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[2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:28 pm
by Tony
Vetus is Latin for
old or
ancient, which, sadly, also applies to the practice of chronological snobbery.
Page:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3316#comic
Image:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20140403.png
Is there one sympathetic character in this entire strip? The long-dead tenant farmer maybe?
Given that it's a 13-frame shaggy-dog story with extraordinary rendition as the hoary punchline, that might have been too much to ask.
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:45 pm
by GUTCHUCKER
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:40 am
by Juliokles
Such disaster can be the only result of mixing Latin and Greek.
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:27 am
by AndyL
Like it - first time I have actually laughed out loud at one of your recent ones. Perhaps it helps that it is Friday.
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:47 am
by Kimra
AndyL wrote:Like it - first time I have actually laughed out loud at one of your recent ones. Perhaps it helps that it is Friday.
Who are you talking to?
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:13 am
by Liriodendron_fagotti
Kimra wrote:AndyL wrote:Like it - first time I have actually laughed out loud at one of your recent ones. Perhaps it helps that it is Friday.
Who are you talking to?
Zach, because he definitely reads all of this.
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:01 am
by Kimra
Well then can he fix the banner? Hey? Do you think you could do that Zach?
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:48 pm
by Kaharz
Tony wrote:Is there one sympathetic character in this entire strip? The long-dead tenant farmer maybe?
Given that it's a 13-frame shaggy-dog story with extraordinary rendition as the hoary punchline, that might have been too much to ask.
Characters in jokes don't have to be sympathetic. It also isn't that much of shaggy dog story. It is unnecessarily long, but that is about it. I'm also not sure the punchline is all that hoary. Or at least, anymore so than the punchlines to most jokes. All that being said, I didn't find it very funny, but I don't think most of the long comics are very funny.
Re: [2014-04-03] The Vetuscope
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:42 pm
by DonRetrasado
The bulk of the joke is the kinda preachy "look, it's just like real life! politics, am I right??"
