Carpet
Posted on February 20, 2012 by David M Willis

191 thoughts on “Carpet”

  1. Melissa

    Why are they all wearing shoes?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Cos they’re easier to drawn than feet?

      1. Tualha

        Where do you get all these super-cute avatars, PM?

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Some of them I find in the various image ‘boorus, others I edit/redraw myself.

    2. Melissa

      Really just wanted to be first…never has happened. lol

    3. ProjectXa3

      …because humans normally have some sort of footwear on when out of doors?

  2. Caffienated

    Lol they JUST noticed?

    1. Bek359

      How often do YOU check if people are wearing shoes?

      1. MeHael

        It worked for Andy Dufresne.

        1. facecity

          Ah see what yeah did thar

        2. Luke

          You, Sir, win for seeing such a damn good movie. I commend you.

        3. TexasRed

          Seconded. One of my favorites of all time.

        4. Commander Clash

          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.

        5. Lieutenant Dan

          …and Hans Gruber.

      2. maxh

        When I go shoeless I get numerous comments every day. People notice that sort of thing.

        1. Johnny

          Yeah, me too. And I used to to it a lot.

      3. Valdrax

        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

        1. Vivvav

          Yes. Also, Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy are your parents.

        2. Daibhid C

          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.

        3. Layman

          I assumed he lived on Easter Island.

        4. Roborat

          He actually lives in the Cave of Dire Peril.

        5. Roborat

          Or to spell it accurately, the cave of Kyre Banorg.

        6. Kosh

          The castle of teeth actually sounds a little terrifying.

        7. Random Webcomics Junkie

          Ever read Hogfather? It’s very terrifying.

        8. The E-man

          I like you and the references you make.

        9. Plasma Mongoose

          Yes, yes it does…

    2. RaijinK

      The navel was drawing all the attention.

    3. Mkvenner

      I think Dorothy noticed and assume everyone else did as well.

  3. Stephen Bierce

    Didn’t Jesus go barefoot too?

    1. mechaqua

      He had bowling shoes!

      1. Aizat

        Who? Jesus? Or that guy from the Big Lebowski?

        1. mechaqua

          Wait there is another Jesus?

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Yes, you might be surprised how many people named Jesus Christ are around.

        3. mechaqua

          There is only one Christ I know and that is Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 BC version 4.0 BETA!!

        4. Drunken Nordmann

          And there’s always Zombie Jesus.

        5. Aizat

          And there Jesus, the Christian Martial Artist.

        6. Corvid

          And Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter.

        7. Plasma Mongoose

          and of cause the many Spanish Jesus that exist in the world.

        8. Jetstream

          You’re forgetting SANTA CHRIST! Jeeze!

        9. Hythrain

          What about Raptor Jesus?

        10. Plasma Mongoose

          and don’t forget Drunk & Bitter Jesus from Ghastly’s Comics.

    2. Mkvenner

      No idea.

    3. Valdrax

      Scripture conflicts on whether he told his disciples to do that:
      http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/barefoot.html

      *shrug*

    4. VersasoVantare

      Was Jesus that guy in Street Fighter who wore a white gi and threw fireballs?

      1. Khrene Cleaver

        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.

        1. Matthias Ramses

          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.

        2. Hythrain

          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. 😀

  4. mechaqua

    When it comes to choosing a house of worship, Sierra has her priorities straight!

  5. Thores

    Sierra is rocketing up my favorite characters list. She’s adorable.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      So if Sierra and Dina got together, it will be adorable squared.

      1. mechaqua

        Too much cuteness SYSTEMS GOING CRITICAL!!!!!!!!!!

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        1. Mkvenner

          He’ll/She’ll be fine.

      2. Chupi

        So… New ship?

        1. Drunken Nordmann

          Sierra/church carpet?

        2. begbert2

          Desperately- -trying to resist- making joke about- -carpet mun-

          *is killed.*

        3. Khrene Cleaver

          Lets just hope she doesn’t get rug burn =/

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          I bet the church has SHAGpile carpet. 😉

        5. Rex Hondo

          The most important question when seeking a deeply religious experience that everyone seems to have forgotten is, “Does the carpet match the drapes?”

        6. Roborat

          This is why I love this webcomic, the comments are as as epic as the story.

  6. Jen Aside

    hay can I get a comment =(

    1. Jen Aside

      Weird, wonder where my other one went. This one:

      Guess “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” doesn’t mean church? XD

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Why so sad?

      1. mechaqua

        Why so serious?

        1. fellixe

          Wysocki!

        2. Aizat

          Why so Sirius?

        3. Rex Hondo

          Why so, Siri?

        4. fellixe

          Wise Osiris.

        5. Valdrax

          Because they ate XM radio? Or was it the other way around? Or some sort of mutual double ouroboros suicide pact thing.

        6. mechaqua

          That comment/movie quote that I posted, yeah was a bad idea.

        7. Rex Hondo

          You’d think you would’ve learned after the poop thread.

        8. mechaqua

          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.

        9. Rex Hondo

          Hehe… You said “colons.”

        10. Aizat

          Why do people want to wage war on Nova Scotia?

        11. CWR

          Because it’s IN THE WAY!!!

        12. Aizat

          Of what, exactly?

        13. petsinwinter

          Santa, of course

        14. Kernanator

          Of me plowing your mother.

        15. mechaqua

          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.

        16. begbert2

          The Star Wars prequels? You monster!

        17. Shippy McShipper

          Damn, I wanted to post that.

  7. Doctor_Who

    Cute? Check.
    Funny? Check.
    Wears revealing clothing? Check.
    Slightly crazy? Check.

    Sierra is going to popular ’round these parts. 🙂

    1. mechaqua

      Also she likes Dr. Pepper, that is a very important quality to have.

    2. Wack'd

      Eliminate the word “slightly” and set that comment post-reboot and BAM! Harley Quinn.

      1. Mkvenner

        Harley Quinn isn’t crazy she’s psychotic.

        1. Hannover Fist

          Damn. Now I have to rewrite Mad Love to take place in the DOAverse with Mike/Sierra replacing Joker/Harley.

        2. Khrene Cleaver

          And Joe as commissioner Gordon?

        3. Hannover Fist

          And Sal as Batman.

    3. Roborat

      Don’t forget that she is a freakin’ amazon too, wow she sure is tall.

  8. meanderling

    Joyce obviously has great priorities.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Agreed, Joyce has a great set of ‘priorites’. 😀

  9. Wonder Wig

    At 6th grade she just grew suddenly overnight and her shoes ripped apart.

    1. fellixe

      And she stopped buying new shirts. Just kept wearing the ones she already had since then.

      I like that.

      1. Aizat

        But what about her pant?

        1. Aizat

          Pants, I mean pants.

        2. mechaqua

          The pants command me. Do not ignore my veins!

        3. Wonder Wig

          What? You got your sandwich!

      2. Peruhain

        Weel done, Cutty-sark!

    2. mechaqua

      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.

  10. Aizat

    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.

  11. Uniqueantique

    I wonder why no one did notice before now, as Caffienated pointed out. I mean, that is some seriously large feet there.

  12. Jimmy

    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.

    1. lawzlo

      Are you serious? Please tell me you’re joking.

      If you’re not kidding, I certainly hope you’ve seen a doctor about that.

    2. Jimmy

      I did, it’s tendinitis. Painful stuff.

      1. begbert2

        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.

        1. Jimmy

          I’m weird in a lot of ways, but I would love to get rid of this particular instance of weirdness.

        2. lawzlo

          You have my sympathy, man.

  13. Tandel

    Good job keepin’ it real Tootsi.

  14. Ridureyu

    In a college in Indiana, there lived a Hobbit.

    1. mechaqua

      A very tall hobbit.

      1. MM

        She’s adopted. Like Carrot Ironfoundersson.

    2. Ancestral Hamster

      Yes, but do colleges in Indiana mean comfort?

      1. Kasamari

        And do they only have one hall that leads to all of their dorm rooms and classrooms?

        1. Khrene Cleaver

          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.

      2. Ridureyu

        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.

        1. Kasamari

          Win. Fantastically epic win.

        2. Slipgate

          The others were trying to lead into that a line at a time but you were the combo breaker. 🙂

        3. mechaqua

          You win!

        4. Ridureyu

          What do I win?

        5. mechaqua

          Everything, you win everything and nothing.

          Okay you will a pizza roll!

        6. mechaqua

          You win a pizza roll!

        7. Rex Hondo

          You win a year’s supply of No Tea!

        8. lordphulish

          Also, have you seen the trailer for the upcoming hobbit movie? It looks amazing.

        9. Ridureyu

          I saw, and responded inappropriately, to the trailer.

          😀

        10. fellixe

          Sorry to hear that. Electronic monitoring or do you only have to register and check in?

        11. Ridureyu

          sadly, I think that joke went over my head 🙁

        12. StClair

          The terms of your incarceration.

          (great comment above, by the way.)

  15. Chama

    Sierra, darling, you are now my favorite.
    I am no longer the only one who somehow manages to be barefoot EVERYWHERE. 8D

  16. Jason

    Um, is she wearing pajamas??

    1. Michelle J Caboose

      Looks that way. ~ <3

  17. ilvos01

    😀 Girl after mine own heart

    1. ilvos01

      yesss new gravatar. Really goes with the 😀 emot.

      1. Undrave

        Did something get added to the gravatar rotation?

        1. fellixe

          Cell phone Amber? Either that or I just managed to miss that one all this time.

  18. 3DSarge

    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.

    1. Stone

      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.

    2. astraea

      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.

    3. Marconius

      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.

  19. Brendan

    Hey, fundie hippies!

    …now how does she shop? I guess in the Internet age…

  20. OBrien

    I legitimately have a friend just like this girl. She does wear shoes in the winter, however, because she would otherwise die of frostbite.

  21. fellixe

    Wise Osiris

  22. Mkvenner

    Wiggles?

    1. Ray Barrington

      dorothy, joyce, mary, sierra, the wiggles

      One of these things is not like the other…

      1. Kernanator

        One of these things just doesn’t belong here!

    2. Icalasari

      Little kids show with a bunch of colours, noise, and four grown men dancing around

      1. Hythrain

        Don’t forget the people in the dinosaur, dog, and octopus costumes. And the pirate. Damn you, Captain Feathersword!

  23. Icalasari

    Her feet must be callused as hell

    1. snakerbot

      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.

      1. snakerbot

        Bahaha, I have the perfect avatar for this.

  24. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

    I’m suddenly having memories of Cowboy Bebop. I assume that was intentional, Mr. Willis? 😀

    1. Rex Hondo

      I immediately thought of Toph.

      1. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

        …who?

        1. Matthias Ramses

          …dissapointment.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          @Zanosuke_Kurosaki: You never watched the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon, have you?

          Toph is blind badass barefoot earth-bender from the show.

        3. Rex Hondo

          Mongoose, you forgot “cute as a button smartass.”

        4. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

          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.

        5. Rex Hondo

          Well, you have a homework assignment now, don’t you? 😉

  25. Kernanator

    Her feet must smell like shit.

    Literally. I think I saw her step in some.

    1. fellixe

      Uh-oh! Don’t start that crap again!

    2. Animal

      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.

      1. Kernanator

        I know that. I’m just saying, if she’s been barefoot this long, she’s likely stepped in some nasty stuff.

        1. Animal

          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.

  26. Bunk

    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.

  27. Maycroft

    I bet she’s got feet of steel.

  28. lawzlo

    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.

    1. Kernanator

      With their peni- I mean, feet.

  29. LiC

    Hehehe… I like her!

  30. HiEv

    Silly Sierra, you were born without shoes!

  31. sun tzu

    Huh. We’re skipping the sermon itself? I was kinda hoping to see more of Dorothy’s reactions to it.

    1. begbert2

      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.

  32. Zababcd

    Was there a young man named Sam wearing a grey shirt and watching sadly from the back row?

  33. AJBulldis

    I’d like to go without shoes myself, but everything about my lifestyle is insufficiently trendy for such a thing.

  34. Josh Miller

    I always just sort of assumed that from the waist down they were all alien hoverpods.

    1. begbert2

      With the exception of the gloriously pantless Sal.

  35. Thomas

    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.)

    1. ryan

      it is. there are some churches with stone or wood floors, but many of the modern churches have carpet.

  36. Bosn_C_Otter

    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

  37. Bosn_C_Otter

    Thomas, The churches in Europe where built in the Dark Ages. Stone floors mad it easier to clean up the blood.

    1. begbert2

      Plus decent carpet was way overpriced back then.

  38. Arkadi

    Let it be known to all: I’m shipping Joyce and Sierra even harder now.

    1. Jinxed44

      That made me laugh harder than any comment has ever made me laugh before.
      Just… YES.

      1. Arkadi

        YESS!!

  39. turkishproverb

    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!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      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.

      1. Rex Hondo

        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…

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          We Aussies still prefer to call flip-flops thongs.

  40. ADHadh

    Now I love Sierra even more!

  41. Robert

    Ooh..this is a little akward…

  42. Romanticide

    Sierra is my favorite character and I repeat it.

  43. Twirls

    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”

  44. joeyo

    Sierra would fit in pretty well at my college

  45. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

    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?”

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