Comments on: And there’s even a wall here to keep the good neighbors happy; but what’s the joke? http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 15:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Mark in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42258 Mark in Boston Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:15:42 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42258 Whose woods are these I think I know. His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here To write my name in yellow snow. (I don't remember the author, but it may have been Christopher Cerf.) Whose woods are these I think I know.
His house is in the village though.
He will not see me stopping here
To write my name in yellow snow.

(I don’t remember the author, but it may have been Christopher Cerf.)

]]> By: Keera http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42228 Keera Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:43:16 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42228 Tom T @9, LOL! Tom T @9, LOL!

]]> By: Judge Mental http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42221 Judge Mental Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:52:17 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42221 My take was the same as rain#6. The joke is the subdivision's literal, unimaginative name. My take was the same as rain#6. The joke is the subdivision’s literal, unimaginative name.

]]> By: huMI http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42217 huMI Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:02:43 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42217 In the poem, Frost stops for a wile and thinks about which way to go. It looks to me like neither road leads into the subdivision, you can just stay there and ponder which road to take forever (or take one road one day and the other the next). In the poem, Frost stops for a wile and thinks about which way to go. It looks to me like neither road leads into the subdivision, you can just stay there and ponder which road to take forever (or take one road one day and the other the next).

]]> By: Molly J http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42207 Molly J Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:29:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42207 Two roads diverged into a yellow wood, and apparently they were both used to bring in cheap building materials. Two roads diverged into a yellow wood, and apparently they were both used to bring in cheap building materials.

]]> By: Mark Jackson http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42204 Mark Jackson Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:26:43 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42204 I understand that "If you lived here, you'd be forked by now" didn't test well with the focus group. I understand that “If you lived here, you’d be forked by now” didn’t test well with the focus group.

]]> By: Morris Keesan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42202 Morris Keesan Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:40:24 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42202 Whose woods these were, I think I know./His house is in the "Two Roads Diverged in a Wood Estates", though. It looks to me as if whichever road you take here, you're probably going to end up in the same place. And I think Tom T.'s comment is a better joke than the cartoonist's. Whose woods these were, I think I know./His house is in the “Two Roads Diverged in a Wood Estates”, though.

It looks to me as if whichever road you take here, you’re probably going to end up in the same place. And I think Tom T.’s comment is a better joke than the cartoonist’s.

]]> By: Tom T. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42199 Tom T. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:47:20 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42199 Frost's wood used to be there, and now it's a subdivision. The joke is that the developers have so little soul that they thought the poetry would be good marketing. It's like advertising a parking area as the "Paradise Parking Lot (Now paved!)." Frost’s wood used to be there, and now it’s a subdivision. The joke is that the developers have so little soul that they thought the poetry would be good marketing. It’s like advertising a parking area as the “Paradise Parking Lot (Now paved!).”

]]> By: Jeff S. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42198 Jeff S. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:14:04 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42198 If you lived here, you could choose the road less travelled by now. If you lived here, you could choose the road less travelled by now.

]]> By: mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42197 mitch4 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:11:41 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/06/30/and-theres-even-a-wall-here-to-keep-the-good-neighbors-happy-but-whats-the-joke/#comment-42197 All or most of these suggestions are fitting. I think this is a nicely pointed panel. ... “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.” All or most of these suggestions are fitting. I think this is a nicely pointed panel. … “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”

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