Okay….. we have discussed what the floss dance is before….
And the concept of {bad habit} jar is well-known. Every time you do {bad habit} (usually swearing) you put money in. The money then when accumulated goes to a nice perk.
So……
.. Ethan Jr. has an obsessive and uncontrollable need to dance the floss and either he breaks into a sweat thinking about it, or when he needs to to floss but tries really hard to resist he breaks into the sweats? And his need is so great the entire office gets to go to Caba? Or just Ethan and … his mom? Is Ethan Jr. a kid? Is needing to dance the floss like needing to pee? Does either the cartoonist or Ethan Jr.’s mom confusing floss dancing with peeing? And do they think peeing is a bad habit? and…
…. I got nothing….
But I tried! I really tried!
Oh… it’s a dinner party at the woman’s house… Not a break room in an office.
So it is Ethan Jr. and his mom. And instead of taking Ethan Jr. to a counselor or a physician to deal with Ethan Jr. chronic and uncontrollable OCD the mother is exploiting her child’s illness to force him to pay for a trip to Cabo. …. charming parenting….
Okay, it’s just a cartoon woozy. It’s just poking fun at what a craze the floss-dance is and how addictive it is to kids. …. except… *is* it an addictive craze that kids can’t help doing?
Often one sees a comic that seems amusing on first glance but when you analyze it you realize it doesn’t make any sense (so what if Lio’s friends are monsters….).
This is somewhat unusual in that I think it makes no sense and when I explain that it doesn’t the explanation make me realize it does.
Families often use Swear jars to break kids of the habit of swearing. Here Ethan Jr.s uncontrollable bad habit isn’t swearing; it’s dancing the floss….. and that’s the joke Dang though but that didn’t *seem* amusing or comprehensible on reading.
Not an ewww that I can see. It’s just the dance made famous by “Backpack Kid”. Why the parents wouldn’t just let the kid do it until he gets tired of it is not readily understood.
One of the grand daughters was doing the floss the other day. I said, “Oh, you can do the floss”. She looked at me with a funny look. I explained, you know, when you floss your teeth, with the dance, you are mimicking flossing your butt. I got an even funnier look….She didn’t know the name of the dance.
The last time the subject of “flossing” came up, I decided not to post this (decidedly Arlo-esque*) clip from “[T]Raumschiff Surprise“, but now I need to get it out of my system before the fad disappears (with any luck, that will be soon).
P.S. * – To paraphrase Bill: “You Have Been Warned!“
Where is Ethan Jr getting enough money to pay for a trip to Cabo? Wouldn’t that money just come from his parents? So don’t they have enough money already?
I found it funny, but I have a kid that age. (She really *can’t* floss, but that doesn’t stop her). One of her teachers last year banned it from the classroom, which I believe reduced the amount of flossing, but didn’t stop it. It lends itself well to being an idle activity.
@Just Drivin’ By – the parents would have the money for a trip to Cabo, but they budget very poorly (as evinced by the amount of cash they give their kid.)
Huh – those are noses. It’s ok with me – if you don’t want to put some effort into drawing noses, just leave them off.
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I think an ‘EWWWW’ heading would’ve been apropos.
Okay….. we have discussed what the floss dance is before….
And the concept of {bad habit} jar is well-known. Every time you do {bad habit} (usually swearing) you put money in. The money then when accumulated goes to a nice perk.
So……
.. Ethan Jr. has an obsessive and uncontrollable need to dance the floss and either he breaks into a sweat thinking about it, or when he needs to to floss but tries really hard to resist he breaks into the sweats? And his need is so great the entire office gets to go to Caba? Or just Ethan and … his mom? Is Ethan Jr. a kid? Is needing to dance the floss like needing to pee? Does either the cartoonist or Ethan Jr.’s mom confusing floss dancing with peeing? And do they think peeing is a bad habit? and…
…. I got nothing….
But I tried! I really tried!
Oh… it’s a dinner party at the woman’s house… Not a break room in an office.
So it is Ethan Jr. and his mom. And instead of taking Ethan Jr. to a counselor or a physician to deal with Ethan Jr. chronic and uncontrollable OCD the mother is exploiting her child’s illness to force him to pay for a trip to Cabo. …. charming parenting….
Okay, it’s just a cartoon woozy. It’s just poking fun at what a craze the floss-dance is and how addictive it is to kids. …. except… *is* it an addictive craze that kids can’t help doing?
Often one sees a comic that seems amusing on first glance but when you analyze it you realize it doesn’t make any sense (so what if Lio’s friends are monsters….).
This is somewhat unusual in that I think it makes no sense and when I explain that it doesn’t the explanation make me realize it does.
Families often use Swear jars to break kids of the habit of swearing. Here Ethan Jr.s uncontrollable bad habit isn’t swearing; it’s dancing the floss….. and that’s the joke Dang though but that didn’t *seem* amusing or comprehensible on reading.
Not an ewww that I can see. It’s just the dance made famous by “Backpack Kid”. Why the parents wouldn’t just let the kid do it until he gets tired of it is not readily understood.
One of the grand daughters was doing the floss the other day. I said, “Oh, you can do the floss”. She looked at me with a funny look. I explained, you know, when you floss your teeth, with the dance, you are mimicking flossing your butt. I got an even funnier look….She didn’t know the name of the dance.
The last time the subject of “flossing” came up, I decided not to post this (decidedly Arlo-esque*) clip from “[T]Raumschiff Surprise“, but now I need to get it out of my system before the fad disappears (with any luck, that will be soon).
P.S. * – To paraphrase Bill: “You Have Been Warned!“
Where is Ethan Jr getting enough money to pay for a trip to Cabo? Wouldn’t that money just come from his parents? So don’t they have enough money already?
I found it funny, but I have a kid that age. (She really *can’t* floss, but that doesn’t stop her). One of her teachers last year banned it from the classroom, which I believe reduced the amount of flossing, but didn’t stop it. It lends itself well to being an idle activity.
@Just Drivin’ By – the parents would have the money for a trip to Cabo, but they budget very poorly (as evinced by the amount of cash they give their kid.)
Huh – those are noses. It’s ok with me – if you don’t want to put some effort into drawing noses, just leave them off.