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Sock
Posted on February 7, 2012 by David M Willis

213 thoughts on “Sock”

  1. Jen Aside

    Joe DOESN’T want to watch??

    or is he worried about accidentally seeing Danny instead

    1. David Herbert

      But Billie might not be cool with it and that would cock-block Danny. Joe’s better than that.

      1. G.G.

        not to mention he kinda owes Danny one for a little lack of courtesy with taping a web cam to his foot.

        1. darcos0

          surprised joe’s webcam wouldn’t automatically turn on at this point and start filming.

        2. aydr

          Who says it hasn’t?

    2. MichaelHaneline

      Joe strikes me as the type who lives by the “bro code.”
      Ie. he’s not going to interrupt Danny’s fun.

      1. gangler

        Also strikes me as more of an exhibitionist than a voyeur.

    3. Mikehatesyou

      Joe watch!? That is creepy what the hell.

      Five minutes he joins in though.

    4. Hinoron

      No, Joe will not watch. Joe has to much respect for the sacred act of bangin’ chicks for that. 😉

  2. Haven

    Joe’s the best roommate.

    1. Aizat

      And the best wingman a guy could ever have.

      1. Henry

        Joe is best wingman.

        1. Aizat

          He could be my wingman anytime.

        2. Obligitory Meme Insert

          No homo, right?

          All of the homo!

        3. Tobias

          At this point I would take Joe home to meet my mother.

          Leg-End!

        4. XZero133

          AH! Another LittleKuriboh fan I see?

        5. ProjectXa3

          Halo quotes!

        6. Ed Casey

          When the line appeared in HALO, it was actually a reference to Top Gun.

    2. Thor

      If Joe was really the best roommate, he would have closed the door gently and quietly, not with a big slam.

      1. brasca1

        If they were really into it they probably didn’t notice and even if they looked over the door was shut so they probably continued thinking it was just outside noise. I’m sure this came as a surprise for him and he’s courteous enough to leave a sock on the door so no one else disturbs them.

  3. Jetstream

    Okay when did it become socks? I thought it was neckties?

    This is the second comic this week to use socks.

    1. Henry

      I’ve only ever heard of it as socks.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      maybe cos not as many people own neck-ties as they used to???

      1. Jetstream

        I figured that was the point, though. You use a neck tie because you should never actually need to WEAR it.

        1. dchorror

          If you never wore it, why’d you have one?

          Though, to be fair, I’d only ever heard the necktie one(socks were something else, which mislead me on the joke).

        2. Jetstream

          Personally I have one (1) necktie which is worn only for job interviews.

        3. lord of dance

          yeah but freshmen don’t generally have job interviews. i know i didn’t have a tie freshman year, but i always had socks

        4. gangler

          It seems like it would require you to pack up a necktie specifically fro this cause while forgoing the rest of the suit that you won’t need. Socks are more convenient. Everyone has socks.

        5. CommentSpawn

          When you need the sock on the door, you don’t need to be wearing it 🙂

          I’ve heard both.

    3. AckAckAck(Now with sugar powered speedster!)

      Maybe not everyone want to touch dirty socks?

    4. McGruff the Crime Dog

      Before I read your comment I had not seen that Joe put the sock on the doorknob and I thought the joke was that he was going to joik it using the sock.

    5. Smile_EZ

      Reading of the rule:
      All roomates shall hang any artical of clothing on door knob when getting your freak on as a universal sign of “Getting My Freak ON”.
      Socks and neck ties are perfered as they have built in ability to hang quickly.

    6. ProjectXa3

      This is because hardly any college people wear neckties, especially those who are likely to focus on this sort of thing more than their studies (nothing against them, I just don’t have a shot so I don’t worry about it)

  4. Dahlia

    Good Ol’ Joe. Always prepared. :3

    1. mechaqua

      Joe must have been a good boy scout!

      1. Jackson

        Bro Scout?

  5. Jim

    What… no iPhone????

    1. Aizat

      And brew another shitstorm?

  6. David Herbert

    Good thinking Joe. Guess he’ll have to pass the time by visiting another girl’s room. Nah, he’ll only have to wait two minutes.

    1. Jetstream

      Dude, Danny’s not actually a virgin y’know.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Are you saying that only virgins finish too fast?

        1. Jetstream

          That’s the stereotype, and we have no reason to suspect the Danny’s from the “jizz in my pants” school of dork.

        2. Kernanator

          Everyone knows nice guys finish last. 😛

          /innuendo

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          and great guys wear silver condoms cos they always come second.

        4. mechaqua

          haha double entendre

        5. Kaj

          My brain read that in Phil Ken Sebben’s voice….

        6. Rex Hondo

          I am so glad I’m not the only one.

  7. Xailenrath Omniversal

    Such a thoughtful (and probably both proud and jealous at the moment) friend Ol’ Joe is.

  8. Hythrain

    Good job, Joe. 😀

  9. Eric

    Classy. Seriously, classy move.

  10. Plasma Mongoose

    Why is the billie and danny tags in today’s comic, I don’t see either of them.

    1. David

      Shadows, second panel.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I will have to take your word on that as I’m half blind IRL. If there is a shadow, it is too low contrast for me to spot it.

      2. Zuche

        I may be seeing it wrong, but that looks kind of uncomfortable. I hope they’re on the lower bunk as well, because otherwise it also looks like a potential double suicide, riding the edge of the bed like that.

        1. ryan

          according to yesterday’s strip, billie is on the top bunk and danny is on the bottom bunk. this caught danny off guard because he is used to sleeping on the top bunk.

        2. Zuche

          Ah. Well spotted.

          😉

      3. Animal

        Judging from the shadow, the probably angle of the lighting, and the position of the lower bunk in relation to the viewer’s position, I’d say Billie is a fan of the Traditional Cowgirl. The Reverse Cowgirl wouldn’t show that hint of buttcrack in the shadow from this angle.

        1. Fraser

          sigh…. I could have sworn that was her ponytail not her attracting Danny tail

        2. Doom Shepherd

          Huh. I thought that was her ponytail. Now I see something totally different.

      4. Bill M.

        Shadows? I used the CSI tool on Joe’s eyes in panel 2. Zoom in on the reflection and depixelate… and just whoa.

    2. Aizat

      Oh they’re there, we just couldn’t see them is all.

      1. HMRC4EVR

        All this talk going on about Shadows and first place my mind jumps to is season 3 of Babylon 5.

        Nothing wrong with that I don’t think. Just kind of odd tangent.

        And I lived in a coed dorm for two years and I don’t remember seeing any socks, neckties or other garments hanging on doorknobs. I’m sure there were folks banging each other senseless-just never saw any overt signs of it going on.

        Just as well I never got laid during college since I didn’t know there was a ‘notification’ system anyway. Probably kept me from making an embaressing mistake that would have made college suck worse than it already did.

        1. Zuche

          “Woo hoo?”

        2. Doom Shepherd

          +1!

    3. ShadowWing Tronix

      Joe did. -_^

  11. Aizat

    How nice of Joe to not walk in when his buddy is attending to “business”.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      He wouldn’t be much of a wingman if he ‘butted’ in. 😀

    2. fellixe

      It’s bad form for the party of the third part to enter while a merger is being negotiated between the party of the first part and the party of the second part. There could be sensitive dictation going on.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        +1 for high-brow double entendres.

  12. Heyhey

    Shadows on the wall 🙂

  13. Bobnotk

    Joe is actually being a decent friend here.

    In a weird, “man” type of way.

  14. Platypus

    wow, that’s like Batman preparedness, well played.

    1. George

      Does this mean Joe is Amazi-girl?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Only if he has some kind of gender-bender curse happening.

        1. Michelle J Caboose

          Nah, it’s just his way of concealing his secret identity. No one would suspect that the cute, short, female superhero is a tall, hot man.

        2. Kaj

          Cue the fanfiction authors!

      2. AckAckAck(Now with sugar powered speedster!)

        Nah, he’s Amazi-Bang *wink*

        1. Drunken Nordmann

          Nein, he’s Amazi-Joe.

          He’s amazin’ the women – with his penis.

  15. RSLee

    Am I seriously the only one who sees the implication in Joe having a spare sock? Because Willis has just put horrible images in my head…

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      You saying that Joe’s little Joe might be even littler than we realise?

      OH MY!

    2. Doctor_Who

      This is immediately what I thought. I was surprised he didn’t pull it out of the front of his trousers.

      1. RSLee

        No. I wasn’t thinking that it was for padding. There are many horrifying things that men do with socks that I am not comfortable saying out loud.

        1. mechaqua

          Like make sock puppets!

        2. RSLee

          Yeah. Sure. “Make Puppets.”

          The scariest thing is this. Why does Joe need a spare “Puppet” on his person at all times? Don’t most people “Make Puppets” in the privacy of their own rooms? Does Joe just run around “Making Puppets” whenever the mood strikes him?

        3. |Agent

          Sure! Everybody like playing with “puppets!”

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          OHHHH you’re refering to this obsessive gamer habit known as poop-socking.

        5. Spazman

          ……you. are. evil.

          not so much for the link to poop socking. but for linking to TV tropes. barely managed to pull myself out, lol

        6. Plasma Mongoose

          Think of it as training, the more times you are exposed to TVTropes, the easier you will be able to leave if someone links to them when you need to log off or do homework in a hurry.

        7. Michelle J Caboose

          Case in point: I now automatically assume a link in DOA comments is going to lead to TV Tropes, so I hover the mouse pointer over it first, to check. If I see “http://tvtropes.org/*” I muster up all of my willpower to not click the link, no matter how much I want to read just that one article.

          Sometimes I even succeed.

        8. Tenn

          Hey, it works! I only spent an hour this time!

        9. Plasma Mongoose

          See, if you keep this up, you will be able to click on the link, quickly scan the trope to find out what it is about and look at a few examples and then leave like I can (most of the time)

        10. Rex Hondo

          *looks at the clock*

          Damn you…

        11. TheBenenator

          Thank you for remembering the ell.

    3. Rex Hondo

      In this case, I am perfectly willing to take Joe at his word that he carries one for just this eventuality.

    4. John

      My browser window isn’t quite wide enough to see the whole strip without scrolling. In this case, at first glance, I had enough of Joe’s speech balloon to fill in the blanks (“Good thing I always c- spare sock for emerg- such as these”), but couldn’t see the sock on the doorknob, and… yeah, that’s where my brain went, too. Then I scrolled sideways, and life was ten thousand percent better.

    5. Inarai

      Clearly he keeps one on hand as a “Joe-ing in progress” signpost. Just good planning.

    6. Eric

      MANDIBLE CLAW

  16. Joe

    I seriously hope I’m not the first person to make the “other uses for the emergency sock” joke.

  17. Kernanator

    You know, Joe is taking the whole “walking in on your roommate doing it” thing surprisingly well.

    1. Aizat

      I think Joe is proud that his best bud finally getting laid.

    2. AliaPie

      He’s beaming with pride inside.

    3. Inara

      I see it as sort of a golden rule situation – at this point, he probably owes Danny a few…

      1. Ridureyu

        “he owes Danny a few?”

        That’s another ship entirely!

    4. Fluffy776

      Seeing as how he was trying to get Danny out and back on the horse (or being the horse in this case) he’s probably very glad to see him getting something.

  18. mechaqua

    Oh socks is there nothing you cannot do, from making a puppet, to storing change, covering your feat, creating a makeshift weapon with a bar of soap, temporary mittens and of course indicating when sexy time is occuring.

    1. Aizat

      You forgot stuffing into a guy’s mouth ala Mankind.

      1. MontyPla

        You both forgot the #1 use of socks among me other than wearing them.

        1. Aizat

          What is it?

        2. mechaqua

          Storing dice! Although I use a Crown Royal bag.

        3. DagonXIII

          I bought one of those too. And it came with free whiskey!

        4. MontyPla

          All the best bags have free whiskey.

        5. fellixe

          Also, without socks what would I use for polishing rags?

        6. Michelle J Caboose

          Why would you need to polish rags? O_o

        7. Rex Hondo

          As Harry and Ron could tell you, a clean tube sock is a simple, economical, and clean way to polish your wand.

        8. Aizat

          Well, I do remember a guy using his sock as a blackjack.

  19. MontyPla

    I had a roommate a lot like Joe once. Dude was a true bro.

    1. G.G.

      Backward hat and all? 😉

      1. MontyPla

        No. but he did wear Kamina glasses.

  20. Stephen Bierce

    Bonus points if you imagine Joe speaking with Foghorn Leghorn’s voice.

    1. MontyPla

      I say, I say Danny boy, that is one fine lil’ hen you got there. Good work boy.

      1. Jetstream

        NO NO! You’re doin’ it, AH SAY, you’re doin’ it all WRONG BOAH!

        You gotta do it lahk THIS! And then, ah say, and then you gotta go like THIS!

        That’s the problem with kids today! They never listen!

        1. MontyPla

          Boy, I say, I say boy, you ain’t a smart one are ya?

        2. fellixe

          It helps if every once in a while you throw in a Jerry Reed “Now looky here, son!”

    2. Inara

      well I am now…

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Thanks for that audible.

    4. Fauxlosopher

      Boah Ah say boah you dun good this tahm.

    5. Spazman

      right now I’m imagining his voice as Barney Stinson.

      heh….

  21. DagonXIII

    Where was Joe this early in the morning? and that well dressed.

    1. Jetstream

      A better question is where was Joe last night 😉

      1. Aizat

        Roz’s room, I think.

  22. Aizat

    It does raises a question though. Why did Joe have a spare sock in his pocket?

    1. Jetstream

      For this exact purpose. Just in case.

      He’s prepared, like a boyscout!

      1. Ridureyu

        Never happened in my boy scout days.

        Well, except for that one time there were girl scouts camping across the lake.

        1. Jetstream

          Best camping trip ever, or best camping trip EVER?

        2. DagonXIII

          We lost half of our first years that way. The Sharks got em.

        3. alex

          WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ETHANS!?!??!

        4. mechaqua

          Because Ethan hasn’t shown up in this strip for awhile an people need their Ethan Fix.

        5. Michelle J Caboose

          Because he senses Danny is having some sexy fun without him.

    2. Dhund

      He may have it from returning from another room where he was using it. He was gone in the early morning, after all…

  23. Bookworm

    Um, who is he putting the sock on the door for, exactly? I mean isn’t the whole purpose of the sock to let your roommate know that you are “busy” so they won’t walk in and interrupt. Do Joe and Danny have another roommate that would need to be informed?

    1. Historyman68

      Maybe Joe has a really short attention span and knows he might forget without the reminder?

    2. Michelle J Caboose

      Because he’s a true friend, and is helping Danny follow dormie/roomie protocol. If you’re having sexytimes, you put something on the door to let your roomie know not to just barge in. Danny forgot (or was too preoccupied to remember), so Joe did it for him.

      We should all have at least one friend who looks out for us like that.

    3. Zababcd

      I thought that maybe Billie had noticed Joe walking in on them and is enraged, and Joe is setting up a ‘Danny-followed-roommate-protocol-and-Joe-just-ignored-it’ defence for Danny.

    4. Inarai

      Because you also don’t knock on a socked door? Think of it like a “Do Not Disturb” sign dialed up to 11.

  24. Ridureyu

    He walked in on Beef cooking some steaks on a George Foreman grill, which is against the dorm rules (somehow counting as an “open flame” despite the lack of actual flames). He did that so he can score some steak later.

  25. TaZZerath

    Good to see Joe practices Safe Socks.

    1. fellixe

      Wouldn’t want anyone getting STD. (Stinky Toe Dirt)

  26. Aizat

    Nice guy Joe: Sees friend getting laid, put sock on doorknob for him.

  27. SUTBEric

    I just hope he didn’t slam the door too hard.

    1. G.G.

      Indeed, it may cause a pause that pushed Danny over the edge. Or reminds Billie whos shes riding.

      I trust they are swimming in enough lustful extasy to not care. for the next panel’s sake.

  28. Wevah

    Joe knows. Sung to the tune of “Bo Knows”.

  29. Ravux

    Joe is ALWAYS PREPARED.

    He’s got Danny’s back.

    At least that is what I hope is happening.

    1. AndrewFoose

      Of course. Joe is a true bro. And say what you will about some of their other qualities, they do care a lot about their friends.

      And typing that makes me wonder what a letter to Princess Celestia written by a bro would sound like.

      1. Rex Hondo

        Dear Princess Celestia,
        If the knob bears a sock, you better not knock.
        That is all.
        -Rex

  30. sentientcheese

    To those asking why he carries around an extra sock, think about it. He finds a girl, they retire to a random room in the random house party.. he needs a sock, but also his own so he can keep some semblance of decorum….

    Ooorrrrr he has it for this purpose at house parties. No one really wants to walk in on that… and he’s just helpful.

    1. Locke

      Plus, load it with change and it becomes a handy club!
      … Er, for self-defense, that is. Yeah…

  31. AckAckAck(Now with sugar powered speedster!)

    Smelly socks, because no one want to touch a smelly sock.

  32. Fauxlosopher

    Joe, you are good people.

  33. LiC

    Finally Joe exhibits proper wing-man traits.

  34. GuitarDude1995

    I hope to have friends like these in college.

  35. Andrew

    That first panel is kind of symbolic isn’t it?

    1. Zuche

      Could be seen that way.

    2. MeHael

      Joe is the Keymaster.

  36. Azukar

    Have we figured out why Billie is doing this, exactly? Or have I missed something.

    1. Nilla

      She’s been feeling really down about herself lately, unattractive and lonely. And Danny was really nice to her and made her feel like her old self. And she’s kinda free and easy with her sexuality?

    2. Rex Hondo

      Because she couldn’t resist the manly draw of Danny’s Axe body spray.

      1. fellixe

        Because she’s not getting enough “alone time” now that she has a roomie who might pop in through the window at any moment. There’s tension to be released!

        1. Aydr

          yeah. she’s been on this campus for A FULL DAMN WEEK. NEED SEX NAO.

        2. Rex Hondo

          That may just add an element of danger and excitement to the whole affair…

  37. GRANITO

    So I just noticed ads don’t show up on the RSS feed. I’m enjoying the comic so I thought I’d let you know. I don’t mind seeing a few ads when the content is good 😛

  38. 3DSarge

    Sock Emergencies may include:

    Impressing the Ladies
    Stress Relief
    Cold Feet

  39. Fruit Punch Tsunami

    JoeBro is like a Boy Scout – always prepared.

  40. Rex Hondo

    Tune in next week for another thrilling episode of Joe Rosenthal: Coital Door Guardian!

  41. Jackson

    Joe is considerate!

  42. AJBulldis

    A part of me expected that Danny wouldn’t be able to go through with it for some reason. Guess that’s not the case.

    1. Zuche

      He probably shouldn’t have gone through with it, but he’s kind of in shock right now. It doesn’t help that he’s so very obviously attracted to Billie either. It’s kind of hard to think straight when you find things are going as you might like, but not even remotely like you’d expect of them.

      1. begbert2

        I’m not really seeing why Danny would have a reason to regret this in the morning (presuming that he’s taking the proper precautions).

        1. Seraph

          He’s a romantic, and a particularly starry-eyed one at that. She’s doing this mostly to reassure herself that she’s still desirable, he’s going to think it’s True Love. Once he realizes it’s not – which may take just long enough for her to say “Thanks, I needed that, now let’s get back to the interview”, he’s going to be upset.

        2. Zuche

          That covers the main points well. I’m not sure it was in Billie’s best interest either.

        3. Seraph

          It certainly won’t help. If she was just giving a cute boy a tumble becuase she was horny and he showed some interest, that would be one thing, but she’s turning it into yet another way to paper over her insecurities.

  43. Kevin

    Couldn’t use this or the tie in college because everyone knew what that meant; catcalls and rumors about the character of the lady friend. My roommates would always get ticked off despite the fact that I would give them MORE time than they would give me for their own exploits. The guys at my college need a lesson from Joe on how to be proper wingmen.

  44. Janette

    Joe is a bro.

  45. Glooble

    My roommate once responded by shoving his speakers against the wall of the room next to ours and blasting “Sexual Healing”. Fortunately, the girl I was with thought it was hilarious rather than being embarrassed.

  46. Steve

    Love how random and weird this hook up is. It’s like most of my hook ups back in the Neolithic when I was in college…

  47. sarpiedon

    I hope that’s not also his “special sock”
    They will need to put a sign up,
    “please wash hands before masturbating”

    1. begbert2

      Joe doesn’t seem to *need* a special sock.

      1. Seraph

        Nonsense. It doesn’t matter how much sex you have, there always comes a time that you just have to help yourself.

  48. Animal

    Tomorrow: Sweaty post-coital aftermath. Film at eleven.

    1. Michelle J Caboose

      Aha! So Joe did still have the video camera!

      1. Animal

        Webcams are amazing things. Compact, good resolution, some can even be tracked remotely from a smart phone. Easy to overlook, too.

  49. Jon Cann

    I know this is kind of beside the point, but–IU students are still using metal keys? Even my tiny liberal arts college switched over to key cards years ago.

    1. David

      As far as I’m aware from Internetting, IU still uses keys for dorm rooms, but ID cards are used to swipe into the building itself.

    2. Blightning

      My university is one of the pretty big ones in Canada (U Waterloo) but their residences are still all metal keys. Might be because they were built in the sixties and no one wants to fix what ain’t broke though.

    3. Seraph

      Mine had combination locks.

    4. Aria

      Ohio State is keypass entry (the BuckID) to all buildings, and to the rooms themselves of at least one of the newest halls. I think that most are still on metal keys though.

  50. Dave

    Guess Billie didn’t change her mind. Also based upon the shadow and yesterday’s I’m guessing they’re on the floor.

    Joe is well prepared in case of sexual emergencies

    1. Animal

      I don’t think they’re on the floor. From the shadows, time of day, Billie’s expressed preference to positioning and the layout of the room, I’m guessing they are on the lower bunk bed, angling slightly right to left, center of gravity just a tad left of the bed’s centerline. Billie is engaging in a traditional Cowgirl with a bit of a lateral twist to the right.

  51. Lord Harlock

    This is so making babies.

    1. Roborat

      Well, that is the general point of the exercise, yes.

      1. Michelle J Caboose

        Dryly-worded reply with a twist of irony… delivered by Richard.

        (wipes away a tear) It is a beautiful thing to behold…

  52. Kate

    He looks so noble in that last panel. He’s the hero this school deserves.

  53. Maycroft

    And that’s why Joe is a good friend.

    1. Drunken Nordmann

      We could call him BroJoe – or Joe the Bro?

  54. Rex Hondo

    Kosher B.R.O.

    1. Fruit Punch Tsunami

      Brosher

    2. Rex Hondo

      Whoops. That was meant to be a reply to Drunken Nordmann…

  55. MrGazzer

    wow, there’s some awesome Joe goin’ on in there, ya think?

  56. John Madden

    Not gonna lie, I don’t understand the ‘sock on a door’ thing.

    1. Wack'd

      It’s basically universal college code for “DO NOT DISTURB, HAVING SEX.”

      1. Rheios

        The walls were so thin in my dorms that the sock was not required. We knew. Not that I’d have needed to worry about using one, but regardless.

        1. Rheios

          Which was kindof funny in retrospect because our doors were flippin’ heavy ass lredwood doors from the 60’s or 70’s with metal frames. You couldn’t kick them in, but I’m willing to bet a determined individual could have Kool-aid manned through the wall.

  57. ShotJon

    Joe is the true bro.

  58. Aisling

    Joe’s sock was used for other emergencies too, let’s hope it was washed recently.

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