Even if we all agree that “sugar crash” is supposed to mean a withdrawal-like symptom (the opposite of “sugar rush”), that still doesn’t explain the comic. It looks like the dog is sniffing him and has decided “OK, this one’s toast. I guess I’ll have to walk myself from now on.“, but I can’t find any humor in it.
Sugar crash is a thing, and sudden tiredness is one of the more minor symptoms.
And the dog is taking advantage of the fact that the kid isn’t going to chase him to go exploring.
Is it a lead-in to the next strip? Or meant to be pathos? A dog sniffing slightly afield is hardly going nuts and taking advantage (which wouldn’t be that funny anyway)..
MY dogs (if I walked ’em and let go of the leashes) would be waaaaaaaay far away. https://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2018/11/02
(I, for one, will be glad to see the end of Halloween comic strips – let’s move on to Thanksgiving!!)
This dog is smart enough to know there’s nothing seriously wrong, he should just walk himself until the kid feels better. Don’t overwork it.
@ Kamino Neko – That was a useful link. I knew that the effect was real (my brother was hypoglycemic for many years), I just had never heard it called “sugar crash”.
“This dog is smart enough to know there’s nothing seriously wrong, he should just walk himself until the kid feels better. Don’t overwork it.”
Okay, fine. You are probably correct but that still raises the question, in what way is this supposed to be even remotely funny. Or touching or whatever….
@woozy, Yeah, it’s pretty low-energy for this particular strip. Maybe the artist was having his own sugar crash.
@woozy — Maybe *slightly* touching in that we see the dog is more “mature” about choices than the kid (who has overdosed on sweets) is.
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Dog doesn’t care.
Even if we all agree that “sugar crash” is supposed to mean a withdrawal-like symptom (the opposite of “sugar rush”), that still doesn’t explain the comic. It looks like the dog is sniffing him and has decided “OK, this one’s toast. I guess I’ll have to walk myself from now on.“, but I can’t find any humor in it.
Sugar crash is a thing, and sudden tiredness is one of the more minor symptoms.
And the dog is taking advantage of the fact that the kid isn’t going to chase him to go exploring.
Is it a lead-in to the next strip? Or meant to be pathos? A dog sniffing slightly afield is hardly going nuts and taking advantage (which wouldn’t be that funny anyway)..
MY dogs (if I walked ’em and let go of the leashes) would be waaaaaaaay far away.
https://www.gocomics.com/redandrover/2018/11/02
(I, for one, will be glad to see the end of Halloween comic strips – let’s move on to Thanksgiving!!)
This dog is smart enough to know there’s nothing seriously wrong, he should just walk himself until the kid feels better. Don’t overwork it.
@ Kamino Neko – That was a useful link. I knew that the effect was real (my brother was hypoglycemic for many years), I just had never heard it called “sugar crash”.
“This dog is smart enough to know there’s nothing seriously wrong, he should just walk himself until the kid feels better. Don’t overwork it.”
Okay, fine. You are probably correct but that still raises the question, in what way is this supposed to be even remotely funny. Or touching or whatever….
@woozy, Yeah, it’s pretty low-energy for this particular strip. Maybe the artist was having his own sugar crash.
@woozy — Maybe *slightly* touching in that we see the dog is more “mature” about choices than the kid (who has overdosed on sweets) is.