@ Dana K – Perhaps “wishful thinking on the part of the authors“? Seriously, the visual gag is about as sophisticated as an exploding cigar, and extracting a single action syllable from the word “boomerang” doesn’t require rocket science. That’s all there really is to see here.
@ Maggie – Once again we come back to the fundamental principle that the “IDU” depends entirely on the individual reader involved. For me personally, IDU anything beyond “boom” = “explosion”, which of course leads to my second IDU: “…why the authors thought that this comic would be funny“. Your mileage may vary.
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It’s a “boom”rang so it just goes “boom”, but doesn’t come back.
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I’ll bet that it did “ring” back, at least in the poor victim’s ears.
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OK, that’s good for the “boom”, but what makes it a “rang”?
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@ Dana K – Perhaps “wishful thinking on the part of the authors“? Seriously, the visual gag is about as sophisticated as an exploding cigar, and extracting a single action syllable from the word “boomerang” doesn’t require rocket science. That’s all there really is to see here.
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I don’t think there’s quite a CIDU here.
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@ Maggie – Once again we come back to the fundamental principle that the “IDU” depends entirely on the individual reader involved. For me personally, IDU anything beyond “boom” = “explosion”, which of course leads to my second IDU: “…why the authors thought that this comic would be funny“. Your mileage may vary.
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@maggie — it’s a CIDU for me for sure. Still.
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@phsiiicidu @Kilby
I don’t think it’s very funny, but I still kinda get the joke.
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Being a geezer, I just assumed it was something ‘the kids’ know. As in, anybody under 50.
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Okay Boomer.
Sorry. It had to be said.
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Chak, I thought much the same.
And still think there is something of a clue in how the product name contrives to erase the “boomer” version.
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Until reading other comments, I thought he misread it as bomberang.
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