Two observations:. One, Kip’s very friendly smile in response to Tiff in panel 1 and, of course, Steffi’s clumsy alliteration in Panel 3. Panel 2 just shows how clueless Tiff is to any idea of Ox’s feelings, while Ox is all clue. Until Monday, but boy.are we set up.
This whole name game thing is kind of childish. It was probably invented by movie magazines, and Hollywood gossip columnists, and aimed at people like Bernice and Luann. I want my own name, not some alloy.
So we’re reinforcing the stereotype of cheerleaders are stupid? If this is where we were going with this, defending cheerleading as a sport was a waste of time.
Kip seems to not even like Stephanie, yet he’s in a relationship with her and doesn’t mind doing her in close proximity and well within the hearing of her roommates.
It’s incredible but Stef has just entered a new level of being annoying, even more than her usual! She will repeat that name so much that even Ox will start hate it. No wonder Kip dumps her so often, the weird thing is that they always get back together. Especially since Kip seems to be in a lot of pain in being with her
Thank you Lord, it is Saturday and this arc can’t continue, unless, over the weekend, events occur that can not (should not) show up in print..
Looking at Kip’s facial expressions, he will take Steph back to the dorm for the last night of “boot knocking” , after which he will dump her. He already paid for dinner, she owes him something.
Dorm room occupied, Tiff and Ox go back to the mansion. Tiff needs a shower, tells Ox she hopes he does not mind seeing her " aue naturale", as she said to Gunther that time. So she comes out of shower, in bath robe, all combed out and cute.
Bathrobe slips open, Ox sees the goodies. But like Gunther, has no idea what to do.
Get out the sheet music, Ox as you are about to be “played.”
What’s more, Kip might decide that in order to save you from “embarrassment,” he’ll make a “sacrifice” and dump Stef (For Good) and finally go after Tiffany, who’ll promptly forget you ever existed. (If she hasn’t done so already)
I fear that things about to get nasty and Ox will shattered like a bridge in Pennsylvania.
If ever there was a time for Nancy to show up and toss out a tox-ic “customer……,”
They call him Ox because he’s big and strong like an ox. Steffi on the other hand is more like what the ox leaves behind in the field, so what can we call her in a PG strip…..
It’s always one or both of the matchees who end up really hurt in these schemes… comes across limited she just wants Tiffany off the market for selfish reasons
Maybe Tiffany can learn a useful lesson from Stef about involving oneself in other people’s love lives. Actually, never mind. She’s still too self-absorbed to make the connection and will just conclude that Stef is bad at it.
In a perfect world, Tiff might tell Stef to mind her own business. Or Kip could do that to help Tiff save face and then chat up Ox again to smooth things out. Agree with Stef getting dumped by Kip.
Steff…or should I say KAREN is gross in every way possible with the lowest standards. And KIP? Well he’s no better because he’s with her… otherwise he’d be with someone else.
I’d love to see Steff butt heads with Anne Eiffel. I know who the victor would be. Don’t get me wrong…I detest Anne – horrid woman…she and Steff deserve each other. And stupid Steff hardly knows when she’s been insulted, but my guess is she’d know by the time Anne was through.
Oxford has liked Tiffany for some time, although I presume Tiffany has missed the clues. I like Ox. I like the (new) Tiff. I hope she and Ox get together (asap) despite Stef’s interference. And I esp hope this arc isn’t a heartbreaker or insult to Ox, it wouldn’t be fair to such a nice guy.
Kip hits on Tiff. Steff is crushed. Tiff is flattered. Ox takes Steff aside to comfort her. Steff just wraps up Ox in her gratitude. And, as she snuggles deeper into Ox’s huge arms, she forgets the quarterback’s name, and wonders if “bigger IS better”.
This is cruel on Stef’s part. Tiffany has always been nice to Ox, but never encouraged him or offered false hope. Stef trying to force this is only going to get Oz hurt and leave Tiff looking like the jerk no matter what she says.
Wonder if Ox admits to caring for Tiffany and/or his feelings are crushed. He’s come to her rescue many times, but she seems oblivious to his feelings. Steff is a PITA, but she may bring the situation out into the open, for better or worse. Kip is…..Kip I guess. Backs down to keep the peace. §:-o
lvlax over 2 years ago
TOX
AnyFace over 2 years ago
beb01 over 2 years ago
Tiffany and Ox. TiffandOx. Tox! Yup a TOXic loe affair. Steffani is really batting 1.000
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
What are you getting at, Stefani? “Oxany”/“Tiffanox” aren’t following.
TheThingIs over 2 years ago
Daft. Oh, and They’ll have some Lox.
Kymberleigh over 2 years ago
We hate you, Stef, as much as you love yourself. Which is way too much.
Tyge Premium Member over 2 years ago
And with that we close another episode of Kipenstef Oxentiff!! Tune in Monday when we hear Steffi Bird ask “Are you and Ox a thing?”
GirlGeek Premium Member over 2 years ago
Can she please just stop being stupid?
lvlax over 2 years ago
Stef, the only TOX you’ll eventually be seeing is…. BOTOX.
Rhetorical_Question over 2 years ago
Can Tiffany compete with Stefani? Not at this level!
Brdshtt Premium Member over 2 years ago
I am hoping there is some kind of TOX in that little bowl that Steffi is eating from. As in, TOXic. Kip looks like he is thinking the same thing.
CreativeChef over 2 years ago
Poor ox is getting abused
Caldonia over 2 years ago
Hey, how come Ox doesn’t get a shirt with a collar and a tie? He looks like he’s wearing a romper. A very unflattering look for him.
Rhetorical_Question over 2 years ago
Is Kip Lee eating a “McPlant” burger?
jea9hrkr over 2 years ago
If it quacks likea duck…
howtheduck over 2 years ago
Now we can see exactly why Kip did not want Steffi to be matchmaking.
jea9hrkr over 2 years ago
Kip looks like he likes Tiffany.
howtheduck over 2 years ago
Kip had a sandwich and Steffi is drinking a strong coffee for lunch?
kenhense over 2 years ago
Stef is showing signs of desperation. I think her relationship with Kip sleeps with the fishes.
SJhapamama over 2 years ago
Ugh—this scenario could easily end in public embarrassment for Ox…
Joe1962 Premium Member over 2 years ago
KStiff
gnmnrbl over 2 years ago
Wow, what number is larger: stef’s IQ or her bra size?
Miles VanDelay over 2 years ago
I hate to agree, but it looks like we’re winding up for a big old heart punch to Ox.
Busrayne over 2 years ago
Tiff and Ox puzzled, Kip exasperated and Steffi babbling. Sounds like more next week.
DaJellyBelly over 2 years ago
I think Kip has had enough. He needs to dump that KAREN!
mysterysciencefreezer over 2 years ago
Subtle, she ain’t.
luann1212 over 2 years ago
Two observations:. One, Kip’s very friendly smile in response to Tiff in panel 1 and, of course, Steffi’s clumsy alliteration in Panel 3. Panel 2 just shows how clueless Tiff is to any idea of Ox’s feelings, while Ox is all clue. Until Monday, but boy.are we set up.
Airman over 2 years ago
This whole name game thing is kind of childish. It was probably invented by movie magazines, and Hollywood gossip columnists, and aimed at people like Bernice and Luann. I want my own name, not some alloy.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 2 years ago
Stef is about to become an ex girlfriend.
cdoorn98 over 2 years ago
So we’re reinforcing the stereotype of cheerleaders are stupid? If this is where we were going with this, defending cheerleading as a sport was a waste of time.
BabyBlue over 2 years ago
Kip seems to not even like Stephanie, yet he’s in a relationship with her and doesn’t mind doing her in close proximity and well within the hearing of her roommates.
Ugh.
Rhetorical_Question over 2 years ago
Kip Lee will not give up the privacy hut unless….
ct0760 over 2 years ago
Stef IS an idiot
me_the_polish_gull over 2 years ago
Noice
STEPUP over 2 years ago
Let’s not embarrass Ox, okay!!!
Aladar30 Premium Member over 2 years ago
It’s incredible but Stef has just entered a new level of being annoying, even more than her usual! She will repeat that name so much that even Ox will start hate it. No wonder Kip dumps her so often, the weird thing is that they always get back together. Especially since Kip seems to be in a lot of pain in being with her
pbaiey over 2 years ago
Thank you Lord, it is Saturday and this arc can’t continue, unless, over the weekend, events occur that can not (should not) show up in print..
Looking at Kip’s facial expressions, he will take Steph back to the dorm for the last night of “boot knocking” , after which he will dump her. He already paid for dinner, she owes him something.
Dorm room occupied, Tiff and Ox go back to the mansion. Tiff needs a shower, tells Ox she hopes he does not mind seeing her " aue naturale", as she said to Gunther that time. So she comes out of shower, in bath robe, all combed out and cute.
Bathrobe slips open, Ox sees the goodies. But like Gunther, has no idea what to do.
And I look forward to Monday.
blunebottle over 2 years ago
Off topic, but hey, look what’s happening on Parliament Hill- bet nobody gets any sleep in Ottawa tonight!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGonbh6wc6Y
Johnnyrico over 2 years ago
Stef….. ***snerk***
Mordock999 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Get out the sheet music, Ox as you are about to be “played.”
What’s more, Kip might decide that in order to save you from “embarrassment,” he’ll make a “sacrifice” and dump Stef (For Good) and finally go after Tiffany, who’ll promptly forget you ever existed. (If she hasn’t done so already)
I fear that things about to get nasty and Ox will shattered like a bridge in Pennsylvania.
If ever there was a time for Nancy to show up and toss out a tox-ic “customer……,”
jr1234 over 2 years ago
Guess she’s just eating the fruit bowl that came with HIS meal
Ruth Brown over 2 years ago
You should have just walked away, Tiff.
rmsbeltowski02 over 2 years ago
Stefani is TOX
Bernedoodle over 2 years ago
Toxic Stefani.
pontiac59 over 2 years ago
They call him Ox because he’s big and strong like an ox. Steffi on the other hand is more like what the ox leaves behind in the field, so what can we call her in a PG strip…..
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Kip, how about ripping your so-called “girlfriend” a new one??
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
It’s only 7:35 AM (ET), and there are already over 110 posts on this strip?!?!
I believe this is the most commented strip online—more so than “Mark Trail” or “Rex Morgan, MD”.
Purple People Eater over 2 years ago
Isn’t “tox” short for “toxin”?
ctolson over 2 years ago
Stef’s a babbling idiot now, jabbering in Pidgin-English
jrinnebraska over 2 years ago
Is the K2 drink a salute to Piraro and Bizarro? Neat!
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 2 years ago
Kip needs to buy a muzzle and a taser on the way home. Or take away her prescription for stupid pills.
Ellis97 over 2 years ago
Tox? That doesn’t sound very good.
A.Ficionada over 2 years ago
It’s always one or both of the matchees who end up really hurt in these schemes… comes across limited she just wants Tiffany off the market for selfish reasons
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Enough of this stupid story
WilliamVollmer over 2 years ago
Steph; doing all those dance moves cheerleading has done something to your brain. THERE IS NO TIFFFANY AND OX.(At least, not yet.)
D.E.N. over 2 years ago
TOX … !! I like the sound of that, like the sound of Tiff’s fist hitting Princess Ditz right square in the teeth. If we only had one more day here …….
GregWaddell over 2 years ago
Interesting. Steffie uses passive/aggressive tactics, to eliminate possible rivals to Kip’s affections.
Call me Ishmael over 2 years ago
Vapid with a vengeance.
tcayer over 2 years ago
Kip, time to stuff something back in her mouth to get her to shut up!
djminor321 over 2 years ago
Stefani so stupid, she qualifies to be a member of congress
SkyGuy over 2 years ago
Vapid is as vapid does, I suppose.
leighabc123 over 2 years ago
Stef just beat Shannon for the most stupid and most annoying character in the strip!
forusingyt over 2 years ago
She gets more annoying by the moment. Kip is clearly in it for the ‘tail’. Unless he’s a glutton for misery!!!
calamiak over 2 years ago
Time for Kip to say goodbye
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
Stefanidiot!
Decepticomic over 2 years ago
Obviously, if a woman is seen to be within close (or any) proximity to a man, they MUST become a couple! Stef has all the intelligence!
ajr58(1) over 2 years ago
In a few years Stef and her cheerleading uniform will be the modern version of Miss Haversham and her wedding dress.
Jaymi Cee Premium Member over 2 years ago
The only tox things here are Stef’s attitude and that rank cheer uniform. Does she ever wash that thing?
w16521 over 2 years ago
More like “Toxic”!
Same2Ubuddy over 2 years ago
Kip dumps Stef. Stef picks up with Ox. Problem solved.
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member over 2 years ago
Maybe Tiffany can learn a useful lesson from Stef about involving oneself in other people’s love lives. Actually, never mind. She’s still too self-absorbed to make the connection and will just conclude that Stef is bad at it.
Troglodyte over 2 years ago
The pox on Stef! She needs to de-Tox.
Uncle Bob over 2 years ago
it would have been fun if Ox had a a used voice balloon in his hand instead of a dirty dish…
Z Blair Premium Member over 2 years ago
In a perfect world, Tiff might tell Stef to mind her own business. Or Kip could do that to help Tiff save face and then chat up Ox again to smooth things out. Agree with Stef getting dumped by Kip.
Diane913 over 2 years ago
Kip seems like a much nicer person than his girlfriend. Don’t think they have a future.
tidewaterscot over 2 years ago
Stregone39 over 2 years ago
Man oh Man, He looks like he may finally be done with this Airhead.
Binky Premium Member over 2 years ago
Steff…or should I say KAREN is gross in every way possible with the lowest standards. And KIP? Well he’s no better because he’s with her… otherwise he’d be with someone else.
I’d love to see Steff butt heads with Anne Eiffel. I know who the victor would be. Don’t get me wrong…I detest Anne – horrid woman…she and Steff deserve each other. And stupid Steff hardly knows when she’s been insulted, but my guess is she’d know by the time Anne was through.
I wonder if that could even be brought about…hmmm
Joe1962 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Steff is toxic.
mindjob over 2 years ago
I hope Stef loves a fist in her fat mouth too
jojo318 over 2 years ago
You would think the star football player could have a big choice of who he wanted as a girlfriend and this is who he chose?
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 2 years ago
Undeclared love
Ginny Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ask Gibbs to give her a smack on her head.
BuckarooDave over 2 years ago
Sunday: Brad and TJ re-assess.
Kirk Sinclair over 2 years ago
What an airhead…
bob-droid12 over 2 years ago
Just going to say, not a fan of this combine couple name thing
BradFilippone over 2 years ago
Ox will have to wash that dish. Greg wrote all over it.
wantcomicsnow2 over 2 years ago
Steff must be really, really REALLY good in bed for Kip to put up with her stupidity the rest of the time.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 2 years ago
Now that I have decided to like Tiffany, I have a new person to dislike. Yay?
Tenax over 2 years ago
Oxford has liked Tiffany for some time, although I presume Tiffany has missed the clues. I like Ox. I like the (new) Tiff. I hope she and Ox get together (asap) despite Stef’s interference. And I esp hope this arc isn’t a heartbreaker or insult to Ox, it wouldn’t be fair to such a nice guy.
Dragoncat over 2 years ago
Good Lord…! Stefani is more toxic than “she who must never be named ever again”.
Dragoncat over 2 years ago
I don’t know who needs a brain transplant more: Stefani, or Kip (for continuing to date her).
eladee AKA Wally over 2 years ago
What’s Stef having? A cup of broth?
stealth694 over 2 years ago
Careful Stefani,, else Tip decides he is dating a Bimbo.
Ukko wilko over 2 years ago
Stef is TOXic.
Sisyphos over 2 years ago
To be charitable, maybe Stef has had too much sugar in her tea….
Will Tiff and Oxford ever even have a date together?
Airman over 2 years ago
Kip hits on Tiff. Steff is crushed. Tiff is flattered. Ox takes Steff aside to comfort her. Steff just wraps up Ox in her gratitude. And, as she snuggles deeper into Ox’s huge arms, she forgets the quarterback’s name, and wonders if “bigger IS better”.
carrissima over 2 years ago
This is cruel on Stef’s part. Tiffany has always been nice to Ox, but never encouraged him or offered false hope. Stef trying to force this is only going to get Oz hurt and leave Tiff looking like the jerk no matter what she says.
YorkGirl Premium Member over 2 years ago
Wonder if Ox admits to caring for Tiffany and/or his feelings are crushed. He’s come to her rescue many times, but she seems oblivious to his feelings. Steff is a PITA, but she may bring the situation out into the open, for better or worse. Kip is…..Kip I guess. Backs down to keep the peace. §:-o
yow4zip Premium Member over 2 years ago
A tox on both your houses.
Rachiesauce over 2 years ago
This is exactly the kind of junk old Tiffany used to pull on Luann. Just wanted to point that out.
Jason Allen over 2 years ago
Ugh. Kip needs to dump Stef once and for all and settle down with a nice boy. But then I might be biassed. I don’t like Stef.
Rhetorical_Question over 2 years ago
Oxford, the Ox was the best Defensive Tackle in the High School Division!
bakana over 2 years ago
The Ditz just loves shoving random names together to annoy people.
lawguy05 over 2 years ago
Shut up you ditz!
globalenterprize1990 over 2 years ago
Stefani is annoying!!