Partly it’s a screw-up of coloring. The slips are mauve rather than pink.
The idea of Victoria’s Secret giving their employees pink slips could be made into a decent pun. But describing bare-belly style as “belly up” doesn’t work for me.
But that’s the idea behind this comic.
But how is this a business BOOM?
The boom in business is what gave them the money to give pink slips to their employees.
You’re right that it doesn’t work well. But it’s an excuse to mix “business bust” phrases with a “business boom” joke.
Hmmm. “Business bust” could also work with their line of brassieres. Probably no worse than the existing joke.
Just this morning, I heard that V. Secret will no long have their nationally broadcast “fashion show.” It’s going the way of Trump’s Miss Universe.
Actually, the franchise itself (it is a franchise, isn’t it? Or is it just a business with lotsa stores? Who knows, who cares.) is more than likely going bankrupt soon.
Oh, the humanity!! No balloons in the Thanksgiving Parade! No soft porn on TV, under the guise of ‘fashion show’! What’s next . . . Christmas decorations and merchandise in September?? Catalogs in July?? Oh wait, those have already happened . . .
Yeah, the pink slip pun was oy territory, but the “belly up” brought Arlo imagery to mind.
This one worked for me.
Maybe I just like thinking about young women, scantily-clad.
She’s got the tiniest legs ever.
Those Victoria Secret models look pretty homely.
For those who still don’t get it:
Normally, when a company says they’ve gone “belly-up” and are issuing “pink slips”, the company is going out of business. But when it’s a lingerie company, it means they’re doing well (because “pink slips” are what the company sells and “belly-up” is the new fashion trend).
There was actual Victoria’s Secret news recently : they cancelled their big show because everybody was bored with it. Surely, somebody could have made a joke out of that…
Oh, okay.
Sometimes I see a comic, am puzzled, and later have it answered or anyways improved by a discussion on CIDU.
Other times I see a comic, think I got the joke though it seems weak, and dismiss any other questions. Then when I see it at CIDU there may be a bit of an Aha! moment when I see there was actually something puzzling to those acute enough to note it. And even though it wasn’t CIDU-level puzzling to me originally, having questions raised (and maybe answered) improves the joke for me, sometimes.
Here I got the pun on “pink slips” but thought because of the nature of their business they had oddly issued these to employees as notices of layoff or termination, in place of the traditional paper p[ink slips. (I either didn’t try to explain “boom” or thought it was a matter of going-out-of-business sales.). I didn’t notice anything about “belly up” .
So thanks! Or, well, it still isn’t wonderful comedy …
I got the puns right away too, BUT…
Is the lady with her guy friend a customer? If so, why is the one doing the talking giving her a “pink slip”? As far as the business boom, my initial thought was the more scantily clad women will bring in more male customers, but that’s just a guess.
I’m pretty sure the joke, such as it is, is on the two meanings of pink slip and how saleswomen (not models) selling in pink slips will drive traffic.
I’m not sure if those who do the coloring can’t understand the word pink or need a remedial kindergarten class to know what pink looks like. Actual pink slips would help the joke a bit.
VS is not a franchise operation, btw, and is in trouble both from being out of date and from a top exec being buddies with Epstein.
And did anyone hear that they’ve canceled their fashion show?
“Those Victoria Secret models look pretty homely.”
Not models. Store clerks.
Even I know the difference between a slip and a bra.
Many a cup ‘twixt bra and slip.
“Is the lady with her guy friend a customer? If so, why is the one doing the talking giving her a “pink slip”?”
Yes, and she wants to buy a bra. Which she’s handing to the salesperson.
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Partly it’s a screw-up of coloring. The slips are mauve rather than pink.
The idea of Victoria’s Secret giving their employees pink slips could be made into a decent pun. But describing bare-belly style as “belly up” doesn’t work for me.
But that’s the idea behind this comic.
But how is this a business BOOM?
The boom in business is what gave them the money to give pink slips to their employees.
You’re right that it doesn’t work well. But it’s an excuse to mix “business bust” phrases with a “business boom” joke.
Hmmm. “Business bust” could also work with their line of brassieres. Probably no worse than the existing joke.
Just this morning, I heard that V. Secret will no long have their nationally broadcast “fashion show.” It’s going the way of Trump’s Miss Universe.
Actually, the franchise itself (it is a franchise, isn’t it? Or is it just a business with lotsa stores? Who knows, who cares.) is more than likely going bankrupt soon.
Oh, the humanity!! No balloons in the Thanksgiving Parade! No soft porn on TV, under the guise of ‘fashion show’! What’s next . . . Christmas decorations and merchandise in September?? Catalogs in July?? Oh wait, those have already happened . . .
Yeah, the pink slip pun was oy territory, but the “belly up” brought Arlo imagery to mind.
This one worked for me.
Maybe I just like thinking about young women, scantily-clad.
She’s got the tiniest legs ever.
Those Victoria Secret models look pretty homely.
For those who still don’t get it:
Normally, when a company says they’ve gone “belly-up” and are issuing “pink slips”, the company is going out of business. But when it’s a lingerie company, it means they’re doing well (because “pink slips” are what the company sells and “belly-up” is the new fashion trend).
There was actual Victoria’s Secret news recently : they cancelled their big show because everybody was bored with it. Surely, somebody could have made a joke out of that…
Oh, okay.
Sometimes I see a comic, am puzzled, and later have it answered or anyways improved by a discussion on CIDU.
Other times I see a comic, think I got the joke though it seems weak, and dismiss any other questions. Then when I see it at CIDU there may be a bit of an Aha! moment when I see there was actually something puzzling to those acute enough to note it. And even though it wasn’t CIDU-level puzzling to me originally, having questions raised (and maybe answered) improves the joke for me, sometimes.
Here I got the pun on “pink slips” but thought because of the nature of their business they had oddly issued these to employees as notices of layoff or termination, in place of the traditional paper p[ink slips. (I either didn’t try to explain “boom” or thought it was a matter of going-out-of-business sales.). I didn’t notice anything about “belly up” .
So thanks! Or, well, it still isn’t wonderful comedy …
I got the puns right away too, BUT…
Is the lady with her guy friend a customer? If so, why is the one doing the talking giving her a “pink slip”? As far as the business boom, my initial thought was the more scantily clad women will bring in more male customers, but that’s just a guess.
I’m pretty sure the joke, such as it is, is on the two meanings of pink slip and how saleswomen (not models) selling in pink slips will drive traffic.
I’m not sure if those who do the coloring can’t understand the word pink or need a remedial kindergarten class to know what pink looks like. Actual pink slips would help the joke a bit.
VS is not a franchise operation, btw, and is in trouble both from being out of date and from a top exec being buddies with Epstein.
And did anyone hear that they’ve canceled their fashion show?
“Those Victoria Secret models look pretty homely.”
Not models. Store clerks.
Even I know the difference between a slip and a bra.
Many a cup ‘twixt bra and slip.
“Is the lady with her guy friend a customer? If so, why is the one doing the talking giving her a “pink slip”?”
Yes, and she wants to buy a bra. Which she’s handing to the salesperson.