Panel 1: In
the title panel of this Sunday-style colour comic, Marie is in the
Davies College basement, near a door labelled "West of Bathurst by Kari
Maaren" in the official Davies College font. She glances back over her
shoulder as she's passed by a balding white man carrying a box of
billiard balls.
Panel 2: Marie comes up behind the man.
Marie: Excuse me...those are Davies' billiard balls. Where are you taking them?
Panel 3:
Man: Kansas. They're much nicer than my set.
Marie: They're college property. You can't just steal them.
Panel 4: The man smiles condescendingly at Marie as a blonde woman with a deep fake tan approaches.
Man: Steal? This place rents rooms; you can't steal from it.
Woman: Honey, look.
Panel 5: The woman holds out a DVD player as Marie watches in disbelief.
Woman: This DVD player was barely even bolted down. I only had to use one screwdriver.
Man: Ooh...did you grab the remote?
Panel 6: Marie pulls out her phone.
Woman: Yes...and guess what? The chairs and the espresso machine all fit in our trunk.
Man: Perfect.
Panel 7: In the basement nook, Marie approaches Rahim, who is sitting on the couch.
Marie [smiles]: I just had two tourists arrested for reckless misunderstanding of the word "guest."
Rahim: Have you been staying up all night and going crazy again?
Alt-Text:
As with many of the less believable WoB comics, this one has a basis in
reality. My favourite story of Happy Summer-Time Thievery at Massey
involves the mysterious person who stole a DVD player and a VCR, then
returned the next day for the remotes. I also remember the guy who
removed a board game from someone's carrel, then abandoned it when he
found the bike storage room. He stole most of the College DVD
collection as well.
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