Confusing Images
Apr. 18th, 2009 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firstfrostNormally, I'm not the Comics I Don't Understand person. I don't always think that they're funny, but I can usually tell what the point is. Today, I encountered these in the Globe, and I am starting to think that maybe the Quaker Foods Alien has replaced my normal newspaper with a strange alien publication.
What does it mean that his date has disappeared? The woman is still there... has she declared that she is no longer on a date with him? She seems mad. Is she mad that his trip to get popcorn did not result in him actually getting any popcorn? Is she mad that he's licking the seat? Or maybe it's a different woman - his date disappeared to be replaced by this other person (who is saving his seat by sitting in it). Is the second empty seat significant? Were he and his date sitting on opposite sides of this woman originally?
Is the woman the massage therapist? Or the receptionist for the massage therapist? Is it that the therapist was molesting the clients and is being arrested because they told? I don't think doctor-patient confidentiality extends to not telling people when your doctors molest you. Is being molested by doctors (or massage therapists) actually funny? Or is the woman being arrested because she confessed her criminal activity to her massage therapist, and the therapist told the cops? I don't think doctor-patient confidentiality applies to that either. Is the guy talking the massage therapist, or a detective with the cop? Is that a badge on his belt? Or a tape measure, or a cell phone?
Then, while I was getting these pictures to rant about, this ad was on one of the pages. It appears to feature an elderly showgirl squashed against the inside of my screen. Should I find this appealing? Is she melting? What is up with things today?
What does it mean that his date has disappeared? The woman is still there... has she declared that she is no longer on a date with him? She seems mad. Is she mad that his trip to get popcorn did not result in him actually getting any popcorn? Is she mad that he's licking the seat? Or maybe it's a different woman - his date disappeared to be replaced by this other person (who is saving his seat by sitting in it). Is the second empty seat significant? Were he and his date sitting on opposite sides of this woman originally?
Is the woman the massage therapist? Or the receptionist for the massage therapist? Is it that the therapist was molesting the clients and is being arrested because they told? I don't think doctor-patient confidentiality extends to not telling people when your doctors molest you. Is being molested by doctors (or massage therapists) actually funny? Or is the woman being arrested because she confessed her criminal activity to her massage therapist, and the therapist told the cops? I don't think doctor-patient confidentiality applies to that either. Is the guy talking the massage therapist, or a detective with the cop? Is that a badge on his belt? Or a tape measure, or a cell phone?
Then, while I was getting these pictures to rant about, this ad was on one of the pages. It appears to feature an elderly showgirl squashed against the inside of my screen. Should I find this appealing? Is she melting? What is up with things today?
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Date: 2009-04-18 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-18 08:51 pm (UTC)The second I think is the detective (with badge) and the police officer going to question the masseuse about a client, like checking an alibi or whether he had an injured left arm. And she was telling them that she can't answer due to doctor-client privilege. But yeah, she looks more like the receptionist that the masseuse.