Bob Kinney writes, “No clue what this all means”:
It does seem a bit…thin.
Triassic? Jurassic?? Cretaceous???
Author / phsiii
I can’t get me no…
This editor came across this one on his own, and has run it by a few folks to no avail. Anyone??
I’m assuming it’s an “Oddly Enough” but can’t prove that on the web.
Completely opaque to me
BillR sends this without comment:
I sure hope someone has a clue, because I got nothin’.
As a bonus, he included this semi-synchronicity (“semi” because it’s apparently a repost), which I quite like. We’re not really doing synchronicity these days, but while I’m at it:
One, two, five!
JMcAndrew ponders:
Does the military train soldiers with live grenades? How did they survive this? I’m starting to think that this comic isn’t very well thought out.
Which of course brings to mind the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch:
I’m betting I’m not the only one among us who has irritated their spouse by counting “One, two, five!” on occasion.
Like, man, I might not be getting it…
From Dirk the Daring, an Oddly Enough:
Dirk comments, “Rooollll a another one….I think maybe I get it. Does he want a dog that can sniff out where to buy his next bag of dope? I dunno, maybe I’m just slow. Or I’ve taken too many hits myself.”
I’m thinking “Where to buy” or maybe just to find weed that he’s forgotten about in his apartment? Cop’s hat says NYPD and I’m told that dispensaries are on every block there (mostly unlicensed), so I don’t think he should need help finding one. And Tomlinson lives in New York, so it’s not like he’d be unaware. ‘Tis a mystery!
Lots more Oddly Enough at https://www.instagram.com/vaughantomlinson/ !
I’m not ready to laugh
Mitch4 wonders, “There must be some simple fact related, maybe ‘Wellness’ stuff?”
I know I’m stumped!
Mystery Machine
The ever-prolific JMcAndrew asks, “What is that supposed to be that he broke?”
As someone who has used mainframe computers since the early 1970s, I recognize it as a 9-track tape drive, probably an IBM 3420. In other words, it’s supposed to be a computer, from the era when “spinning tapes” meant “computer”.
He adds that the comic is from 1984, at which point the 3420 with its open reels was still state of the art. That’s actually the year the 3480 was introduced, which used a square cartridge instead. As a 3480 looks like a dishwasher with a tape slot, much like a VCR, and you can’t see the tape spin, 3480s and their children never caught on as a way to say “Look! A computer!” in movies and TV.
Not a geezer alert
billr sends:
noting, “I’m guessing some cultural reference I’m missing, or forgot (I’m an old) maybe from some movie I never watched. I know that they’ve been rerunning old comics for TMCM but I don’t see a date on this one.”
I see “2016” on the right, which actually tracks with my guess, but I leave it to the hive-mind to see if they reach the same conclusion I did.
“I’ll be at The Library”
JMcAndrew asks, “I’d think at age 5 Dennis would already know what a zoo is. Did Henry take Dennis to some kind of strip club and tell him it was the zoo?”
From the expression on Henry’s face, I think that might be the case, though this seems odd and inappropriate for a DtM strip!
I’m reminded of the alleged bar or strip club named The Library, a great place to spend an afternoon “studying”…
I get it, I get it not
Nancy is often a head-scratcher for me, and this one is no exception:
There’s some fourth-wall thing going on there, but not sure why/what: the flower isn’t changing; “three” and “four” are missing…and is there a joke in here somewhere? Wikipedia describes the strip as “surreal humor”, but there’s gotta be SOME humor for that to work…
Comics I Don't Understand 