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by David M Willis on September 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: becky, ethan, joyce, kaitlin, mary, sierra

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    She’s being overpowered by her lady boner.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 14, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

      That sounds like the plot of many japanese hentai, but one genre at a time.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 14, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

        So Joyce is going to sprout tentacles? I buy that for a dollar.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 14, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

          with that kind of money you could buy 20 moms.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            September 14, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

            That’s as many as two tens. And that’s wonderful.

        • Noel Schornhorst
          Noel Schornhorst
          September 14, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

          An octopussoir?

        • Zoey
          Zoey
          September 14, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

          Id buy it for a nickel……give it to her mum

          • Liam L.
            Liam L.
            September 15, 2012 at 7:02 pm | #

            that gravatar makes your statement completely unacceptable

            • Zoey
              Zoey
              September 19, 2012 at 4:48 am | #

              lol excuse me. I would purchase it for a nickel and respectfully deliver it to his birth giver.

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      September 14, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

      Welp. The comments peaked. It’s all downhill from here.

      • Tandel
        Tandel
        September 14, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

        Agreed! I’ll be back Monday. *ninja vanish*

      • Tan
        Tan
        September 14, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

        Are you suggesting that the lady boner was a premature (lady) climax?

        • ASmellyOgre
          ASmellyOgre
          September 14, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

          Yes, that’s exactly what is being said.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 14, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      We are well past boner stage and are already starting multiple orgasim.

      • Effie
        Effie
        September 14, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        I sure hope not cause that would be a horrible noise to hear during sex.
        “hehehehehehehehe”
        /shudder

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          September 14, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

          Wait… but that’s what they ALL say.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            September 14, 2012 at 10:43 am | #

            That’s what I thought too, but then somebody told me that sounds made during the first moment she sees me with my pants off don’t count as “during sex”.

            • Kaci
              Kaci
              September 15, 2012 at 1:45 am | #

              put this thread in a needle its awesome.

              • LaurelRaven
                LaurelRaven
                September 15, 2012 at 3:25 am | #

                Love the avatar with that comment

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          September 16, 2012 at 6:12 am | #

          As I’ve always said, laughter is good and healthy in the bedroom, so long as there is not also pointing.

  2. Gundi
    Gundi
    September 14, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Got a Donkey Kong face there.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 14, 2012 at 8:40 am | #

      It’s far scarier than her triangle smile face, or last week’s “She dumps you” face. Honestly, she just gets scarier and scarier. And I don’t know why Ethan isn’t realizing just what she’s doing, especially as she’s giggling on the phone in the middle of a hymn. (By the way, which hymn is this and how long has it been going on for?)

      • Ralfor
        Ralfor
        September 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm | #

        It’s not actually a hymn; it’s just a worship song. It’s called “Open the Eyes of my Heart”
        Easy to play, and fun to sing.

  3. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    September 14, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    That about sums it up David.

  4. Lars
    Lars
    September 14, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Niiiiiiiiice

  5. Joe
    Joe
    September 14, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce Brown: Moment Killer.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      September 14, 2012 at 2:23 am | #

      She killed her own moment. That takes talent.

      • Sparks
        Sparks
        September 17, 2012 at 2:44 pm | #

        Momentocide?

  6. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    September 14, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m sorry, but that face…it’s…it’s friggin’ adorable, you guys.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 14, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      I find it kinda creepy myself. I’d expect to see a face like that if she were hacking her way through my door with an axe.

      “Here’s Joycey!”

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        September 14, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        Yeah…I’ll be seeing this face in my nightmares soon.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          September 14, 2012 at 3:07 pm | #

          Not me, I see Romanticide’s. I see Plasma’s too, but it changes every time I blink.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        September 14, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

        To me, she kind of looks like so much blood has just rushed to her head that her eyeballs are about ready to pop out, and rivers of blood are about to rush forth, just like the elevator scene in the same movie that *you’re* referencing.

      • I.care.0
        I.care.0
        September 14, 2012 at 5:50 pm | #

        This is creepier than Faz with blue dots as eyebrows.

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 14, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Ethan, you can get out of this by saying “I don’t date insane chicks.” QUICK BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 14, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      Wouldn’t that be “I don’t date chicks, I’m gay”.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 14, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        How about, “I don’t date.” Then everybody’s happy.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          September 14, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

          Until next week, when he finds out about his college’s LGBT association, meets Dumbiverse-Drew and finally pops his brown cherry. What does he tell Joyce after that?

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 14, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

            “I was just making sure he’d be good husband material for you!”

            • Jim
              Jim
              September 14, 2012 at 10:35 am | #

              He can say “I’m going to med school eventually. I want to be a proctologist! Also a urologist! Specializing in men’s health!” And then he can show her the practice videos.

      • Stevie Windup
        Stevie Windup
        September 14, 2012 at 10:50 am | #

        Well, then “I don’t date insane chicks” would still be technically correct, wouldn’t it?

        • CWR
          CWR
          September 15, 2012 at 3:38 am | #

          Except that he apparently is, at this very moment.

      • Joe
        Joe
        September 14, 2012 at 3:25 pm | #

        That’s covered under “insane chicks”
        amirite, guyz?

  8. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    September 14, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Just saw a commercial for Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 14, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      my condolences.

      • Cave
        Cave
        September 14, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

        Truly a sad moment for filmography and humanity alike

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      September 14, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

      At least it’s not jersey shore.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        September 14, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

        When people talking about the election ask if the nation is better off than it was 4 years ago I always say, “Jersey Shore has been cancelled.”

        • hmrc4evr
          hmrc4evr
          September 14, 2012 at 2:54 am | #

          The only thing better than hearing that Jersey Shore has been cancelled would be that it would be replaced by a new show about life in a co-ed college called Dumbing of Age.

          Or I would accept an hour long sci-fi drama series about a group of boarding school kids fighting a computer sentient computer that wants to destroy humanity called Code: Lyoko

          Hey, if I’m going to dream the improbable…

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            September 14, 2012 at 10:25 am | #

            It IS getting a sequel series that replaces the 2D animated parts with live-action… (No. Really. Look up Code Lyoko Evolution. THIS IS A THING.)

            • Stevie Windup
              Stevie Windup
              September 14, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

              OH MY YES MUST GO FIND THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            September 14, 2012 at 3:10 pm | #

            So, is a “computer sentient computer” twice as much computer as a standard sentient computer? All that aside, I see I will have to do some research, never heard of this one. At first, I thought you were talking about Negima.

        • Hoop
          Hoop
          September 14, 2012 at 8:17 am | #

          Not only is Jersey Shore dead, Arrested Development is alive.

          FUCK YEAH I’M BETTER OFF NOW THAN I WAS FOUR YEARS AGO

    • Spazman
      Spazman
      September 14, 2012 at 6:08 am | #

      The hell? They made a second one?

      Or an hour-long sci-fi drama series about a group of boarding school kids fighting off Aliens, using Martian technology, and being awesome.

  9. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    September 14, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Blasphemy!!! Talking on a cell phone during mass!! How very RUDE an unchristian of her. College is having a bad influence on Joyce

    • Ryano
      Ryano
      September 14, 2012 at 4:09 am | #

      She’s not Catholic so it’s not mass.

      • GenericScreenName101
        GenericScreenName101
        September 14, 2012 at 7:44 am | #

        Same God, same Jesus, same Sunday, same Hell she is going to if she doesn’t get off the phone

    • Anna in Indiana
      Anna in Indiana
      September 14, 2012 at 9:34 am | #

      I think she could get away with it in some churches, at least during the music. I’m from the town this is set in, and if she’s going to the large Christian church that’s within easy walking distance of campus, then there are probably 500 people in there with really loud music. No one would notice except the people directly behind her…oh yeah, and Ethan…

      No Christian would suddenly be going to hell for talking on the phone during church. Sure, it’s rude, and shows disregard for the fact that you’re in God’s presence (two-ply!) but that’s not what salvation is based on.

      • Jim
        Jim
        September 14, 2012 at 10:39 am | #

        I had a one-nighter ask me in the morning to go to church with her when I was at Purdue. I figured it was worth it. With so few females there as it is, and so small a fraction that look good, I had to thank SOMETHING for that little gift with the fake ID!

        • PhysicsLB
          PhysicsLB
          September 14, 2012 at 11:41 am | #

          So. Much. Win.

        • Aidenn
          Aidenn
          September 14, 2012 at 12:30 pm | #

          Ah, that brings back memories. I still have my cup from Trashcan night a Pete’s; I use it as a flower vase. Where else can you get 54oz wells for $2?

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 14, 2012 at 10:50 am | #

        Actually, salvation *is* based on not talking on cell phones in church, almost to the exclusion of everything else. This just isn’t very clear in the bible because they hadn’t been invented at the time, and god’s vehemence talking about these unknown things confused people.

        • Jackson
          Jackson
          September 14, 2012 at 8:08 pm | #

          As it is written: “And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but using a cellphone in church will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks a word into his cellphone in church will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.”

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            September 16, 2012 at 12:20 pm | #

            That must be part of the books that got cut off, like Lillith and the birth of the first vampire. And how dinosaurs/unicorns all died in the Great Flood.

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 14, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    I’m just trying to wrap my mind around what position Sierra is standing in

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 14, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      The “Hallel-ky Pokey”! Put your left hand, take your left hand out..

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 14, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        You put your left hand in and you show that your devout.
        You do the Hallelky Pokey as you kneel down on the ground
        That’s what it’s all about.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          September 14, 2012 at 10:51 am | #

          I feel somehow let down at a cosmic level by the fact ‘ground’ and ‘about’ don’t rhyme.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            September 14, 2012 at 3:13 pm | #

            Depends on the accent.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 14, 2012 at 4:42 pm | #

              Well neither do about and around. I was following the rhyme scheem.

  11. Effie
    Effie
    September 14, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    I’m just imagining Mary in the background in a constant state of harumphing at Joyce.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 14, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Mary is perpetually harumphed. Sarah is is a friggin clown comparitively.

      • Effie
        Effie
        September 14, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        Mary has reached harumph nirvana

      • ryan
        ryan
        September 14, 2012 at 8:51 am | #

        now i want to see a photoshop of today’s joyce as a clown.

        • thomas0comer
          thomas0comer
          September 14, 2012 at 7:06 pm | #

          Why so serious?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      September 16, 2012 at 12:23 pm | #

      Didn’t she go off in a huff to find a more aggressive church? I’d be surprised if she returned to this one, which Joyce and co like so much.

  12. Think0028
    Think0028
    September 14, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    MAN it’s weird seeing Joyce in two different comics with two entirely different backstories for her.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 14, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

      Joyce standing in the house of the lord: he’s like “double-ply”.
      Joyce in the same room as Jesus: who’s the guy with the sash?

      Oh Joyce.

    • John
      John
      September 14, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

      Yeah. Seeing post-IW! Joyce again makes me kind of sad for this one. Yeah, IW! Joyce lived through war and death and sometimes resurrection of her friends and enemies and frenemies, but she grew up. It’s kind of painful seeing this Joyce rewound to where she was before all of that. But I guess that means we get to watch her grow up again.

      On a completely different topic, I notice that Joyce’s friend there isn’t in church.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        September 14, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

        DUN DUN DUNNN!

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          September 14, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

          Sometimes Gravatars are perfect. In this case, Elan gets an A+

          • GrrArg42
            GrrArg42
            September 18, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

            Thanks!!

      • Shazam
        Shazam
        September 14, 2012 at 12:32 pm | #

        I’m going to assume her church has a later service or an evening service for her to attend. Becky’s at a Christian college right? They probably have their own church (random assumptions from a Brit)

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          September 16, 2012 at 12:30 pm | #

          Probably this. When I went to a private school, we had chapel every day before school. Except on Friday, where we had actual class time for Chapel. Thus, the school MIGHT not have chapel on Sunday, because they’ve shown penance every day, but I can’t say for certain. I changed schools before I had to stay in the dorms, but they might have had chapel Sunday morning.

    • dethtoll
      dethtoll
      September 14, 2012 at 1:36 am | #

      not even two backstories, just the sheer CONTRAST of them is breathtaking.

  13. AliaPie
    AliaPie
    September 14, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    So cuteeeee aaaaaa

  14. Godly
    Godly
    September 14, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    I fell like if Joyce is sad when she finds out about Ethan, Becky will be angry and may or may not yell at him. Anyone else agree?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 14, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      I’m just imagining Becky yelling across the entire state so loudly that Ethan can hear and feel ashamed.

      • Godly
        Godly
        September 14, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

        Yes. I also have a strange want for Becky to punch Ethan. Ooh, or have Amber block the punch, then get mad at Ethan and chew him out.

        Also, for some reason I feel like Becky is anti-gay. (Note: I haven’t read Roomies-J&W. Only SP and DOA, so I’m not certain. *sigh*)

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          September 14, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

          Becky, for what it’s worth, is fairly on Joyce’s level in Joyce and Walky!, and both at this point are fairly grown up and mature about their points of view. Walkyverse!Becky doesn’t strike me as a homophobe.

          • Godly
            Godly
            September 14, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

            Ah. Thanks for the heads-up. I need to get around to reading those. Whatever the case, Ethan is at least going to get yelled at by someone by the end of this.

            • Wack'd
              Wack'd
              September 14, 2012 at 2:34 am | #

              Well, I mean, keep in mind that DOA!Becky flipped her shit when she found out Joyce dated a Jew. Walkyverse!Becky being mature and accepting isn’t likely to come into play here.

              • Godly
                Godly
                September 14, 2012 at 3:25 am | #

                Ah. Then it could go either way. I blame Willis and his darn alternate realities making us look at characters differently. DAAAMN YOU WILLIS

  15. petsinwinter
    petsinwinter
    September 14, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

    My reaction too, joyce. but for different reasons

  16. Ebonsaber
    Ebonsaber
    September 14, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

    Gotta admit, Joyce’s joygasm face made me giggle…

  17. Kafloobop
    Kafloobop
    September 14, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

    …….That last panel is legitimately terrifying.

    • Resne
      Resne
      September 14, 2012 at 2:56 am | #

      It’s the same face shippers make.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        September 16, 2012 at 12:06 pm | #

        That’s what we refer to as a “squee”.

  18. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 14, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

    Poor Joyce, Ethan’s cooties have invaded her body and messed with her brain.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      September 14, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

      She is getting a contact high. She is seeing lots of Joyce and Ethan babies.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        September 14, 2012 at 7:57 pm | #

        Y’know, I can see Joyce referring to things she likes as “totally babies.”

  19. C.
    C.
    September 14, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

    Becky’s roommate doesn’t have a tag. Who is she?

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 14, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

      Don’t know, but I bet Joe “has a pool going”.

    • Raen
      Raen
      September 14, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

      Honestly, my first thought was that she was supposed to be Hot Dog Water – of course, then she’d have a broach.

  20. NinjaRoni92
    NinjaRoni92
    September 14, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

    is it bad that I know what song is going on in the bockground?

    • LauraS
      LauraS
      September 14, 2012 at 8:55 am | #

      Nope. It’s a good hymn.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      September 14, 2012 at 12:40 pm | #

      No, not when they’re in the chorus where they’re singing the title, then repeating it, sandwiching the word Lord in there. Also, since this is the third song of the service, they should start going to the slower tempo songs, to go from the jump-jive-and-wail mood to a more prayerful mood.

  21. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    September 14, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

    “I’m holding hands! With a BOY! I’M GONNA HAVE HIS BABIES!!!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 14, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

      Careful with all that unprotected hand-holding. Wear a glove.

      • Phil
        Phil
        September 14, 2012 at 1:47 am | #

        You know what they say: no glove, no love.

  22. Nym
    Nym
    September 14, 2012 at 1:53 am | #

    Aw, Joyce. From cute to creepy in just four panels.

  23. Audiophillie
    Audiophillie
    September 14, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

    Oh no, this is a MUCH more distressing Friday comic.

  24. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    September 14, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

    Ethan, let go. This is one of the stories that ends with you dead and the girl wearing a suit of your skin.

    • hmrc4evr
      hmrc4evr
      September 14, 2012 at 3:00 am | #

      Let’s not give Syfi (ugh) channel any more movie ideas please.

      • Sagara S.
        Sagara S.
        September 14, 2012 at 1:52 pm | #

        It has always been, and forever shall be, SciFi. I refuse to acknowledge ‘syfy’ as a thing.

        • Toad
          Toad
          September 15, 2012 at 4:19 am | #

          Except Polish for syphilis.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          September 16, 2012 at 12:03 pm | #

          You know that’s pretty much OK since they refuse to acknowledge you as a fan as they continue their descent toward becoming Spike TV, just as G4 did before them.

  25. Boom
    Boom
    September 14, 2012 at 2:41 am | #

    This must’ve been what happened before… with what’s-his-face, the dude Dorothy digs. In that alternate universe.

  26. ASmellyOgre
    ASmellyOgre
    September 14, 2012 at 2:47 am | #

    Man, between this and today’s questionable content, I think I’ve had more than my daily dose of creepy comedy.

  27. Spazman
    Spazman
    September 14, 2012 at 6:14 am | #

    is anyone else reminded of Candace Flynn’s strange laugh when they saw the last panel?

    • Ren
      Ren
      September 14, 2012 at 7:08 am | #

      No it’s no-….darnet yep. Crap. -_- Now i’m hearing it in the back of my mind.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      September 14, 2012 at 10:10 am | #

      Haha nice

    • thomas0comer
      thomas0comer
      September 14, 2012 at 7:20 pm | #

      I had to look this up. That laugh will haunt my nightmares. What have you done to meeeeee.

    • Andy
      Andy
      September 14, 2012 at 8:53 pm | #

      Damn, you beat me to it. By, like, 14 hours or something.

    • Mo
      Mo
      September 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm | #

      MOOOOM! Phineas and Ferb are converting gay Jews!

  28. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    September 14, 2012 at 6:51 am | #

    Next week Mike will do something assholish (word I made up) to expose (double entendre fully intended) Ethan to Joyce. It just has to happen that way. MAKE IT SO!

  29. Jackson
    Jackson
    September 14, 2012 at 6:51 am | #

    ARGH

    JOYCE

  30. Furie
    Furie
    September 14, 2012 at 7:46 am | #

    That’s it. I’ve definitely dated Joyce in real life.

  31. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    September 14, 2012 at 7:55 am | #

    WOW.

    EPIC CUTENESS, achieved!

    Well played, Mr. Willis. Well played, indeed.

  32. Gneiss
    Gneiss
    September 14, 2012 at 8:15 am | #

    I like that Sierra is one of the tags in this comic, because her arm is slightly visible in the last panel.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 14, 2012 at 10:44 am | #

      Sierra is secretly the main character of this storyline.

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        September 14, 2012 at 7:22 pm | #

        Sierra is secretly the main character of this *webcomic.*
        Fixed it fer ya.

  33. ArkhamTexan
    ArkhamTexan
    September 14, 2012 at 8:21 am | #

    And then Mike punches Joyce in her adorable face for those impure thoughts.

    The adorableness of Joyce. It is adorable.

  34. Chenrezi
    Chenrezi
    September 14, 2012 at 8:58 am | #

    HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
    HEE HEE HEE
    HEE HEE HEE HEE
    HEE HEE
    HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
    HEE HEE
    HEE HEE HEE

    • ArkhamTexan
      ArkhamTexan
      September 14, 2012 at 9:35 am | #

      O_O;

    • BD
      BD
      September 14, 2012 at 10:03 am | #

      That’s kinda disturbing with the Ruth icon.

  35. LauraS
    LauraS
    September 14, 2012 at 8:58 am | #

    Is it sad how shocked I am to see a dorm room with beds that are actually made? And neatly, too! God, I feel lazy.

    • Marshall Erickson
      Marshall Erickson
      September 14, 2012 at 9:17 am | #

      Then again, it is a webcomic.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        September 14, 2012 at 11:02 am | #

        And she’s a Christian. There’s a correlation, right?

        • Matt of Steel
          Matt of Steel
          September 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm | #

          Oh yes. They are a very neat people.

          I believe their motto is: “Cleanliness is next to godliness”.

          • thelastnerd
            thelastnerd
            September 15, 2012 at 12:22 pm | #

            I think you’re confusing Christians with cats.

  36. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    September 14, 2012 at 9:22 am | #

    If he hadn’t been gay before, this would have done it.

  37. BD
    BD
    September 14, 2012 at 10:05 am | #

    Eventually she’s going to run out of tall dudes on campus to hold hands with, break glasses into their faces, and hold hands with.

  38. Bill
    Bill
    September 14, 2012 at 10:30 am | #

    Well, now that she had already posted it on facebook and twitter, personal calls is all that’s left!

  39. begbert2
    begbert2
    September 14, 2012 at 10:34 am | #

    Let’s see, so far Joyce has talked, flirted, used a cell phone, and started giggling like a maniac, in the middle of service. It’s surprising that the only person we’ve noticed glaring at her so far is Mary.

    In the church I was taken to, people would have been shushing her and trying to use telepathy to tell her to step out into the hall by now. (She would have merited dirty looks from the start for being a girl wearing pants -jeans!- in church from the start, but that’s a different matter.)

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      September 14, 2012 at 11:04 am | #

      The sweatervest forgives all.

  40. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    September 14, 2012 at 12:44 pm | #

    If I was Ethan I’d be freaking out right now. Joyce’s face in panel 4 is gonna give me nightmares.

  41. David
    David
    September 14, 2012 at 1:24 pm | #

    Joyce is not good with this kind of thing.

  42. Ray
    Ray
    September 14, 2012 at 1:27 pm | #

    Right about now Ethan should be starting to get the idea that he needs to let Joyce down easy. Whether or not that happens depends on how funny the train wreck would be if he doesn’t. Although at this point I’m not sure how the fallout will be different between doing it now and putting it off for later. It’s not like Joyce is going to try to get him into bed or something like that.

    Hell, you know what? Never mind. If she’s this worked up over holding hands, and as sex-phobic as her character stereotype typically is, she’s never going to get to a place with Ethan where him being gay even matters.

  43. Wixvhen
    Wixvhen
    September 14, 2012 at 4:19 pm | #

    Why does it feel like this is her equivalent of doing a dirty deed? And what’s her expression going to turn to when she realizes that not only is he homosexual, but jewish.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      September 14, 2012 at 6:18 pm | #

      She already knows he’s jewish.

      • Wixvhen
        Wixvhen
        September 15, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

        Jewish and that he won’t convert. Better?

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          September 15, 2012 at 12:53 pm | #

          Yes.

  44. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    September 15, 2012 at 2:34 am | #

    Am I seeing a different face? Because I’m seeing a face that suggests Ethan just popped Joyce’s hand-cherry, and I may not sleep for a week. I’m traumatized.

  45. Harry
    Harry
    September 15, 2012 at 3:44 am | #

    Joyce…

    Joooooyce…

    Sigh…

  46. Random New Commenter
    Random New Commenter
    September 16, 2012 at 2:53 am | #

    Only premarital sex can save him from the homosexuals disease!

    *neon sarcasm font*

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      September 18, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

      Sarcasm font is in neon? I’ve been doing it wrong!

      PS Welcome to the commenting! <—Not neon.

  47. CleverTrousers
    CleverTrousers
    January 4, 2016 at 7:04 am | #

    Somebody’s gettin’ a lil’ sumthing later.

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