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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

...I guess 78+ years of gag-a-day strips later, they both just decided to skip the joke.

I mean, the strip usually -pretends- there's a gag, somewhere. Here, the characters both state a few observations, then don't even quip. It's blatantly taunting the reader with it's innate unfunnyness!

I'm so glad this strip continues to cling, leech-like, to the comics page. [Razz]

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Puffy Treat:

I'm so glad this strip continues to cling, lich-like, to the comics page.

Fixed.

Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

Do you really need to make everything D&D related?

Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :

Well, there might be a kind of a joke in the idea that the boss doesn't have to even give an excuse, or that the boss is flattered that his excuses are legendary... I mean, I can see how it is an attempt at humor.

It's not funny, granted.

Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :

Agreed Puffy. And then there are the jokes that are so antiquated. I get annoyed at Blondie's hand-on-heart, scandalized, shocked expression that seems to show up in nearly every strip. You'd think the woman would have died of a heart attack by now...