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Wait up
Posted on July 20, 2014 by David M Willis

126 thoughts on “Wait up”

  1. Jen Aside

    wait why were you pantsless to see Ruth

    1. AgentKeen

      Gotta show off those sweet Dexter boxers.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Many people are more reseptive when a caramel log is on offer. 😛

        1. ninja_jesus

          Except Ruth doesn’t like caramel logs.

        2. David M Willis

          why wouldn’t she

        3. DapperAnarchist

          Yeah, sexuality isn’t defined by current interest or relationship. The only person to say she’s a lesbian is Howard and 1) she disagreed and 2) jesus, would you take Howard’s word for anything else? Really? Kid means well, but honestly thinks “Show me Game of Thrones!” is an appropriate thing to do when visiting your sister for the first time in… quite a while.

        4. JWLM

          Actually, I’m not really sure the Ruth said she wasn’t lesbian. I think she said she wasn’t sure — but her comment to Billie later on (that they’d found out that she ‘liked girls’,) suggests that she was toning it down for her brother.

          Of course, I thought the moment when her brother told Billie to take care of Ruth was unbearably touching…

        5. Eukie

          Tired joke time: because Walky’s caramel log doesn’t taste of alcohol.

        6. Jadedcynic

          perfect gravitar is perfect.

        7. k

          yeah, uh, women with peen exist.

        8. Carriethedragon

          That too, but I think it was more of the fact that, as far as we know, Ruth could be either lesbian or bisexual (and the latter seems likely, seeing as she pretty much said Billie was her first girl crush, meaning that before she thought she was either straight or asexual).

        9. Farmer_10

          Sweet OPM gravie.

        10. Plasma Mongoose

          Thanks, I only wish they would update, it has been a while.

    2. Maveric1984

      Ehh, so long as Lil’ Walky wasn’t hanging out of his fly (again) he was dressed enough for it to be considered “jammies”

    3. Nick Piers

      Because when you’re not wearing pants, people listen.

      Mostly so the conversation can end quickly so you can leave them to put on pants.

    4. Willoughby Chase

      To me, avec tee-shirt, sans trousers and pants … means he was naked from the waist down.

      So what do Americans call pants???

      1. Khyrin

        Boxers, tighty-whities, panties… i’m sure there are other names/types too, but i can’t think of any.

        1. NaughtbutaHoax

          Oh, the possibilities.
          And this doesn’t even get into regional terms– here in the South, for instance, people refer to underoos as “drawers” or “underdrawers”. (Pronounced “droors” or “draw-ers”, depending on the flavor of Southern drawl going on.)

        2. NaughtbutaHoax

          On the other side of the statement (as I wrote this long-ass explanation and then thought “maybe I should just link the Wiki article” and then forgot the other half of what I was gonna say) trousers/jeans/et cetera are what Americans call pants commonly, although I do remember during a period that I was caretaking for a nonagenarian that she referred to her underthings as “pants”, so it may well be a (relatively) recent shift.

      2. Usayasha

        The common term is “underwear.” Sometimes “underpants.”

      3. Knight

        In america pants are the equivalent of trousers.

      4. OldFart

        Also, knickers are calf-length trousers, what Brits might call plus fours, I believe. Sal used knickers to refer to undergarments, but that is very unusual; she probably got it from Jason.

        1. Kelly

          I have only ever heard “knickers” used in older work or stuff set in the past, and in the phrase “(don’t) get your knickers in a twist”. It isn’t really a current word, at least not in the western US. Maybe in the South?

  2. AgentKeen

    What? Why would she like her bully? That’s just crazy talk…

    1. tinfoil theory

      What would Walky know about how Ruth manhandled Billie?

      1. Cody B

        Before the confession she was pretty vocal about Ruth being a bully.

  3. Michael

    Well. That’s primarily awkward

  4. Plasma Mongoose

    The Nail just got hit on the Head.

    1. Yotomoe

      Someone’s gonna get nailed, all right.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        ^_^ BANG!

        1. Maveric1984

          I sad a bang bang bangity bang!

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          CRIKEY! 😀

        3. liahansen

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2KwFMky5Y4

        4. Maveric1984

          Oh it’s plenty funny!

        5. Kelly

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrSKG3TS0uE

        6. Anarchy 101

          Nows the time for some steamy make up sex

      2. Flimsyfishy

        In Walkerton’s bed…

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          I hope they wash the sheets afterwards.

        2. Anarchy 101

          Forget the bed, just used the floor

        3. tinfoil theory

          They’ll probably have to burn the bed afterwards.

          That’s where Mike is off to in such a hurry. He needs to organize a new bed.

        4. Wack'd

          Frankly, given Walky’s predilection for eating in bed, they should wash the sheets before.

  5. Yotomoe

    Sheesh, Get a room, you two

    1. lejwocky

      It looks like they’ll be getting Walky’s room for the time being.

      1. newllend

        If you don’t want to join come back in 6 hours.

  6. etybolik

    Oh Walky, if only you knew the shitstorm you (probably) just caused.

    1. Shadow12000

      Or sexy storm.

      1. Yotomoe

        But not a sexy shitstorm. That just sounds gross.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Two Giirls One Umbrella?

        2. Rheinman

          Two girls and the Stanley Cup

        3. Izzy

          Two girls, One athletic cup?

        4. Rheinman

          From the website http://canadiansexacts.org/canadian_statement.htm

        5. lejwocky

          <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ce-zC_n8E&quot; title="Kinky.."

        6. lejwocky

          Well that didn’t work. :C

        7. Giant Speck

          ella ella eh eh eh

        8. NCP19

          How about a shitty sexstorm?

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        A halle storm you might say.

  7. MrSirk

    Walky’s pretty good at setting up awkward situations.

    1. newllend

      Danny vs Walky, AKWARD OFF!

      1. ninja_jesus

        That wouldn’t work though. Walky is good at setting up awkward situations for other people, while Danny just sets up awkward situations for himself.

        Danny is selfish, in other words. Not sharing that awkwardness with anyone. >:(

  8. Plasma Mongoose

    *reads hovertext* Why would Walky smell any worse than he normally does?

    1. Maveric1984

      He’s not showering before going to class. I don’t know about other folks, but I get quite ripe if I don’t have a shower every day.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        It also depends on how hot the day is, when it’s hot, you can smell the rot.

      2. meghantheworldeater

        I think the implication is that Walky smells regardless.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          That’s because he doesn’t seem to bother even with the smell test when it comes to his clothing.

        2. Kelly

          Some of us can’t smell

      3. Tenn

        I assumed it was because he’s going to wear the shirt he slept in, but sure, if he hasn’t had a shower since last morning, he might smell.

        Before workdays, I usually shower in the evening. Makes the morning routine shorter so I can sleep a little longer.

    2. Darth Cariss

      I thought maybe it was because he was in bed with Billie and she smells or something? I don’t know.

  9. JessWitt

    *canned laughter and extended Woool! noises for half a minute*

  10. dailybrad

    It’s kind of funny how Ruth didn’t seem phased by Walky in his undahpants. Guess maybe that’s not super uncommon in the dorms.

    1. Maveric1984

      You’ve never lived in a coed college dorm have you?

      1. Betty Anne

        ^ This. She’s probably glad he didn’t show up with a towel ALMOST wrapped all the way around his waist. ^^;

    2. Pantheon the Mantheon

      You’ve never lived with siblings of the opposite gender have you?

  11. Rosicrucian

    Mike knows better than to stay in the blast radius.

    1. tinfoil theory

      Mike probably has “something to take care of.” In private.

      Amazi-Girl must have left Clark Wing before Walky got to Ruth, meaning she must have been there when Amazi-Girl was summoned to track down the Whiteboard Bandit, but of course nobody wanted to bother the only girl there that was affected and is also mean and scary. It also means that either Amazi-Girl has now seen the amazing D&MM-pants of Walky, or she took a different route. Then Amazi-Girl got to Mike before Ruth and Walky did, but Amazi-Girl had already left, no doubt evading Ruthless by way of an alternative route, which indicates that Amazi-Girl has not seen Walky’s amazing D&MM-pants.

      There is a lot of to and fro between the wings even before everyone is getting dressed,, and Mike is the only one to bear witness to it. Mike knows all!

  12. Doctor_Who

    Other things that could have gotten Billie to talk:

    1) Did you hear? They just lowered the drinking age to 18.

    2) There’s some jocks having a naked towel fight in the hall. Should I tell them to pipe down so you can sleep?

    3) Someone ran a Dragons cheerleader uniform up the flagpole. Wonder where they got it.

    4) Joyce has announced her intention to “Get in on this Slipshine thing”, and wants to know where she can find one of those take-a-number machines that goes up to a billion.

    5) My sister wants to know if you’d be interested in “experimenting” with her, but I told you you aren’t into science.

    1. Pantheon the Mantheon

      Well played sir. I especially approve of #5

      1. Ivan

        Agreed!#5 is outstanding! And ha great real life use potential!!

  13. Khaner

    Wait, he did all this without underwear on?

    1. Rosicrucian

      No, just without pants.

      1. Khaner

        I have reason to believe that he sleeps naked.

        1. Thomas

          No, you don’t: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/doinokay/

          Although I get the reference to the sleeping habit of the other twin.

    2. Kelly

      American!pants = British!trousers
      British!pants = American!underpants/underwear

  14. shietka

    I love the look on Billie’s face. “I think you like your R.A. more than me.” I can almost hear her saying “Well, actually….”

    1. Maveric1984

      Nails, heads, hitting, etc.

  15. newllend

    Your jumping to conclusion’s walky

    1. tinfoil theory

      His jumping to the Walky of conclusions.

    2. Arkadi

      With uncanny accuracy.

  16. Rabid Rabbit

    Oh dear, she’s trapped. Unless she takes some hints from her roommate, who may or may not be Amazi-Girl, and thinks of escaing via the window.

    1. Blue Dragon

      Safer would be for Billie to cut through the shared half bath.
      Tricky to pull off successfully, though. Also, less dramatically pleasing, unless David is planning a bigger payoff later down the line.

      1. nekobawt

        do we know who walky/mike’s neighbors are yet?

  17. Rob Carlson

    @ the alt text

    Is he going to smell much worse than usual, though?

  18. caesaria82

    Walky being accidentally perceptive there lol.

  19. EvergreenFir

    Does he smell good most days?

  20. Kernanator

    Be fair, Walky. She likes most people more than you.

  21. Idon'tcarenomore

    I think he usually smells like Frito’s.

    Good Deal. Ruth and Billie are face to face like it or not and Billie did promise Walky to ‘talk’ to Billie.

    Fingers crossed.

    1. Deanatay

      I’d think Nachitos.

  22. pumacatrun2

    Mike didn’t wait up when Walky was probably going to tell him that Ruth and Billie were ‘talking it out’.

    Mike’s totally going to walk in on Billie and Ruth either fighting or making out again.

    1. pumacatrun2

      Also, how do Gravatars even work I made an account but I still get the same comment form and even though I used my username and e-mail from Gravatar it’s still going to the default pictures.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Upload a picture to gravatar and uncheck the “use default” box.

        1. pumacatrun2

          Where is this magical use default box to uncheck, I see nothing on the DOA website or Gravatar one…

  23. ninja_jesus

    Wait, has Billie been blushing, or has she been sick this whole time or what?

    1. BlackIo

      That’s her “sleep-deprived and hungover” coloring.

    2. nekobawt

      don’t have a reference link, but it has been stated that this is what she looks like after she’s been drinking.

    3. Clif

      She’s been suffering from a bout of massive depression that just got hit with a massive adrinalin rush.

    4. Gigafreak

      Speaking of blushing, I now notice Walky doesn’t have those rosy cheeks that most of the others have. I thought for a moment that maybe it’s because of his dark skin, but then I saw Sarah in the banner, and she has rosy cheeks AND dark skin, so it can’t be that.

      If he’s rooming with Mike, that makes this room rosy-cheek free. Hell, today’s page completely is rosy-cheek free.

  24. kajirye

    Just read from start to finish… now I have no comment, so.. uh.. awesome comic.

  25. Emperor Kiva

    Walky, you have no idea how right you are!

  26. Emoroffle

    Yes Walky, she does. Time for some confrontation Billie, I suggest kiss and make-up.

  27. Samuel Larkin

    I know that Amber/Amazi-Girl does not appear in this strip, but I just have to say it. I would love to see a retro 16-bit video game with Amazi-Girl. How much money do you need on Kickstarter? It’s not like you could find programming friends once you got the money.

    1. Clif

      Or you could learn to program in javascript yourself and do the whole thing using the graphic capabilities added to the new version of html. Or, as you say, using kickstater money and the programming friends that money could buy you. The sticking points are having a detailed vision of the way the game should work and intelectual property rights AKA permission from Willis.

  28. Soap

    Billie is so cute!

    … i hope they dont end up having sex in walkys bed

    1. XMinusOne

      He’ll never wash the sheets if they do. Come to think of it, he prolly doesn’t anyway.

  29. Nono

    Has nobody else noticed Ruth’s sad ‘Goody’ in panel 2? Poor thing, well, as poor as Ruth can be.

  30. RA

    I’ve read all of dumbing of age so far, but not the Walkyverse stuff. I don’t get it. What is the attraction of this character? He seems to me generally dumb and selfish and that’s it. Don’t like him at all. Is he supposed to be a “bad boy” (like a male version of his sister) or something? I checked the wikia but it didn’t really explain (there’s something about how he keeps having responsibility shoved onto him or something as he tries at every turn to dodge it… but that’s not endearing ini the least! ( and i think that’s from the Walkyverse, not here, though it would certainly apply to THIS comic))

    1. gwalla

      In the other universe, Walky is a lovable doofus. He’s very different. Really the main thing they have in common is rampaging immaturity.

      1. RA

        Hmm. Alright, thanks for the clarification. “Rampaging immaturity” definitely does come through in DoA. But the other characters (e.g. obviously Dorothy) seem to like him for some reason and so do readers in the comments section here. I assume (at least for the readers) it’s because he’s the main character (by name) in the other universe(s), but based on what he’s like here i was having trouble imagining how that could be. (Did i mention that i don’t care for him? 🙂 )

  31. Yotsuyasan

    Sickly hung over pallor aside, Billie looks really cute in the fourth panel.

    I really hope that the next two or ten strips focuses on Billie and Ruth, and that even if there is some sort of emotional blow-up on the part of one or both of them, it isn’t at the end of the scene, culminating in one of them storming off… I want this scene to end on a hopeful note! (Oh, who am I kidding? I want it to end with another Slipshine comic… But for now, I’ll take vaguely reconciliatory hopefulness…)

    As for Mike… Who wants to bet he’s off to start a life of super villainy, so that he can experience more Amazi-tackles? And thus, an arch nemesis is born!

    1. DSL

      Known as the Jerkass, complete with a Glasgow Frown: Signature line to A-G: “You complete me.”

      1. Silent

        Am I the only one who wants them to have a hero/villain dynamic, only to eventually ending up a couple?

        1. Heavensrun

          Eh, already seen that, really.

        2. Yotsuyasan

          Eh, leave their coupledom to the original ‘verse. I kind of like what’s been going on between Amber and Danny in this continuity.

          But Mike as her super villain nemesis is just too good! Especially if there’s ever some strange multi-dimensional crossover. Imagine how mind blowing it would be to Amazi-girl to see that somewhere, she did reciprocate his advances?

  32. hof1991

    Love Billie with the sideways Rugrats style face. Shows just how upset the situation has got her.

  33. XMinusOne

    I see London,
    I see France,
    I see Walky’s,
    Boxer shorts.

    No … Wait a minute …

  34. RobChapman91

    Walky, you don’t know the half of it. XD

  35. Eukie

    Heh. Billie is back in yellow and blue, while Ruth is wearing black and green; I find it amusing that for this confrontation, they’re back in the same colour scheme as when they first met.

    For that matter, they’re back in their Roomies! colour schemes.

  36. Charles Phipps

    Sadly, I don’t support the Ruth/Billie ship because while there’s some interesting things going on there–it’s kind of depressing. I’d like to see Ruth with someone who isn’t a bundle of issues and the same for Billie. Maybe Ruth/Carla or Ruth/Malaya (oddly enough) because R/B have SIMILAR issues and they kind of feed each other’s worst side. In RL, I’d tell them to get the hell away from each other. The codependency isn’t the kind of thing which I think works.

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