Ripping Off The Band-Aid

Lucanid Landman

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.

Nicolas Demers

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

jimbo

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

Kevin Hicks

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

Tim Keating

What? She's ALWAYS been likeable!

OldGoat

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

BobC

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

Matt

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

Aaron Schulz

Good for you rene, take dick by the horns.

Maurice Kessler

Dang, that last panel sure takes me back.

KCkittysnores

From experience: that trick never works.

Will Weaver

Same, Brun, same.

Yelling Bird

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

Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson

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.

Mark

How on earth did you do that text formatting?

LH

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

Evgeniy Semyonov

Obligatory "Happy Birthday, Grandma!"

Absentia

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

Ben Russell-Gough

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!

Bagge

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

Bagge

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

Darnel D Cooper

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.

Nick Hodgson

This is just like PEAK all three of them!

Creepy Cat Lady

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

Erin Halfelven at BigCloset

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

sexy as hell

Matthew Reiter

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

Joseph Bonnar

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? :)

Yonatan Zunger

This is why I fucking love Renée.

KCkittysnores

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

K C

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

Jackie Horn

I love Brun and Shitty Dan just being bros so much

That Blair Guy

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

Shaun

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

Jim Feldman

It took me a long time to come to that realization

That Blair Guy

But... Why are they called grandfather clocks?

Grace Kieser

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

Elf Sternberg

Clocks. Present. I see what you did there.

Jacob Holzman

Ooohh Renee's realization face...

David Jackson

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

We believe in you!

Shawn K. Younkin

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.

K C

Go Renee! Get it girl!

Lana Del Prey

Dan seems so well-adjusted.

Sparky

Honesty works.

Ted Van Roekel

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

Michael Boettger

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

R L

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

SingingTurtles

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

Wynn Donivan

Renee, yes! :3

Jackson Mccreery

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

Lucas Werkmeister

her brain slipped D:

Zomg Renee!!!!!

Scott Vogel

This went exactly as I expected.

Max D S

We clearly grabbed some skin with that bandaid rip. Oof

Grace Kieser

Renee, no!