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Nov 16, 2024 00:42


The one where I start realizing something about Rhetta's motives that escaped me before. 

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howtheduck November 16 2024, 06:16:19 UTC

The one where I start realizing something about Rhetta's motives that escaped me before.

And that is?

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dreadedcandiru2 November 16 2024, 07:03:03 UTC
That is 'the imbecile runs his stupid mouth about having female housemates to his girlfriend.' It would be another instance of the big girl's blouse (Australian English for 'sissy') being too stupid to understand what he's doing to alienate someone. He went into a panic when she mentioned marriage:,

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chocolate_frapp November 16 2024, 19:49:23 UTC

I still say this strip would make far more sense if those girls were wearing, say, cutoffs and tank tops instead of dressing like teachers.

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howtheduck November 17 2024, 02:34:35 UTC

Well, if Michael were a normal boy, I would agree with you. However, if there is one thing that Mike's interest in Deanna showed us, Michael has little interest in girls that dress like girls and prefers the one who dress like schoolteachers or dress like he does.

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howtheduck November 16 2024, 06:42:47 UTC


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dreadedcandiru2 November 16 2024, 07:15:57 UTC

And The Human Doorstop never gets how humiliating that feels. She could tell him that he only wants her as a standby and all Dorko would do is stand there with a look on his face like a gaffed trout and sputter out UH? because he has poor listening skills.


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chocolate_frapp November 16 2024, 19:51:14 UTC

Michael may be a dopey kid but in the first strip I don't blame him, who WANTS to listen to Elly?

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howtheduck November 17 2024, 05:21:03 UTC


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dreadedcandiru2 November 17 2024, 07:47:18 UTC

Insert joke about the window not being alone in being banged here.

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chocolate_frapp November 17 2024, 08:41:59 UTC

maybe Jodi moved out and Lynn didn't bother saying anything about this because she's a lousy writer? Was Jodi in any other strips? Was Kit, for that matter?

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dreadedcandiru2 November 17 2024, 10:45:45 UTC

They appear once in about five months when Mike blames his poor study habits on Mephisto, Marl Marx and an inbred simpleton:


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dreadedcandiru2 November 18 2024, 08:14:34 UTC

Stupid strip doesn't even trot out the stupid "Jodi and Kit never spoke to me" excuse for dropping characters.

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