Comics I Don’t Understand

Chirp

Cidu Bill on Jan 5th 2010

yellojkt: Is there a non-ewww analog to a cricket leg rubbing alone in bed?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Quigmans, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far

18 Responses to “Chirp”

Nicole Jan 5th 2010 at 12:17 pm 1

I thought it was analogous to when kids play the stereo too loud .. nothing EWWW or Arlo-esque
The Bad Seed Jan 5th 2010 at 01:05 pm 2

The posture makes it seem Ewww/Arlo-esque for me. I’m prrrrrretty sure crickets don’t generally lay on their backs while they’re making their noise.
paperboy Jan 5th 2010 at 01:28 pm 3

All young guy crickets do it.
Catelli Jan 5th 2010 at 04:06 pm 4

Cricket’s chirp by rubbing their legs to attract mates.

So if he’s trying to attract his mother and/or father, ewwwwww.
jayjaybear Jan 5th 2010 at 05:47 pm 5

And why is Dad carrying a paper and a pipe if he’s just been trying to get to sleep and can’t because Junior is rubbing?
turquoise cow Jan 5th 2010 at 07:42 pm 6

…if the father is a cricket and the son is a cricket, the mother is presumably also a cricket. So why aren’t the parents also making the chirping noise? And why don’t they just close the door? It’s not as though cricket chirping is insanely loud…or is it if you’re a cricket?

I’m over-thinking this, aren’t I?
Susan T-O Jan 5th 2010 at 10:51 pm 7

And, of course, this comic totally overlooks the fact that crickets rub their wings together, not their legs. I know, I know, why go for fact when you can go for folklore?
Cidu Bill Jan 5th 2010 at 10:54 pm 8

This is the comics, ma’am. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Bob Jan 5th 2010 at 11:57 pm 9

Cidu Bill - The Cricket that rubbed out Liberty Valence?
GP Jan 6th 2010 at 09:15 am 10

I think the music notes are to indicate that he’s just playing his “music” too loud. Crickets don’t lay on their backs while chirping, but teenagers might lay on their beds while listening to music at night. It ignores facts of anatomy and insect behavior, but it also has crickets living in a house, reading, smoking and talking, so one more factual inaccuracy (or two) isn’t a big deal.
Carl Jan 6th 2010 at 10:23 am 11

Susan T-O, some grasshoppers do chirp by rubbing their legs together, but I guess they are less well-known and wouldn’t be as easy to use in a cartoon.
Keera Jan 6th 2010 at 12:52 pm 12

Turquoise Cow, cricket chirping is not necessarily insanely loud, but it is insanely annoying, especially indoors, in a room with cinderblock walls. (We simply could not get any sleep until the whole family cornered the darned bug and silenced it forever. No, there are no crickets in Norway, but there are in my native California.)
aoeu Jan 7th 2010 at 02:28 pm 13

Susan T-O: this comic also overlooks the fact that crickets don’t live in houses and talk
Rain Jan 8th 2010 at 08:54 pm 14

This is all Arlo to me . . . and it’s Paperboy for the win!
Todd Jan 9th 2010 at 03:52 am 15

Nicole doesn’t see the Arlo in a cartoon, and nobody comments about it!? Two firsts in one CIDU!
Elyrest Jan 9th 2010 at 12:45 pm 16

Todd (#15) - You’re right a double whammy. This has to be a first. Nicole, whatever were you not thinking of?
Nicole Jan 9th 2010 at 02:17 pm 17

Sorry … must have been the lunar eclipse … but now I see it … it’s all about sex
Nicole Jan 9th 2010 at 02:18 pm 18

Snatch the cricket from my hand ??????