She thought he was lying when he said his nose grew when he lied, and then asked why it wasn’t growing. I think.
Yeah, this one is kind of like, “I thought you said you wear a blue bow tie!”
“Yeah, I do.”
I think the cartoonist thought Pinocchio’s nose growing was funny, but couldn’t come up with an idea.
If you leave off Pinocchio’s response, it’s a better joke. It’s related to the Epimenides paradox. If she thinks that’s a lie, she shouldn’t expect his nose to grow. If she thinks it’s the truth, she shouldn’t expect his nose to grow. But she *is* expecting it to grow.
Thank you, all. I knew this would show up here, and I had no clue what it was about. Now, someone explain why the frickin’ squirrel’s nose did grow.
Perhaps this is a displacement of a previous discussion they have had, about “how big is it?”.
I read it as he said something nice or respectful to her and she wondered if his nose grows whenever he lies then why did it stay the same size when he says something nice or respectful.
“does this dress make me look large” “Yes” (oops) Husbands learn to *not* answer every question posed, or to, um, prevaricate. Pinnochio can’t do that.
I really like Arthur’s take on it, but I suspect his is a more sophisticated idea than the artist’s.
I think Berber has it. “Does this dress make my butt look big?” “Yes”
And she expected the honest answer to be a lie. Oh is Nose Boy in trouble now.
Berber’s explanation also explains the nervous sweat. I think we have a winner.
“Does this dress make my butt look big?” “Yes”
Actually, that answer would be a lie, ’cause it ain’t the dress, baby. :)
@ DanV: LOL! Yes!
“Does this make me look fat?” “Baby, you ARE fat. And hot as Hell.”
Men have to stop participating in the implicit body-shaming of such questions.
Husband knows that I expect an honest answer about how anything looks on me (or anything else I ask).
DanV – some of the terribly tight dresses or slacks on some (ahem) larger women do make their butt look even bigger than it is and would look than if they wore looser clothing.
Hey, if the clothing makes me look even worse than I do otherwise I want to know about it. I don’t want to wear clothing so tight that parts of me that only, Robert, my doctor and I should see show through the clothing.
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She thought he was lying when he said his nose grew when he lied, and then asked why it wasn’t growing. I think.
Yeah, this one is kind of like, “I thought you said you wear a blue bow tie!”
“Yeah, I do.”
I think the cartoonist thought Pinocchio’s nose growing was funny, but couldn’t come up with an idea.
If you leave off Pinocchio’s response, it’s a better joke. It’s related to the Epimenides paradox. If she thinks that’s a lie, she shouldn’t expect his nose to grow. If she thinks it’s the truth, she shouldn’t expect his nose to grow. But she *is* expecting it to grow.
Thank you, all. I knew this would show up here, and I had no clue what it was about. Now, someone explain why the frickin’ squirrel’s nose did grow.
Perhaps this is a displacement of a previous discussion they have had, about “how big is it?”.
I read it as he said something nice or respectful to her and she wondered if his nose grows whenever he lies then why did it stay the same size when he says something nice or respectful.
“does this dress make me look large” “Yes” (oops) Husbands learn to *not* answer every question posed, or to, um, prevaricate. Pinnochio can’t do that.
I really like Arthur’s take on it, but I suspect his is a more sophisticated idea than the artist’s.
I think Berber has it. “Does this dress make my butt look big?” “Yes”
And she expected the honest answer to be a lie. Oh is Nose Boy in trouble now.
Berber’s explanation also explains the nervous sweat. I think we have a winner.
“Does this dress make my butt look big?” “Yes”
Actually, that answer would be a lie, ’cause it ain’t the dress, baby. :)
@ DanV: LOL! Yes!
“Does this make me look fat?” “Baby, you ARE fat. And hot as Hell.”
Men have to stop participating in the implicit body-shaming of such questions.
Husband knows that I expect an honest answer about how anything looks on me (or anything else I ask).
DanV – some of the terribly tight dresses or slacks on some (ahem) larger women do make their butt look even bigger than it is and would look than if they wore looser clothing.
Hey, if the clothing makes me look even worse than I do otherwise I want to know about it. I don’t want to wear clothing so tight that parts of me that only, Robert, my doctor and I should see show through the clothing.