The Beauty, the Splendor and the Wonder

Cidu Bill on Oct 6th 2008

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Okay, what about the mom?

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18 Responses to “The Beauty, the Splendor and the Wonder”

  1. Shah Oct 6th 2008 at 12:05 am 1

    That is the mom in the last panel. Huge hair, lots and lots. Family owns a coffee shop. Don’t know why its supposed to be funny though.

  2. MisterSquared Oct 6th 2008 at 12:15 am 2

    I guess he got hair in his coffee last time. So he’s asking how much of a tip for not getting hair in his coffee.

  3. PeterW Oct 6th 2008 at 12:40 am 3

    He likely gets her hair in her coffee frequently.

  4. PeterW Oct 6th 2008 at 12:41 am 4

    Oops. In *his* coffee.

  5. bAT L. Oct 6th 2008 at 01:00 am 5

    I think the comic, in addition to what everyone else said, is pointing out just how much hair the woman working in the coffee shop has. Someone with lots of hair who has a dad who has no hair (on top) must have a mom who has twice as much hair, which tends to get everywhere. This is why there’s that little bonus “comic”. The only reason she’s gone in the last panel is that she’s at work in the other half of that panel.

  6. dd Oct 6th 2008 at 01:33 am 6

    Aw, you can see the dad and daughter working in the background even. It took me seeing this 3 times to notice that.

  7. Hockey Baby-Mama Oct 6th 2008 at 06:20 am 7

    But wow, asking a sarcastic question like that of someone who serves you drinks and/or food seems a little unwise. I used to waitress, and I saw somw ugly stuff happen when people offended servers.

    As for the first and 4th panels… they’re definitely piles of fallen hair.

  8. Lola Oct 6th 2008 at 06:55 am 8

    I think it’s the father’s hair in the coffee. Mom and daughter’s hair is so big because it isn’t falling out. Dad’s is making up for that.

  9. James Oct 6th 2008 at 07:54 am 9

    yebbut … 2nd panel “Mommy … it hurts.”
    What hurts? Is this the sort of thing typical american daughters say?

    Not “Mommy, can I borrow your hairdryer”
    or “Mommy, can I have a lift to the mall”

  10. Suzanne Oct 6th 2008 at 08:43 am 10

    James, yes big snarly hair hurts when your mom comes at you with a brush (and then scissors to cut the snarls out)! I initially just read the last four panels and thought it was funny. The first four just seem like a long setup to the joke.

  11. Jordan Oct 6th 2008 at 03:40 pm 11

    Oh, that’s all one big strip? I thought it was two separate strips. It makes a bit more sense now.

    On another note, I work at a coffee shop, and we have these magic devices called HAIRNETS to keep the coiffe out of the coffee.

  12. Brian Oct 6th 2008 at 06:04 pm 12

    Funny, Jordan, I was less confused when I thought it was two separate strips.

    If we’re looking at two strips, then the bottom one is a simple “bad service” joke that is reasonably funny. Customer didn’t tip last time, and got hair in his coffee as revenge, so now he’s asking how much he has to tip to avoid a repeat. The top strip just lacks a punchline.

    But as one strip, I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to be. The utter nonsequiturity ruins any humor there could possibly have been.

  13. Alexandra Erin Oct 6th 2008 at 06:18 pm 13

    Read the first panel. It talks about how much people “value” hair. The mom, as shown in the last panel, makes extra money off her hair and the threat of it winding up in coffee. Lame joke, terrible execution.

  14. Dave Van Domelen Oct 7th 2008 at 12:02 am 14

    Jordan: The other day I saw a guy doing food samples at Wal-Mart, who had a huge bushy beard…he was wearing a hairnet on top of his head and a second one over his face.

  15. Michael Oct 9th 2008 at 08:16 pm 15

    I think you’re supposed to read the top and bottom strips in parallel. Top left, then bottom left, … finishing at the bottom right. Sort of like the top strip is a commentary or narration for the bottom strip. (Yeah, I realize it’s all one Sunday strip.)

  16. Rainey Oct 11th 2008 at 12:41 pm 16

    I was foggy about whether this was 1 strip or 2. It made more sense to me as 1 strip so I decided that such was the case.

  17. Jeff S. Oct 13th 2008 at 06:20 pm 17

    “But wow, asking a sarcastic question like that of someone who serves you drinks and/or food seems a little unwise. I used to waitress, and I saw somw ugly stuff happen when people offended servers.”

    Sadly, my wife and I were eating at a favorite restaurant one Sunday, when we had the worst service we ever had from any restaurant… dirty utensils, cold food, and finally topped off with a hair in my breakfast potatoes. We had had enough. We complained to the manager, then left without paying. As we were heading for the door, the manager actually asked us if we wanted a coupon for a free dinner. Just what we wanted, a free dinner… complete with all the extra bodily fluids we would never ask for.

  18. Lunabyte Oct 28th 2008 at 01:30 am 18

    It looks like two strips with the first that the mother tore her hair out

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