Christmas Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Dec 28th 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Calamities of Nature, Christmas, Dilbert, Scott Adams, Sheldon, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 14 responses so far

14 Responses to “Christmas Synchronicity”

  1. Kevin A Dec 29th 2009 at 12:49 am 1

    I find the first one unique in that both people receive something they love that they might not otherwise have had. Even the iTunes card puts the onus on the gifted to choose a song. A gift of bacon is like no other and will not soon be forgotten. These will be true blue friend.

    Still, Dilbert makes me smile. (because it’s been so long since I’ve had bacon that my body has forgotten the experience.)

    What’s “weak sauce”?

  2. Matthew Dec 29th 2009 at 01:14 am 2

    @Kevin, “weak sauce” basically means “lame”.

  3. RyanE Dec 29th 2009 at 01:45 am 3

    Hmmm. I got bacon and real maple syrup from one of my favorite neighbors.

    How did he know?

    :)

  4. Kevin A Dec 29th 2009 at 01:53 am 4

    My landlord couple (and their 2 cats) gave me real maple syrup, too! Nice on the bacon though; going to give them an upgrade to friend? cause, you know, bacon, …it’s awesome, c’mon.

  5. Rainey Dec 29th 2009 at 01:55 am 5

    This concept really isn’t anything new. This happens very often with gift exchanges. Especially among people with similar tastes. These comics serve to demonstrate the futility of the tradition of swapping gifts. This is one reason I don’t do it.

  6. Arthur Dec 29th 2009 at 02:07 am 6

    “Weak Sauce” - GIYF, I found it on Urban Dictionary.

    Rainey: Strips 2 & 3 show that futility. Strip 1 shows something else.
    “I’d never buy this for myself, because it’s too costly or self-indulgent,
    but it’ll make a fine gift.” … “Oh, wow, I got this as a gift. Win-win.”
    (Repeat same thoughts for second person.)

  7. Chuck Dec 29th 2009 at 03:19 am 7

    I’ve never gotten someone the same thing they got me, though if I did get someone bacon I hope they would reciprocate.

  8. Heather D Dec 29th 2009 at 10:40 am 8

    This is something our family has joked about (half-seriously, I swear) for years.

    We should just calculate the value of what each person was going to give the others, figure out the differences, and just settle up at the end.

    So if my dad was going to give me $50, and I was going to give him a $20 gift, then we just forego all that and he just gives me $30. Only we’d also take into account all the family… so if my dad would end up owing me $30, but I owed my brother $30, then my dad would just give the $30 to my brother. Unless my brother also ended up owing my dad $30, in which case we’d all work out even.

    My brother is an accountant. He likes the idea…

  9. Barrett Chase Dec 29th 2009 at 11:21 am 9

    The first strip also shows not only people simultaneously giving and getting what they both want, but also discovering a common interest they never knew they had, thereby deepening their friendship. It’s kind of sweet actually, even if the whole “bacon” joke is tremendously overwrought.

  10. DPWally Dec 29th 2009 at 11:34 am 10

    I love how 3 nearly identical setups have completely different endings.

  11. Tom T. Dec 30th 2009 at 06:10 am 11

    My wife and I are sufficiently synchronized that we’ve gotten each other the same card at Christmas.

  12. Nicole Dec 30th 2009 at 08:05 am 12

    I have often thought the punchline to Dilbert in reference to gift cards — If I get you a gift card for $50.00 and you get me a gift card for $50.00 what is the point. I think it says “I have to give you something, but I haven’t a clue what to get you, so I got you this” … Shouldn’t we know the people we want to buy presents for well enough to actually pick something out ?

  13. Soup Dragon Dec 30th 2009 at 02:54 pm 13

    Mmmm, bacon!

    http://bacolicio.us/http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/christmas-synchronicity/

  14. PaulG Jan 1st 2010 at 05:29 pm 14

    Reminds me of my favorite scene from Donnie Brasco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyVJf_CqGRk

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