Isn’t she comparing Leslie and Rita though? :/ After all Leslie is the one saying she isn’t anyone’s mom where as Ruth just made a comment about her dead mom.
Sharizard
That… does make more sense in the context. It’s just that Rita has that sarcastic cynicism that makes me think Ruth more than Leslie.
ruth is a bit of an outlier but i imagine leslie does have a higher amount of ppl with issues in her class, although 4-5 out of like maybe 50 (i assume like for the day, not one singular period) students isn’t too bad compared to 60% of students having mommy issues
If they were driving then most likely they had identification like wallets and phones, so they probably wouldn’t have needed to further traumatize the orphan? Hopefully.
They would not ask a child to identify their parents’ bodies, no. In the modern day, with IDs, smartphones, fingerprints, and DNA, it’s way rarer to ask anyone to identify a body.
I wanna believe that’s how she’d banter with her mom, too. If she had one. Leslie hasn’t beaten the allegations since roughly her third DoA appearance.
(There’s a joke to make somewhere about Mike being dead and nickels unspent but so far’s falling flat. I’ll work on it.)
Funnily enough, if there had been a scenario in which Mike and Leslie had to post as son and mom because of Wacky Hijinks or something, they totally could’ve pulled it off
I’d make a joke about her not actually being Nobody’s mom, but I’m not deep enough into greek myths to be able to name drop Odysseus’s mother without looking it up.
I actually could name drop Jocasta without looking it up, but that would be illegible because I was in fact talking about Odysseus, who is a different dude.
Buck Ripsnort
It scares me that I only know Jocasta’s name because of the Marvel robot.
To explain for anyone curious, the joke is that during one of his adventures, Odysseus convinced a cyclops his name was Nobody, so that when he called for help as oddyseus made his escape the other Cyclopes wouldn’t come.
“Nobody blinded me!” “Nobody is getting away!” and so on.
Thag Simmons
Yeah, Oedipus is a different dude known for less dignified reasons.
misanthropope
his name is listed in Freud’s index because he… loved his mother
Queen of Ithaca* might be good because you could say, “Who do you think you are, the queen of Ithaca?”
But then his wife was also the queen of Ithaca, so it gets confusing.
Yep, my mother died from what they call “Brain Slosh” after she broke her hip and fell in 2004. Kinda rough on my Dad, because it happened right in front of him.
Exactly. If you have to have dead parents, then you get to make dead parent “jokes” every now and then to enjoy the way it horrifies the people around you.
lol i feel sorry for other students expecting a ‘normal’ lesson and leslie being shaken up to really teach properly, tho at this point she should just cancel class lol (unless there’d be issues in the syllablus/class credits where she can’t decide that on her own without permission, tho that one science prof did dismiiss ppl earlier that one time)
Leslie really gets the problem kids in her class. She should start a school for at risk youths with exceptional abilities. Not because of anything related here, it would just be a cool thing to do.
Discussion (162) - “Zip up”
Ana Chronistic
“You’ve got the WRONG CAT“
Doctor_Who
No way, our brains went exactly the same place.
Doctor_Who
Leslie just unlocked a 30 year old Animaniacs memory.
So thanks, Leslie! Everyone needs more Bernadette Peters in their life.
Sharizard
Ruth and Rita weren’t the first characters i would immediately clump together, but now i’ve made the connection i can’t see them apart.
Though i admit my first thought would have been more Slappy Squirrel.
SailorCakes
Isn’t she comparing Leslie and Rita though? :/ After all Leslie is the one saying she isn’t anyone’s mom where as Ruth just made a comment about her dead mom.
Sharizard
That… does make more sense in the context. It’s just that Rita has that sarcastic cynicism that makes me think Ruth more than Leslie.
Vulcanodon
A little something in my eye…
NGPZ
leave it to Leslie to spread the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Mother® XD
NGPZ
also
DAAAAAAAMN :0
Thag Simmons
That’s a hell of a Nuclear Option Ruth.
Dante
If she doesn’t get to have a mom nobody can (?)
anon
ruth is a bit of an outlier but i imagine leslie does have a higher amount of ppl with issues in her class, although 4-5 out of like maybe 50 (i assume like for the day, not one singular period) students isn’t too bad compared to 60% of students having mommy issues
Taffy
Why is Ruth extra hot when she says that?
Dante
An edge sharpn’d by tragedy, my liege
Jeremiah
Because we are all sick in the head. Probably because Tumblr or something.
clif
Doesn’t count. She’s always extra hot.
Casi
yeah but normally she’s only 5 peppers hot, here she’s 6
anon
bc mentally /emotional stable ppl that are conventionally attractive/having no depth are boring 8D;
Taffy
It would be rude to suggest killing all mentally stable people.
RassilonTDavros
…J-Jesus Christ, Ruth.
oh god was ruth the one who had to identify her parents’ bodies? do they really have children do that? or was it just an open casket funeral?
Dante
Probably Sir had to, because Ruth was a minor. Then again, Sir probably took her to look to toughen her up
… man, that’s grim
Bryy
No, I mean, you’re probably right.
RassilonTDavros
Shit, he totally would do that, that bastard.
Amós Batista
the more you know…
Thag Simmons
If they were driving then most likely they had identification like wallets and phones, so they probably wouldn’t have needed to further traumatize the orphan? Hopefully.
Envy
They would not ask a child to identify their parents’ bodies, no. In the modern day, with IDs, smartphones, fingerprints, and DNA, it’s way rarer to ask anyone to identify a body.
BBCC
Let’s all just hope she and Howard weren’t IN THE CAR during the crash.
Amós Batista
let’s *crossing the arms, exasperatedly* stop going too deep in this strip…
Charles Phipps
Leslie is such a sweetie-pie that Ruth acting like this makes me wish a roundhouse kick from Amazi-Girl to her head.
Charles Phipps
Ruth not Leslie.
Jeremiah
“No I must keep the maternal instincts at bay!”
Dante
sdgsd BRUTAL RUTH, COME ONNNN.
I wanna believe that’s how she’d banter with her mom, too. If she had one. Leslie hasn’t beaten the allegations since roughly her third DoA appearance.
(There’s a joke to make somewhere about Mike being dead and nickels unspent but so far’s falling flat. I’ll work on it.)
ian livs
Funnily enough, if there had been a scenario in which Mike and Leslie had to post as son and mom because of Wacky Hijinks or something, they totally could’ve pulled it off
Deanatay
Works without the comma.
I mean we’ve seen what Ruth considers a turn-on…
anon
One could say she’s…ruthless 8D;
Thag Simmons
I’d make a joke about her not actually being Nobody’s mom, but I’m not deep enough into greek myths to be able to name drop Odysseus’s mother without looking it up.
Taffy
Leslie Anticlea Bean
Joe Moose
*Oedipus
Thag Simmons
I actually could name drop Jocasta without looking it up, but that would be illegible because I was in fact talking about Odysseus, who is a different dude.
Buck Ripsnort
It scares me that I only know Jocasta’s name because of the Marvel robot.
Thag Simmons
Hey, that still counts!
Vegetalss4
To explain for anyone curious, the joke is that during one of his adventures, Odysseus convinced a cyclops his name was Nobody, so that when he called for help as oddyseus made his escape the other Cyclopes wouldn’t come.
“Nobody blinded me!” “Nobody is getting away!” and so on.
Thag Simmons
Yeah, Oedipus is a different dude known for less dignified reasons.
misanthropope
his name is listed in Freud’s index because he… loved his mother
Bryy
jesus. nice.
Yumi
Queen of Ithaca* might be good because you could say, “Who do you think you are, the queen of Ithaca?”
But then his wife was also the queen of Ithaca, so it gets confusing.
*This is also where my knowledge of her maxes out
butting
The whole story is confusion though, lean into it.
Ray Radlein
Anticlea, daughter of master thief Autolycus, granddaughter of Hermes, which explains a lot about Odysseus
eh, whatever
Selfwolf?
Vegetalss4
The traditional translation is “The Wolf Itself”, he was a mythical thief
Azhrei Vep
And most importantly, he was played by Bruce Campbell.
Shakes
Now that’s the face of someone who really really loves spite.
JA
Jesus Christ, Ruth.
BBCC
Great job, Ruth, now she knows you’re free maternal real estate!
Really though, that’s one hell of a conversational nuke.
Opus the Poet
Yep, my mother died from what they call “Brain Slosh” after she broke her hip and fell in 2004. Kinda rough on my Dad, because it happened right in front of him.
BBCC
That’s very sad. I’m sorry to hear of your loss.
Wendy
Sometimes it’s like that! Sometimes you gotta vicariously traumatize other people with your own trauma to cope! I get it, unfortunately.
Nymph
Exactly. If you have to have dead parents, then you get to make dead parent “jokes” every now and then to enjoy the way it horrifies the people around you.
That’s the trade-off.
Schpoonman
Batman wastes so much good material.
anon
lol i feel sorry for other students expecting a ‘normal’ lesson and leslie being shaken up to really teach properly, tho at this point she should just cancel class lol (unless there’d be issues in the syllablus/class credits where she can’t decide that on her own without permission, tho that one science prof did dismiiss ppl earlier that one time)
IntangibleMatter
Ruth is a Canadian with very very little patience for anyone and dead parent(s). I feel so represented.
Genuinely though, pulling the “dead parent” card to mess with somebody else’s head is always so much fun.
Opus the Poet
Not near as much fun as pulling the I died in 2001 card.
John Campbell
I’m suddenly shipping Ruth and Leslie, and I’m concerned about what this says about me.
Thag Simmons
You want Ruth to be on the other side of an inappropriate lesbian relationship with an authority figure?
clif
Well, yes, but relationship first and Jennifer can become an authority figure after.
Sirksome
Leslie really gets the problem kids in her class. She should start a school for at risk youths with exceptional abilities. Not because of anything related here, it would just be a cool thing to do.
Jeremiah
And they can fight and wear matching outfits and stuff
Charles Phipps
She can take over for those Umbrella Academy Kids. Their teacher was terrible and Elliot’s Viktor just needs a hug.
Jeremiah
I never watched the final season because I heard it was sbad.
Buck Ripsnort
I was thinking of Miss Peregrine
Jeez, there are SIX books in that series?