LOL-January 11
Cidu Bill on Jan 11th 2010
Sal Biondo: I hate when that happens!
Lola: I actually laughed until tears fell
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Mitch4 Jan 11th 2010 at 04:13 am 1
That’s why the Magic Eight Ball has an “Ask again later” response. And some lines in the I Ching seem to amount to that.
Powers Jan 11th 2010 at 07:07 am 2
How come God only ever shows himself as something that could plausibly be a coincidence?
Nicole Jan 11th 2010 at 08:23 am 3
One fun verb to conjegate would be “to janice”
David Jan 11th 2010 at 10:22 am 4
Powers - That’s why he asked for boobs, to eliminate the chance that’s it’s a coincidence.
Regarding Schaden-Freud, before I got to the text at the bottom, I was expecting a joke about Freudian slips. It’s still sort of a two-part joke, Schaden-Freud over a Freudian slip.
[Fran]cisco Jan 11th 2010 at 10:29 am 5
@Nicole #11 in Half Lap
> Sorry to disappoint. I just can’t see the Arlo content here
@Nicole #3 here
> One fun verb to conjegate would be “to janice”
Looks like you’re trying to move a comic into Arlo territory based on the blog discussion alone. Keep working — You can do this, Nicole.
Nicole Jan 11th 2010 at 10:54 am 6
I thought he asked to see boobs because he believed that god had answered his prayer … and now just wanted to see boobs
John DiFool Jan 11th 2010 at 12:33 pm 7
The “Geronimo” joke was old when Hot Shots did it, almost 20 years ago. IIRC the Indian says “Navy”…
Keera Jan 11th 2010 at 12:41 pm 8
/Warning: Digression ahead/
I’m I the only one seeing red here? I mean, the comment text is now red-colored.
Keera Jan 11th 2010 at 12:41 pm 9
I’m. Am. In some accent they sound the same.
Rusty Jan 11th 2010 at 12:49 pm 10
Er, IIRC the indian’s name was Geronimo, and when he jumped out of the plane he yelled “MEEEEEEEE!”
Charlene Jan 11th 2010 at 12:57 pm 11
I see it too, Keera. I had chalked it up to festive splendour.
paperboy Jan 11th 2010 at 01:05 pm 12
David#4- The Basketcase guy is probably kicking himself for not adding the “Freudian slip” joke.
paperboy Jan 11th 2010 at 01:06 pm 13
Hey! I look GOOD in red!
David Jan 11th 2010 at 01:58 pm 14
Nicole #6, yes, if God performed miracles in response to prayers, prayers would become very single-minded in intent. But since Powers pointed out that miracles can appear as coincidences (the law of large numbers), it could be argued that the supplicant is either a perv taking advantage, or a rationalist asking for more convincing data. Either way, he could have asked for boobs first and gotten everything he wanted the first time.
David Jan 11th 2010 at 02:00 pm 15
This version of the Geronimo joke is a twist that’s new to me. People keep yelling his name, so he’s asking them what they want.
paperboy Jan 11th 2010 at 02:37 pm 16
God ALWAYS answers your prayers. It’s just that sometimes He says “no”.
paperboy Jan 11th 2010 at 02:40 pm 17
David#15- You’re good, but can you explain why Geronimo jumped without a parachute?
mitch4 Jan 11th 2010 at 02:47 pm 18
I read the SMBC in complete agreement with Nicole’s comment at #6. David #14 you make some good points but maybe are leaving out the likelihood that the character is a bit dim and stumbled on the boobs option as a total afterthought.
Jeff S. Jan 11th 2010 at 04:00 pm 19
I’m sorry… but boobs are NEVER a ‘total afterthought’ to any male.
Kamino Neko Jan 11th 2010 at 05:33 pm 20
Bill forgot to close a font tag. Just testing: Did it work?
And Shaden-Freud is way funnier than Freudian Slip, IMO.
jayjaybear Jan 11th 2010 at 05:42 pm 21
The joke in the Geronimo one is that the first two were yelling “Geronimoooo!” like you’re supposed to do when jumping out of a plane in cliche-land, and the Indian (Geronimo) thought they were calling him, so he stepped out (saying “What?”).
I know it’s not a CIDU but there were people who didn’t seem to get the actual joke.
paperboy Jan 11th 2010 at 06:25 pm 22
But, jayjaybear#21, why did he step out? Do Native Americans not believe in gravity?
mitch4 Jan 11th 2010 at 07:01 pm 23
You’re right, Jeff, “total afterthought” isn’t putting it felicitously — or accurately. But I trust the intended point came thru … he has moved on from genuine theological testing and is just looking for some lagniappe.
Neko, I figure you’re right about the unclosed font tag — since other threads aren’t showing this it wouldn’t be an actual change in the theme or style. Too bad your matching right-tag-bracket didn’t survive the scrubbing.
Elyrest Jan 11th 2010 at 07:30 pm 24
Aww - the reds gone. Things have been cleaned up.
CIDU Bill Jan 11th 2010 at 08:21 pm 25
Elyrest, I simply added the [Visine] tag
Kamino Neko Jan 11th 2010 at 08:25 pm 26
Mitch - at least what I was trying is clear, so I don’t look crazy. >_>
… Crazier than usual.
David N Jan 11th 2010 at 10:40 pm 27
Paperboy - since Geronimo died in like 1909, he couldn’t even be on an airplane. Gravity awareness is the least of his problems.
Visine tag, excellent Master Bill.
George P Jan 12th 2010 at 07:03 am 28
Freud didn’t slip in this picture; he tripped.
Nicole Jan 12th 2010 at 07:30 am 29
I was just thinking. Shouldn’t we be applauding the Freud cartoonist for NOT using the obvious and tired Freudian slip joke ?
Paperboy Jan 12th 2010 at 04:21 pm 30
But, Nicole, I LOVE that joke!!
Todd Jan 14th 2010 at 04:29 pm 31
I don’t think i quite get “schaden-freud”. I would get “Freudian slip”. The art on that is horrible. The speaker has his head turned more than 90 degrees; I can’t do that. And Freud’s head does not appear to be complete or attached to his body.