Better to use that d*mned retractable leash as a kite string than as a dog leash. Which is just MHO, and has nothing to ‘splain ’bout the comic/subject heading here.
Oh I was hoping this would be a setup for a “shaggy dog story”.
I consider “people-who-somehow-can’t-look-outside-the-comic-strip-panel detector” and “people-who-somehow-can’t-look-outside-the-picture-frame detector” to be exactly the same, so I’d say you *do* understand it.
But am I to believe Mallet expected *any* comic reader to think either of the first two options could *possibly* be viable. And can anyone *not* immediately assume she’s flying a kite.
Actually rather than Frazz being open minded, observant and wise, he actually comes off as literal minded and unimaginative. The people joking about dogs are much more creative and imaginative (especially the woman in the second panel).
Assuming they were joking rather than very seriously discussing their concerns about the kid’s dog.
But you’d think they’d at least look up…
PS that’s one heck of a kite, if it can carry the weight of a fully-extended (or at least long-extended) leash. Those things are pretty heavy.
“But you’d think they’d at least look up…”
That’s the point of the ““people-who-somehow-can’t-look-outside-the-picture-frame detector”. It’s a self-referential comic strip thing. They can’t look outside the panel because it’s a comic strip. I accept that.
But I can’t accept someone thinking “Oh, it’s a 20 foot tall dog– it happens” or “Oh, the little dog is blowing in the wind– it happens”
“But I can’t accept someone thinking “Oh, it’s a 20 foot tall dog– it happens” or “Oh, the little dog is blowing in the wind– it happens””
I’ll cede you the first one outside Birdwell Island. But the latter is at least possible. So is dog up a tree that you can’t see, though cat up a tree is likelier. But kite is as unlikely, and you immediately inserted that as a possibility and refuse to consider anything else.
The only possible real-life logical interpretation of the first two panels is that the people were being facetious, yet their treatment by Mallet is as though they are stupid, which doesn’t make sense. Poorly executed joke.
Well, Mallet’s idea is that in the comic strip universe they live with blinders. I’d be okay with that except 1) the people were made up by Mallet solely for the purpose of *being* shallow and stupid (nothing clever about a staged bet) and 2) Living in a comic strip world *with* blinders takes more imagination and creativity seeing a boring kite.
If she *really* wanted a “see beyond the panels” detector, she should have been looked like a normal kid walking a dog and those “seeing beyond the panels” deficient would say “Walking your dog, eh” whereas wise, intelligent deep thinking, brilliant so aware of the sensitive reality Frazz would notice she has tied her leash to a rutabaga is walking backwards away from it.
Nah: her pet squirrel has run up a tree, but in this strip, PEOPLE make the #$£&! comments.
Comics I Don't Understand 
Better to use that d*mned retractable leash as a kite string than as a dog leash. Which is just MHO, and has nothing to ‘splain ’bout the comic/subject heading here.
Oh I was hoping this would be a setup for a “shaggy dog story”.
I consider “people-who-somehow-can’t-look-outside-the-comic-strip-panel detector” and “people-who-somehow-can’t-look-outside-the-picture-frame detector” to be exactly the same, so I’d say you *do* understand it.
But am I to believe Mallet expected *any* comic reader to think either of the first two options could *possibly* be viable. And can anyone *not* immediately assume she’s flying a kite.
Actually rather than Frazz being open minded, observant and wise, he actually comes off as literal minded and unimaginative. The people joking about dogs are much more creative and imaginative (especially the woman in the second panel).
Assuming they were joking rather than very seriously discussing their concerns about the kid’s dog.
But you’d think they’d at least look up…
PS that’s one heck of a kite, if it can carry the weight of a fully-extended (or at least long-extended) leash. Those things are pretty heavy.
“But you’d think they’d at least look up…”
That’s the point of the ““people-who-somehow-can’t-look-outside-the-picture-frame detector”. It’s a self-referential comic strip thing. They can’t look outside the panel because it’s a comic strip. I accept that.
But I can’t accept someone thinking “Oh, it’s a 20 foot tall dog– it happens” or “Oh, the little dog is blowing in the wind– it happens”
“But I can’t accept someone thinking “Oh, it’s a 20 foot tall dog– it happens” or “Oh, the little dog is blowing in the wind– it happens””
I’ll cede you the first one outside Birdwell Island. But the latter is at least possible. So is dog up a tree that you can’t see, though cat up a tree is likelier. But kite is as unlikely, and you immediately inserted that as a possibility and refuse to consider anything else.
The only possible real-life logical interpretation of the first two panels is that the people were being facetious, yet their treatment by Mallet is as though they are stupid, which doesn’t make sense. Poorly executed joke.
Well, Mallet’s idea is that in the comic strip universe they live with blinders. I’d be okay with that except 1) the people were made up by Mallet solely for the purpose of *being* shallow and stupid (nothing clever about a staged bet) and 2) Living in a comic strip world *with* blinders takes more imagination and creativity seeing a boring kite.
If she *really* wanted a “see beyond the panels” detector, she should have been looked like a normal kid walking a dog and those “seeing beyond the panels” deficient would say “Walking your dog, eh” whereas wise, intelligent deep thinking, brilliant so aware of the sensitive reality Frazz would notice she has tied her leash to a rutabaga is walking backwards away from it.
Nah: her pet squirrel has run up a tree, but in this strip, PEOPLE make the #$£&! comments.