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Mundane
Posted on January 12, 2019 by David M Willis

131 thoughts on “Mundane”

  1. lilyliv

    OMG, that’s a real thing? Holy shit. I’m with Walky on this one.

    1. Pablo360

      I, too, often must hold myself back when it comes to McNutt.

      1. Hinoron

        Red-haired clowns ejaculating… oh boy…

      2. Yet_One_More_Idiot

        I’m amazed that Willis managed to so accurately represent in text, the sound made when snerking. xD

  2. BBCC

    The school knew what they were doing, I’m sure. 😉

    1. Badgermole

      My university has a building called Cocke Hall, appropriately enough home to Classics and Philosophy.

      1. Nikol Geier

        My school has, no joke, a building named “The Richard Woodcock Building”.
        We call it the Triple Dick Building.

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      For a public university, naming a building after one of the most powerful governors in your state’s recent history is probably not such a bad idea.

      1. C.

        He was also an IU alumnus and professor.

        1. Needfuldoer

          If only his name was Richard.

      2. BBCC

        I still maintain they knew what they were doing when they chose that particular individual. 😉

      3. Marsh Maryrose

        I had never heard of Governor/Commissioner/Administrator/Ambassador Paul McNutt before I googled him tonight, but now I want to know more. Had FDR not decided to run for a third term, he could have been a presidential contender; his IU roommate was FDR’s opponent in that election.

        1. Rartorata

          An election between college roommates would certainly be interesting…

        2. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          Just imagine all the sordid stories about their time as college roomies that would’ve inevitably come to light during the campaign! xD

    3. Civil

      the University I studied at was renamed in 1986…. originally the new name was “Curtin Unversity of New Technology”
      It took prnting the new degree certificate for them to realise that was a less than ideal name
      (they went with CUT insead, and recently switched to CU)

    4. Charlie Spencer

      I’m waiting for a dorm to be named after one of the Bayhs.

      “Where do you live?”
      “Bayh.”
      “By what?”
      <insert extended contrived "Who's on first?" rip-off?

      1. Sunny

        By Bayh.
        Oh, well, goodbye.
        It’s not bad.
        What?
        Bayh.

  3. ValdVin

    “Other than the telepathy?”

    Feeling well enough to let his sense of humor show.

    1. Pablo360

      Either that or he’s playing it up as a coping mechanism like Becky does.

      1. King Daniel

        He’s facetiously mentioned having “twin-telepathy” to Billie before, I assumed this was a callback to that:

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/05-media-rumble/link-2/

        1. SpaceshipPilot

          Wow, the art style’s evolved a lot.

        2. Pablo360

          *reads that strip* Wait, what!? He DOESN’T have twin telepathy? Are you f**king KIDDING me?

  4. Stephen Bierce

    Sometimes you feel like a Nut…

    1. Lieutenant Dan

      …sometimes you don’t.

  5. Antonio Tyler

    McNutt is what happens when you eat McRib.

    1. Tacos

      Hopefully that is done in the privacy of your home and not at the McDonald’s.

      1. woobie

        Just so nobody brings a dead raccoon to the McDonald’s.

        1. Lookingin

          it’s not his fault that he discovered one of the secret ingredients that make the McRib so tasty!

        2. Pablo360

          You jest, but if I found out the secret ingredient to the McRib was raccoon, my immediate reaction would be, “I need to eat more raccoon.”

  6. chris73

    Even Joyce would agree that these two should definitely start dating

    1. DarkoNeko

      Noooo

      1. chris73

        I don’t know what Lucys power is but shes even managing to make Walky less annoying just by her very presence

        1. Kyrik Michalowski

          I’m sure that has entirely to do with Lucy’s “power” and not any bias you might have for this ship.

        2. chris73

          I certainly do have a bias for these two and strips like this aren’t helping

    2. Jamie

      I am into this ship.

    3. Bagge

      Joyce is a quantum shipper AND this is Billie’s suggested couple. Joyce will be all on board for it (unless she and Lucy rub each other the wrong way, which I still think would be hilarious).

    4. Ronnie

      They could actually be wholesome. How’s Lucy managing to make Walky WHOLESOME

    5. newllend(henryvolt)

      I’m not ready to get off the garbage ship yet

    6. Amazi-Stool

      I know that you are aware of this, but I want to prove this for the occasional readers:

      Joyce is defintely onboard of this ship!.

  7. DarkoNeko

    Ain’t gonna lie, I was tempted to laugh too

  8. Catullus

    Nobody tell Walky the name of Rube Goldberg’s comic strip.

    1. BarerMender

      Goldberg had serveral strips. I imagine you’re referring to “Boob McNutt.”

      1. Pablo360

        Boob McNutt was syndicated by McNaught.

  9. ellernock

    my dorm is colloquially known by a man’s name because of its abbreviation (we’re IVAN. the neighboring dorm is IVAS.) but that is nowhere near McNutt on the “how easy is it to make stupid jokes about this building” scale. but given that a cooking magazine we have wrote an article referencing how cashew milk is the “thickest nut milk” in a completely factual manner while i, a 25-year-old human person, could not stop my brain from going There, it’s just a given.

  10. Blanche Quizno

    Oh no – it’s the She-Jacob!!

    1. woobie

      Yep.

    2. Pablo360

      Right! They’re both…

      …

      …

      …

      …

      …

      …

      …help me out here? Beside the obvious, are these two actually similar beyond being wholesome?

      1. Pablo360

        OH WAIT I’M AN IDIOT

        1. Pablo360

          oh wait never mind, she only mentions one sibling

  11. Xccj

    Okay, I get that it’s a static background, but the door sticker in panel 1 makes it look like Walky is holding onto a burrito or something.

    1. Warclam

      He’s not?

      Huh, look at that, he’s not.

  12. William Leonard Reese Jr.

    . . . Oh no my shipping goggles are activating! Quick put a canon couple on screen to deactivate them once more!

  13. Kyrik Michalowski

    Walky, you were so close but maybe just laugh rather than injure yourself or just do the single “snerk” exhale laugh when you can’t hold it. I’m sure there is a better way to describe it but I’m tired and my brain isn’t cooperating.

    1. Clif

      Walky’s day just keeps getting better.

  14. Roger

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMNBLUqX4AEsGj0.jpg

    1. Catman

      I feel personally attacked

    2. newllend(henryvolt)

      I can make good use of this meme.

  15. Tacos

    Let’s be honest, I think most of us laughed at that too.

    1. Keulen

      I definitely did.

  16. Solenoid

    first, Blowjob Cat. then, McNutt hall. what next?

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      I think Walky should take a vacation in Britain over the winter break. His itinerary should include Scongahorpe, Didling, Nob End, Broad Bottom, and Cock End.

      He could finish up with a trip on the continent, visiting the German town of Wank, and the Austrian town of Fucking.

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        Dunno how that happened, but it’s Scongahorpe. The name is classic, er, clbuttic, in internet filtering tropes.

        In the US, we have Norfolk, VA, not a problem in text but a guaranteed Walky-mouth-roof-buster when pronounced.

        1. Marsh Maryrose

          Wow! How self-referential! I just discovered a forum filter i didn’t know existed. And it perfectly illustrates the S-Cee-U-En-Tee-horpe problem!

          I stopped using the c-word 15 years ago, on the basis that it is an inherently sexist derogation for which no male analog exists. I might call Billie an alpha bongo, but I will never call her a conga.

        2. Yumi

          Well, I’m guess I’m glad that the censored word doesn’t come up often enough here for the replacement to be common knowledge. (Though I think I remember a fairly recent, probably deleted comment, that made use of it, so perhaps it’s a more recent filter? Or perhaps it was all a dream.)

          Reminds me of how you can’t say “grape” or “skill” on Neopets.

        3. Marsh Maryrose

          I was trying to figure out how “skill” could be a problem, and then…I suddenly got a tiny bit worried about the Neopets community.

        4. Yumi

          It’s because you can’t say “kill.” The censors made it real hard the time I had to do a crisis suicide check on Neopets.com.

        5. neeks

          Once upon a time in RuneScape the word “fletching” was censored in the chat, for a very brief period of time, because while it could be considered a workaround for saying “felching,” I GUESS, it also happens to be the name of a skill in the game.

          “So what are you guys doing?”
          “*********.”
          “*********.”
          “*********.”
          “… crafting bows and arrows.”

        6. neeks

          (my guild hosted a fletching event during this time period. It amused.)

        7. ValdVin

          At one job I dissected a client’s blocked email almost word by word, and discovered that the algorithm was blocking the location name in the subject: New Milford.

    2. Eldritch Gentleman

      The Sculpture of Female Presenting Nipple

  17. Anon

    I chuckle a little whenever I see the name “Condon hall” at my school. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen the building.

  18. motorfirebox

    Eight years? Guess you’ve got some McStamina.

  19. Dave

    Don’t blame yourself, Willis. With such a gradual buildup, it’d take a long time for anyone to McNutt.

    1. Opus the Poet

      OK I laughed at that one, not gonna lie…

  20. DailyBrad

    I love her expression here. That is the face of a girl who has totally laughed about McNutt.

    1. Jackson

      And it’s not just the expression. I love Lucy!

      1. StClair

        (cue theme music)

  21. Clif

    If Walky’s mouth is torn up enough, he may need the telepathy.

  22. Afterword

    Is McNutt anywhere near Blowjob Cat?

  23. Catman

    It just occurred to me that if Lucy is the equivalent of Joyce but in the other hall, then this ship is only a step away from the Joyce and Walky of the other universe.

    Could explain the chemistry.

    1. Bagge

      Joyce and Walky: “EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH THAT?! HE/SHE IS SUPER GROSS!”

      1. Catman

        IF ANOTHER ME IN ANOTHER TIME LINE FALLS FOR THEM THEN THAT IS TRULY THE WORST POSSIBLE TIMELINE AND GOD HAS ABANDONED IT!

  24. Reltzik

    Don’t strain yourself too hard, Walky, or you’ll bust a McNutt.

    1. Bagge

      Heh

  25. BarerMender

    He tore out the upper roof of his mouth. I’d be curious to know if he has a lower roof of his mouth.

  26. Lingo

    One of my close friends in elementary school had the last name of McNutt. Not such an uncommon name.

    1. Lingo

      Far from the worst last name in that school. One family had the last name Crapp.

      1. Bagge

        …did you grow up in a Roald Dahl novel?

      2. Yumi

        There’s a girl in a class I’ve subbed for a couple times whose last name is Butts.

        1. Dean

          With such a last name, how do you resist the urge to name your son Seymour?

        2. Yumi

          Idk, maybe you love your child.

        3. Liquid Len

          I had a friend from way back with the last name Kunz. She married a guy with the last name Seymour. They considered hyphenating the last name, but then thought better of it

        4. BarerMender

          I went to school with a guy named Coontz. He was a couple of years ahead of me. He went on to be a famous writer.

      3. Marsh Maryrose

        I was going to make a joke about their last tape, but then I thought about Spalding Gray’s performance of “Krapp’s Last Tape,” which I actually saw on video, and Spalding said it better than anyone else could: “I feel pretty close to this play as I often work with a tape recorder and often feel like crap.”

      4. Remmington Steele

        Thomas P Crapper really was a sanitary engineer.

        1. Bagge

          Get out.

          *googles*

          …wow, you didn’t try to pull my leg. I love how these things end up.

    2. Zee

      I once knew a guy who’s last name was Gay-Semenkof. Poor the other kids were ruthless…

      1. Zee

        …good damn it, can we please get an edit button

  27. Bagge

    Wow, this REALLY reminds me of Walky’s and Becky’s first meeting.

    “Do I do the drama thing?”
    “Hi, I’m a distraction.”
    “HELLO DISTRACTION, LET’S HANG OUT!”

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/belchin/

  28. Bagge

    Sal and Walky’s twin telepathy in action:

    Walky: “Suddenly I feel this strange urge to brood on a rooftop.”
    Sal: “STOP THINKING ABOUT BUTTS, YOU LITTLE SHIT!”

    1. BenRG

      I bet twins hate people thinking that there’s anything special about their relationship other than sharing a birthday. Centuries of fiction on the subject has a lot to answer for!

      1. Bagge

        I once had the great fortune of hearing two identical twins arguing with each other.

        *Angry* “YEAH, YOU ARE JUST AS STUPID AS YOU LOOK.”
        *beat* “…we look the same.”
        *hesitation, sullen answer* “…not EXACTLY the same…”

        Kinda took the wind out of the argument 🙂

  29. Keulen

    I’m still hoping Lucy and Joyce meet each other sometime soon.

  30. JessWitt

    Oh neat, so I guess we’ll see Lucy’s brother too some time.

    I was blanking on his name for a sec, thought he went by Linus.

  31. BenRG

    Don’t worry about it, Walky. I don’t think that laughing at the ridiculous name of one of the dorm halls equates to insulting the residents!

    1. Bagge

      I mostly think he wants to not look like a buffoon in front of Lucy, which is adorable in itself.

      His failure to contain his laugh, and her little smirk in the final panel is adorable as banter go.

  32. NinjaNick

    Come on, Walky. Let out the laughs.

  33. newllend(henryvolt)

    Lucy seems to fit in at read ball a lot Better than Forest Squad.

    1. Eldritch Gentleman

      I thought the same thing. She should have moved here instead of Malaya.

  34. butts

    *cough* mcbutt, thank you for coming to my tedtalk

  35. kilgaen

    Oh no, they have good chemistry.

    1. Needfuldoer

      Anyone else read this in Gene Wilder’s monotone Willy Wonka warning voice?

  36. Needfuldoer

    The “roof” of your mouth is really the ceiling of your mouth. Change my mind.

    1. egg

      1) you’re right and i hate it 2) so what IS the roof of your mouth? is it where that specific bit of bone ends? is it the top of the skull? is it in the sinuses somewhere??

      1. Needfuldoer

        The sinuses are the attic of your mouth. Your scalp is the roof.

        1. ruhrow

          What about the anterior cranial fossa? Does this house have TWO attics? What about the orbits? So many questionsssssss.

  37. Cmd1095

    So Lucy is definitely interested, even i can tell that much.

  38. Roger Sterling

    They’ll banter, but they won’t date.

    Lucy is too much like Walky in temperament.opposites attract and such. There’s no mystery at all. That they get on so well otherwise will prove to be a continual source of frustration. I’m thinking, like, Elliot and J.D. from Scrubs.

    also she’s not thicc

    1. Sam

      Opposites don’t attract though. People like people who are similar to themselves that are different in some ways that allow them to complement each other but not all ways. People don’t actually like people that have nothing in common with them, no overlap in interests, literally no similarities to themselves and that are difficult to get along with in every possible way.

      1. Roger Sterling

        I didn’t mean absolute opposites. You’re straw manning.

        I’m just saying what does Lucy actually bring to the table, other than being a cheery tumblr sprite.

        I am fully aware and am troubled by of the racial implications of comparing Lucy to Dorothy and Amber, but it’s becoming increasingly clear Walky, for all his exuberant geekiness, likes complimenting divergent personalities.

        1. chris73

          “what does Lucy actually bring to the table, other than being a cheery tumblr sprite.”

          Shes attractive, she, at best, has a similar sense of humor to Walky and at worst understands why Walky would find McNutt amusing, shes helpful and considerate to her friends, tries to see the best in people and doesn’t appear to have much in the way of baggage (in comparison to others) which is what Walky needs right now given everything thats going on

          “likes complimenting divergent personalities”

          Maybe, hes very young and has very little experience of girls or relationships so its too early to tell whether thats his thing or it just happened to be a matter of timing (especially in Ambers case)

  39. Dev

    Ooh, is she Jacob’s little sister then? How interesting.

    1. King Daniel

      Jacob’s last name is Williams, Lucy’s last name is Glenn. It’s probably unlikely that they’re related.

    2. Needfuldoer

      Nope, her brother’s name is Lyle. He showed up in Shortpacked for a couple strips.

      1. ValdVin

        I binged Shortpacked! a couple years ago and totally forgot him. Good work!

        1. Needfuldoer

          Thank Walkypedia, not me!

  40. abysswatcher1993

    What’s so funny about McNutt? It’s just a building close to McButt, and across McBub and Bongo Street.

  41. ShinyNeen

    I like how Walky’s kind of hitting peak goofball around Lucy. I feel like they play off each other well!

    And I can see Joyce popping out into the hallway and immediately assuming the worst of Walky again, too.

    “Okay, look Walky, I guess I should apologize for how I was acti- wait… are you serious!? Another girl!?”

  42. Hari

    My Mom graduated from IU and she lived in McNutt.

  43. Bruceski

    True Twin Storytime: my brother and I do weekly online gaming with some friends, and in a lull between boardgames we poked around a F2P Monster Hunter-like last week. No coordination, no planning, he and I show up to find that we’d made near-identical characters. Same hair, same skin color, same facial features, we didn’t even make ones that looked like us or anything.

  44. MatsuoTanuki

    I know the feeling all too well Walky. I had to resist the urge to not cackle at the this set of lines from Kevin Kwan’s “Rich People Problems” (third in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy)

    The bishop adjusted his collar, looking slightly uncomfortable. “Well, Victoria, we really can’t force your mother to be baptized, but perhaps we can pray that she will allow Jesus Christ into her heart. We have to let Jesus come into her softly, gently…”

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