"... you don't do the dishes as often as me." Well I certainly hope not! Zing!
... No?
Although I hate explaining jokes, this one does rely on some uncommon linguistic knowledge, so: For those who don't get it, Dr. Seuss should have used "I", not "me". Filling in the implied words in the clause after "as", we can either have "as often as [you do] me", or "as often as I [do]" (the former clearly implying some form of tablewarephilia).
[2013-Apr-16] Dr. Seuss
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I have decided this can only be interpreted as the ramblings of a mad man who somewhere along the lines of his upbringing confused 'humour' with 'pedantry'.Hanyou Hottie wrote:"... you don't do the dishes as often as me." Well I certainly hope not! Zing!
... No?
Although I hate explaining jokes, this one does rely on some uncommon linguistic knowledge, so: For those who don't get it, Dr. Seuss should have used "I", not "me". Filling in the implied words in the clause after "as", we can either have "as often as [you do] me", or "as often as I [do]" (the former clearly implying some form of tablewarephilia).
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"I wonder if chemists feel bad that they're always left out of these sorts of jokes."
Since when is chemistry not a science?
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Re: [2013-04-16] Dr. Seuss
I thought having sex with dishes was pretty funny 
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Re: [2013-04-16] Dr. Seuss
take a pragmatics course
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In case you weren't aware, new guy, what just happened was that you just got told.
Police said they spent some time working out if they could charge the man with being armed with a weapon, as technically he was armed with part of a fish.
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Re: [2013-04-16] Dr. Seuss
The votey let me know that your poetry is as bad as your comics are good
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ie. both pretty mediocreGuest wrote:The votey let me know that your poetry is as bad as your comics are good
EDIT: I'm just speaking out of hate, there have actually been a few quality strips lately
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Lethal Interjection wrote:That's good to know. I can avoid a few awkward phone calls now.
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Yeah I agree, It's a bit mean that whilst I will occasionally complain about a bad comic, I never make the effort to mention when I find one funny, but there have been some good ones lately.
Destructicus wrote: Alt text:
"I wonder if chemists feel bad that they're always left out of these sorts of jokes."
Since when is chemistry not a science?
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Re: [2013-04-16] Dr. Seuss
Like that one with the guy, and he fuckin, hahaha it was so yeah.
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Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:In case you weren't aware, new guy, what just happened was that you just got told.
I don't follow. Graph joke to explain, please.
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It does seem that he has been trying to get back to the old format as of the last few strips. Maybe he does love us after all!
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Re: [2013-04-16] Dr. Seuss
He's on his honeymoon, I saw on Facebook. So he's been trying to squeeze extra comic-making to cover his absence.Apocalyptus wrote:It does seem that he has been trying to get back to the old format as of the last few strips. Maybe he does love us after all!
Apparently this makes his comics better...
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Ed's theory is that Zach makes better comics when he's depressed/his life is shitty, so maybe it's not going wellLethal Interjection wrote:He's on his honeymoon, I saw on Facebook. So he's been trying to squeeze extra comic-making to cover his absence.Apocalyptus wrote:It does seem that he has been trying to get back to the old format as of the last few strips. Maybe he does love us after all!
Apparently this makes his comics better...
Astrogirl wrote:Lethal, nobody wants to know about your herpes.
Lethal Interjection wrote:That's good to know. I can avoid a few awkward phone calls now.
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Can't it be both?DonRetrasado wrote:Ed's theory is that Zach makes better comics when he's depressed/his life is shitty, so maybe it's not going wellLethal Interjection wrote:He's on his honeymoon, I saw on Facebook. So he's been trying to squeeze extra comic-making to cover his absence.Apocalyptus wrote:It does seem that he has been trying to get back to the old format as of the last few strips. Maybe he does love us after all!
Apparently this makes his comics better...