Because Billy is used to being the bongo. And while she somewhat undeservedly had the tables turned and her position reversed, she has yet to actually learn anything from this.
What was, Ruth complaining that the items she had stolen from Billie’s room were now missing from hers?
The Hell’s she gonna do about it? “I have to report that something I stole was stolen from me–likely by its rightful owner”?
The other option is criminal activity, and she does that anyway.
True. If RUth were genuinely evil (instead of just Ruth), she could just tear up the orommate form after Billie hands it over, and then report her to school administration for failing to comply and never filling it out.
But instead, I expect the far more entertaining snark-and-occasional-threats/violence!
Considering how bad ruth wants this form, I suspect that’s not viable. It’s likely the failing would fall on her for not getting all her people to fill out their forms.
Evil would be busting her for the alcohol… that Ruth brought into her room.
If Ruth reports anything to school administration, she’ll be starting a discussion between them and her residents.
She doesn’t want that; she’s intimidating them into not starting one on their own, after all.
I scaled today’s comic to 1000px down from the original 600dpi print-size file. If you’re seeing pixelation, you’re somehow seeing a cached image of the original version.
Am I the only person who actually had to look up apropos? >.< I suddenly feel very stupid 🙁 I mean I'm not a big person when it comes to reading ALOT of books, but I'm sure I've read enough to know most of the english dictionary…
Don’t feel bad about it, I have a literature degree and I still find new words. I ran across “refulgent” for the first time a couple of months ago.
The English language has by far the largest vocabulary of any language in the world. Knowing EVERY word is the reserve of savants and professional Scrabble players.
Shoulda stopped while you were a head Billie. I mean, yeah, she couldn’t exactly deny what she did. After all, it was her uniform that was taken… and the beer. But still, she shouldn’t test fate, just because Sal is with her right now.
Still, I wonder if Ruth sees the irony of the situation.
Not really. The photo of her in bed with the beer might necessarily be against school rules, assuming she’s of legal drinking age, and no sharing it with younger students. My school allowed for the 21 and over students to keep small amounts of booze so long as they did that.
Except for two things: 1.) while IU allows students 21+ to have small amounts of alcohol in designated places, that doesn’t extend to residence halls where the majority of residents are undergrads and therefore underage; and 2.) Ruth is an RA. A leaked picture of an RA passed out surrounded by beer that she’s not allowed to have in her room would at the very least result in her losing her position.
Well if the college in the comic has the same rules that could be very true. I know my old college was okay with RAs having booze in their room, so long as they didn’t drink around the students and they did their job. As for the picture, it depends on how the school handles it. After all, they haven’t fired her yet for her abuse of students.
Bad, bad move, Billie. Before you said that, Ruth suspected you, but didn’t KNOW. Now she KNOWS, but she can’t prove it. The problem is, Ruth doesn’t CARE about proving it, she doesn’t have to answer to anyone, so she can make your life miserable anyway.
ah but she also must suspect that Billie must also have some knowledge of the phone call to her father thus seeing her weakness. her power is based on the myth/story/legend of her having no weakness. If she retaliates before she knows exactly what Billie knows Billie can spill the beans and all her threats and bluster become so much sound and fury signifying nothing.
She may already have an inkling of what may be in store since she did consume large quantities of illicit beverages before passing out the night of the items disappearance. The comment about snoring sets time, place and compromising position.
Confirming it makes no difference. Considering what stolen property was missing from her room, she already knew. And since she can’t report it, her only choices would be either drop the matter entirely, or go the threatening bully route. So she chose door #2, only to find that Billie isn’t backing down.
So what are you threatening her with exactly Ruth?
Billie “stole” from your room something that belongs to Billie herself that you Ruth stole from her in the first place. On top of that you were actually damaging her property. Not sure what leg you have to stand on here.
I feel like an idiot for asking, but I do not understand the last panel in the least. I must’ve missed something, or it could be that I don’t know what “apropos” are, but someone has sum splanin’ to do.
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Very subtle, Billie. >.>
Subtle as bulldozer through a surplus store.
A fine china surplus store.
As subtle as a sledgehammer to the FAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
With its penis.
And a thirst for necks.
And then steal all its femurs.
While its hands thirst for necks.
While it requires your butt!
You guys took all the best meme… I’m here too late!
I harbor perverse sexual lust for a neck-grabbing femur penis sledgehammer with a FAAAAACE
for a nickel.
Did I get them all?
Just like in the hotel room after prom.
“Dem bones, dem bones, dem… dry bones…”
Great. Now I’ve got this idea for adapting DoA’s characters for a storyline or two from “The Prisoner”.
Just don’t forget to…. Answer The Question!!!
For a nickel.
First Tubs and now Freckles, who is going to get a nickname next?
Smokes.
Puffy?
Puff the Magic Dragon?
Ruff the Freckled Dragon 😛
Opps I’m mixing up characters now, MY BAD!
I’d have said Wheels.
You don’t nickname someone based on a favorable aspect.
Angsty?
Wait no, different continuuity.
She doesn’t seem angsty here.
But by god when it comes it will be glorious.
Tubs and Freckles. They fight crime. With special guest, Amazi-Girl!
Jason, Walky,Joe or Danny. Whichever comes first.
Doesn’t David already have a nickname?
Let’s not forget “Cousin Itt”.
It’s like you can actually hear Billie say “T L D R yoink” at the end.
Hahahaha, I cracked up at the last panel.
Why does Tubs have to instigate, just as things were calming down in her life?
This is a hard lesson to learn.
For Science. Why else?
Because Billy is used to being the bongo. And while she somewhat undeservedly had the tables turned and her position reversed, she has yet to actually learn anything from this.
Looks like Ruth’s knuckles are thirsting for Billie’s FAAACE…
And her hand thirsts for Billie’s neck.
And her mouth McNuggets. 50 of them.
My hand thirts for Billie’s boobies :p
Hmmmm…. Billie’s boobies.
That was stupid.
How stupid? As stupid as shagging a table or as stupid as taunting a criminal?
As stupid as the criminal leaving telling the person he’s robbing his Social Security.
I’m pretty sure that’s *exactly* taunting a criminal — a violent, petty, and destructive one, who has picked her as a favorite repeat victim.
What was, Ruth complaining that the items she had stolen from Billie’s room were now missing from hers?
The Hell’s she gonna do about it? “I have to report that something I stole was stolen from me–likely by its rightful owner”?
The other option is criminal activity, and she does that anyway.
Report?
I think ruth ment the beer.
Nice subtle knuckle-cracking in the last panel. Setting up for the next punchline, I assume?
Puntastic!
PUNch!
Sal’s got the right idea.
Wait, did Billie just… win against Ruth?
The battle may be over, but the war is just beginning.
For Great Justice!
True. If RUth were genuinely evil (instead of just Ruth), she could just tear up the orommate form after Billie hands it over, and then report her to school administration for failing to comply and never filling it out.
But instead, I expect the far more entertaining snark-and-occasional-threats/violence!
And blackmail. Can’t forget the blackmail.
Considering how bad ruth wants this form, I suspect that’s not viable. It’s likely the failing would fall on her for not getting all her people to fill out their forms.
Evil would be busting her for the alcohol… that Ruth brought into her room.
If Ruth reports anything to school administration, she’ll be starting a discussion between them and her residents.
She doesn’t want that; she’s intimidating them into not starting one on their own, after all.
Well that was easy!
Oooh, it’s on like donkey kong!
Text looks a lil’ blurry =/
Yeah, it looks like he scaled the comics to 1000px and it results in the blurs. It’s not just the text, but graphics too.
I scaled today’s comic to 1000px down from the original 600dpi print-size file. If you’re seeing pixelation, you’re somehow seeing a cached image of the original version.
So does that mean that you have figured out what the original print size needs to be to make the scaling down nice and sharp?
I wonder if Billie got around to padlocking her stuff away?
Don’t poke the freckled dragon, Billie. Poking the freckled dragon is NEVER a good tactical choice.
Love the feeling of the fifth panel, good job Billie.
Am I the only person who actually had to look up apropos? >.< I suddenly feel very stupid 🙁 I mean I'm not a big person when it comes to reading ALOT of books, but I'm sure I've read enough to know most of the english dictionary…
Well apropos is on loan from French.
*A lot* of books, two words. While we’re learning. ;P
Don’t feel bad about it, I have a literature degree and I still find new words. I ran across “refulgent” for the first time a couple of months ago.
The English language has by far the largest vocabulary of any language in the world. Knowing EVERY word is the reserve of savants and professional Scrabble players.
English: the Borg of languages.
More like … as one comedian put it …. whacks other languages upside the head and goes through their pockets for change.
“You have ssssome nice wordsss there. It would be a ssshame if sssomething were to happen to them.”
Hm, it’s so true, I actually feel bad that I don’t know other languages considering I know (most) of the most complex language of the planet.
So I take it you have yet to encounter Sir Apropos of Nothing?
Correct me if I’m wrong on this but I think there’s typo in the last panel
If you mean “apropos”, then no, it’s a word.
Shoulda stopped while you were a head Billie. I mean, yeah, she couldn’t exactly deny what she did. After all, it was her uniform that was taken… and the beer. But still, she shouldn’t test fate, just because Sal is with her right now.
Still, I wonder if Ruth sees the irony of the situation.
eh, she still has that blackmail photo
Not really. The photo of her in bed with the beer might necessarily be against school rules, assuming she’s of legal drinking age, and no sharing it with younger students. My school allowed for the 21 and over students to keep small amounts of booze so long as they did that.
Except for two things: 1.) while IU allows students 21+ to have small amounts of alcohol in designated places, that doesn’t extend to residence halls where the majority of residents are undergrads and therefore underage; and 2.) Ruth is an RA. A leaked picture of an RA passed out surrounded by beer that she’s not allowed to have in her room would at the very least result in her losing her position.
Well if the college in the comic has the same rules that could be very true. I know my old college was okay with RAs having booze in their room, so long as they didn’t drink around the students and they did their job. As for the picture, it depends on how the school handles it. After all, they haven’t fired her yet for her abuse of students.
But if Billie was just a head, she’d never have been given that uniform in the first place!
>Cue Snare Drum and cymbal<
Y’know, I bet Ruth seems a lot less scary to Billie now that she has Sal the Batman for backup.
And as soon as Sal disappears, Ruth is going to go right back to seeming scary again. Good move, Billie!
Well, with Sal there, Billie’s probably on something similar to a power trip.
See, I told you Sal would destroy Ruth without touching her and she did.
Hooray for Sal!
Bad, bad move, Billie. Before you said that, Ruth suspected you, but didn’t KNOW. Now she KNOWS, but she can’t prove it. The problem is, Ruth doesn’t CARE about proving it, she doesn’t have to answer to anyone, so she can make your life miserable anyway.
Oh yeah. I forgot I have a Ruth avatar. Yuck.
Establishing burst of five Ruths… now. Ruth chain gun–fire!
C-c-c-c-combo breaker!
Seriously, I think that Billie might be able to recruit a bit of help from Sal, especially if Sal sees that Ruth is being such a bongo.
ah but she also must suspect that Billie must also have some knowledge of the phone call to her father thus seeing her weakness. her power is based on the myth/story/legend of her having no weakness. If she retaliates before she knows exactly what Billie knows Billie can spill the beans and all her threats and bluster become so much sound and fury signifying nothing.
She may already have an inkling of what may be in store since she did consume large quantities of illicit beverages before passing out the night of the items disappearance. The comment about snoring sets time, place and compromising position.
Confirming it makes no difference. Considering what stolen property was missing from her room, she already knew. And since she can’t report it, her only choices would be either drop the matter entirely, or go the threatening bully route. So she chose door #2, only to find that Billie isn’t backing down.
BTW, can Billie really sleep on her stomach with those wonder-tits?
Pillows help, especially body pillows.
“Body pillows” is my sometimes nickname for boobs.
Wow, Ruth looks vulnerable, well done Billie (even if it was a stupid move).
So what are you threatening her with exactly Ruth?
Billie “stole” from your room something that belongs to Billie herself that you Ruth stole from her in the first place. On top of that you were actually damaging her property. Not sure what leg you have to stand on here.
She also took booze. And we can’t actually prove that she didn’t stuff a few pairs of Ruth’s underwear in her pockets before she left too.
Wait, how does Billie know which way she snores less? Isn’t she asleep at the time?
Simple… she snores so loud that she wakes herself up… Hence the natural urge to drink herself silly so she’ll be too drunk to hear it.
“Apropros of nothing” just about sums up Billie’s character, I think.
I feel like an idiot for asking, but I do not understand the last panel in the least. I must’ve missed something, or it could be that I don’t know what “apropos” are, but someone has sum splanin’ to do.
Was going through old strips, and I just noticed that Billie said, “by the by.” I don’t know many other people who do that. Made me smile. 🙂
“…and since we’ll be sleeping together soon, I’d appreciate it if you could get that under control now.”