this is one of those comics where I’ve learned it’s best not to be drinking something while reading it and reading the comments while drinking on most comics is one of the worst ideas ever
Locally it is very popular with the lesbian community, and the female triathletes. I don’t know how much overlap there is between the two groups not having done the Venn diagram.
Well, she IS a personal trainer, so as a fitness proffesional she would have seen others wearing it. I’m just suprised how quick she got over that cold. But her metabolism’s bound to be faster than mine.
Must be a new trend, Seems like winter would be the worst time to cut off a major portion of your hair though. A sign of being “tough” I guess. Looks stupid and unattractive, but then most of these sorts of fads do. And like most fads, it’ll soon pass.
Wow, I take a huge offense to these comments. The hair-style is called an under-cut. It’s nice for girls with thicker hair or who don’t bother messing with it much. My boyfriend likes my hair like this very much. It’s not to look tough, ugly or like a lesbian. it’s because I like it. I would have thought people reading this comic would be slightly more open-minded. I don’t feel it’s a fad as I’ve seen girls with this hair cut since the mid-nineties.
Being open minded does not mean one has to go along with whatever comes down the path. Just because you like it, doesn’t mean everyone does. We express our opinions on many things, popular and unpopular. I would say taking offense is close minded as well. Closed to the aesthetic tastes of others who think differently from you. It’s fine you like it, but don’t get upset because others do not. There’s no reason to take the comments personally.
There’s such a thing as stating opinions respectfully though. Calling it stupid and ugly is offensive, opinion or not. I’m not saying you have to like it, but try to respect those who do.
What? Calling it ugly is offensive? Sure, calling it stupid wasn’t very nice, but I’d be lying if I said my first reaction when I noticed it wasn’t “Ewwww”.
It’s one thing to be open-minded, it’s another to be forced to have whatever sense of aesthethics is supposed to be considered “open-minded”.
But well, since Shelly’s sense of style when it comes to hair and body shape ever since she started to look like a man has made me go “Ewwww” more often than not, it doesn’t really surprise me anymore. Not that I think any less of her as a person, just… as a person who is completely and utterly unattractive to me.
Well if it’s something that went out of style, then came back in, it sounds faddish. I’ve also seen it defined as layering, which wouldn’t be. But Shelly isn’t just layering.
Of course, something similar has been around for a while: the comb-over.
Now, the side cut thing I remember. Often on both sides. Sometimes along with the long hair right at the back. Several variations on that theme, including the hair straight up on the top. I just don’t recall any of my mom’s friends doing that undercut thing at the back of the head. Maybe it wasn’t as noticable.
Don’t take offense Katy. The people who don’t like it are probably in another age demographic. You will not get brutal honesty from your boyfriend. Why do you think guys duck the “do these jeans make my butt look fat” question? It is because we love you and don’t want to hurt your feelings.
Why do you think guys duck the “do these jeans make my butt look fat” question? It is because we love you and don’t want to hurt your feelings.
Hah.
It is because we cherish our various bits and bobs precisely where they are and don’t want to have them manually re-arranged by an incensed Significant Other.
Tina’s looking good— and recovered. Shelly is still good-looking, but the hairstyle is not helping. It looks like the stylist goofed with the clippers and tried to save it.
The things to keep warm are, in order:
core
feet
head
hands
arms
legs
I’m a bit surprised that Shelly’s keeping warm with a bare midriff. I guess it depends — if she’s wearing a fleece top under that cropped jacket, and there’s not much of a breeze, she could be ok– especially since she’s wearing mittens instead of gloves.
The problem with that rubric is that there is a lot less mass at the extremities then at the core. While having a chunk of your hand frozen off is less lethal, your core is a lot harder to cool off.
That said, I think it comes down to personal preferances. I know plenty of ‘shorts’ people who wear their shorts in the snow (I even know a few people who wear flip-flops in it…). I personally can keep my arms bare, but need my toes warm to survive the cold…
When it comes to hairstyles, the best response to a negative comment was given by a dear friend. She likes asymmetrical cuts and often dyes strands of hair various colors. Once when she was picking up several items at the bookstore, the clerk said to her, “You know how stupid your hair looks, right?”
My friend was hurt, I’m certain, by this bluntness, but her response was simply, “I didn’t do it for *you*.”
That’s a good one, I like it. When you do something like that, however, you are putting yourself out there. It does scream “Hey! Look at me!” So you uave to be prepared to take that sort of thing when people DO look at you. My response would have been “No … up til now, I’ve not met anyone rude enough to point that out to me.”
Or both Ben and Winston thought of these lines before hand, having previously been in a similar situation and not having something witty to say back at the time. They would be ready on the next occasion. It would be that next occasion about which people would take note and document.
She was working on her triceps exercise and got her hair caught in the universal joint. Or maybe she switched to an engine, and it started on her and her hair got caught in one of the belts.
Back when i was working in a print shop and had rather long hair (for a male) i got my hair caught in the rollers of an A-M 1250W.
Luckily, A-M presses carry both the oily ink and fountain (wetting) solution on the rollers in two layers, and it couldn’t get a good enough grip to pull me in or tear out a chunk of my scalp before one of the other guys switched it off.
I agree with Julie. Shelly has always been a bit edgy in her looks. I think she has a lot of ‘look at me’ in her. But I like any episode with two of my favorite characters in it.
Tina looks like she cut her hair shorter as well,and the headband is cute. Tina IS a cutie,even with the sharp “Vampira” canines and spiraly eyes. To those out there talking about Tina getting a Date just remember, any guy she hooks up with has to ‘satsfy’ a whooooolllle bunch of demons in her………. Oh and Shelly, grow your hair back…….YUCK!
Why is it whenever one of the charactes gets their hair cut off, half the regulars scream and cry… and then a month later you get used to it and call it cute? >.> Just give it the month to see how it looks with all their emotions and outfits before you start freaking out about the new hair, guys!
I’m actually a fan of buzzed half-cuts and think Shelly looks awesome. All she needs is a highlight job (not necessarily using unnatural colors) to be perfect.
Also: Can we fast forward through this trend of every other strip being a girl insinuating that she just got laid/is about to be? …. Story nao plzkthnx
When a woman gets a haircut, her man’s usual response is shock and dismay. He won’t have a considered, balanced response to it for probably at least a week, and perhaps not for a month. Any reaction prior to that should probably be ignored.
That said, I miss Monica’s long hair. Short hair is cute and all, and a lot easier to have, but I still liked it better long. I look forward to seeing it grow back.
My father never notices when either my mother or I get a haircut. It takes at least a week for him to notice. I could get a bright blue bob cut and he wouldn’t notice.
He probably notices, he just won’t give you the satisfaction of knowing he noticed. This is especially true if he has gotten ragged on for not noticing in the past.
Back when Luann was considering getting a new hair style, she and her mother went to the salon to do it, they came home, her dad congratulated her on the new ‘do…
And she dashed for her room, bawling.
Mom explained that at the last minute Luann had chickened out.
(She later did get the new cut, which is her current style.)
1) Monica’s hair still looks terrible
2) Shelly’s looks even worse
3) Women are gender-bound to cheer their female friends on when they chop their hair off — the worse it looks, the better — because long hair is seen as a symbol of subordination to the desires of men.
Oh Really? I just like all the stuff i can do with long hair. I could care less what guys thought and in fact people keep telling me to cut it. I don’t let them anywhere near scissors…
Thanks for assuming that women will lie to their friends because they are women and feel the need to “stick it to the man” or men in general. That’s the silliest load of hogwash I’ve ever heard.
I may avoid saying the brutally honest things that come to mind when my friends cut off their hair (and I don’t like it), but I never tell them good things unless I honestly feel that way. If asked for an opinion that I know will be unpleasant, I’m more likely to say something like, “Give me some time to get used to it first.” If pushed, I’ll tell her that I don’t like it.
Then again, I’ve never used the words “stupid” or “ugly” when giving an opinion on a new hair do (of any length or style). I know just how strongly women tend to react to that kind of commentary on their appearance…and I see no need to be unnecessarily cruel.
Why are all these people say such nasty things about some one who can may the sun go supernova ??? Oh. I remember. The Human race is certifiable insane!
Ahhh, this comic is awesome. I was able to make a few correct guesses as to how it was unfolding, which made me feel smart, and a few of my guesses were wrong, which made me feel pleasantly surprised. I think Katherine is awesome, by the way.
Girls be good for generating WARMTH !!!
So when does Miss Tina find herself a boyfriend?
Maybe she’s still dead down there. She might need some prince alarming to reawaken it.
Or maybe she is afraid her head will fall off if some prince charming takes her choker off.
I’m so glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read the words “Prince Alarming.”
this is one of those comics where I’ve learned it’s best not to be drinking something while reading it and reading the comments while drinking on most comics is one of the worst ideas ever
Looks like shelly trimmed the base of her head…doesn’t look bad… I dig Tina’s headband
Trimmed? It looks like a swarm of flies has attached themselves to that area. Is that some sort of new hair fashion statement of which I’m not aware?
Locally it is very popular with the lesbian community, and the female triathletes. I don’t know how much overlap there is between the two groups not having done the Venn diagram.
Well, she IS a personal trainer, so as a fitness proffesional she would have seen others wearing it. I’m just suprised how quick she got over that cold. But her metabolism’s bound to be faster than mine.
Must be a new trend, Seems like winter would be the worst time to cut off a major portion of your hair though. A sign of being “tough” I guess. Looks stupid and unattractive, but then most of these sorts of fads do. And like most fads, it’ll soon pass.
I’ve seen it on Boys and girls. It’s ugly. I think you have to have some kind of mission to wear hair that ugly.
Wow, I take a huge offense to these comments. The hair-style is called an under-cut. It’s nice for girls with thicker hair or who don’t bother messing with it much. My boyfriend likes my hair like this very much. It’s not to look tough, ugly or like a lesbian. it’s because I like it. I would have thought people reading this comic would be slightly more open-minded. I don’t feel it’s a fad as I’ve seen girls with this hair cut since the mid-nineties.
Being open minded does not mean one has to go along with whatever comes down the path. Just because you like it, doesn’t mean everyone does. We express our opinions on many things, popular and unpopular. I would say taking offense is close minded as well. Closed to the aesthetic tastes of others who think differently from you. It’s fine you like it, but don’t get upset because others do not. There’s no reason to take the comments personally.
There’s such a thing as stating opinions respectfully though. Calling it stupid and ugly is offensive, opinion or not. I’m not saying you have to like it, but try to respect those who do.
What? Calling it ugly is offensive? Sure, calling it stupid wasn’t very nice, but I’d be lying if I said my first reaction when I noticed it wasn’t “Ewwww”.
It’s one thing to be open-minded, it’s another to be forced to have whatever sense of aesthethics is supposed to be considered “open-minded”.
But well, since Shelly’s sense of style when it comes to hair and body shape ever since she started to look like a man has made me go “Ewwww” more often than not, it doesn’t really surprise me anymore. Not that I think any less of her as a person, just… as a person who is completely and utterly unattractive to me.
Well if it’s something that went out of style, then came back in, it sounds faddish. I’ve also seen it defined as layering, which wouldn’t be. But Shelly isn’t just layering.
Of course, something similar has been around for a while: the comb-over.
Now, the side cut thing I remember. Often on both sides. Sometimes along with the long hair right at the back. Several variations on that theme, including the hair straight up on the top. I just don’t recall any of my mom’s friends doing that undercut thing at the back of the head. Maybe it wasn’t as noticable.
I agree with your second comment.
Don’t take offense Katy. The people who don’t like it are probably in another age demographic. You will not get brutal honesty from your boyfriend. Why do you think guys duck the “do these jeans make my butt look fat” question? It is because we love you and don’t want to hurt your feelings.
Hah.
It is because we cherish our various bits and bobs precisely where they are and don’t want to have them manually re-arranged by an incensed Significant Other.
As Jeff Foxworthy summed up the situation:
As an ex-girlfriend once asked, “Do these jeans make my butt look fat?” “No,” I replied honestly, “it’s not the jeans.”
Things went downhill from there …
I like Tina’s headband, too, mostly because it keeps the hair off her face. It looks as if Shelly is wearing mascara and eyeliner. Shelly tended to wear short jackets and ignore the cold.
Yes, but the comic you link to shows a jacket that’s at least to the waistband of her jeans. The one she has on here is crop-top length.
Her jacket still comes down to her waist. The jeans, like Tina’s, start well below the waist, thus the midsection exposure.
I’d guess that it was a toque, if it were finished…
Well, Tina doesn’t seem too badly affected – yet – by her Nudgeectomy.
Well , it looks like my Tina is doing great so far . She’s lookin’ pretty good herself .
I’ll second that emotion. The headband is super-cute.
Don’t recall seeing that design on the counter before. Pretty cool (albeit macabre, if that tool is what I think it is)…
There was some discussion of it in the comments here, but I think it had shown up earlier.
Shelly, Sargent Pepper called, he wants his jacket back.
Or Floyd from the Electric Mayhem.
That would be Sergeant Floyd Pepper, right?
(That is his full name…)
Well, she was a music major. She seems to go for the marching band look.
Still, I’d rather see her midriff than John Lennon’s.
Dammit! I just did my Monica gravatar and now I have to Shelly’s marching band as one….
Can you picture that?
Tina’s looking good— and recovered. Shelly is still good-looking, but the hairstyle is not helping. It looks like the stylist goofed with the clippers and tried to save it.
Or goofed, shrugged, chugged the rest of the beer, and continued the mission …
The things to keep warm are, in order:
core
feet
head
hands
arms
legs
I’m a bit surprised that Shelly’s keeping warm with a bare midriff. I guess it depends — if she’s wearing a fleece top under that cropped jacket, and there’s not much of a breeze, she could be ok– especially since she’s wearing mittens instead of gloves.
The problem with that rubric is that there is a lot less mass at the extremities then at the core. While having a chunk of your hand frozen off is less lethal, your core is a lot harder to cool off.
That said, I think it comes down to personal preferances. I know plenty of ‘shorts’ people who wear their shorts in the snow (I even know a few people who wear flip-flops in it…). I personally can keep my arms bare, but need my toes warm to survive the cold…
Water only a few degrees cooler than normal body temp will lower your core temp sufficiently to kill you with more than a few hours immersion.
Thankfully, we invented wet suits to overcome that problem. Yea brains. Yea technology!
Yea getting out of the water before that happens.
I’m glad the absence of Nudge is not affecting Tina’s core personality. It’s nice to see her spreading sunshine again.
Shelly’s staying warm with afterglow. It is nice…
What did she DO to her hair? *A*
I think it’s ugly as hell.
When it comes to hairstyles, the best response to a negative comment was given by a dear friend. She likes asymmetrical cuts and often dyes strands of hair various colors. Once when she was picking up several items at the bookstore, the clerk said to her, “You know how stupid your hair looks, right?”
My friend was hurt, I’m certain, by this bluntness, but her response was simply, “I didn’t do it for *you*.”
That’s a good one, I like it. When you do something like that, however, you are putting yourself out there. It does scream “Hey! Look at me!” So you uave to be prepared to take that sort of thing when people DO look at you. My response would have been “No … up til now, I’ve not met anyone rude enough to point that out to me.”
“Sir, you are drunk.”
“Yes – but tomorrow I shall be sober. You, Madame, will still be ugly.”
“If was your wife, I’d give you poisoned tea!”
“If I was your husband, I’d drink it”-Winston Churchill
Since we’re in a quoting mood
“The splitting of infinitives is something up with which I will not put”- Also Winston Churchill. The man could think on his feet
Or both Ben and Winston thought of these lines before hand, having previously been in a similar situation and not having something witty to say back at the time. They would be ready on the next occasion. It would be that next occasion about which people would take note and document.
Letter to a critic who had savaged one of his books:
Exchange of wires with Bernard Shaw:
OSCAR WILDE:
I wish I had said that, Whistler.
JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER:
Ah, you will, Oscar, you will.
“What did she DO to her hair? *A*”
She was working on her triceps exercise and got her hair caught in the universal joint. Or maybe she switched to an engine, and it started on her and her hair got caught in one of the belts.
Back when i was working in a print shop and had rather long hair (for a male) i got my hair caught in the rollers of an A-M 1250W.
Luckily, A-M presses carry both the oily ink and fountain (wetting) solution on the rollers in two layers, and it couldn’t get a good enough grip to pull me in or tear out a chunk of my scalp before one of the other guys switched it off.
Horrors! No ties, loose clothing, or long hair around machinery. It makes my (very short) hair stand on end thinking about it. Glad you were okay.
What i remember most about that day (it really didn’t hurt much, actually) was that the emergency stop button was about one inch out of reach…
Now, see? You could have created a new hair fashion trend and perhaps some money doing quicky back end hair dying.
I wonder if Shel donated her excess hairs to LOL after M mentioned that she’d done it.
Look at both of them being all cute and stuff!
I’m liking Tina’s headband and Shelly’s new ‘do. 
I agree with Julie. Shelly has always been a bit edgy in her looks. I think she has a lot of ‘look at me’ in her. But I like any episode with two of my favorite characters in it.
Tina looks like she cut her hair shorter as well,and the headband is cute. Tina IS a cutie,even with the sharp “Vampira” canines and spiraly eyes. To those out there talking about Tina getting a Date just remember, any guy she hooks up with has to ‘satsfy’ a whooooolllle bunch of demons in her………. Oh and Shelly, grow your hair back…….YUCK!
Also, what’s the guy supposed to do when Tina goes catatonic for the night? It’s not like he can wake her up. At least I don’t think so.
Honestly, if Shelly’s man likes the do, there’s no reason for her to grow it back.
I’m going to agree with you there. If each demon takes the helm for one ride, that’s still a LOT of sex.
Why is it whenever one of the charactes gets their hair cut off, half the regulars scream and cry… and then a month later you get used to it and call it cute? >.> Just give it the month to see how it looks with all their emotions and outfits before you start freaking out about the new hair, guys!
I’m actually a fan of buzzed half-cuts and think Shelly looks awesome. All she needs is a highlight job (not necessarily using unnatural colors) to be perfect.
Also: Can we fast forward through this trend of every other strip being a girl insinuating that she just got laid/is about to be? …. Story nao plzkthnx
When a woman gets a haircut, her man’s usual response is shock and dismay. He won’t have a considered, balanced response to it for probably at least a week, and perhaps not for a month. Any reaction prior to that should probably be ignored.
That said, I miss Monica’s long hair. Short hair is cute and all, and a lot easier to have, but I still liked it better long. I look forward to seeing it grow back.
Mostly, when Kate gets her hair chopped off shorter (way shorter) than mine, my response is “Went to the Apache salon again, eh?”
My father never notices when either my mother or I get a haircut. It takes at least a week for him to notice. I could get a bright blue bob cut and he wouldn’t notice.
He probably notices, he just won’t give you the satisfaction of knowing he noticed. This is especially true if he has gotten ragged on for not noticing in the past.
Back when Luann was considering getting a new hair style, she and her mother went to the salon to do it, they came home, her dad congratulated her on the new ‘do…
And she dashed for her room, bawling.
Mom explained that at the last minute Luann had chickened out.
(She later did get the new cut, which is her current style.)
In a month Paul will have it grown back out again. I doubt this will last.
1) Monica’s hair still looks terrible
2) Shelly’s looks even worse
3) Women are gender-bound to cheer their female friends on when they chop their hair off — the worse it looks, the better — because long hair is seen as a symbol of subordination to the desires of men.
“subordination to the desires of men.”
What’s wrong with that?
“subordination to the desires of men”
Oh Really? I just like all the stuff i can do with long hair. I could care less what guys thought and in fact people keep telling me to cut it. I don’t let them anywhere near scissors…
Thanks for assuming that women will lie to their friends because they are women and feel the need to “stick it to the man” or men in general. That’s the silliest load of hogwash I’ve ever heard.
I may avoid saying the brutally honest things that come to mind when my friends cut off their hair (and I don’t like it), but I never tell them good things unless I honestly feel that way. If asked for an opinion that I know will be unpleasant, I’m more likely to say something like, “Give me some time to get used to it first.” If pushed, I’ll tell her that I don’t like it.
Then again, I’ve never used the words “stupid” or “ugly” when giving an opinion on a new hair do (of any length or style). I know just how strongly women tend to react to that kind of commentary on their appearance…and I see no need to be unnecessarily cruel.
Heh.
The difference between strangers, co-workers, friends and honest friends.
Why are all these people say such nasty things about some one who can may the sun go supernova ??? Oh. I remember. The Human race is certifiable insane!
and said person can’t read our comments… unless ohhhh PHIXY
Who is saying nasty things about the GGGs?
Ahhh, this comic is awesome. I was able to make a few correct guesses as to how it was unfolding, which made me feel smart, and a few of my guesses were wrong, which made me feel pleasantly surprised. I think Katherine is awesome, by the way.