Dorothy does indeed throw the ball downwards, even backwards, halfway through the throwing arc – without even interrupting the throwing arc. It’s pretty strange. Lots of power in her fingers I guess.
The multiple blonks indicate that it’s bouncing more than I’ve personally seen, but I have seen someone bounce their ball into the next lane. They were several frames into the game by that point, too, so it at least wasn’t the very first time they’d held a bowling ball (though that day might have been).
You truly do not need to commit 100% to one side or another. It’s totally possible for Dorothy to not be evil demons who need to be punished while also not being perfect angels who should never be criticized. They are just dumb teens doing dumb teen things same as basically everyone else in the comic. This comment section is just as judgy as fundy parents they just have different criteria.
To be fair Asma talked to Alice one time and has only ever seen her in passing. She has a better excuse to not know Alice’s name than people who have interacted with her do to not know hers.
Freemage
She could have asked Doyce for the name when suggesting her, and since she does know Sal, she’d likely have said, “No, the other one.”
It’s too bad Sal and Alice make no sense as a couple, because Salice would be an excellent ship name.
clif
Now the question is, is Sal bringing Danny. Who may have opinions to express.
Steamweed
Howsabout Alal for a name?
Leadsynth
If it were Malaya/Alice it would be “Malice” which is kind of awesome.
Or more likely, just get Alice to join roller derby and then her roller derby name could be Alice Malice.
zee
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They got in touch with Sal, because that’s who they thought Asma was talking about. I’m not sure Dorothy even knows Alice, although IIRC Joyce was supposed to encourage Alice to spend time with Billie/Jennifer at Billies request.
I know somebody who read one full biography of each president of the US, for fun.
Some, like Abraham Lincoln, had tons of books to choose from. Some, like Chester Arthur, only had one or two, and he had to take what he could get.
He had some really interesting takeaways and could teach a course on it now. One was that they typically had super interesting world-changer lives, of which the presidency was just a small part.
deliverything
Even William Henry Harrison (who, as The Simpsons said, died in 30 days)?
Leorale
Yep, even him. Tippecanoe was 68 when he became president; he’d already done 50 years of big biography things before those 30 days.
No clue why the strip is being coy about the most obvious bait and switch of all time. We know it’s gonna be Sal. It would have been funnier just seeing them set this up.
So then get her stunt double! If she’s not available, hand the actor who plays Walky a wig and a Sal outfit and only shoot him from behind or in wide shots. The show must go on!
Michelle J Caboose
You know, it could work. That’s how the movie “Brainstorm” was finished, after Natalie Wood’s death. They brought in her sister and shot her from behind or in wide shots.
Perhaps the joke is actually on us for assuming it will be Sal. Perhaps Joyce and Dorothy are so acutely empathic and aware of other’s desires they instantly knew from Asma’s vague description entirely who the person she was interested in. Perhaps we are wrong to overly scrutinize the Joyothy and we will all regret are harsh words and judgments. Maybe just maybe they are indeed good at this.
I know you’re joking but it kind of woukd be a good bit for them to totally nail reading Asma’s desires in the middle of their apology bowling game for being tactless douchebags at the genocide protest
All they had to do was understand WHY Asma was interested to know it couldn’t be Sal, it’s not impossible they got it right.
Dot
Joyce barely knows Alice and I don’t think Dororhy has ever met her; when they think “friend with the leather jacket and boots” it’s gonna mean Sal to them.
I think it’s less about the strip itself being coy and more about the characters needing to be for the plot to work. Even though it’s probably too late to ask alice here (and definitely to late to cancel on Sal), the reveal will still work better if it happens when Sal shows up than just talking about it.
Also there’s something to be said for the kinds of things that are obvious to daily commenters vs casual readers. I think this still falls on the “pretty obvious” side for both, but it’s not as simple as “yeah yeah we all figured this out already”.
It also works more being Sal, because then when Asma explains herself, she can inadvertently reval Alice as a gossip who knows WAY too much about them, hence the assumption they were closer friends. More drama potential there.
Except I don’t think it does, because it is so blindingly obvious that it’s going to be Sal that I don’t think it’s worth being a “reveal” at all. The wacky sitcom mixup works better if you show the mixup in motion!
The trick is to really the ball *smoothly* just before it touches the lane, so it rolls down with only the tiniest of “blonks” as it begins its journey downrange.
That’s “release the ball” not “really the ball” (I thought someone said we could edit comments now; I don’t see an option for that) (also, the “Save my name, etc. doesn’t seem to work. I still have to fill in those fields each time)
The trick is to keep your arm straight and not let the weight of the ball make your arm cross your body. It’ll always go where you’re aiming that way. People who get nothing but gutter balls, that’s what they’re doing wrong
Huh, today I learned!
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Also the internet adds that smaller people should use a lighter ball. Like, 10% of one’s body weight.
_
Then the bony poindexters among us will be far more able to keep that arm straight, without feeling like we’re gonna fall over.
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Bowling comix!
Big Z
10% of body weight! I haven’t been able to do THAT since middle school when I started using a 16lb one.
If you are letting go of the ball at any elevation above the knees you are going to break something and the employees will be right to kick you out when you do.
159 thoughts on “Roll the ball”
IntangibleMatter
I’ve been bowling only once, but I don’t think the balls are usually quite that bouncy.
NGPZ
oh believe me, them collisions can be quite elastic with enough force XD
eh, whatever
Dorothy does indeed throw the ball downwards, even backwards, halfway through the throwing arc – without even interrupting the throwing arc. It’s pretty strange. Lots of power in her fingers I guess.
GreyICE
I’ve seen it before…
They can be shockingly bouncy.
clif
It’s good for the flooring.
Needfuldoer
The cranky old guy who runs the place will still get mad at you if you do that, though.
Pocky
I’ve seen people bounce them, then shortly the person who did it be kicked out of the bowling alley lol
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Have you ever seen that one Youtube video of a guy who bowled a bowling ball over-arm? xD
Yumi
The multiple blonks indicate that it’s bouncing more than I’ve personally seen, but I have seen someone bounce their ball into the next lane. They were several frames into the game by that point, too, so it at least wasn’t the very first time they’d held a bowling ball (though that day might have been).
AC
they are if you do it wrong enough
Doctor_Who
Just rent Kingpin and The Big Lebowski, that’s the only way to learn.
embe13
obviously she watched mystery men instead
QueenofSodor
she’s so good at it
Sirksome
I’ve decided we’ve all judged Joyce and Dorothy too harshly. Trust Joyce and Dorothy.
clif
Don’t trust distrust.
OngoingConversation
Don’t trust Sirksome
geno
You truly do not need to commit 100% to one side or another. It’s totally possible for Dorothy to not be evil demons who need to be punished while also not being perfect angels who should never be criticized. They are just dumb teens doing dumb teen things same as basically everyone else in the comic. This comment section is just as judgy as fundy parents they just have different criteria.
clif
I have noticed that tendency, yes.
Astariel
So they did get in touch with Sal/Alice, though we’re still being coy about who exactly it is.
Poor Dorothy. Her incompetence is very funny.
CrazyJ
The upcoming confusion could have been avoided if Asma simply learned Alice’s name, the very thing she’s chastised other people for not knowing.
Sirksome
To be fair Asma talked to Alice one time and has only ever seen her in passing. She has a better excuse to not know Alice’s name than people who have interacted with her do to not know hers.
Freemage
She could have asked Doyce for the name when suggesting her, and since she does know Sal, she’d likely have said, “No, the other one.”
Astariel
Oh, the irony! Hoist by her own petard.
It’s too bad Sal and Alice make no sense as a couple, because Salice would be an excellent ship name.
clif
Now the question is, is Sal bringing Danny. Who may have opinions to express.
Steamweed
Howsabout Alal for a name?
Leadsynth
If it were Malaya/Alice it would be “Malice” which is kind of awesome.
Or more likely, just get Alice to join roller derby and then her roller derby name could be Alice Malice.
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stePH
When did Asma ever chastise anybody for not knowing Alice’s name? I missed that.
😁
the Lurker
They got in touch with Sal, because that’s who they thought Asma was talking about. I’m not sure Dorothy even knows Alice, although IIRC Joyce was supposed to encourage Alice to spend time with Billie/Jennifer at Billies request.
Thag Simmons
I so badly want to know what Dorothy’s “how to be president” reading list was.
KM
If she’d read “Cabinet of Rivals” I feel she would have realized just how must politicking is needed.
Stormtide Leviathan
Probably any book a president’s ever written whether she likes them or not, at a minimum
Leorale
I know somebody who read one full biography of each president of the US, for fun.
Some, like Abraham Lincoln, had tons of books to choose from. Some, like Chester Arthur, only had one or two, and he had to take what he could get.
He had some really interesting takeaways and could teach a course on it now. One was that they typically had super interesting world-changer lives, of which the presidency was just a small part.
deliverything
Even William Henry Harrison (who, as The Simpsons said, died in 30 days)?
Leorale
Yep, even him. Tippecanoe was 68 when he became president; he’d already done 50 years of big biography things before those 30 days.
Dave Van Domelen
Yeah, they really don’t like it when you bounce the ball. Almost as much as they dislike it when you bowl overhand.
Dara
Animal bowls overhand!
Big Z
Can confirm, bowling overhand with kiddie-weight balls will DEFINITELY get you thrown out of a bowling alley.
Ray Radlein
SHE’S A NATURAL
Leorale
a natural blonke
Dot
No clue why the strip is being coy about the most obvious bait and switch of all time. We know it’s gonna be Sal. It would have been funnier just seeing them set this up.
Thag Simmons
Plotline was added in reshoots and the schedule for Sal’s actor was tight.
Needfuldoer
So then get her stunt double! If she’s not available, hand the actor who plays Walky a wig and a Sal outfit and only shoot him from behind or in wide shots. The show must go on!
Michelle J Caboose
You know, it could work. That’s how the movie “Brainstorm” was finished, after Natalie Wood’s death. They brought in her sister and shot her from behind or in wide shots.
stePH
OMFG 😄😂🤣💀⚰️🪦
Sirksome
Perhaps the joke is actually on us for assuming it will be Sal. Perhaps Joyce and Dorothy are so acutely empathic and aware of other’s desires they instantly knew from Asma’s vague description entirely who the person she was interested in. Perhaps we are wrong to overly scrutinize the Joyothy and we will all regret are harsh words and judgments. Maybe just maybe they are indeed good at this.
Dot
I know you’re joking but it kind of woukd be a good bit for them to totally nail reading Asma’s desires in the middle of their apology bowling game for being tactless douchebags at the genocide protest
KtBear
All they had to do was understand WHY Asma was interested to know it couldn’t be Sal, it’s not impossible they got it right.
Dot
Joyce barely knows Alice and I don’t think Dororhy has ever met her; when they think “friend with the leather jacket and boots” it’s gonna mean Sal to them.
showler
Perhaps Alice will show up at the alley for entirely unrelated reasons to add to the confusion?
Leorale
Alice senses drama. It draws her near.
Stormtide Leviathan
I think it’s less about the strip itself being coy and more about the characters needing to be for the plot to work. Even though it’s probably too late to ask alice here (and definitely to late to cancel on Sal), the reveal will still work better if it happens when Sal shows up than just talking about it.
Also there’s something to be said for the kinds of things that are obvious to daily commenters vs casual readers. I think this still falls on the “pretty obvious” side for both, but it’s not as simple as “yeah yeah we all figured this out already”.
Holly
It also works more being Sal, because then when Asma explains herself, she can inadvertently reval Alice as a gossip who knows WAY too much about them, hence the assumption they were closer friends. More drama potential there.
Stormtide Leviathan
Oooh true!! I hadn’t considered that!
Dot
Except I don’t think it does, because it is so blindingly obvious that it’s going to be Sal that I don’t think it’s worth being a “reveal” at all. The wacky sitcom mixup works better if you show the mixup in motion!
Alongcameaspider
I’m half expecting it to not be Sal either at this point but I’m not sure who else would fit the description
Carla maybe?
Cholma
The trick is to really the ball *smoothly* just before it touches the lane, so it rolls down with only the tiniest of “blonks” as it begins its journey downrange.
Cholma
That’s “release the ball” not “really the ball” (I thought someone said we could edit comments now; I don’t see an option for that) (also, the “Save my name, etc. doesn’t seem to work. I still have to fill in those fields each time)
Slartibeast Button, BIA
I only seem to get the edit button when posting doesn’t send me to an error page. The error page is most of time.
I don’t think anyone has gotten their info remembered.
Edit: I didn’t get the error page this time, and thus can make this edit.
clif
It varies, but my information is being remembered tonight. Or at least it was until this one.
Veronica
The trick is to keep your arm straight and not let the weight of the ball make your arm cross your body. It’ll always go where you’re aiming that way. People who get nothing but gutter balls, that’s what they’re doing wrong
Leorale
Huh, today I learned!
_
Also the internet adds that smaller people should use a lighter ball. Like, 10% of one’s body weight.
_
Then the bony poindexters among us will be far more able to keep that arm straight, without feeling like we’re gonna fall over.
_
Bowling comix!
Big Z
10% of body weight! I haven’t been able to do THAT since middle school when I started using a 16lb one.
NGPZ
*plays “Red Ball Main Theme” on hacked muzak*
time to party like it’s 2008 homies B)
Dwampre Scorrigank
I’m guessing that drumbeat is roughly what Dorothy’s ball sounds like bouncing across the room
Armadillo
If you are letting go of the ball at any elevation above the knees you are going to break something and the employees will be right to kick you out when you do.
Leorale
There would be no reason to emphasize all this if there wasn’t a miscommunication.
I guess it could be a surprise third person, but Sal is the only “jacket and boots friend” I can think of for Joyce and Dorothy.
Cbwroses
The twist is it will be Malaya
clif
I can’t search to find if Jennifer has ever worn a jacket and boots.