Comments on: Hunting for a Punchline http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 08:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: bAT L. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32251 bAT L. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:04:27 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32251 I think the actual joke, here, has nothing to do with the final speech balloon, but the writer may have just wanted something to be there. The joke is the reveal of exactly what he was using for target practice. The reader expects to see a hay bale or, in this case, a rock or something, but instead sees an anachronistic deer crossing sign. At least his shots seem to have all hit the sign itself! That's accuracy but not precision, right? I think the actual joke, here, has nothing to do with the final speech balloon, but the writer may have just wanted something to be there. The joke is the reveal of exactly what he was using for target practice. The reader expects to see a hay bale or, in this case, a rock or something, but instead sees an anachronistic deer crossing sign.

At least his shots seem to have all hit the sign itself! That’s accuracy but not precision, right?

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32189 Mark in Boston Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:47:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32189 Wow, Dave, they must have served a really terrible breakfast at that B&B! Wow, Dave, they must have served a really terrible breakfast at that B&B!

]]> By: David A. Rooney http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32185 David A. Rooney Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:16:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32185 I wonder if he went to Wiley's bar/rock beforehand - gotta practice the whole experience, after all. I wonder if he went to Wiley’s bar/rock beforehand - gotta practice the whole experience, after all.

]]> By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32178 Scott Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:28:02 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32178 The deer is safe because Thor is going to have to wait for the pickup truck that goes with the sign - wait for tens of thousands of years, that is. The deer is safe because Thor is going to have to wait for the pickup truck that goes with the sign - wait for tens of thousands of years, that is.

]]> By: Dave http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32173 Dave Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:25:41 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32173 This hits a little too close to home (no pun intended). This was our nearest B&B sign when we moved in 3 years ago... http://www.innonmillcreek.com/sign/iomc-bb-sign.jpg This hits a little too close to home (no pun intended). This was our nearest B&B sign when we moved in 3 years ago… http://www.innonmillcreek.com/sign/iomc-bb-sign.jpg

]]> By: Molly J http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32165 Molly J Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:57:35 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32165 Wow. Talk about your synchronicity! Wow. Talk about your synchronicity!

]]> By: Molly J http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32164 Molly J Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:57:04 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32164 I noticed that he hasn't yet managed to hit the deer, though. I noticed that he hasn’t yet managed to hit the deer, though.

]]> By: Sari Everna http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32163 Sari Everna Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:56:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32163 Also, not one of the projectiles has hit the deer on the sign. Ha ha, you're ready to hunt. Also, not one of the projectiles has hit the deer on the sign. Ha ha, you’re ready to hunt.

]]> By: Kate C http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32162 Kate C Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:56:34 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32162 I'd say it has something to do with the fact that he missed the actual drawing of the deer, but shot all around it. I’d say it has something to do with the fact that he missed the actual drawing of the deer, but shot all around it.

]]> By: Dave Van Domelen http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32161 Dave Van Domelen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:13:34 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/26/hunting-for-a-punchline/#comment-32161 It's a redneck joke. You know you're in redneck country when the deer crossing signs are full of bulletholes, because (cheap joke) they're too drunk to tell the difference between sign an deer or (somewhat more serious) gotta burn off the spare ammo once they've shot their limit. It’s a redneck joke. You know you’re in redneck country when the deer crossing signs are full of bulletholes, because (cheap joke) they’re too drunk to tell the difference between sign an deer or (somewhat more serious) gotta burn off the spare ammo once they’ve shot their limit.

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