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Hours
Posted on August 5, 2011 by David M Willis

224 thoughts on “Hours”

  1. Jen Aside

    STILL GOT IT

    Woo Jason!

    1. David Herbert

      She actually looks surprisingly un-Sal in the 5th panel, all doe-eyed and everything. Kind of cute.

      1. Porkinstein

        I think it’s just the lack of scowl. It tends to change people.

      2. Eri

        Shh the reality is that we’re seeing Sal through Jason’s eyes!

  2. Mkvenner

    I love Sal’s expression in the fouth panel. 😀

    1. Kaiyasin

      I love Jason’s change of expression

      1. NCP19

        Sal’s so attractive she can make men’s eyebrows disappear (or rise so high they blend in with the hairline).

        1. wynne

          Yay! More avatar fun time!

        2. turkishproverb

          So then, am I different?

        3. turkishproverb

          nope

    2. ALostProphet

      I can’t tell if that’s anger on her FAAAAACE.

      1. Mkvenner

        I think it’s a mix of anger and a few other emotions. And hormones.

        1. Mkvenner

          And many endorphins.

      2. Mkvenner

        Wait, are you talking about the last panel?

    3. David

      I’m confused over the glee over Sal’s expression. I purposefully drew it pretty blank!

      1. Rowen Morland

        Maybe they like it because of how blank she was to him the first time round.

        1. Mkvenner

          That and for some odd reason I find funny.

      2. Ancestral Hamster

        It looks like puppy dog eyes to me.

      3. Mkvenner

        It’s the eyes Willis. The eyes.

      4. TheRealAllPurposeGuru

        You blew it. The eyes, the rest of the face, the pose, even the tanktop and tattoo, she’s quite innocently seductive in that frame.

        1. CWR

          Sal is also known as “Tit’s Walky”

          I’m here all week.

        2. XLR

          ..I wish I could strangle you for that horrible joke >:I

        3. CWR

          Cafeful – I might be into it.

        4. CWR

          Cafeful? Full of coffee?

        5. David

          Oh, THAT I was going for. It was the suggestions of anger in her expression that confused me.

        6. doodlebug

          i think they meant in the fifth panel, not the fourth

        7. Mkvenner

          No we meant the second to last one.

        8. Zem

          It works. It’s like she’s saying, “Hey. Look. Hot bod. Your opinion’s OVERRULED.” She don’t need to do nothing, just let him notice her and make the tatto and the top work their magic.

          And it kinda makes it seem like she’s at least a little bit interested in him too and waiting for how he’ll react. She certainly didn’t care that much about what anyone else thought or did in the strip before.

          So yeah, the pose + the blank face, definitely works.

        9. Brady Kj

          I’m not seeing anything seductive or sexual in what Sal’s doing. And I’m the sort who thinks everything anyone does is coming on to me.

  3. ALostProphet

    Well, we can cross staggeringly attractive off the bingo card too, I’m guessing.

    1. Mkvenner

      I thought they cancelling the rest of the game after the 2 old guys and one old lady died of heart attacks.

    2. Gordon

      I like your avatar.

      1. ALostProphet

        *jaw drops*
        Uh.. uh… thankyou?

    3. Jackson

      Gotta be the tat.

    4. Eve

      I dunno. I haven’t seen anyone else react to her like that. It may be that she just happens to be exactly his type.

  4. Ragnal

    It must be loooooove agaaaaaaain.

    1. Mkvenner

      What was your first clue. 😐

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Twue wuv.

      1. Kernanator

        And don’t forget Mawwidge.

        1. Joebo

          Mawwidge is what bwings us twogether twoday.

        2. Aizat

          Oh no! The Elmer Fudd Syndrome spreads like a virus. My friend warned me about this and I don’t believe him. Just joking, guys. Anyways, is this going to be the true pairing or is Mike has anything to say about this?

        3. Jackson

          It’s worse than that, Aizat.

          It’s Movie Reference Disease.

        4. Jackson

          (Yes, this is coming from the guy for whom everything is not merely babies, but so babies that it’s Babies McIntyre. I know.)

        5. XLR

          *head explodes due to sheer amount of references*

        6. Mkvenner

          I have no idea what you saying.

        7. Joebo

          Go watch The Princess Bride if you don’t understand.
          If you don’t understand: GASP, you haven’t seen the Princess Bride?

        8. Mkvenner

          Oh André the Giant.

        9. Grrt

          Not quite, The character being referenced is the Impressive Clergyman who is performing the wedding of Buttercup and Humperdinck.

        10. Plasma Mongoose

          The Impressive Clergyman,/a> in action.

        11. Mkvenner

          Inconceivable!

        12. Rikushadow5

          Do you haave de wing?

    3. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

      …this may be a tad out of left field, but would I be wrong in thinking you’ve seen Kimagure Orange Road, to use that specific emphasis and wording?

      1. Ragnal

        Nope. I was a little weird when I wrote that. :/

        1. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

          Dang. And here I was hoping it was another fan (for some reason, KOR fans seem to be rare on the web these days). :'(

  5. ALostProphet

    We can mark “badass tattoo” off the card as well 🙂

    1. Shifty

      What’s next on the list? Piercings on anything other than ears?

      1. ALostProphet

        Hmm, I’m guessing cold indifference to other’s attraction to them. Or just to other’s in general. I don’t think this is gonna get much follow up, just a mythology gag, I reckon.

    2. Thor

      A crayfish is a bad-ass tattoo?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Crayfish? I thought it was a Termite.

        1. Aizat

          A termite? I thougt it was a leaf cutter ant.

        2. |Agent

          Leaf cutter ant? I thought it was an ant lion.

        3. Kaj

          Stay off the sand!

        4. Horerczy

          It’s a Tarantugan Martian Sentry from It’s Walky.

      2. Mkvenner

        I thought it was a black widow.

        1. Undrave

          It is certainly an arachnid of some sort, 8 legs and all.

        2. badmartialarts

          Looks like a scorpion spider to me. AKA the camel spider.

        3. Mkvenner

          That is a scorpion not a spider.

        4. ALostProphet

          Nope, it’s a tarantula.

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/puton/

        5. ALostProphet

          Replied in the wrong spot. Sry.

        6. QueenThomas

          Have you ever seen a tarantula?

  6. NF

    At least he still believes in ethics!

    1. Mkvenner

      I wonder if he balieves in Blue Eyes White Devil.

      1. ALostProphet

        Ok, I’m lost. What’s “Blue Eyes White Devil”?

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Blue Eyes White Devil = Joyce, she is like the combination of a Monster and Tract err I meant Trap Card.

        2. Aizat

          I thought it was the fusion of Blue Eyes White Dragon and the RX-78-2 Gundam which was given the nickname “The White Devil”.

        3. Mkvenner

          No it’s Joyce.

        4. ALostProphet

          Oh, really? I thought it was the rob-magic dragon-gun-devil-machine. My mistake 😉

        5. Mkvenner

          Oh, sorry. “Blue Eyes White Devil” is Joyce.

    2. tahrey

      Only because he is wearing the Ethics Bow Tie, which overrides – with his knowledge – the otherwise strong hormonal flirting “why come into the office” urges he may be feeling right now.

      1. Mkvenner

        Respect the Bow Tie.

        1. Uorem

          I have to say it, because I haven’t seen it posted as of yet…bow ties are cool.

  7. Shifty

    Damn ethics to hell! Do not turn away a hottie with an accent!

    And I have to wonder if Joyce has been waving the entire time or just when Sal looks at her.

    1. TomatoClone

      Given that it’s Joyce, I wouldn’t be surprised if she had been waving the whole time.

      Also, as a TA, turning away the hottie is often the wise decision, at least initially.

      1. ALostProphet

        Yes… Initially… *evil grin*

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        Just how long is initially anyhow?

        1. Aizat

          2 seconds minimum, 15 minutes maximum.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          That long huh? I see…

      3. Thor

        According to Avenue Q, TA’s are fair game.

      4. tahrey

        Standard “playing hard to get” tactics, part 1.

  8. MM

    I think the school’s ethics guidelines advise against saying that sort of thing out loud, too.

    1. Mkvenner

      Funny I tkought they would encourage it?

      1. MM

        Letting on that you find the students attractive? I doubt it.

        1. Mkvenner

          Oh sorry, I was think of something else.

  9. Mkvenner

    It’s almost like Sal has never seen a British person before.

    1. MM

      Maybe it’s the bow tie that’s throwing her.

      1. Aizat

        Hey, bowties are cool, you know.

        1. Joebo

          As a fezzes.

        2. JBO

          And Stetsons.

        3. Uorem

          Damnit, of course I would see this seconds after making the reference. Damnable internet rules…

    2. ALostProphet

      Hey, we don’t know if he’s British in this continuity. These are all new character’s, remember? 😉

      1. BritNinja

        HE’S BRITISH.

        Can’t you tell from his accent?

        1. CWR

          Yes, listen to the comic vewwy cwoswy.

          Put your ear right up against the screen.

        2. Mkvenner

          And Push really hard.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          and inject some magic mushrooms.

        4. Mkvenner

          That is optional.

        5. NF

          “Did you just see a blond guy with a pretentious accent?”

          “Can’t see an accent.”

  10. Smith

    I was wondering when this would happen.

  11. Kernanator

    Guess what he’s thinking with! 😀

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      The part of his brain that doesn’t want to get fired or sued for sexual harrassment?

      1. Mkvenner

        The little head.

      2. gangler

        I have to believe he would be conducting himself entirely differently if that were the case.

      3. Aizat

        Lil Jason?

      4. Kernanator

        With his penis, of course!

        1. Rikushadow5

          The nickel has yet to involve itself.

  12. ALostProphet

    “Okay, it’s ’cause you’re short and attractive”

    1. Mkvenner

      And not wearing a bra.

      1. ALostProphet

        If that were true I think “ethics” would be halfway down a 3-floor plummet by now, If I know Jason 😉

        1. Mkvenner

          This was established when Sal first introduced.

        2. ALostProphet

          What do you mean? “Sal” was first introduced to Jason right here, in this strip. I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt, as I’m sure a gentleman of your caliber would NEVER consider a thoughtcrime, Mr. Mkvenner.

        3. Mkvenner

          I mean the comic overall.

        4. Mkvenner

          I mean in the comic overall

        5. ALostProphet

          Ok, I’m confused. What are we talking about? “The comic overall”?

        6. Mkvenner

          The first few strips in which she first appears. Sorry for the confusion.

      2. |Agent

        Where does this “no bra” thing come from? She can wear a bra with that outfit. It’d just have to be low-cut.

      3. agentksilver

        Those boobs are awfully perky for going braless. Those things don’t hold themselves up, you know. That shirt may be a tank top but it’s not an unsubstantial top either.

        1. ME

          Eighteen-year-olds tend to be perky

        2. Gerado

          Mm… Are you talking from experience or from porn? Sal is athletic and doesnt have a extremly huge rack, so that could explain the perkyness

        3. agentksilver

          Personal experience, both myself and two sisters. One sister was already touching the floor by 18, due to insisting on not wearing a bra. My twin is a little bit better, but she had trouble for a while with fitting bras under tanks, but appears to be fine now. Mine are still perky and I wear a bra every damn day (my family tends to have large, heavy breasts)

        4. gangler

          I cannot help but read this in Gallasso’s voice.

        5. Rikushadow5

          I now have mental scarring because of this.

  13. gangler

    I would have thought this guy would be classy enough to leave such talk for outside of the classroom. Shame, I was hoping he wouldn’t be just another degenerate in a college setting.

  14. Wix

    … Ethics be damned, that’s one of those situations where the teacher would not only pay attention, but he (or in some cases she) would look like he was paying attention.

    It’s funny how in another universe they have an on again off again relationship, yet here they’re prohibited from it (teacher/student rules :3)

  15. Aizat

    And so it begins.

  16. Akilika

    Eeee! 😀

    (I didn’t actually think Alan would show up in this strip. So glad to be wrong! :D)

  17. Wix

    OH! And on a sidenote, in honor of his introduction into this comic as well, I shall quote The Final Doctor in saying the following:

    “Bow ties are cool.”

    And yes, I could also see him wearing a fez.

    1. wynne

      Dammit, you beat me to it!

    2. Joebo

      He’s not the final doctor… they’re going to find some way of working around it, and it is sure to be incredible timey-wimey. My bet is something to do with the flesh.

      1. Grrt

        especially since Gallifreyans have 13 regenerations, this doctor is only the 11th…

        1. Mkvenner

          How ever there is no Gallifrey anymore.

        2. gangler

          I’ve been working under the assumption that after his people died he got all the regenerations to himself.

      2. Wix

        Joe, don’t forget, they showed him dieing 😛 Time might not be SET IN STONE, but they are the most likely conclusion of the events that will transpire if left unchanged, and nobody has done anything to change them thus far 😛 Even if he finds out how/when he’s going to die, it’s still doesn’t change the fact that that was the most likely event.

        And Grrt, you’re forgetting that a time lord can die if they’re killed before they can regenerate, which he was.

  18. wynne

    Awwww… just remember, Jason, bow ties are cool.

    1. A. Colunga

      Nice.

    2. meanderling

      This is a perfect opportunity for Sal to shoot it.

    3. Mkvenner

      And so are Fezs.

    4. Mkvenner

      And Captain Jack Harckness.

      1. Wix

        And Stetsons.

  19. Ancestral Hamster

    And to paraphrase Sluggy Freelance, “Stay good, Jason, stay good!”
    😀

    1. Mkvenner

      *Ferret shock*

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        *Offers Mkvenner Pixy Stix*

        1. Mkvenner

          *Double Ferret Shock*

  20. ALostProphet

    This strip is stupid and pointless!

    Everyone knows Sike is the One True Pairing anyway..;)

    1. Katie

      Sike?

      1. ALostProphet

        Sal x Mike. It’s been the OTP for ages, jeez 😉

  21. Punchinello Van Vandervan

    Ethics?

    1. ALostProphet

      You know, the little voice in your head that says “That candy isn’t yours…”. It’s bloody annoying 🙂

      1. CWR

        You might be thinking of psychosis.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Ethics has that little voice in your head say something like “That candy is not yours, it belongs to that kid, do not take it.”

          Psychosis on the otherhand, has a little voice in your head say something like “I want that candy, punch that kid in the face and take it.”

        2. Kaj

          I thought Psychosis is the voice that says “I want that candy, slay the demon defending the horde of sugar, then ride on to the cas- AAAAH! RUN! Fire-breathing platypus!”

        3. CWR

          Um, guys – that’s a lot of voices.

          I have a little voice that comes from my iPod.

          It sings to me, and me alone. Oh, and it tells me who to kill – isn’t that adorable?

        4. Aizat

          I hear voices in my head. They counsel me, they understand, they talk to me.

        5. ALostProphet

          THEY TALK TO MEEEE!
          *guitar solo*

  22. Izzy

    If you can’t change office hours to right the hell now can you change right the hell now to 2:30?

    1. milk experiment

      No. He may wear a bow tie, but he doesn’t have the TARDIS. 😉

      1. Mkvenner

        Yet.

      2. Mkvenner

        Or Captain Jack’s wrist thing.

        1. Katie

          Yet.

  23. Khrene Cleaver

    Aryan and a Nubian sittin’ in-a tree RBELING (against proper spelling for the sake of music)

  24. Dahlia

    YES.

  25. Brendan

    Spider-Sal, Spider-Sal, does whatever… er, doeth Sal.

  26. Daeva

    I half-expected his bowtie to start spinning.

  27. Plasma Mongoose

    Ethics VS Boobies: The Eternal Saga Continues.

    1. Aizat

      I thought The Eternal Saga was Star Trek vs Star Wars or Street Fighter vs King of Fighters or Goku vs Superman or Super Robots vs Real Robots.

      1. ALostProphet

        Jeez, it’s obviously Pirates Vs. Ninjas, what’s wrong with you? 🙂

        1. Mkvenner

          That is NOT an eternal saga as they are pretty much the SAME DAMN THING.

        2. Aizat

          The Pirates and Ninjas or the stuff that I mentioned?

        3. Mkvenner

          Pirates and Ninjas.

        4. ALostProphet

          How are Pirates and Ninjas the same?

  28. vlademir1

    YAY!!! Now Sal has to decide between Jason, with his obvious interest in her, or Joyce for tutoring pretending to care. I know which one I’d want to see her pretend to care with.

    1. SolegitRR

      Joyce, right? Cause yeah, I had that dream the other night too. It was hot, man. Reeeeaaaaaaaal hot.

  29. Zem

    Nice.Not everyone could pull of that tattoo.

    I’m trying to imagine if it will still work when Sal’s like, 35. I kinda imagine Sal as someone who has a life period where she tries to create a normal life some time when she’s 30-40 and then rebound and become a smoker and dress as a rebel again.

  30. Animal

    Hot chick, check
    Leather pants, check
    Tight tank top with no bra, check

    Hang on, boys, I’m bringing this sucker in for a landing!

    1. agentksilver

      Those boobs are awfully perky for going braless. Those things exist for a reason you know.

    2. Mkvenner

      😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀

  31. ziggy78eog

    Frakk ethics, office hours are right now!

  32. nothri

    For my own peace of mind….Jason as a teacher’s assistant isn’t actually much older than Sal, right? This doesn’t fall under one of those creepy “Don’t stand so close to me” situations, right?

    1. David

      TAs are generally grad students, meaning he’s probably at least 22.

  33. Jack Faire

    “I am your college professor and I just openly flirted with you. Yaaay Ethics!!!!”

    1. moh!

      He’s not a professor, he’s a TA. Only a couple of years older than her.

  34. Touch of Grey

    I can see your boner there, Jason. Seriously, get a notebook over that thing.

  35. Vivvav

    Sal has a tattoo. I am not surprised.

  36. ALostProphet

    You copy pasted that panel, didn’t you? I can’t believe I didn’t notice that. Naughty naughty 😉

  37. Mkvenner

    Does Professor Rees have a beard?

  38. Redpossum

    OK, that’s it. From now on, I’m just reading the comic and avoiding the comments section altogether.

    You guys just confuse the crap out of me.

    1. Mkvenner

      🙁

    2. David

      I TOLD YOU GUYS BUT YOU DIDN’T LISTEN.

      1. ALostProphet

        Is the comment section confusing in this continuity? Has it just not realized it yet?

        Seriously though, He’ll be back. They always come back.

    3. Mkvenner

      You can never leave The Village.

      1. gangler

        Yeah, Hinamizawa’s a bongo that way. They should really put up some warning signs or something.

      2. Aizat

        Well, actually you can leave but first you have to get past……..THE GRASS!

    4. Mkvenner

      Ok, ignore previous statement and run, run as if your life depends on it ( it desn’t).

    5. ALostProphet

      If I might use an overused meme for a moment…

      “RUINED FOREVER!!1!”

      1. Aizat

        We need a lever for that, you know, just in case.

  39. Horerczy

    I think the tattoo is supposed to be a martian

    1. CWR

      A picture of a Martian, or an actual 2 dimensional being who comes from Mars?

      1. Horerczy

        Martian ship now that I look closer at it. From It’s Walky.

        A Tarantugan to be exact.

        1. David

          Sal has Tarantuguns. OH YEAH I WENT THERE.

        2. Horerczy

          lol

        3. XLR

          ZING!

  40. LeaLeonis

    So, from this point on, Jason will spend the next 3 – 4 years trying not to get into Sal’s pants while secretly lusting after her? Way to go, mate! You better stick with that set of ethics forever…. NOT.

    …seriously, just jump her bones already. You know everyone’s into the guy with the charming accent (also bow-tie).
    But, fine, you shouldn’t abuse your position of authority doing it, I’m sure that would be somewhat immoral. I don’t see why it should be wrong as a TA to have an affair with a student they’re into, as long as they’re of legal age… but I think even that may be a gray area. If he was a teacher, things would be different.

  41. saturnwonder

    YAY for the disappearing eyebrow trick! 😀 Now to make em reappear, but with more feelings of tenderness <3

  42. Aslee

    I’ve come back five times to squeal over Jason.

    … I believe I may have missed him more than I previously calculated. *sigh* And I thought I was staving it off by re-reading ‘It’s Walky’ every month.

  43. ALostprophet

    “One lemonade for the kid.”

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      That quote was from Roomies right?

      1. ALostProphet

        Yes, yes it is. The first thing Jason says to Sal when he meets her, right before R! turns into Sci-fi.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          I thought as much.

          It had been several months since I did the Roomies/It’s Walky/Shortpacked archive binge.

          Took several weeks it did.

  44. Wix

    … I would laugh if the commentary today inspired some sort of Doctor Who references later on.

    1. saturnwonder

      I would get giddy if it happened 😀

  45. Jen Aside

    Just realized: “forward all your comments”

    Is he a fucking e-mail?

  46. lookyloki

    Man, Jason must be really turned on, because he seems to have misplaced his eyebrows.

  47. Kernanator

    Smooooth, Jason.

  48. Kelsey

    Jason. Still classy, I see.

  49. Cavemano727

    My name’s Rees too, and I plan to major in math(sorta)! Woo!

  50. Wack'd

    Alan!

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