This Nick & Zuzu comic is nearly a year old, but I still don’t understand it.
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Why would an unmarried male be more likely to get a highly decorated drink? Is the bartender gay? Or female? Or was the overdecorated drink intended for the wife, who refused to take it?
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He didn’t tell the bartender.
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The implication is that the bartender is hitting on him.
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The Carolyn Hax column that this cartoon originally accompanied is
https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2024/02/09/carolyn-hax-bartender-crush-husband/
For those who cannot read it at that link, the gist was : It is indeed one of the options considered (dismissed?) by the posting editor or the submitter — a female bartender has a big crush on the husband.
The cartoon departs slightly from the narrative in the column, as the bartender is described as knowing full well that the guy is married; and the task he needs to do is not simply convey that he is married (the bartender already knows that) but that he insists she stop the attentions.
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Why is the wife in a Star Trek uniform?
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Because the bartender is trying to make Whoopi.
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Bravo! Downpuppy with the comment of the week! (Thanks Carl Fink for the setup!)
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