Okay, there are like four other licensed drivers in that car. WHY IS DANNY DRIVING? When the police pull you over for speeding, I don’t think they’ll accept “character redemption” as a reason for driving licenseless after a DUI.
And, oh, hey, Mary’s freaking out as she realizes Danny understands she doesn’t know what birth control is, apparently.
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Mary seems the type to never prepare with birth control, also, REALLY thought the morning comment was from Joe.
You forget, birth control is the devil.
So is pre-marital hanky panky, but preparing for it is even more the devil.
Yeah. That used to be more a Catholic thing (along with abortion), but fundies latched onto it as an excuse to ally with the Republican party. (Really.)
Actually, I may be wrong on the Birth Control. I know that was definitely the case with Abortion. Maybe 30 years ago, tops, Republicans tried to make Abortion their big issue to win over the traditionally-Democratic Catholic base. It didn’t really work, but conservative-leaning evangelical opportunists like Jerry Falwell started pushing Abortion as an issue for their sects, not just Catholicism, so they could push their followers more fully to the Republican party.
oh hey yeah good question, why the illegallest driver in the cast |=’
Who are the ones speaking in the last panel? I guess Danny’s speaking the top line and Sarah the bottom?
I thought it was clear that Danny was speaking both. Danny’s the only one who’s really peeved with her at the moment (as opposed to annoyed, as Sarah and Joe usually are).
I hear those lines with a sardonic tone, and Sarah just seems genuinely concerned about Mary (Joe hasn’t really commented on Mary),
Maybe his suspension ended and he got his license back off screen? How long does it normally last in the US?
A quick search revealed that it would be one year if he took the chemical test.
One year if he didn’t.
If he’s under twenty-one.
Not according to Joe. In panel two of the last comic, he said, “Two problems with that – one, you have no license. Two, we have no car.”
Three, they don’t have proof of insurance!
Just to be clear, did you know what birth control was at the time, Willis?
I imagine Danny saying this in an exaggerated sarcastic tone of voice.
Is there any other way?
To be fair, an upbringing capable of producing Mary doesn’t suggest one with an interest in teaching about safe sex.
That what abstinence only education will getcha.
I think we should ABORT this storyline before we do something we all regret.
Danny wants to RETRY the car chase idea because he was full of FAIL the first time.
(And also this time probably, though less so.)
He should know better than to IGNORE the law… those patrols do not QUIT
[granted, he’s whiter than white, so cops don’t tend to see him, while Sarah would get nailed in an instant]
When I first read through this, I thought, for some reason, it was Joe who was saying they needed to get her to the Health Clinic and Sarah was the one commenting that it was morning sickness..
“And, oh, hey, Mary’s freaking out as she realizes Danny understands she doesn’t know what birth control is, apparently.”
Odd, I would have assumed the morning line came from Joe. Or Sarah, except that she’s being uncharacteristically un-snarky for once.
Also why did they bring Howard?
GIANT MARY EYES
After 2 years of following the (mis)adventures of these characters, Sarah is the only one I would say has dependably good judgement (outside of sexing Joe), and she is currently tending to a nauseous Mary.
So yes, I can totally see them just letting Danny drive.
The following page clarifies that yes, today’s punchline (more of a punch-in-the-gut line) came from Danny, by having Joe call him out on it. I remember having the same question on my first archive dive, and having it answered in that way moments later.
Also I can’t decide whether it’s more terrifying that the guy without a license is driving, or that the government ever trusted him with a car enough to issue him a license in the first place before it was revoked.
Honestly premarital hanky panky or not if somebody starts vomiting right after getting clocked in the head my first thought isn’t ‘pregnancy’ it’s ‘concussion’. I’d be taking Mary to an ER.
…and letting Billie go after she ran off screaming that suicide is the only route to happiness.
OK the ER would come after saving Billie. But still it’s odd that Danny psychically knows it’s morning sickness.
Roomies! still runs on a good deal of cartoon logic at this point, though, so conking one in the head really should only create a few moments of dizziness.
I imagine being a doctor in a cartoon based physics universe would be kind of difficult and strange, at least when making a diagnosis. People can fall several stories and only see stars, yet they can easily die from diseases and Severe accidents.
This is why Dr. Mario is addicted to magic mushrooms
It is the only way he can cope with his ridiculous job
What does panel 4 depict? I can’t tell if it’s a car, or Mary’s eyes, or a closeup of someone’s nose, or something else.
Remember good Christian girls know, birth control is for SLUTS. :-/ Ooooh my upbringing
Okay what is that last panel? Is That a Goomba? What am I looking at here?
Gods below, the angles. Is Danny hurtling along on a banked race track? Taking a shortcut through unleveled land?
Or did 1998-Willis just have an unnatural love of Dutch Angles melded with little idea how to use them properly?
Also, why did Sarah and Mary have to go with Danny, instead of, you know, going to the health center, like Sarah wanted, while Danny went off on his quest to save Billie (with Joe to reduce the chances of his doing something really stupid)?
Mary’s car was the only car remaining at Ron/Carly’s place.
Ron’s was wrecked by a truck and Billie just drove off in her own.
Ron had a car once, but it was destroyed with integrity and no regrets.
Originally posted:
December 10, 1999