JMcAndrew sends this in: “Why can’t the cat go to the office? Did Ziggy somehow cause the cat to become pregnant and he’s worried about the legal consequences?”
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This looks like an old Ziggy, perhaps from the early days of the strip. There was a time when it was considered inappropriate for conspicuously pregnant (human) women to be about in public. That time had pretty much passed by 1971, when Ziggy began syndication, but people still remembered it. The joke, of course, is that nobody has ever thought it necessary for pregnant cats to go into seclusion.
Usual John probably has it. But even conspicuously pregnant human women would be doing prenatal visits in a medical office. House calls were pretty much gone before 1971 for this type of thing.
Although … at a community fair last weekend, I saw a booth for a mobile medical practice built around house calls. I didn’t inquire further.
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This looks like an old Ziggy, perhaps from the early days of the strip. There was a time when it was considered inappropriate for conspicuously pregnant (human) women to be about in public. That time had pretty much passed by 1971, when Ziggy began syndication, but people still remembered it. The joke, of course, is that nobody has ever thought it necessary for pregnant cats to go into seclusion.
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Usual John probably has it. But even conspicuously pregnant human women would be doing prenatal visits in a medical office. House calls were pretty much gone before 1971 for this type of thing.
Although … at a community fair last weekend, I saw a booth for a mobile medical practice built around house calls. I didn’t inquire further.
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Ziggy is calling Maury Povich. Did you know that show went on until 2022? How are these men finding out if they are the father now?
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I think, since COVID, mobile health (i.e. house calls) has grown. Medicare will pay for both an in-office PCP and a mobile PCP.
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Medicare pays for angel dust?
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