IT was good because Morgan Freedman was in it. Any movie with him, James Earl Jones, or Sean Connery is instantly cool. “The Hunt For Red October” was double so for having Jones AND Connery.
Man, that’d be totally sweet. I could live at the North Pole, and spend my weekends alternating between the Castle of Teeth and, er, the Easter Burrow, or wherever he lives.
If someone asked me that I would be more concerned on how they know what a gi is but not know anything about street fighter or at least Kung Fu Action Jesus: the Last Airbender.
Gi are commonly worn in any TKD class, and though it’s not really rare for those who take TKD to be dorks, it’s not exactly a requirement. As such plenty of people would know what a gi is without knowing anything about street fighter.
Worth noting that gi are worn not just in TKD classes, but in a large variety of martial arts. I used to train in a style called goju-ryu, a form of karate, where we wore a gi in classes. 😀
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My reasoning seemed sound at the time Nova Scotia has 11 seats in the Canadian House of Commons I think it should have 10 I was willing to goto war over that I declared war by emailing the city of Halifax but when i got to the Ontario border I realized that Nova Scotia was really far away so I went over and saw Niagara Falls and bought a 750 of Johnny Walker Red at the duty free store and went back. Canada is great by the way.
I just love that it’s just now they found out that Sierra is barefooted. Thus, making my theory that nobody notices what shoes that someone is wearing.
All the dorms in my college work like this, even the largest two buildings.
They are two L shaped buildings (forming a square) that have stair wells at the ends of the halls + the corner where the wings of the buildings meet.
Coming and going from class there are only 1 entrance per building people would use though, since the others are further away and point towards other things like a parking lots.
Not a nasty, dirty, wet dorm, filled with the ends of worms (except Joe’s) and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy dorm with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a Willis comic, and that means insane melodrama.
It had a perfectly rectangular door, painted brown, with a sturdy gray metal knob on the side. The door opened on to a small room like a holding cell, although a very comfortable room without smoke (except for the stoners), with plain walls, and floors carpeted, provided with cheap metal chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats – the hobbit was fond of visitors. The room was small.
I hate how Joyce says “My *REAL* church.” I know what she meant, but it always bothers me when Christians (or any other religion, for that matter) says that any other church is somehow not on the same level as THEIR church. But maybe that’s just my reading too much into it.
Well a church, by its original definition in the 1st century, is just a body of Christians that meet regularly. And, like any kind of social group, there is pride attached to belonging to “your” group, even if you’re all on the same side. Think Giants fan vs Jets fan in the Super Bowl: whoever wins, it’s a New York victory, but bragging rights are still nice to have.
It’s not so much about one church being better than another – it’s more about what you’re used to. I mean, mass is basically the same in structure from place to place, but they’ll use different songs, or the priest will do the homily differently, and that can make you feel out of place if you aren’t used to it. Plus, in Joyce’s case she probably knew everyone at her church from home, and now she’s surrounded by strangers and some girls she just met (one of whom she didn’t even notice wasn’t wearing shoes).
It’s a lot like when you first come to high school from middle school, or college from high school – you’re constantly comparing where you are now to where you were because you’re still getting used to your new school. Change is hard for people to deal with – for Joyce doubly so. So she still can’t call this new church (or even this new school) “her’s” yet. But I can see why you would read her statement that way – it does sound a bit stuffy.
I think she mostly just meant the church she goes to at home, not “real” in a religious sense. Kinda like saying “my real home” (referring to where you grew up) when you’re living in a dorm or something.
Actually, it’s keeping your feet encased in cloth and leather all the time that makes them smell. Bare is the natural state for feet, after all.
When I was a little tad we went barefoot most of the summer – I used to run down the gravel road in front of our house barefoot. I never noticed any stinky feet until winter came and we put boots back on.
Willis probably didn’t want to see his readership’s reactions to it. (Plus, you know, eighty consecutive strips of some one-off character talking.)
And honestly, Dorothy’s reaction was probably resigned boredom, as she doesn’t seem the sort of atheist to be reflexively irritated by theology to an unmanageable degree. It’s not like any of it would be news to her – she strikes me as the sort of atheist who is well aware of what christianity entails.
oops, she is lucky the clothing police at chuch didnt get her. As for me I work heavy construction, so I HATE shoes. I take them off the first chance aI get
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Why are they all wearing shoes?
Cos they’re easier to drawn than feet?
Where do you get all these super-cute avatars, PM?
Some of them I find in the various image ‘boorus, others I edit/redraw myself.
Really just wanted to be first…never has happened. lol
…because humans normally have some sort of footwear on when out of doors?
Lol they JUST noticed?
How often do YOU check if people are wearing shoes?
It worked for Andy Dufresne.
Ah see what yeah did thar
You, Sir, win for seeing such a damn good movie. I commend you.
Seconded. One of my favorites of all time.
IT was good because Morgan Freedman was in it. Any movie with him, James Earl Jones, or Sean Connery is instantly cool. “The Hunt For Red October” was double so for having Jones AND Connery.
…and Hans Gruber.
When I go shoeless I get numerous comments every day. People notice that sort of thing.
Yeah, me too. And I used to to it a lot.
But.. but… according to the teevees, this is a universal trait of all womenfolk. They’re always checking out shoes and stuff.
Are- are you saying that the teevees LIED to me…? :O
Yes. Also, Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy are your parents.
Man, that’d be totally sweet. I could live at the North Pole, and spend my weekends alternating between the Castle of Teeth and, er, the Easter Burrow, or wherever he lives.
I assumed he lived on Easter Island.
He actually lives in the Cave of Dire Peril.
Or to spell it accurately, the cave of Kyre Banorg.
The castle of teeth actually sounds a little terrifying.
Ever read Hogfather? It’s very terrifying.
I like you and the references you make.
Yes, yes it does…
The navel was drawing all the attention.
I think Dorothy noticed and assume everyone else did as well.
Didn’t Jesus go barefoot too?
He had bowling shoes!
Who? Jesus? Or that guy from the Big Lebowski?
Wait there is another Jesus?
Yes, you might be surprised how many people named Jesus Christ are around.
There is only one Christ I know and that is Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 BC version 4.0 BETA!!
And there’s always Zombie Jesus.
And there Jesus, the Christian Martial Artist.
And Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter.
and of cause the many Spanish Jesus that exist in the world.
You’re forgetting SANTA CHRIST! Jeeze!
What about Raptor Jesus?
and don’t forget Drunk & Bitter Jesus from Ghastly’s Comics.
No idea.
Scripture conflicts on whether he told his disciples to do that:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/barefoot.html
*shrug*
Was Jesus that guy in Street Fighter who wore a white gi and threw fireballs?
If someone asked me that I would be more concerned on how they know what a gi is but not know anything about street fighter or at least Kung Fu Action Jesus: the Last Airbender.
Gi are commonly worn in any TKD class, and though it’s not really rare for those who take TKD to be dorks, it’s not exactly a requirement. As such plenty of people would know what a gi is without knowing anything about street fighter.
Worth noting that gi are worn not just in TKD classes, but in a large variety of martial arts. I used to train in a style called goju-ryu, a form of karate, where we wore a gi in classes. 😀
When it comes to choosing a house of worship, Sierra has her priorities straight!
Sierra is rocketing up my favorite characters list. She’s adorable.
So if Sierra and Dina got together, it will be adorable squared.
Too much cuteness SYSTEMS GOING CRITICAL!!!!!!!!!!
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He’ll/She’ll be fine.
So… New ship?
Sierra/church carpet?
Desperately- -trying to resist- making joke about- -carpet mun-
*is killed.*
Lets just hope she doesn’t get rug burn =/
I bet the church has SHAGpile carpet. 😉
The most important question when seeking a deeply religious experience that everyone seems to have forgotten is, “Does the carpet match the drapes?”
This is why I love this webcomic, the comments are as as epic as the story.
hay can I get a comment =(
Weird, wonder where my other one went. This one:
Guess “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” doesn’t mean church? XD
Why so sad?
Why so serious?
Wysocki!
Why so Sirius?
Why so, Siri?
Wise Osiris.
Because they ate XM radio? Or was it the other way around? Or some sort of mutual double ouroboros suicide pact thing.
That comment/movie quote that I posted, yeah was a bad idea.
You’d think you would’ve learned after the poop thread.
I do not apologize for facilitating puns. I will apologize for poor grammar and syntax; incoherent thoughts and comments; misspelling things, things I didn’t do or are responsible for; the state of Wyoming; improper use of a colons and or semi colons; forgetting to use periods; using too many ellipsis; declaring war on the province of Nova Scotia without provocation; String theory; Flugorth the deranged lunatic gnome that lives in my sock drawer; the Star Wars prequels; the I phone 4; the entire country of Andorra; Cthulhu; cherry blueberry pie calzones; the Transformer movies; the 7th doctor; and malfunctioning suction cups, But I will never apologize for facilitating a series of puns revolving around fecal matter.
Hehe… You said “colons.”
Why do people want to wage war on Nova Scotia?
Because it’s IN THE WAY!!!
Of what, exactly?
Santa, of course
Of me plowing your mother.
My reasoning seemed sound at the time Nova Scotia has 11 seats in the Canadian House of Commons I think it should have 10 I was willing to goto war over that I declared war by emailing the city of Halifax but when i got to the Ontario border I realized that Nova Scotia was really far away so I went over and saw Niagara Falls and bought a 750 of Johnny Walker Red at the duty free store and went back. Canada is great by the way.
The Star Wars prequels? You monster!
Damn, I wanted to post that.
Cute? Check.
Funny? Check.
Wears revealing clothing? Check.
Slightly crazy? Check.
Sierra is going to popular ’round these parts. 🙂
Also she likes Dr. Pepper, that is a very important quality to have.
Eliminate the word “slightly” and set that comment post-reboot and BAM! Harley Quinn.
Harley Quinn isn’t crazy she’s psychotic.
Damn. Now I have to rewrite Mad Love to take place in the DOAverse with Mike/Sierra replacing Joker/Harley.
And Joe as commissioner Gordon?
And Sal as Batman.
Don’t forget that she is a freakin’ amazon too, wow she sure is tall.
Joyce obviously has great priorities.
Agreed, Joyce has a great set of ‘priorites’. 😀
At 6th grade she just grew suddenly overnight and her shoes ripped apart.
And she stopped buying new shirts. Just kept wearing the ones she already had since then.
I like that.
But what about her pant?
Pants, I mean pants.
The pants command me. Do not ignore my veins!
What? You got your sandwich!
Weel done, Cutty-sark!
Sierra must either be part halfling or she has some serious calluses, or calli i am not sure of which is the correct plural for the word callus.
I just love that it’s just now they found out that Sierra is barefooted. Thus, making my theory that nobody notices what shoes that someone is wearing.
I wonder why no one did notice before now, as Caffienated pointed out. I mean, that is some seriously large feet there.
I must be the weird one. I have to wear shoes all the time except in bed. Otherwise my feet will be in so much pain when I walk.
Are you serious? Please tell me you’re joking.
If you’re not kidding, I certainly hope you’ve seen a doctor about that.
I did, it’s tendinitis. Painful stuff.
I’m fairly sure it’s not the norm to have tendinitis bad enough to require constant shoeage (thankfully), so yes, you are the weird one.
I’m weird in a lot of ways, but I would love to get rid of this particular instance of weirdness.
You have my sympathy, man.
Good job keepin’ it real Tootsi.
In a college in Indiana, there lived a Hobbit.
A very tall hobbit.
She’s adopted. Like Carrot Ironfoundersson.
Yes, but do colleges in Indiana mean comfort?
And do they only have one hall that leads to all of their dorm rooms and classrooms?
All the dorms in my college work like this, even the largest two buildings.
They are two L shaped buildings (forming a square) that have stair wells at the ends of the halls + the corner where the wings of the buildings meet.
Coming and going from class there are only 1 entrance per building people would use though, since the others are further away and point towards other things like a parking lots.
In a dorm in Indiana, there lived a Hobbit.
Not a nasty, dirty, wet dorm, filled with the ends of worms (except Joe’s) and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy dorm with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a Willis comic, and that means insane melodrama.
It had a perfectly rectangular door, painted brown, with a sturdy gray metal knob on the side. The door opened on to a small room like a holding cell, although a very comfortable room without smoke (except for the stoners), with plain walls, and floors carpeted, provided with cheap metal chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats – the hobbit was fond of visitors. The room was small.
Win. Fantastically epic win.
The others were trying to lead into that a line at a time but you were the combo breaker. 🙂
You win!
What do I win?
Everything, you win everything and nothing.
Okay you will a pizza roll!
You win a pizza roll!
You win a year’s supply of No Tea!
Also, have you seen the trailer for the upcoming hobbit movie? It looks amazing.
I saw, and responded inappropriately, to the trailer.
😀
Sorry to hear that. Electronic monitoring or do you only have to register and check in?
sadly, I think that joke went over my head 🙁
The terms of your incarceration.
(great comment above, by the way.)
Sierra, darling, you are now my favorite.
I am no longer the only one who somehow manages to be barefoot EVERYWHERE. 8D
Um, is she wearing pajamas??
Looks that way. ~ <3
😀 Girl after mine own heart
yesss new gravatar. Really goes with the 😀 emot.
Did something get added to the gravatar rotation?
Cell phone Amber? Either that or I just managed to miss that one all this time.
I hate how Joyce says “My *REAL* church.” I know what she meant, but it always bothers me when Christians (or any other religion, for that matter) says that any other church is somehow not on the same level as THEIR church. But maybe that’s just my reading too much into it.
Well a church, by its original definition in the 1st century, is just a body of Christians that meet regularly. And, like any kind of social group, there is pride attached to belonging to “your” group, even if you’re all on the same side. Think Giants fan vs Jets fan in the Super Bowl: whoever wins, it’s a New York victory, but bragging rights are still nice to have.
It’s not so much about one church being better than another – it’s more about what you’re used to. I mean, mass is basically the same in structure from place to place, but they’ll use different songs, or the priest will do the homily differently, and that can make you feel out of place if you aren’t used to it. Plus, in Joyce’s case she probably knew everyone at her church from home, and now she’s surrounded by strangers and some girls she just met (one of whom she didn’t even notice wasn’t wearing shoes).
It’s a lot like when you first come to high school from middle school, or college from high school – you’re constantly comparing where you are now to where you were because you’re still getting used to your new school. Change is hard for people to deal with – for Joyce doubly so. So she still can’t call this new church (or even this new school) “her’s” yet. But I can see why you would read her statement that way – it does sound a bit stuffy.
I think she mostly just meant the church she goes to at home, not “real” in a religious sense. Kinda like saying “my real home” (referring to where you grew up) when you’re living in a dorm or something.
Hey, fundie hippies!
…now how does she shop? I guess in the Internet age…
I legitimately have a friend just like this girl. She does wear shoes in the winter, however, because she would otherwise die of frostbite.
Wise Osiris
Wiggles?
dorothy, joyce, mary, sierra, the wiggles
One of these things is not like the other…
One of these things just doesn’t belong here!
Little kids show with a bunch of colours, noise, and four grown men dancing around
Don’t forget the people in the dinosaur, dog, and octopus costumes. And the pirate. Damn you, Captain Feathersword!
Her feet must be callused as hell
Going barefoot everywhere really isn’t that bad. The skin on the soles of your feet is already thicker than anywhere else on your body.
Bahaha, I have the perfect avatar for this.
I’m suddenly having memories of Cowboy Bebop. I assume that was intentional, Mr. Willis? 😀
I immediately thought of Toph.
…who?
…dissapointment.
@Zanosuke_Kurosaki: You never watched the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon, have you?
Toph is blind badass barefoot earth-bender from the show.
Mongoose, you forgot “cute as a button smartass.”
I no longer had cable tv by the time it came on. So yeah, Cowboy bebop and Edward are going to be more of a vivid reference in my mind.
Well, you have a homework assignment now, don’t you? 😉
Her feet must smell like shit.
Literally. I think I saw her step in some.
Uh-oh! Don’t start that crap again!
Actually, it’s keeping your feet encased in cloth and leather all the time that makes them smell. Bare is the natural state for feet, after all.
When I was a little tad we went barefoot most of the summer – I used to run down the gravel road in front of our house barefoot. I never noticed any stinky feet until winter came and we put boots back on.
I know that. I’m just saying, if she’s been barefoot this long, she’s likely stepped in some nasty stuff.
No to mention stuff like busted glass, which abounds on college campuses on Sundays, thanks to the antics of drunken imbeciles.
There ain’t nothing I hate so much as a cut toe.
I know why they hadn’t seen that. It’s because She’s B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-baring her midriff.
I bet she’s got feet of steel.
Foot fetishists everywhere applaud your hard work, Mr. Willis.
I’m not a foot fetishist personally, but I figured I’d let you know you know, on their behalf.
Because they’re busy… applauding.
With their peni- I mean, feet.
Hehehe… I like her!
Silly Sierra, you were born without shoes!
Huh. We’re skipping the sermon itself? I was kinda hoping to see more of Dorothy’s reactions to it.
Willis probably didn’t want to see his readership’s reactions to it. (Plus, you know, eighty consecutive strips of some one-off character talking.)
And honestly, Dorothy’s reaction was probably resigned boredom, as she doesn’t seem the sort of atheist to be reflexively irritated by theology to an unmanageable degree. It’s not like any of it would be news to her – she strikes me as the sort of atheist who is well aware of what christianity entails.
Was there a young man named Sam wearing a grey shirt and watching sadly from the back row?
I’d like to go without shoes myself, but everything about my lifestyle is insufficiently trendy for such a thing.
I always just sort of assumed that from the waist down they were all alien hoverpods.
With the exception of the gloriously pantless Sal.
Carpet? In a church? Is that a thing? Man, that church is for WUSSIES. Nothing but stone floors in churches here in Europe.
(But then we’re talking relatively ancient buildings. For modern churches it may be different, I guess.)
it is. there are some churches with stone or wood floors, but many of the modern churches have carpet.
oops, she is lucky the clothing police at chuch didnt get her. As for me I work heavy construction, so I HATE shoes. I take them off the first chance aI get
Thomas, The churches in Europe where built in the Dark Ages. Stone floors mad it easier to clean up the blood.
Plus decent carpet was way overpriced back then.
Let it be known to all: I’m shipping Joyce and Sierra even harder now.
That made me laugh harder than any comment has ever made me laugh before.
Just… YES.
YESS!!
Crap. She doesn’t own shoes. Eventually Ruth is going to go psycho on her for that, I’m sure.
Unless…Ruth traveled in time and stole her shoes!
I hope Sierra at least wears thongs when she uses the dorm showers, you never know what sort of foot infections you might pick up otherwise.
It’s been so long since I’ve seen anybody refer to flip-flops as thongs that I immediately flashed to Sierra wearing a G-String in the shower.
Not that that’s a bad thing in any way…
We Aussies still prefer to call flip-flops thongs.
Now I love Sierra even more!
Ooh..this is a little akward…
Sierra is my favorite character and I repeat it.
Hah! My freshman year there was a guy who lived on the floor below me who didn’t wear shoes. We called him “Shoeless Scott”
Sierra would fit in pretty well at my college
I was feeling sorry for myself
Because I had no shoes
But then I met a man who had no feet
And I sad “Friend,
Can I have your shoes?”