Thanks to BillR for nominating this as a CIDU. I think it’s an enjoyable comic for us to contemplate even if you don’t think there’s anything much missing from the joke structure.

Thanks to BillR for nominating this as a CIDU. I think it’s an enjoyable comic for us to contemplate even if you don’t think there’s anything much missing from the joke structure.


Okay, many a few people still say they use “tin foil” or may even think they use “tin foil”. (And probably a larger number say “tin cans”.) But is this — stating flatly that they use “tin foil” — an acceptable way of putting it? I wouldn’t think so.
To make matters worse, apparently you can still get actual tin foil, as an expensive alternative or as a novelty. (I’m looking at an E-Bay listing of a roll or sheet of 150mm x 300mm for $18.) No, no no no, that does not justify the caption!


Okay, that seems to be a bad answer. Is there a reason he suggests it, apart from being dimwitted? And can we say what a good answer might have been?

The sender of this Rhymes With Orange points out “a minor, but annoying mistake,” that the central pips on the two of hearts should not be both facing the same way. Ooops! And we might add that Ace here doesn’t look much like a playing-card ace, either — they’ve become more just a business card. Heck, they don’t even have a suit!



Okay, I do get the joke. But can’t stop making a face at the degree to which cartoon physics had to stretch to set this up. Unless someone sees an explanation for the saucer’s crash other than it getting hit by a golf ball.


This looks more like our world than Oz. But if that was an Oz-witch then I guess the susceptibility to dissolving by water came here with her. And if amniotic fluid counts as water (as in saying “her water broke”) then it would be dangerous to her. But … but … but … then how have witches ever survived giving birth?

Hmmm, this may be flipping the sense of the Oopsies category …. I don’t see it as even near funny, but really want to give the cartoonist points for mathematical accuracy. That’s a good rendering of a regular dodecahedron, one of the five Platonic solids. (Though some may have preferred to see the -hedra plural.)



Stan explains “I’m not sure what’s going on here. Is the dog unhappy because the bird he’s just caught has ‘wren breath’ and therefore tastes bad? Or is the dog upset because he’s got wren breath after eating the wren? If either of these were going to be an issue, why did he eat it in the first place? What did he think would happen after eating a wren?”
Thanks to Ken for this LOL/CIDU!


ICYDK, Mona and Pierre are sister and brother.
The first panel has a joke that I had no trouble getting. But why does it go on? And does she slap him, or say “Ssslap!”, or both?

Best guess: It’s the only way he can find undisturbed time to read his book.
Other guesses: He just hates being disrobed. He just hates taking baths or getting wet. He loves reading in the bath, but won’t risk getting the book soaked.
A bit too cyclic for me to figure out. “I Answer to General Ouroboros” is the cartoonist’s title for this episode.

What is the joke in this one? ¿Cuál es el chiste en este?

And what is the joke in this version? ¿Y cuál es el chiste en esta versión?

Are they the same joke? Why not ? :-) ¿Son el mismo chiste? Por qué no ? :-)
This went right by my reading-the-comics-too-quickly eyes until I happened on it featured in Comic Strip of the Day column where he points out that the joke works only if the reader can supply the title.
