So did Tiffany’s shout wake Dez and interrupt Kip and Stef from consummation? Will we ever learn what was so shocking? Will Bets be banned from the Gulag when this rumor gets back to Leslie, as it inevitable will?
And what were Guns’n’Bets doing that was so quiet that they plainly hear what Leslie was saying to Punk. Because when I talk to our cats I never raise my voice.
Ever notice that when someone divulges a secret which subsequently is Known To All, he’s mad at the person he told and not himself?
Once, when I was teaching a Sunday School class, I mentioned that my wife’s birthday was next week. (This was at a time she was very sensitive about her age.) One of my students asked me how old my wife would be.
Gotta feeling this arc will REALLY become complicated—and its greatest effect will be on Gunther and Bets! BTW, is that nymphomaniac listening—or is she still having climaxes?
Oh leave Bets alone, don’t kill the messenger, and stow the “Poor Les” comments.
Remember back in early 2019, when Les pounded on Gunther’s bedroom door DEMANDING to know what Gunth and Luann were “doing in there?” Knox wasn’t worried about or respecting other people’s privacy then.
Actually, Bets’ revelation could be a good thing for Les. Nature-Gal Dez, who probably talks to her plants, might appreciate a guy who talks to his beloved kitty. Les just might gain a new friend here: Dez.
The one I’d worry about is Stef, who now appears to winding down the screaming and listening intently.
Remember how quickly she posted Bets and Gun’s bureau-up last year? ;-)
I know this is a comic strip, and is meant to be humorous, but this strip depicts something that really bugs me when it happens in real life (which is way too often). Whenever someone says something along the lines of “I’m not supposed to tell you this, so don’t let it go any further”, what they’re really saying is “Somebody trusted me, but I can’t be trusted, so I want you to be trustworthy for me”. I was once with a group of friends, and one woman said “I was told this in strictest confidence, so don’t tell anybody”. I pointed out that she was violating the person’s trust who had told her. She told us anyway. Why do people do that.
I hope Dez gives Tiffany a talk about trust and not telling your friends’ secrets that will change her heart completely, otherwise the entire The Fuse staff will soon know Les’ secret. If that happens, I hope Les will be angry with Tiffany and not with Bets for telling her what she heard. Tiffany needs to learn that gossiping is wrong.
Just because I alluded to a Les-Tiff possibility does not mean an intent to speak it into existence! The giggling in the last panel does have implications.
I had roommates like that. Absolutely no consideration for others. Makes you want to explode sometimes. Dez may reach that point with Stef. And Kip bears a lot of responsibility for this situation. He is using her tolerance to benefit his relationship with Stef.
I doubt if the gossip is anything bad. Probably just something that would show Les to be a caring guy. It might embarrass him if others thought he wasn’t such a tough guy.
Stef is still doing her thing, she did not hear what Bets said to Tiffany. I doubt that Dez heard either. She is just waking up from the loud laughter.
I learned long ago not to share secrets that aren’t mine, particularly ones I learned by accident. If you have to say to a friend “okay, you have to promise not to tell anyone” then it’s you who should not be talking at the moment. I regret the chain of events that forced me to learn that lesson, as it involved breaking a confidence for no real reason. But I learned my lesson from the experience.
It appears that these girls, though years older than I was at the time, have yet to learn that lesson.
I learned my lesson about LUANN secrecy when I first got this gig. Dropping hints of future developments seemed like fun and a cool way to interact here, but it was an immature and selfish act on my part. I have occasionally drifted away from NOT doing that and usually regretted it. So, with respect to GnK and the faithful followers here, mum’s the word. Dang it.
While there actually be something Les said to Punk that is worthy of a few giggles, the vast majority of what Les says to punk ain’t that interestinig-or funny.
Poor Dez. She’s paying for a room only to sleep on the couch. In what reality would Steff still be in the Quad? She would have been kicked to the curb long ago. I know it’s a comic, but it is written to be believable. And this just isn’t.
I really hope Tiffany doesn’t use this information to make Les quit taking his cut of her tip money from when he took the dishwasher job to let her be the waitress. That would be kind of underhanded on her part, but I can see it happening.
Rhetorical_Question about 23 hours ago
Disclosures about Tiffany?
live2read about 23 hours ago
No sleep for poor Dez.
beb01 about 23 hours ago
So did Tiffany’s shout wake Dez and interrupt Kip and Stef from consummation? Will we ever learn what was so shocking? Will Bets be banned from the Gulag when this rumor gets back to Leslie, as it inevitable will?
And what were Guns’n’Bets doing that was so quiet that they plainly hear what Leslie was saying to Punk. Because when I talk to our cats I never raise my voice.
mfought about 23 hours ago
it’s not over till the fat lady sings
kenhense about 23 hours ago
Asking Tiffany not to tell anyone?? You might as well put it on NBC.
Wilkins068 about 23 hours ago
Poor Dez. She’s gettin it from both sides. They call that ‘Stereo’
Miles VanDelay about 23 hours ago
Not even Les deserves to have his private conversations made public.
eromlig about 22 hours ago
Ever notice that when someone divulges a secret which subsequently is Known To All, he’s mad at the person he told and not himself?
Once, when I was teaching a Sunday School class, I mentioned that my wife’s birthday was next week. (This was at a time she was very sensitive about her age.) One of my students asked me how old my wife would be.
“Well,” I began, “Can you keep a secret?”
She nodded vigorously.
“So can I.”
think it through about 22 hours ago
It’s a cartoon, get a grip.
blunebottle about 22 hours ago
Girls are nasty! (Come on, tell us what he said!)
WomanWarrior about 22 hours ago
Poor Dez…she deserves better.
jmworacle about 21 hours ago
Poor Dez.
French Persons Premium Member about 21 hours ago
(eyeroll)
snsurone76 about 21 hours ago
Gotta feeling this arc will REALLY become complicated—and its greatest effect will be on Gunther and Bets! BTW, is that nymphomaniac listening—or is she still having climaxes?
egag21 about 20 hours ago
Is Dez going to lose her cool?
Mordock999 Premium Member about 20 hours ago
Oh leave Bets alone, don’t kill the messenger, and stow the “Poor Les” comments.
Remember back in early 2019, when Les pounded on Gunther’s bedroom door DEMANDING to know what Gunth and Luann were “doing in there?” Knox wasn’t worried about or respecting other people’s privacy then.
Actually, Bets’ revelation could be a good thing for Les. Nature-Gal Dez, who probably talks to her plants, might appreciate a guy who talks to his beloved kitty. Les just might gain a new friend here: Dez.
The one I’d worry about is Stef, who now appears to winding down the screaming and listening intently.
Remember how quickly she posted Bets and Gun’s bureau-up last year? ;-)
Purple People Eater about 20 hours ago
I know this is a comic strip, and is meant to be humorous, but this strip depicts something that really bugs me when it happens in real life (which is way too often). Whenever someone says something along the lines of “I’m not supposed to tell you this, so don’t let it go any further”, what they’re really saying is “Somebody trusted me, but I can’t be trusted, so I want you to be trustworthy for me”. I was once with a group of friends, and one woman said “I was told this in strictest confidence, so don’t tell anybody”. I pointed out that she was violating the person’s trust who had told her. She told us anyway. Why do people do that.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 19 hours ago
I hope Dez gives Tiffany a talk about trust and not telling your friends’ secrets that will change her heart completely, otherwise the entire The Fuse staff will soon know Les’ secret. If that happens, I hope Les will be angry with Tiffany and not with Bets for telling her what she heard. Tiffany needs to learn that gossiping is wrong.
JonnyT about 18 hours ago
Best way to keep a secret? Don’t tell anyone in the first place.
OneTime59 about 18 hours ago
Dez might really be awake listening to all this.
imagenesis about 18 hours ago
Hey guys, you know what I heard the other day? bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs (making whispering sounds!) bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs bs… just don’t tell anyone!
Ellis97 about 17 hours ago
Never trust Tiffany with any secrets.
comic reader 22 about 17 hours ago
Ok, Tiff heard it, Dez heard it, Stef heard it, that means Bets basically told EVERYONE. What a champ.
melodymucisa about 17 hours ago
Poor Dez
blairleroys Premium Member about 17 hours ago
What are the three fastest means of communication? 1 – telegraph. 2 – telephone. 3 – tell a woman.
m b about 16 hours ago
stay safe everyone in path of Hurricane Helene, evacuate if told to do so, storm surges and rain totals are going to be life threatening (•︵•)
Lord Hearteater about 16 hours ago
Just because I alluded to a Les-Tiff possibility does not mean an intent to speak it into existence! The giggling in the last panel does have implications.
baskate_2000 about 16 hours ago
Don’t ever tell Tiffany anything, then ask her not to tell. That’s like putting it on social media!
ctolson about 15 hours ago
Between the two conversations, Dez will wake up and think Steph was saying …. to Kippy.
RonMcCalip about 15 hours ago
The three FASTEST methods of communication; 1) Telephone 2) Television 3) Tell Tiffany!
mindjob about 15 hours ago
That cat is going to be really embarrassed when he finds out everybody knows
Joe1962 Premium Member about 15 hours ago
Bets lose lips sink ships.
Sakura Tomoe about 15 hours ago
And now Dez finally has enough and moves out of the dorm and into some hippie commune.
hfelder7219 about 15 hours ago
I remember when this comic used to be funny.
Wubbie about 15 hours ago
I had roommates like that. Absolutely no consideration for others. Makes you want to explode sometimes. Dez may reach that point with Stef. And Kip bears a lot of responsibility for this situation. He is using her tolerance to benefit his relationship with Stef.
BJDucer about 14 hours ago
My bets are on Bets stringing Tiffany on with a bit of make believe gossip :0)
Lord King Wazmo Premium Member about 14 hours ago
Naked Yoga Girl needs to get up and whomp the tar out of all of them. THAT’S a comic I would enjoy.
lowelldarrell67 about 14 hours ago
No good can come of this…..and Dez is waking up, I see.
aristotle835 about 14 hours ago
Now things seem to be getting good.
locake about 13 hours ago
I doubt if the gossip is anything bad. Probably just something that would show Les to be a caring guy. It might embarrass him if others thought he wasn’t such a tough guy.
locake about 13 hours ago
Stef is still doing her thing, she did not hear what Bets said to Tiffany. I doubt that Dez heard either. She is just waking up from the loud laughter.
BJShipley1 about 13 hours ago
I learned long ago not to share secrets that aren’t mine, particularly ones I learned by accident. If you have to say to a friend “okay, you have to promise not to tell anyone” then it’s you who should not be talking at the moment. I regret the chain of events that forced me to learn that lesson, as it involved breaking a confidence for no real reason. But I learned my lesson from the experience.
It appears that these girls, though years older than I was at the time, have yet to learn that lesson.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 13 hours ago
I agree with the 24 people!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 13 hours ago
Okay,NOW who’s the noisemaker??
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 13 hours ago
Monstro knows all the best secrets. bribe him with Perrier Water and he may talk
eladee AKA Wally about 13 hours ago
Dez can’t get a break! Everyone GO TO SLEEP! This means you, too, Kip.
lnrokr55 about 12 hours ago
Looks like Dez could sleep through a Hurricane. I’m envious ! ;-)
MrDisco33 about 11 hours ago
she’s a terrible character. what does gunther see in her
Heelboy 12 about 11 hours ago
Telephone, television, TeleTiff. It’s a toss-up on which method can spread a rumor the fastest…
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 11 hours ago
Never tell a cat anything you do not want the entire world to know.
Sheriff Mordecai Premium Member about 10 hours ago
I learned my lesson about LUANN secrecy when I first got this gig. Dropping hints of future developments seemed like fun and a cool way to interact here, but it was an immature and selfish act on my part. I have occasionally drifted away from NOT doing that and usually regretted it. So, with respect to GnK and the faithful followers here, mum’s the word. Dang it.
liberalnlovinit about 10 hours ago
Lemme guess – Les says “I’m your huckleberry…”
The Quiet One about 10 hours ago
Uhh, Bets was that really necessary?
WilliamVollmer about 10 hours ago
While there actually be something Les said to Punk that is worthy of a few giggles, the vast majority of what Les says to punk ain’t that interestinig-or funny.
serial232 about 9 hours ago
A secret is a secret when only one person knows it. When that person tells another, it is no longer a secret.
Dragoncat about 7 hours ago
Dez is not going to get any sleep tonight, is she…?
4everbound2 about 7 hours ago
Is Stef still faking orgazms?
ejvj about 7 hours ago
I’m betting by Saturday we see a whole new side of Des.
smsrt about 7 hours ago
…and so it starts.
comic reader 22 about 5 hours ago
I learned a good trick. Whenever someone tells me a secret, I make myself forget it. It actually works.
kittysquared Premium Member about 3 hours ago
Poor Dez. She’s paying for a room only to sleep on the couch. In what reality would Steff still be in the Quad? She would have been kicked to the curb long ago. I know it’s a comic, but it is written to be believable. And this just isn’t.
comic reader 22 about 3 hours ago
I really hope Tiffany doesn’t use this information to make Les quit taking his cut of her tip money from when he took the dishwasher job to let her be the waitress. That would be kind of underhanded on her part, but I can see it happening.
Rhetorical_Question about 1 hour ago
Dez is opening her eyes?