Jack Applin sends:
He asks, “Is the carrot implying that he eats only carrots, and that the donut eats only donuts? So Billy is a cannibal? Or, does Billy only eat other Billys? Why would either of those possibilities bother a talking carrot who is a cannibal himself?”
From Irv:
He comments,
The second and third frames in the second row are what IDU. If the Wizard is cheating, shouldn’t the beam and hangers be visible there as well as in the last frame? Otherwise, maybe he is cheating and conjures the beam and hangers to “prove” he wasn’t using magic in the previous frames even though he was? All told, IDU what’s going on here.
For that matter, if there’s some magic making the beam and hangers invisible that he somehow forgets? turns off? for the last frame, how did he appear to lift it off the ground??
I think there’s something here about heartstrings, but I can’t quite make it work:
I’m sure y’all will set me straight!
BillR offers:
Came across this guy, Cameron Spires, who calls his strip Goat to Self. Most of his are borderline NSFW, or over the line, somewhat surrealistic, or just vague. Can’t figure this one out at all.
This editor posits that the key is that the dolphin (porpoise? beluga?) in the last panel is the defense lawyer, and the objection is to forcing self-incrimination. Mind you, I’m not sure that’s up to the defense lawyer — I think the witness has to invoke that themselves.
OK, I get the overall joke, but what’s with the “Colonel” bit? Is this something cruise companies do–try to flatter people with bogus titles? If so, I need to sign up for a better class of junk mail.
Just seems odd and not relevant to the overall joke. What say ye?
(I’ve lived a version of this joke: 35 years ago, my wife and I were living in a townhouse. We went for a walk on a Sunday and the end unit in our building was having an open house. “Hey, let’s go look”, she said, “I’ve always wanted to see one of those end units”. A couple of months later, I’m carrying boxes down the sidewalk between townhouses as we start our move…)
Dirk The Daring found this in The New Yorker. Of course a statistically significant percentage of New Yorker cartoons are CIDUs, but this one seems close to making sense. Something about her big ears and the ENT in the window?! Anyone? Bueller??
Le Vieux Lapin also contributed the following, also from the September Funny Times:
I assume this is an Oprah reference, but beyond that??
Le Vieux Lapin offers this, from the September issue of Funny Times:
I keep thinking I almost get it: perhaps if someone recognizes the ?badger? it will become clear?
Phred sends:
Is that a 9- or 13-digit silly?
Thanks to Phred for sharing:
He adds, “I truly have no idea what this is getting at without Google.”
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