Bet’s is right on the money. Stef has it coming and all her roomies agree.
If Stef was smart… she would start apologizing profusely to all of them. Then she would take Kip’s hand off of Tiff’s arm and say to Tiff.. “Go ahead, I deserve it for how badly I treated you all”, and see what happens.
Bets is looking at the rug, recognized it, and realized that Steffi stole her rug. Looks like Kippy is going to have to hold back two fists of fire now.
Bets says what we’re all thinking. I’m also starting to like her more and more. Again as I went into detail with yesterday, I don’t WANT Tiff to hit Stef.. but it’s only because Tiff’s already won and Stef could press charges and at the time Tiff tried decking her, there was only one witness who would clearly be 100% honest. This strip backs that up as now Dez and Bets BOTH know that Stef clearly didn’t search the room, have video evidence of Stef’s tirade, and the testimony of four people. She might still escape actually getting say kicked out of the dorms or suspended or anything that’d really hit her hard (as either would likely threaten her place as a cheerleader, aka her whole identity), but at the very least not hitting her gives us the CHANCE Stef gets what’s coming to her and if nothing else gets her out of Tiffany’s room.
This looks like the perfect time for the three friends to tell Stef that she’s no longer welcome and must leave the room immediately. I don’t know if Kip will be able to save his girlfriend to the right anger once again, but let’s see.
Imagine this: Stef gets kicked out of the dorm, then disappears. Later on, she resurfaces… A bit of mayhem ensues… a dark shadowy figure is occasionally seen giving Stef instructions in running some scam…although we can’t see who it is yet… after a time, we finally get to see the shape of the head/hair….it turns out to be Ann Eiffel..
I’m a complete pacifist but even I think Stef deserves a good slap across the face. (As do all such creatures, who are incapable of apologizing nomatter what.) But I already thought that before this whole arc. But actual violence such as punching should only be used if necessary for self defense. You don’t go around punching people just because they pee you off. OTOH I get how much self control it would take to avoid an urge to punch the likes of miss Steffi.
I’ll say it again. Prepare yourselves for a conclusion to this story that goes absolutely nowhere. No apologies, no eviction, no break-up, no vindication, no resolution.
At least Bets and Dez are calling bs on her lame story. There’s no way the ring got under that rug by itself. The truth of the matter is she stashed it away so she could be single at dance camp, it wasn’t where she first looked for it so she freaked out, then she found it and hid it under a rug so she could pretend to find it. I don’t see how they don’t get it, I see it and I’m not even a cartoon.
Only two days left until the weekend (and it likely moves on to a new storyarc, as this one has gone on for weeks now.) What are the chances we’ll see some actual satisfaction in the next two days?
Betts, you’re my girl. But, really, Tiff punching out Stef would just land Tiff in civil court as Stef attempts to be the one exacting her revenge. It’s best to let the other roommates ostracize Stef for a time to teach her a lesson without coming to blows.
Off Topic. Tampa dodged another one and I’m still around. Still here to point out that Gunther is a geek, Les is better than he used to be and Shannon has a lot of good qualities. Thanks for all the good thoughts sent my way, cyber friends.
Well, Bets has made her opinion known. Can’t say I blame her. I’d be tempted to hit Stef, too, and I’m not a violent person. In fact, I try to avoid being confrontational as much as possible. Wanna bet Dez, Tiff and Bets will ask Steff to find other roommates?
As for Kip, he will defend Steff, no matter what she does. He knows how she is, they’ve been dating for a long time. If he doesn’t see what she’s like by now, he never will.
How did it get under the rug in the first place? I imagine they didn’t take the rug when they left since they weren’t losing the dorm to other students.
You may recall that the last time the roommates were angry at Staff’s behavior, Kip played on their sympathies by pleading how her actions were a result of her insecurities. Then everyone felt bad, offered sympathy and made concessions for her, in general sang kumbiyah. I kind of expect him to do this again. It doesn’t make him a nice guy, a hero or a protector. It makes him an enabler and a manipulator. Having pressures or insecurities, or coming from a disadvantaged background, is not justification for bad behavior, nor should it be a get out of jail free card. Kip has never been bothered by his girlfriend’s actions, as the towel incident proved.
Interestingly, even though Steffi is away from Tiff, Kippy is still holding onto her arm all the way into the last panel. Perhaps he is savoring the feel of Tiff instead of Steffi…
It’s hard to imagine how a ring could get under a rug unless it was put there. Presumably the rugs are laid down and a ring could fall on the floor and land on the rug. But under the rug?…..I don’t get that. Why would anyone lay a rug down on top of some jewelry that they can clearly see?
You know, I almost find myself siding with Bets, then I get the feeling that it’s another one of her scams; egg them on, get them to fight, then video record it for her … “Fans”.
First time I’ve agreed with Bets! Generally I would say that no one has a right to strike someone except in self defense, but heck, this is a comic strip and Steff is THE most ANNOYING character. Smack ’er one for me!
Kip continues to lay hand on Tiff: that’s a crime (assault). Stef continues her lying ways. And, has Bets discovered another missing possession (the rug)?
C over 1 year ago
Bets has the right idea
lvlax over 1 year ago
Exactly! So??
Bet’s is right on the money. Stef has it coming and all her roomies agree.
If Stef was smart… she would start apologizing profusely to all of them. Then she would take Kip’s hand off of Tiff’s arm and say to Tiff.. “Go ahead, I deserve it for how badly I treated you all”, and see what happens.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
Stefani owes everyone an apology.
J. Scarbrough over 1 year ago
Am I wearing a belt?
Kinda.
Crann Bethadh over 1 year ago
If it were under the rug, it wouldn’t have been much of an “ow” when she stepped on it, even with bare feet.
catchup over 1 year ago
My guess is that the rug isn’t Steff’s and she has pinched it…
Alabama Al over 1 year ago
I think the household as we know it is about to break up.
Lord Hearteater over 1 year ago
Stef will be moving soon.
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
What a mess…
notbornyesterday over 1 year ago
Raise your arm alittle higher Tiff, as in “The winner and still the Champ”
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
Tif is still locked and loaded and ready to pull the knuckle trigger.
outonalimb over 1 year ago
Tomorrow Dez joins Kip in trying to promote peace. Meanwhile, Bets remarks that she’d been wondering what had happened to her throw rug.
capricorn9th over 1 year ago
Why is Bets befuddled about the rug? If that is a rug….?
Rhetorical_Question over 1 year ago
Let go the arm, Kip Lee.
Brdshtt Premium Member over 1 year ago
Bets is looking at the rug, recognized it, and realized that Steffi stole her rug. Looks like Kippy is going to have to hold back two fists of fire now.
kenhense over 1 year ago
Bets looks tough!
Rhetorical_Question over 1 year ago
The ditz needs to take responsibility for her actions?
luann1212 over 1 year ago
Said, in the end it would be hilarity ensues. But Steph is going to have to apologize, Bets might pop her if Tiff can’t. Nah, won’t happen.
MarieStanford over 1 year ago
Go for it Bets, he’s not holding your arm….
Tyge Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yeah! SO! 8^ (
Asharah over 1 year ago
Bets can hit her
Tyge Premium Member over 1 year ago
By Saturday all will be straightened out. (HA!)
Jacob Mattingly over 1 year ago
Bets says what we’re all thinking. I’m also starting to like her more and more. Again as I went into detail with yesterday, I don’t WANT Tiff to hit Stef.. but it’s only because Tiff’s already won and Stef could press charges and at the time Tiff tried decking her, there was only one witness who would clearly be 100% honest. This strip backs that up as now Dez and Bets BOTH know that Stef clearly didn’t search the room, have video evidence of Stef’s tirade, and the testimony of four people. She might still escape actually getting say kicked out of the dorms or suspended or anything that’d really hit her hard (as either would likely threaten her place as a cheerleader, aka her whole identity), but at the very least not hitting her gives us the CHANCE Stef gets what’s coming to her and if nothing else gets her out of Tiffany’s room.
Airman over 1 year ago
Why would Kip try to change Stef? All the cookies are there for him and Stef even provides the privacy.
Pointspread over 1 year ago
Gotta admit she does have it coming.
Busrayne over 1 year ago
Must…control….fist…of…death…
Joe1962 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I think Kip thinks if he drops the arm. Tiff would roundhouse Stef.
Binky Premium Member over 1 year ago
Exactly Bets! ☜(`o´)
SHIVA over 1 year ago
So, what was Kip’s intention holding Tiff’s arm that way?? He’s Stef’s lapdog and does whatever he is trained to do!!!
rekam Premium Member over 1 year ago
What they should do is just kick her out of their dorm entirely.
rklynch over 1 year ago
For once I have to agree with Bets. But only once….
Aladar30 Premium Member over 1 year ago
This looks like the perfect time for the three friends to tell Stef that she’s no longer welcome and must leave the room immediately. I don’t know if Kip will be able to save his girlfriend to the right anger once again, but let’s see.
Mordock999 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yo, Bets?
Quickly wrap that rug around Kip’s head.
And in the confusion, you Dez and Tiff slap the daylights out of Stef.
When she whines, ”WHY?” say ya’ll were just “_Goofin’._
Then find a new roommate……,
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
Looks like the girls will finally open Kip’s eyes about what a b!tch his GF really is!!
And then he’ll dump her!!
And then there will be an official notice that she is expelled from Moony Uni!!
And then..
Purple People Eater over 1 year ago
I’m with Bets on this.
louchivegas over 1 year ago
Yea and politicians will care about the people
leighabc123 over 1 year ago
Beta doesn’t even care at this point.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member over 1 year ago
Simple, unless there’s a apology, no alone time for Kip and Stef in this place.
It’s against the dorm rules anyway, (probably).
Johnnyrico over 1 year ago
Imagine this: Stef gets kicked out of the dorm, then disappears. Later on, she resurfaces… A bit of mayhem ensues… a dark shadowy figure is occasionally seen giving Stef instructions in running some scam…although we can’t see who it is yet… after a time, we finally get to see the shape of the head/hair….it turns out to be Ann Eiffel..
sueb1863 over 1 year ago
it’s going to be ridiculous if this doesn’t end with them all kicking Stef out. Enough is enough.
And Kip, you can move your hand or lose it.
By the way, how did the ring get UNDER the rug? That would only be possible if the rug was put down after the ring was dropped.
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Oh, Stef is just a coward! Kick her out and end this arc!
GirlGeek Premium Member over 1 year ago
My point exactly
Chris over 1 year ago
Belt nothing, she was about to send her to the moon through the window. :D
Meg: All Seriousness Aside over 1 year ago
Yeah. So?
ctolson over 1 year ago
I agree with Bets 100%. Steff needs a “Wake-up Call”.
artegal over 1 year ago
Let Tiff swing away. Throw in some Jell-o and you have an instant fund raiser.
UBBM Premium Member over 1 year ago
Kip seems to be a decent fellow.
Doug K over 1 year ago
She wants to reward her by giving … uh … presenting her (with) a belt.
Scrum over 1 year ago
Could’ve been really dangerous if Tiffany put all her weight behind that punch!
Wubbie over 1 year ago
Stuff might regret that approach after she picks herself off the floor.
carrissima over 1 year ago
Please let this be the point at which the other three band together and insist that Steff moves out. Write her out of the comic!
Squoop over 1 year ago
I’m a complete pacifist but even I think Stef deserves a good slap across the face. (As do all such creatures, who are incapable of apologizing nomatter what.) But I already thought that before this whole arc. But actual violence such as punching should only be used if necessary for self defense. You don’t go around punching people just because they pee you off. OTOH I get how much self control it would take to avoid an urge to punch the likes of miss Steffi.
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
I’ll say it again. Prepare yourselves for a conclusion to this story that goes absolutely nowhere. No apologies, no eviction, no break-up, no vindication, no resolution.
comic reader 22 over 1 year ago
At least Bets and Dez are calling bs on her lame story. There’s no way the ring got under that rug by itself. The truth of the matter is she stashed it away so she could be single at dance camp, it wasn’t where she first looked for it so she freaked out, then she found it and hid it under a rug so she could pretend to find it. I don’t see how they don’t get it, I see it and I’m not even a cartoon.
waerdawg over 1 year ago
Im so done with the Toxic Twosome (Stef and Kip). Please get back on track with the mains.
larryzolcienski over 1 year ago
And then she should see about charging Kip with assault for putting “his” hand on her. Just sayin’.
Tetonbil Premium Member over 1 year ago
Stef seems a young and coming Ann Eiffel.
wantcomicsnow2 over 1 year ago
Kip really should let go of Tiff. Unwanted touching could be considered assault.
Or better yet, Tiff should suddenly jerk her elbow back, and bash ole’ Kippy in the face. (Or the gut, or whatever she can hit. )
Airman over 1 year ago
Stef is the diva that Tiffany used to be. Now, Tiff has become short, dumpy, and heavy. Stef is the latest sacrifice on the altar of sexual fantasy
jojo318 over 1 year ago
“Get your paws off me you damm dirty ape!”
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Nuts!
PouluCBagumba over 1 year ago
Tiff can use a good, Stef belt.
BJShipley1 over 1 year ago
Only two days left until the weekend (and it likely moves on to a new storyarc, as this one has gone on for weeks now.) What are the chances we’ll see some actual satisfaction in the next two days?
preacherman over 1 year ago
Betts, you’re my girl. But, really, Tiff punching out Stef would just land Tiff in civil court as Stef attempts to be the one exacting her revenge. It’s best to let the other roommates ostracize Stef for a time to teach her a lesson without coming to blows.
beachlvr Premium Member over 1 year ago
Kip is complicit if he doesn’t leave Stef after this. He will prove he has sunk to her level. Go now Kip or be a rat, too!
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 1 year ago
That’s sweet. Kippy’s a keeper. Steph needs a keeper.
(Maybe a fat lip too, but you won’t catch me condoning violence.)
locake over 1 year ago
Off Topic. Tampa dodged another one and I’m still around. Still here to point out that Gunther is a geek, Les is better than he used to be and Shannon has a lot of good qualities. Thanks for all the good thoughts sent my way, cyber friends.
Bucksnort54 over 1 year ago
ring put under the rug by Les??
Johnnyrico over 1 year ago
Is it even Stef’s rug?
Johnnyrico over 1 year ago
I think Kip likes putting his hands on Tiff..
Moon57Shine over 1 year ago
Well, Bets has made her opinion known. Can’t say I blame her. I’d be tempted to hit Stef, too, and I’m not a violent person. In fact, I try to avoid being confrontational as much as possible. Wanna bet Dez, Tiff and Bets will ask Steff to find other roommates?
As for Kip, he will defend Steff, no matter what she does. He knows how she is, they’ve been dating for a long time. If he doesn’t see what she’s like by now, he never will.
locake over 1 year ago
I think most readers will be happy with Kip by the end of this week. Give him a chance to say what he has to say.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Lois Lane and Lana Lang fought to the death much better.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
The rug is a valuable curio from Ecuador,Peru,or whatever
PAR85 over 1 year ago
He’s going to need to hold all of their arms.
liberalnlovinit over 1 year ago
Bets: “BTW Stef, this is my rug. Did you steal it?!?”
The Quiet One over 1 year ago
I agree with Bett’s. “so”.
lunapeachie over 1 year ago
How did it get under the rug in the first place? I imagine they didn’t take the rug when they left since they weren’t losing the dorm to other students.
Just So So Premium Member over 1 year ago
You may recall that the last time the roommates were angry at Staff’s behavior, Kip played on their sympathies by pleading how her actions were a result of her insecurities. Then everyone felt bad, offered sympathy and made concessions for her, in general sang kumbiyah. I kind of expect him to do this again. It doesn’t make him a nice guy, a hero or a protector. It makes him an enabler and a manipulator. Having pressures or insecurities, or coming from a disadvantaged background, is not justification for bad behavior, nor should it be a get out of jail free card. Kip has never been bothered by his girlfriend’s actions, as the towel incident proved.
oakie817 over 1 year ago
yeah Bets!
gigagrouch over 1 year ago
“If”
Brdshtt Premium Member over 1 year ago
Interestingly, even though Steffi is away from Tiff, Kippy is still holding onto her arm all the way into the last panel. Perhaps he is savoring the feel of Tiff instead of Steffi…
RSH over 1 year ago
It’s hard to imagine how a ring could get under a rug unless it was put there. Presumably the rugs are laid down and a ring could fall on the floor and land on the rug. But under the rug?…..I don’t get that. Why would anyone lay a rug down on top of some jewelry that they can clearly see?
D.E.N. over 1 year ago
You know, I almost find myself siding with Bets, then I get the feeling that it’s another one of her scams; egg them on, get them to fight, then video record it for her … “Fans”.
black and white over 1 year ago
Les did it to cause trouble for Stef.
HodgeElmwood over 1 year ago
First time I’ve agreed with Bets! Generally I would say that no one has a right to strike someone except in self defense, but heck, this is a comic strip and Steff is THE most ANNOYING character. Smack ’er one for me!
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
I’m with Bets.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Kip continues to lay hand on Tiff: that’s a crime (assault). Stef continues her lying ways. And, has Bets discovered another missing possession (the rug)?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
Bet’s ready to lend a fist here to that girl and her nasty mouth.
DanielDrummond over 1 year ago
So, what exactly was the purpose of the arc? Come on Greg, you’re wasting potential here!
Tyge Premium Member over 1 year ago
I have a suspicion that Bets will have more of a role to play in this.