Comments on: Tadpoles http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/ Come for the comics, stay for the off-topic political discussions Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: todd http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26665 todd Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:02:57 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26665 Most jokes don't hold up if you over-examine them. Most jokes don’t hold up if you over-examine them.

]]> By: Mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26613 Mitch4 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:32:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26613 I can go with the comments saying because he's a frog he refers to his offspring as tadpoles, whatever their actual form. So if he were a dog he would call them pups, if he were a bear he would call them cubs, if he were a goat he would call them kids. Hey, waitaminute! I can go with the comments saying because he’s a frog he refers to his offspring as tadpoles, whatever their actual form. So if he were a dog he would call them pups, if he were a bear he would call them cubs, if he were a goat he would call them kids. Hey, waitaminute!

]]> By: Fnord http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26610 Fnord Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:40:53 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26610 They're tadpoles because Peters thinks you can make a joke by swapping out one word from a common sentence. A divorced dad gets his kids on the weekend, so a divorced frog must get the <b>tadpoles</b> on the weekend. Note the bold face, for extra comedy laffs! They’re tadpoles because Peters thinks you can make a joke by swapping out one word from a common sentence. A divorced dad gets his kids on the weekend, so a divorced frog must get the tadpoles on the weekend. Note the bold face, for extra comedy laffs!

]]> By: Slager http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26605 Slager Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:37:13 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26605 Oh, I wondered the same thing, too. Probably... because there would be no joke otherwise. Oh, I wondered the same thing, too. Probably… because there would be no joke otherwise.

]]> By: BillClay http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26594 BillClay Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:07:47 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26594 Just wonder here.. Why would a dog be talking to a crown wearing frog in english about a witch that can turn people into frogs? Any number of explanations fit the tadpole question. As a frog, he is naturally going to refer to his offspring as tadpoles. Whether the are literally tadpoles or not doesn't matter. Many people refer to their kids as rug rats. Perhaps, as Carl suggests, the witch turns the kids into tadpoles for the weekend so they can visit their father. She may be a witch but she isn't heartless, I guess. Perhaps the tadpoles are from his relationship with his new girlfriend. Perhaps the tadpoles were the pets he and his witch wife shared and he gets possession of them on the weekend. It just happens to be coincidence that he is now a frog as well. Just wonder here.. Why would a dog be talking to a crown wearing frog in english about a witch that can turn people into frogs?

Any number of explanations fit the tadpole question. As a frog, he is naturally going to refer to his offspring as tadpoles. Whether the are literally tadpoles or not doesn’t matter. Many people refer to their kids as rug rats.

Perhaps, as Carl suggests, the witch turns the kids into tadpoles for the weekend so they can visit their father. She may be a witch but she isn’t heartless, I guess.

Perhaps the tadpoles are from his relationship with his new girlfriend.

Perhaps the tadpoles were the pets he and his witch wife shared and he gets possession of them on the weekend. It just happens to be coincidence that he is now a frog as well.

]]> By: Pirk http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26593 Pirk Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:04:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26593 I can dig it, Scott I can dig it, Scott

]]> By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26591 Scott Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:55:44 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26591 Perhaps they aren't really tadpoles but the new frog, thinking from his froggish p.o.v., thinks of them as such? Perhaps they aren’t really tadpoles but the new frog, thinking from his froggish p.o.v., thinks of them as such?

]]> By: DevilDan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26589 DevilDan Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:45:36 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26589 Running the risk of being called a heretic, I'm going to suggest that "cuteness" covers a multitude of sins, including any illogicalities in this strip. Running the risk of being called a heretic, I’m going to suggest that “cuteness” covers a multitude of sins, including any illogicalities in this strip.

]]> By: mr obvious http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26588 mr obvious Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:42:26 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26588 My take is that the prince was originally a frog. The princess kissed him and turned him into a prince. With her newfound power, the princess started doing more magic and eventually became an evil witch. Unfortunately her power was incomplete and poorly developed from lack of role models, and so when the prince and the witch had progeny, they (the progeny) were tadpoles. In her anger, the witch divorced the prince and reversed the spell so the price reverted back to his native frog-form. My take is that the prince was originally a frog. The princess kissed him and turned him into a prince. With her newfound power, the princess started doing more magic and eventually became an evil witch. Unfortunately her power was incomplete and poorly developed from lack of role models, and so when the prince and the witch had progeny, they (the progeny) were tadpoles. In her anger, the witch divorced the prince and reversed the spell so the price reverted back to his native frog-form.

]]> By: Carl http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26585 Carl Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:22:07 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/14/tadpoles/#comment-26585 The kids are tadpoles because the witch/wife turned them into (baby) frogs, too, at least for weekends when the father has custody. Oddly, this makes biological sense--in frogs it is actually not uncommon for child care to be the father's role, not the mother's. The kids are tadpoles because the witch/wife turned them into (baby) frogs, too, at least for weekends when the father has custody.

Oddly, this makes biological sense–in frogs it is actually not uncommon for child care to be the father’s role, not the mother’s.

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