Bushwacker
Cidu Bill on Feb 24th 2008
So… John thought his bigass SUV could make it over the mound of snow and it couldn’t? That’s it??
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, For Better or For Worse, Lynn Johnston, SUVs, comic strips, comics, humor, snow | 20 responses so far
Rain Feb 24th 2008 at 04:03 am 1
I don’t know, but I still go back to the theory that she is taking out all of her anger at her IRL husband by showing him in the worst possible light at all times . . . which is semi-amusing to me . . .
Keera Feb 24th 2008 at 04:24 am 2
Well, maybe that’s not just it. I have an Arlo-page theory based on the myth (?) that men buy big-ass cars to compensate for a certain body part. Looks like the car’s not performing as desired, either.
Frank Feb 24th 2008 at 04:37 am 3
What’s with site - have to scrool way way down to get to the comic & comments.
FrozenCapybara Feb 24th 2008 at 08:41 am 4
That may be it. When you live in an area that gets a lot of snow, there is nothing funnier - in a schadenfreude sense - than the idiots who own 4-wheel-drive SUV monstrosities and think that exempts them from having to learn how to drive in the snow.
Jim Feb 24th 2008 at 12:11 pm 5
I think the gag is the way you pegged it, Bill. In panel 4, John brags about all the features of his SUV, and of course it doesn’t work. Think ’80’s sitcom gag.
But, referring to panel 1, what profanity only has two letters?
Julie Feb 24th 2008 at 12:27 pm 6
I agree with FrozenCapybara. That is the gag and I think it is funny (as a Minnesotan). Also, going through mounds of snow, etc is what is shown on the commercials for SUVs and other 4-wheel drive vehicles.
Kit Feb 24th 2008 at 12:33 pm 7
At least she was trying to be funny instead of poigniant
furrykef Feb 24th 2008 at 01:18 pm 8
But, referring to panel 1, what profanity only has two letters?
Maybe it’s two syllables?
Kaitlyn Feb 24th 2008 at 02:35 pm 9
Question for CIDU Bill - why do you keep bouncing back and forth between current comics (within a week of the day you post them) and old(er) ones? (years between publication date and post date)
Could you at least say in the post that this is an old one, like with the recent old Non Sequitor - Wiley had an issue in his head, and it may have been topical or just past topical at the time, but when you post it, no one knows wtf anyone means.
Sorry, your site, your rules, etc.
Cidu Bill Feb 24th 2008 at 02:44 pm 10
With the Non Sequitur strip, it just didn’t occur to me that the explanation could have been topical (if indeed it was). For other comics, though, what difference does it make whether Leonard was beating the dead horse in 2008 or 2003?
Norm Feb 24th 2008 at 03:21 pm 11
Actually, I think the beating the dead horse was relatively recent. I haven’t been following the argyle sweater (which I really like most of the time) for all that long, but I think I remember this one.
Cidu Bill Feb 24th 2008 at 03:33 pm 12
Yes, the dead horse was indeed freshly beaten. What I meant was, 99% of the time, it doesn’t matter whether a comic is new or old, as long as it’s appropriate for the site.
Kaitlyn Feb 24th 2008 at 06:51 pm 13
No, I understand why you feature old ones, and they should be posted if they make no sense whatsoever, even if they were seen at the time they were printed.
I just wish you could say something in the post, because I keep feeling like I missed a comic that day.
Just my $.02
Cidu Bill Feb 24th 2008 at 06:59 pm 14
Heh. I guess when you get to be my age, the feeling that you’ve forgotten something you read a couple of days ago doesn’t seem all that traumatic.
Dan Feb 24th 2008 at 07:20 pm 15
Knowing if the strip is a new one or an old one would actually be helpful for this FBoFW, because if it’s new (I don’t remember if I’ve seen today’s yet), it might well be referring to the ex, Rod, who’s now persona non grata. But if it’s an older one, it wouldn’t refer to him at all, because everything was peachy until just recently.
Anyway, I assume the joke is as you thought, Bill - that John thought his big ol’ truck thing was manly enough to get over the snow hump, when it fact it’s kind of lame.
Bill Feb 24th 2008 at 08:37 pm 16
He forgot to mention that that baby also comes with a shovel for digging yourself out when all else fails. The real comedy is from how he’s crouching down as he shovels. He’s trying to hide so that they wife can’t see he’s shovelling. there is no way he’s going to give that *# the satisfaction of knowing he needed to shovel.
Derek Feb 25th 2008 at 06:58 am 17
What John should do is use the Global Warming feature of his SUV to melt the snow.
Schist Happens Feb 25th 2008 at 10:37 am 18
You can tell this is an old strip because it doesn’t use all 8 panels to lead up to a single poor pun.
Michael Feb 26th 2008 at 09:19 pm 19
Derek just managed to make a FBoFW strip funny!
Ed Feb 27th 2008 at 08:43 pm 20
Oh, I don’t think this is so funny. To make a long story short, this happened to me when I lived in North Dakota. I thought my station wagon could crash through the ice and snow left by the snow plow the night before. Took me hours to dig my car out.