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Blather 'Bout Burl: A Body Bag and a Trial
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. A Body Bag and a Trial. It's Battle-of-the-Sexes, suburbia-style, in The Dinette Set. On the surface, the offenses described here seem like petty grievances. As such the temptation is to dismiss the entire panel as an elaborate set-up for Burl's reversal of the standard toilet seat complaint. That would, after all, follow one standard Dinette Set. Paradigm: over-elaborate setup, disappointing punchline. Involves a body bag and a trial. As Baby Jane's...
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Emergency Services
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. I have to keep this short today, because I'm off to dial 911. No, not in anticipation of a bloody car-on-Rascal accident. Repeated reading of The Dinette Set. And the attendant forehead smacking, has resulted in fairly severe cranial damage. At any rate, all I will say about this particular vignette is that you can file it under "Conversations no human being has ever had; set in an Escheresque landscape.". 05 November, 2007 08:40. 12 April, 2009 16:04.
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Seven Pumpkins
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. Is another in a series of desperate attempts. To prove that poor math skills are fertile ground for humor. The net effect, predictably, is to prove the exact opposite. And yet Burl's "No! Still manages to be the strangest part of the panel. Is Donner Farms supposed to be funny? Cannibalism usually is hilarious, of course, but it just doesn't work here. 26 October, 2007 09:01. Jesus, Larson, get your impulses under control! 26 October, 2007 09:04.
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Thanksgiving Sickness
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. In today's Dinette Set. An unbelievable amount of dialog is used to make the joke, to use that term loosely, that some people call into work sick when (gasp) they are not in fact sick. If we were to assume this was worth any words at all, an assumption I will not grant, surely it could be done with much fewer than this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shuttle Bus from Hell. Not to Mention that Septuagenarian Smell. Joe Mathlete Explains Marmaduke.
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Feed the World
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. Features people unclear on the concept on the textual and meta-textual level. That Burl does not understand should come as a surprise to absolutely no one. That the artist tortures the English language in a desperate attempt to make this joke fit into the setup also should come as a surprise to no one. Not that it's not annoying as hell and totally unecessary. Assuming the artist is not paid by the word, I suggest the following:. Shuttle Bus from Hell.
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Burning Questions
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. I think it's safe to say this panel violates a basic rule, which is "don't telegraph the joke.". After Joy's setup line, it's not strictly necessary to read Burl's response, since it's so obvious what he's about to say. In fact, I glanced at all the marginalia before I got around to actually reading what Burl had to say. I can retell that joke in 7 words: Really? Then bring me some Chips Ahoys. I can retell that joke in 6 words: Really? I can retell ...
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Out of Reach
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. I know I am starting to become. About The Dinette Set. These people are far to stupid to have a functioning autonomic nervous system. I guess I need to add today's "effort" to the growing list of panels in which Burl and Joy display preternatural stupidity about relatively simple concepts involving mathematics. I guess they never watched Grover on Sesame Street explaining the concepts of "near" and "far.". 29 November, 2007 10:58. You gotta admit, th...
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Blather 'Bout Burl: Plastic or Melted Plastic?
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. Plastic or Melted Plastic? In today's Dinette Set. Burl and Joy misunderstand the purpose of plastic utensils, leading the reader to mutter out loud:. It's a wonder people this stupid have a functioning autonomic nervous system. Seriously. How much did Solo pay for product placement? How much will they sue for when they find out what they got for their marketing dollars? Smart to use.it will. Could you please pick a damn tense and stick with it?
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Blather 'Bout Burl: August 2007
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Because stuff like this should not go without comment. In today's Dinette Set. Jerry's extreme reaction suggests there's something ripe for ridicule in a woman dining alone and talking to the staff:. Possibly the mere notion of human interaction is a target of ridicule? Possibly the fact that Joy doesn't join in the ridicule is, in itself, ridiculous? Either way, I think we've reached nadir of both humor and humanity. From now on, all panels. In today's Dinette Set. 2 2 = A Bushel of Corn. A nonsense set...
