Also the one with naturally straight hair, which their parents seem to value.
Safgaftsa
I hadn’t even thought of that. I wonder if appearance-based favoritism is what caused Sal to start acting out in the first place.
Yotomoe
By that logic, Walky’s dad is on the bottom of the ladder ATM.
TPman
Or will be, once word of Sarah’s hair gets back to the folks. Then, it’s an immediate change of hierarchy. They have to swap positions at the dining table right away, even if they’re in the middle of a meal.
Alan^3
…Sarah?
tom
non-____ people all look alike to some ____ people?
hexalm
I think he means Sandra. Which Sally is short for. Which I Sal is short for. Or it could go that way. I’d do nested nicknames if I was called Sandra.
Narf
reply went in wrong place, dangit
Narf
Sally is short for both Sarah and Sandra.
Chuck Tiesto
The degree to which Anglophone pet versions of names make no sense never ceases to amaze me.
Ziaheart
Hey, at least it’s not Hispanic pet names. I mean, Carlita for Carla, I get. But Wawa for Laura? What? And it’s also the word they used to call dogs over? WHAT?
timemonkey
It’s entirely possible Walky does have naturally curly hair.
Kathleen
No, Walky is too lazy. He wouldn’t care either way. At least, not enough to relax it. That takes forever.
timemonkey
But this is Walky, everything is just naturally easy for him. he may only need to do it like once a month. XD
If Walky thinks that owning more than one pair of shoes is too girlie, I can’t imagine that he wouldn’t think getting his hair straightened regularly would be a manly thing to do.
Romanticide
The is a kind of hair that when left alone curls naturaly, but if you brush it a certain kinda of straightens and it kinda stays that way… I do have that kind of hair by the way….
Romanticide
Ashh typos I meant. There is a kind of hair that curls when left alone to dry, but if you brush it a certain way it kinda of straightens and even stays that way until gets wet again, at least my own hair does that.
If that’s the case I wanna know why we haven’t seen him harassing any beagles to chase more rabbits.
Beachfox
In one of the earlier strips (The one where Joyce has her “I’ve been afraid to ask what ‘flavor’ of human you are.” line), Walky says that his hair is kinky when really short, but grows out as straight as you see it normally.
…Uh. He does. Sometimes with curly hair, the longer it gets, the less curly/wavy it is. He’s saying that when it’s short, it’s more visibly curly but not anything like Sal’s still.
Kerry
Less curly when long =/= straight. Your second thing is a straw man, as I never said it was like Sal’s.
Just because you didn’t say it being like Sal’s doesn’t make my point a “strawman”. I was using it as a comparison.
I was responding because the *implication* of your post was that he gets it straightened. Especially since the conversation leading up to this post is debating if he straightens his hair, which is obviously silly.
Kerry
???
All I was doing was refuting Random832’s claim that Walky has naturally straight hair. That’s it. I’m a nitpicky person in general.
Right, and I understand that now. It’s just that the way you phrased it, it seemed like you were implying that he actively does things to make it straight.
Damned
Yes, he does; you just proved it. When it is short it is more “obviously kinky” but as it grows it is *naturally* straighter.
Kerry
Key word: obviously. As in, his hair is just kinky in general, but it’s more obvious when it is short.
begbert2
This is *clearly* worth fighting over.
Regardless of what horrific homunculus of topology his hair is, his current hairstyle does not require him to do any work or effort to maintain it. This means that he has not been replaced by an appearance-concerned pod person, and isn’t that what really matters?
Kerry
I was being nitpicky, as I am wont to do.
Random832
I’m a bit confused by this, since he also says it’s like their Mom’s, and he clearly doesn’t mean it’s the same color.
John
He says it’s more like their mom’s.
Narf
And your nits were being picked right back at you, it would seem, haha.
Narf
how can i not reply in the right place anymore? gah
The most annoying of all instruments is the marching snare drum rimshot
nick
And I replied to the wrong comment
begbert2
It apparently means you shout at people a lot. I hadn’t noticed this property of trombonists myself, but I have no particular reason to disbelieve it.
Bill
Sheesh, people. The key feature of the trombone is the sliding tube (valve). Walk too closely in front of a trombonist in marching band and you take the risk (if the trombonist is courteous) of merely getting your shako knocked off. If he/she is *not* polite you could wind up with a rap in the noggin.
We were surprised, true — but it’s still crazy for Walky to be all “Wow! When’d that happen??” Um . . . maybe sometime during the 6 hours since she mentioned her hair appointment?
“Wow! You went to dinner with Dorothy and her folks? When’d that happen??”
John
“Uh, it didn’t. Dorothy decided to eat out with Joyce instead.”
I prefer the local journals, generally, but the Sal Study Institute of London has a nice digest available biannually, and the National Sal Society in New York’s monthly magazine is excellent.
245 thoughts on “Acknowledge”
Safgaftsa
That eye twitch in panel four.
Safgaftsa
I’m not sure that Walky fully realizes the effects of him being the favorite child.
Random832
Also the one with naturally straight hair, which their parents seem to value.
Safgaftsa
I hadn’t even thought of that. I wonder if appearance-based favoritism is what caused Sal to start acting out in the first place.
Yotomoe
By that logic, Walky’s dad is on the bottom of the ladder ATM.
TPman
Or will be, once word of Sarah’s hair gets back to the folks. Then, it’s an immediate change of hierarchy. They have to swap positions at the dining table right away, even if they’re in the middle of a meal.
Alan^3
…Sarah?
tom
non-____ people all look alike to some ____ people?
hexalm
I think he means Sandra. Which Sally is short for. Which I Sal is short for. Or it could go that way. I’d do nested nicknames if I was called Sandra.
Narf
reply went in wrong place, dangit
Narf
Sally is short for both Sarah and Sandra.
Chuck Tiesto
The degree to which Anglophone pet versions of names make no sense never ceases to amaze me.
Ziaheart
Hey, at least it’s not Hispanic pet names. I mean, Carlita for Carla, I get. But Wawa for Laura? What? And it’s also the word they used to call dogs over? WHAT?
timemonkey
It’s entirely possible Walky does have naturally curly hair.
Kathleen
No, Walky is too lazy. He wouldn’t care either way. At least, not enough to relax it. That takes forever.
timemonkey
But this is Walky, everything is just naturally easy for him. he may only need to do it like once a month. XD
taekwondogirl
You can’t convince him to do laundry once a month, you’re not gonna get him to get his hair straightened. Come on.
Khrene
Yuuuuuup
Jen
If Walky thinks that owning more than one pair of shoes is too girlie, I can’t imagine that he wouldn’t think getting his hair straightened regularly would be a manly thing to do.
Romanticide
The is a kind of hair that when left alone curls naturaly, but if you brush it a certain kinda of straightens and it kinda stays that way… I do have that kind of hair by the way….
Romanticide
Ashh typos I meant. There is a kind of hair that curls when left alone to dry, but if you brush it a certain way it kinda of straightens and even stays that way until gets wet again, at least my own hair does that.
Damned
Same! But I don’t think Walky has my type of hair
ShadowWing Tronix
Maybe he had curly hair but it’s too lazy to actually curl. That would fit Walky.
Toad
Haha, headcanon accepted.
Wack'd
If that’s the case I wanna know why we haven’t seen him harassing any beagles to chase more rabbits.
Beachfox
In one of the earlier strips (The one where Joyce has her “I’ve been afraid to ask what ‘flavor’ of human you are.” line), Walky says that his hair is kinky when really short, but grows out as straight as you see it normally.
Jen
Oh! right, he did say that. I’d forgotten. And that would be consistent with what happened to his hair when he shaved it in “Joyce & Walky”
TCS
Makes sense. My hair’s pretty straight, but it curls if I cut it really short.
Kerry
He doesn’t have naturally straight hair.
taekwondogirl
…Uh. He does. Sometimes with curly hair, the longer it gets, the less curly/wavy it is. He’s saying that when it’s short, it’s more visibly curly but not anything like Sal’s still.
Kerry
Less curly when long =/= straight. Your second thing is a straw man, as I never said it was like Sal’s.
taekwondogirl
Just because you didn’t say it being like Sal’s doesn’t make my point a “strawman”. I was using it as a comparison.
I was responding because the *implication* of your post was that he gets it straightened. Especially since the conversation leading up to this post is debating if he straightens his hair, which is obviously silly.
Kerry
???
All I was doing was refuting Random832’s claim that Walky has naturally straight hair. That’s it. I’m a nitpicky person in general.
taekwondogirl
Right, and I understand that now. It’s just that the way you phrased it, it seemed like you were implying that he actively does things to make it straight.
Damned
Yes, he does; you just proved it. When it is short it is more “obviously kinky” but as it grows it is *naturally* straighter.
Kerry
Key word: obviously. As in, his hair is just kinky in general, but it’s more obvious when it is short.
begbert2
This is *clearly* worth fighting over.
Regardless of what horrific homunculus of topology his hair is, his current hairstyle does not require him to do any work or effort to maintain it. This means that he has not been replaced by an appearance-concerned pod person, and isn’t that what really matters?
Kerry
I was being nitpicky, as I am wont to do.
Random832
I’m a bit confused by this, since he also says it’s like their Mom’s, and he clearly doesn’t mean it’s the same color.
John
He says it’s more like their mom’s.
Narf
And your nits were being picked right back at you, it would seem, haha.
Narf
how can i not reply in the right place anymore? gah
Aizat
It looks like Sal is thinking “Must resist strangling”
Tristan B.
Her eyebrow’s levitatin man. She’s powering up!
Safgaftsa
Her Limit Break is almost ready.
Aizat
I’m guessing Sal’s Limit Break are Beat Rush, Somersault, Water Kick, Meteodrive, Dolphin Blow, Meteor Strike and Final Heaven.
Khrene
Well shucks! Now I need to see someone mod a Sal Skin for Tifa in Dissidia 012.
Although honestly shes got a lot more in common with Prishe.
David Herbert
It’s almost like she said she had a hair appointment. Walky must get his listening skills from his mother.
saltchocolate
I was just thinking “a chip off the old block(head) . . . .”
Wack'd
Good ol’ David Walkerton.
Yotomoe
He had a mom shouting at him. The opposite happened! He LOST the hearing from his mother.
Wack'd
This is why you don’t stand so close to trombone players.
Robin
I can’t believe there isn’t a video of someone playing “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” on a trombone to link to.
Yotomoe
Hey, Buddy. I’m a trombonist. What’s THAT supposed to mean!?
AeroQC
I think Wack’d meant it as a reference to the parents in the Charlie Brown cartoons.
“Waw waw waw waw waw waw, wawaw waw waw waw waw.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Wack'd
yep
nick
The most annoying of all instruments is the marching snare drum rimshot
nick
And I replied to the wrong comment
begbert2
It apparently means you shout at people a lot. I hadn’t noticed this property of trombonists myself, but I have no particular reason to disbelieve it.
Bill
Sheesh, people. The key feature of the trombone is the sliding tube (valve). Walk too closely in front of a trombonist in marching band and you take the risk (if the trombonist is courteous) of merely getting your shako knocked off. If he/she is *not* polite you could wind up with a rap in the noggin.
Viktoria
Did anyone think she was telling the truth, though? Walky made the same mistake we did, it’s just that his realization is months after ours.
saltchocolate
We were surprised, true — but it’s still crazy for Walky to be all “Wow! When’d that happen??” Um . . . maybe sometime during the 6 hours since she mentioned her hair appointment?
“Wow! You went to dinner with Dorothy and her folks? When’d that happen??”
John
“Uh, it didn’t. Dorothy decided to eat out with Joyce instead.”
Wonder Wig
You can read people if they’re published.
Pyr05
And you can listen to them if someone makes it a book-on-tape
Galatine
I prefer the local journals, generally, but the Sal Study Institute of London has a nice digest available biannually, and the National Sal Society in New York’s monthly magazine is excellent.
begbert2
I particularly like the swimsuit issue.
norj
Walky learn to think before you speak or well do anything.
Yotomoe
Walky doesn’t think. HE just does.
Aizat
He’s like Apocalypse….he’s simply am.
Keroshino
Thinking just makes…brain hurt!
Tunaro
That look on Sal’s face says someone’s ’bout to get their ass kicked
Super Duper
Uh oh! Billie is so smart, she can sense symbolism! DUN DUN DUN!
taekwondogirl
I don’t think that’s what Billie is sensing. Not sure if bad joke or if missing the point.
Keroshino