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by David M Willis on April 8, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Guess Who's Coming to Galasso's
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

Discussion (148) ¬

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  1. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    April 8, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Because, Walky, that’s what girls are supposed to do. Dudes are intrinsically dumb.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 8, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      While I don’t agree with what you say I will fight to the death your right to say it.

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        April 8, 2013 at 1:16 am | #

        I’m not sure if the lack of “for” in that comment was intentional or not, and that makes it all the better!

        • Crotonhurst
          Crotonhurst
          April 8, 2013 at 5:43 am | #

          Dude you are Totz plaid!
          OK, I got it out of my system now

          • CrazyPete
            CrazyPete
            July 4, 2013 at 5:27 pm | #

            Hey we have the same avatar

      • I dont know what to put here
        I dont know what to put here
        November 22, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

        Voltomoe.

    • Jenny Creed
      Jenny Creed
      June 4, 2013 at 5:21 pm | #

      I think dudes are usually brought up with low expectations that encourages them to not develop the same higher brain functions expected of ladydudes. Nothing that can’t be fixed.

  2. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 8, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky, is just trying to find stuff to be mad about at this point.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 8, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Maybe Walky just isn’t the type to ask people to do things for them, I can relate to that.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        April 8, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        Walky: low maintenance or lowest maintenance?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 8, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

          If his maintenance was stock, Dorothy would have offed herself by now.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 8, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

          Just make sure you feed him some McNuggets and he’s good to go.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            April 8, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

            He doesn’t even require that level of maintenance, he’ll provide his own mcnuggets!

            Honestly, I think that’s kinda why Dorothy likes him so much, he’s completely independant, nothing Walky desires is dependant on Dorothy and he’s even shown that he respects her own goals.

            • Notebooked
              Notebooked
              April 8, 2013 at 10:49 am | #

              That’s pretty much what I thought — they have fun together, but they have fun separately as well. Dorothy wants to be independent because she doesn’t want someone interfering with her goals, Walky wants to be independent because he wants to be a totally rad single guy with a house made of Lego and waterslides. (Which is pretty much the same reason. Huh.)

              New Grav, eh? Where’s it from?

              • IO
                IO
                April 8, 2013 at 11:36 am | #

                I assume grav is a term for their display image.
                It’s one of Hexidecimal’s faces. Hexidecimal being a villain from the CG cartoon Reboot from the 90’s. It’s totally radical.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  April 9, 2013 at 3:59 pm | #

                  While I knew it was Hex (loved that show, and saw the creators at Calgary comic con), I was having more fun thinking of it as a very pissed off V.

        • Robert
          Robert
          April 8, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

          He’s a low maintenance-maintenance man.

      • dcmeserve
        dcmeserve
        April 8, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

        Aaarg! A comma slice followed by a comma splice!

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          April 8, 2013 at 2:12 am | #

          I know. Does that make you want to smother them in their sleep, too, or is that just me?

          • Raoullefere
            Raoullefere
            April 8, 2013 at 2:35 am | #

            Er, somehow that wrote out a little harsher than I intended.

            I’d only smother them a little bit. Honest! Then, of course, I’d salute Der Grammar Führer.

            • Markus
              Markus
              April 8, 2013 at 6:02 am | #

              Too bad your German grammar is a bit off in that. :-p
              (“salute” takes an object in the accusative; this should be “den Grammar Führer.”)

              • Stephen
                Stephen
                April 8, 2013 at 10:03 am | #

                Grammar correction across two languages means extra points for Markus! 🙂

      • Robin
        Robin
        April 8, 2013 at 11:23 am | #

        Me too. I don’t ask people to do things for me, I wallow in my ineptitude until someone offers to help me.

    • lightsabermario
      lightsabermario
      April 8, 2013 at 3:36 am | #

      I, think you typed that wrong.

  3. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 8, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Because you have a spine made out of styrofoam.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 8, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      If that’s what Dorothy looks for in a guy, she never should have dumped Danny.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        April 8, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        No, see, Danny’s spine is made out of paper. She likes her guys spineless, but not THAT spineless.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 8, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          Also Danny was too much vanilla and not enough caramel.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            April 8, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

            Okay, Plasma, who is this blonde girl with some kind of hair decoration and what looks like a bag strap?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              April 8, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

              Clue: Does the series Inspector Gadget ring a bell?

              • Audiophillie
                Audiophillie
                April 8, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

                Hi Penny!

                • Josh
                  Josh
                  April 8, 2013 at 4:10 am | #

                  There’s only one true Penny.

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  April 8, 2013 at 9:30 am | #

                  Greatest Penny of them all.

                • HMRC4EVR
                  HMRC4EVR
                  April 8, 2013 at 9:33 am | #

                  Looks like Penny is a little more grown up there.

                  I did have the strangest Inspector Gadget related fanfic idea the other day: Penny, Jade Chan, Miko from Prime and Amy Mizuno/Sailor Mercury move in together and solve mysteries!

                  Sort of like a younger Golden Girls but with more mysteries and less hot flashes. Still lot of cheesecake though (insert rimshot here)

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 8, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          Ninja’d by Kernanator.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            April 8, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

            …I ninja’d somebody.

            D-Do I get a prize?

            Is there a medal or something?

            • Jereko
              Jereko
              April 8, 2013 at 3:23 pm | #

              There is a ninja medal. We show it to you, then we take it away.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 8, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        His was made out of paper.

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 8, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    “Curse you logic, CURSE YOU!”

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 8, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      “My old nemesis, common sense. We meet again!”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 8, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Logic is a dangerous thing for a Time Lord. 😀

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          April 8, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          Logic, my dear Plas, is for people to be wrong with authority.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 8, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Screw logic, I’m a robot.

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        April 8, 2013 at 9:38 am | #

        Autobot/Decepticon

        Guardian/Renagade

        Protecton/Terrorcore (feeling old school on that one!)

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          April 8, 2013 at 10:01 am | #

          You wanted old school? Tetsujin 28, Mazinger Z, Getter Robo.

        • 6Qubed
          6Qubed
          April 8, 2013 at 3:41 pm | #

          My first Walkyverse comment. Hello world!

          Speaking of Go-Bots, I used to watch that all the time as a kid and my mom taught me a quick and handy spagetti sauce recipe using GOBOTS as a mnemonic:

          Garlic
          Oregano
          Basil
          Onion powder (I hate real onions)
          Tomatoes
          Sauce

          Heat on medium, season to taste, and enjoy!

          • David
            David M Willis
            April 8, 2013 at 4:32 pm | #

            I am going to break your heart, but this isn’t your first Walkyverse comment, because this isn’t the Walkyverse. 😉

            • 6Qubed
              6Qubed
              April 9, 2013 at 4:07 am | #

              …

              …

              …

              FUCK

              (it’s still nice to be wherever the hell I am)

    • Mogotoo
      Mogotoo
      April 8, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      He should have known better and taken that 8am class with Dorothy.

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 8, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Good Walky, go fetch.

  6. Derek
    Derek
    April 8, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Story of my life??

    I always feel bad for asking people do help me with things, I wish they’d ask favours in return!

  7. Raen
    Raen
    April 8, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    This is Walky angry?

    • Josh
      Josh
      April 8, 2013 at 6:53 am | #

      No. This is Walky Angry: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030720.html

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 8, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Even though I know that it’s just small and sketchy cuz it’s a background object, I like to imagine the fire escape plans are just crudely drawn in crayon because the school can’t afford to print one out for every dorm room.

    • TheKelliestKelly
      TheKelliestKelly
      April 8, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

      Thank you for my new head canon

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        April 8, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

        Seconded.

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      April 8, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

      Of course, it could simply be that administrator in charge of safety isn’t allowed to use anything with a point any more.

  9. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    April 8, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Walky? You may want to keep in mind a few of the things she asked you to do was feel her up and go to bed with her. For that you can deal with grabbing lightbulbs and occasionally studying.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      April 8, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      For each grabbed boob, he must grab and replace 1 lightbulb over the course of their relationship.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 8, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        This may not seem like much now, but by the end of the relationship you will be several hundred lightbulbs in debt.

        • Mogotoo
          Mogotoo
          April 8, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

          The solution? Get married.

          • N0083rP00F
            N0083rP00F
            April 8, 2013 at 11:49 am | #

            But then he will be changing lightbulbs … and other things (diapers?) …. for the rest of his days…. or longer ….

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        April 8, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

        What if he just rubs them?

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          April 8, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

          Then a genie comes out of her.

          • Saru
            Saru
            April 8, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

            Oh dear, hilarious mental image.

            • N0083rP00F
              N0083rP00F
              April 8, 2013 at 11:51 am | #

              It’s been done but don’t try looking for the V***genie unless you … you know …. are prepared for it …..

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                April 9, 2013 at 4:03 pm | #

                Ah, fellow Oglaf fans I take it.

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  April 10, 2013 at 10:19 pm | #

                  I don’t know about N0083rP00F or timemonkey, but no. My mind just went there on its own.

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            April 8, 2013 at 5:56 pm | #

            You say “genie”, I say “hygiene malfunction”.

  10. Bronze Knight
    Bronze Knight
    April 8, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    I think the light is finally dawning on Walky on how these womenfolk work.

    (BaDum-Tish)

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      April 8, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Well of course it is! He isn’t the dimmest bulb in the chandelier you know!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 8, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        He’s simply radiating anger after being diffused like that, though.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          April 8, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          He’s resistant to orders.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            April 8, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

            He just knows watts up.

            • Bronze Knight
              Bronze Knight
              April 8, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

              Its these little moments that Amplify relationships to the next level.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              April 8, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

              Unfortunately, that resistance isn’t very conductive to a good relationship.

              • Mogotoo
                Mogotoo
                April 8, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

                Eh, who knows how far these two will go. It’s hard to tell in the current situation.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  April 8, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

                  What’s the bright idea making a pun like that?

                • smilr
                  smilr
                  April 8, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

                  If he does learn how women work, he could say this experience was illuminating.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  April 8, 2013 at 1:15 am | #

                  A shining example of chivalry.

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  April 8, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

                  Brilliant.

  11. Juliecat
    Juliecat
    April 8, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    So is this Dorothy’s dorm room? Will Walky get to have the makeouts?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 8, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      Makeout in the dark, now that’s romantic(said the guy who doesn’t even have a girlfriend)

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 8, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        I agree (said the guy who cries himself to sleep every night)

        • HeatPhoenix
          HeatPhoenix
          April 8, 2013 at 10:30 am | #

          you too, like me, will become the feels.

          do not be afraid

    • Mogotoo
      Mogotoo
      April 8, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

      Dorothy’s in front, so my guess is yes.

      • John
        John
        April 8, 2013 at 12:51 pm | #

        The way she likes it.

    • Stephen
      Stephen
      April 8, 2013 at 10:09 am | #

      Of course! Fixing stuff is inherently sexy.

  12. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    April 8, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    Dammit Willis why’d you change scenes when things were getting good? D:

  13. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 8, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

    How many Walkies does it take to screw in a light bulb?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 8, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      3.
      One to screw in the lightbulb,
      One to get Nachitos on his shirt
      and A 3rd to get them all Mcnuggets.

    • Mogotoo
      Mogotoo
      April 8, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      Two.

      One to screw in the ball, and another to jump out a window.

      • Mogotoo
        Mogotoo
        April 8, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

        Woah, bulb, what the hell am I saying?

      • Josh
        Josh
        April 8, 2013 at 5:18 am | #

        Screw the ball? I think you are doing sex wrong. 😉

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          April 8, 2013 at 3:34 pm | #

          It beats waiting til afterwards; then you’re risking her running off and leaving you with just a shoe.

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      April 8, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      One

      BLAST OFF!

      …Wait I got lost seeing the other two count down

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      April 8, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      Zero.

      Walky just fetches the lightbulbs, Dorothy changes them.

    • Mogotoo
      Mogotoo
      April 8, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      -1.

      Replacing a light bulb gives you a Walky.

    • Iak
      Iak
      April 8, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

      -2

      OH GOD THEY’RE MULTIPLYING

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      April 8, 2013 at 2:19 am | #

      It’s a difficult question. First, we have to decide just how small we can shrink our Walkies. Then we have to see if they really feel that way about one another.

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      April 8, 2013 at 2:50 am | #

      ~100000000000000. Because they don’t consider it worth the effort of doing themselves, so it can only occur as an incidental result of the lightbulb’s response to their gravitational pull.

  14. ridtom
    ridtom
    April 8, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

    “How DARE you use logical arguments! Next thing you’ll want me to be REASONABLE!”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 8, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

      Or worse, you want me to use MATH!

      • Davriel
        Davriel
        April 8, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

        “Your logic does not affect me!”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          April 8, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

          “Your logic has no power here”

          • Logic
            Logic
            April 8, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

            I have no influence in this realm.

  15. Iceholder
    Iceholder
    April 8, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

    There is… logic… in what he says.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 8, 2013 at 2:11 pm | #

      OF COURSE! DON’T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE!

  16. LtSaraD
    LtSaraD
    April 8, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

    because sexy and smart.

  17. John
    John
    April 8, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

    I’ve lost track of time. Are we still inside the two-week Danny-will-jump-out-the-window-if-Walky-gets-into-Dorothy’s-pants limit?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      April 8, 2013 at 9:34 am | #

      I think we might be on week three.

  18. Nono
    Nono
    April 8, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

    Am I the only one surprised at how Joe of all people is second to last on the poll? I mean, it’s Joe. Does nobody remember him in his underwear?

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      April 8, 2013 at 2:38 am | #

      Sorry, he’s been out-Joed by Jacob.

      • Josh
        Josh
        April 8, 2013 at 6:26 am | #

        Looks like this calls for a Joe off!

  19. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    April 8, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

    Close choice between Jacob and Mike. Love Mike my favorite of all time. But Jacob is for eye candy and then some.
    Joe thinks well enough of himself that being low on poll won’t bother him.
    Logic does not apply to Walky and Dorothy. Most mismatched duo here. But cute.

  20. Raoullefere
    Raoullefere
    April 8, 2013 at 2:22 am | #

    If I were you, Walky, I’d be more upset about being nicknamed ‘Dangit.’

  21. teasugarsalt
    teasugarsalt
    April 8, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

    She’s wearing your stupid cheese shirt, what more do you WANT?

    • Josh
      Josh
      April 8, 2013 at 6:27 am | #

      He wants people to appreciate cheese shirts for what they are, and not discriminate against them by calling them stupid.

      Who would want anything less?

    • Leonou
      Leonou
      April 8, 2013 at 2:16 pm | #

      Dorothy had to ask him to pick a piece of clothing for her … therefore asking her to wear an awesome cheese shirt was still following her orders !
      She’s totally using him as a tool !

  22. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    April 8, 2013 at 3:07 am | #

    In case of fire, sit down and draw with crayons.

  23. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    April 8, 2013 at 3:22 am | #

    What do you mean, ‘maybe a step-ladder’? Do you need a step ladder or don’t you? Based on the ceilings in every panel of the comic so far, I’d guess that she needs a step-ladder. Maybe even an ordinary ladder.

    Actually, she seems to be looking almost directly upwards at the lightbulb from right in the corner of the room. That suggests that the roof is extremely high, so that even a small angle from the wall translates to a reasonable horizontal difference. I have created a helpful diagram to illustrate this point.

    Helpful diagram

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      April 8, 2013 at 3:24 am | #

      Oh no. I have found the single unprofessional component of my diagram. I misspelled ‘reasonable’. I assure you that the error was merely typographical in nature.

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        April 8, 2013 at 2:10 pm | #

        Actually there is an other mistake.
        You remembered to spot the Feral Dina in the room but misplaced her. Dina ALWAYS hides behind the door, so that when she reveals herself you can’t escape !

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        April 9, 2013 at 4:05 pm | #

        Dude, pull yourself together. Focus!

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      April 8, 2013 at 9:36 am | #

      …Diagrams? Faz, is that you?

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        April 8, 2013 at 6:17 pm | #

        Perhaps it is Wen?

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      April 8, 2013 at 3:32 pm | #

      Adding in “maybe” to an addition to a request is a subconscious attempt to seem less demanding.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 8, 2013 at 3:38 pm | #

      Given that the light switch is at shoulder level, maybe she’s just that short.

  24. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    April 8, 2013 at 5:12 am | #

    I actually understand how Walky feels here. As someone who hates asking people to do anything for him, it is exceedingly rare for me to ask favours of anyone. I will find a way to do it myself if at all possible, only turning to others as a last resort. While I don’t mind helping people out if they ask for it, over the course of a long relationship, I could easily see why Walky might start to feel put upon if Dorothy is always asking him to do things while Walky never does likewise.

  25. Weebles
    Weebles
    April 8, 2013 at 8:01 am | #

    I’m afraid I don’t understand why him not asking her to do things of course means she has to ask him to do things?

    I’m not saying she shouldn’t ask, I’m just saying her explanation doesn’t make sense to me.

    • madd
      madd
      April 8, 2013 at 9:14 am | #

      Her explanation makes sense if you read Walky’s question. He didn’t ask why she asked him to do things, but why it was always her asking him.

      • Weebles
        Weebles
        April 8, 2013 at 5:12 pm | #

        Ah, hm. Yes, that’s technically accurate, if one person never asks anything then even a minimal amount of ‘asking for things’ is ‘doing all the asking’ in the relationship.

        I mistook it for meaning she asked for things a LOT when we don’t necessarily know that. Presumably Walky at least feels a bit of that, and I still assume he’s asking because he feels she asks him to do things more often than he thinks is appropriate rather than that he’s pointing out a random factoid concerning the amount of asking in the relationship.

  26. Volkai
    Volkai
    April 8, 2013 at 8:32 am | #

    I would buy and read “Dorothy & Walky”.

    That is all.

  27. Dralzz
    Dralzz
    April 8, 2013 at 8:46 am | #

    Sort of an odd university, where the students are expected to change their own light bulbs, and where the supply closet is apparently just open for student use.
    I work at a fairly large university, and “maintenance request” is typically the response to any problem like that.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 8, 2013 at 2:09 pm | #

      We’re expected to change our own lightbulbs at my school, though in fairness we don’t get a ceiling fixture. Just a large standing lamp.

      Lightbulbs are available to us at the RAs office.

  28. Norv
    Norv
    April 8, 2013 at 8:55 am | #

    Is it just me or does it look like the fire escape plans direct you to jump out the window?

    • Ashley
      Ashley
      April 8, 2013 at 11:42 am | #

      Well, natural selection needs all the help it can get nowadays.

    • Led
      Led
      April 8, 2013 at 7:55 pm | #

      It’s actually Sal’s schedule that has winded up pinned to that door for reasons unknown.

  29. Tomas
    Tomas
    April 8, 2013 at 8:59 am | #

    This would be a perfect opportunity to introduce the Men Rights Activists to DoA. They could burst into the room right now like the Spanish Inquisition.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 8, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

      NOBODY EXPECTS THE MEN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INQUISITION. OUR CHIEF WEAPON IS SURPRISE. SURPRISE AND FEAR.

      • N0083rP00F
        N0083rP00F
        April 8, 2013 at 11:58 am | #

        …. and ruthless efficiency…. Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope….

        • Raen
          Raen
          April 8, 2013 at 4:22 pm | #

          I think they consider his values feminized. A very misogynistic kind of feminized.

      • Robin
        Robin
        April 8, 2013 at 1:09 pm | #

        OUR TWO CHIEF WEAPONS ARE SURPRISE, FEAR AND AN UNBELIEVABLY INTRICATE PERSECUTION COMPLEX.

  30. kartvizit
    kartvizit
    April 8, 2013 at 3:56 pm | #

    Hehehehe 😀

  31. Brainwright
    Brainwright
    April 8, 2013 at 5:58 pm | #

    That answer made no sense at all.

  32. Aaron Bourque
    Aaron Bourque
    April 8, 2013 at 9:00 pm | #

    But . . . that DOESN’T make sense. She asks him to do stuff because HE doesn’t ask HER?? What?

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      April 8, 2013 at 10:20 pm | #

      That’s just why it seems like he is always on the receiving end. After all she wants him to ask her to do more things.

    • Josh
      Josh
      April 9, 2013 at 4:24 am | #

      You may have misread it like I did the first 5 times.

      Walky doesn’t ask why she’s always asking him to do things; he’s asking her why it always seems to be her asking the favors in their relationship.

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