Comments on: Scat http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 14:08:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Hunt http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35305 Hunt Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:56:46 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35305 What's missing here is that "scat" is specifically what you say when you're chasing away your cat. At least, it was in the olden days when I (and presumably the cartoonist) grew up. So the joke is that Arlo is acting like a cat that has just knocked a glass off the counter, and Janis is treating him like a cat. What’s missing here is that “scat” is specifically what you say when you’re chasing away your cat. At least, it was in the olden days when I (and presumably the cartoonist) grew up. So the joke is that Arlo is acting like a cat that has just knocked a glass off the counter, and Janis is treating him like a cat.

]]> By: Jessica http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35223 Jessica Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:02:32 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35223 I know it's old news, but I agree with Charlene. As a journalism grad student who spends an ungodly amount of time looking at microfiche newspapers from a few decades ago, I can tell you that a lot of stuff that was PC during, say, Andy Capp's heyday, doesn't fly these days. Abuse is never funny. I know it’s old news, but I agree with Charlene. As a journalism grad student who spends an ungodly amount of time looking at microfiche newspapers from a few decades ago, I can tell you that a lot of stuff that was PC during, say, Andy Capp’s heyday, doesn’t fly these days. Abuse is never funny.

]]> By: Ellen C. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35128 Ellen C. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:34:58 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35128 Marshall #1: "He of course is getting on the counter because he just broke a glass and is bare footed." Of course?? Maybe Janis thought -- as I would -- that most people would just stand still so as not to step on the glass. Her reaction to Arlo's getting on the counter is to swat him down, just as she would the cat. It is an oblivious husband joke... and I bet he stayed on the counter until all the glass was cleaned up. Marshall #1: “He of course is getting on the counter because he just broke a glass and
is bare footed.”

Of course?? Maybe Janis thought — as I would — that most people would just stand still so as not to step on the glass. Her reaction to Arlo’s getting on the counter is to swat him down, just as she would the cat. It is an oblivious husband joke… and I bet he stayed on the counter until all the glass was cleaned up.

]]> By: Jeff S. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35089 Jeff S. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:46:00 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35089 That's abuse? My wife shows me she loves me by throwing the tv remote at me. Seriously. That’s abuse? My wife shows me she loves me by throwing the tv remote at me. Seriously.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35046 Cidu Bill Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:51:58 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35046 Kit, I do understand the concept of shooing cats off the counter -- I'm not <B>that</B> Ailuroignorant -- but I don't see how that really applies here unless Janis really, really needs to get her eyeglass prescription checked. Kit, I do understand the concept of shooing cats off the counter — I’m not that Ailuroignorant — but I don’t see how that really applies here unless Janis really, really needs to get her eyeglass prescription checked.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35042 Cidu Bill Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:58:48 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35042 And paperboy, if she <B>has</B> already swept up the broken glass, then she's hitting Arlo with a broom full of little glass shards. And paperboy, if she has already swept up the broken glass, then she’s hitting Arlo with a broom full of little glass shards.

]]> By: paperboy http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35041 paperboy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35041 But had Janis swept the glass up before whacking Arlo and shooing him off the counter, or is she making him walk on broken glass? But had Janis swept the glass up before whacking Arlo and shooing him off the counter, or is she making him walk on broken glass?

]]> By: Keera http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35040 Keera Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:34:21 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35040 It's another Bill-doesn't-get-cats joke. I.e. what Kit #2 said. It’s another Bill-doesn’t-get-cats joke. I.e. what Kit #2 said.

]]> By: cedric http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35039 cedric Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:27:17 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35039 I think it may be that she's just making him get out of the kitchen because he throws everything out of order just being in there. It's not the place for him so SCAT! I think it may be that she’s just making him get out of the kitchen because he throws everything out of order just being in there. It’s not the place for him so SCAT!

]]> By: nonegiven http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35038 nonegiven Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:19 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/12/scat/#comment-35038 I don't use the broom to chase cats off the counter, I use a water filled spray bottle I don’t use the broom to chase cats off the counter, I use a water filled spray bottle

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