Absolutely not looking up what "The Dowe" is. You can't make me

Gil Thorp, 6/26/24

It took me a long time staring at the the first panel to put together what's going on here: Gil's new squeeze Beth was a server at some instance of "the awards" when Mimi and her new girlfriend were in attendance (not sure when this was? not last year's Jack Berrill Coach of the Year, I don't think); having already decided to make Gil her own, she memorized the wine preferences along with all other relevant data points about every woman there within two degrees of sexual separation from him. But now, she has moved from mere waitress to girlfriend, achieving victory, and can get wet and eat after midnight, if you know what I mean! Triumph is Beth's! Triumph! ("The world of heterosexuals is a sick and boring life," Mimi's girlfriend says sadly as the two take their leave from this overt and frankly upsetting display of man/woman love.)

Beetle Bailey, 6/26/24