Comments on: K http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 01:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jeff S. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27377 Jeff S. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:43:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27377 I'm with retropink... the first thing I did when I got the joke was to look for a backwards K. I could see the dog approaching the cat, look at him, then hang his head down and walk away. That's equivalent to a strikeout watching in the dog-chase-cat world. I’m with retropink… the first thing I did when I got the joke was to look for a backwards K. I could see the dog approaching the cat, look at him, then hang his head down and walk away. That’s equivalent to a strikeout watching in the dog-chase-cat world.

]]> By: Judge Mental http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27330 Judge Mental Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:40:45 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27330 @retropink For us baseball fans, a backwards K would have ruined the cartoon. A backwards K signifies that the batter struck out from not swinging on a pitch in the strikezone, as opposed to swing and a miss which is denoted by a regular (forward) K. The situation obviously calls for a forward K. @retropink

For us baseball fans, a backwards K would have ruined the cartoon. A backwards K signifies that the batter struck out from not swinging on a pitch in the strikezone, as opposed to swing and a miss which is denoted by a regular (forward) K. The situation obviously calls for a forward K.

]]> By: Kate C http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27323 Kate C Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:05:34 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27323 Blast from the past! I have a very, very clear childhood memory of me asking my dad to explain this strip (and he said basically what Heather D said). I also have a memory of asking my mom to explain that Far Side strip where a man is hiding in a fort made out of sofa cushions, and a woman is saying something like, "You can make your little fort another time, Harold. The Johnsons are coming over for dinner." I didn't get it, and my said it would be as if my dad made a fort out of cushions, and I found this concept so unbelievably uproarious, that Far Side still makes me smile, and is among one of my favorites. Blast from the past! I have a very, very clear childhood memory of me asking my dad to explain this strip (and he said basically what Heather D said).

I also have a memory of asking my mom to explain that Far Side strip where a man is hiding in a fort made out of sofa cushions, and a woman is saying something like, “You can make your little fort another time, Harold. The Johnsons are coming over for dinner.” I didn’t get it, and my said it would be as if my dad made a fort out of cushions, and I found this concept so unbelievably uproarious, that Far Side still makes me smile, and is among one of my favorites.

]]> By: docdonn http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27308 docdonn Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:27:17 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27308 hairball- spitballs? hairball- spitballs?

]]> By: Keera http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27307 Keera Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27307 I didn't know why "K", so in case somebody else not familiar with baseball is also wondering, here's an explanation: http://baseball.wikia.com/wiki/Strikeout I didn’t know why “K”, so in case somebody else not familiar with baseball is also wondering, here’s an explanation: http://baseball.wikia.com/wiki/Strikeout

]]> By: padraig http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27298 padraig Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:14:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27298 The squirrels and rabbits in my back yard hang these out to taunt our mini schnauzer. Some day she will make them pay. The squirrels and rabbits in my back yard hang these out to taunt our mini schnauzer. Some day she will make them pay.

]]> By: Heather D http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27295 Heather D Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:25 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27295 The dog is panting. I think that there is, implied, an epic chase, zooming across the yard at near-mach speeds. Just as the dog is about to overtake his prey, the cat bolts up into the tree. Again. Just like last time. Strikeout. The dog is panting. I think that there is, implied, an epic chase, zooming across the yard at near-mach speeds. Just as the dog is about to overtake his prey, the cat bolts up into the tree.

Again. Just like last time.

Strikeout.

]]> By: TasmanSea http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27292 TasmanSea Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:44:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27292 Knowing nothing about baseball, had I just seen this in the New Yorker, I might easily have assumed there was a way smarter joke here that I just wasn't getting. Good that I saw it here first. I do like how annoyed and exhausted the dog looks though. Knowing nothing about baseball, had I just seen this in the New Yorker, I might easily have assumed there was a way smarter joke here that I just wasn’t getting. Good that I saw it here first. I do like how annoyed and exhausted the dog looks though.

]]> By: retropink http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27291 retropink Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:37:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27291 I would like this a lot more if one of the Ks was backwards. Not that it would make more sense, but the idea of the dog getting a strike by just standing there makes me chuckle. Like the cat is just taunting him. I would like this a lot more if one of the Ks was backwards. Not that it would make more sense, but the idea of the dog getting a strike by just standing there makes me chuckle. Like the cat is just taunting him.

]]> By: Tom T. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27285 Tom T. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:54:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/10/27/k/#comment-27285 The cat feels oppressed, and so is comparing the dog to the KKK. Twice over. It's a commentary on how racial accusations get thrown around in our society. (kidding...) The cat feels oppressed, and so is comparing the dog to the KKK. Twice over. It’s a commentary on how racial accusations get thrown around in our society.

(kidding…)

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