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by David M Willis on July 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Answers in Hennessy
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    July 7, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    “DO NOT PULL THE LEVER”

    *Sal pulls the lever*

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      EAT YOUR VEGETABLES
      *Sal goes out for Donuts.*

      • DrunkenGator
        DrunkenGator
        July 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

        “DON’T JUMP THE SHARK”
        *Sal harpoons it instead*

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          July 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

          DON’T DO IT JASON!

          *Sal does Jason.*

          • Wonder Wig
            Wonder Wig
            July 7, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

            “DON’T PRESS THE HISTORY ERASER BUTTON”
            *Stimpy presses the button*

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 7, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

            Don’t you mean “Don’t do Jason”?

            • thecanvashat
              thecanvashat
              July 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

              In a manner of speaking.

            • Chris
              Chris
              October 10, 2014 at 4:15 pm | #

              Pfft. Every true Walkyverse fan knows that Jason’s full name is ‘It Jason Chesterfield.
              It was part of the pay-per-view comics for Joyce and Walky, but you had to pay twice as much as usual, and give your left kidney for this one.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            July 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            GO TO YOUR ROOM.
            *blows up room* What room?

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              July 7, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

              FLUNK YOUR MATH CLASS!
              Straight As.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                July 7, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

                JUST BE GOOD!
                Became the world’s greatest villain.

                • Jenny Creed
                  Jenny Creed
                  July 7, 2013 at 4:18 am | #

                  DO UNTO OTHERS
                  *Sal stays in her room all day*

                • Hoboturtle
                  Hoboturtle
                  July 7, 2013 at 4:23 am | #

                  Save the world from Aliens!

                  Tries to blow up a country with a magic tree branch.

                • Chronos
                  Chronos
                  July 7, 2013 at 8:40 am | #

                  DON’T DO ANYTHING I TELL YOU!

                  *obeys perfectly*

                  Wait.

                • Rowen Morland
                  Rowen Morland
                  July 8, 2013 at 10:11 pm | #

                  USE THE DOOR!

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  July 9, 2013 at 7:20 pm | #

                  DON’T PULL THE DRAMA TAG!

                  *Drama tag pulled*

                  What? *Whistles innocently*

              • Maycroft
                Maycroft
                July 9, 2013 at 3:22 pm | #

                Thus, a new community meme is born.

          • GoldStarz
            GoldStarz
            July 7, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

            AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T BE LIKE WALKY!

            Sal: Where do ah find Dexter and the Monkey Master on DVD?

          • Cheryl
            Cheryl
            July 7, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

            ROFL^

            • Narf
              Narf
              July 8, 2013 at 7:20 pm | #

              Isn’t your name Carol?

              • Aescapulius
                Aescapulius
                July 8, 2013 at 10:48 pm | #

                YOU’RE NOT HER SUPERVISOR!

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        July 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        DON’T RUN IN THE HALL
        *Sal whooshes through on a motorcycle*

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          DON’T RUN WITH SCISSORS.
          *Sal whooshes through on a motorcycle while holding a pair of scissors*

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            July 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE SEX.
            *Four weeks later, Sal notices that she missed a period*

            • Mkvenner
              Mkvenner
              July 7, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

              Mongoose Wins.

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                July 7, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

                The battle may have been won but the war is not over y

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                July 7, 2013 at 1:10 am | #

                WOOHOO!

                • Jeff K!
                  Jeff K!
                  July 7, 2013 at 7:14 pm | #

                  Your non-link confuses me greatly. I want to push it. I want to push the woohoo, but I can’t. It taunts me. Now, at night, when I attempt to sleep, I will lay awake, staring at the ceiling, wondering, agonizing over the woohoo. Where did it go? What lay hidden beyond it’s mysterious portal? I. Must. KNOW!

                  WHAT MYSTERIES LAY BEYOND PLASMA’S WOOHOO?!?

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  July 7, 2013 at 11:26 pm | #

                  It wasn’t a non-link when I posted it, it was a Youtube of Homer going Woohoo!

                  I have no idea why the link disappeared.

        • Mkvenner
          Mkvenner
          July 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          Technically she wasn’t running.

          • Jereko
            Jereko
            July 7, 2013 at 3:53 am | #

            No, but the motorcycle was.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 7, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          Don’t use the lords name in vain
          Sal: Aw, Goddamnit.

          • Roz Not DeSanto
            Roz Not DeSanto
            July 7, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

            Don’t hurt your fellow students.
            Sal: Kicks a boy in the groin, pulls Ruth’s hair, smashes a
            Girl’s glasses into her eyes, throttles another guy and rips out
            Joyce’s femurs. AND SMASHES EVERY WINDOW ON THE FLOOR
            WITH THEM.

            • james
              james
              July 7, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

              What is this critters four?

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          July 7, 2013 at 2:38 am | #

          Well, technically, that’s not running…

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            July 7, 2013 at 4:47 am | #

            *Sal whooshes through, holding scissors, running on top of a motorcycle that is also holding scissors*

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      July 7, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      NOT *THAT* LEVER!

      (Why do even *have* that lever?)

      • TacosForever
        TacosForever
        July 7, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

        By all accounts, it doesn’t make sense!

      • Roz Not DeSanto
        Roz Not DeSanto
        July 7, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

        Comic relief.

        • Renadt
          Renadt
          July 7, 2013 at 5:34 am | #

          Kuzco actually proved that point when the wrong lever was pulled. Yzma just needed a better bodyguard.

          • Luzahn
            Luzahn
            July 7, 2013 at 1:26 pm | #

            Kronk was the best bodyguard. It’s just that he wound up protecting Kuzco.

          • kronkian
            kronkian
            July 7, 2013 at 8:41 pm | #

            Kronk is love, kronk is tolerance

      • Sgore
        Sgore
        July 7, 2013 at 11:49 am | #

        Just gonna spend the rest of the day missing Eartha Kitt’s voice acting now.

        • Sgore
          Sgore
          July 7, 2013 at 11:51 am | #

          Which I am happy about, I swear, ignore my avatar.

      • NightmareWarden
        NightmareWarden
        July 8, 2013 at 4:30 pm | #

        At least she didn’t hit the “Blow-Up-The-Engine” button!

    • Benbo231
      Benbo231
      February 7, 2014 at 1:02 pm | #

      WRONG LEVEEERRRRRRRR

  2. thecanvashat
    thecanvashat
    July 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    And Wally had to go outside again, ruining his cartooning again

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Walky, on the other hand, was perfectly fine with it.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        July 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        Well, yeah. It was already killed for him.

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          July 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

          Stupid autocorrect

  3. ASmellyOgre
    ASmellyOgre
    July 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, Billie. You know she appreciates it.

    Or maybe you don’t or she doesn’t because emotional issues or whatever. But really it was the best choice!

  4. Leorale
    Leorale
    July 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    I totally know that feeling, Sal. You can’t make me; I’ll do what I want!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      What a Cartmanism

  5. JBO
    JBO
    July 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    How is it possible for Billie to look vurnerable?
    I wanna hug Panel 2 Billie so hard!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      I wanna hug ever Billie ever.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Everyone wants to hug Billie.

        • JBO
          JBO
          July 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          But I wanna hug her even harder then usual!

          • Thor
            Thor
            July 7, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

            I want to wear her like a flesh apron.

            • Lieutenant Dan
              Lieutenant Dan
              July 7, 2013 at 10:45 am | #

              It puts the lotion on its skin.

          • Totz the Plaid
            Totz the Plaid
            July 7, 2013 at 2:40 am | #

            Right with ya there, buddy.

            • Totz the Plaid
              Totz the Plaid
              July 7, 2013 at 2:53 am | #

              (I’m right there with JBO, NOT Thor, in case it’s unclear to anyone. I totally want to hug Billie and cheer her up!)

        • thecanvashat
          thecanvashat
          July 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          Mirrie! Morring Mugs!

    • Lord Circe
      Lord Circe
      July 8, 2013 at 12:03 pm | #

      I think Ruth might want to too, but she has an image to maintain.

  6. Aizat
    Aizat
    July 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m betting someone in the dorm going to be like “Hey, I bet you 100 bucks you can’t pull a fire alarm.”

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      And Sal will be 100 bucks richer.

      • thecanvashat
        thecanvashat
        July 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        And someone will be short a LOT of Ramen Noodles

  7. Gram91
    Gram91
    July 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh, stop scowling Billie. She’s acknowledging what you did.

    • Gram91
      Gram91
      July 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Oh the irony of my avatar.

      • Emoroffle
        Emoroffle
        July 7, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        That’s fine I get that all the time too.

        • Cheryl
          Cheryl
          July 7, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

          WHY ARE YOU TWO YELLING AT EACH OTHER!!!

          • John
            John
            July 7, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

            It’s how they show affection.

            • Emoroffle
              Emoroffle
              July 7, 2013 at 2:16 am | #

              That and taking booze from each other.

              • John
                John
                July 7, 2013 at 2:49 am | #

                And violence.

                • ninja_jesus
                  ninja_jesus
                  July 7, 2013 at 7:38 am | #

                  Your avatars should kiss. NOW KISS!

                • Lieutenant Dan
                  Lieutenant Dan
                  July 7, 2013 at 10:47 am | #

                  So much shouting!

                • Gram91
                  Gram91
                  July 7, 2013 at 12:17 pm | #

                  Fear the army of shouting Billies!

                • Lord Circe
                  Lord Circe
                  July 8, 2013 at 12:04 pm | #

                  They are no match for the shouting Ruths!

    • Piper
      Piper
      July 7, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

      I hope Billie recognizes the significant fact that Ruth knows perfectly well who pulled the fire alarm, but did *not* turn her in.

    • Noel Schornhorst
      Noel Schornhorst
      July 7, 2013 at 7:58 am | #

      All the avatars in this conversation just make it so, so beautiful!

  8. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    July 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m getting a strange feeling that Sal is very susceptible to reverse psychology.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      July 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Sal is probably just ridiculously easy to manipulate.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        HEY SAL, BETCHA CAN’T GIVE ME $20!
        Sal: Ah’ll Show yew!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 7, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

          HEY SAL, BETCHA CAN’T COOK A GOURMET MEAL FOR ME!

          • JBO
            JBO
            July 7, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

            HEY SAL, BETCHA YOU WON’T GO OUT WITH ME!

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              July 7, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

              HEY SAL, BETCHA YOU WON’T DO ME.

              • CapnPanda
                CapnPanda
                July 7, 2013 at 7:09 am | #

                HEY SAL, BETCHA CAN’T JUMP OVER THE MOON!

                • Caleb
                  Caleb
                  July 8, 2013 at 11:04 am | #

                  HEY SAL, BETCHA CAN’T SMASH A CAN OF CHEF BOYARDEE ON YOUR FOREHEAD!

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          July 7, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          *makes Billie cough up a $20* (http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/05-saturdays-all-right-for-slighting/money/)

        • kiapdx
          kiapdx
          July 7, 2013 at 8:25 pm | #

          Sal: *returns the next day from the forest with a herd of bucks on leashes* Might’ve got 21.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      July 7, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Sal, don’t pass your math test.

  9. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    July 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    That is a look of “I know why you did it and thank you, but seriously, don’t fucking do it again.”

  10. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    July 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Okay, Sal, I can’t handle bad hair and ridiculous immaturity, please pick one.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Why can’t we have both?

      • Renadt
        Renadt
        July 7, 2013 at 5:37 am | #

        *cue fiesta celebration withAizat being heralded as a hero*

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Her natural hair isn’t “bad” (though you’re free not to like it).

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 7, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      Her hair is the best hair, you’re just jealous.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 7, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

        My hair curls aftera certain length, a length I work hard to prevent it ever getting to. So no, not jelous. Horrified.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 7, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

          You’re just mad cuz your hair ain’t this Beautifro.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            July 7, 2013 at 1:43 am | #

            Nah, I’m mad because my mom thought it was SO cute I was stuck with a mullet for about a decade.

            • Totz the Plaid
              Totz the Plaid
              July 7, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

              …that would totally justify you refusing to even have hair. Just lasering it right off your scalp.

              • Anon
                Anon
                July 7, 2013 at 2:57 pm | #

                Forreal! If that had happened to me I’d immediately either get rid of my hair entirely or just cut it really short.
                It hurts just to imagine having a mullet for anywhere near that long :O

    • Jenny Creed
      Jenny Creed
      July 7, 2013 at 4:23 am | #

      *Sal picks both and starts wearing annoying t-shirts too*

  11. Leorale
    Leorale
    July 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    When I was in elementary school, they told us that the fire alarm spit indelible blue ink when pulled. So, if it was a real fire, then the puller would be marked a hero, but if it wasn’t, then everyone would know whom to blame.

    I really wanted to test whether this was true, but I never quite pulled it, so I guess the story worked.

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      July 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      He has the great blue stain! He shall be marked a hero for all to remember!

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        July 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        Yes, I’m pretty sure that’s how school officials talk.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          July 7, 2013 at 4:29 am | #

          If they do, it might be a good idea to change schools.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          July 7, 2013 at 7:40 am | #

          I’m sure that elementary school kids could talk like that.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        July 7, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

        His name shall be remembered through all of history! We shall write songs in his honor!

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    You’re such a rebel Sal.

    • thecanvashat
      thecanvashat
      July 7, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      A rebel without a cause?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 7, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        She has a cause.
        Rebellion.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        July 7, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

        She has a cause: Catholic boarding school.

      • NF
        NF
        July 7, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

        A rebel without a pause.

    • JBO
      JBO
      July 7, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Next she won’t tie her shoes and pin kick me signs on the R.A.!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Look out, we got a badass over here.

  13. Aizat
    Aizat
    July 7, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Am I the only one here who read the line in panel 4 like”It’s bullshit. I did not hit her. I did not.”?

    • Loguebuuk
      Loguebuuk
      July 7, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      “Oh hai Walky.”

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      July 7, 2013 at 4:31 am | #

      *raises hand*

      I did naht pull the fire alarm, i did NAAAHT!

  14. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    July 7, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    Don’t worry Billie, Ruth is just doing her job and not letting what happened between you two become a big public spectacle. By the way, my inner sadist thinks sad Billie is adorable. I just want to eat her up.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 7, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

      Literally or figuratively?

      • Emoroffle
        Emoroffle
        July 7, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

        The one that involves her not being dead at the end. Though she might suffer a “little death” or two.

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          July 7, 2013 at 2:44 am | #

          Ahh… the ‘petite mort’. Gotta love how poetic that phrase is!

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 7, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      Your inner cannibal?

      • Neospector
        Neospector
        July 7, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        Spread the word, cheerleaders are people.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          July 7, 2013 at 4:41 am | #

          Eat the cheerleader, eat the world.

        • DSL
          DSL
          July 7, 2013 at 8:16 am | #

          Cheerleaders are friends, not food!

  15. Geegles
    Geegles
    July 7, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

    But actually a webcomic based solely around meaningful glances would be SO ARTSY. It would be difficult to make it consistently interesting and enjoyable but SO ARTSY

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 7, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      You’d have to be super into it to follow the plot.

  16. showler
    showler
    July 7, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

    If “stuffed shirts” are Ruth’s bosses, doesn’t that make Billie Ruth’s boss?

    • Emoroffle
      Emoroffle
      July 7, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      They aren’t so much stuffed in there as restrained. Begging for release. On Ruth’s face preferably.

      • Emoroffle
        Emoroffle
        July 7, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

        Umm that’s much dirtier sounding than I intended.

        • NF
          NF
          July 7, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

          That your avatar is Ruth pushes that to a whole ‘nother level.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          July 7, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

          How dirty were you intending boobs on the face to be?

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            July 7, 2013 at 4:39 am | #

            Unless their line of work puts them in contact with something like soot, grease or raw sewage, a daily shower should suffice.

    • Animal
      Animal
      July 7, 2013 at 6:00 pm | #

      “Stuffed,” not “stacked.”

  17. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    July 7, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

    I don’t think Sal pays much attention to anyone. She goes pretty much where and when she wants, usually out windows. But, Ruthless just brings out the ‘do the opposite of what I demand’ in people like Sal. Ruthless brings out the ‘where can I hide urge’ in everybody else.
    Agree with earlier poster, that hair has got to go. I like the long look. This particular style has to be Hell to get tucked into the motorcycle helmet.

  18. Roz Not DeSanto
    Roz Not DeSanto
    July 7, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

    Ruth- what have you done!?

  19. Robin
    Robin
    July 7, 2013 at 1:24 am | #

    Much better than meaningful glances: the musical.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 7, 2013 at 2:12 am | #

      ^ That.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      July 7, 2013 at 7:49 am | #

      I imagine a musical about meaningful glances would have lines explaining what each glance means.

      “This angry facial expression fully expresses my desire to punch you in the face!”

  20. Totz the Plaid
    Totz the Plaid
    July 7, 2013 at 2:47 am | #

    Totally, 100% off-topic, and probably nobody cares, but I was at a friend’s show down in Detroit tonight and Don Was was there!

    I didn’t _meet_ him, but I got a friendly nod from him as we walked past each other!

    Don freaking Was!

    (Sorry, I’m really into music, and that close encounter still has me buzzing, an hour and a half later!)

    • Totz the Plaid
      Totz the Plaid
      July 7, 2013 at 2:52 am | #

      …to try to tie it in to the comic… do you think Dina enjoys this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk?

      Yeah, it’s a cheesy pop tune, but maybe the incredibly tenuous connection to dinosaurs would catch her attention?

      I mean, yeah, the word “dinosaur” is all over the song, but it’s not really about them… but maybe Dina would enjoy it anyway?

  21. Nym
    Nym
    July 7, 2013 at 2:56 am | #

    I can’t tell if panel two or panel four is my favorite. Billie’s expression! But oh, man, Sal’s hair. Both are so, so great.

  22. Darth Cariss
    Darth Cariss
    July 7, 2013 at 6:01 am | #

    Is Sal ever going back to her normal hair? It’s so much better. D:

  23. Noel Schornhorst
    Noel Schornhorst
    July 7, 2013 at 8:03 am | #

    Whatever you people do– DON’T pull the bright red, candy-like beckoning fire alarm lever of forbidden mystery. No matter how enticing and seductive it may be… just sitting there… aching, begging, pleading… oh! how it yearns to be set off so it may bring it’s song to the populace. Although doing so would be oh so fulfilling and perhaps bring you the peace and joy you’ve craved your entire lives, do NOT pull the fire alarm and release the most tantalizing wonders far beyond your imagination. This meeting is over.

  24. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    July 7, 2013 at 10:36 am | #

    Contrary to what others above me have been posting, I for one love Sal’s new hair-do; curls get my motor revvin’, if you know what I mean.

    • captainswift
      captainswift
      July 7, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

      I definitely agree. The new hair makes Sal look 76.5% more awesome than before.

    • Björn
      Björn
      July 7, 2013 at 5:00 pm | #

      And I for one disagree. I’ve harboured PSL for straight-hair Sal for 10-odd years now, and the curls just feel so wrong. (Also, I hate curly hair always, including my own.)

    • Dorky
      Dorky
      July 7, 2013 at 7:35 pm | #

      jesus, i want to pet her hair and let her frick me hard against a wall.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      July 8, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Actually, I love both! Sal just looks hot — curly or straight. You can’t do anything to her that makes her look less than a 9.5 on a scale of 10.

  25. nothri
    nothri
    July 7, 2013 at 2:05 pm | #

    DO NOT PUSH THE RED BUTTON. THE BIG, RED, CANDY-LIKE BUTTON!

    • Potato-The-Faaace
      Potato-The-Faaace
      July 7, 2013 at 7:48 pm | #

      This big red candy-like button? That I pushed 20 minutes ago? Oops.

      • nothri
        nothri
        July 10, 2013 at 1:23 am | #

        Oh, good job Potato! Now everyone’s gonna know that the big red button doesn’t actually do anything! I told you not to freaking push it! Pretty soon people are gonna start asking why we even have a big red button that doesn’t do anything. Thanks for making this awkward, dude!

  26. nothri
    nothri
    July 7, 2013 at 2:16 pm | #

    PANEL TWO: Ruth, how can you say no to those big puppy dog eyes?

  27. Designerd
    Designerd
    July 7, 2013 at 11:16 pm | #

    Is…is Ruth wearing a TNG uniform?

    I hope she is. I would be so happy.

  28. SgtNumnum
    SgtNumnum
    October 14, 2013 at 9:05 am | #

    Keep Sal away from these meetings,unless you want complete chaos,and all you have to do is send her to the math room

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