Gah

Cidu Bill on Aug 17th 2008

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11 Responses to “Gah”

  1. fuzzmaster Aug 17th 2008 at 12:30 am 1

    Maybe … the food the kid’s pitching is canned (wouldn’t that be jarred?) baby food, and the joke is that Dad’s turning the traditional meaning of the saying — preserve the food you don’t need right away — into a comment on canned food being inedible?

    Unless it’s that Adam is dispensing traditional parental advice inappropriately?

    Or the artist got his scripts mixed up.

  2. Frank Aug 17th 2008 at 02:06 am 2

    “,,, and love the one you’re with.”

  3. catlover Aug 17th 2008 at 08:14 am 3

    The phrase “can it” also means “trash”, “do away with”, get rid of”. Especially used for employees (”I got canned at work today.”

  4. eeyore19 Aug 17th 2008 at 12:41 pm 4

    I agree with catlover’s definition of “can.”

    Adam’s saying “eat what you’re able to and throw away what’s left.”

  5. Singapore Bill Aug 17th 2008 at 03:10 pm 5

    Adam is training the kid in the way of the Ramones. As the original punk rock band, rowdy behaviour, such as the throwing of food, is de rigueur.

  6. fuzzmaster Aug 17th 2008 at 04:08 pm 6

    “Can” for “fired,” I get. “Can” for “stop it,” I get.

    “Can” for “throw on the floor” or “throw in the trash can?” I don’t get, and neither does the American Heritage Dictionary.

  7. brien Aug 17th 2008 at 05:19 pm 7

    This phrase was very popular among post-war servicemen in the American armed forces, especially infantry in Korea and Vietnam. Supplies, especially food, were replenished based on the amount previously used - like a typical corporate budget. The problem was that the quality was often so bad, it was difficult to eat. Still, out of a sense of “civic duty” to the rest of your battalion, you were expected to take your full allotment so that future supplies would be allocated. Another version of the phrase was “You must shitcan your fair share.”

  8. rabrab Aug 17th 2008 at 07:42 pm 8

    “Can” as in “shitcan”: throw away, throw out.

    Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -
    shit-can /ˈʃɪtˌkæn/
    verb, -canned, -canning. noun Slang: Vulgar.
    –verb (used with object)
    1. to dismiss from a job or position.
    2. to trash; to end or terminate.
    3. to throw away.
    4. to denigrate completely.

  9. Jeff S. Aug 18th 2008 at 12:43 pm 9

    Maybe the AHD doesn’t agree with catlover, eeyore19, or the cartoonist, but I do.

  10. brien Aug 18th 2008 at 07:31 pm 10

    This phrase was very popular among post-war servicemen in the American armed forces, especially infantry in Korea and Vietnam. Supplies, especially food, were replenished based on the amount previously used - like a typical corporate budget. The problem was that the quality was often so bad, it was difficult to eat. Still, out of a sense of “civic duty” to the rest of your battalion, you were expected to take your full allotment so that future supplies would be allocated. Another version of the phrase was “You must s***can your fair share.”

  11. Atz Aug 21st 2008 at 07:15 am 11

    It was also a comment used by fisherman when catching fish like tuna. You eat your food, and u ‘can’ the rest.
    “Can” meant to can the food and save it. It looks like the father is saying how u shouldn’t waste the food in this scenario as u can tell by his *sigh*

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