Today’s ARGYLE SWEATER also has an irritating who/whom joke. (Irritating because the implication of strips like this always seems to be that ‘whom’ is inherently always classier and thus that classy people use it all the time in preference to the plebian ‘who’ — ignoring little details such as which word would be actually correct in a given sentence.)
(Though as a large person who wears glasses and loves ULYSSES, I supose I ought to be identifying with the elephant anyway?)
You should have refreshed your page, Shrug ;)
I believe the moon in the left corner of The Argyle Sweater is named Keith. Both bands are still touring, sans Keith, of course.
” the implication of strips like this always seems to be that ‘whom’ is inherently always classier and thus that classy people use it all the time in preference to the plebian ‘who’”
Actually, the comic in question say exactly the opposite, labeling the user of “whom” to be pretentious.
@CIDU Bill: “You should have refreshed your page, Shrug”
Huh? I just did, and no change. The ARGYLE SWEATER I linnked to isn’t the one you posted, if that’s what you’re assuming.
And @James Pollack: My draft comment originally read “classier/pretentious” but I deleted the second word as redundant before hitting post, since in comic strip terms it seems to me that “classier” = “pretentious.” (Yes, of course I realize the elephant is being the latter, but I felt it was assumed by the writer that he was *also* being “classier,” which was a Bad Thing in context.)
And a bit later, @CIDU Bill: “You should have refreshed your page, Shrug”
If Horton Heard a Whom, then he’s correcting the improper usage of “whom”, not suggesting it be used.
Sorry, Shrug, I must have made an incorrect assumption.
I haven’t got a clue what’s going on in the first comic. I even typed “Who! Who! Who! Stones!” into Google for assistance and got nothing put images of Mick and Keith. That’s not it, is it?
Any geezer care to explain?
@ Stan – If those results had included a picture of Pete Townshend, you might have figured out the answer: The first three owls are fans of “The Who”, whereas the fourth prefers “The Rolling Stones”.
I thought the feud was between The Who and Led Zepplin fans.
@ Daniel – I thought the “classic” feud was Beatles vs. Stones.
“in comic strip terms it seems to me that “classier” = “pretentious.””
These are at least partial antonyms. Either you are classy, or you aren’t. If you aren’t but you pretend that you are, you are pretentious.
The correct answer to the question “Beatles or Stones?” is “Who?”
I’m perplexed by the Strange Brew. Not because of the joke, but because all of the words are block capitals except for “the”, which is lowercase cursive.
When I was growing up, the big feud seemed to be between Who and Stones fans. I never thought Led Zeppelin sounded enough like The Who to warrant a feud.
And when I was growing up, the big feud seemed to be between Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. . . .
For me the big feud is between Bruckner and Brahms.
Thanks for the info, folks. I’d never heard of this feud before. In my circle of friends as a kid, a feud would have existed between The Smiths and The Dead Kennedys. The latter, of course. Quit whining, you emo losers!
I’d NEVER heard of The Smiths ’til last week, reading about them either in “Chuck Klosterman IV: a decade of curious people and dangerous ideas” or “Chuck Klosterman X: a highly specific, defiantly incomplete history of the early 21st century” (or both; his essays tend to jump all over the place, which is what makes him interesting to read) . . . and here you go, blowing my mind by mentioning them . . . [play theme from TZ here, in your mind].
And for those who think, ‘Is she really reading all these books she mentions?’: Why, yes, I do. I’m retired, I can’t/don’t want to travel, play video games, watch TV. When we aren’t under Tropical Storm or Hurricane Watch, it’s lovely to sit outside in the [mostly] peace and quiet and read, surrounded by dogs. (“Give me a dog and a book, and I’m happy.”)
I don’t necessarily read ALL of every book I bring home, but I try as many different genres as I can; even mysteries can get mundane after a while.
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Today’s ARGYLE SWEATER also has an irritating who/whom joke. (Irritating because the implication of strips like this always seems to be that ‘whom’ is inherently always classier and thus that classy people use it all the time in preference to the plebian ‘who’ — ignoring little details such as which word would be actually correct in a given sentence.)
https://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2019/09/02
(Though as a large person who wears glasses and loves ULYSSES, I supose I ought to be identifying with the elephant anyway?)
You should have refreshed your page, Shrug ;)
I believe the moon in the left corner of The Argyle Sweater is named Keith. Both bands are still touring, sans Keith, of course.
” the implication of strips like this always seems to be that ‘whom’ is inherently always classier and thus that classy people use it all the time in preference to the plebian ‘who’”
Actually, the comic in question say exactly the opposite, labeling the user of “whom” to be pretentious.
@CIDU Bill: “You should have refreshed your page, Shrug”
Huh? I just did, and no change. The ARGYLE SWEATER I linnked to isn’t the one you posted, if that’s what you’re assuming.
And @James Pollack: My draft comment originally read “classier/pretentious” but I deleted the second word as redundant before hitting post, since in comic strip terms it seems to me that “classier” = “pretentious.” (Yes, of course I realize the elephant is being the latter, but I felt it was assumed by the writer that he was *also* being “classier,” which was a Bad Thing in context.)
And a bit later, @CIDU Bill: “You should have refreshed your page, Shrug”
Ah, O.K. Apologies. // Emily Littella voice// “Never mind.” // close Emily Littella voice//
If Horton Heard a Whom, then he’s correcting the improper usage of “whom”, not suggesting it be used.
Sorry, Shrug, I must have made an incorrect assumption.
I haven’t got a clue what’s going on in the first comic. I even typed “Who! Who! Who! Stones!” into Google for assistance and got nothing put images of Mick and Keith. That’s not it, is it?
Any geezer care to explain?
@ Stan – If those results had included a picture of Pete Townshend, you might have figured out the answer: The first three owls are fans of “The Who”, whereas the fourth prefers “The Rolling Stones”.
I thought the feud was between The Who and Led Zepplin fans.
@ Daniel – I thought the “classic” feud was Beatles vs. Stones.
“in comic strip terms it seems to me that “classier” = “pretentious.””
These are at least partial antonyms. Either you are classy, or you aren’t. If you aren’t but you pretend that you are, you are pretentious.
The correct answer to the question “Beatles or Stones?” is “Who?”
I’m perplexed by the Strange Brew. Not because of the joke, but because all of the words are block capitals except for “the”, which is lowercase cursive.
When I was growing up, the big feud seemed to be between Who and Stones fans. I never thought Led Zeppelin sounded enough like The Who to warrant a feud.
And when I was growing up, the big feud seemed to be between Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. . . .
For me the big feud is between Bruckner and Brahms.
Thanks for the info, folks. I’d never heard of this feud before. In my circle of friends as a kid, a feud would have existed between The Smiths and The Dead Kennedys. The latter, of course. Quit whining, you emo losers!
I’d NEVER heard of The Smiths ’til last week, reading about them either in “Chuck Klosterman IV: a decade of curious people and dangerous ideas” or “Chuck Klosterman X: a highly specific, defiantly incomplete history of the early 21st century” (or both; his essays tend to jump all over the place, which is what makes him interesting to read) . . . and here you go, blowing my mind by mentioning them . . . [play theme from TZ here, in your mind].
And for those who think, ‘Is she really reading all these books she mentions?’: Why, yes, I do. I’m retired, I can’t/don’t want to travel, play video games, watch TV. When we aren’t under Tropical Storm or Hurricane Watch, it’s lovely to sit outside in the [mostly] peace and quiet and read, surrounded by dogs. (“Give me a dog and a book, and I’m happy.”)
I don’t necessarily read ALL of every book I bring home, but I try as many different genres as I can; even mysteries can get mundane after a while.