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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.
Gertrude the Brahman
Mitch4 sends this in: “OY because it’s a pun, CIDU because the specifics are obscure. “Impeccable” works as an OY because someone wearing a suit of armor can’t be pecked. But who is “Gertrude the Brahman” and does she wear armor and why the expression “knight suit”?”
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:
Tap Dancing
Actually true, making allowances for that graph in panel 3 being simplified to fit.
But not that hard to figure out, so it’s not really a CIDU for an audience as clever as ours. Eventually it will be one of those phrases where the original meaning of the term becomes ever more obscure, e.g. “not worth a plug nickel”.
Here’s how it was done in 1943:
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.
The Future is Simple and Easy to Know
The person in panel 1 is Mildred’s mother, IIRC. Otherwise, it’s a bit of a muddle. Who would ever say such a thing? Panel 4 is no help.
Prediction is hard, especially about the future.
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/ !
OK
Cristiano sends this in: “Honestly, with this one, I’m at a loss. I think I’m missing some contest… is this guy a criminal? A spy? A perv? What is he doing in the bushes at night? Why does he have a radio? What the hell is happening? What do you think?”
Also, can anyone provide sourcing info? Google Image Search didn’t find this one.
I’m not ready to laugh
Mitch4 wonders, “There must be some simple fact related, maybe ‘Wellness’ stuff?”
I know I’m stumped!
Comics I Don't Understand 