Man, you just can’t beat the classics. I expect Walky will find this jammy-jeans every bit as unsatisfactory as Calvin eventually found his prop-beanie.
johannhowitzer
Except Walky is far more easily amused and content with the simple things than Calvin ever was. Calvin wanted the beanie to make him fly, Walky just wants comfortable pants that he can eat nachitos in. Preferably coated in spider-pesticide.
Either that, or he thinks that having Walky wear the jeans is the cruelest thing he could do. Walky might be oblivious, but pajama jeans are kinda sad.
No. Remember, he said their for men “So to speak.” They’re still fairly girly-looking, I bet. And Walky will look stupid. And Mike knows it.
TemplarKnight
I think the “so to speak” line was actually reference to the fact that real men wouldn’t be worrying about “comfort of pajamas with the style of jeans.”
I do think it’s primarily the “arrive in a few days” thing, or maybe it’s truly an evil scheme,
OR MAYBE WE ARE THE ONE’S BEING MIND F***ED BY MIKE RATHER THAN WALKY!
a99steaksauce
It could be those jeans baby diapers. Since they are technically for males and females alike, albeit for a far different age group. Or I am going insane.
Michelle J Caboose
I like this. I support this idea whole-heartedly. ^_^
Nahhh they will more likely notice his food-stained shirts than what kind of pants he is wearing.
begbert2
The other college-going students are likely to consider food stains considerably more normal and accepted than pajaman jeans.
thomas0comer
Yeah, they’ll be discussing what the stain is of, strategic placement of it on the shirt, how well the stain was made, and so on. I’ll let you in on a secret: all of college revolves around how good the stains on your shirt are.
Ditto. I totally imagined him saying “Wiigii!” in my head, then was surprised when I couldn’t find it in the script. I’ll be sad if DOA Walky doesn’t say it!
*scratches head* Ok, I’m confused and am completely stumped by this comic this time around D///x;;;;
Is Mike lying about the purchase, or setting him up for a prank, or buying it because he thinks Walky will look silly wearing them? I don’t get why Mike would do that unless we missed Walky doing something for him…. s:
Also, *snaps fingers* Drat, I was looking forward to Ethan and Walky interacting! o: *wonders if it will be as funny as Willis and Ethan interaction*
He’s breaking the 4th wall, that’s why he’s outside the strip in the last “panel”. In this strip, he isn’t an asshole to the people around him… he’s an asshole to US.
Paul
I love this interpretation so much that I had to come here from 1.5 years in the future to congratulate you on it.
The catch is that pajama jeans are really stupid, which Mike, unlike Walky, understands. Mike realizes that the worst thing he can do is make Walky wear the same pair of knockoff pajama jeans every single day.
I think that might be the real joke. As pointed out above, a few DOA days is months for us. He’s being an asshole to the reader. We’re still going to hearing about freaking pajama jeans well into 2012.
184 thoughts on “Asshole”
Jen Aside
Are they really…
REAL PAJAMA JEANS
Tucker
They have silly fake boxers sewn into them so they it looks like your jeans are under your ass at all times.
Nezumi
I dunno, this is Mike we’re talking about. Isn’t that too mundane and mild for him?
iSaidCandleja-
Naturally.
Jen Aside
Wait, wait… in a few days?
THAT’S LIKE TEN MONTHS D= Asshole!
Tucker
Oh my god, you totally caught the timeline thing before me XD
Good job, Jen.
ryan
willis, i dare you to make every walky strip this year like this: http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/e9805ef05e0a012ee3bf00163e41dd5b
Palmetto
Man, you just can’t beat the classics. I expect Walky will find this jammy-jeans every bit as unsatisfactory as Calvin eventually found his prop-beanie.
johannhowitzer
Except Walky is far more easily amused and content with the simple things than Calvin ever was. Calvin wanted the beanie to make him fly, Walky just wants comfortable pants that he can eat nachitos in. Preferably coated in spider-pesticide.
David Herbert
He was lying? NNOOOO!
KevinSig
Either that, or he thinks that having Walky wear the jeans is the cruelest thing he could do. Walky might be oblivious, but pajama jeans are kinda sad.
DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
I think that’s the plan. Walky unintentionally demeans himself, and everybody else is miserable by association. Indeed a better mouse trap.
GarretSylvar
… That pants are secretly going to be full of red ants, aren’t they?
Aizat
Nope, Chuck Testa.
Vabolo
Man, I wouldn’t want pants full of Chuck Testa!
Hayo
No it will be his mom
TSED
I figure the pants are secretly going to be womens’ anyway.
AckAckAck(Now with sugar powered speedster!)
Now Walky owe him something, and he could ask Walky to help him annoy others.
Smile_EZ
Only an @sshole would get a dude pajama pants
Darksen
No amount of ants can make pajama jeans worse than they already are… Though it couldn’t hurt Mike to give it a try.
Henry
Oh dear.
Jackson
I has a apprehensive.
Henry
I has an apprehensive.
SlenderTroll
Trolling is a art and an science.
Xartarin
“So to speak”
Darth Shadow
What’s the catch?
Seriously, Mike wouldn’t just do something like this without there being some sort of painful twist to it.
TaZZerath
Well, the Shortpacked! Mike wouldn’t, anyway….
Dark_T_Zeratul
Mike in any universe is an asshole. I look forward to seeing what he means by “so to speak.” I’m sure great hilarity will ensue.
Creativerealms
Yeah if there is one consistent element in the multi-verse it is that Mike is an asshole of the worst kind.
thomas0comer
I believe the word you are looking for is “best,” good sir.
griffinguy24
“So to speak” refers to the pants being for “men”. As in, they may be for men, but no one wearing them could unironically call themselves a man.
das-g
Or could they?
Tucker
Jen figured it out. What’s a few days in DOA time?…
Aizat
Ten months minimum, twelve months maximum.
Tucker
Exactly.
-shakes fist- WILLIS!
Kernanator
No. Remember, he said their for men “So to speak.” They’re still fairly girly-looking, I bet. And Walky will look stupid. And Mike knows it.
TemplarKnight
I think the “so to speak” line was actually reference to the fact that real men wouldn’t be worrying about “comfort of pajamas with the style of jeans.”
I do think it’s primarily the “arrive in a few days” thing, or maybe it’s truly an evil scheme,
OR MAYBE WE ARE THE ONE’S BEING MIND F***ED BY MIKE RATHER THAN WALKY!
a99steaksauce
It could be those jeans baby diapers. Since they are technically for males and females alike, albeit for a far different age group. Or I am going insane.
Michelle J Caboose
I like this. I support this idea whole-heartedly. ^_^
madd
Jeggings
Blob Marley
Mike is implying that buying pajama jeans is a dick move.
Because those things are an abomination.
Tunasammich
Yeah, I’m throwing in with this theory XD
meanderling
I’m assuming that the catch would just be that Walky would end up wearing them all the time and therefore end up alone and unloved.
TSED
Does Mike know Walky’s size?
Having a pair of pants too small to wear would be worse than not having a pair to wear at all, I think.
Tucker
Ever heard of a pair of pajamas a guy Walky’s size couldn’t wear?
tahrey
The catch is that Walky now goes out wearing pajama jeans. Someone will, at some point, surely notice.
Advantage: Mike.
Plasma Mongoose
Nahhh they will more likely notice his food-stained shirts than what kind of pants he is wearing.
begbert2
The other college-going students are likely to consider food stains considerably more normal and accepted than pajaman jeans.
thomas0comer
Yeah, they’ll be discussing what the stain is of, strategic placement of it on the shirt, how well the stain was made, and so on. I’ll let you in on a secret: all of college revolves around how good the stains on your shirt are.
SUTBEric
WIIGII!
Wack'd
I was totally expecting one of those! I hope Walky still says it in this universe.
begbert2
I just want to know how it’s pronounced. “Wiggy” and “Ouiji” seem equally likely to me.
Wack'd
Willis confirmed it was “wee-gee” at some point, but I can’t remember where.
Jason
Ditto. I totally imagined him saying “Wiigii!” in my head, then was surprised when I couldn’t find it in the script. I’ll be sad if DOA Walky doesn’t say it!
Dahlia
*scratches head* Ok, I’m confused and am completely stumped by this comic this time around D///x;;;;
Is Mike lying about the purchase, or setting him up for a prank, or buying it because he thinks Walky will look silly wearing them? I don’t get why Mike would do that unless we missed Walky doing something for him…. s:
Also, *snaps fingers* Drat, I was looking forward to Ethan and Walky interacting! o: *wonders if it will be as funny as Willis and Ethan interaction*
dchorror
Remember, for the next three months at the least, Mike has to live with him.
He’s not being nice, he’s being practical.
Aydr
He’s breaking the 4th wall, that’s why he’s outside the strip in the last “panel”. In this strip, he isn’t an asshole to the people around him… he’s an asshole to US.
Paul
I love this interpretation so much that I had to come here from 1.5 years in the future to congratulate you on it.
Plasma Mongoose
Not totally an asshole…
Kernanator
Is he? Is he really?
Plasma Mongoose
Not totally, just MOSTLY!
Kernanator
Ah. Good point.
Aizat
There’s a difference between all troll and mostly troll.
Plasma Mongoose
For sure, the non-troll aspect helps to highlight his trollness.
Janette
This comic confuses me, as I know from Shortpacked, he’s capable of being nice in his own twisted way.
I guessing that the few days being next year is the evil twist.
Tucker
Willis makes an obvious tumblr challenge. I respond.
In case anybody missed it, that background is definitely Billie’s coolshades cut, stretched and traced for extra smoothness – the boxes annoyed me.
SlenderTroll
The catch is that pajama jeans are really stupid, which Mike, unlike Walky, understands. Mike realizes that the worst thing he can do is make Walky wear the same pair of knockoff pajama jeans every single day.
NCP19
Since there’s no background for the final panel, I like to think Mike has broken the fourth wall (or panel) and is directing that to us, the reader.
George
His existence transcends space and time, so I wouldn’t rule it out.
Doctor_Who
I think that might be the real joke. As pointed out above, a few DOA days is months for us. He’s being an asshole to the reader. We’re still going to hearing about freaking pajama jeans well into 2012.
Timothy