From Stan, who says I’m ‘Racking my Brain’ to work it out.
It’s a stretch
Bonus for a lazy Sunday afternoon — The Polls are Open
But truth to tell, we just wanted an excuse to try out the poll feature and see if it really works. So here are two cases where various and sundry editors and senders-in were unsure whether and how to agree on how something would be taken, and said: let the vox pop have a say.
First up, Boise Ed sent this one in as a CIDU, asking: “What does the Casper the Friendly Ghost toon have to do with mattresses?”
However, it turns out the puzzle entirely dissolves, and the connection is clear, for people who happen to be aware of a certain fact. But is this a fact most readers will know, or only a few? And then, when you do know, is the cartoon a good joke, or a shrug?
Please record your view in the poll just below. And commenters, please refrain from explaining it all for about 24 hours, if you don’t mind. Thanks!
Next up, Andréa and Chak both sent in this Reality Check of a giant feline on the rampage!
It’s been called a CIDU, a LOL/Oy , and an Ewww. As CIDU: “What is this, just Catzilla? Or is there more to it?” . The Oy factor is the wordplay from the usual sense of “Big box store” for the kind of building, to an idea that it could mean a place to obtain a big box. The Ewww might be if you thought the giant cat wanted to find a suitably large litter box. And the LOL reading is still with the idea of obtaining a very big box, but just for the giant cat’s comfort and amusement — just like your housecat, who will play with and curl up in an empty cardboard box even in preference to the toy or pet bed that may have come in it.
Sunday Funnies – LOLs, October 25th, 2020
Some viewers report “It took a second!”
A Halloween themed LOL from Todd. Also suggested by Olivier.
From Olivier.
A bad joke about making a bad joke!
An OY and a lol wrapped into one!
Saturday Morning Oy – October 24th
Sent in by Andréa. This is an Oy, but also a CIDU: why so many coats?
Also from Andréa.
From Olivier.
We don’t see “Shoe” all that often around here. But this seemed like a sweet OY, and ‘just what we deserve’.
A Tomversation from Ollie.
Bonus video for the weekend
For those who consider The New Yorker cartoons to be without rhyme or reason, see what your take is from this video of illustrated dialogue between the cartoon editor and one of their cartoonists.
https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/liana-finck-demonstrates-how-to-draw-feelings
Which wouldn’t embed as a video from a general address, but let’s see if it is better as YouTube.
Ewww / Synchronicity
Sent in by Andréa.
It is nice to thank people
Sent in by FrostedDonut, who says “Where’s the punchline? That just seems like a normal thing to say: I’d like (X). You may have (X). I’ll have to thank her for letting me have (X).”
More Pants?
From DanV, who says “The first two panels of today’s Frazz were clear enough. But then Frazz starts talking about the kid’s pants. Even if I did understand what that had to do with the conversation (which I don’t), where is the joke?”
Maybe the answer is in context? Try for yourself! The weeklong series begins Monday, October 12: https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2020/10/12 .
Pants?
From Stan
Some Ewwws: Compacto-cow pies
A pair of Ewws from Olivier:
Every year when I (Winter Wallaby) go to the Washington state fair, I see a booth selling something like “Cow Chip cookies,” or “Cow Patty cookies,” with a graphic to match. While I assume the cookies themselves taste fine, I always wonder about the marketing decision to have a name and graphic that makes me go “ewww” when I’m considering what food to buy.
On the other hand, every year I see poop emoji hats for sale at the state fair, and I assume they wouldn’t keep putting them out if people didn’t buy them, so what do I know?
