I speak a bit of spanish but I can't figure out the third one..
-Que pasa? (What happened/what's going on?)
-Habla espagnol? (Do you speak spanish?)
-???
-Buenos dias (Good day)
Bien feo (very ugly)
That explains the amused look on their faces
Tbh the other phrases were so polite it never dawned on me there could be a crude remark in there but now the comic is even more hilarious.
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MaddocI'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?Registered Userregular
I'm in the camp of people that just talk back to my cat as though I understand what he's saying whenever he meows, which is basically all the time constantly
I'm in the camp of people that just talk back to my cat as though I understand what he's saying whenever he meows, which is basically all the time constantly
So you're the world's greatest secret agent?
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
I'm in the camp of people that just talk back to my cat as though I understand what he's saying whenever he meows, which is basically all the time constantly
"I know, man. It's rough."
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I'm in the camp of people that just talk back to my cat as though I understand what he's saying whenever he meows, which is basically all the time constantly
here is how I talk to my cat:
*meow*
what?
*meow*
whoa!
*meow*
what happened next?
*meow*
yeah that sounds like a real-ass problem
other times I will just drop the pretext and say "no, it's not dinner time"
I'm in the camp of people that just talk back to my cat as though I understand what he's saying whenever he meows, which is basically all the time constantly
here is how I talk to my cat:
*meow*
what?
*meow*
whoa!
*meow*
what happened next?
*meow*
yeah that sounds like a real-ass problem
other times I will just drop the pretext and say "no, it's not dinner time"
No joke, this is exactly how I talk to my baby. Just replace meow with "dadadada babababa!"
MalReynoldsThe Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicinesRegistered Userregular
Wander: Meow.
Me: You don't say.
Wander: MEEEOW.
Me: I know. Did the maintenance guy freak you out?
Wander: MEow.
Me: You can't use that language.
Wander: Meow.
Me: No, Mom taught you that and she's in Hungary.
Wander: (agitated sigh)
Me: Hey I'm trying okay.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
my dad's favorite Far Side comic is YIPPPEE-I-YO-MAMA
Sugar or Shara don’t meow at us very much, but often Sugar will carry a discarded piece of paper or a leaf or something around and wail mournfully for a while.
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3cl1ps3I will build a labyrinth to house the cheeseRegistered Userregular
My family says "bummer of a birthmark, Hal" to each other on a regular basis.
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astrobstrdSo full of mercy...Registered Userregular
Sugar or Shara don’t meow at us very much, but often Sugar will carry a discarded piece of paper or a leaf or something around and wail mournfully for a while.
so one of our cats knows how to play fetch, and its a good ol' time. The other cat understands that bring a ball equals attention, but doesn't understand the why of it. She'll pick up her toy and yowl mournfully around the house until we yell for her and then she'll bring us the ball, drop it, and look at us like "Ok what happens next? I get pet right?".
I swear my cat thinks i should understand him. And when i meow back instead of complying with whatever he's hinting at (I mean it's either "Open that door!" or "Fill that bowl!"), he assumes i'm some kind of foreign cat and if he just meows HARDER i'll get it eventually.
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My understanding is that while dogs recognize humans as a different species, cats just think that humans are a huge, weird-looking cat.
My cat let the household know that we had a delivery once. She will also get vocal if someone is out of range of hearing kitchen timers. I caught her growling at pest control people in the yard.
At the same time she slams doors and howls when you want to go to sleep. She'll knock as well. She's just a good roommate that you occasionally get annoyed with for being too loud.
She only occasionally responds when I answer her calls with "Sing your song!" so that's another knock against her.
a lot of people don't know this but bill watterson's publisher would've been able to pay for his kid's medical treatment if he'd had the calvin and hobbes merchandising money
a lot of people don't know this but bill watterson's publisher would've been able to pay for his kid's medical treatment if he'd had the calvin and hobbes merchandising money
Is this an obtuse joke, or are you suggesting that a business associate falling victim to America’s terrible for-profit medical system is somehow Watterson’s fault because he didn’t sell out as much as he possibly could?
a lot of people don't know this but bill watterson's publisher would've been able to pay for his kid's medical treatment if he'd had the calvin and hobbes merchandising money
Is this an obtuse joke, or are you suggesting that a business associate falling victim to America’s terrible for-profit medical system is somehow Watterson’s fault because he didn’t sell out as much as he possibly could?
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
a lot of people don't know this but bill watterson's publisher would've been able to pay for his kid's medical treatment if he'd had the calvin and hobbes merchandising money
Is this an obtuse joke, or are you suggesting that a business associate falling victim to America’s terrible for-profit medical system is somehow Watterson’s fault because he didn’t sell out as much as he possibly could?
It reads pretty obviously as a "Won't someone please think about the poor millionaires!?" to me.
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
a lot of people don't know this but bill watterson's publisher would've been able to pay for his kid's medical treatment if he'd had the calvin and hobbes merchandising money
Is this an obtuse joke, or are you suggesting that a business associate falling victim to America’s terrible for-profit medical system is somehow Watterson’s fault because he didn’t sell out as much as he possibly could?
It reads pretty obviously as a "Won't someone please think about the poor millionaires!?" to me.
that was my first thought/hope, but usually with that joke the horrible calamity is not being able to get a fancy enough bar top on their yacht or something like that, not something actually awful
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
a lot of people don't know this but bill watterson's publisher would've been able to pay for his kid's medical treatment if he'd had the calvin and hobbes merchandising money
Is this an obtuse joke, or are you suggesting that a business associate falling victim to America’s terrible for-profit medical system is somehow Watterson’s fault because he didn’t sell out as much as he possibly could?
It reads pretty obviously as a "Won't someone please think about the poor millionaires!?" to me.
that was my first thought/hope, but usually with that joke the horrible calamity is not being able to get a fancy enough bar top on their yacht or something like that, not something actually awful
Only if you want the millionaire to read as unsympathetic and the butt of the joke. In this case, the humor derives from swapping the sympathy from the straightforwardly laudable character (the principled and beloved artist) to the traditionally reviled character (the crass and greedy publisher.) Sick children have been a stand-in for an unassailably moral need for money since at least Tiny Tim, and thus high medical bills are used as a lever to render Watterson's artistic stand retrospectively villainous.
This has been Murdering Jokes. I've been your host Jedoc, and we'll see you next week when we do a deep dive into the medical and legal ramifications of slipping on a carelessly discarded banana peel.
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Tbh the other phrases were so polite it never dawned on me there could be a crude remark in there but now the comic is even more hilarious.
So you're the world's greatest secret agent?
"I know, man. It's rough."
here is how I talk to my cat:
*meow*
what?
*meow*
whoa!
*meow*
what happened next?
*meow*
yeah that sounds like a real-ass problem
other times I will just drop the pretext and say "no, it's not dinner time"
"No I'm not letting you outside, it's cold."
"Really."
"That's nice."
"I'm in here."
"Yes, hi."
"Yeah yeah I hear you."
No joke, this is exactly how I talk to my baby. Just replace meow with "dadadada babababa!"
Me: You don't say.
Wander: MEEEOW.
Me: I know. Did the maintenance guy freak you out?
Wander: MEow.
Me: You can't use that language.
Wander: Meow.
Me: No, Mom taught you that and she's in Hungary.
Wander: (agitated sigh)
Me: Hey I'm trying okay.
"Readers who prefer tension and romance, Maledictions: The Offering, delivers... As serious YA fiction, I’ll give it five stars out of five. As a novel? Four and a half." - Liz Ellor
My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
That’s the bit that kills me every fucking time.
so one of our cats knows how to play fetch, and its a good ol' time. The other cat understands that bring a ball equals attention, but doesn't understand the why of it. She'll pick up her toy and yowl mournfully around the house until we yell for her and then she'll bring us the ball, drop it, and look at us like "Ok what happens next? I get pet right?".
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At the same time she slams doors and howls when you want to go to sleep. She'll knock as well. She's just a good roommate that you occasionally get annoyed with for being too loud.
She only occasionally responds when I answer her calls with "Sing your song!" so that's another knock against her.
yup, a threeheaded cerebrus type monstrosity...that dispenses food and pets so they just roll with it.
Is this an obtuse joke, or are you suggesting that a business associate falling victim to America’s terrible for-profit medical system is somehow Watterson’s fault because he didn’t sell out as much as he possibly could?
Dude, at least hunt for something edible or valuable
Man. Tough room.
It’s why they bring you dead animals, or just randomly start licking you.
As far as they know you’re a cat who can’t hunt and dosn’t clean themselves. They effectively think they’re your caregiver.
I don't buy into this theory at all because they use different sounds to communicate with cats than they do to communicate with people.
It reads pretty obviously as a "Won't someone please think about the poor millionaires!?" to me.
that was my first thought/hope, but usually with that joke the horrible calamity is not being able to get a fancy enough bar top on their yacht or something like that, not something actually awful
Only if you want the millionaire to read as unsympathetic and the butt of the joke. In this case, the humor derives from swapping the sympathy from the straightforwardly laudable character (the principled and beloved artist) to the traditionally reviled character (the crass and greedy publisher.) Sick children have been a stand-in for an unassailably moral need for money since at least Tiny Tim, and thus high medical bills are used as a lever to render Watterson's artistic stand retrospectively villainous.
This has been Murdering Jokes. I've been your host Jedoc, and we'll see you next week when we do a deep dive into the medical and legal ramifications of slipping on a carelessly discarded banana peel.
They don't meow at other cats. Meowing is only for humans.
Possibly because humans keep ignoring all the scent and motion based communication they're using.