Comments on: The World’s Greatest Ventriloquist: Arlol of the Week http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Tue, 22 May 2012 12:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jesse http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15477 Jesse Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:43:25 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15477 I thought this reeked of editing. Tony's response was hysterical though. I thought this reeked of editing. Tony’s response was hysterical though.

]]> By: Matthew http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15469 Matthew Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:25:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15469 Silviya, XKCD really blew (so to speak) an opportunity with the cartoon you cited above (http://xkcd.com/194/). If the figure had been standing at the appropriate spot on a mock ruler (14 cm., according to another XKCD cartoon: http://www.xkcd.com/526/), then we really could, as a culture, move on. Silviya, XKCD really blew (so to speak) an opportunity with the cartoon you cited above (http://xkcd.com/194/). If the figure had been standing at the appropriate spot on a mock ruler (14 cm., according to another XKCD cartoon: http://www.xkcd.com/526/), then we really could, as a culture, move on.

]]> By: Matthew http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15467 Matthew Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:11:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15467 Wordpress would rather have your words in its mouth, Silviya, than your hand up its... asterisks. Wordpress would rather have your words in its mouth, Silviya, than your hand up its… asterisks.

]]> By: Silviya http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15463 Silviya Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:09:02 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15463 Yep, I saw it's a "LOL" entry and not a "CIDU", but for me it wasn't even a "LOL". *shrugs* /*Wordpress keeps eating my comments. */ Yep, I saw it’s a “LOL” entry and not a “CIDU”, but for me it wasn’t even a “LOL”. *shrugs*

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]]> By: S.P. Charles http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15454 S.P. Charles Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:36:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15454 Of course "correct" really isn't an issue, since this wasn't a CIDU Of course “correct” really isn’t an issue, since this wasn’t a CIDU

]]> By: Terry http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15449 Terry Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:24:37 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15449 Confirmation that Silviya's original comment is 100% correct can be found at http://www.spreadthefword.com/2009/03/butt-what.html . Confirmation that Silviya’s original comment is 100% correct can be found at http://www.spreadthefword.com/2009/03/butt-what.html .

]]> By: Brent http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15443 Brent Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:12:58 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15443 Patrick: That knowledge pretty much destroyed the joke for me... I couldn't see where it was going at all. I was thinking "... miers in my plouth??!?", because that lead-in just screams spoonerism. Patrick: That knowledge pretty much destroyed the joke for me… I couldn’t see where it was going at all. I was thinking “… miers in my plouth??!?”, because that lead-in just screams spoonerism.

]]> By: Patrick http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15439 Patrick Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:43:56 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15439 Not to get all ventriloquist-techy on you but on all the dummies I ever used, the hand went into the lower back - above the butt - not up an opening in the bottom as in a regular, Punch & Judy style puppet. So, they never really had a "hand up the . . . " That esoteric knowledge takes nothing away from the understood intent of this gag - which, I think is a good one. Not to get all ventriloquist-techy on you but on all the dummies I ever used, the hand went into the lower back - above the butt - not up an opening in the bottom as in a regular, Punch & Judy style puppet. So, they never really had a “hand up the . . . ”

That esoteric knowledge takes nothing away from the understood intent of this gag - which, I think is a good one.

]]> By: Silviya http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15438 Silviya Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:28:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15438 Soup Dragon - because some jokes are funnier when they are left blank. Especially when they are the kind of jokes in this comic strip. Actually, I think that would be what the doll would ACTUALLY say - by the time it would reach the word "ass" or "butt" or whetever comes first to your mouth, the man with the hand would either look at the doll and there would be a long stare, or he would cry out, and the doll would say something along the lines of "oh, you scream now, what if you were on MY place"... And so on. Just a random "hand-up-my-ass" joke, now, can we please, as a culture move on? http://xkcd.com/194/ Soup Dragon - because some jokes are funnier when they are left blank. Especially when they are the kind of jokes in this comic strip.

Actually, I think that would be what the doll would ACTUALLY say - by the time it would reach the word “ass” or “butt” or whetever comes first to your mouth, the man with the hand would either look at the doll and there would be a long stare, or he would cry out, and the doll would say something along the lines of “oh, you scream now, what if you were on MY place”… And so on.

Just a random “hand-up-my-ass” joke, now, can we please, as a culture move on?

http://xkcd.com/194/

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15428 Mark in Boston Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:26:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/03/03/the-worlds-greatest-ventriloquist-arlol-of-the-week/#comment-15428 I completed it as "a ... [in my mouth]." I was thinking what some comedian (I forget who) said on TV, getting in trouble afterwards: "The dentist took a needle and said 'You're going to feel a little prick in your mouth,' and I said 'I hope I'm knocked out before that happens.'" I completed it as “a … [in my mouth].”

I was thinking what some comedian (I forget who) said on TV, getting in trouble afterwards:

“The dentist took a needle and said ‘You’re going to feel a little prick in your mouth,’ and I said ‘I hope I’m knocked out before that happens.’”

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