LOL-July 12
Cidu Bill on Jul 12th 2009
Filed in Argyle Sweater, Batman, Bill Bickel, F-Minus, God, Mark Parisi, Noah, Non Sequitur, Off the Mark, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Hilburn, Superman, Tony Carrillo, Wiley Miller, Zach Weiner, Ziggy, aromatherapy, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, synchronicity | 20 responses so far
yellojkt Jul 12th 2009 at 01:09 pm 1
For the record, the Argyle Sweater was the LOL.
furrykef Jul 12th 2009 at 03:11 pm 2
I think the Brevity probably qualifies for the Arlo Award. (BTW, I think you forgot to put “Brevity” and “Guy & Rodd” in the tags.)
Amazingly, I figured out that the Non-Sequitur was probably going to be about an elephant in the room before the phrase was even mentioned. I guess it was too logical: “We’ve avoided it long enough” strongly suggests the phrase “elephant in the room”, and in a cartoon, a humorous interpretation of that phrase would be… an elephant in the room.
I wonder how many others managed to jump to the same conclusion.
- Kef
Josh Jul 12th 2009 at 06:01 pm 3
I think this may be the first time I’ve ever seen Rat “invited” to another strip. But he stayed in character. I also jumped to the literal “elephant in the room” conclusion.
Kate C Jul 12th 2009 at 07:10 pm 4
Josh–I actually don’t think Rat is entirely in character in this strip. I’m no Pearls Before Swine aficionado, but he’s never seemed particularly malevolent. He’s just cynical and selfish, but more like a con-artist than someone who actively seeks to harm others.
furrykef Jul 12th 2009 at 08:20 pm 5
Yeah, I agree with Kate C, though almost all of my exposure to Pearls Before Swine has been through CIDU. I just thought, “Huh, I never saw him do something like that.”
MJB Jul 12th 2009 at 08:45 pm 6
Call me dense, but I don’t get the BREVITY. Please explain. Gracias.
Rasheed Jul 12th 2009 at 08:52 pm 7
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Depending on your font, or how this posts. The neighbor is planting trees in the form of a rude gesture.
Rasheed Jul 12th 2009 at 08:52 pm 8
Ok, that came out a pinky instead of middle finger. Ate my leading spaces.
Scott Jul 12th 2009 at 09:11 pm 9
I saw that “elephant in the room” gag coming a mile away.
Kamino Neko Jul 12th 2009 at 10:04 pm 10
Oh, rat’s malevolent, alright.
A recent arc involved him playing pied piper for people he considered stupid and drowning them. (It backfired when he tried it on the Crocs.)
Dan Jul 12th 2009 at 11:34 pm 11
Brevity was too subtle for me..
Usual John Jul 13th 2009 at 01:25 am 12
Beavers eat bark, not lumber, so I was thinking about that instead of the ostensible joke. Mulch would have been better as the processed food alternative. The same objection applies to Ziggy, of course.
chuckers Jul 13th 2009 at 05:14 am 13
Agree with Dan. Brevity was too brief to appreciate.
Rainey Jul 13th 2009 at 07:41 am 14
Rasheed, thank you for explaining Brevity. I thought the neighbor was planting the tall tree to block Dave’s view because he was a peeping Tom. Now that you pointed it out, this does make more sense.
Mitch4 Jul 13th 2009 at 09:12 am 15
Oh, yeah, come to think of it! I also missed the point of the Brevity and didn’t realize it — it seemed to be explainable as the neighbor simply wanting a barrier, but the finger is clearly more pointed.
MJB Jul 13th 2009 at 10:22 am 16
Thanks, Rasheed. The BREVITY is a witty idea not well produced.
Kate C Jul 13th 2009 at 11:56 am 17
I also misinterpretted the Brevity; I thought maybe he was constantly wandering around the house naked, and the neighbors were putting up trees to block their view.
RobynS8971 Jul 13th 2009 at 05:17 pm 18
If it was to be a one finger (or tree) salute, wouldn’t they use 4 trees, not 5, the thumb is hidden in a properly executed salute.
Jeff S. Jul 14th 2009 at 02:56 pm 19
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Jeff S. Jul 14th 2009 at 02:58 pm 20
It depends what you are calling a ‘proper’ bird flip. My thumb extends out and up in my birds.