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by David M Willis on October 5, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Move-In Day
└ Tags: danny, dorothy, ruth

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  1. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 4, 2010 at 11:06 pm | #

    Aww, I feel so bad for Danny right now and nothing has happened yet.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 5, 2010 at 12:27 pm | #

      Wait a minute, David… how did you get a Ruth avatar?

    • Jenny Creed
      Jenny Creed
      July 19, 2013 at 2:31 pm | #

      I feel bad for him because he just used the word “sweetiesmoochums”.

      It’s that ridiculous. I’m not saying that’s the kind of lingo that should get a dude dumped, but he’s making dictionaries cry.

  2. Adnor
    Adnor
    October 4, 2010 at 11:06 pm | #

    No! Danny!
    I knew it was a bad idea that you followed her to college! I KNEW IT!

    So… how’s Ruth gonna tell him? Using femurs to write the words? Because that’s could be awesome.

  3. No0ne
    No0ne
    October 4, 2010 at 11:14 pm | #

    She’s going to tell him by writing it in his own blood, and she’s going to use his sharpened femurs as the writing implements…

  4. Pivitor
    Pivitor
    October 4, 2010 at 11:15 pm | #

    It’s nice seeing a somewhat nicer side to Ruth.

    Didn’t expect Danny and Dorothy to implode this quickly!

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      October 5, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

      I did.

      And how is Ruth being “nicer” when she’s offering to crush somebody’s soul?

      • Ezra
        Ezra
        October 5, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

        She’s offering, rather than crushing his soul unasked. I think that’s nicer.

        Not necessarily nice.

        • No0ne
          No0ne
          October 5, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

          It really depends on your point of view. She’s being nice to Dorothy. Well, maybe shes being nice to Dorothy, it might be better if she told Dorothy to grow a spine and tell him herself. However, I’ll admit it I have no idea about if Ruth telling Danny for Dorothy is a good thing or a bad thing. I study rocks for a reason…

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            October 5, 2010 at 12:30 pm | #

            I don’t know, rocks can have hella drama too. I always get the feeling that sedimentary rocks are jealous of igneous.

            • Joana
              Joana
              April 5, 2011 at 9:18 am | #

              Sedimentary rocks are just posers.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        October 5, 2010 at 9:12 am | #

        She would have crushed Danny’s soul anyway. What’s nice is that she isn’t also crushing Dorothy’s.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        November 18, 2010 at 4:13 am | #

        Ahh, the power of pronouns. Ruth is being nicer, but that still isn’t very nice. Just like Mike is nicer to Amber (sober), even if he is rarely nice to her.

  5. Trae Dorn
    Trae Dorn
    October 4, 2010 at 11:20 pm | #

    Danny… destined to get dumped by his high school sweetheart early in his college career in EVERY continuity. 😛

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      October 4, 2010 at 11:37 pm | #

      Just goes along with the multiple universe theory where similar events are theoretically occurring in different universes at different times.

      Example: In universes A, B, C and D Hitler is born. In A and B Hitler is evil, causes World War 2. Universe A’s history occurs the same as our history. However, in universe B Hitler wins defeats Britain and the allies and conquers Europe. In universe C and D Hitler is a good guy and fights Britain, France and Europe, however in C Hitler loses while in universe D he wins.

      Events that occurred in universe A and C are mirrors of each other because Hitler loses in both.
      Events that occurred in universe B and D are mirrors of each other because Hitler wins in both.
      Events that occurred in universe A and B are mirrors of each other because Hitler is evil in both.
      Events that occurred in universe C and D are mirrors of each other because Hitler is good in both.

      This is of course the overly simplified version of the theory.

      Yea, yea I have too much time on my hands. You would too if your job consisted of sitting in front of a computer for 15 hours a week occasionally changing paper in the printers and giving people directions…

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        October 8, 2010 at 8:47 pm | #

        Onstar?

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      October 5, 2010 at 1:04 am | #

      Also, in every continuity Ruth will express a desire to punch Danny upon first encountering him. See: http://www.itswalky.com/d/19981007.html

  6. FortMax
    FortMax
    October 4, 2010 at 11:21 pm | #

    She’ll do it.

    With her FAAAAAACE

    • Vivvav
      Vivvav
      October 4, 2010 at 11:23 pm | #

      FAAAACE?

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        October 5, 2010 at 1:07 am | #

        And, ladies and gentlemen, we have a meme…one month into the comic. That’s a new record for Willis.

  7. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    October 4, 2010 at 11:30 pm | #

    Joe was right, 7:30!

  8. Mahare
    Mahare
    October 5, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Danny got creeeeeppy!

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      October 5, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

      This is what happens when two former author proxies are in the strip: One gets a makeover. 😛

      And that’s how Danny got needy everyone!

  9. Tercotta
    Tercotta
    October 5, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    Did anyone else think it didn’t really feel like Ruth in DoA untill panel 3 today?

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      October 5, 2010 at 12:39 am | #

      It felt like Ruth was putting on an act about the femurs and throwing people and such, but the expresion on her face in the first panel of the last comic was a dead give away that something was up. If thats what you meant.

    • Mitsukara
      Mitsukara
      November 28, 2014 at 4:49 pm | #

      Despite her original punch-ness, yeah, I can agree with this (retroactively, after reading the whole Roomies! archive on itswalky.com). Her soft side was on display more of the time there, but with the occasional spontaneous punch. Here she’s more up-front about the violence, and hides the soft side.

  10. Undrave
    Undrave
    October 5, 2010 at 3:16 am | #

    FAAAAAAAAACE

    Oh wait that was yesterday right?

    I guess Ruth didn’t expect people to actually ask her for help for anything :p I have a feeling Danny is going to be the buttmonkey of a lot of jokes for a while.

  11. Dierna
    Dierna
    October 5, 2010 at 4:31 am | #

    Will Ruth bust Danny’s faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccceeeeee with femurs?

  12. Someone
    Someone
    October 5, 2010 at 4:47 am | #

    Don’t be fooled! That’s not Ruth turning into our Ruth. That’s Ruth preparing to pounce. Or maybe depressed by Danny’s lack of manliness. He’s falling right off of the scale.

  13. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 5, 2010 at 7:52 am | #

    It occurs to me that having Ultra Car in this comic is not out of the question. He’s the one piece of tech that doesn’t necessarily hinge upon Martians.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      October 5, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

      But Ultra-car was created by Joe, who was altered by the Aliens who were only altering people through some over-complicated plot about taking control of the Martians tech.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        October 5, 2010 at 12:24 pm | #

        I’m willing to bet that he’s still a closet nerd and has the ability to create Ultra-Car if he so wished. (and by “he” I mean Willis acting through Joe)

  14. Deviltrig
    Deviltrig
    October 5, 2010 at 8:43 am | #

    Let Ruth do it! either way, Danny’s gonna get slugged cuz he’s a pansy here. 😀

  15. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    October 5, 2010 at 9:10 am | #

    RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTH!
    Hit him in the FAAAAAAAAACE!

  16. DCHorror
    DCHorror
    October 5, 2010 at 9:49 am | #

    He’s trying too hard. At this point, I’ve no idea if he couldn’t be trying too hard. It is really too late for him not to be trying too hard.

    And it’s probably going to end up with him getting hit in the FAAAAAAAAACE!

    Or driving towards a semi, though we don’t hope for a repeat of those events.

  17. MarkLar
    MarkLar
    October 5, 2010 at 11:20 am | #

    For the love of god Mr. Willis! Please let Ruth do it.

  18. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 5, 2010 at 12:34 pm | #

    What time is it now in this universe? That is to say, Joe guessed that he could put Dorothy on “the list” at 7:30 and the meeting was supposed to be at 7:00 but Ruth had to spend time rounding up stranglers…

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 5, 2010 at 12:34 pm | #

      Stragglers*

      • David
        David M Willis
        October 5, 2010 at 12:44 pm | #

        If you read clocks, it’s pretty easy to figure it out.

        • Ascension
          Ascension
          October 5, 2010 at 2:22 pm | #

          Looks like 7:20, 7:25 in the last strip, which means, yep, breakup’s coming in right on schedule.

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            October 5, 2010 at 4:09 pm | #

            Holy crap. I did not notice that. I guess I was to detracted by the FAAAAAAAAACE.

        • airfox
          airfox
          October 5, 2010 at 4:19 pm | #

          BURN!

          -airfox

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          October 6, 2010 at 12:20 am | #

          Lookit that, a clock

  19. atristain
    atristain
    October 5, 2010 at 10:04 pm | #

    If neither Dorothy or Ruth are doing it, can I do it?

    I wanna see his FAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEE when either of all do it!

  20. Tomb
    Tomb
    October 10, 2010 at 7:54 am | #

    I like Pumpkin Pie!

  21. Shift
    Shift
    October 11, 2010 at 4:52 pm | #

    Sweetie-Smoochums? Wow… that boy needs to hand in his man-card for that one.

  22. Database
    Database
    October 21, 2010 at 3:58 pm | #

    When I read Danny’s lines at the end, some how he ends up sounding liek Guybrush from Monkey island…

  23. Rheios
    Rheios
    May 12, 2015 at 1:24 pm | #

    I am Danny I fear. Danny is I. Although I wouldn’t use Sweetie-smoochums. Possibly would use Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin pie is friggin delicious. As is sweet potato pie.

  24. Aisling
    Aisling
    May 22, 2015 at 2:39 pm | #

    OMG I dont even know the guy and I want Ruth to do it lol.

    • Russian Sloika
      Russian Sloika
      April 18, 2016 at 1:26 am | #

      Danny just has a hateable face, and Ruth has a face you can trust.

  25. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 9:46 am | #

    ….

    Ruth, please, do something about this idiot and is ridiculous pet names.

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