Arlewww Down Under
Cidu Bill on Feb 27th 2008
Peter Byrnes: Scanned from the Feb 2008 Australian Reader’s Digest.
I don’t know how the editor let this one by.
And I really hope that’s his thumb…
Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Ewww, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far
Susan T-O Feb 27th 2008 at 08:58 pm 1
Possibly a comment on people talking on cell phones in very public places. You know–the person he’s talking to is on a train, but he/she can’t talk because there’s no one in the train car to annoy.
alley cat Feb 27th 2008 at 09:48 pm 2
It looks like he’s talking into a shoe. And the hand down the pants on a park bench is an utter mystery to me.
Lindsey ^_^ Feb 27th 2008 at 10:33 pm 3
I think that Susan T-O is right. I don’t think it’s supposed to be lewd, the artist is just a horrific drawer.
furrykef Feb 27th 2008 at 10:34 pm 4
Clearly he’s just insane, because he’s talking into a hand grenade! But it’s OK… I see he hasn’t pulled the pin yet.
Yet.
Pete Feb 27th 2008 at 11:41 pm 5
The look on his face somehow screams “exhibitionist phone sex!” to me.
Must be my dirty mind
bAT L. Feb 27th 2008 at 11:46 pm 6
Well, he appears to be pulling an Al Bundy in the middle of a park! No, that wasn’t meant to be a euphemism. Married With Children got away from it on regular TV all the time, so why shouldn’t Reader’s Digest as long as that really is just his thumb?
As for the joke, it’s another case of people seeming to be annoying on purpose. The other person can’t talk if the train car is empty, only if there are enough people around to annoy. It probably would have made more sense with the corresponding article, but ultimately the same joke as the recent headphones comic, “Cutaway View”.
bAT L. Mar 1st 2008 at 04:50 am 7
Oops, I meant “got away with”, not “got away from”! I … don’t know how that happened.