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Smokin

by David M Willis on November 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce, mike, sal, walky

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 1, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal is bad ass. The smoking proves it.

    Also, I want to see Joyce touching her bike and making it go vroom (God I’m immature)

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      November 1, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

      Correction: The complete disinterest in everything going on AND the smoking prove her badasssery.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 1, 2010 at 12:25 am | #

      I wanna see Joyce touching SAL and making her go vroom. >_>

      • Kokopure
        Kokopure
        November 2, 2010 at 12:43 am | #

        Haha, I’ll be honest, the first time I read this I thought Joyce said “I like your bike / Can I touch your hair”. If only…

    • Trent
      Trent
      November 1, 2010 at 2:53 am | #

      Damnit, I was going to say something like this and you beat me to it.

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        November 1, 2010 at 10:52 pm | #

        Well, you have the same random avatar… so you can pretend you said it first? 😛

        • DCHorror
          DCHorror
          November 4, 2010 at 11:06 pm | #

          Until the random avatars change again.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 1, 2010 at 12:57 pm | #

      I’ve never found smoking to be badass or attractive. It just makes me want to vomit.

      • Hewlett
        Hewlett
        November 1, 2010 at 1:22 pm | #

        I concur, predominantly. Can look cool in exceptional circumstances too fiddly to post, but even then, I get a crawling ‘He/she’s going to cough up a chunk of lungflesh one day’ sensation in the back of my mind.

        • Crimson Doom
          Crimson Doom
          June 25, 2013 at 6:05 pm | #

          I saw “lungfish” instead of “lungflesh”. That was an interesting mental image…

  2. Someone
    Someone
    November 1, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    It’s almost a relief that Sal isn’t the catholic girl she coulda been. Yaaaay Sal. I also wish to touch the bike. Can I? CAN I?!

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 1, 2010 at 12:35 am | #

      NO, NO BIKE TOUCHING FOR YOU!

  3. Wackd
    Wackd
    November 1, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Is this coming out kind of pixelated for anyone else?

    Also–YAY! Southern accent!

    • FortMax
      FortMax
      November 1, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

      That’s because he uploaded a 1750.89 KB 3600×1200 image, and the site’s scaling it to 980×327.

  4. Jake
    Jake
    November 1, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    “Lahk prison.” It’s now my favorite thing to say.

  5. Andrew
    Andrew
    November 1, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    … *touch*

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      November 1, 2010 at 7:27 am | #

      You got the touch…
      You got the power!

      • nothri
        nothri
        November 6, 2014 at 7:16 pm | #

        No. Just no.

  6. Umer
    Umer
    November 1, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Southern accent…love it, I want it (even though I’m Canadian eh).

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      November 1, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

      Of course you do. Everyone does. We’re awesome. Do you notice how even a non-native southerner was able to make Joyce go gay within seconds?

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 1, 2010 at 1:04 pm | #

        Everyone knows that there is only one accent greater than a Texan accent.

        An English one.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          November 1, 2010 at 1:57 pm | #

          Any type of British accent automatically makes someone ten time more attractive that they would normally be.

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            November 2, 2010 at 8:03 am | #

            This knowledge makes me extremely happy to be British.

    • andersonfire
      andersonfire
      November 1, 2010 at 12:50 am | #

      As a Torontonian who moved to Texas a few years back, I can tell you that the two accents kinda cancel each other out.

    • Deviltrig
      Deviltrig
      November 1, 2010 at 9:44 am | #

      question. If Sal wasn’t technically southern at all because she and Walky weren’t separated at birth, then why does she still have the accent… not complaining, just curious.

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 1, 2010 at 10:11 am | #

        Third panel, dude! Third panel!

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 1, 2010 at 11:54 pm | #

        believe me, you pick it up fast.

  7. Joebo
    Joebo
    November 1, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    1. “Yes.”
    2. “Thanks.”
    3. “…No.”

  8. Animal
    Animal
    November 1, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

    Panel 1. Limited print.

    • Haven
      Haven
      November 1, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

      please

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        November 1, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

        Seconded!

  9. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    November 1, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    Walky is scared of Sal.

    Reeeeally gotta wonder how their upbringing went, right?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 1, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

      I imagine she sat on him a lot.

      Not in any sort of gross sexual way you pervs.

      • Jake
        Jake
        November 1, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

        ^Please tell me this is a random Gravatar.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          November 1, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

          Nope, made it myself.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 1, 2010 at 12:25 am | #

      Though I don’t think he’s afraid of her in the 3rd panel. I think he’s laughing at her accent.

      • JackNapier
        JackNapier
        November 1, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

        But look at his face in panel 3 and the way he says that first line. He looks intimidated, if you ask me.

  10. Bean
    Bean
    November 1, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    So very awesome. (Anime-style Heart eyes go here)

  11. Joebo
    Joebo
    November 1, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    I thought Denmark was prison?

    • Gold Starz
      Gold Starz
      November 1, 2010 at 9:20 pm | #

      What place ISN’T like prison anymore? It’s all rules and no fun. D’:

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 6, 2010 at 3:55 pm | #

        Thats why I live on the Moon!

  12. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    November 1, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

    I wonder where in TN Sal was, considering Walky’s hesitation before saying the name of the state. And his laughter after “Lahk prison.”

    • bramblepatch
      bramblepatch
      November 1, 2010 at 1:55 am | #

      I interpreted that as “So, uh, how was,” Catholic school? she just showed up on a motercycle and she’s smoking that’s obviously a stupid question what can I say that won’t make her knock me over and sit on me, “uh, Tennessee?”

      That may be crediting Walky with more rational thought than he’s actually capable of, though.

      • Robert in San Diego
        Robert in San Diego
        November 1, 2010 at 9:36 am | #

        Dear Bramblepatch:
        Nice thought, but I was thinking “How [I can’t blow her past and say PRISON]was, uh, Tennessee?” was the Walky thought process.

        What are my odds on Jason being a Literature graduate student?

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 6, 2010 at 3:56 pm | #

          Math prof

  13. Pariah Jones
    Pariah Jones
    November 1, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

    How much hate is in Billie’s eyes now that she’s no longer center of attention?

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      November 1, 2010 at 7:30 am | #

      This will probably lead her to talk to Mike and start the BilliexMike relationship. He’ll tear her down so that she tries to drink herself to death. And that’ll be the major drama bomb this time.

  14. No0ne
    No0ne
    November 1, 2010 at 12:34 am | #

    And now I dislike Sal…

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      November 1, 2010 at 12:46 am | #

      Why? (Honest question, as nothing she does today seems objectionable)

      • andersonfire
        andersonfire
        November 1, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

        For the smoking?

        Hey, I dunno, I definitely still like Sal. Bad Catholic schoolgirl? Rawr!

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 1, 2010 at 8:08 pm | #

          No, for wasting a perfect match. She could have used that to light that cigarette, then light some one on fire…

          If your going to use matches to light cigarettes then the least you could do is light some one fire with it after…

          Otherwise buy a lighter!

          • Kiwii
            Kiwii
            November 1, 2010 at 8:26 pm | #

            Yeah! I honestly thought Sal would be more of the zippo type…

          • Gold Starz
            Gold Starz
            November 1, 2010 at 9:21 pm | #

            Don’t be stupid…

            …

            …

            Sal has lighter just for THAT, duh.

  15. Nick Wright
    Nick Wright
    November 1, 2010 at 12:34 am | #

    Anyone else getting flashbacks to Kimagure Orange Road?

    • John Biles
      John Biles
      November 1, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

      This totally made me think of Ayukawa Madoka and now I cannot help but imagine Kyosuke being replaced by Joyce and laughing until I fall down.

      • KORfan
        KORfan
        November 1, 2010 at 3:29 am | #

        OMG me too! Except I imagine Joyce as Hikaru, ignoring the fact that they knew each other since childhood. ^_^

  16. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    November 1, 2010 at 12:41 am | #

    So I guess you could say she’s…smoking hot?
    *ducks*

    • Dahlia
      Dahlia
      November 1, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

      D’OH HO! : D

  17. NF
    NF
    November 1, 2010 at 12:41 am | #

    I want to make out with today’s comic.

    • NF
      NF
      November 1, 2010 at 12:42 am | #

      And my avatar is Joyce. This is awesome.

  18. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 1, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    Tennessee is totally like prison.

    With tobacco as far as the eye can see.

  19. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    November 1, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

    NICE!

  20. Dierna
    Dierna
    November 1, 2010 at 1:06 am | #

    Joyce should have also asked a 4th question. “Will Mike ever talk?”

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      November 1, 2010 at 10:26 am | #

      Because Sal is the Oracle?

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 1, 2010 at 6:16 pm | #

      I concur

  21. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    November 1, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

    Sal does lose some cool points for the smoking, IMO. No offense. >_>

  22. Chad from Canada
    Chad from Canada
    November 1, 2010 at 1:49 am | #

    All these questions answered and more! On the next, Days of our Dumb-age.

  23. LurkerAbove
    LurkerAbove
    November 1, 2010 at 1:49 am | #

    Oh yea, accent’s still there! <3 Sal. 😀

  24. Rusty_Unycorn
    Rusty_Unycorn
    November 1, 2010 at 1:56 am | #

    BAD JOYCE! NO SAL FOR YOU!
    Go stay with Billie.
    Also, SAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

    • Rusty_Unycorn
      Rusty_Unycorn
      November 1, 2010 at 2:03 am | #

      And I’m still that random background chick, what ever her name is.

      • JackNapier
        JackNapier
        November 1, 2010 at 2:05 am | #

        Mary. In another life, she was Sal’s best friend in high school.

        • Osaru Sensei
          Osaru Sensei
          November 2, 2010 at 4:14 am | #

          … Which makes it awesome

          • Osaru Sensei
            Osaru Sensei
            November 2, 2010 at 4:15 am | #

            … the coincidence, that is.

            Ruth FTW.

  25. Mirenheart
    Mirenheart
    November 1, 2010 at 2:12 am | #

    YEAH! Now when do we get to see the Giant Mutant Frosted Honey Bun?

    • Shashulfrashul
      Shashulfrashul
      November 1, 2010 at 3:22 pm | #

      I think it would be funny if there was a pastry shop with the GMFHB as their mascot.

  26. TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    November 1, 2010 at 2:35 am | #

    Yeah, Sal loses points for the smoking. I just *can’t* handle smoke smells (my parents kinda vaccinated me against it)

    …but otherwise, Damn, she’s Hot.

  27. Kiwii
    Kiwii
    November 1, 2010 at 3:07 am | #

    re:smoking.
    People who smoke generally understand the risks, the smell, and the fact that plenty of people don’t think its cool. …And unless they’re actually trying to quit, they don’t care. I have a feeling Sal isn’t too concerned. That’s why she’s a badass.

    Go Sal!

    • Dahlia
      Dahlia
      November 1, 2010 at 4:15 am | #

      Agreed.

      My roommate smokes and she knows the risks and hazards of smoking full well and she really doesn’t care (though she says shes trying to tone it down).

      Smoking bad in my book, but the fact of the matter is that smokers just don’t give a rats a**, and its that level of non-nonchalant attitude towards what society views you as (without being/ smelling/ sounding like a smelly turd pile) hat makes them all the more appealing.

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      November 1, 2010 at 4:21 am | #

      …If by “badass” you mean “asshole”.

      Of course smokers don’t care– they’re junkies. Junkies don’t give a damn for anyone or anything else in the world aside from getting their next fix.

      Sal and Mike should make out now so Mike can turn and spit his chaw out when they’re done, just to maintain his Ayatollah of Assahola status in the face of this new challenger.

      • Caroline
        Caroline
        November 1, 2010 at 7:48 am | #

        I… think you’re overstating just a bit here. I’ve never seen a smoker selling his-or-herself on the street for just one puff, for example. I’m pretty sure all of the smokers I’ve met actually have people and things that matter more to them than their cigarettes.

        • Grikmeer
          Grikmeer
          November 1, 2010 at 11:41 am | #

          The only reason that people don’t need to sell themselves for smokes is that they’re the only legal drug apart from alcohol that’s easily available in every town in the country (both yours and mine) for an affordable price. If cigarettes were as rare and pricey as heroin, you’d probably have that situation sooner or later.

        • Not me
          Not me
          November 1, 2010 at 6:34 pm | #

          “On the street, for one puff”, no.

          “In a dorm, for a pack”… um… well…

      • Smoker
        Smoker
        November 1, 2010 at 6:38 pm | #

        @TexasNinjaBuzzard – Get a grip, dude. Did someone ritually burn you with cigarettes or something? Most smokers enjoy smoking, so they do. Anyone who is incapable of quitting is simply weak-willed.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          November 1, 2010 at 8:20 pm | #

          Because, as we all know, there is no such thing as chemical addiction.

          Also, poor people are all just lazy.

          • TexasNinjaBuzzard
            TexasNinjaBuzzard
            November 2, 2010 at 2:30 am | #

            And everyone has THE INALIENABLE RIGHT to fsck with other people’s lungs in public just ‘cuz they’re too lazy to manage a spit cup to get their nicotine.

            Also global warming is a myth on account of all thermometers made in the last four hundred years have a well-known liberal bias.

      • Kiwii
        Kiwii
        November 1, 2010 at 8:19 pm | #

        As a smoker I can promise you I’m not a junkie or an asshole. I make my choices and I do my part to be considerate of the environment and the people around me. Are there people who are assholes? Yes, but there are pleenty of non-smokers who are total dicks too. And, as someone who has experienced several forms of withdrawl first hand I can assure you that nicotine is NOTHING like the kinds of drugs that change a person from a human being into an addiction.

        Also maybe I just haven’t seen the comments, but why are people so up in arms about Sal smoking but not about Billie being an alcoholic? Alcoholism is just as if not more dangerous than smoking and has a far more disruptive effect on the lives of the sick and their families.

        Everyone makes choices, in anycase. And I still feel that a bad ass chick smoking in a cartoon for adults is just fine.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          November 1, 2010 at 8:23 pm | #

          Sal is supposed to be awesome in every way, and for some people that includes “doesn’t smell like an ashtray”.

          Billie, on the other hand, is held to no high standard.

          • Kiwii
            Kiwii
            November 1, 2010 at 8:30 pm | #

            But one of the things i’ve always loved about Sal was her panchant for making really bad choices! I mean, it usually worked out in the end, for the most part, but she has never ever been perfect. Though I guess awesome and perfect aren’t exactly the same thing. I guess it depends on one’s definition of awesome…

        • JackNapier
          JackNapier
          November 2, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

          I think that people are up in arms about Sal being a smoker because that’s a trait she never showed before in the previous comic. Billie was an alcoholic in previous continuity, so that’s why people don’t really care about that as much.

      • Rusty_Unycorn
        Rusty_Unycorn
        November 1, 2010 at 9:22 pm | #

        @TexasNinjaBuzzard
        ….
        You know what? Go frag yourself. “Don’t care about people?” Excuse me. I just don’t care about dicks like you. HOW DARE YOU RUIN MY SALVADOR FOR ME!!!

        • TexasNinjaBuzzard
          TexasNinjaBuzzard
          November 2, 2010 at 2:40 am | #

          I don’t actually care about Sal hittin’ the stinkweed, I just hate smokers in general because there are only about a dozen of them in the world (like a couple of people who make a webcomic about cats) who assign more value to Common Damn Courtesy than they do to feeding their addiction. Potheads smoke too, but they almost always take special care to keep every bit of that puff in their own lungs.

          Sal being an asshole or not doesn’t bother me, because she wrings hilarious responses out of everyone around her; Mike is some kind of multiversal singularity of assholery, and he’s one of my favorite characters here or in SP!.

          • Smoker
            Smoker
            November 2, 2010 at 5:34 pm | #

            So it’s settled then, the problem is not smokers, the problem is that you are a hateful person. Check.

          • Rusty_Unycorn
            Rusty_Unycorn
            November 2, 2010 at 7:29 pm | #

            …… Yes…….
            At least you aren’t ragging at us about our choices.

  28. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    November 1, 2010 at 4:12 am | #

    Aw, man. I was really hoping she wouldn’t keep the “Git OWT-A mah HAY-ID!” action. She is now and henceforth voiced for me by whoever VA’ed Rogue in the ’90s X-Men cartoon.

    • JesseJanitect
      JesseJanitect
      November 2, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

      Evolution? Meghan Black.
      And it doesn’t work. Rogue’s Mississippi, not Tennessee.

      • TexasNinjaBuzzard
        TexasNinjaBuzzard
        November 2, 2010 at 2:22 am | #

        And Willis is Indianohio, not… Anywhere South Of Indianohio. Probably some mole men from West Virginny escaped their corporate overseers and crawled out of the perditious undercoaltowns to wander by the bottom end of IAOH at some point to provide examples, but Northern People write fuggin’ hilarious “southern” accents, is what i’m sayin’.

        …Oh, who the hell am I kidding, I’m a Texan— everything northeast of Arkansas pretty much rates as “Yankee” in my book. It snows up there, for cryin’ out loud!

  29. Lan M.
    Lan M.
    November 1, 2010 at 6:12 am | #

    I nominate Sal for DoA President. Why? Badassery.

  30. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    November 1, 2010 at 9:06 am | #

    And the response to those “three things” are as follows.
    1. Yep

    2. Thanks, ah guess.

    3. No.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      November 1, 2010 at 9:20 am | #

      I already said as much earlier, but thanks for trying.

      • Shashulfrashul
        Shashulfrashul
        November 1, 2010 at 3:25 pm | #

        If she really didn’t care, wouldn’t it be:
        1)Meh
        2)Meh
        3)Touch my bike and lose your hand (after all, she was in… catholic school?)

  31. Cha
    Cha
    November 1, 2010 at 9:46 am | #

    Sal, it’s so very good to see your faaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.
    -coughs- I missed my chance on the last strip. >>

    • Cha
      Cha
      November 1, 2010 at 9:50 am | #

      Also, someone tell me I’m not the only one thinking that when Ruth and Sal meet, that if Ruth has a fight with Sal like she did with Billie, that Sal’s going to kick Ruth’s ass?

      • Maiden
        Maiden
        November 1, 2010 at 7:25 pm | #

        yor gravatar is oosaka isint it? that face she makes, makes me read what you say with her voice.

        • Cha
          Cha
          November 2, 2010 at 3:27 am | #

          Yup. ;D Osaka is my anime/manga mind-twin. xD I even have the dub accent.
          And having you get it in her voice is part of the fun. 8D

  32. Aeron
    Aeron
    November 1, 2010 at 10:00 am | #

    Sal will try to have a fling with Joyce just because, calling it right now.

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 1, 2010 at 6:19 pm | #

      Premarital hanky-panky!

  33. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    November 1, 2010 at 10:48 am | #

    I’m so happy you kept both Sal’s accent and her anime-long hair, it just wouldn’t be Sal without them!

    Also, Sal? Badass.

  34. Leaving a Comment
    Leaving a Comment
    November 1, 2010 at 10:49 am | #

    Oh Sal, Tennessee is like a prison, I know. I know.

  35. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 1, 2010 at 10:59 am | #

    What I want to know is, why did Mr. and Mrs. Walkerton send Sal to Catholic school anyway? Obviously it was to straighten her out (a plan that appears to have failed), but what was it that made them decide to take such an action? I’m so excited to find out.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 1, 2010 at 1:15 pm | #

      She killed the third triplet.

  36. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    November 1, 2010 at 12:56 pm | #

    The contrast of Sal and Joyce in the last panel is kind of awesome.

  37. bramble
    bramble
    November 1, 2010 at 1:15 pm | #

    So, I know Joyce is looking at the motorcycle in that last panel, but it kinda looks like she’s reading her questions off a prepared list or something.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      November 1, 2010 at 1:35 pm | #

      I thought so too!

  38. Shift
    Shift
    November 1, 2010 at 3:29 pm | #

    Going for every bad-girl cliche in the book, aren’t we Sal?

    So Walky’s nervous laughter at the end… is he kinda freaked out by his sister or something?

  39. Roborat
    Roborat
    November 1, 2010 at 4:26 pm | #

    How the hell does she keep all that hair inside her helmet? Wouldn’t it get in her faaaaaaace?

  40. XtraLargeRyan
    XtraLargeRyan
    November 1, 2010 at 4:27 pm | #

    maybe she WASNT sent to catholic school.. maybe it was… PRISON :O

    DUN DUN DUUUUUN

  41. LuckyCharmsHorrorShow
    LuckyCharmsHorrorShow
    November 1, 2010 at 6:53 pm | #

    ‘homeless man’ gravatar nao plx.

  42. Maiden
    Maiden
    November 1, 2010 at 7:29 pm | #

    walky looks nervous in panel two and it seems he just gets more nervous being around sal.

  43. Kiwii
    Kiwii
    November 1, 2010 at 7:57 pm | #

    Wait a sec, is she lighting her smoke with a match? Who does that??

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 1, 2010 at 8:09 pm | #

      People who enjoy setting things on fire after they light their cigarette!

      • Kiwii
        Kiwii
        November 1, 2010 at 8:32 pm | #

        You’re one of those peoeple, aren’t you?

        • Mage the Observer
          Mage the Observer
          November 1, 2010 at 8:59 pm | #

          Now, now. As long as nobody gets hurt, pyromania is just good clean fun!

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          November 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm | #

          I don’t smoke, but I do use matches to light people on fire if thats what your asking…

    • JesseJanitect
      JesseJanitect
      November 2, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

      It’s part of the whole badass routine; the boot strike looks cooler.

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 2, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

        Also, they don’t sell lighters in prison stores.

  44. Lis
    Lis
    May 24, 2013 at 2:43 am | #

    I had an English teacher who was known for responding to Joyce’s first question with “no I hadn’t heard”

  45. SgtNumnum
    SgtNumnum
    October 24, 2013 at 7:49 pm | #

    I agree with the title….also what’s with this Dorothy gravatar?

  46. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 10:24 am | #

    Over-compensating for Catholic school clearly. She’s going in a completely opposite direction to assert to rebellious individuality. It’s uh… Well, it’s Sal.

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