackmail grin does -not- mean doing nasty things to someone just for the sake of doing nasty things to them.
There’s also monetary gain.
It’s also good for saying ‘Hey, know that thing you were going to make me do? Well, if I do it, then I’ll also do this.’ or just plain getting revenge. I’m not a ‘nasty’ person, I do retaliate, though, when my friends or myself are ‘attacked.’
I don’t think it’s really smart to patronize college students by calling them kids. I mean, aren’t they 18 now?
Wait, I thought Leslie’s class what full of baby goats! D: Its not patronizing! It’s being ACCURATE!
Wow, I wasn’t expecting that to be mutual. In Shortpacked, Leslie went through a long period of seemingly-unrequited passion before Robin started treating her as more than an accessory. It seemed like her ardor gradually won Robin over. Congresswoman Robin has no obvious use for her, and hasn’t had time to start depending on her, and yet here we are.
Les in this universe seems a lot stronger and more confident, in general, and has a job that commands greater respect. That might have something to do with it: it’s more flattering when the person crushing on you is a well-liked gender studies professor than when she’s a grocery clerk with no apparent social circle.
I think differences between DoA and SP! Robin’s reaction to Leslie may have more to do with Robin’s apparent state of development rather than Leslie’s. Given the realization that Robin had a crush on Amber, this makes her rejection of Leslie and fruitless chase of Ethan seem like an elaborate and Robinesque denial of her own sexual desires (maybe as a unconscious reaction to her father’s legacy).
This is a universe where Robin wasn’t abducted by aliens and forced to deploy as a member of SEMME. Maybe in this universe, she may actually have enough time and growth as a person to accept that she is a (closeted?) bisexual/lesbian and to have at least partly overcome the sexual repression she might have had as a result of her family life. (Assuming Mr. Desanto is also an ass in DOA.)
Sexual repression for Robin seems particularly likely when you consider that Roz has basically adopted a opposite life choice, which in my experience is typical for siblings (that they diverge in their reactions).
Judging by robins blush I really doubt that she is unaware. Love is a good kind of sickness that clouds your mind and makes you completely forget everything you know and believe in in that one moment.
Love is actually just mostly sexytimes. Sexytimes and happy present gifts occasionally.
SEXYTIMES HAPPY-PRESENT-GIFTS AND DRAMATIC SPONTANEOUS PUBLIC MAKE-OUT SESSIONS
I advocate for all three to be featured on this webcomic on a regular basis.
Egads! Do you know what you have done? You have defined the antithesis of a darkness turducken!
I don’t think Robin is actually blushing. She and Roz both have those pink spots on their faces in every panel.
Why not just borrow Dina’s?
I smell blackmail
You have no idea on how many levels this makes me happy.
For some reason, I just adore these two together. If my prayers to the Gods of femslash are not heard and they get together again in SP!, then I will at least be able ti gush over them here.
Roz, NO. bad Roz. No. {ut that camera down. Roz! Put that–don’t talk back to me, young lady, put that camera down! Put that–
Ok, at least send me copies.
It’s actually amazing how much I love Roz in this universe.
Uh-oh, Roz has her scheming face one.
Hmm, Roz with a smile. Roz with a thoughtful, scheming smile. What deviousness are you planning? Something involving your sister and hookups, perhaps?
Of course, plans rarely go that well. Whatever happens, I’m sure it’ll be awesome, funny and perhaps a little scary.
Hooray, Lesbians!
Man… Robin looks really good with her glasses on! I know she doesn’t need them but I understand why she likes them
I wonder if all the people who are all ‘No no Roz don’t scheme don’t embarrass Leslie’ realize that if Roz does *not* scheme to embarrass Leslie, then it seems highly probable that Robin would walk out that door and never see Leslie again. It’s not like they ever ran into each other previously, and it’s not like Robin will go out of her way to visit scandal/Leslie upon herself in election season – and by the time that ends, this moment of attraction will be just a memory, if there aren’t interim reminders at the least.
If you like Robin+Leslie, you should be banking on Roz pushing them together with the aim of ruining Robin’s political career. ‘Cause I’m not seeing any other way for your desired end to happen.
I like Dorothy.
This could go well, there is a lot of closet gay republicans that only reveals themselfs in the urns
Oh my Roz! I hope she just keeps her “Evil Scheme (TM)” at the “look what I’ve got stored on this flash drive” level, and not publicize it. I’m sure the university has a faculty code of conduct that says something about lecturers’ relationships with guest lecturers….
Blackmail tip 1: The power of the threat is greater than the power of the execution (thank you, Aaron Nimzovich). Blackmail tip 2: If the victims escalate, it’s not pretty.
I seriously doubt Roz wants to blackmail Robin – methinks she would rather have Robin out of politics entirely. She probably thinks that politics is making Robin a bad person (with some justification, based on the past few strips) and probably thinks that destroying her political career would be a good thing for *both* Robin and herself.
The probably is just seeing Leslie as a tool in this though – collateral damage. Though if Robin really does get together with her in the long run it might work out anyway.
And there we see the evil side of Roz. -_- I wouldn’t be surprised if she tries to out her own sister through public media.
I see what you did thar
Can anyone tell if thats Robins normal blush or her ‘I’m in lesbians with you’ blush in the third panel?
… Aaaand all my love for Roz just up and disappeared. How did that happen?
Roz: The new drama tag and since there was already some drama there in the first place think of how bad it’ll get. Also again metaphorically pulled by Robin.
Nothing ominous about that look, nope!
This page is freaking adorable. That is all.
HOLY SHIT, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!
Also, HOLY SHIT, AWESOME!
About time this came back around…
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I hope this is what I think it is. Also, Roz you lil devil, I see that evil plan forming..
To this day, that squiggly smile is the most adorable thing about Leslie.
I have bookmarked every single time she does it.
I sense foreshadowing in the word November.
Anyone who didn’t see that coming either has never read Shortpacked! or is an idiot
You know…I’m now curious if THIS universe’s Robin and Leslie will get together…is that wrong?
Not at all. I’m doing a full re-read of the archives, and I’m really sad there are like two strips after this with Robin in them.
I SEE YOU SCHEMING, ROZ. You’re plotting to set your sister up with your cute Gender Studies professor, aren’t you? Aren’t you?! Well hurry up!