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by David M Willis on December 30, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - This Is the Way that We Love
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 30, 2017 at 12:01 am | #

    sounds fine to me!

    [/doesn’t actually hate birthdays so much as eyerolls them ever since I stopped sharing one with a sitting president]

    • toby
      toby
      December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

      Were you also born on August 4, or is it a different president than the one I’m thinking of?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 30, 2017 at 12:58 am | #

        July 6? June 12? August 19? October 1? February 6?

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          December 30, 2017 at 2:53 am | #

          The birthday in question is January 7. (Turns out that Ana is one of the Undead.)

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            December 30, 2017 at 9:50 am | #

            Could be February 12! (That statue of Abe Lincoln is ALWAYS sitting.)

            • CleverTrousers
              CleverTrousers
              December 30, 2017 at 11:05 pm | #

              bad dumb tish

              • CleverTrousers
                CleverTrousers
                December 31, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

                Honestly, if anybody ever knocks that dude down then that would make a pretty good Jeopardy question.

                “Though he lost his only senate race by five votes, he became a giant of another branch of government, sitting as president for ninety-five consecutive years.”

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            December 30, 2017 at 9:54 am | #

            Ana, you share the same birthday as Mallard Fillmore?

            …. you poor, poor dear.

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              December 30, 2017 at 6:50 pm | #

              Do you mean Millard Fillmore or does that awful cartoon duck also have that birthday?

              • Reltzik
                Reltzik
                December 30, 2017 at 9:51 pm | #

                The latter.

                ….. at least, so I imagine.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      December 30, 2017 at 2:45 am | #

      February 12?

  2. Shiro
    Shiro
    December 30, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Kitten Ruth Thinks of Nothing But Murder All Day

  3. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    December 30, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    See, even the characters in your comic are noticing the cricket deserves to live.
    #TagTheCricket

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      December 30, 2017 at 1:57 am | #

      I’m on board with this. Tag that cricket!

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      December 30, 2017 at 2:14 am | #

      #TagTheCricket!!!

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      December 30, 2017 at 2:30 am | #

      I’m in full support of Crackit the Cricket.

      • Tev
        Tev
        December 30, 2017 at 8:58 am | #

        His name is actually Tag.

        • Yet_One_More_Idiot
          Yet_One_More_Idiot
          December 30, 2017 at 6:08 pm | #

          Nah, his name is Test. Test Cricket. 🙂

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            December 30, 2017 at 9:23 pm | #

            No-one is going to get that.

            (Go Steve Smith!)

            • zathael
              zathael
              December 31, 2017 at 6:07 pm | #

              WHY IS NO ONE SAYING JIMINY!?!

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                January 2, 2018 at 6:14 pm | #

                Too obvious.

    • Ansel
      Ansel
      December 30, 2017 at 5:29 pm | #

      Willis is clearly trying to trick us into thinking the cricket is insignificant. Once he has his important, dramatic moment in the narrative, Willis will go back and tag these pages

  4. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    December 30, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    “Dr. Lessick! now might be a really good time for you to think about murder.”

    “that’s my secret, Billie. i’m always thinking about murder.”

    [murder ensues]

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      December 30, 2017 at 2:37 am | #

      If I understand correctly, the book that the current strip will be in begins with the storyline Face the Strange. So by Laidlaw’s Rule the first strip in that storyline needs to be retroactively changed as follows:

      Panel 3 (in texts):
      Billie: You going to be okay without me?
      Ruth: You’re still nearby. It’s no big deal.
      Billie: See you tomorrow.

      Panel 4:
      Narrator voice: And then the murders began.

    • Bast
      Bast
      December 30, 2017 at 6:45 am | #

      Someone’s been watching Avengers.

  5. Leorale
    Leorale
    December 30, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    I want to see Dina’s birthday, that sounds delightful.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

      (Whereas Sarah probably just wants everyone to forget about hers.)

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        December 30, 2017 at 12:48 am | #

        Not if Joyce has anything to do with it.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 30, 2017 at 10:03 am | #

      *at 4:30 in the morning, Dina’s parents materialize behind the door*
      Dina’s mother: Daughter, you are now 19.
      Dina’s father: Congratulations and well done.
      Dina: Thank you, my parents.
      *polite bows all around*
      *Dina’s parents disappear behind door again*
      Becky (from bunk): Huh? Wuh wuzzat?
      Dina: $500 has been transferred to my back account, so that I may buy me something nice.
      Becky: Why?
      Dina: I have passed a significant milestone.
      Becky: Huh… so whatcha gonna buy with it?
      Dina: Stegosaurus hoodie.

      • abramdemski
        abramdemski
        December 31, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

        This is perfect.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      December 31, 2017 at 8:41 am | #

      You’re not the only one.

  6. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    December 30, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    She gave her a cake that SAID “Other Rachel” IN FROSTING? Jesus Christ.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      December 30, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

      Tbh, by this point, even Other Rachel thinks of herself as Other Rachel.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      December 30, 2017 at 4:24 am | #

      I like the specifics from Ruth: Not “I made” or “I decorated” or “I ordered” even, but the bare minimum involvement, which probably reflects her enthusiasm, “I handed”.

      • Dean
        Dean
        December 30, 2017 at 7:00 am | #

        Ruth didn’t make the cake, or buy it. Probably best not to speculate about where she got it.

        • Ryek Hvek
          Ryek Hvek
          December 30, 2017 at 8:34 am | #

          She took it away from an orphan.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            December 30, 2017 at 10:05 am | #

            … named Other Rachel.

            That must’ve been hard to find. At least Ruth put a LITTLE effort into it.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      December 31, 2017 at 8:42 am | #

      If that happened to me, I’d think it was really funny.

  7. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    My secret is I’m always anxious.

    Also, my RAs did nothing for birthdays, so that’s kind of nice.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 30, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

      I’m pretty sure my RAs didn’t do anything for birthdays either.

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Jimmy lives!

  9. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    I’m sure Meredith actually appreciated that, that could have been the highlight of her day for all we know

  10. Antonio
    Antonio
    December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    I love that Other Rachel is referred as such like it’s normal.

    • Cattleprod
      Cattleprod
      December 30, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

      I’m impressed it was so universally accepted as to be put on a cake that early in the semester.

      • DinaWho
        DinaWho
        December 30, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

        Who’s Other Rachel’s roommate? Rachel? She’s a sophomore, so if they room together, it would make sense for Other Rachel to be a sophomore. In that case, it’s likely an in-joke from the year before.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          December 30, 2017 at 3:01 am | #

          Everybody knows it’s Dina. Duh.

  11. Keulen
    Keulen
    December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    With the exception of close family members I’m terrible at remembering other peoples’ birthdays.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      December 30, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      My phone does that for me. Also it tells me what day of the week it is and such.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      December 30, 2017 at 3:06 am | #

      The only reason I remember my father’s is he shares it with my favourite singer (who uses it for one of her project names). >_>

      (I used to get the number of his and my brother’s mixed up, so now I have my entire immediate family down.)

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      December 30, 2017 at 10:07 am | #

      Remember… Birthdays…?

      Isn’t that what Facebook is for?

  12. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    December 30, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Quick, someone contact the timeline guy to figure out which storylines September 9 and September 17 took place in!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 30, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

      The days that would have been ROUGHLY Sept. 9th and 17th were during timeskips. The first was the day before Time Keeps On Slippin’ and the second was the day before Just Hangin’ Out With My Family.

      For reference, it’s currently roughly October 12th.

    • McBogue
      McBogue
      December 30, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

      Willis is a wily one. According to the timeline over at Walkypedia, neither of those days were covered “on-screen” so to speak. September 9 was the day before “Time Keeps On Slippin'” and September 17 was the day before “Just Hangin’ Out With My Family”.

      • McBogue
        McBogue
        December 30, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

        Scooped by BBCC! 🙂

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        December 30, 2017 at 12:51 am | #

        Ah! Thanks for the info.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      December 30, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

      Did Other Rachel appear on the storyline on Sept. 9?

  13. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 30, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    Be honest, Ruth. You didn’t write up Meredith as a birthday present. You didn’t write her up because that would have been at the Venn Diagram intersection of paperwork, job, and bullshit.

    (Granted job might be entirely a subset of bullshit, but it’s a gradated circle where some parts of the circle are more bullshitty than other parts.)

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      December 30, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      I dunno, she used to be more spite-motivated, or she would just have plucked it out of their mouth or something and intimidate them, pre-Billie breakdown.

    • Mitsukara
      Mitsukara
      December 30, 2017 at 12:52 am | #

      Was Ruth R.A. when Sarah’s old roommate got in trouble for drugs on campus? If she knows about the fallout of that incident, that might increase her hesitancy.

      • Gojira
        Gojira
        December 30, 2017 at 1:26 am | #

        I don’t think Sarah’s old roommate ever got caught by the campus authorities. Sarah went straight to her parents.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        December 30, 2017 at 3:29 am | #

        I think Ruth is a sophomore now*, if so, not RA during the Dana situation. *However, we don’t know.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 30, 2017 at 10:32 am | #

          I’m pretty sure Ruth is a junior and was RA last year. She already had a reputation among the sophomores at the start of the year.

  14. Tacos
    Tacos
    December 30, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Hey the cricket lives. Now give it a name.

    • Tan
      Tan
      December 30, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

      It has a name.

      Its name is Lettuce.

      • Dave M
        Dave M
        December 30, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

        In my headcannon, Lettuce is the name of a Mantis, and Test is the name of the cricket. 🙂

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          December 30, 2017 at 2:06 am | #

          That was a wicket thing to post …

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            December 30, 2017 at 2:39 am | #

            I have to admit it bowled me over.

            • Dave M
              Dave M
              December 30, 2017 at 3:29 am | #

              I’m stumped to think of another pun..

              • Dellaran
                Dellaran
                December 30, 2017 at 4:08 am | #

                Hindsight is twenty20. (By which I mean the cricket format, not the stock-photo website…)

        • Remmington Steele
          Remmington Steele
          December 30, 2017 at 5:39 am | #

          Knocked him for six! And the Old Trafford End go wild!

      • GoblinScribe
        GoblinScribe
        December 30, 2017 at 2:48 am | #

        I liked Chester, personally. Lettuce is good, though.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 30, 2017 at 7:38 am | #

      He’s Tag.

      Tag, the cricket.

  15. laladoria
    laladoria
    December 30, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m glad the awkward silence is at least gone. I was worried there for a minute.

    …

    Now I get to spend my worries on something else, like when the next problem is going to pop up with the two of them.

  16. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    December 30, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    “Let’s do something productive.”

    “Like murder?”

    “…Damnit.”

  17. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    December 30, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    Murder is not cricket at all.

    Celebrating birthdays is by not writing people up is not quite cricket.
    (Actually, was it even Meredith’s birthday? Or is Ruth all “Meh, it’s probably someone’s birthday”?)

  18. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 30, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    *looks for some Grateful Dead to play*

  19. Bo Lindbergh
    Bo Lindbergh
    December 30, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    Davy Cricket.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 30, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

      The problem with naming the cricket is that he might die.

      See, if I call him Davy Cricket and then see him get smashed, Iscream, because he just got alamoed.

      …..

      *flees for dear punning life*

      • Danni
        Danni
        December 30, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

        davy cricket’s locker

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      December 30, 2017 at 1:54 am | #

      King of the wild frontier!

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      December 30, 2017 at 3:08 am | #

      No, Davy was a Monkee. BUDDY was a Cricket.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 30, 2017 at 9:12 am | #

        Holly Cow.

  20. Nono
    Nono
    December 30, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

    Sarah’s birthday, you say?

    Who’s ready for Joyce’s grin to break the panels?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 30, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

      That’s probably also Walky’s birthday.

      …..

      ….. crap, the parents are going to come out for that, aren’t they?

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 30, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

        Nah, Walky and Sal were born on April Fool’s. Assuming Willis is keeping that from the Walkyverse.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          December 30, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

          Oh, wait, Sal =/= Sarah.

          …… my brain just isn’t working today.

          …….

          …….. Anyhow, I vote surprise birthday party for Sarah, with everyone jumping out and launching into a happy birthday song. What could possibly go wrong?

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            December 30, 2017 at 12:57 am | #

            I’d love to see Sarah have her birthday party. I’m sure she’d LOVE it.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        December 30, 2017 at 2:08 am | #

        … what kind of coming out are you envisioning here …

  21. Danni
    Danni
    December 30, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

    the cricket still isnt tagged?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 30, 2017 at 12:47 am | #

      #TagTheCricket

      …..

      ….. Willis is going to make that hashtag a banning offense, isn’t he?

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 30, 2017 at 9:15 am | #

        Nah, he’ll just use the bongo switch to change it to something else.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          December 30, 2017 at 9:56 am | #

          He knows that will just ENCOURAGE us to…

          …. oh. Clever.

  22. gen
    gen
    December 30, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

    Maybe I’m just used to some other webcomics creating easy drama by never letting their characters be happy, but I would be more surprised to see a Billie/Ruth relationship that slowly gets healthier than to see a relationship where they fall out of lust/love now that some of the excitement has been resolved.

  23. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 30, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

    Honestly, this just reminded me that Sal’s birthday is April 1st, or it was.

  24. Cass
    Cass
    December 30, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

    I find your green cricket creepy and wrong. Green is for grasshoppers!

    (I know they do exist, I’ve just never seen one, all the crickets in my area are dark brown/black.)

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      December 30, 2017 at 12:34 am | #

      He started out a proper color, but he disappeared into the beige desk too easily. So I made him green, sorry.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 30, 2017 at 9:18 am | #

        What Carla uncaged was a cricket of beige,
        But they’ll have a green green cricket.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      December 30, 2017 at 12:50 am | #

      Another name for a green cricket is a katydid (Tettigonioidea).

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 30, 2017 at 9:20 am | #

        #TagTheTettigonioidea

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          December 30, 2017 at 11:17 am | #

          Katy did, but I got no idea.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            December 30, 2017 at 1:20 pm | #

            “Katy tried
            I was halfway crucified”

  25. bleepbloop
    bleepbloop
    December 30, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

    Since we’re in October (I think? Or are we in November by now?), with the order Billie read those names, Sarah’s probably a Libra and Dina’s a Scorpio! If we ARE in late October by now Sarah’s definitely a Scorpio and Dina’s either also one or possibly a Sagittarius. Dina feels more like a Sag to me.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 30, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

      It’s roughly October 12th right now.

  26. spoopyfox
    spoopyfox
    December 30, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

    RAs are supposed to do shit for people’s birthdays?

  27. Inspector whatevsman
    Inspector whatevsman
    December 30, 2017 at 12:37 am | #

    Man, Ruth goes all out and them some. Some people don’t even get names on theirs

  28. showler
    showler
    December 30, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

    By Jiminy, that was a close one.

  29. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    December 30, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

    Just “Other Rachel”? No “Happy Birthday Other Rachel”?

  30. MM
    MM
    December 30, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

    Is the alt text that Ruth’s secret isn’t a secret? ‘Cause it’s not.

    I like how my iPhone tries to autocorrect to “Ruthless.”

    Also also, Billie’s shaping up to be a good RA.

  31. Biblioholic
    Biblioholic
    December 30, 2017 at 1:02 am | #

    Ruth is my spirit animal.

    I hope she does ok.

  32. EvilMidnightLurker
    EvilMidnightLurker
    December 30, 2017 at 1:05 am | #

    Ruthless is gamma mutate confirmed.

  33. Undrave
    Undrave
    December 30, 2017 at 1:11 am | #

    TWO COMICS! The Cricket deserves a tag now!

  34. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 30, 2017 at 1:13 am | #

    Just hand the birthday list to Joyce and call it a day (and go apologize to Sarah for letting Joyce know her birthday)

  35. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    December 30, 2017 at 1:28 am | #

    If other Rachel is anything like other Kevin from tabletop game club at my college, she wouldn’t like being referred to as other Rachel. Just call her Rachel, and call the first Rachel “squid”.

  36. BenRG
    BenRG
    December 30, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

    Could Billie’s natural aptitude be ‘social secretary’?

  37. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    December 30, 2017 at 2:23 am | #

    In a perfect world, “My Secret Is I’m Always Thinking of Murder” would also be a book title.

    • Clif
      Clif
      December 30, 2017 at 9:25 am | #

      In a perfect word, The Cheese would be food for thought.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 30, 2017 at 9:35 am | #

        In a perfect world auto-correct would ask you before changing world to word. Also there would be a way to edit comments to correct errors that you would never make because it’s a perfect world.

        • Clif
          Clif
          December 30, 2017 at 9:39 am | #

          In less perfect worlds the edit feature is disabled to keep Mike from carrying on arguments and then going back and editing his posts to make the other guy’s responses look like those of an unreasonable jerk.

  38. Woobie
    Woobie
    December 30, 2017 at 2:43 am | #

    Ruth is channeling Bruce Banner?
    Her eyes have turned green; the rest of her will apparently follow.
    Soon.
    Any strip now.

  39. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 30, 2017 at 3:07 am | #

    I’ve been going back and forth on this for a few days now, as most of you are aware.

    I’ve gone some…. pretty dumb places of late.

    I mean, they seemed good ideas at the time.

    But in hindsight, they obviously weren’t.

    Frankly, I was all over the place.

    But I’m better now. I’ve got a clear answer now. I’ve got the RIGHT answer now.

    ….

    That damn cricket’s name is Tag.

    TAG THE CRICKET.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      December 30, 2017 at 5:42 am | #

      Easy, Tiger.

      2018 hasn’t begun yet.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 30, 2017 at 9:43 am | #

        EXACTLY! I want to end 2017 on a high note, all chipper and chirpy.

  40. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    December 30, 2017 at 3:38 am | #

    Ruth must reeeeeeeeeally like slamming insects with books to do that on a desk. I don’t envy whoever gets to clean that.

  41. Dara
    Dara
    December 30, 2017 at 3:55 am | #

    Mine too, Ruth. Mine, too.

  42. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 30, 2017 at 5:47 am | #

    Panel 2 : the insect now moved away. Good luck finding it.

  43. Arkady
    Arkady
    December 30, 2017 at 7:52 am | #

    The cricket lives! Long Live The Cricket!

  44. StriderHLC
    StriderHLC
    December 30, 2017 at 8:13 am | #

    So, is “My Secret is I’m Always Thinking of Murder” the next book title?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 30, 2017 at 9:44 am | #

      Only if we can talk him out of “up here we can be garbage” (exact wording might vary from my sleep-deprived memory).

      Though he DID ask us to…

  45. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 30, 2017 at 9:49 am | #

    Okay, is anyone else getting that stupid Ford ad that says, “Hey, I don’t care if you’re trying to scroll down to a lower part of the comments section, I’m up here, your browser has to be up here too, NO YOU DON’T GET TO LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE.”

    If so, is there a setting in Firefox I can disable that gives me back control of my browser?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 30, 2017 at 2:40 pm | #

      Aggressive ads are the worst.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      December 30, 2017 at 4:00 pm | #

      I used to recommend blocking Java/Shockwave – doa used to kill firefox on my Ubuntu box. But I can see FlashBlock add-on is disabled, and I can no longer disable JS or Java in the settings. Yet DOA performs well.

      Get the latest browser I guess.

      • Remmington Steele
        Remmington Steele
        December 30, 2017 at 4:03 pm | #

        Later versions of Firefox do not use the java plugin.

        https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/npapi-plugins?as=u&utm_source=inproduct

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 30, 2017 at 11:17 pm | #

        Well, I’ve got the latest version… but I did check my addons and there was this weird one I couldn’t account for so I disabled it. Maybe that will work.

  46. Matthew
    Matthew
    December 30, 2017 at 5:38 pm | #

    Dig the Avengers reference: My secret is I’m always angry lulz

  47. Portland
    Portland
    December 30, 2017 at 5:48 pm | #

    #Tagtagthecricket

    The cricket’s name is Tag!

    • SgtWadeyWilson
      SgtWadeyWilson
      December 30, 2017 at 7:35 pm | #

      I think you misspelled “#tagthelettuce.”

      This one is nicknamed Red Leaf.

  48. Mr. Anderson
    Mr. Anderson
    December 30, 2017 at 6:12 pm | #

    “I understood that reference.”

  49. PB
    PB
    December 30, 2017 at 6:18 pm | #

    … I’d say not getting written up for the weed was a pretty good present.

  50. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    January 2, 2018 at 9:10 am | #

    To be honest that’s actually not too terrible of presidents.

    Against her job, sure, but all in all?

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