Because… a self-absorbed person doesn’t need a tissue to absorb… nah, I got nothing.
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If “tissue paper” means “wrapping paper”, then she doesn’t buy presents for people. If “tissue paper” means “tissues”, then he has emotions and cries sometimes. If it means something else, I got nothing.
self-absorbed… absorbent tissue paper…?
She’s so self absorbed that she doesn’t buy gifts for anyone?
I think it’s just that he needs tissues for absorbing . . . fluids and she doesn’t.
Brian has it. And he can keep it.
Because a self-absorbed person lacks empathy, whereas a person who feels for other people feels their emotions, and needs tissues for all the tears
Because she is “self absorbed” if she would cry (for example) she would just self-absorb the liquid, and not need tissues
So it’s basically like “My husband thinks he’s a chicken, but I won’t send him to the doctor because we need the eggs.”? “A man on the street said he hadn’t had a bite in three days, so I bit him.”?
Yep, I think Mark in Boston has it. Just a joke on “absorbed”.
The joke was weak enough already, but then I started wondering whether “tissues” were the only “absorbant products” that she doesn’t need to buy, which obliterated the humor(*) entirely.
P.S. (*) Pun intended.
While facial tissues (i.e. Kleenex) are absorbent, that’s not one of the selling points they mention much in advertising. I think the joke would work better with a product that really promotes its absorbency, like paper towels or kitchen sponges.
I see we’ve all agreed that the cartoonist must have meant Kleenex, and I understand why he didn’t use the brand name, but I can’t imagine why he called it “tissue paper”. As Shad said, they are usually called facial tissues. Tissue paper is what you use in packages. It’s not particularly absorbent; it practically melts when it gets wet. This word choice just makes the lousy joke that much more confusing. Unless he’s going closer to where Kilby went and meant toilet tissue paper, in which case – Eww! (And Kilby, Eww! to you too.)
I think she’s saying he “sleeps on the couch” due to his comments on her being self absorbed. And since he is “sleeping on the couch” he needs the Kleenex to clean up the results of “sleeping”.
Alternatively, he and she just gets aroused everytime they sees their own self in the mirror and just can’t help themselves even when they are alone but unlike her the results of his, ah, enthusiasm for himself sticks around afterwards.
If it was supposed to be just a lame kleenex pun i’ll be disappointed cause it’s hard to not appreciate something that potentially dirty to be overlooked by the censors.
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If “tissue paper” means “wrapping paper”, then she doesn’t buy presents for people. If “tissue paper” means “tissues”, then he has emotions and cries sometimes. If it means something else, I got nothing.
self-absorbed… absorbent tissue paper…?
She’s so self absorbed that she doesn’t buy gifts for anyone?
I think it’s just that he needs tissues for absorbing . . . fluids and she doesn’t.
Brian has it. And he can keep it.
Because a self-absorbed person lacks empathy, whereas a person who feels for other people feels their emotions, and needs tissues for all the tears
Because she is “self absorbed” if she would cry (for example) she would just self-absorb the liquid, and not need tissues
So it’s basically like “My husband thinks he’s a chicken, but I won’t send him to the doctor because we need the eggs.”? “A man on the street said he hadn’t had a bite in three days, so I bit him.”?
Yep, I think Mark in Boston has it. Just a joke on “absorbed”.
The joke was weak enough already, but then I started wondering whether “tissues” were the only “absorbant products” that she doesn’t need to buy, which obliterated the humor(*) entirely.
P.S. (*) Pun intended.
While facial tissues (i.e. Kleenex) are absorbent, that’s not one of the selling points they mention much in advertising. I think the joke would work better with a product that really promotes its absorbency, like paper towels or kitchen sponges.
I see we’ve all agreed that the cartoonist must have meant Kleenex, and I understand why he didn’t use the brand name, but I can’t imagine why he called it “tissue paper”. As Shad said, they are usually called facial tissues. Tissue paper is what you use in packages. It’s not particularly absorbent; it practically melts when it gets wet. This word choice just makes the lousy joke that much more confusing. Unless he’s going closer to where Kilby went and meant toilet tissue paper, in which case – Eww! (And Kilby, Eww! to you too.)
I think she’s saying he “sleeps on the couch” due to his comments on her being self absorbed. And since he is “sleeping on the couch” he needs the Kleenex to clean up the results of “sleeping”.
Alternatively, he and she just gets aroused everytime they sees their own self in the mirror and just can’t help themselves even when they are alone but unlike her the results of his, ah, enthusiasm for himself sticks around afterwards.
If it was supposed to be just a lame kleenex pun i’ll be disappointed cause it’s hard to not appreciate something that potentially dirty to be overlooked by the censors.