Middle Of The Road
Added 2020-02-18 02:08:04 +0000 UTComg
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One of my college friends was a football player who went on to be a small-town doctor. Another one was a stereotypical math geek who went on to become and Airborne Ranger Exceptions don't really negate the existence of the type, and if I say Jock, pretty much everybody knows what I mean.
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2020-02-20 17:52:36 +0000 UTC"Jocks" are rather diverse, and often overlap with other cliques in sometimes surprising ways. For example, one of my favorite fellow D&D players was also a football player.
Daryl Sawyer
2020-02-19 02:14:53 +0000 UTCClique clock clique clock clique clock...
Daryl Sawyer
2020-02-19 01:58:25 +0000 UTCIt's after 1995 or so; there's a good chance it's an automatic.
Daryl Sawyer
2020-02-19 01:58:04 +0000 UTCApparently, literature camp was lit.
Daryl Sawyer
2020-02-19 01:57:13 +0000 UTCRenee, the proper answer to Elliot's barb is "Yes, I got invited to *the best kind of parties*." Seriously, ain't no life like the social nerd life.
Daryl Sawyer
2020-02-19 01:56:39 +0000 UTCSo glad to see its not a self driving van in that particular stub... Thats the universe I want to be in.
Obliviontoad
2020-02-19 01:16:01 +0000 UTCIs this the first time we've seen Elliot *not* nervous around a crush? o.O
Am Queue
2020-02-19 00:23:30 +0000 UTCElliot can snark. I like it.
Jon
2020-02-18 18:55:00 +0000 UTCBalanced, as all things should be. Brunos.
Devin Forbes
2020-02-18 18:05:56 +0000 UTCAlso in strip 4197 (the second time)
Trigon Manthree
2020-02-18 17:00:41 +0000 UTCIn spite of his athletic build and obvious regimen (he mentions "leg day" at least once), Elliot never struck me as a "jock".
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2020-02-18 16:22:28 +0000 UTCTypo in that last panel -- cinammon instead of cinnamon.
Tim Keating
2020-02-18 15:17:19 +0000 UTCAnd suddenly my high school life makes an appearance... shudder...
David Pipes
2020-02-18 14:23:25 +0000 UTCRenee's with the chess club, goth club, drama; Brun has got a bad hip, Elliot will lift her; look out, kid, it's something you did...
Diptych
2020-02-18 13:44:17 +0000 UTCBrun's in the tock tick clock clique; Eliot's in the box truck, drives stick. ...I've had too much coffee today.
Stephen Wells
2020-02-18 13:07:27 +0000 UTCHe’ll drive all the way to CA in 1st gear, if he has to
Jon Guyer
2020-02-18 12:57:36 +0000 UTCPicturing The Clock People as the neighbors of The Scientific People in "The Stars My Destination." (See also "Chronopolis" by JG Ballard.)
Captain Button
2020-02-18 12:29:28 +0000 UTCThe clock clique?
Ack
2020-02-18 12:25:47 +0000 UTCdefinitely not. elliot's right arm is pressed tight in, on his lap
jimbo
2020-02-18 11:46:54 +0000 UTCfollowed by rolling eyes. Brun had no clique.
jimbo
2020-02-18 11:42:57 +0000 UTCit's a moving truck, there's high chances the stick shift is build into the steering column~
Rémi Beaulieu-Dubé
2020-02-18 10:59:04 +0000 UTCBrun, obviously, was popular with the clock people
Bagge
2020-02-18 10:45:26 +0000 UTCThe middle seat means you get the stick-shift in the knees. When a girl is there the driver is sometimes provided with an opportunity to touch their thigh... occasionally whether it was his intention or not!
Sean
2020-02-18 09:14:24 +0000 UTCnerd popular is the best popular!
Satan
2020-02-18 08:57:03 +0000 UTCMr Churchill making an Elliott-blush. That’s hilarious!
Daniel Rydberg
2020-02-18 07:55:36 +0000 UTCOh I get the Renee-Brun dynamic now, the "popular girl+dowdy girlfriend" one. Except the dowdy girl never cared about popularity and the popular girl is still deluding herself with it.
SpookyPenguin
2020-02-18 06:39:43 +0000 UTC*obligatory band camp reference*
Damien
2020-02-18 06:12:53 +0000 UTCI didn't even get invited to nerd parties.
Chris Crowther
2020-02-18 04:42:40 +0000 UTCHey, don’t knock being nerd popular. It’s more fun than being “popular-popular.”
EnterTheHero
2020-02-18 04:39:24 +0000 UTC+1 for goth
David J.
2020-02-18 04:34:12 +0000 UTCBrun side eye...
allanfranta
2020-02-18 03:58:21 +0000 UTCMaybe it's because I identify with him a little too much, but I can see him playing one season of football and getting out because he didn't like the violence and conflict.
Ted Van Roekel
2020-02-18 03:09:41 +0000 UTCI can see him like taking weight training but never playing in any competitive sports.
2020-02-18 03:06:51 +0000 UTCHell, I'm nerd popular now. Lucky nerds become engineers.
Chris Heg
2020-02-18 03:05:58 +0000 UTCI didnt even get invited to nerd parties >.> at least until college
Utaku Beta
2020-02-18 02:56:37 +0000 UTCI aspired to be nerd popular.
Charlotte Grubbs
2020-02-18 02:36:17 +0000 UTCDamn, Elliot! Serving some harshbrowns!
Grace Kieser
2020-02-18 02:32:21 +0000 UTCNerd parties were the best.
Julie Scott
2020-02-18 02:28:39 +0000 UTCHe ain't wrong. Just Sassy Sauce(tm) rubbing off on him!
Matt
2020-02-18 02:27:18 +0000 UTCI love the spicy cinnamon 😄 also I love nerd parties
GodsInTheCogs
2020-02-18 02:26:35 +0000 UTCJeph, would you please consider for Halloween this year (or perhaps during Comic-con): QC Characters in Alice Grove cosplay? Elliot is making me think of Mr. Church a little here.
Mad Marie
2020-02-18 02:23:40 +0000 UTCNerd popular must be nice. I wasn't even nerd popular in high school.
drone r0m-3
2020-02-18 02:23:23 +0000 UTCNerd popular is always fun!
Kyle Jenkins
2020-02-18 02:20:16 +0000 UTCI mean, it was jock or tuba player.
Katrina Urmson
2020-02-18 02:14:48 +0000 UTCI was never comfortable sitting in the middle seat, especially the back middle seat. Seat belts fasteners are uncomfortable.
Miyaa
2020-02-18 02:13:41 +0000 UTCSomeone dumped a bit extra cinnamon in the roll this morning. <3
Amy ☣
2020-02-18 02:13:39 +0000 UTCThat is the least innocent face Elliot has ever made
William Taylor
2020-02-18 02:12:11 +0000 UTCHow wasn’t he a jock would be my question.
Miyaa
2020-02-18 02:11:16 +0000 UTCOh Elliot.
R L
2020-02-18 02:11:09 +0000 UTCAh yes good old nerd popularity
Bacon Lord
2020-02-18 02:10:38 +0000 UTCI love Brun's contented face in panel 1.
Rob McBobson
2020-02-18 02:10:37 +0000 UTCI was never invited to parties... Not even LAN parties. I had to make those myself.
Bailey Tighe
2020-02-18 02:09:53 +0000 UTCcan't believe a large boy was a jock
Agnes
2020-02-18 02:09:27 +0000 UTC
