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by David M Willis on December 16, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark
└ Tags: danny, joe, joyce, sarah

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 16, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    AWRIIIIITE

    *boom chicka bow wow*

  2. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    December 16, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    WHAT A TWEEST

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      December 16, 2010 at 12:38 am | #

      not really…

      though Joe’s (the spell checker thinks “Joe’s” is misspelled?) current reaction to Joyce is rather surprising considering he’s met Joyce and seen and heard, her going “Mrs. Joyce X…”

      • NF
        NF
        December 16, 2010 at 12:47 am | #

        He may have been a little distracted checking out Roz at the time.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 16, 2010 at 1:01 am | #

          holy crap, I just went back to that strip… Roz wasn’t in it. But a couple strips prior they look as though they’re giving each other a sidelong glance!!! And we all know what that means.

    • Zem
      Zem
      December 16, 2010 at 2:57 pm | #

      ^My thoughts exactly.

      Will this become a major point where the universes start to diverge? Danny ending up fancying Sarah, Joe grabbing away Joyce, leaving Walky, Billie and Sal all to go separate ways?

      Or will this trail lead nowhere at all and get quickly stomped in the next strip?

      Stay tuned!

      • Socks
        Socks
        December 16, 2010 at 6:23 pm | #

        well if we’re going off the joyce & walky storyline that david left off at, walky will end up with dorothy :O

  3. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    December 16, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    “SH_T”

    Yes, I’d like to buy a vowel, Pat?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      December 16, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

      Ooh, I’m sorry. There are no “o”s in the puzzle.

      • Cognomen
        Cognomen
        December 16, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

        SHUT!

        Do I win?

      • The A.D.D. Kidd
        The A.D.D. Kidd
        December 16, 2010 at 1:08 am | #

        SHYT!

        AM I THE WINRAR?!?!?!?

        • The A.D.D. Kidd
          The A.D.D. Kidd
          December 16, 2010 at 1:08 am | #

          Oh no! Now I’m Billie!

          • zuche
            zuche
            December 16, 2010 at 10:19 am | #

            I guess that means you didn’t win, then?

            Clearly, the vowel is “w”. And here I thought that only one word in the English language had that as its only vowel.

          • SteveCharb
            SteveCharb
            December 19, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

            Zuche, is that word “cwm”?

    • Dedlok
      Dedlok
      December 16, 2010 at 1:55 am | #

      Shat! Definitely Shat!

      • Rowen Morland
        Rowen Morland
        December 16, 2010 at 10:23 am | #

        Shet.

        Consonant please. I’d like a vowel and I’ll take two more consonants.

        What did I get?

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        December 16, 2010 at 12:33 pm | #

        “Shat! He’s one bad mother -”

        “Hush yo mouth!”

        “But I was just talking about Shat!”

        “Then we can dig it!”

    • Socks
      Socks
      December 16, 2010 at 12:08 pm | #

      i have stolen your vowels, if you want them back i demand nachitos

  4. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    December 16, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Ah Joe… severely misjudging his odds. 😛

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 16, 2010 at 10:20 am | #

      NEVER tell him the odds!

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 16, 2010 at 10:30 am | #

      How often are the odds against him?

      • Cha
        Cha
        December 16, 2010 at 4:07 pm | #

        Well, probability dictated that at SOME point he’d find some girl where the odds weren’t in his favor.

  5. Eri
    Eri
    December 16, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    This ought to be entertaining.

    • Eri
      Eri
      December 16, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

      I’d also like to complain about something… Where’s Jason in the poll? D=

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 16, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

        He said whilst sporting a fabulously cool bow-tie ala Jason.

  6. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    December 16, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    The thought of Joe & Joyce just made me feel very genuinely uncomfortable.

    …like…

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      December 16, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

      Like this has all happened before?

      • goatman95111
        goatman95111
        December 16, 2010 at 2:33 am | #

        …and it will happen again. So say we all!

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 16, 2010 at 10:20 am | #

      …the back of a Volkswagen?

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        December 16, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

        No. More like someplace girls dread.

        • Pagannerd
          Pagannerd
          December 16, 2010 at 6:02 pm | #

          … I spent ages trying to come up with something wity that girls might dread, but all of them were stereotypes that the NerdGirls here would kick my arse for.

          Man, I never thought I’d be annoyed by the breakdown of gender stereotypes…

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            December 16, 2010 at 10:21 pm | #

            I’m just going to come out and say it’s the ass. That exchange is a reference to the film “Mallrats”, in which fucking “someplace very uncomfortable” is constantly interpreted by absolutely everyone as “What, like the back of a Volkswagen?”

            So not to worry, because if you HAD come up with something witty, it would’ve killed the joke, much like this explanation is doing…

            Crap.

          • Pagannerd
            Pagannerd
            December 16, 2010 at 10:55 pm | #

            Oh how the all-buggering-hell did I miss the Mallrats reference?

    • Sporkaganza
      Sporkaganza
      December 16, 2010 at 4:52 pm | #

      I dunno, I thought that plotline was cute back in It’s Walky.

      I mean, yeah, it was doomed, and totally unhealthy, and a complete mismatch, but cute nonetheless.

  7. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    December 16, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Good luck, Joe…you’re going to need it.

  8. Cha
    Cha
    December 16, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    I can’t figure out who’s going to regret this most.

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 16, 2010 at 10:21 am | #

      Their roommates. It’s always the roommates.

    • JackNapier
      JackNapier
      December 16, 2010 at 11:31 am | #

      Not us, that’s for sure.

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 16, 2010 at 11:48 am | #

        None of us! None of us!

  9. Al
    Al
    December 16, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Joyce is Blonde?

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      December 16, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

      Amokey blond, but yes.

      • bramblepatch
        bramblepatch
        December 16, 2010 at 2:07 am | #

        I totally read that at “monkey blond.”

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          December 16, 2010 at 9:15 am | #

          Stupid A key being next to the S…

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 16, 2010 at 10:23 am | #

          Monkey not blond! Monkey more tawny.

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            December 16, 2010 at 10:31 am | #

            And yet it still works.

          • zuche
            zuche
            December 16, 2010 at 11:16 am | #

            You have me there.

          • LordMelvin
            LordMelvin
            December 16, 2010 at 12:06 pm | #

            Blonde monkey get up, get coffee. Blonde monkey go to job. Blonde monkey have boring meeting, with boring manager, Rob.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      December 16, 2010 at 6:19 am | #

      There are more shades of blonde than just platinum.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 16, 2010 at 9:36 am | #

      http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20080329.html

      • addude
        addude
        December 18, 2010 at 7:52 pm | #

        so thats how that hair got there

  10. Fissioninferno
    Fissioninferno
    December 16, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    I don’t see how he can be a piece of cake, that doesn’t make any sense.

    • maggiemarmalade
      maggiemarmalade
      December 16, 2010 at 1:46 am | #

      A winner is you!!

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 16, 2010 at 10:24 am | #

      Just walk away when he offers to let you taste the batter or lick the beater or bowl.

      • Pagannerd
        Pagannerd
        December 16, 2010 at 12:23 pm | #

        Or step closer. Whatever floats your boat…

    • benenator
      benenator
      December 16, 2010 at 9:30 pm | #

      The cake is a lie!

      He is a piece of pie, which goes on forever.

  11. MercyDispensorMan
    MercyDispensorMan
    December 16, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

    Must remember this is alternate universe land, Joe and Joyce won’t end up together right? Or what if this is the real universe and “Joyce and Walky” is the alternate universe?! o_o MY BRAIN IS KILLING ITSELF DX

    • ME
      ME
      December 16, 2010 at 1:00 am | #

      Well, Joe and Joyce did wind up together in a universe where they both joined SEMME while Walky followed Dorothy to college.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        December 16, 2010 at 9:26 am | #

        Gah! More reasons to pay for Joyce and Walky subscriptions.

        • Eri
          Eri
          December 16, 2010 at 1:11 pm | #

          I know right! I was thinking the same thing!

          *starts to look for the money*

  12. Rognik
    Rognik
    December 16, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

    So he IS going for Joyce, even knowing what she was writing as they left the class.

    Or maybe he couldn’t read it. Oh, Joe. It was nice knowing you.

    On second thought, maybe Joyce will be the first one to tell him no, which will lead to some interesting plot lines down the road.

    • Haven
      Haven
      December 16, 2010 at 12:32 am | #

      wonder what the odds are of joe actually being successful.

      • Shift
        Shift
        December 16, 2010 at 1:34 am | #

        I’m hoping she’ll start talking about getting married, and he’ll run like a bat out of hell.

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 16, 2010 at 10:28 am | #

          Let him run. He can’t evade the tracking devices planted on him.

    • R
      R
      December 16, 2010 at 1:34 am | #

      Joe is taking Joyce aside to try to sell Danny to her as a love interest. Joe has no interest in someone like her at this time.

      • Shift
        Shift
        December 16, 2010 at 1:35 am | #

        Why not? She’s a girl in college. I thought all girls were targets for Joe.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 16, 2010 at 1:38 am | #

          yeah, don’t you subscribe to his “Do List”‘s RSS feed?

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            December 16, 2010 at 2:22 am | #

            Willis needs to make that real!

          • Shift
            Shift
            December 16, 2010 at 6:12 pm | #

            Agreed Undrave! Can you make that Willis? Please?

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 16, 2010 at 10:31 am | #

          “You would prefer another target? A military target?”

          Or would Joe phrase that as a MILFin’ married target? No, probably not. I suspect that would go against his principles here as well.

        • R
          R
          December 16, 2010 at 5:05 pm | #

          Why go for a girl who has the same “bad” qualities that your BFF has? It’s not like there’s a shortage of women in college.

          • Shift
            Shift
            December 16, 2010 at 6:09 pm | #

            It’s obvious! Joe is secretly in love with Danny, but afraid to admit it, he finds the female equivalent! And thus begins the “everyone turns gay” aspect of this alternate universe.

    • bramblepatch
      bramblepatch
      December 16, 2010 at 2:16 am | #

      I suspect that he may be trying to protect Danny – after all, despite his “find him some other romantically codependent doofus” comment yesterday (er, in-comic yesterday, not IRL yesterday), this whole “being Danny’s wingman” thing seems to be an attempt to get Danny back on his feet and not emotionally dependent on a single target. He may want to learn a little more about Joyce before putting himself in a situation where he’d have to pry the two of them apart with a crowbar.

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 16, 2010 at 10:32 am | #

        I hadn’t considered that. Good points.

      • Shift
        Shift
        December 16, 2010 at 6:11 pm | #

        That seems to give Joe a lot of credit. And I’d almost agree with that, if this wasn’t he man who joined a a Gender Studies class because he probably was hoping to have sex in it.

  13. Joebo
    Joebo
    December 16, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

    HARK!!! Joe is wearing his SEMME shirt!

    • George
      George
      December 16, 2010 at 1:12 am | #

      My God! The wall between Universes has been breached! The Cheese isn’t going to be happy about that…

      • The A.D.D. Kidd
        The A.D.D. Kidd
        December 16, 2010 at 1:18 am | #

        Wouldn’t be even funnier if The Cheese turned out to be the Dean instead of the previously predicted Galasso?

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          December 16, 2010 at 2:22 am | #

          And nobody comments on it! He’s just ‘Dean Cheese’ and no one seems to find anything odd about it.

          • The A.D.D. Kidd
            The A.D.D. Kidd
            December 16, 2010 at 11:27 am | #

            And he constantly keeps making Vagineer-like faces? No? I’m killing it? What’s that? I suck?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      December 16, 2010 at 9:14 am | #

      There’s a green stripe lying in between the yellows. I think we’re safe. And while on the topic of wardrobe: OMG daily wardrobe changes?

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        December 16, 2010 at 1:16 pm | #

        You haven’t been reading Willis’s DOA blog, have you?

  14. Confuzor
    Confuzor
    December 16, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

    I’m all for the possibility of Joe x Roz. They’ll never leave the bedroom and leave space in the strip for everyone else ^_^

  15. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    December 16, 2010 at 12:53 am | #

    i get the feeling we’ll be seeing screams of “Premarital Hanky-Panky!!!!” soon

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      December 16, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

      I don’t think that Joe tries to work that fast.

      • Shift
        Shift
        December 16, 2010 at 1:32 am | #

        It’s Joe. He probably expected to get laid during the Gender Studies Class.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 16, 2010 at 1:37 am | #

          Good point.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          December 16, 2010 at 3:04 am | #

          How do we know he didn’t? Him and Roz were looking kinda satisfied coming out of the classroom. >_>

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            December 16, 2010 at 5:34 pm | #

            Joe and Roz are SEX NINJAS!!

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            December 16, 2010 at 8:04 pm | #

            The best KIND of ninjas.

  16. DaniellePhantom
    DaniellePhantom
    December 16, 2010 at 1:03 am | #

    so is danny’s nervous smile directed at joyce because he likes her, or because joe is embarrassing him?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      December 16, 2010 at 1:12 am | #

      The second one.

    • Twib
      Twib
      December 16, 2010 at 1:14 am | #

      I am going to guess so

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      December 16, 2010 at 1:15 am | #

      Embarrassed, Danny grins awkwardly. Can’t blame him really.

      I wonder if Sarah has sufficient social graces to move them past this uncomfortable moment, because I’m sure Danny can’t.

    • Shift
      Shift
      December 16, 2010 at 1:32 am | #

      I think it might be forced politeness. He doesn’t want to be there, but Joe is making him and he doesn’t want to offend the girls by being rude.

    • Cha
      Cha
      December 16, 2010 at 4:10 pm | #

      Yes.

  17. Shift
    Shift
    December 16, 2010 at 1:31 am | #

    Saw it coming.

  18. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    December 16, 2010 at 1:51 am | #

    Hoo-hah! Glad that worked out not repeating after all o:

    Joe choose Joyce o: Interesting!

    Hmmm, actually, I kinda like Sarah’s attitude ON OCCASION…only because I find its resembling MINE the more I live with my roommates (who do drugs…)

  19. Cope
    Cope
    December 16, 2010 at 2:26 am | #

    ….and all these years, I thought of her as a brunette.

    • Randonimity
      Randonimity
      December 16, 2010 at 4:38 am | #

      That was my first thought, too @.@

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        December 16, 2010 at 6:22 am | #

        Have you guys never heard of Ash blond before?

        • agentksilver
          agentksilver
          December 16, 2010 at 9:25 am | #

          Yeah, she’s always struck me as a dark blonde rather than a brunette. Danny’s the one with light brown hair.

        • Randonimity
          Randonimity
          December 16, 2010 at 1:11 pm | #

          We don’t get many blonds in Asia.

        • Rachel
          Rachel
          June 13, 2011 at 8:33 pm | #

          No, actually. I always thought her hair was weirdly grey. I looked up the hair color and it still seemed kind of grey to me. I’ve never met anyone under 40 with that hair color.

    • Sporkaganza
      Sporkaganza
      December 16, 2010 at 4:58 pm | #

      Damn, me too. MY WHOLE WORLD IS COLLAPSING

  20. DiDi
    DiDi
    December 16, 2010 at 3:55 am | #

    Joe is gonna be unpleasantly surprised once he learns that Joyce is the commitment kind of girl. I bet she’s saving herself until marriage.

    He ain’t gettin’ none of that.

    • Socks
      Socks
      December 16, 2010 at 12:06 pm | #

      he could enjoy breaking her of that :O

      • Pagannerd
        Pagannerd
        December 16, 2010 at 6:03 pm | #

        Joyces’ primness is more powerful than Joe could possibly imagine.

        • Socks
          Socks
          December 16, 2010 at 6:20 pm | #

          this is true BUT he was able to break her of it in it’s walky even if it was for a little bit but then again she had a lot more on her plate

  21. JackStamper
    JackStamper
    December 16, 2010 at 5:14 am | #

    Hm…I heard somewhere, it’s a flirting technique to first hit on the friend of your target…you know, first making her interested in you, and then immediately making her slightly jealous. Maybe he planned that…or he’s just that bad at finding perfect matches.

  22. Zap
    Zap
    December 16, 2010 at 6:40 am | #

    joe her in the butt!

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      December 16, 2010 at 9:18 pm | #

      Joe her in the FAAAAAAACE!

      • Feenyksfyre
        Feenyksfyre
        December 17, 2010 at 2:13 am | #

        Just be gentle when you Joe her. Remember, she needs her femurs to live.

        …faaaace

  23. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    December 16, 2010 at 9:05 am | #

    Joyce is about to get Joe’ed.

  24. bean
    bean
    December 16, 2010 at 9:09 am | #

    @David – Your writing and jokes really shine when your characters react to the more insane characters in your vast cast. I am having the most fun in Shortpacked! when Mike, Faz, or Robin are front and center. This Dan fellow’s misogyny is a new flavor of crazy that I find delicious. Thanks for the good stuff!

  25. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    December 16, 2010 at 9:26 am | #

    Hey guys, why can’t Joe get Joyced? Just sayin’.

    • Shift
      Shift
      December 16, 2010 at 9:42 am | #

      Because for Joe to get Joyce, a diamond engagement ring will need to be introduced first.

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 16, 2010 at 11:19 am | #

        For some reason, I imagine Joyce as someone that wouldn’t approve of diamonds.

        • Shift
          Shift
          December 16, 2010 at 6:06 pm | #

          Why not?

          • agentksilver
            agentksilver
            December 17, 2010 at 9:39 am | #

            If he gets you diamonds you have to put out, and that’s pre-marital hanky-panky. Pearls and sapphires are pure and innocent! But rubies will send you straight to hell. Emerals only come from Satan. Don’t get me started on Cubic Zirconia.

  26. Ozzmandius
    Ozzmandius
    December 16, 2010 at 9:37 am | #

    Love the faces in panel 4.

    And Danny in panel 2 is oddly cute.

  27. Shift
    Shift
    December 16, 2010 at 9:45 am | #

    I just realized that Joe is treating college like a Vegas Brothel. He tosses Danny at Sarah, screams “wear a condom” and runs off with his choice of girl. I thought that line in his bio about “seeing the videos” was a joke, but I really do think Joe expects college to be a like a porno.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      December 16, 2010 at 12:41 pm | #

      Joe’s view of college was probably shaped by movies like “Animal House” and other college comedies, so of course he’s expecting lots of sex. He’s also waiting for “Louie, Louie” to start playing in the background.

  28. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    December 16, 2010 at 11:10 am | #

    Danny and Sarah are currently bottom of the poll for who we want to see more of.
    So who does Willis begin drawing comics of?

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 16, 2010 at 11:26 am | #

      It’s not like he scripts these things five minutes before he draws them, two minutes before they go online. If the poll does shift focus, it will happen when he starts scripting newer storylines.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 16, 2010 at 11:34 am | #

      “I have a one-month buffer” doesn’t have any meaning to you, huh?

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 16, 2010 at 11:52 am | #

        It means you shouldn’t include anything with mayo on the menu?

        Ohhhh, buffer…

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          December 16, 2010 at 5:22 pm | #

          Buffer? I hardly know ‘er!

          Sorry, sorry, I know…

          • Lokitsu
            Lokitsu
            December 16, 2010 at 6:06 pm | #

            Buffer this gag gets out of hand…

            Oops too late

  29. Bean
    Bean
    December 16, 2010 at 11:19 am | #

    Oh, Joe. I keep telling you, think with the BIG head…

    • Cha
      Cha
      December 16, 2010 at 4:13 pm | #

      Which one? ;D

  30. Bean
    Bean
    December 16, 2010 at 11:20 am | #

    To paraphrase Robin Williams: It’s sad that god gave men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.

    • benenator
      benenator
      December 16, 2010 at 9:39 pm | #

      Well, we certainly have enough to run one and our mouth at once!

      • Ristar
        Ristar
        December 17, 2010 at 8:32 am | #

        hawt

  31. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    December 16, 2010 at 11:45 am | #

    Both Sarah and Danny are figuring Joe’s after Joyce. The sheer weird direct approach is what’s giving them pause. They’ll be polite or better to each other in the future only because they’re thinking basically the same thing right now, and know it.

  32. Socks
    Socks
    December 16, 2010 at 12:50 pm | #

    @david: i want to draw fanart for you 🙂 any place you’d prefer for me to email or post?

    • jaredTSF
      jaredTSF
      December 16, 2010 at 11:16 pm | #

      What she said, I have a few on my PC somewhere.

  33. Wackd
    Wackd
    December 16, 2010 at 1:21 pm | #

    Does Danny’s face in panel four make anyone else think of Homestar Runner? Especially the mouth.

    • Socks
      Socks
      December 16, 2010 at 3:38 pm | #

      it didn’t before but now it totally does XD

  34. Cat
    Cat
    December 16, 2010 at 1:31 pm | #

    shoved the dumped boy toward the wrong girl there

  35. Yama
    Yama
    December 16, 2010 at 2:07 pm | #

    Ok, I wasn’t expecting that.

    • Zem
      Zem
      December 16, 2010 at 3:25 pm | #

      @_@ You may be the only one.

  36. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    December 16, 2010 at 3:32 pm | #

    At first I as like Joe’s getting Danny together with Joyce? Does he not realize that he is flirting with disaster? Then Joe took Joyce and I was all like lulz, he doesn’t know what he’s getting into. But that leaves one question, if Joe is a piece of something what is it? Can’t be shit cause Joe is hooking Danny up.

    Is it Cake?

    • Alechsa
      Alechsa
      December 16, 2010 at 10:10 pm | #

      That Cake, sir, is a lie.

      Also: Yay! Mike is winning the poll!

  37. jaredTSF
    jaredTSF
    December 16, 2010 at 11:14 pm | #

    This has all happened before, and it will happen again. Else the wrath of the readers shall inflict damage on their CAP locks.

  38. Gianni
    Gianni
    December 17, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    Actually, this might work out well. They probably won’t do anything (immediately) but Sarah might be able to snap some sense into Danny and get him motivated for school.

  39. buttsbutts mcgee
    buttsbutts mcgee
    August 17, 2011 at 11:58 am | #

    A real piece of ass?

  40. Aisling
    Aisling
    May 22, 2015 at 3:56 pm | #

    I admit, I thought Danny was going to get pushed on Hi I’m Joyce.

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