Mitch4 sends this in: “Has Pardon My Planet somehow been colonized by Pluggers?”

Mitch4 sends this in: “Okay, I guess I see what is meant to be a joke, just in the unlikelihood of the executioner stopping to satisfy his curiosity, or the condemned man politely offering this sort of accurate explanation. Or perhaps in the gallows humor (ahem!) of how he describes the value of the bottom half.

But I couldn’t shake the feeling this must be based on some famous incident, of history or legend. But got nowhere asking Google things like “what members of the French aristocracy after the Revolution wore bifocals?”. (Though it did see some sort of nexus through Benjamin Franklin, a century earlier.)”

There are many ways to define the American Dream, but surely being your own boss is one of them.

travelgirl sends this in:

Is there another way to interpret this other than the male cop is going rogue?

The biblical reference is from Matthew 18, if that helps:

“They said, “Who is the greatest in the holy nation of heaven?” 2 Jesus took a little child and put him among them. 3 He said, “For sure, I tell you, unless you have a change of heart and become like a little child, you will not get into the holy nation of heaven. 4 Whoever is without pride as this little child is the greatest in the holy nation of heaven. 5 Whoever receives a little child because of Me receives Me. 6 But whoever is the reason for one of these little children who believe in Me to fall into sin, it would be better for him to have a large rock put around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.”

I would think his outfit is somehow part of the joke, but how?

Usual John sends this in: “Is this perhaps a colorist’s error? I don’t see any premature gray other than hair.”

Or is this a cultural reference? An obscure pun?

Probably something obvious I’m missing here. What is it?

OK, so due to her first marriage she’s put the groom (from marriage #1?) into the side of the cake. But why take these feelings out on groom #2 on their wedding day?