Comments on: Picket http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Tue, 22 May 2012 12:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14657 Scott Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:01:26 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14657 If I remember correctly, Ford had a bad breakup years ago and is now anti-romance, so he is not picketing commercialism, but romance in general. Maria Elena on the other hand seems to be incurably romantic. I moved away from a paper that ran this strip not long after the Norm got married, but it doesn't seem to have changed much in the interim. And I agree that picket -> pick. If I remember correctly, Ford had a bad breakup years ago and is now anti-romance, so he is not picketing commercialism, but romance in general. Maria Elena on the other hand seems to be incurably romantic. I moved away from a paper that ran this strip not long after the Norm got married, but it doesn’t seem to have changed much in the interim. And I agree that picket -> pick.

]]> By: Daniel J. Drazen http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14613 Daniel J. Drazen Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:48:17 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14613 This would have been way funnier in the 60s and 70s, but who pickets anything anymore, unless you're with PETA? This would have been way funnier in the 60s and 70s, but who pickets anything anymore, unless you’re with PETA?

]]> By: Andrew http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14591 Andrew Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:48:40 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14591 I just figured the character was the kind of over-eager person who plucks recurring verbs out of conversation and turns them sexual by saying "you could [verb] me" regardless of what the verb is. I just figured the character was the kind of over-eager person who plucks recurring verbs out of conversation and turns them sexual by saying “you could [verb] me” regardless of what the verb is.

]]> By: Lihtox http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14584 Lihtox Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:02:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14584 The woman's comment might not have been euphemistic at all; maybe she'd be happy to have him walk back and forth in front of her with a sign, because at least that means he noticed her and is spending time with her. (Guess it depends on the context of the strip, which I don't know.) The woman’s comment might not have been euphemistic at all; maybe she’d be happy to have him walk back and forth in front of her with a sign, because at least that means he noticed her and is spending time with her.
(Guess it depends on the context of the strip, which I don’t know.)

]]> By: BGneiss http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14581 BGneiss Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:57:16 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14581 A lot of people resent the "holidays" that are force-fed to us by the card and flower companies, and resent the negative peer pressure to comply. They're not trying to "spoil" it for anyone else, they're just rejecting the principle the same way as people who are upset about the commercialization of Christmas. Technically, we should all have a little Christmas and Valentine's Day in our hearts every day, if you wanna be sappy about it. Kinda on-topic... the best party I ever attended was an Anti-Valentine's Party, thrown by a group of very funny, sarcastic single guys. The short chubby one with the shaved head and mustache wrapped up in a sheet the way they show Cupid dressed, wore a halo made out of tinsel garland, had a big honkin' cigar hanging out of his mouth, and went around grousing and shooting people with little kids' foam arrows. Way too much fun! A lot of people resent the “holidays” that are force-fed to us by the card and flower companies, and resent the negative peer pressure to comply. They’re not trying to “spoil” it for anyone else, they’re just rejecting the principle the same way as people who are upset about the commercialization of Christmas. Technically, we should all have a little Christmas and Valentine’s Day in our hearts every day, if you wanna be sappy about it.

Kinda on-topic… the best party I ever attended was an Anti-Valentine’s Party, thrown by a group of very funny, sarcastic single guys. The short chubby one with the shaved head and mustache wrapped up in a sheet the way they show Cupid dressed, wore a halo made out of tinsel garland, had a big honkin’ cigar hanging out of his mouth, and went around grousing and shooting people with little kids’ foam arrows. Way too much fun!

]]> By: sekirt http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14579 sekirt Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:25:37 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14579 I'll go with #8 Pete. Not all that funny though. I’ll go with #8 Pete. Not all that funny though.

]]> By: Pete http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14578 Pete Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:53:32 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14578 This is a guess, since I don't know the strip. "Picket" means exactly the same as it does in our world. That is a line of militants who want to discourage people from entering a particular establishment. The bald guy is a jerk who is threatening to picket a flower shop or a jewelry shop just in order to spoil Valentine's day for everyone else. The other guy is offering a suggestion how he can disrupt three at once. The girl wants him to "pick at" her. This is a guess, since I don’t know the strip. “Picket” means exactly the same as it does in our world. That is a line of militants who want to discourage people from entering a particular establishment.

The bald guy is a jerk who is threatening to picket a flower shop or a jewelry shop just in order to spoil Valentine’s day for everyone else.

The other guy is offering a suggestion how he can disrupt three at once.

The girl wants him to “pick at” her.

]]> By: Elliott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14576 Elliott Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:57:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14576 It's like Jethro Burns always said to Chet Atkins: "That guitar's never gonna heal of you don't stop pickin' it!? It’s like Jethro Burns always said to Chet Atkins: “That guitar’s never gonna heal of you don’t stop pickin’ it!?

]]> By: Michael http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14575 Michael Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:12:16 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14575 Could she have misunderstood "picket" = protest, for "pick" = choose? Because "You could pick-et- me!" rather makes some sense. Could she have misunderstood “picket” = protest, for “pick” = choose? Because “You could pick-et- me!” rather makes some sense.

]]> By: Charlene http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14574 Charlene Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:49:53 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/02/14/picket/#comment-14574 I would think she meant "picket" in a much, um, earthier sense than others. Which doesn't really explain why she'd say that in front of her <i>parents</i>. I would think she meant “picket” in a much, um, earthier sense than others. Which doesn’t really explain why she’d say that in front of her parents.

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