That’s pretty bold for any guy to suggest. He barely knows her, aside from their flirting a couple weeks back. And that seemed out of character for both of them. So it’s going to be an menagerie of three.
I thought of suggesting Kip earlier, but quickly backtracked when I realized that Stef would be part of a package deal. Please, please, please no Stef and no Tiff abuse.
I wasn’t expecting that, but thinking about the innuendos when they were selling the hot tea, I really should have figured that something like this would happen. I am still hoping she’ll invite Ox.
Nailed it :) Nothing like a fine athlete spending the summer with you to help you apply sunscreen and to make you feel safe and protected. Why I bet if there were to be a thunderstorm, Kip might even be OK with you taking refuge in his room until the scary storm passed. Having all those muscles near by is very comforting
YES this love triangle finally hit’s it’s peak. As does my being annoyed by it as their just dragging it out because shut up instead of to get good drama out of it. Even in a trashy sense, Kiff is very clearly checked out of his relationship with Steff, so it comes off more as “when will the inevitble happen and he dumps her for tiffany”, and less “ohhh who will he pick”. It dosen’t help that both times this has been a plot… the winner’s been claer. Early on it was clearly stef as he didn’t even seem to know tiff that well nor notice she had a thing for him, while now it’s flipped as every strip with his actual girlfriend sees him exasperated, while he and tiff actually have chemistry. And this wasn’t some slow motion breakdown of the relationship caught over months, they just went from mildly discfuctional to two minutes from breaking up.
Sugar honey iced tea moment huh? I knew there was flirting going on, more seriously on Kip’s part, between KIP and Tiff, but I wondered if GnK would follow through and how. Now we see how, hilarious! Classic misdirection play!
Now, THIS is interesting! Tiffany seems to really like the possibility and Kip is so generous in selflessly helping a friend in need. But it’s only natural that his girlfriend isn’t happy with the idea. Maybe Stef will tell him not to go to Tiffany’s, or maybe she will decide to skip the family (and the weird competition) to go with him to the Farrell mansion. It would be too easy if Tiffany and Kip spend the summer together without any problems. At some point Bets and Gunther may even come and ask if she can host them!
In the middle picture, almost looks like Kip was holdin his arms out an gonna give Tiff a hug. Until Stef walked up. In the last picture Kip is really close to Tif and leaning towards her.
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Regardless of Kip’s intentions (re: Tiff) it all makes perfect sense (to him); free room and board in exchange for his presence as a sense of safety may be perfect as far as he’s concerned. Like many students Kip is probably an out of stater (varsity recruit) who wants housing for the summer but is on a tight budget.
I guess Moony Uni is not big enough in football for Kip to get the NIL (name, image, likeness) money from donors that the courts have started allowing in recent years.
And He’s Back! This Kip Lee is quite the operator. He flirts with Tiffany at the Fair, goes back to bonking Stef as soon as she gets back, and now he wants to move in with Tiffany for the summer. I think he likes money, and would like to have some of Tiffany’s money. It’s even possible that Stef could be in on a little money making plot with him as well.
I hope Tiffany (and her dad) will understand that this Kip guy is accustomed to a mature sexual relationship, which he is going to expect with any woman he involves himself with. I don’t believe his new Saint Kip personal one bit.
If Kip leaves Stef for Tiff, there will be civil war in the dorm. Dez and Bets wouldn’t put up with it, I imagine, and neither should Stef or Tiff. The roomies should break up if this all goes south.
I honestly wouldn’t object to Tiff and Kip being roomies they certainly have chemistry. Tiff finally gets to be with someone who treats her with genuine kindness and Kip gets to be with someone who treats him like a person. Steff just treats him like a belonging just like how Luann treated Quill. Meanwhile poor old Bets has sacrificed her summer and is going to be trapped in the closet with Gunther’s sexuality.
It is nice to see Kip happy for a change, and Stef unhappy. Not sure what Tiffany is feeling. She does not seem happy but Tiffany did not do anything wrong here. Stef can’t be mad at her.
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching towards a maudlin cosmos of nothingness
Kip has a friendly offer for Tiffany (maybe innocent, but he is a player). Stef has an offer for both Tiff and Kip, and it’s definitely not so friendly….
C 11 months ago
Don’t you trust him Shoog?
pseudomao 11 months ago
Wow! I didn’t expect that. Seems Tif and Stef didn’t either.
beb01 11 months ago
That’s pretty bold for any guy to suggest. He barely knows her, aside from their flirting a couple weeks back. And that seemed out of character for both of them. So it’s going to be an menagerie of three.
Tyge Premium Member 11 months ago
Bless their hearts! The Banana Pudding is about to hit the fan! 8^ )
Doneaver 11 months ago
Overly bold I agree, she does seem attracted to the idea in panel 2.
BJShipley1 11 months ago
Plus it solves the burglar issue, since Shang-Chi here can fight off any would-be thieves.
(I can’t be the only one to notice that Kip looks a lot like Simu Liu.)
alasko 11 months ago
CAT FIGHT!
Namrepus 11 months ago
Maybe all three of them could live together. Of course, he’d have to pretend to be gay.
Rhetorical_Question 11 months ago
One sugar honey ice tea minute!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!¡
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 11 months ago
Oh you know you read that out loud in a Southern accent!
BabyBlue 11 months ago
Well, why not? Nothing wrong with opposite sex roommates as long as the boundaries are established up front.
Tyge Premium Member 11 months ago
Just what “kind” of roomie do you think they are thinking about? Roomie with benefits?
Rhetorical_Question 11 months ago
Kip Lee or Tiffany Farrell?
Kymberleigh 11 months ago
Oh, now it’s “sugar” instead of “shoog”, huh?
Ruth Brown 11 months ago
I thought of suggesting Kip earlier, but quickly backtracked when I realized that Stef would be part of a package deal. Please, please, please no Stef and no Tiff abuse.
markwillman4 11 months ago
Oh, I’m liking this better and better.
paulscon Premium Member 11 months ago
I wasn’t expecting that, but thinking about the innuendos when they were selling the hot tea, I really should have figured that something like this would happen. I am still hoping she’ll invite Ox.
nightflight 11 months ago
Did opportunity knock…..or just walk in?
butterfly_qvrs 11 months ago
Nailed it :) Nothing like a fine athlete spending the summer with you to help you apply sunscreen and to make you feel safe and protected. Why I bet if there were to be a thunderstorm, Kip might even be OK with you taking refuge in his room until the scary storm passed. Having all those muscles near by is very comforting
Joe1962 Premium Member 11 months ago
This is a interesting development.
Enter.Name.Here 11 months ago
LOVE it!
Mooshki Premium Member 11 months ago
I suspected it might be Kip!
GirlGeek Premium Member 11 months ago
I knew it was coming
Jacob Mattingly 11 months ago
YES this love triangle finally hit’s it’s peak. As does my being annoyed by it as their just dragging it out because shut up instead of to get good drama out of it. Even in a trashy sense, Kiff is very clearly checked out of his relationship with Steff, so it comes off more as “when will the inevitble happen and he dumps her for tiffany”, and less “ohhh who will he pick”. It dosen’t help that both times this has been a plot… the winner’s been claer. Early on it was clearly stef as he didn’t even seem to know tiff that well nor notice she had a thing for him, while now it’s flipped as every strip with his actual girlfriend sees him exasperated, while he and tiff actually have chemistry. And this wasn’t some slow motion breakdown of the relationship caught over months, they just went from mildly discfuctional to two minutes from breaking up.
kenhense 11 months ago
Kip shoulda known to ask Tiffany aside somewhere and not in front of Stef.
kenhense 11 months ago
We’re getting over the top on all Stef’s peachy expressions.
luann1212 11 months ago
Sugar honey iced tea moment huh? I knew there was flirting going on, more seriously on Kip’s part, between KIP and Tiff, but I wondered if GnK would follow through and how. Now we see how, hilarious! Classic misdirection play!
californiamonty 11 months ago
Shouldn’t that be “one darling-adorable-marvelous-nice minute”?
9thCapricorn 11 months ago
Ohhhh. WHY would Kip offer to room with Tiff knowing Stef wouldn’t approve…unless they actually broke up??
snsurone76 11 months ago
Well, there’s always poor, gullible Dez from whom that b!tch can mooch money!!
tuknoy2003 11 months ago
They’ll be quite busy through the summer making…. Tea?
snsurone76 11 months ago
At last—Kip has come to his senses!! At least, I hope so!!
jea9hrkr 11 months ago
Yeah – Kip break up w Stef! Do it NOW. Pull off the band- aid quickly!
9thCapricorn 11 months ago
I loved the “Me” gesture in the middle panel. Rarely do we see him smile albeit a closed one. AND the smile produced an adorable dimple!
Binky Premium Member 11 months ago
Ha Haaaaaa!. I knew it!! Kip & Tiff sitting in a tree…k.i.s.s.i.n.g… I’ma loving this! ᕙ (° ~͜ʖ~ °) ᕗ
priyansh.jeziel 11 months ago
BTW, is what’s his name still living with Brad and his wife?How long has that situation been going on, 3 years or so?
Purple People Eater 11 months ago
Looks like somebody needs some sugar-honey-iced-T’s-tea to calm her down.
eced52 11 months ago
You don’t think Stephanie doesn’t trust him do you? Break out the T’s Teas, Tiffany. They call her Mellow Yellow.
lvlax 11 months ago
WOW! IT’S GOING TO BE KIP???
I wasn’t expecting this twist. I figured he already had some place to stay over the summer. Stef is going to be JEALOUS! lol.
Will Tiff find romance with Kip? This will be interesting.
Mordock999 Premium Member 11 months ago
Well, looks like Buckeroo called it a week or two ago.
And it looks like Stef’s “intervention” was called by some of the rest of ”US.”
Just yesterday, even. Kinda. ;-)
Aladar30 Premium Member 11 months ago
Now, THIS is interesting! Tiffany seems to really like the possibility and Kip is so generous in selflessly helping a friend in need. But it’s only natural that his girlfriend isn’t happy with the idea. Maybe Stef will tell him not to go to Tiffany’s, or maybe she will decide to skip the family (and the weird competition) to go with him to the Farrell mansion. It would be too easy if Tiffany and Kip spend the summer together without any problems. At some point Bets and Gunther may even come and ask if she can host them!
limarick 11 months ago
Stef cussed? I thought this was a PG rate strip!
Wilkins068 11 months ago
In the middle picture, almost looks like Kip was holdin his arms out an gonna give Tiff a hug. Until Stef walked up. In the last picture Kip is really close to Tif and leaning towards her.
Jaymi Cee Premium Member 11 months ago
Meh, it’s probably a bad idea, but not for the reasons Stef is imagining.
leighabc123 11 months ago
Regardless of what happens in tomorrow strip, the Stef/Kip relationship should be over!
Denver Reader Premium Member 11 months ago
That’s not how anybody uses the phrase sugar-honey-iced-tea because the vulgar word it replaces makes no sense there.
French Persons Premium Member 11 months ago
Whoa there, Kip… That’s pretty forward of you, dude.
Philly1115 11 months ago
Yaaay I called it !
Bernedoodle 11 months ago
As we say in South Carolina, “well, shut my mouth!”.
hmroehrig18 11 months ago
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Wizard of Ahz-no relation 11 months ago
I’ll admit this option didn’t occur to me but. hee hee hee
momcom 11 months ago
That was very twisty! Are we gonna see an old fashioned southern, “coming-to-jesus” moment?
BuckarooDave 11 months ago
=:-O
chaosed2 11 months ago
Shouldn’t it be Drizzled Apple Molasses Nectar
ajr58(1) 11 months ago
I am guessing there’s an acronym for that?
StoicLion1973 11 months ago
I’m with whats-her-name on this one.
Lescoe Brandon 11 months ago
zzzzzz….. well, some thing is happening on this arc.
chris_o42 11 months ago
Love it!
Caldonia 11 months ago
The acronym is so forced. She needs to learn how to cuss.
Dogtreat Premium Member 11 months ago
Great turn of events!
Prescott_Philosopher 11 months ago
Nice artistry GnK. I like that wry smile in panel 2 promising – yes, we all know.
RSH 11 months ago
Regardless of Kip’s intentions (re: Tiff) it all makes perfect sense (to him); free room and board in exchange for his presence as a sense of safety may be perfect as far as he’s concerned. Like many students Kip is probably an out of stater (varsity recruit) who wants housing for the summer but is on a tight budget.
Lord Hearteater 11 months ago
Well, well, well…We are about to see how sacred one’s summer with fam really is.
rickmac1937 Premium Member 11 months ago
Stef you’re so history
rodney 11 months ago
It’s probably about time for Rosa to return from South America.
WilliamVollmer 11 months ago
If you were looking for a house mate of the opposite gender, Tiffany, Kip, WITHOUT Steff, might make an interesting choice.
pennst8drr 11 months ago
As one pro wrestling announcer would say “business is about to pick up!”
Don Bagert Premium Member 11 months ago
Nice development.
bookworm0812 11 months ago
Watch your mouth there, Missy!
Don Bagert Premium Member 11 months ago
I guess Moony Uni is not big enough in football for Kip to get the NIL (name, image, likeness) money from donors that the courts have started allowing in recent years.
drewpamon 11 months ago
Suddenly Tiffany is a threat, honestly it was more insulting to Tiffany when Steph barely considered her human for being overweight.
Ellis97 11 months ago
Looks like someone is about to start a major conflict.
txmystic 11 months ago
Yeah, the look on Tiff’s face in the last panel says it all…
RSH 11 months ago
wait just one sugar-honey-iced-tea with fenugreek minute.
Rauderi 11 months ago
Oh right! I almost forgot about Kip. (I’m sure GK did too ;p)
gingerspike88 Premium Member 11 months ago
Haha! Didn’t see that one coming … this is getting good!
atomicdog 11 months ago
( pulling up a chair and grabbing a bag of popcorn)
Rockabore 11 months ago
I think it’s safe to say the Sugar-Honey-Iced-Tea has hit the fan. She’s going to go ape-Sugar-Honey-Iced-Tea on Kip over that one.
Binky Premium Member 11 months ago
Wonder what Daddy will say if Kip stays the summer..hmmm ✧\(>o<)ノ✧
Stregone39 11 months ago
Well, this Strip finally got “Interesting” again…LOL
BuckarooDave 11 months ago
Sakura Tomoe 11 months ago
And in the plot twist of all plot twists, it turns out Kip is the one who has been robbing homes there. You heard it here first folks!
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault 11 months ago
No offer of generosity goes unpunished.
waerdawg 11 months ago
HEY! I love banana pudding!
Black76Manta 11 months ago
And the storm begins, I wonder how big it will be!
TheBigPickle 11 months ago
What a Fun Unique Concise Kooky exclamation from Stef…
kaycstamper 11 months ago
Sounds like a great idea to me! They seemed to hit it off and they could be great friends!
PaulAbbott2 11 months ago
Yeah, I could see this brewing after the Tea sales.
FassEddie 11 months ago
Did somebody say, “kiss mah grits?”
Because I think he’s volunteering.
Hey, with all that practice, he’s probably good at it!
jrankin1959 11 months ago
The referee is giving them their instructions, and they head for their corners and we wait for the bell…
prrdh 11 months ago
Is that some fancypants way of saying a sweetea minute?
Chuck374 11 months ago
The look on Tiff’s face says it all. She is very into the idea.
malause 11 months ago
I like where this is going!
Chuck374 11 months ago
So Kip has to trust Stef at Cheer Camp, but Stef doesn’t trust Kip at the Manse?
StackableContainers 11 months ago
So Stef considers Tiffiany a threat? I guess that’s why she gives backhanded compliments…to grind her down.
Stewbeef 11 months ago
Love Kip in that second panel!
comic reader 22 11 months ago
And He’s Back! This Kip Lee is quite the operator. He flirts with Tiffany at the Fair, goes back to bonking Stef as soon as she gets back, and now he wants to move in with Tiffany for the summer. I think he likes money, and would like to have some of Tiffany’s money. It’s even possible that Stef could be in on a little money making plot with him as well.
I hope Tiffany (and her dad) will understand that this Kip guy is accustomed to a mature sexual relationship, which he is going to expect with any woman he involves himself with. I don’t believe his new Saint Kip personal one bit.
overtherainbow 11 months ago
If Kip leaves Stef for Tiff, there will be civil war in the dorm. Dez and Bets wouldn’t put up with it, I imagine, and neither should Stef or Tiff. The roomies should break up if this all goes south.
scott.rouse 11 months ago
I honestly wouldn’t object to Tiff and Kip being roomies they certainly have chemistry. Tiff finally gets to be with someone who treats her with genuine kindness and Kip gets to be with someone who treats him like a person. Steff just treats him like a belonging just like how Luann treated Quill. Meanwhile poor old Bets has sacrificed her summer and is going to be trapped in the closet with Gunther’s sexuality.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 11 months ago
It’s a mansion, with more than one bedroom!
locake 11 months ago
So Stefi CAN say the word Sugar. She uses that dumb Shoog so much I thought she couldn’t say Sugar.
rob 11 months ago
I suggested this yesterday but I really didn’t expect it.
locake 11 months ago
It is nice to see Kip happy for a change, and Stef unhappy. Not sure what Tiffany is feeling. She does not seem happy but Tiffany did not do anything wrong here. Stef can’t be mad at her.
jojo318 11 months ago
You mad Shoog?
Rae Suzanne 11 months ago
Now it’s getting good!
The Quiet One 11 months ago
Now this could get interesting.
Count Olaf Premium Member 11 months ago
Boy… do we ever need Ann❤️Eiffel more than ever.
Thena June 11 months ago
So, Steff CAN pronounce “Sugar” correctly!
198.23.5.11 11 months ago
Okay,now shake hands and come out gouging….
lawguy05 11 months ago
He’s about to tell you to stuff it, shoog!
reedkomicks Premium Member 11 months ago
Sorry, no one wants you, Shoog!
ktrabbit 11 months ago
Ooooh, somebody make the popcorn…this is going to be GOOD!
Mooshki Premium Member 11 months ago
You wouldn’t think Stef would mind, since she thinks Tiffany is an obese cow.
gigagrouch 11 months ago
Here we go!
Angry Indeed 11 months ago
I’d like to see how this plays out but I have a nasty premonition that it will get sidetracked by another arc.
hildigunnurr Premium Member 11 months ago
Called it! Along with 50 others probably though :D
AndrewSihler 11 months ago
On the basis of yesterday’s strip, I was beginning to wonder if Steff was no longer interested in spending the summer sitting on Kip’s . . . um, lap.
dadoctah 11 months ago
Remember when Luann had a character named Luann in it?
ironman01 11 months ago
Well, I didn’t expect this to happen. Let’s play dark room and see what develops here.
HodgeElmwood 11 months ago
Ha, I thought so.
dsikkema 11 months ago
The Sugar – Honey – Iced – Tea just hit the fan!
erinurse2000 11 months ago
not sure that’s the correct usage of sugar-honey-ice-tea
eddi-TBH 11 months ago
I sense impending violence.
Dragoncat 11 months ago
Stefanie Bird! Such language!
Callie Ray 11 months ago
Not so fast, Stef. Not so fast.
oakie817 11 months ago
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching towards a maudlin cosmos of nothingness
Otis Rufus Driftwood 11 months ago
Anyone see this twist coming?
kittysquared Premium Member 11 months ago
Could this be a Summer of Love for Tiff? Could Steff finally be written out of the strip?
yoda1234 11 months ago
Well as she just said, the “SugarHoneyIcedTea” is going to hit the fan!
Sisyphos 11 months ago
Kip has a friendly offer for Tiffany (maybe innocent, but he is a player). Stef has an offer for both Tiff and Kip, and it’s definitely not so friendly….
nubianaries81 11 months ago
I would’ve said "Wait one -Driving-Around-My-Neighborhood Minute lol