Comments on: Veal http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kat http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33396 Kat Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:02:38 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33396 #13 ROFLMAO! #13 ROFLMAO!

]]> By: bullthistle http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33366 bullthistle Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:33:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33366 #3 Fuzzmaster - The people who raise them call the calves that are being raised for meat veals (one is a veal). #3 Fuzzmaster - The people who raise them call the calves that are being raised for meat veals (one is a veal).

]]> By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33353 Mark in Boston Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:34:09 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33353 And the guy on the other side of the cubicle, seeing this guy's head pop up, says "Prairie dog!" And the guy on the other side of the cubicle, seeing this guy’s head pop up, says “Prairie dog!”

]]> By: AMC http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33350 AMC Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:06:32 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33350 Or, maybe the calf in the next cubicle got a complete make-over, and this was the big re-veal..... Or, maybe the calf in the next cubicle got a complete make-over, and this was the big re-veal…..

]]> By: Phil http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33343 Phil Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:36:26 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33343 "veal fattening pen" as a cubicle most famously used in the novel Generation X by Douglas Coupland. The author is credited with coining the term Gen. X “veal fattening pen” as a cubicle most famously used in the novel Generation X by Douglas Coupland. The author is credited with coining the term Gen. X

]]> By: turquoise cow http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33342 turquoise cow Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:23:52 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33342 I've been working in a cubicle for almost two years now and although I've heard the phrase "cubicle farm," I've never heard anyone compare us to cows specifically, or to veal. Generally, wouldn't the word "veal" refer to meat that has been or will soon be cooked, that is, has been removed from the animal? To refer to a live animal as such seems odd to me. Maybe they were playing a sort of "what is that smell" game in which they smelled something food-like and were attempting to figure out what it was and the woman guessed correctly? That seems terribly vague, however. I’ve been working in a cubicle for almost two years now and although I’ve heard the phrase “cubicle farm,” I’ve never heard anyone compare us to cows specifically, or to veal. Generally, wouldn’t the word “veal” refer to meat that has been or will soon be cooked, that is, has been removed from the animal? To refer to a live animal as such seems odd to me.

Maybe they were playing a sort of “what is that smell” game in which they smelled something food-like and were attempting to figure out what it was and the woman guessed correctly? That seems terribly vague, however.

]]> By: AMC http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33335 AMC Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:39:16 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33335 A little cubical comedy.... I'll be here all week. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your waitress. You've been a great audience! Goodnight everybody! A little cubical comedy….

I’ll be here all week. Try the veal and don’t forget to tip your waitress. You’ve been a great audience! Goodnight everybody!

]]> By: The Bad Seed http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33317 The Bad Seed Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:42:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33317 This reminds me of a "Real Life Adventures" I have on the wall of my cubicle at work: two people are talking over the tops of their cubes, and the man says, "We're not quite caged, but we're not free-range either." This reminds me of a “Real Life Adventures” I have on the wall of my cubicle at work: two people are talking over the tops of their cubes, and the man says, “We’re not quite caged, but we’re not free-range either.”

]]> By: mitch-4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33313 mitch-4 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:22:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33313 I;ve been reading this comic for a couple months now, and have become rather fond of the visual style, but still a little unsure about the socio-cultural outlook. Many of the characters are everything-is-ironic super-hipsters, but often enough they are taken down a peg or two for that. So I take it the author/artist is more an observer/commentator on that scene than a wholehearted participant. I;ve been reading this comic for a couple months now, and have become rather fond of the visual style, but still a little unsure about the socio-cultural outlook. Many of the characters are everything-is-ironic super-hipsters, but often enough they are taken down a peg or two for that. So I take it the author/artist is more an observer/commentator on that scene than a wholehearted participant.

]]> By: yellojkt http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33311 yellojkt Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:22:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/12/veal/#comment-33311 Robert is right. Office cubicles are often called veal pens due to their similarity to the crowded inhumane stalls that veal calves are raised in. Robert is right. Office cubicles are often called veal pens due to their similarity to the crowded inhumane stalls that veal calves are raised in.

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