Ripping Off The Band-Aid

They used to be called longcase clocks, but then in 1876, a songwriter called Henry Clay Work wrote a song about them called "My Grandfather's Clock" and it became extremely popular. Everyone started calling them Grandfather Clocks after that as a reference to the song.

Lucanid Landman

Funny thing, there _is_ such a thing as a grandmother clock! They're similar to, but a bit smaller than, grandfather clocks

Nicolas Demers

Renee has the best body language. Every word translates into choreography!

jimbo

Wait...WHY are they called "grandfather clocks" now?

Kevin Hicks

What? She's ALWAYS been likeable!

Tim Keating

It took quite a while, but Renee has finally become likable.

OldGoat

My theory is the knees give way to make it easier to pound on the tabletop. Yup.

BobC

That face in the last panel? My brain far too often.

Matt

Good for you rene, take dick by the horns.

Aaron Schulz

Dang, that last panel sure takes me back.

Maurice Kessler

From experience: that trick never works.

KCkittysnores

Same, Brun, same.

Will Weaver

YEAH! GET IN THERE AND GET SOME MORE OF THAT SHITTY DAN DICK!

Yelling Bird

Hopefully this goes better than the time I told my crush I liked them. Walking back to our cars after a school trip I might have just blurted it out. Never got a response, though that's probably because I ran away.

Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson

How on earth did you do that text formatting?

Mark

just like Aurelia, she has a thin veneer of chill over a solid core of accidentally going as hard as possible

LH

Obligatory "Happy Birthday, Grandma!"

Evgeniy Semyonov

i really hope he says yes. i want Renee to be happy. plus. i like ℌ𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔩.

Absentia

No, stay there, Brun. I think that Renee and Dan will need your support during this conversation, especially as I suspect that they will be their own worst enemies!

Ben Russell-Gough

There is some magic in the future for Dan, just saying

Bagge

at least Brun didn't go with Grandfather Cock this time.

Bagge

Points for that leap of faith,.... I hope she sticks the landing. I'm in the minority, (I think), but I found this refreshing. I never liked dancing around topics of this level of importance or greater - I think "Shitty Dan" wants more Renee, but wasn't sure how to get more Renee,.... Rooting for him.

Darnel D Cooper

This is just like PEAK all three of them!

Nick Hodgson

The look on Dan's face in the last panel has me so stressed out Jeph please don't break my heart here.

Creepy Cat Lady

How do you tell a grandfather clock from a grandmother clock? Just look for the pendulum.

Erin Halfelven at BigCloset

sexy as hell

Brun has to go... wash... the clock.

Matthew Reiter

What I love is that Dan gives Brun the excuse she needs in order to go out while he talks to Renee. That was CLASS! Classy Dan? :)

Joseph Bonnar

This is why I fucking love Renée.

Yonatan Zunger

If it’s meant to be, Dan will respond positively to this approach.

KCkittysnores

I love her hand in the air in that panel. Very well drawn.

K C

I love Brun and Shitty Dan just being bros so much

Jackie Horn

Answering my own question http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/09/why-do-they-call-grandfather-clocks-by-that-name/

That Blair Guy

Subtle is wildly overrated. Just say it. Be direct, open, and honest.

Shaun

It took me a long time to come to that realization

Jim Feldman

But... Why are they called grandfather clocks?

That Blair Guy

Renee has never had much of a filter, which is why she asked Elliot to take off his shirt AT WORK!

Grace Kieser

Clocks. Present. I see what you did there.

Elf Sternberg

Ooohh Renee's realization face...

Jacob Holzman

this is kind of how she wound up texting him in the first place, so if this is how they wind up Really Dating (🤞!) it'll be super apropos

David Jackson

We believe in you!

I think Brun has been rubbing off on Renee as well... She just says what's on her mind w/o a filter, much like how Brun is.

Shawn K. Younkin

Go Renee! Get it girl!

K C

Dan seems so well-adjusted.

Lana Del Prey

Honesty works.

Sparky

Ah, when you want to be subtle and instead just say it all out loud. Renee, I feel your pain.

Ted Van Roekel

The more I think of it, Renee may be a honorary Augustus, insofar as she totally lacks chill.

Michael Boettger

It'll either hurt, or not hurt. Either way shit's going to get sorted.

R L

Eh the timings poor but I'm still proud of her for asking!

SingingTurtles

Renee, yes! :3

Wynn Donivan

I mean, not the worst way to go about it.

Jackson Mccreery

her brain slipped D:

Lucas Werkmeister

Zomg Renee!!!!!

This went exactly as I expected.

Scott Vogel

We clearly grabbed some skin with that bandaid rip. Oof

Max D S

Renee, no!

Grace Kieser