I'm gonna be in Bloomington, Indiana, on Friday! Come see me at Vintage Phoenix Comic Books from 5-7pm. I'll have all three Dumbing of Age books, a print or two, and maybe some Shortpacked! books if I feel like it.
On Wednesday, Dumbing of Age Book 3 will be available on Comixology. Playmates
I'm gonna be in Bloomington, Indiana, on Friday! Come see me at Vintage Phoenix Comic Books from 5-7pm. I'll have all three Dumbing of Age books, a print or two, and maybe some Shortpacked! books if I feel like it.
On Wednesday, Dumbing of Age Book 3 will be available on Comixology.
198 thoughts on “Playmates”
Jen Aside
Tomorrow: ENDING OF AGE
=C
Jen Aside
dangit now I want Jimmy John’s
Maveric1984
Oh come on, Jimmy Johns isn’t even that good. The only reason to buy it is because they deliver. Subway is way better.
Kelly
I went to Jimmy Johns once, not really impressed. Rather go to a local shop, they have the good stuff.
Jen Aside
KFC isn’t great, either, but I still want it on occasion =p
Disloyal Subject
At least their gravy & biscuits are pretty good.
Aeyt
KFC laces their food with drugs so you crave it nightly.
No Name
I take it you have never heard of Bojangles?
The seven secret spices got nothing on ’em.
Jen Aside
I grew up in Tennessee. Of COURSE I heard of Bojangles!
They’re on the “failed at least one health inspection” list in our area now. And the last time we ate there, our friends said the gravy was almost as thick as the tea.
Mr. Random
Wish to know if people understand reference:
#teamJimmyJohns #teamtuba
Lily
Danquan?
Mr. Random
Wooooooooo!
McWibble
#teamtoaster
Mr. Random
Hooooooooooo!
morniealantie
“#8 No dijon, no mayo. BBQ Jimmy Chips & Dr. Pepper.”
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Dean
What is Jimmy John’s, and why do people keep referring to it?
Madeline
It’s a “fast-food” sub/sandwich chain. While I wouldn’t say they’re amazing, they are decent at least, but what’s really great is that they deliver.
JetstreamGW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_John%27s
Romanticide
the only thing I know is that they have non-compete agreements and if you ever lose your job there you cannot work in any place that makes sandwiches within 3 miles of any jimmy jonhs for 2 years. I just read that o.o
Yarrr
That’s not legal surely.
Chris
Actually, the 3 mile radius and the fact it’s specifically “making sandwiches” is nicely restrictive, and while most non-competes are 1 year, 2 years isn’t excessively onerous, so I would think it would probably hold up if tested.
drs
No, it’s insane. Can’t work at places that make 10% of revenue from sandwich sales. And in Bloomington, “within three miles of a Jimmy John’s” is *all of Bloomington*.
Even if it’s legal, it’s evil and toxic.
http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/jimmy-johns-non-compete-agreements-are-utterly-psychoti-1645839165
Leorale
If you think that’s crazy, you should see the ‘Do Not Compete, Fools’ agreement for Galasso’s Pizza (and subs).
khn0
This radius specificity is great: if it burst into flames, then you can still work anywhere, cause there isn’t a store location anymore.
Time to light a strike…
Tobias
(@ drs) Weirdly, I just saw a friend link to that exact article on Facebook, and I’m pretty sure she’s not a DoA reader. And I had never heard of this company before today.
Random832
@Tobias the story just broke two days ago, that’s why.
Cephalo the Pod
Canadian Property Stars has something similar; can’t offer aeratioj services for another company (or independently) for 30 months upon leaving.
That’s what mine said. An online scan of an old form said 60 months.
Touchfuzzy
Firehouse. There is no reason to go to any other sub place.
Touchfuzzy
Chain sub place anyway. Some local sub places might do better.
Kelly
Never heard of it. Only sub chain here is Subway.
It seems weird to me that people keep referring to Jimmy Johns and Subway in the same breath… To me at least they seem very different. They both do sandwiches, but that is about it… Though maybe just because of what I always order at subway?
Disloyal Subject
US West Coast reporting in for Togo’s.
Darn it, now I’m hungry.
Seodra
Dammit, I’m living in New York now, and now I want Togo’s and now I am also hungry. Crappit!
Cephalo the Pod
What, does America not have Quiznos?
Henshu
America has Quiznos. I used to go there all the time when they had those tiny sandwiches, but they don’t anymore so everything tastes like disappointment.
Jen Aside
Quizno’s: So good, you’ll eat it out of the trash!
[/actual advert]
gwalla
Sure we do.
WE LOVe ThE SUUUUUUBS!!!
COZ THEY ARE GOOD TOO US
MrSirk
I’ve only recently discovered firehouse after being mostly subway before hand and I did not know what I was missing.
khn0
You bet. For less than a KFC, you can have such wonderlicious things that I cannot even translate what’s in it into proper english.
Volkai
Firehouse is hot subs. Jimmy John’s is cold subs.
Aeyt
Subway is okay. Submarina is great. Which Wich is the best.
Pantheon the Mantheon
Which Wich FOR LIFE! I actually work at a Which Wich. Gotta love dem discounts.
Zandar
Which Wich is awesome.
All-purpose guru
What is making you want Jimmy John’s?
Stewart
The hover text. Read it. 🙂
Jen Aside
oh THERE’S what I was looking for
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/jen_aside/20508/19542/19542_original.gif
Tunaro
Damn it Willis, now you’re just baiting us!
Cinnybunsarefun
Willis IS a master baiter, I hear.
Sambo
What you did there… I see it.
Roborat
Well, yea, I hope so. If someone throws out a straight line like that, it is pretty much guaranteed that it will be hit on.
Charlie B. B.
Perfect gravitar.
Ivan
I guess Billie will need a Chamber Pot – and Ruth will be carrying buckets of it down the hall. Soon the plague will resurge as the rats roost in the dorm, and those who love RenFests can live the real thing!
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All because Billie won’t leave the room!
CommunistCanada
Billie was being Literal when she said that?
Jon P
I was really REALLY hoping that was figurative, and GUESS NOT.
AgentKeen
Ok, but what place delivers booze? That’s the real issue here.
Tunaro
Amazon?
Maveric1984
We had a neighbor who had booze delivered from a liquor store. It came by taxi.
So yeah, it’s possible.
Jen Aside
There ARE drive-thru liquor stores, maybe…??
Kelly
So I have heard. I think it’s a Texas thing or something? Anyway no state I have spent any amount of time in has had anything like that. Heck in WA we only just dissolved the state-run liquor store system – they were the only ones that could sell anything beyond beer and wine.
Kryss LaBryn
Naw, they’ll do it in BC, Canada as well.
Roborat
Wait, so B.C. is not part of Canada now?
Jacknoir
any liquor store is drive thru if your drunk enough.
LWS
Showing my age, but when I was in high school/college in South Carolina, 18 was the legal drinking age for beer & wine, & there was no prohibition against driving with an open beer in your hand. Visited relatives in Mississippi & there was a drive through beer place about a mile away. They sold draft beer in a plastic container. Heard it didn’t last too long.
gwalla
Saw ’em in Ohio.
It still seems like all kinds of a bad idea, but apparently they’re all over, just not in California.
Romanticide
In my hometown there are, but is not on the United States.
AgentKeen
There used to be one in my hometown in Missouri, and I think there used to be one (might still be there?) in my parents’ hometown in Iowa. The first time I noticed it I had a hard time believing this was a good idea.
Scot
If you live in an area where you can order from yummy.com or if you check out vons or safeway online ordering site where you can have your groceries delivered and you can get booze, food and even cigarettes delivered right to your door.
Henshu
Delivery booze is becoming a thing in college towns.
khn0
In my town, all-night booze delivery came three years BEFORE all-night pizza delivery.
Of course, here, you can drink with 18.
gwalla
There’s a company in Berkeley that does late night delivery of junk food (burgers, sloppy joes, tater tots) and pho, and on the side they also deliver some non-food items…notably including lighters and rolling papers.
It’s a pretty slick business model if you think about it.
Darth Cariss
So dramatic.
shammers
it really is like high school all over again!
especially the sexy lesbian suicide pactsEvergreenFir
End of everything?
syd
A gigantic face floating in a pool of orange stuff.
Maveric1984
Billie: I’m so fucked up…
Cephalo the Pod
A monument to non-existence.
Deanatay