Mitch (who submitted this as both an Ewww and an Arlo): When I saw this, it made me think of the web ads I’ve been seeing in the last week for a brand of men’s underwear called Separatec, which has a gimmick that there are separated pouch areas, and instructions for tucking your stick in one and your rocks in the other one:
Andréa submitted this, but I might have run it before:
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Comics I Don't Understand 
The Barney & Clyde strip is indeed a repeat.
And the other one doesn’t have any Arlo elements to it.
Here’s what I had in mind.
http://wpdemos.blog/2019/08/24/compare/
I … kind of am amazed how short memories seem to be for repeats. This one was just a week or so ago!
I would say the joke is neither an Ewww or an Arlo. It’s just that you only have two types of tools. The similarity so Separatec is just in your gutter minds.
@Powers, I thought it referred to ‘stick and stones’ as a euphemism for male parts. But that wouldn’t have occurred to me without the arlo tag.
Well of course you’re right, basically. If the association were intentional, it wouldn’t have “sticks” in the plural. (Or would have multiple customers to justify it.)
But all the same, not every plausible selection of proto-tools would be equally open to a suggestive reading.
@ woozy – Comparing the dates, it was actually exactly three weeks (Aug. 3rd & 24th), but if you click on “Barney & Clyde” in the tags, the appearances are in fact immediately adjacent to one another.
I didn’t get the arlo of the cave men one either, until I read the underwear reference here. I just thought it was referring to the first tools used by cave men.
It reminds me of the schoolyard joke: Why do boys run faster than girls? Because they have two ball bearings and a stick shift. But really, I agree with the idea that sticks and rocks were the only caveman tools. If the cartoonist had meant the Arlo interpretation he would have said “Your stones go there”, “stones” being British slang, as in “Medical Dick and Medical Davy (two birds with one stone)” (James Joyce).
Now every time I hear someone say “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me,” I will put the wrong interpretation on it.
How are Barney and Clyde allowed to use the “Pillsbury” name, especially in such insulting ways? I can’t believe the corporation of the same name hasn’t come down on them!
How are so many editorial (and other) cartoonists allowed to use the phrase, ‘drink the Kool-Aid’ without being sued, especially as it wasn’t even Kool-Aid . . . an example of ‘fair use’?
B and C’s “Pillsbury” is a drug company, so the food conglomerate has no grounds for complaint.
The Apple Spa is near my home and if I said they were owned by Nazi sex offenders, Steve Job’s company company couldn’t touch me.
“How are Barney and Clyde allowed to use the “Pillsbury” name, especially in such insulting ways? I can’t believe the corporation of the same name hasn’t come down on them!”
Turn it around. Why wouldn’t they be able to? We have this thing called the “First Amendment”, which says that Congress can’t make any laws that would abridge the freedom of speech or the press. If I don’t like you saying my name, I can sue you for… what, exactly?
“How are so many editorial (and other) cartoonists allowed to use the phrase, ‘drink the Kool-Aid’ without being sued”
Same problem here. Who do you think can sue them, and under what legal theory? You don’t get to sue people just for using your product’s name. Trademark law lets you sue if they use YOUR product’s name to describe THEIR product, and copyright law lets you sue if they use your packaging design. Defamation lets you sue if someone says something untrue about you, and you can prove it harmed your business. Some food products have state anti-disparagement laws, but “drink the Kool-Aid” isn’t a disparagement; it is, in fact, what the makers of Kool-Aid WANT you to do.
Really? Try a comic strip about the hapless employees of the Disney Corporation and see how fast the lawyers descend…