“I don’t understand this! Susan’s sweater was red, not purple, and I was wearing my trademark yellow shirt! And Jeffcoat Wayne and billytheskink have established that nobody else was in the room to take that picture!”
Pirate Cayla looks ready to keelhaul Les in panel 3!
Just then Cayla’s “I-Phone” rang, with its special “This is Keisha, I’m Sending You Something” ringtone. And shit got real.
Today’s post title courtesy of Blondie (not Mrs.Bumstead):
Les, as long as you and Cayla keep talking like this, everybody who reads this blog is going to continue picking you to pieces. You two are supposed to be adults. With kids. You’ve been with the opposite sex before. Go with the damn flow!
And…”crazy things up”? Before I commit this to the Batiuktionary, has anybody heard this phrase uttered in that context? ‘Cause Google’s giving results like “doing crazy things up there” or “making crazy things up“…but I haven’t come across this as a self-contained expression along the lines of “screw things up” (which Cayla uses in panel 1). I think the headgear and the use of the word crazy (“you so crazy!”) is TB’s idea of keeping Cayla’s African-American identity “real”.
Les isn’t lying: he really is not “very good at this sort of thing”. In panel 2, look at how his sausagelike fingers are clutching Cayla by the scruff of the neck. I’m surprised Les’ glasses aren’t knocked askew as they kiss. And the phrase “I love you”, even when he’s saying it himself, still causes his eyebrows to arch skyward.
John
June 13, 2011 at 11:13 am…I get the sinking feeling that the rest of this week and possibly the next will be spent having everyone Les wronged and neglected coming up to kiss his feet and beg his forgiveness, because, of course, it was all THEIR fault for not realizing how sensitive and pure the Wise Author is.
Then let the foot-kissing begin. Les’ response to Cayla’s completely unnecessary apology is not “You have nothing to be sorry about. I’m a jerk.”Rather, it’s “I’m sorry too” because he let her walk away.
The only thing more appalling than this turn of events is Cayla’s hideous silhouette in panel 1. TB has turned her into a wizened gypsy/pirate/Comanche warrior.
Son of Stuck Funky 
