JMcAndrew sends in these two, with an old man theme: “Trying to figure this one out. I’ve seen the movie “Grumpy Old Men” and don’t think that Walter Matthau looks anything like Saddam Hussein.”
JMcAndrew: I get the joke and I have seen “Blow Out” which is actually an excellent film. Submitted as an obvious eww but also considered that Travolta is now over 70 it wouldn’t be that surprising to find out he does have need for incontinence products.
JMcAndrew sends in several that qualify for our Ewww category. Some also may qualify as CIDUs:
This works, whether you pronounce these “blaw” and “law” or “blah” and “lah”. Mismatch those pairs, though, and it won’t work.
Boise Ed submits this one: “I get the Area 51 gag, but the name panel’s secondary gag (“All tea served with a saucer”) eludes me.”
It seems to pair nicely with panel one here:
JMcAndrew sends this in: “I spent more time than I care to admit contemplating how the mechanics of this relationship would possibly work and how a sandwich would be the end result.”
Well, just look at Mr Peanut. You can see he’s well bread!
JMcAndrew sends in this festival of snail comics. The same joke used by two cartoonists, or by one comic separated by time.
Glenn and Gary McCoy are responsible for these next three.
Also here are 2 LOL comics where the word escrow is being misheard as escargot.
Last May 24th was National Escargot Day. We should have posted these then, but we were slow to get around to it.
Billr sends this in: “Obviously his weirdly shaped cup is key, but what exactly is going on?”
Those who like to ponder cartoon physics might wonder what the characteristics of such a coffee mug might be.
Phred submitted this Bizarro as a CIDU, asking for “Any clues on this personalized license plate?“
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Can anyone think of a good clue that doesn’t immediately give away the answer?
The essence of the joke here is good: that perhaps the pyramids had a second use in providing entertainment for Pharaoh. Not getting the extra graft part.
The joke here is also basically clear, with that nice added pun in the lefthand corner. But why a cat?
(a) To get in the way while he’s working, as cats tend to do?
(b) An allusion to the supposed origin story of Jim Davis developing Garfield? “Davis decided to peruse current comic strips to determine what species of animal characters might be more popular. He felt that dogs were doing well, but noticed no prominent cats. Davis figured he could create a cat star, having grown up on a farm with twenty-five cats.” (Wikipedia)
(c) An inside joke that cartoonists tend to be cat people?
(d) Other ________________
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