Nice to see that they can keep coming up with good new variations!
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In an effort to discover the reasoning behind the pronoun “they”, I went looking for the artist behind the pen name “Samson”. I was very surprised to discover that Samuli Lintula is Finnish (I have no knowledge of Finnish names, but Wikipedia uses “he”). I was not able to discover whether he does the translations by himself; he discontinued his native language website when the strip went into syndication.
The Andertoon is great.
I get the Close to Home, but I’m deeply puzzled by some of the choices. For example, having one character repeat the question that another character just asked is a common way to convey both sides of a conversation that rarely happens in real life. But there’s an entire first panel here with no dialog at all. Wouldn’t it have had made more sense to have the woman literally asking “Would you like to meet in person sometime?”
Also something just feels off about “Sure, but first, how do you feel about horses?” I think removing “Meet in person?” would have allowed more room for a more natural-sounding response, like “I’d love to, but… how do you feel about horses?”
They is Samson and Horace!
Powers, I see your point with the Close to Home. My reaction was that it’s almost as if the first panel got added late, to make sure we understand that her view of him includes just the front. But then he may not have thought it needed dialog placed there too.
By the way, if you’ve got any favorite old Labor Day themed cartoons stashed away, or come across some favorite new ones, do let us know! Thanks!
Powers said the Andertoons (“…ready to rock”) was great. I read it a couple of times the other day, and a couple of times here, and still don’t get it.
As for Close to Home, I wonder how often a version of that really happens, especially in these days of masked pictures. Or someone in a wheelchair. Or someone of unusual height or lack of same. Back in the days of dating services based on VCR tapes or just photographs, I remember some instances of deception, and now a convincing deception is so much easier.
Boise Ed – It’s been awhile since I attended a concert, but typically it would start with the warmup guy, emcee or whatever asking the crowd, “Are you ready to rock?”. The crowd roars “YEAH!!” The guy then says, “I can’t heeeaaarrrrr You.” The crowd roars louder. And so on. In this case, apparently, the answer was, “ummm, could you wait a sec?”
I can’t hear you!
Dare to be stupid!
OK, I can hear you now!
Dare to be stupid!
I could swear there was a scene from a Simsons episode taking place an arena concert whereby the musical act asks “Are you ready to rock?”, and someone (Homer?) says to the effect of “Wait, my shoelace is untied”. “Okay”. I can’t find any references, so either I have a wild imagination or it was another show.
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In an effort to discover the reasoning behind the pronoun “they”, I went looking for the artist behind the pen name “Samson”. I was very surprised to discover that Samuli Lintula is Finnish (I have no knowledge of Finnish names, but Wikipedia uses “he”). I was not able to discover whether he does the translations by himself; he discontinued his native language website when the strip went into syndication.
The Andertoon is great.
I get the Close to Home, but I’m deeply puzzled by some of the choices. For example, having one character repeat the question that another character just asked is a common way to convey both sides of a conversation that rarely happens in real life. But there’s an entire first panel here with no dialog at all. Wouldn’t it have had made more sense to have the woman literally asking “Would you like to meet in person sometime?”
Also something just feels off about “Sure, but first, how do you feel about horses?” I think removing “Meet in person?” would have allowed more room for a more natural-sounding response, like “I’d love to, but… how do you feel about horses?”
They is Samson and Horace!
Powers, I see your point with the Close to Home. My reaction was that it’s almost as if the first panel got added late, to make sure we understand that her view of him includes just the front. But then he may not have thought it needed dialog placed there too.
By the way, if you’ve got any favorite old Labor Day themed cartoons stashed away, or come across some favorite new ones, do let us know! Thanks!
Powers said the Andertoons (“…ready to rock”) was great. I read it a couple of times the other day, and a couple of times here, and still don’t get it.
As for Close to Home, I wonder how often a version of that really happens, especially in these days of masked pictures. Or someone in a wheelchair. Or someone of unusual height or lack of same. Back in the days of dating services based on VCR tapes or just photographs, I remember some instances of deception, and now a convincing deception is so much easier.
Boise Ed – It’s been awhile since I attended a concert, but typically it would start with the warmup guy, emcee or whatever asking the crowd, “Are you ready to rock?”. The crowd roars “YEAH!!” The guy then says, “I can’t heeeaaarrrrr You.” The crowd roars louder. And so on. In this case, apparently, the answer was, “ummm, could you wait a sec?”
I can’t hear you!
Dare to be stupid!
OK, I can hear you now!
Dare to be stupid!
I could swear there was a scene from a Simsons episode taking place an arena concert whereby the musical act asks “Are you ready to rock?”, and someone (Homer?) says to the effect of “Wait, my shoelace is untied”. “Okay”. I can’t find any references, so either I have a wild imagination or it was another show.