Comments on: ”New Year’s Eve.” ”Well, your timing is impeccable.” http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 07:50:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: jjmcgaffey http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30494 jjmcgaffey Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:52:25 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30494 Huh - I just read it as Crankshaft being Crankshaft. He expresses himself with the wrong words and/or completely misunderstands what's said to him more often than not. Huh - I just read it as Crankshaft being Crankshaft. He expresses himself with the wrong words and/or completely misunderstands what’s said to him more often than not.

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30453 Elyrest Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:03:47 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30453 Susan T-O and Morris Keesan - I knew all about the entombing vs burying and I also knew the moment I hit submit that someone would bring this up. Thanks to both of you! Susan T-O and Morris Keesan - I knew all about the entombing vs burying and I also knew the moment I hit submit that someone would bring this up. Thanks to both of you!

]]> By: Morris Keesan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30452 Morris Keesan Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:31:27 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30452 Susan T-O, you beat me to it (but I just got home and back on the net this evening, and am catching up on a week's worth of comics and not-understanding). And for those who are perhaps a bit confused by this, the reason for saying the Mr. and Mrs. Grant are entombed in Grant's tomb but not buried in it is that the tomb, and the bodies in it, are above ground. Susan T-O, you beat me to it (but I just got home and back on the net this evening, and am catching up on a week’s worth of comics and not-understanding). And for those who are perhaps a bit confused by this, the reason for saying the Mr. and Mrs. Grant are entombed in Grant’s tomb but not buried in it is that the tomb, and the bodies in it, are above ground.

]]> By: Susan T-O http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30432 Susan T-O Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:25:00 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30432 Elyrest, it's even trickier than that. Technically, no one is buried in Grant's tomb. People in tombs are entombed, not buried. And I'm with the "When is it" = "What time does it start" camp. Seemed a perfectly reasonable question to me. Oh, wait, I have an idea--maybe the younger guy is startled not by the question, but by the fact that Crankshaft might actually go to the party. He didn't really think the cranky old man would accept the invitation. Eh? Eh? Elyrest, it’s even trickier than that. Technically, no one is buried in Grant’s tomb. People in tombs are entombed, not buried.

And I’m with the “When is it” = “What time does it start” camp. Seemed a perfectly reasonable question to me. Oh, wait, I have an idea–maybe the younger guy is startled not by the question, but by the fact that Crankshaft might actually go to the party. He didn’t really think the cranky old man would accept the invitation. Eh? Eh?

]]> By: The Bad Seed http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30267 The Bad Seed Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:52:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30267 If this was another cartoon, I wouldn't assume it was an anemic attempt at a weak and corny joke. But judging from experience and the expression on the neighbor's face, we're to believe that Crankshift is either being incredibly stupid (not knowing when New Year's Eve is) or ornery (pretending not to know). In either case, it would have been incrementally better if Crankypants asked "what day is it?", although that was probably too awkward and trying to hard for even this strip. Ouch, maybe I'm the Crankypants! ;) If this was another cartoon, I wouldn’t assume it was an anemic attempt at a weak and corny joke. But judging from experience and the expression on the neighbor’s face, we’re to believe that Crankshift is either being incredibly stupid (not knowing when New Year’s Eve is) or ornery (pretending not to know). In either case, it would have been incrementally better if Crankypants asked “what day is it?”, although that was probably too awkward and trying to hard for even this strip. Ouch, maybe I’m the Crankypants! ;)

]]> By: David A. Rooney http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30260 David A. Rooney Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:36:31 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30260 And the Pagan newyear (winter solstice) was last week, so he missed it. And the Pagan newyear (winter solstice) was last week, so he missed it.

]]> By: chuckers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30238 chuckers Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:14:00 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30238 Umm...Eastern Orthodox, not Greek Orthodox. Umm…Eastern Orthodox, not Greek Orthodox.

]]> By: chuckers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30237 chuckers Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:11:04 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30237 Which New Year are they celebrating? Western Calendar? Jewish New Year? Chinese New Year? Greek Orthodox New Year? When does the New Year start this year? Which New Year are they celebrating? Western Calendar? Jewish New Year? Chinese New Year? Greek Orthodox New Year? When does the New Year start this year?

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30236 mkilby Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:09:05 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30236 Given the paltry amount of humor in "Crankshaft", this seems the perfect opportunity to point out that Wordpress's "smart quote" feature works perfectly on text entries, but does not act on the headlines (see the four "closing" quote marks above the comic). P.S. Here's a sand"wiched quote, just to see what Wordpress does with it. Given the paltry amount of humor in “Crankshaft”, this seems the perfect opportunity to point out that Wordpress’s “smart quote” feature works perfectly on text entries, but does not act on the headlines (see the four “closing” quote marks above the comic).

P.S. Here’s a sand”wiched quote, just to see what Wordpress does with it.

]]> By: Arthur http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30222 Arthur Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:13:51 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/12/28/new-years-eve-well-your-timing-is-impeccable/#comment-30222 In reply to S. P. Charles: "What time does it start?" "Eight." "When is it?" "Eight till at least two. Last year's went on till dawn." In reply to S. P. Charles:
“What time does it start?” “Eight.”
“When is it?” “Eight till at least two. Last year’s went on till dawn.”

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