Comments on: Exclamation of the Week

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:43:37 +0000

#20 Mark M, the “Holy” in this case is an infix intensifier, so the construction is similar to the phrase
“un-f***ing-believable”, or similar usages.

By: David A. Rooney

David A. Rooney — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:51:13 +0000

Craig - actually, Parthenogenesis (reproduction without sexual intercourse) is possible, but it results in female offspring. Which would mean Jesus was a transvestite . . . uh, oh. Does having that thought mean I’m going somewhere in a hand-basket?

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:50:54 +0000

I always assumed Granny was a widow, I don’t think we ever saw Juliette (who was divorced) involved with any men other than the stuffy guy she eventually married, and Edda certainly didn’t become sexually involved very young. This hardly sounds like promiscuity.

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:46:47 +0000

@ Terry: There’s no guarantee of that so far. Grandma hasn’t admitted that any of the men were Juliette’s father, and even if they are, there’s also no guarantee that she was conceived during the war.

Come to think of it, the father figure being absent always bugged me in this strip. I recall a few strips, long ago, in which Edda went to visit her father, or Juliette spoke to him on the phone or something, but he was never seen and rarely mentioned. I assumed that Grandma had moved in after her husband had died or something like that, but now it appears that sexual promiscuity (or lack of commitment) runs in the family. With a record like that, it seems likely that Amos will be killed/discarded not long after he fathers his own child.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:52:36 +0000

Is that Robin the Boy Wonder in drag? “Holy Kleenex, Batman! It was right under our nose and we blew it!”

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:10:28 +0000

This discussion reminds of this quote:

(and sorry to those offended)

“Now, no-one likes the idea of their mother having sexual intercourse.
But to start a global religion based on the idea that she never did……………”

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:32:56 +0000

Mark M (20) - How about Holy Moly Howdy Doody? That sounds good to me.

By: Mark M

Mark M — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:43:41 +0000

Shouldn’t it be Holy Howdy Doody? As it is, it sounds like she is saying hi to a Reverend Doody.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:31:50 +0000

I guess we’re to assume this is leading up to a revelation about Juliette’s father, but isn’t the time frame off? When is the flashback taking place? The war appears to still be on, so no later than 1945. If Juliette was conceived sometime during this story, she’d have been born in 1946 at the latest. Which would make her at least 62 today. She doesn’t look 62. And she has a daughter in her early 20s?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:17:19 +0000

@turquoise cow: It started with the daughter being surprised that the mother
had anything good to say about the father. It gradually drifted into steamier
things (as you might expect from 9CL). It may be that the story was compelling
enough for the daughter that she temporarily forgot it was her mother telling
the story about herself.

Plus, as has been pointed out, “[a]ll of the women in this comic are sex-crazed
nymphomaniacs.”