??? Is there a joke either in the two panel version or the one panel version? Why does the comic only fill up the middle of the space? Why is there a dotted background, which doesn’t occur in this strip generally? What’s Jaimes trying to say here?
From Darren:
who points out, “I don’t think I’ve ever referred to connect-the-dots type exercises (puzzles?) as “paint-by-numbers”. Is that what’s happening here? It doesn’t look like they’re creating a paint-by-numbers image for later fill in, and there’s certainly no painting being done.”
Indeed.
Dirk the Daring dares to send this in: “Huh? I have no idea why this is funny. Am I missing something?”
The first two panel are a joke; an old joke, but still a joke. I don’t get that third panel.
Boise Ed sends this in: “Total CIDU here. The only word here that makes any sense to me is “three.” What does “Sagittarius” have to do with anything? Or “jackass”? I see nothing astrological, astronomical, or rude.”
But he’ll be issued a citation. And if there’s a citation, it wouldn’t be plagiarism. Right?
What’s confusing to me is that (1) I see ads for stuff like this all the time, and (2) there actually were people who made a lot of profit in the global financial troubles in 2008 (as written up by Michael Lewis in The Big Short). So I don’t see a joke here. Is there one?
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