Weighty Matters

Cidu Bill on Mar 30th 2008

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Herman, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

14 Responses to “Weighty Matters”

  1. arik1969 Mar 30th 2008 at 03:29 am 1

    I don’t get this either. With the glare on her face, it would make more sense if the numbers were going down, as though the machine were afraid of her. Or maybe the weight of her stare is pressing down on the scale?? I’m confused.

  2. Keera Mar 30th 2008 at 03:33 am 2

    Maybe the machine speaks all the weights as its needle or whatever moves up to the final weight.

  3. bAT L. Mar 30th 2008 at 04:15 am 3

    Keera, your explanation makes more sense than what I’ve come up with.

    I thought two things. First, I thought maybe she’s somehow getting “heavy with anger”, but I don’t think that’s a popular phrase, or even one that has ever been uttered. Nevermind, Google has 928 webpages with that exact phrase. It’s still probably not common enough to make a joke out of, though.

    My second thought was that she is slowly shifting more and more weight on the scale, with one foot still on the ground. She seems to be standing the same distance from the scale in each picture, however, so I’m not sure this is the case. It would make sense as to why she is getting angrier, though.

    Another thought as I was typing the above is that these panels signify different days and she is progressively getting heavier as the days go on, but that thought was shot down when I scrolled up and looked again, seeing two word balloons in the second panel (not including the title panel).

    Keera, I’m copying off of your paper.

  4. Keera Mar 30th 2008 at 07:30 am 4

    Herman really had you going, eh, bAT L. You owe me your lunch money.

  5. Elliott Mar 30th 2008 at 08:35 am 5

    the scale is prompting her. The sign clearly says “say your weight,” and she refuses to say anything. The scale is simply offering suggestions of a weight she might say.

    I mean really, how hard was that to figure out ;{)

  6. Elliott Mar 30th 2008 at 08:36 am 6

    Well, I guess the sign really says “speak your weight,” so whatever.

  7. spiritcatcher Mar 30th 2008 at 10:30 am 7

    i can’t help to notice the big jump in numbers at the end and the fact that she’s standing *behind* the apparatus …

  8. Andrew Mar 30th 2008 at 11:03 am 8

    Maybe the machine is not a scale, but a video camera that lets people see her and guess her weight like those “guess the weight of the cake to win it” competitions at fairs. The compitetiors aren’t guessing correctly, and are guessing increasingly large weights, which is annoying her? Ok, I don’t get this one either.

  9. Winter Wallaby Mar 30th 2008 at 11:31 am 9

    Keera’s explanation makes the most sense to me. You have to forget how scales actually work, and imagine her dismay as the reading goes up and up (while sitcom-style sound effects occur in the background).

    Elliott, I’ve never seen the ;{) emoticon before. What does it signify? A man with a mustache winking while he smiles? A person with a facial tic, eating a pie?

  10. Morris Keesan Mar 30th 2008 at 11:40 am 10

    It doesn’t look to me like she’s even standing on the scale. I think the machine is just taking random guesses, hoping someone is nearby to hear it.

  11. Howabominable (aka Lindsey ^_^) Mar 30th 2008 at 11:54 am 11

    I didn’t think she was standing on the scale, because wouldn’t the sign and the speaker be facing her, and not away? I don’t get this comic at all.

  12. Norm Mar 30th 2008 at 06:13 pm 12

    She’s standing on the scale. The sign says the same thing on both sides. Keera has it right.

  13. Pete Mar 31st 2008 at 05:59 am 13

    File this one under Just Not Funny.

  14. Derek Apr 4th 2008 at 08:04 am 14

    Do “Speak Your Weight” machines actually exist outside the comics?

    I don’t get it either but at least the punchline wasn’t “One at a time please” or “Ouch!”

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