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by David M Willis on August 21, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 21, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    in sickness and in health 😬👍 (mostly sickness rn tho)

    aww ♥

    • LeslieBean4shizzle
      LeslieBean4shizzle
      August 21, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      **SQUEEE**
      Ruth is SO CUTE!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 21, 2019 at 10:01 am | #

        Agreed, and nice comment-gravatar synergy!

    • Kaidah
      Kaidah
      August 21, 2019 at 8:25 am | #

      “in richness and in poorness, poorness is underlined, in impotence and in potence, in quiet solitude or blasting across the alkali flats in a jet-powered, monkey-navigated… and it goes on like this.”

  2. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    August 21, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    HOLY SHIT IM FINALLY EARLY
    Also billie you dum dum

  3. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    August 21, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Ruth is being kinda creepy again. This new trend is troubling.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      August 21, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah, she stared at Billie with her green eyes until she made Billie turn green.
      Alien.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 21, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

        She can make things turn green with alien powers? I knew those This Island Earth guys were Canadian!

        Billie: Well, suddenly I have a refreshing mint flavor!

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 21, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

        (Crystal Gayle music)
        “And don’t it make my pink cheeks green”

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      August 21, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      What’s creepy about gazing at the woman she loves?

      • Durandal_1707
        Durandal_1707
        August 21, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

        My reaction as well. I went back and looked at the comic like three or four more times trying to figure it out.

      • Kittie
        Kittie
        August 21, 2019 at 1:22 am | #

        The woman she loves who *loves her back,* no less. If that’s creepy then life is sad and boring.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 21, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

        “But in the eyes of the woman I love,
        I’m a hero, a giant, a man who’s as tall as can be
        Anyone can see
        She’s looking through the eyes of love
        Looking through the eyes of love
        Looking through the eyes of love
        When she looks at me.”

    • LeslieBean4shizzle
      LeslieBean4shizzle
      August 21, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

      You got creepy from that? Yeesh. Those are LOVE EYES. When you look at the person you love and they are just the most beautiful person in the world and just want to look at them forever.

      ….

      It is also true that my wife and I have had conversations that amounted to:
      Me: **LOVE EYES**
      Wife: “… why are you staring at me?”
      Me: “You’re so beautiful!”
      Wife: “… I’ve got runny nose, haven’t showered in three days, and just woke up. I look awful. THe fuck is wrong with you?”
      Me: “… I wuv you?”
      Wife: “Ugh…”

      Ours is a love for the ages, truly. ^^

      • StClair
        StClair
        August 21, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

        Lucky, the both of you.

      • Chrissy
        Chrissy
        August 21, 2019 at 6:06 am | #

        I call it “gazing lovingly” and it’s emoji equivalent is heart eyes 😍

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        August 21, 2019 at 6:12 pm | #

        LeslieBean, I’ve had almost the exact same conversation with my fiancee, except her self-description was “I look like Samara hung over after a three-day bender”.

        Love is truly a many-splendered thing.

        • LeslieBean4shizzle
          LeslieBean4shizzle
          August 22, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

          “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”

    • Acebender
      Acebender
      August 21, 2019 at 4:22 pm | #

      Creepy how?

  4. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 21, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Aaaaand THERE’S those withdrawal symptoms. Sorry, Billie, they suck, hope they don’t hang around for too long.

    • Clif
      Clif
      August 21, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

      So it begins.

    • Casi
      Casi
      August 21, 2019 at 6:00 am | #

      Worst thing is that ethanol withdrawal is one of the only withdrawals that can actually kill you outright. Other bad ones like opioid withdrawal suck, but aren’t lethal like ethanol withdrawal is. I really hope Billie or Ruth realizes she needs to go to the doctor, and get on an actual regimented plan.

      Ruth’s alcoholism does not seem to have been nearly as bad as Billie’s has, or we just didn’t see her withdrawal symptoms, but if Billie is having vomiting after less than 24 hours after cessation, she’s definitely in the severe dependence category. Lets hope she doesn’t start getting the DTs or hallucinations.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 21, 2019 at 7:13 am | #

        We’ve seen withdrawal symptoms from Ruth before – the first dramatic time in her confrontation with Blaine. We’ve never seen them from Billie, which was a sign that she hadn’t given up drinking.

        It’s not quite clear when Billie last drank, so it could have been more than 24 hours. The last confirmed time was Friday night (coming back drunk to Lucy’s movie night) and it’s now Monday morning. She went to Galasso’s to drink Sunday evening, but didn’t have time. Most likely she drank Saturday, but we didn’t actually see it. She could have drunk sometime earlier on Sunday, but again, we don’t know.

        But yeah, get thee to a doctor. And your therapy!

      • Myth
        Myth
        August 21, 2019 at 11:51 am | #

        I am extremely curious about the medical science behind alcohol withdrawal — that is, how and why it is so dangerous and potentially lethal. Do you happen to know a lot about it or know any good sources to read up on it? I ask because your comment makes you sound decently informed about it, though I understand that may not be true regarding the more scientific side of things.

        • Lanie
          Lanie
          August 21, 2019 at 12:29 pm | #

          Basically, alcohol is a depressant (a substance that slows processes in body function) and when a person has a problem with alcohol addiction their body can’t produce enough neurotransmitters (chemicals important to brain function) while they’re still a consistent drinker. When that person stops drinking, their body is suddenly able to produce way more neurotransmitters than it had been used to functioning with, which takes time for the brain to adjust to and leads to the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal in the meanwhile. Alcohol withdrawal can include nausea, vomiting, tremors (especially in the hands), racing heart, elevated blood pressure, confusion, visual/auditory/tactile hallucinations, even seizures. It can be a really nasty process to go through, though not every person hits the point of hallucinations or seizures. I’m not an expert myself, but part of my hospital nursing job is taking care of people through their withdrawal experience. Look up “Complications of Alcohol Withdrawal Pathophysiological Insights” for a really good NIH paper on the topic. (Can’t remember if I’m allowed to post outside links here! Sorry!)

          • Corey
            Corey
            August 21, 2019 at 8:42 pm | #

            My sister explained this to me after I sort of snapped at her because she bought an alcoholic homeless man a beer. He looked really sick and was shaking horribly, my sister said on the streets he could die without it, especially when he was that bad. I don’t exactly remember what happened afterwards but I hope he eventually got in a hospital because god damn, that poor man.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        August 21, 2019 at 4:48 pm | #

        Jury’s out on whether opiate withdrawal can kill – that is, there’s anecdotal evidence it may be, but the literature is still investigating as far as I can tell (but so far, it’s not been borne out). But yeah, alcohol withdrawal can be very dangerous and should be done under the supervision of a doctor.

  5. JetstreamGW
    JetstreamGW
    August 21, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Aaaaaand… Withdrawl?

    • Danielle
      Danielle
      August 21, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

      withdrawal, or hangover

      • Michelle J. Caboose
        Michelle J. Caboose
        August 21, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

        Yeah, only Sal talks withdrawl.

        Sorry… I’ll let myself out now…

        • AY
          AY
          August 21, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

          Ba dum tshh

        • Fire_daws
          Fire_daws
          August 21, 2019 at 10:05 am | #

          Don’t let the drawl hit you on the way out.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      August 21, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

      Hopefully.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 21, 2019 at 3:12 am | #

      Morning sickness!

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 21, 2019 at 7:14 am | #

        She’s lesbian pregnant?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 21, 2019 at 7:37 am | #

          Where do you think gaybies come from?

          • Chason
            Chason
            August 21, 2019 at 10:19 pm | #

            I just assumed gay storks

  6. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    August 21, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 10: HORRK!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2019 at 6:43 am | #

      …you win.

  7. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    August 21, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Awww, their gonna have gall stones together.

  8. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    August 21, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Last panel Billie is so ailing that even the arms of her hoodie turned green.

  9. Lacuna
    Lacuna
    August 21, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    The majestic cheerleader in her natural habitat.

  10. Zag
    Zag
    August 21, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh no, Billie is pregnant. Dammit Ruth!

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    August 21, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s Not Easy Being GREEN…

    • NerdHerder
      NerdHerder
      August 21, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      It ain’t easy bein’ brown…

  12. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    August 21, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Well withdrawal had to happen sooner or later, at least you’ve got Ruth by your side right?

  13. Tacos
    Tacos
    August 21, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    I’m guessing this is withdrawal symptoms.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 21, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      Yup. I feel bad for her. Withdrawal is the work of the devil, even when it’s mild and she’s already worse than I was coming off my seizure meds.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 21, 2019 at 10:36 am | #

      It’s HORRKening!
      [Ron Paul freaking out gif goes here]

  14. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    August 21, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    down with the sickness

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 21, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    I get it. That is sickeningly cute.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

      Heh

  16. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 21, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    First thought is withdrawal but maybe Billie has the flu? Colleges are a good place to spread germs around.

  17. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    August 21, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Why isn’t this storyline titled “Monday Morning Coming Down”?

    “Well I woke up SundayMonday morning
    With no way to hold my head, that didn’t hurt”

  18. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    August 21, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Ruth: “I am not cleaning.”

  19. Lingo
    Lingo
    August 21, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    Ruth … is smiling? With BOTH corners of her mouth? Why, I’ve suddenly become violently ill!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 21, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

      I thought that at first too, but then I figured it’s probably withdrawal from booze.

  20. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 21, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

    Damn. I hope she doesn’t get too fucked up from this. I know withdrawal can suck, especially booze, which can be outright deadly. So, I hope she keeps an eye on that.

    • Dana
      Dana
      August 21, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

      Booze and benzos are the only ones that can literally kill you. Booze and/or Benzos, I guess.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        August 21, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

        There’s some anecdotal evidence opiate withdrawal can too, but the literature hasn’t found anything yet that I’ve seen. Still, it’s recommended you detox from those with a doctor.

        • Dana
          Dana
          August 21, 2019 at 2:20 am | #

          At the very least, opiate withdrawal can motivate suicide.

  21. Keulen
    Keulen
    August 21, 2019 at 12:44 am | #

    It went from cute to oh shit in a single panel.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

      That’s usually the way their relationship works.

      Sometimes it is the other way around.

  22. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 21, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

    Let’s face it, for the two of them this still counts as cute.

  23. StClair
    StClair
    August 21, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

    Love is holding someone’s hair while they pray at the porcelain altar.

  24. Kittie
    Kittie
    August 21, 2019 at 1:29 am | #

    I feel bad for Billie because alcohol withdrawals are no joke, but mostly I’m just happy to see proof that she is actually keeping her promise this time.

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      August 21, 2019 at 2:13 am | #

      Exactly!

  25. Lawzlo
    Lawzlo
    August 21, 2019 at 2:12 am | #

    BILLIE’S PREGGERS!

    …Naw, I’m certain that there’s lots of much more rational explanations than that.

    …BILLIE’S PREGGERS!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2019 at 2:44 am | #

      LESBIAN PREGNANT! HOWARD WAS RIGHT! I AM AS SURPRISED AS ANYONE!

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        August 21, 2019 at 9:15 am | #

        Genuine question from a reader who is somewhat older than Willis:

        What is “lesbian pregnant”?

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          August 21, 2019 at 9:41 am | #

          It is… whatever american sex ed has led Howard to believe it is.

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/appearances/

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            August 21, 2019 at 9:41 am | #

            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/urrgl/

            • ValdVin
              ValdVin
              August 21, 2019 at 9:55 am | #

              Ahhh, that’s it! Of course.

              Somehow I thought I missed out on a meme.

      • Matticus
        Matticus
        August 21, 2019 at 1:34 pm | #

        But which one of them grew a weenus so that they could do it?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 21, 2019 at 2:47 am | #

      Billie is gay-pregnant with Ruth’s lesbian love baby, and nobody can give a good argument to the contrary.

      • Ryek Hvek
        Ryek Hvek
        August 21, 2019 at 7:01 pm | #

        nothing says lesbian love like a gayby

  26. Dagonz
    Dagonz
    August 21, 2019 at 2:16 am | #

    Hey, if this means she’s actually gone without booze for a significant amount of time, I’m counting this as a win. Not because I want Billie to suffer, but because it means she wasn’t lying earlier.

  27. PB
    PB
    August 21, 2019 at 2:21 am | #

    … She’s going through withdrawal?

    She DID mean what she said! 🥰

  28. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    August 21, 2019 at 2:53 am | #

    Now is when your body fights you because it wove alcohol into your metabolic processes and you just took it away.

    I am curious to see if Billie is willing to go through with this when really starts to suck. The temptation to take alcohol medicinally just to relieve the symptoms, get through midterms etc will be strong. She hasn’t shown a ton of grit. And the underlying issues such as “what is my value as a person if I’m not a high achieving cheerleader?” I imagine she was drinking to ignore aren’t any more resolved.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      August 21, 2019 at 8:25 am | #

      Do not neglect the “I killed someone with a car,” guilt. I b’lieve she has that .driving. her drink as well.

      • NickG
        NickG
        August 21, 2019 at 11:43 am | #

        Billie didn’t kill anyone, she crashed her car while drunk-driving and has a DUI as a consequence.

        • Bathymetheus
          Bathymetheus
          August 21, 2019 at 8:33 pm | #

          Alice thinks that Billie almost killed her in that crash, iirc.

  29. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    August 21, 2019 at 2:57 am | #

    I guess the other question is, did Ruth see Billie dry heave / throw up in her mouth? If yes she would know that pain and can at least help her.

    • SillyGoose
      SillyGoose
      August 21, 2019 at 3:59 am | #

      That, AND she would have some evidence that Billie is being true to her word.

      First time seing someone puke has given me warm, fuzzy feelings.

      • Shane Wegner
        Shane Wegner
        August 21, 2019 at 4:08 am | #

        Yeah that’s true, proof her body is withdrawing, and by extension that she cut it off from alcohol.

  30. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    August 21, 2019 at 5:14 am | #

    Not that it’s great, but campus clinic of some kind? Local AA, or other form of treatment? I mean, if you’re at the point of getting withdrawal symptoms, anything would help. Please Billie, just try it. I know you aren’t the only recovering alcoholic in a college town.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 21, 2019 at 6:06 am | #

      That therapy she was supposed to be going to?

  31. Ellegos
    Ellegos
    August 21, 2019 at 6:27 am | #

  32. Ellegos
    Ellegos
    August 21, 2019 at 6:29 am | #

    Sonofa-

  33. ischemgeek
    ischemgeek
    August 21, 2019 at 6:35 am | #

    Delirium tremens?

  34. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 21, 2019 at 6:41 am | #

    That’s a nice, optimistic hope but something tells me that Billie is going to be busy in the ER due to food poisoning or something today! So, it’s going to be up to Ruth to do the heavy lifting and I suspect that the number of parties she’s planned to date is very small.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      August 21, 2019 at 7:13 am | #

      It’ll be fine. Sarah still isn’t old enough to drink yet, so all Ruth has to do really is rope Joyce in to help throw an impromptu, alcohol- (and Jesus-)free birthday party.

      Joyce will be all over it like a dirty shirt. 😀

  35. EvilMidnightLurker
    EvilMidnightLurker
    August 21, 2019 at 6:52 am | #

    Despite everything, I’m back to fully rooting for these crazy kids to go the relationship distance.

    …a real (girl)friend will help you move a body clean up your puke and get you to the urgent care clinic.

  36. Charlotte
    Charlotte
    August 21, 2019 at 7:08 am | #

    Well, if this is from withdrawal, that’s a good thing in principle, right?

    • ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      ǝ snow ʍousɐ
      August 21, 2019 at 10:49 am | #

      Yep!

  37. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    August 21, 2019 at 7:46 am | #

    >> HORRK! <<
    Greatest 'invented' sound effect since the world lost the legendary cartoonist Don Martin.
    Google him if necessary.

  38. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    August 21, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

    UH-OH

    NOW BILLIE’S LESBIAN PREGNANT

  39. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    August 21, 2019 at 8:18 am | #

    Suddenly Billie has other commitments

  40. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    August 21, 2019 at 10:29 am | #

    On the bright side, we now have confirmation that Billie has been sticking to her going cold turkey on booze. She may have a hard time seeing that bright side as she scrubs her vomit off the floors though

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      August 21, 2019 at 10:33 pm | #

      And that was a terrible idea. Severe alcoholism+Cold turkey detox=suckiness.

  41. Großer Maik
    Großer Maik
    August 21, 2019 at 11:55 am | #

    “To the garbage roof!”

  42. JBento
    JBento
    August 21, 2019 at 2:09 pm | #

    Romance isn’t dead, but it most certainly seems to be under the weather.

  43. EssieBessie
    EssieBessie
    August 21, 2019 at 2:35 pm | #

    Stop everything and listen to the butt chant: https://wellmanicuredman.tumblr.com/post/76381088917

  44. Oberon
    Oberon
    August 21, 2019 at 4:03 pm | #

    So, I was out of reading material and rummaged in the garage for a bit. I found an old graphic novel I hadn’t read in a few decades and decided to give it another read. Being the geek that I am, I read the forward, where the author was giving the “How I got inspired to do this thing” spiel, plus some details on how he and some friends came up with the characters.

    It’s called: Southern Knights the graphic novel, a superhero team story apparently gathered into graphic novel from from a prior comic book print run circa 1983. It is dedicated to (and lettered by) some guy named David Whilius? Wyles? Oh, it’s David Willis.

    Anyone ever heard of that guy?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 21, 2019 at 8:01 pm | #

      I remember Southern Knights – mostly from seeing ads in some other comic, though I think I’ve got an issue or two. Didn’t remember the name from it though.

      Not the same Willis of course. I think he would have been a toddler then. 🙂

      • Oberon
        Oberon
        August 21, 2019 at 10:50 pm | #

        Oh, wow. And here I thought I’d found an artifact of his earlier works that I’d read so long ago that web comics weren’t even a thing.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          August 21, 2019 at 11:54 pm | #

          yeah i was four

          • Oberon
            Oberon
            August 22, 2019 at 3:52 pm | #

            Well, it’s not like I stalk you or anything, so I have no idea how old you are. And although any name (except mine…) is very likely to have duplicates, the same name in the same field shrinks the pool quite a bit. Oh well, so much for my serendipitous discovery…

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              August 22, 2019 at 6:21 pm | #

              I’m also not the Dave Willis who voices Meatwad, while we’re on the subject.

              • Oberon
                Oberon
                August 22, 2019 at 10:17 pm | #

                Yeah, well, voice acting and webcomic writing/drawing are diverse things, so that’s not a connection I would have made even if I had known the name of the Meatwad voice actor…

  45. TheWanderingMist
    TheWanderingMist
    August 21, 2019 at 6:34 pm | #

    Do comments just get disabled after some time? I’ve been reading the strip since two days ago and only just figured out how to access the comments in any way.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      August 21, 2019 at 7:57 pm | #

      Yeah, Willis disabled the addition of new comments to older comics.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 21, 2019 at 10:03 pm | #

      Comments are disabled after 30 days.

      But the reality is that almost no one goes back and reads more than a couple of days back.

      • TheWanderingMist
        TheWanderingMist
        August 25, 2019 at 7:17 pm | #

        Thanks to both of you. I only found this webcomic like 3 or 4 days ago and so was reading from the beginning and so many people in the comments are wrong.

        • TheWanderingMist
          TheWanderingMist
          August 25, 2019 at 7:28 pm | #

          Also, why are they called “gravatars”? And apparently the comments are non-editable.

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