TIES!
on August 26, 2014 at 12:01 amChapter: Debriefing
Location: SEMME shuttlecraft flying somewhere
One of my favorite pages! It’s all new material not present in the original, still hammering in Walky’s fear of responsibility. Oh, wordplay, I enjoy you.
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Okay if this isn’t in the original than going with redrawn comics was definitely the right choice.
And actually, doing so was kinda your only option, since otherwise the brick joke when Walky becomes a student teacher in Joyce and Walky! makes no sense. So.
And now, in 2020, that student teaching joke has been dropped with a link back here.
**hums Circle of Life**
Fun fact: I quote that second-to-last panel every time I have to wear a tie.
The best part of this strip is that in panel one it looks like Walky is looking up in horror at the bowtie of Jason in the site’s banner.
-doodles ties on everyone else in the banner- hehe
I actually don’t mind wearing a tie~ But only if it’s by my choice~ DOes that make me a part time windsor nazi~?
So, Godwin’s Law? Although I think Walky was losing his argument already. His argument with himself. Oh, Walky.
In Walky’s defense, Jason doesn’t seem to be going off of any dress code I’ve ever heard of. A white suit with a black shirt is an odd combination (but not unheard of), but with the addition of a red bowtie and the yellow SEMME stripe just throws everything out, he just looks like a clown. Especially in Winter were you should almost never wear a White suit. Also, this might just issues with the medium, but that appears to be a turtleneck that Jason is wearing, which makes the the tie even more confusing.
So, while Walky may not have fancy clothes, at least he dresses in a respectable, logical manner, unlike Jason.
What are you talking about? Jason’s outfit is awesome!
Bowties are cool. ^^
>Especially in Winter were you should almost never wear a White suit.
See, this kind of insane nonsense is why fashion needs to die in a fire
Well, there’s the practical issue that if you blend in with the snow around you, you could more easily get hit by a car.
I know that’s not the real reason for the “rule” but it at least has a tiny amount of logic to it. 😉
First Google result:
“… While no one is completely sure exactly when or why this fashion rule came into effect, our best guess is that it had to do with snobbery in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The wives of the super-rich ruled high society with an iron fist after the Civil War. As more and more people became millionaires, though, it was difficult to tell the difference between old money, respectable families, and those who only had vulgar new money. By the 1880s, in order to tell who was acceptable and who wasn’t, the women who were already “in” felt it necessary to create dozens of fashion rules that everyone in the know had to follow. That way, if a woman showed up at the opera in a dress that cost more than most Americans made in a year, but it had the wrong sleeve length, other women would know not to give her the time of day.
Not wearing white outside the summer months was another one of these silly rules. White was for weddings and resort wear, not dinner parties in the fall. Of course it could get extremely hot in September, and wearing white might make the most sense, but if you wanted to be appropriately attired you just did not do it. …”
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12424/why-can%E2%80%99t-you-wear-white-after-labor-day
So basically “Eew, you don’t follow snobby arbitrary rules, you’re a POSER.” Which is why fashion needs to die in a fire.
So, Joyce. You’re destined to bear that guy’s children.
Two funny things here 1: Walky just got recruited and he already has PTSD. 2: Walking British stereotype claims he’s respectable.
Preemptive Tie Stress Disorder…?
I nominate the above to be the new title of this comic. All in favor?
PRE-MARI-TIE-L HANKY-PANKY
I love every face Walky makes in this comic. Particularly the last two panels. That menacing “I’m powering up, and I will take you DOWN if you mess with me!” glare, followed by the Gesta-bow Salute, priceless!
I hate to be the one to point this out, but the interior of that hyper-advanced stealth aircraft looks like the interior of a four-door sedan.
Ha, I forgot they weren’t in a four-door sedan until you said it.
Even Alan looks like he’s regretting bringing Walky at this point.
Alan is clearly reconsidering.
On the other hand, Walky shows evidence of surprising knowledge. After all, not only is the Windsor a particular way of doing your tie, the Duke of Windsor was rather a Nazi, as far as British aristocracy goes…
Could it be… a REVERSE pun?!?!
[Windsor Nazi invented “Windsor knots LOLOLOLOL”]
I’d ask Walky if he’s okay, but I think we all know the answer to that question.
I’m telling ya, zipper tie is the way to go.
who or what is windsor?
It’s a kind of tie knot.
Everyone’s expressions in that last panel are hilarious.
Well I had to look up “Windsor” to know what he was talking about but the page is still hilarious as hell. Jason’s reactions are priceless.