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Desk
Posted on December 28, 2017 by David M Willis

92 thoughts on “Desk”

  1. miados

    sweet in its own way

    1. Doctor_Who

      Billie and Ruth’s relationship in a nutshell.

      1. MM

        Most of the relationships in this strip in a nutshell.

    2. Alice Macher

      Given how Billie, Ruth or both at the same time are usually so… Byronic about their love (as though Lady Gaga had written “Bad Romance” just for them), I treasure moments like these when at least one of them is lighthearted and playful about it.

      1. HeySo

        Hopefully it’s indicative of things to come- heavens know Ruth deserves happy in some universe.

        1. HeySo

          *to be happy. Ew to morning grammar.

  2. Ana Chronistic

    “I beat myself up over it”

    1. Koms

      Haha

  3. AnvilPro

    At least Ruth can laugh at herself… for a moment.

    1. Stu

      I’m unsure whether she was calling herself or Billie an idiot with that statement, though.

      1. Leorale

        I thought herself, since she was the one who brought up orphans, but either works.

    2. Dragon_Nataku

      So… this means she pantsed Howard and stole his chair…? 😛

      1. Dragon_Nataku

        ah noooooo, I’m still Douchey McTwatWaffle. Time to figure out how to fix that

  4. Daddy-O

    Awwww, Twue Wuv!

    1. MatthewTheLucky

      Mawwiage

      1. Koms

        Sewwwx

        1. Deanatay

          ITYM Intah-cawse

        2. Koms

          What’s the diwwwwwffferencwwwee

  5. Crazy Lou

    Hey, you’re the one that brought up orphans, Ruth. Don’t go shouting.

  6. CleverTrousers

    So… it’s Howard’s?

    1. MM

      A folding chair is probably the only thing Gramps would let them keep.

    2. Bruceski

      If so… wash it first.

      1. LookingIn

        trust me, unless he gets off on cold metal it doesn’t need washing…a new cushion maybe, but not a washing.

        1. SalmonMax

          Unless he sat in it post-pantsing.

        2. Needfuldoer

          Even still, just give it a quick pass with disinfectant cleaning wipes and it will be fine.

    3. UniqueSnowflake2

      He calls it his Iron Throne.

  7. Kernanator

    She stole it from herself. From the future.

    1. DailyBrad

      You figure she’d remember pantsing herself.

      1. John

        That’s where this encounter with Billie is going.

        1. DailyBrad

          Well, Billie did get pushed in the hall by Ruth that one time in just panties since she took her jersey back, so I mean, that’s not out of character for it to go that way

      2. StClair

        Thief didn’t.

        1. Songbird

          That 8-Bit Theater reference made me happy inside–I pretty much never see people bringing it up anymore.

  8. Passchendaele

    Stealing things – the benchmark of love. 😛

    1. Joe Covenant

      This is more of a chairmark…

  9. Stephen Bierce

    There is a musical number about a related premise in the Gilbert & Sullivan play The Pirates of Penzance, but the hacked Muzak is not equipped to play it, so I’ll spare you.
    Anybody for Cher?

    1. Inahc

      And then there’s the Higgs boson hornpipe

    2. hof1991

      I’ve listened to that song orphan / orften.

      1. merbrat

        *slow clap*

      2. Roborat

        Did you mean orphan frequently?

  10. Mordecai

    This is kind of cute

  11. Keulen

    This is adorable in a weird sort of way.

  12. newllend(henryvolt)

    Maybe next time you can take a swing at stealing a box of chocolate from Mary’s boyfriend as a Valentine’s Day gift.

    1. Chris Phoenix

      Nah, it’d be religiously themed chocolate and no one would want it.

      …Or would they? I could see a snarky character enjoying biting the head off of chocolate Jesuses.

      …Yes, that’s really a thing. Google image search finds all sorts of Jesuses in chocolate, some with bites out of them.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Chocolate is chocolate, mate.

      2. Dean

        It would be carob, because God wants people to suffer.

  13. some guy

    gonna be honest, wanted to see how the rest of that orphan story played out

  14. Adj

    I’m digging this foreplay.

    1. jeffepp

      It’s really a “doing” desk, not a study desk. And, now, they do it on the desk!

  15. Danni

    ~bonding~

  16. Cattleprod

    Donate the desk to charity and then take it back.

  17. Azhrei Vep

    Welp. This is it. He’s peaked. This is the best Dumbing of Age strip that ever has been or will be. All bow before the once and future king of punchlines.

    This is goddamn amazing.

    1. some guy

      in the name of roomies, it’s walky, and shortpacked, amen

    2. Geneseepaws

      I dunno, Becky and Dina kissing for the third time was pretty hard to surpass.

  18. Doom Shepherd

    “Put that desk back where it came from, or so help me…”

    Sorry, that was the first funny thing I thought of. I am drunk and sleep-deprived.

  19. gen

    Really sounding like Billie has some odd sexual mores.

    And/or she falls into character really easily.

    1. Leorale

      Why not both?

      1. gen

        I lean toward the “and” in “and/or” as well!

  20. Marsh Maryrose

    And thus was born the first Dread Pantser Roberts.

  21. meanderling

    Billie’s got her glasses back on. Is she going to try and do a double life thing? Former cheerleader, problem solver, at her new dorm and Billie the recovering alcoholic in a lesbian death pact in her old one? That doesn’t seem healthy.

    1. Dellaran

      “That doesn’t seem healthy” will be the title of the first omnibus Dumbing of Age hardcover collection, if there is any justice in the world.

      1. ObiKemnebi

        MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WILLIS

    2. UniqueSnowflake2

      Billie? Do something that doesn’t seem healthy? How could such an idea even occur to you?

      1. Reltzik

        Of course she wouldn’t do anything unhealthy. She’s far too smart for that. After all, she’s got great intuition.

  22. Reltzik

    As usual with these two, I’m left wondering just how healthy this is.

    1. Clif

      It’s not and it’s still wonderful. That’s kind of the point.

  23. DrReagan

    I audibly went “Awwwwwwwwww.” for like ten whole minutes upon reading this.

  24. Leorale

    Ruth sure keeps her murder cave tidy.

    1. BenRG

      I think that she’s genuinely trying to get herself out of the mindset of ‘waiting to die’. I suppose that cleaning up the place and making it a living, working room is part of re-aligning her psychology and world-view.

  25. HeatherJean

    And yet still another of those orange trash cans. They seem to be multiplying.

    1. Clif

      The orphans keep making new ones as the old one disappear.

  26. @zombieundergrnd

    You’re an orphan …
    And an orphan was pantsed …
    Tell me more

  27. Vinny

    I love this strip. Makes me feel more normal every damn day 🙂

  28. BenRG

    I’ve got this feeling that Billie finds all the wrong things about Ruth arousing.

  29. Ainara

    Ahh, stealing, the ultimate form of romance.

  30. Bagge

    That’s TOTALLY romantic, panel 5 Billie

    1. ValdVin

      By panel six Billie gets it. Look at the hair twirl.

      1. Bagge

        AND a lip bite. My, my. I think someone scores tonight (not Leafs)

        1. ValdVin

          At this.point I’d find out what day it is in-universe and research the Leafs’ success. But who are we kidding? (Not Leafs) is an all purpose axiom.

  31. Delicious Taffy

    Lovin’ that top Billie’s got on. Fantastic color.

  32. Liliet

    They are ridiculous and beautiful, and I’m very worried for their relationship because Ruth seems to be getting increasingly clingy in response to Billie getting other friends and That Can’t Be Good.

  33. BenRG

    No-one in authority seems to have questioned Ruth ordering furniture for a second student. This might be me but I suspect that, irrespective of any promises Chloe may have made to Clint’s face to get him out of the building without causing a ruckus, the official policy will be to look the other way if Billie wants to openly move into Ruth’s room.

    1. Bagge

      “Looking the other way” DOES seem to be a favorite method for Chloe.

    2. TemperaryObsessor

      Moving Billie was never about them living together it was about Ruth not being a direct authority over Billie so they could safely look the other way.

      1. Bagge

        Well… Kinda. It depends on how much Chloe allows “Sir” to influence how she handles the situation.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/waitlist/

  34. Vi

    I’m really excited for them to build back up into something healthier now that Ruth is getting help, hopefully with Billie getting the help she needs too. They’re kind of horribly good for each other, in their weird way, and they love each other, and I love them.

  35. Questionor

    They’re starting to remind me of Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn’s characters in the House Sitter.

  36. motorfirebox

    She’s an orphan, which means she knows all of the orphans’ weaknesses. Lack of parents, for instance.

    1. MatthewTheLucky

      Excess of dead parents for another.

      1. Bagge

        Excess of grandparents as well, although that might not be an universal weakness of orphans. Maybe it’s just her and Howard.

      2. 3oranges

        I thought lack of parents was Batman’s superpower (assuming you ignore money, which you are supposed to do because it raises awkward political concerns in his case).

        1. Bagge

          i have a hard time imagining any version of Batman that doesn’t raise awkward political concerns.

  37. MMM

    I don’t care who you are, this is both d’aww and funny! 😀

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