The Big Game

Cidu Bill on Jan 25th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dinette Set, Super Bowl, comic strips, comics, humor | 22 responses so far

22 Responses to “The Big Game”

  1. Dave Van Domelen Jan 25th 2009 at 12:30 am 1

    “Flomax” is a medicine promising you won’t have to urinate as often, that seems to be part of the joke.

  2. Elyrest Jan 25th 2009 at 12:38 am 2

    Actually, I thought Flomax was a medication to improve urination in men with enlarged protates. Therefore all the jokes about water.

  3. Singapore Bill Jan 25th 2009 at 02:31 am 3

    All I can see is the misspelled “Niagara.”

  4. Adam! Jan 25th 2009 at 03:35 am 4

    This, ladies and gentelmen, is how NOT to make a comic.

    DON’T: 1) Fill every available surface with text, 2) make the comic about an unmemorable movie from the early 90s, or 3) hide the punchline in the background (assuming “Classic Theater Presents” is the line that’s supposed to decode this comic).

    DO: Spellcheck.

  5. Ted Jan 25th 2009 at 04:07 am 5

    Adam! -

    1. That’s his comic style, want sparse, read B.C.
    2. Not every one was born 20 years ago, some of us remember the unmemorable movies from the ’70s.
    3. See point one.

    Sorry, just had to troll.

  6. yellojkt Jan 25th 2009 at 09:19 am 6

    See, running water, waterfalls, and sneezing all cause you to pee. If the game runs into overtime, they aren’t going to want that seat cushion back.

  7. Ooten Aboot Jan 25th 2009 at 10:12 am 7

    Singapore Bill and others: the misspelling “Niagra” is possibly meant to evoke another medicament popular with the likes of the Dinette Set.

    If only that misspelling had been noted by someone named “Ed” I might have had the straight line of the century so far.

  8. Mcanj Jan 25th 2009 at 10:36 am 8

    But you have to like the background painting of trees labelled “Trees”.

  9. David A. Rooney Jan 25th 2009 at 10:46 am 9

    And so the graying of America continues. Interestingly, when we were kids scatalogical jokes about old people seemed funnier. Or maybe it’s just that they were further removed from our personal experience. (no, no! I’m too young to be this old!)

  10. Frosted Donut Jan 25th 2009 at 12:59 pm 10

    “1. That’s his comic style, want sparse, read B.C.”

    Meet Julie Larson:
    http://www.thedinetteset.com/Author.htm

  11. Elyrest Jan 25th 2009 at 02:29 pm 11

    Having grown up near Niagara Falls I knew “Niagra” was misspelled. I also thought it was used as a good way to combine a medication that oldsters use and the thought of lots of water.

    Ooten Aboot - please tell me the punchline of the century! Although the combinations I’ve been trying to make with “Ed” may be funnier.

  12. Morris Keesan Jan 25th 2009 at 04:18 pm 12

    I assume that Bill works for a pharmaceutical company, and that “Ah-choo” and “Niagra” are others of their products.

  13. Keera Jan 25th 2009 at 04:34 pm 13

    Re spelling of names: Isn’t there something about not being allowed to use actual product names due to copyright infringement and/or lawsuits?

  14. Ted Jan 25th 2009 at 04:35 pm 14

    Julie & Frosted Donut — Sorry 40+yo eyes, I read it as Julius.

  15. Adam! Jan 25th 2009 at 06:23 pm 15

    Wait… this is an incontinence joke? I’ve never heard of Flowmax before, and googling Flomix didn’t lead me to it (also, I had been internally pronouncing it as ‘Flummox’, which in retrospect is quite fitting). Also, sneezing makes you pee? What?

    I guess I’m just not the target audience for this comic.

  16. Adam! Jan 25th 2009 at 06:26 pm 16

    Ted, I’m going to take your advice a little further and read neither The Dinette Set nor BC.

  17. Rainey Jan 25th 2009 at 06:49 pm 17

    Any advertisements that deal with personal problems such as incontinence are potentially embarassing if they are on an item you are using. If the game goes into overtime, it will last that much longer. This will allow more people to see the advertisement. The only way to remedy this is to keep ALL the lettering on the seat covered at all times.

  18. Dan Jan 25th 2009 at 09:48 pm 18

    You know, just because an artist has a particular style doesn’t mean that it’s a good style. Dinette Set has always been awful, if only because it’s so darn busy it’s often incomprehensible.

  19. Ooten Aboot Jan 26th 2009 at 07:35 am 19

    Elyrest: the straight-line comment was intended as a clue (”Ed” = “ED”). “Ed” was also a TV series about a lawyer. The punchline is “[Insert name of lawyer - Ed will do] tried it, but it only made him taller.”

  20. Mitch4 Jan 26th 2009 at 11:28 am 20

    Heya, Adam, the drug brand name is not Flowmax or Flomix but Flomax — DVD and Elyrest had it that way in comments 1 & 2. (BTW, on Googling Flomax it seems their official site is http://www.4flomax.com . When you see a URL with something tossed in like that ‘4′, you wonder who grabbed the plain one, and it turns out http://www.flomax.com is the site for a company called Flomax that deals in pipes and valves — their About pages are kinda funny if read with “urinary plumbing” in mind.)

    You know the comment “I laughed so hard I peed my pants”? Sneezing is the same. I think it happens only if your bladder is pretty full and you’re “holding it in” consciously.

  21. The Ploughman Jan 26th 2009 at 01:20 pm 21

    I’m having trouble understanding the comments on this one as well as the comic. Maybe I’m getting old, too.

  22. Size Jan 26th 2009 at 05:45 pm 22

    But Bill is just letting him use the seat. That doesn’t imply that the guy is actually taking Flomax/Flomix. Even if Rainey is correct and it’s a matter of embarrassment at the suggestion that he’s taking it, that doesn’t explain why there are all the other pee jokes in the panel. Just sitting on this seat wouldn’t actually make him have to pee more.

    I do have to give the writer credit for the “ask your doctor” which is ubiquitous in drug ads. Because my doctor would never think to prescribe me brand-name medicines unless I specifically ask for it.

    Also, does anyone know why the television screen is in front of the television rather than inside it?

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