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by David M Willis on March 17, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: jason, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 17, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    though she prefers to come anywhere she wants

    • Atomix26
      Atomix26
      March 17, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

      Hue hue hue

      • talantus
        talantus
        March 17, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        hur hur hur ^-^

        • Trrebi981
          Trrebi981
          March 17, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

          Hrm hrm hrm…

          • grantimusmaximus
            grantimusmaximus
            March 17, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

            hruh hruh hruh…

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              March 17, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

              Heimlich Heimlich Heimlich …
              …
              …
              oh, sorry I though ya’ll were choking …

              • Rorror
                Rorror
                March 17, 2015 at 4:59 am | #

                Stealthy Stealthy Stealthy…
                …
                …
                oh, sorry I reflexively translated that…

                • AustKyzor
                  AustKyzor
                  March 17, 2015 at 10:06 am | #

                  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

                  …wait, shit NO!

                • No Name
                  No Name
                  March 17, 2015 at 11:09 am | #

                  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

                  There, problem solved.

                • tyersome
                  tyersome
                  March 17, 2015 at 2:09 pm | #

                  Interesting that stealthy would be used as surname …

                  Also, I apologize for my medical malpractice — it turns out that the Heimlich maneuver is now considered at best a fallback technique and that some of his research was wrong and may have been fraudulent …

                • Screwball
                  Screwball
                  March 17, 2015 at 7:09 pm | #

                  Transform transform TRANSFORM!! *Transforms into vehicle mode & starts flying in circles…

                  On a side note, surprised to see what Heimlich translates into. You Humans are a weird lot, but I like that…

                • shparky
                  shparky
                  March 18, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

                  Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, BLOODY MARY!
                  …
                  …
                  AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG-

              • Tenn
                Tenn
                March 17, 2015 at 2:44 pm | #

                Hastur Hastur Hastur GYAAAAAAAH WHAT THE HELL ISaszadxvgchyevbhgjmokpl

                • Dhraakellian
                  Dhraakellian
                  March 18, 2015 at 6:46 pm | #

                  Badgers Badgers Badgers

    • Anon
      Anon
      March 17, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Yesssss! This marks the start of a new Slipshine 🙂

      • Scoops
        Scoops
        March 17, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        Sal Comes Wherever She Wants?

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          March 17, 2015 at 3:08 am | #

          It’ll be like that bit in Homestuck with the blue glowey arm but with Sal… well obviously you’ll have to pay Willis the Boonbucks to know.

        • LittleMountain
          LittleMountain
          March 17, 2015 at 11:16 am | #

          Nailed it.
          As will Sal.

  2. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    March 17, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    As a teacher, it is equally weird to see students in the outside world.

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      March 17, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      You think that’s bad? My roommates once took me to a strip club, and I saw one of my students on stage…

      • Plaid
        Plaid
        March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        But did you give her an A+ on her next test

        • cesium133
          cesium133
          March 17, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

          If I remember correctly (this was years ago), she ended up with an 89% and, her being a pre-med student, I got complaints from her that I didn’t raise the grade to an A.

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            March 17, 2015 at 1:43 pm | #

            Seems like she should have been grateful for any marks? After all, she must have known that there was a risk that some people would think she had degraded herself?

            • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
              Gadgeteer Smashwidget
              March 17, 2015 at 4:25 pm | #

              did you just

              • JacHunter
                JacHunter
                March 17, 2015 at 11:47 pm | #

                My god, he did…

            • Doctor_Lantern
              Doctor_Lantern
              March 17, 2015 at 5:38 pm | #

              Oh internet points to you. I love puns. And this one was superb.

              • tyersome
                tyersome
                March 17, 2015 at 11:57 pm | #

                Thank you!

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              March 17, 2015 at 7:10 pm | #

              Badoom TISH!

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          March 17, 2015 at 8:02 am | #

          Are you suggesting that a teacher recuse themselves from grading any student whom they’ve seen naked? Because….

          …

          Yeah, actually, that would probably be a good idea.

          • -Sentinel-
            -Sentinel-
            March 17, 2015 at 9:10 am | #

            Actually, it’s about ethics in teaching.

            • neeks
              neeks
              March 17, 2015 at 7:24 pm | #

              Ugh, don’t even start with the Gradergate bullcrap…

              • -Sentinel-
                -Sentinel-
                March 17, 2015 at 9:12 pm | #

                I highly doubt there are any GGers to be found in these parts.

                • Razzmatazz MacKenzie
                  Razzmatazz MacKenzie
                  March 18, 2015 at 10:11 pm | #

                  Excuse me, did you just mention sea lions?

                • neeks
                  neeks
                  March 19, 2015 at 11:10 pm | #

                  Yeah no if by GGers you mean gamergate I also doubt it, I was just making a pun to continue your reference parodying it. Or maybe you knew that and my explaining the joke ruined it again, in which case oops.

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        March 17, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        Oh, YEAH? You think THAT’S BAD?? One time…yeah, actually, that’s way worse than anything I’ve got.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 17, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        How much did you tip?

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          March 17, 2015 at 8:04 am | #

          A whole grade point! So, generously?

      • Nena
        Nena
        March 17, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        That is too funny.

      • Fred
        Fred
        March 17, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

        I’m currently a non-traditional (i.e., 44 year old) college student. I keep wondering when I’m going to run into one of my professors at a kink event.

        • Airyu
          Airyu
          March 17, 2015 at 10:00 am | #

          I went to SFstate, and a lot of professors and teachers, particularly in humanities, were pretty open about what they did outside of work. Two TA’s and an assistant professors were burlesque dancers, and they’d put out flyers to come to their shows. One of my roommate’s professors was in a drag queen band.

          Some of them still didn’t feel comfortable with some things though; one of my science professors hid the fact that she has a wife because she had had anti-gay attacks against her. So it was like things that really shouldn’t matter got hidden sometimes.

          • Hero
            Hero
            March 17, 2015 at 4:13 pm | #

            Hey there fellow SF person.

    • Vert
      Vert
      March 17, 2015 at 11:29 am | #

      My FiL was a history teacher for many years and would always encounter students in the strangest of places. I happened to be with him once while we were on a trip, and at a gas station in the middle of nowhere, the guys on the pump next to us yelled “HEY MR. S!” and drove off. He didn’t recognize them, but they sure remembered him. He just says he hopes they remember him because he was a GOOD teacher, not a bad one…

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        March 18, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        My wife is a teacher — the students kind of freak when they see her out walking with this “old guy” — that’d be me. “Who’s that? Is that your father?”

        Funny thing is, I’m actually younger than she is.

  3. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    March 17, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Can’t tell if she’s just motioning to her cleavage

    or pulling down the zipper

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Looks like sign language, but it could very easily just be her indicating the leather jacket ensemble.

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        March 17, 2015 at 4:35 am | #

        Not that she’s got a big ego or anything, but “when you’re a girl who looks THIS hot”. xD

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          March 17, 2015 at 8:14 am | #

          Sal is the sort of girl who’s been ‘hot’ long enough to be sick of it. You’ll note whenever she comments on her looks, she’s almost always scowling. Problem is, she has her own personal style, and she’s not willing to compromise it to ‘dress down’, so she continues to draw unwanted attention. Like from teacher’s aides.

          • talantus
            talantus
            March 17, 2015 at 9:06 am | #

            to be fair, she’s scowling 90% of the time

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              March 17, 2015 at 7:26 pm | #

              …Because she’s usually hot. 🙂

          • JWLM
            JWLM
            March 18, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

            A TA is a teaching assistant, a graduate student teaching or assisting in a class at the section level.

        • neeks
          neeks
          March 17, 2015 at 7:26 pm | #

          You don’t need an ego to acknowledge that people find you fun to look at.

    • EmbraceEvil
      EmbraceEvil
      March 18, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

      To be honest, I thought that meant she put her finger somewhere… ugh, I assume you’re all old enough to know where she would put a finger during sex with a man. What is wrong with me…

      • EmbraceEvil
        EmbraceEvil
        March 18, 2015 at 1:20 am | #

        *might*

  4. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Hrm… these two meeting in a bar and discussing Sals age seems…

    FAMILIAR somehow.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 17, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      I wonder why… 😛

    • Spidergirl
      Spidergirl
      March 17, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Does it almost feel like you’ve been here before?

    • Very Good Karma
      Very Good Karma
      March 17, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      I was momentarily confused into thinking I was looking at an art update on http://www.itswalky.com.

    • John
      John
      March 17, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      I cannot imagine why you would think that.

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      March 17, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

      So this is when aliens enter the plot right?

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 17, 2015 at 8:14 pm | #

        Well they’re already in the comments… 😛 *waves*

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 17, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

      I know, there is some serious deja vu here.

    • Jen
      Jen
      March 17, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

      Yes, strange how we seem to have been here before…

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Tattoos give you automatic entry.

  6. Phillip Collar
    Phillip Collar
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    wonder if he still has the sing on his back?

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      March 17, 2015 at 9:07 pm | #

      Now I am picturing a gang of sing-o-grammers following Jason, singing “punch me in the face!”, Bad Horse style.

  7. cesium133
    cesium133
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Jason’s wearing a bow tie to the bar, because of course he is.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 17, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      I was going to gripe about him being in a student bar rather than a british-ish pub, but frankly that bar looks like quite a few English pubs I’ve seen.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 17, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      I’m surprised he made it into the bar. Like bow ties would be against the dress code.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 17, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        Nah, they are students. He’s not the only Doctor who fan/anglophile in the building

        • anonymsly
          anonymsly
          March 17, 2015 at 1:39 am | #

          And they were just glad it wasn’t a fez.

          • Architex
            Architex
            March 17, 2015 at 4:00 am | #

            Anything but the fez?

            • Wire Segal
              Wire Segal
              March 17, 2015 at 4:17 pm | #

              I just imagined Faz wearing a fez and to be honest that is horrifying.
              Anything but THAT fez.

          • Doctor_Lantern
            Doctor_Lantern
            March 17, 2015 at 5:41 pm | #

            What’s wrong with a Fez? Fezzes are cool.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          March 17, 2015 at 1:56 pm | #

          Jason isn’t actually British. He’s just really into Doctor Who.

      • Dean
        Dean
        March 17, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

        They assumed it was Doctor Who cosplay, I’m guessing.

      • cat
        cat
        March 17, 2015 at 1:24 am | #

        Bowties are cool.

    • Feministic Man
      Feministic Man
      March 17, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

      If the bow tie was good for James Bond, then it should be good for Jason. At least that’s what he thinks.

      • Stifyn Baker
        Stifyn Baker
        March 17, 2015 at 3:27 am | #

        Funny how Bond in a bow tie used to be the epitome of cool; but now the whole world thinks bow ties are somehow ‘not cool’ just because a Scottish writer told you they aren’t five years ago. Ah, Moffatt, never did you dream you would have such power…

      • AnyMouse
        AnyMouse
        March 17, 2015 at 2:01 pm | #

        A tuxedo that includes a bow tie was good enough for Bond. Did he ever wear one otherwise?

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      March 17, 2015 at 8:16 am | #

      I wore a bow-tie when I was younger. Nowadays, you’re more likely to see them worn by snooker players on Pot Black. Or classical musicians. Or, ahem, Dr Who fans.

  8. Kris
    Kris
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    The power of attractive people!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      I bet Walky couldn’t pull it off though.

      • Twilightomens
        Twilightomens
        March 17, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        Walky just looks like a little kid to me.
        It creeps me out when he’s in slipshines.

        • Razzmatazz MacKenzie
          Razzmatazz MacKenzie
          March 18, 2015 at 10:11 pm | #

          Yeah, I kinda agree.

      • Kennerly
        Kennerly
        March 17, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

        Being an attractive guy only helps you in dance clubs and gay bars.

    • Orbit Junkie
      Orbit Junkie
      March 17, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

      The power of a fake ID and crow’s feet!

  9. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    When I was a kid it always really disturbed me when I would see a teacher in the real world, like at the grocery store or something.

    It’s like “No. Who let you out? This is wrong somehow. And your taste in breakfast cereals is atrocious.”

    • A Scientist
      A Scientist
      March 17, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      I teach college, but my students are still weirded out when they see me in real life. It came as a major shock to a couple students I ran into this weekend, for example, that I have actual interests outside of the subject I teach. They still don’t know what those interests are, because I do actually try to pretend that I don’t for their sake (and mine, really), but just the idea that I would be somewhere that wasn’t the classroom was a shock to them.

      Of course, I think we compartmentalize all the people we know into how we know them, and seeing them outside of those contexts can be a little odd.

      • Dr.Zeus
        Dr.Zeus
        March 17, 2015 at 2:04 am | #

        Small faculty + drinking age of 19 in Ontario = many pub nights including profs.

        • Stara
          Stara
          March 17, 2015 at 6:24 am | #

          My sister’ a lab director bought her and her friends five rounds of tequila shots last time they ran into each other at a bar. He either had to have loved her or loathed her, eh? :p

          • Stara
            Stara
            March 17, 2015 at 6:24 am | #

            *sister’s

          • A Scientist
            A Scientist
            March 17, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

            Tequila? Loathed. Definitely loathed.

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 17, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m a bit confused as to what Sal’s hand’s doing in the final panel.

    • TheTJ
      TheTJ
      March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Clearly by the Crooked Index finger and the not quiet extended thumb she’s doing a luck-luster “Hook-Hand”.

      She’s saying she’s a Pirate and Pirates get into any bar.

      • Twilightomens
        Twilightomens
        March 17, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        Yes. Definitely this.

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Motioning toward her cleavage. That’s what got her past the bouncer at the bar.

      • winter
        winter
        March 17, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        I’m not sure she is actually. She might be gesturing to herself as a whole, since Willis used a similar hand movement here when Amber clearly wasn’t only pointing to her cleavage.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/clock/

        • winter
          winter
          March 17, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

          to her breasts, i mean

      • Nono
        Nono
        March 17, 2015 at 2:07 am | #

        Am I the only one who thought Sal was referring to her ‘tough girl’ persona convincing the bouncer she was of legal age at first read, rather than her cleavage?

        • jesslin
          jesslin
          March 17, 2015 at 12:39 pm | #

          No, you are not.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 17, 2015 at 8:46 pm | #

          Bit of both here, since she’s not exactly showing them to the world the way some ladies do, but there is still a little bit showing there…

    • Kris
      Kris
      March 17, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      She’s gesturing at the goods….which in her case is everything.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        March 17, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

        All of her is good.

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          March 17, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

          But she is a badass

          Her ass is good and bad simultaneously

          Schrodinger’s Ass, except it never collapses to just one or the other

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            March 17, 2015 at 7:57 am | #

            This is correct.

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      March 17, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      She’s just indicating her whole self; the circle motion suggests “all of this.” Like the way you could gesture inside a room to talk about the whole building.

  11. Plaid
    Plaid
    March 17, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    This was my Thursday

  12. Regina Phalange
    Regina Phalange
    March 17, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Sooo preview to a Slipshine from a certain poll over yonder?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      March 17, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      I half-regret the “don’t care unless” options, because combined they would beat out Sal/Jason

      but then, I also want Sal/Jason so it’s really win/win[/win]

      • Kris
        Kris
        March 17, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        It’s like Sophie’s Choice but with boners.

        • Ben
          Ben
          March 17, 2015 at 4:10 am | #

          …so it’s like Sophie’s Choice?

      • Time Sage
        Time Sage
        March 17, 2015 at 3:31 am | #

        I voted for three dudes. I’m sorry I’m a dude into dude’s that’s throwing his vote away but I don’t care!

      • Time Sage
        Time Sage
        March 17, 2015 at 3:32 am | #

        Also… I just double checked.. 16%+16% = ..32%? Combined the gay options are winning o.O

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          March 17, 2015 at 10:45 am | #

          Yeah, looking at it now having to dude options seems a little Nader-like.

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          March 17, 2015 at 11:57 am | #

          Well, “gay options” would include Billie/Ruth, bringing it up to 41% for an even bigger lead. Not quite the majority though, unless “other people we know about” would end up being Mandy and Grace or Billie and Alice or something.

          • John
            John
            March 17, 2015 at 1:37 pm | #

            I voted for “other people we know about” on the hope that we’d get to find out what really went down with Becky and Kaitlin. Though Willis has said since that it was just like three panels of kissin’ and through-the-clothes groping before they got caught.

            • John
              John
              March 17, 2015 at 1:38 pm | #

              (Er, pun not intended, believe it or not.)

              • Gigafreak
                Gigafreak
                March 17, 2015 at 2:12 pm | #

                Well of course not. Nobody actually went down.

  13. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 17, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    …. Sal’s voice just became Sandy Cheeks in my head.

    • Bilal Kalyal
      Bilal Kalyal
      March 17, 2015 at 4:47 am | #

      It’s been Sandy Cheeks for me since It’s Walky, where’ve you been son?

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 17, 2015 at 5:13 pm | #

        Really? For me it’s Applejack.

        • -Sentinel-
          -Sentinel-
          March 17, 2015 at 9:01 pm | #

          Nah, Applejack is way too cheerful. Sal clearly speaks in a bored, morose drawl.

  14. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Mmm. Yes.

  15. Very Good Karma
    Very Good Karma
    March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    OH GAWD the deja vu!

  16. winter
    winter
    March 17, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    At least we didn’t start with a lemonade joke this time.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 17, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Watch as Jason orders a Mike’s.

      • winter
        winter
        March 17, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        I will be a little disappointed if this doesn’t happen.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          March 17, 2015 at 5:14 pm | #

          Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

          –With lemon.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      March 17, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

      A math TA and a college first-year walk into a bar . . .

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        March 17, 2015 at 11:57 am | #

        Dammit, Jason’s supposed to GET her number not GIVE her numbers

  17. AHR
    AHR
    March 17, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    I like how Sal was drawn in this strip. Dunno why. just do.

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 17, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Huh, Jason and Sal meet in a context outside of their student-teacher relationship and interact with mutual respect.

    I may have to rethink my Slipshine vote.

    • winter
      winter
      March 17, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Yes. Talk. Get to know each other as people.

      And then kisssssss.

      • Twilightomens
        Twilightomens
        March 17, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        Yes. Have a mutually respectful relationship. Then do iiiiit.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 17, 2015 at 10:13 am | #

          That’s pretty much how I regard feminist porn.

  19. HeinousActsZX
    HeinousActsZX
    March 17, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Aww, man, back to these dorks? When are we gonna get to Danny and Ethan and the hot sex they are surely having?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 17, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      In our collective dreams. ~ le sigh ~

      • neeks
        neeks
        March 17, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

        And Danny’s, where in a case of meta deja vu, he desperately urges Ethan to rub his thingy on his tummy because he doesn’t quite understand how gay sex works, being too confused by his newfound bisexuality to actually look up the logistics.

        • Orbit Junkie
          Orbit Junkie
          March 17, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

          When you say “look up the logistics,” I immediately thought of something like Dorothy’s spreadsheets.

          Then this: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=2418

          • neeks
            neeks
            March 17, 2015 at 6:32 am | #

            Couldn’t think of a better word for it. I could totally see the guy in that smbc comic being Joe, tho. Lol

            • Orbit Junkie
              Orbit Junkie
              March 17, 2015 at 3:11 pm | #

              His “Do” list is much more complicated than we thought.

  20. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    March 17, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    <3 Jason <3<3<3

  21. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 17, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    No you’re not allowed to ship these two. It still has to happen in the other universe!

    They’re going to work it out, okay!

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 17, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

      I thought the other universe ended…?

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 17, 2015 at 11:26 am | #

        Willis has said he’s going to finish up Joyce & Walky after he finished Shortpacked.

  22. Stara
    Stara
    March 17, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Sal and Jason were my favourite in the Walkyverse. Jason is still a dork worthy of a squeal when he gets comic time. So I am especially looking forward to the next strips. 🙂

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      March 17, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

      So I’m not the only one that loved Walkyverse Jason? 😀
      Earlier comments made me wonder :'(

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 17, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

        Some of us have a thing for lanky nerds!

        • anonymsly
          anonymsly
          March 17, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

          I have never not loved Jason.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            March 17, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

            Okay people in this thread, can you explain to me Jason’s appeal? I’ve been deeply confused by his fanbase ever since I got around to reading It’s Walky.

            • anonymsly
              anonymsly
              March 17, 2015 at 10:22 am | #

              People like the characters they relate to, and for whatever reason I relate strongly to Jason. He’s highly intelligent and deeply weird, but he’s not weird in an ‘acceptable’ way, which is to say people see ‘boring’ instead. He cares about doing a good job and worries constantly that he’s not doing a good job (sometimes rightly so), and he tries so hard.

              I don’t know. Something about him just resonates with me and I love seeing him show up and being part of things.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                March 17, 2015 at 3:27 pm | #

                Thank you!

                Now is it just Dumbiverse Jason you identify with or It’s Walky Jason as well?

                • anonymsly
                  anonymsly
                  March 17, 2015 at 8:50 pm | #

                  Both, but in different ways. I’ve already talked about Dumbiverse Jason, of course, in my first comment.

                  I find Walkyverse Jason unutterably fascinating because he’s this fussy uptight guy, but he’s also highly competent to the level of being a career covert ops field commander for a group wherein he’s basically the only vanilla human in a sea of superpowered folk. He’s the one who’s actually Batman there, not Sal, but no one actually sees it because he’s just Jason and he uses doors instead of windows.

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  March 17, 2015 at 10:19 pm | #

                  I thought nobody saw it because he’s not actually awesome since everyone in SEMME, him included, is an idiot and hideously incompetent.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              March 17, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

              He’s witty!

              • David M Willis
                David M Willis
                March 17, 2015 at 11:51 am | #

                and pretty

                • Bagge
                  Bagge
                  March 17, 2015 at 11:52 am | #

                  and pretty witty

                • Eyebrow
                  Eyebrow
                  March 17, 2015 at 11:58 am | #

                  …and gaaaaay!

                  Or not. Sorry, spent too long with the showtunes.

            • winter
              winter
              March 17, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

              Because he so badly wants to be the good guy, do the right thing, and be thought of as smart and competent and charming, but he’s so shit at it it’s hilarious.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                March 17, 2015 at 3:31 pm | #

                And thank you as well.

  23. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    March 17, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    DON’T AND I REPEAT DON’T SHIP THEM!!!!

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      March 17, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

      THEY WERE MEANT TO BE

      Like Buffy x Angel x Spike, y’know?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 17, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

        But Angel is all like ‘hunk-hunk-hunk I’m no fun hunkity-hunk-hunk.’ Pre-stalker Spike and Buffy should totally leave him in the dust.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          March 17, 2015 at 6:28 am | #

          But that’s why they work as a threesome, Angel and Spike can get it on and Buffy can watch and enjoy. And before you say t wouldn’t happen Angel/Spike is canon.

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            March 19, 2015 at 8:27 pm | #

            Time knows what it’s all about 🙂

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      March 17, 2015 at 10:23 am | #

      TOO LATE.

  24. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 17, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Always a pleasure to see more of the “real world” in this strip.

    • sps48
      sps48
      March 17, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      MTV’s Real World Indiana!

  25. Urukak
    Urukak
    March 17, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    Apparently I’m just seeing Shortpacked! characters everywhere now, because panel 1 dude totally reminds me of historical Jesus.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 17, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      I hope some of the SP newbies from the very last story arc are attending the univ, too.

      • John
        John
        March 17, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

        Well, Dina’s there already, so I’m assuming you must mean SG Ravage.

        • Urukak
          Urukak
          March 17, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

          You joke, but I think a robot kitteh might be exactly what Ethan needs to cheer up right now.

          Well, that and a satisfying sexual experience.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            March 17, 2015 at 1:24 am | #

            Ugh, not with the kitty!

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              March 17, 2015 at 1:51 am | #

              I would furvently hope not!

              • Rycan
                Rycan
                March 17, 2015 at 1:56 am | #

                You are shameless, you know that?

                • tyersome
                  tyersome
                  March 17, 2015 at 1:38 pm | #

                  Are you kitten me? While I don’t want to rub anyone the wrong way, I am purrfectly content with furnishing petty puns 😉

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 17, 2015 at 8:54 pm | #

          Heh heh, I remember when I learnt about Earth cats, I started teasing Ravage with cat toys. Got some fun out of it, got some scratches out of it, it all pretty much evened out… 😛

  26. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    March 17, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    I think I said this before, but I actually feel sorry for Jason. He probably thinks she likes him.

    • John
      John
      March 17, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

      What’s worse, He’s trying his hardest to be a good guy but still coming up weak. At this point the only thing he’s got going for him is his position of authority. It’s a shame because he seems like he’s be more competent give his character traits.

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      March 17, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

      Given their last interaction, I think he’s got a clue she doesn’t. But given their interactions before that, I think he thinks she could if he proves he’s likeable.

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 17, 2015 at 5:01 am | #

      Let’s give Jason credit, he’s the closest we have to an adult main character.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 17, 2015 at 6:25 am | #

        And I counter your point with Leslie Bean. Reasonable, mature, likable and shows up semi-frequently with her own little subplots.

        • spriteless
          spriteless
          March 17, 2015 at 6:47 am | #

          But she’s smart enought not to get embroiled with drama that isn’t named Desanto

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 17, 2015 at 12:10 pm | #

            To be fair, that’s enough drama for anyone.

            But yeah, both Leslie and Jason are good adult characters.

        • Nono
          Nono
          March 17, 2015 at 1:53 pm | #

          Leslie’s an important side character in that she manages a class that drives many discussions amongst the characters, but she hasn’t really been directly involved in any major stories insofar herself as a character. The closest we got was when Roz seemed to scheme to hook Leslie and Robin up, but we haven’t heard anything following up from that in years.

  27. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    March 17, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    This comic is familiar! 😀 😀
    This makes me incredibly happy.

    Sal is so awesome she can deliver two punchlines in one comic.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 17, 2015 at 9:10 pm | #

      And if he’s not careful, Jason could find out she can also line up 2 punches in 1 comic too… 😛

  28. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    March 17, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    Hilarity is sure to ensue if Walky and Sal ever try to get into a bar at the same time.

    “C’mon, miss, you know better than trying to sneak your 14 year old brother into a bar.”

    ‘Hey, I’m her twin brother!”

    “Yeah, and I’m Abe Lincoln.”

    • Spidergirl
      Spidergirl
      March 17, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      To be fair, they’d both be out like a light after one drink of light beer.

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 17, 2015 at 3:30 am | #

        To be fair, it would be even funnier if the bartender was historical Abe Lincoln.

  29. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    March 17, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    That’d pretty much be my reaction to Sal.

  30. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    March 17, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

    I wonder how many pairs of gloves Sal owns. Because I just confirmed in the archives that Sal apparently has sex while wearing her gloves. Which is a bit weird, and makes me hope she changed them afterwards.

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      March 17, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

      Thinking about Sal’s gloves and the archives just made me realize: the reason Sal wears gloves all the time is probably because she’s got a scar from when Amber stabbed her hand five years ago. I suspect this was supposed to be obvious and I’m just slow.

      Also I can confirm that she owns at least one other pair.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 17, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

        Yep 🙂

        • tim gueguen
          tim gueguen
          March 17, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

          I’m waiting for the moment when Sal figures out that the “weirdo” girl she ran into a bit back is the same girl who stabbed her years ago. I suspect she’ll have a flashback and response similar to the one Amber had.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            March 17, 2015 at 12:55 pm | #

            I don’t know. I’m half convinced that, once she realizes who Amazi-Girl actually is she’s going to let it slide. It’s not like Sal is proud of her actions.

            I mean, she threatened to stab Ethan. I don’t think she’s allowed to have the moral high ground.

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              March 17, 2015 at 1:55 pm | #

              Don’t be silly, everyone knows the high ground is something you seize and then do whatever is necessary to defend … now get off my damn molehill!

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                March 17, 2015 at 9:14 pm | #

                *Preps built -in weapons, locks & loads 30cal, grins evilly before armouring up* Make me… 🙂

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              March 17, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

              There might even be a heartfelt apology in there somewhere. Sal seems pretty self aware.

              • Spencer
                Spencer
                March 17, 2015 at 4:26 pm | #

                That’s where I’m thinking it goes. I don’t believe Sal has ever considered her victims when she thinks about robbing the store, so realizing that it wasn’t just her who was hurt that night would probably give her some perspective.

      • John
        John
        March 17, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

        Yes this is the reason. She could try and wear just one glove to cover the scar but it’s still really weird even after Michael Jackson did it.

        • No Name
          No Name
          March 17, 2015 at 7:17 am | #

          No, it’s still really weird because Michael Jackson did it.

          • Cybersnark
            Cybersnark
            March 17, 2015 at 11:31 am | #

            It was fine when it was just Luke Skywalker. Jackson ruined it.

          • zoelogical
            zoelogical
            March 17, 2015 at 1:09 pm | #

            also Floop from Spy Kids.

      • Bill
        Bill
        March 17, 2015 at 4:19 am | #

        I’m sure that’s part of the reason, but remember that she rides a motorcycle and wears full leathers too.  Gloves, even half-fingered gloves with a padded palm like bicyclists wear, would be considered appropriate equipment and probably wouldn’t even cause a raised eyebrow.

        • tim gueguen
          tim gueguen
          March 17, 2015 at 10:31 am | #

          Most people wouldn’t eat wearing gloves though. Or try writing school notes wearing them either.

          Of course it would be amusing if in fact Sal doesn’t have a scar, and just wears gloves all the time because she likes to.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        March 17, 2015 at 8:10 am | #

        yep

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      March 17, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

      Speaking as a major glove geek, good gloves don’t generally absorb odors and the like, and are generally easy to clean.

      Moreover, yes, we always have multiple pairs.

      Think people with shoe closets..

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        March 17, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

        It’s interesting that her gloves have largely been ignored by the other characters. Walky and Marcie(and there’s a title for a webcomic) presumably know or can guess why. Joyce is ignorant enough of such things that she probably thinks it’s some sort of cool biker thing. Jason might think it’s a fetish. I can imagine Carla asking questions at some point, because being a pain in the ass is her thing.

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          March 19, 2015 at 8:29 pm | #

          To be fair, other than the occasional ‘where did you get those awesome gloves from?’ I never really get feedback on my gloves when I go out in public, and I’ve worn them for a long time due to medical [pain] reasons.”
          So probably doesn’t come up too often.

  31. Bill
    Bill
    March 17, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

    Is that a Van Sweringen hanging on the back wall?

  32. The Kojie
    The Kojie
    March 17, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

    Exquisite! Cheerio! Pip-pip! *and other assortments of cliche English slang*

    Are we here to see some real bonding with the two? I honestly hope thy talk about Danny at some point.

  33. TheLurkerAbove
    TheLurkerAbove
    March 17, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

    Sal – Too badass to be carded. 😛

  34. Melvin Schlock
    Melvin Schlock
    March 17, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

    Those of us who live in countries where the legal drinking in pubs age is 18 are often baffled that youngsters in the USA work so hard at getting fake IDs, etc.

  35. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 17, 2015 at 2:12 am | #

    Heinousactsz1, you think Sal is a Dork? Totally hopeless you are.

    Walky is her brother, I’m sure he knows why she wears gloves. As does Marcie, being her best friend. Joyce wouldn’t dare ask, she’s too in awe of Sal, and likely just thinks it’s an affectation anyway. As do most of the others around her. They go with her persona.

    As for Jason. He strikes me in the same vein as Danny. Neither are all that outstanding in any one way. Rather bland, not bad, just boring. Danny could grow up to be Jason quite easily I think. Just give him a bow tie.

    As to Jason’s authority, he’s not a full Prof., really hasn’t got that much authority. And he really should use his head and stop sniffing around a student, one that especially doesn’t hold him in much esteem at all.

    Guess he is one of those guys that figure he can’t REALLY be disliked, you just misunderstand him.

    • zach
      zach
      March 17, 2015 at 8:23 am | #

      Jason is apparently one of the few people at this school who WANT to be good teachers. Sal tried to fuck her way to better grades after He said it wouldn’t work, then called him a bad teacher. She was aweful. Danny got through because she let him.

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        March 17, 2015 at 10:07 am | #

        In fairness to Sal, Jason probably IS a bad teacher, but I’m betting it’s because 1) his subject comes easily to him, 2) he’s the specific kind of personality that can’t see when things actually are difficult because they’re not difficult for him (I am that kind of person in some ways and I have to consciously fight to see the other side), and 3) he’s never actually learned how to teach, only how to lecture.

        He has the desire to do better and be a good teacher, which is more than we’ve seen from Professor Rees or Penny.

      • John
        John
        March 17, 2015 at 1:51 pm | #

        From what we saw of their tutoring session, Jason is a bad teacher, at least for Sal. Danny got through to her because Danny tried a different approach, tailored to his observations of Sal, rather than alternating repeating the things the she failed to get before with critiquing her personal life.

  36. Did
    Did
    March 17, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

    I like how this time its Jason who meets Sal at a bar. Don’t think I didn’t notice that.
    I hope Jason become more likeable.

  37. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 17, 2015 at 2:30 am | #

    Eh, Jason didn’t really strike me as a bar-lurker.

  38. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    March 17, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

    Jason dressed for night time debauchery

  39. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    March 17, 2015 at 4:00 am | #

    This night is going to end up with Sal and Jason in the same bed. Mark my words. 😉

  40. Torra
    Torra
    March 17, 2015 at 4:02 am | #

    Agh Jason, great. And of course he would wear a bow-tie to a pub. Of course.

  41. maxlines
    maxlines
    March 17, 2015 at 5:53 am | #

    I actually hope these two end up together.

  42. JustShy
    JustShy
    March 17, 2015 at 6:42 am | #

    Man…five years ago, this kind of girl would have been the worst kind of news for me. She’s beautiful. She’s smarter than she let’s on. She’s clearly hiding herself from everyone as best she can.

    I’ve got a weird knack for getting people to open up to me. So she’d feel weirdly comfortable around me. Drinks happen. The things that, “drinks happening,” causes happen.

    We get seemingly closer and closer, then at some point, it becomes clear that I know everything about her, but she knows nothing about who I am and what makes me tick. The entire relationship started because I saw an enchanting puzzle I wanted to unravel. In finding this hidden person, I fall in love with it.

    I’ve fallen in love with her because she’s open with me. She was infatuated with me because she felt secure in telling me what she is afraid to tell anyone else. The infatuation doesn’t last and she looks for me and realizes that I haven’t offered up much of myself.

    She’s bared all for me when she hides from everyone else, and in return, I’ve been cryptic and reserved about myself.

    The truth is, I don’t know how to let anyone in. I don’t know how to get in. I feel like a stranger to myself. I like unraveling puzzles because I can’t even figure out where to begin on my own.

    In this above written musing, I figured something out. People that feel misunderstood feel comfortable with me because I ooze empathy for being misunderstood. I don’t ask, “Who are you, really? What’s behind the mask?” I ask, “Why do you feel misunderstood? Why do you wear the mask?”

    Yes, I am totally a self-aware Danny. Sal finds him charming and she doesn’t know why. Ethan is extremely attracted to him. Amber sees someone she can show herself to. These are all people that wear masks. Danny isn’t curious about the mask. He wants to know the person behind it.

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 17, 2015 at 1:51 pm | #

      Ethan isn’t extremely attracted to Danny, Danny is extremely attracted to Ethan.

      • dralou
        dralou
        March 17, 2015 at 6:46 pm | #

        None of them are extremely attracted, but the attraction is mutual. Ethan is (slightly) better at hiding it because he’s used to hide his crushes.

  43. Revy from Roanapura
    Revy from Roanapura
    March 17, 2015 at 6:55 am | #

    She stole my act.

  44. fantasyfreakvi
    fantasyfreakvi
    March 17, 2015 at 7:00 am | #

    Awe man… I was hoping the two guys in the background would’ve been tagged. The more fleshed out the universe is, the better.

    • Airyu
      Airyu
      March 17, 2015 at 1:50 pm | #

      I still wanna know who the people in panel 1 of this comic are. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/trauma/

  45. Sailor_Arashi
    Sailor_Arashi
    March 17, 2015 at 7:02 am | #

    “If there is a bicycle hung above the mantel in the first act…”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 17, 2015 at 9:54 am | #

      …a drunk TA with a bowtie will crash out into a fountain layer that night in a feeble attempt to impress a hot biker chick.

      • Sailor_Arashi
        Sailor_Arashi
        March 17, 2015 at 9:57 am | #

        So it is writ, so let it be done.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 17, 2015 at 3:33 pm | #

          That’s like the third rule of literature.

  46. Whittier
    Whittier
    March 17, 2015 at 9:57 am | #

    Given the day, I have to wonder if this is supposed to be the Irish Lion.

  47. Dave
    Dave
    March 17, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

    Going to university in England, I find it odd whenever students have to sneak into bars or get booze. Without booze a British uni would cease to exist!

    Seriously, are American colleges this strict? Especially with the alcohol ban in the dorms, how do you even enforce that?

    • Uno
      Uno
      March 17, 2015 at 11:45 am | #

      Yes they are, and with weekly walkthroughs of the dorms by Resident Assistants.

      Sure this is more for the Freshmen and Sophmore dorms but people still have to hide any semblance of alcohol on campus for the most part.

    • Whittier
      Whittier
      March 17, 2015 at 1:32 pm | #

      Alcohol in residence is a definite no-no, it can get you expelled. Some schools are a bit more lenient insofar as they have an on-campus pub (I’m at the University of Alaska, and we have one.) Of course, the prohibition of alcohol doesn’t work particularly well, since it makes the youngsters absolutely obsessed with getting drunk, and so go about their consumption in far more dangerous ways than if it were just allowed.

      Ah, Americans. We’re immoderate in everything but our politics.

      • Airyu
        Airyu
        March 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm | #

        We had a campus pub too! *hi-5’s*

  48. JBento
    JBento
    March 17, 2015 at 11:01 am | #

    So, a brit and his bowtie walk into a bar…

  49. Samae
    Samae
    March 17, 2015 at 11:12 am | #

    Here we go again http://www.itswalky.com/comic/for-the-kid/

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 17, 2015 at 11:18 am | #

      Ah, thanks, I got a bit mystified by all the references to what-had-been-before

  50. No Name
    No Name
    March 17, 2015 at 11:22 am | #

    Since I’m the only here to have noticed this, apparently, how many times has Sal “taken the lords name in vain”? I think this is first time actually.

    • Machine of Slight Discomfort
      Machine of Slight Discomfort
      March 17, 2015 at 12:44 pm | #

      If it had been Joyce (or Becky) using actual swear words, people would have noticed. But anybody else? I don’t see how it would be noteworthy, and I only had to go back to Sal’s previous appearance to see more swearing.

    • Sailor_Arashi
      Sailor_Arashi
      March 17, 2015 at 12:56 pm | #

      Fun Fact: His name isn’t “God”. It’s also not “Lord”.

      These are what we call “titles”.

      You see, His actual name doesn’t appear in the Bible, because you’re not allowed to say it. You can say “God damn it” all you want. That’s fine. His name isn’t ‘God’. If you demand YAHWEH damn something, then you’re in violation. The entire reason the Bible is full of “God” and “Lord” is because that’s what you’re ALLOWED to say.

      • Urukak
        Urukak
        March 17, 2015 at 2:08 pm | #

        Other fun fact: God never said this. You are totally allowed to say YAHWEH, or however you feel like translating it. It’s just that the Israelites were so paranoid about misusing God’s name that they made it sort of an unwritten rule to not use it at all. The intent behind “God damn it” and “YAHWEH damn it” is exactly the same, and that’s what actually matters. (The fact that today the phrase has lost much of its severity is also relevant in this regard.)

        If you want to say God damn it, then just do it and own up to it instead of clinging to an interpretation of scripture that makes it not a sin. God isn’t going to love you any less for it. That’s kind of the entire point of Christianity, despite what some Christians would have you believe.

        Obviously if you don’t believe in the Judeochristian god than none of this applies to you so feel free to do whatever, I guess.

        • Sailor_Arashi
          Sailor_Arashi
          March 17, 2015 at 3:14 pm | #

          Yeah, that’s just not true at all. It’s the name that matters.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton#Verbal_prohibitions

          • Urukak
            Urukak
            March 17, 2015 at 7:08 pm | #

            Eh, agree to disagree, then. From my perspective anyway, nothing in that article contradicts what I said, except that the unwritten rule was in fact written, which I didn’t actually know, so thank you for that.

      • No Name
        No Name
        March 18, 2015 at 6:35 am | #

        Another fun fact, there’s a reason I put “taken the lords name in vain” in quotes. And that’s why.

    • John
      John
      March 17, 2015 at 2:02 pm | #

      I haven’t been counting “goddamn”s (and am not planning to), but this is certainly not the first time Sal has said it.

      • No Name
        No Name
        March 18, 2015 at 6:37 am | #

        Ah, thanks John. I brought it up because of the Catholic school thing, where it might have been, ah, “beaten” out of her.

  51. jesslin
    jesslin
    March 17, 2015 at 12:40 pm | #

    And a Happy Amateur Night to you too, Mr Willis 😀

  52. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 17, 2015 at 12:50 pm | #

    Sal likes to spend her Friday night alone by the bar. She didn’t want to hang out with Marcie anyway.

    Stupid Marcie.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 17, 2015 at 2:15 pm | #

      “I-it’s not like she l-likes that stupid Marcie or anything!”

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      March 17, 2015 at 2:54 pm | #

      She prefers wal-mart parking lots.

    • DuckDuckMoose
      DuckDuckMoose
      March 17, 2015 at 10:02 pm | #

      “So how’s your day been?”

      “Oh, ah alienated mah best friend. Yours?”

      “A colleague put a ‘punch me’ sign on my back and I didn’t notice until after a janitor took a bloody swing at me.”

      I guarantee you they will commiserate about Marcie and Penny, even if they do it obliquely without naming names.

  53. Belze
    Belze
    March 17, 2015 at 1:24 pm | #

    Those things in the foreground XD (bar-taps)? looks like one of them is yelling at the other one and that last thing to the left is just going “shit I’m staying out of this one”

    • Sailor_Arashi
      Sailor_Arashi
      March 17, 2015 at 3:39 pm | #

      Your favorite beer is shit!

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 17, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

      By angling them like that it allows the bartender/beer pourer to be able to operate one handle without jarring and possibly accidentally opening an adjacent one.  Also allows more room for the advertising knobs at the top to be more easily seen.

  54. niblik
    niblik
    March 17, 2015 at 1:33 pm | #

    Hsssssssss. We hates the Jason.

  55. John
    John
    March 17, 2015 at 2:41 pm | #

    Yes, Jason, she’s underage. That’s why she’s just got a glass of chocolate milk.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 17, 2015 at 4:09 pm | #

      But in a dirty glass!!

  56. Li
    Li
    March 17, 2015 at 3:09 pm | #

    Wait so did she get in because she’s part native American or because she’s attractive?

    • Sailor_Arashi
      Sailor_Arashi
      March 17, 2015 at 3:28 pm | #

      Unless I missed something, she’s part African American, not Native American.

      And she got in because she’s hot and outwardly self-confident. Hot girls are allowed into bars/club more readily than other people, because they attract customers. People who are outwardly self-confident can go where they shouldn’t be simply by not looking like they shouldn’t be there.

  57. NotFred
    NotFred
    March 17, 2015 at 5:45 pm | #

    Mae West said it:

    Good girls go to heaven…

  58. Mididoom
    Mididoom
    March 17, 2015 at 7:01 pm | #

    So, a man walked into a bar…

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 17, 2015 at 7:21 pm | #

      And cried, “OWW!”

  59. Crimson
    Crimson
    March 17, 2015 at 10:12 pm | #

    Man, I really like the background work in this one. Dunno why, it just has a very dynamic vibe.

  60. skyeribbon
    skyeribbon
    March 17, 2015 at 10:38 pm | #

    Whoa, It’s Walky flashback

  61. Cat
    Cat
    March 18, 2015 at 1:13 pm | #

    Oh, I see. It’s a bar. And people under 21 here nowadays can’t be anywhere near the actual bar. Right. I thought he was asking about IU – which seemed a bit odd, actually.

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