Comments on: Comics That Made Me Laugh Out Loud, Pre-April Fool’s Edition

By: Tristara

Tristara — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:27:04 +0000

That man hanging upside down is NOT a fool, he is depicted in the tradition of “The Hanged Man”.

The fool is typically depicted as a jester, clown, or child. The Fool is not crazy, but innocent, ignorant, or naive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_%28Tarot_card%29

The Hanged Man typically is a person who is making their own problems (he did this to himself) or a person who is making a misdirection or lie (he wants you to think there is a problem)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hanged_Man_%28tarot_card%29

How does this explain the comic? He is a crybaby looking for attention, but his behavior just confirms what a whiner he really is.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:13:14 +0000

Because this isn’t Argyle Sweater?

By: Michèle

Michèle — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:10:12 +0000

I still don’t get why he’s standing behind the strategically-placed bush.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:26:21 +0000

That was left angle bracket quibble right angle bracket and left angle bracket /quibble right angle bracket. Sorry for cluttering things up, but otherwise this would have been a comment you don’t understand.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:24:32 +0000

Hmm. I had put and around my last line, but it looks like they got parsed out. I’ll have to look them up in my html book.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:23:22 +0000

Having fertilized my garden with the output of my daughter’s horse, I’m with Janis. However

You are supposed to let it compost for a bit before applying.

By: Powers

Powers — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:04:58 +0000

Centaurlo?

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:55:48 +0000

A 15 story prison? Man, they really are running out of space for prisoners.

Arlo was trying to conduct a “rite of spring” with Janis, but she wanted to garden instead.

By: heather

heather — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:03:02 +0000

Ahhh… Arlo was a CIDU for me too but I think the “fertilizer” idea does it.

Lindsey: The soap one — the inmate tried to escape with a short soap-on-a-rope. He slipped on the soap and fell 15 stories instead of cleverly shimmying down…

By: Michèle

Michèle — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:25:09 +0000

Why is Janis whistling/humming/whatever-the-music-note-is-supposed-to-mean while shoveling Centaur-Arlo’s, er, mess?

For that matter, why does Centaur-Arlo look angry?

And why is he hiding behind a bush? Is the bush supposed to be “strategically placed”?

… or is she using it as manure to fertilize her flowers? and he’s angry because she’s only using him for his, um, waste products?