From Dirk the Daring:
Try as I might (and try as the other commenters might), I just don’t get it. If it was Jehosaphat, then yeah, but Joseph is an, um, jump from that.
Talking Kangaroos
Author / phsiii
Needs S’more
Thanks to Boise Ed:
Mom clearly doesn’t like the idea, but what “will” Dad do?
Ha?
From Marrose:
who notes:
I get the maniacal laughter (it is a Mad Scientist convention) but what does it have to do with a stroke?
Where we’re going…
…they don’t have roads?
Jack Applin writes:
I was puzzled by the “off-road trim”, because cavemen don’t have roads. Then I recalled “Dip in Road”. OK, fine. Why would the triangular wheel cause political arguments? It’s not pink. Is it simply “That other political party is so stupid that they promote triangular wheels! Haw haw!”?
Pun? Song reference?? Weed allusion???
Thanks to billr:
Is donut choir a pun for something?
No clue. Googling suggests “Combining a cannabis-infused edible with your favorite lyrics and beats can actually trigger a stronger emotional response to music”, also talks about it being a bad idea to combine weed with Lyrica (pregabalin, a drug for things like diabetic neuropathy).
None of those help here, though.
There’s a point somewhere
From Boise Ed:
What arrow-related thing happened/happens at the Met Gala?
Some Googling suggests it might be a reference to this:
https://www.etonline.com/demi-moore-makes-an-unforgettable-2024-met-gala-comeback-224861
but I’m not convinced. Anyone??
Floodlights
billr sends:
So this is Noah’s Ark, and so there’s a flood, and floodlights, and…?
“The peasants are revolting!” (You can say that again)
Marrose sends:
She asks:
Why are there medieval peasants (circa 1300) talking about the French Revolution ( 1789-1802)? I get the comment was supposed to be wryly funny, but I can’t get past the characters.
I guess the cartoonist is fuzzy about how revolting French people would have dressed? Maybe AI involved, “Draw me some people from long ago”. Srsly, it’s an excellent question, and an unnecessary distraction from the point of the cartoon!
Tomlinson is from South Africa, but I don’t think that gets him a bye on this detail.
Less is Best
From Dan Sachs:
“Best said”?
Indeed. Surely “less said” was intended. Back in the day, there were these people called “editors”, who might have caught this and had it fixed (though perhaps not, since they would have to go back to the cartoonist, unlike local edits).
Internet, and cats, and cafe, but…
From Dirk the Daring:
Meow? It’s a New Yorker cartoon so, you know…Nonetheless, what?
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