Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud While We’ve Been Doing Our Taxes
Cidu Bill on Apr 14th 2008
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Chipper Apr 14th 2008 at 12:27 pm 1
I liked the two porcupine comics & after a full minute I finally understood the AAAA comic and indeed I Laughed Out Loud. The final comic of elephantine memory is a total CIDU to me. Is that elephant supposed to be a famous person? Or is the joke that we thought the kid wanted a nice kiddie story but in reality he likes animal Noir?
Lola Apr 14th 2008 at 12:55 pm 2
Yes, it’s nice to be able to laugh and weep at the same time.
DonBoy Apr 14th 2008 at 04:43 pm 3
In England, where I lived for a while, their equivalent of AAA is (was?) just “The Automobile Association”, which they of course call AA. You can imagine the occasional confusion.
Frank Apr 14th 2008 at 07:02 pm 4
Never been there but I thought it was the RAA. Or, is that another auto club ?
Mark Apr 14th 2008 at 07:58 pm 5
Frank - you’re thinking of the RAC, Royal Automobile Club.
Jim Apr 14th 2008 at 08:08 pm 6
Or maybe he’s thinking of Raymond J. Johnson, Junior. You can call him Ray…or you can call him Jay…or you can call him RJ…or you can call him RJJJ…
Winter Wallaby Apr 14th 2008 at 09:18 pm 7
Chipper, I’m the one who sent in the elephant one as a LOL. I didn’t think that the elephant was any famous person, I just liked the idea of that as a panel in a kiddie book.
Molly Apr 14th 2008 at 11:22 pm 8
I immediately assumed it was John Merrick, AKA The Elephant Man. Just pure assumption.
Powers Apr 15th 2008 at 07:10 am 9
Is there any reason — any reason at all — for the panels in the Creationism comic to be reversed chronologically?
Winter Wallaby Apr 15th 2008 at 09:58 am 10
Powers, this comic reverses the panels a lot, and I find it works for me. I look at the first panel, make certain implicit assumptions about what’s going on, and then go on to the second panel and laugh at the incongruity. It helps if the browser size is set so that you have to actually scroll down to see the second panel, rather than processing it all at once. I found the SMBC web site this weekend and got about 30 LOLs from it so far.
Bob Apr 15th 2008 at 01:39 pm 11
Jim…
…but ya doesn’t have to call me Johnson! (A true “15 minutes of fame.”)
Andrew Apr 18th 2008 at 06:34 pm 12
Because it changes the guide’s response from meaning “I suppose you have made a valid point, but a minor one that I am going to accept in good grace.” to “Yes, I agree that this is all stupid.”
akcook Apr 19th 2008 at 05:01 pm 13
LOL at the Creationism one.
With the Juvenile Court, does anybody else see a woman on the judges side, whispering in his ear? I know its the end of his chair, maybe its my subconscious mind.