Color me baffled
I'm trying to figure out what about today's strip doesn't make sense, or is supposed to be wrong or upsetting. The dad (Hekkie Sr.?) wants the door open for a breeze because he doesn't have air conditioning. When he gets the a/c, he wants to make sure the door stays closed. What...is bad about that? I'm completely stumped.
Of course, if his wife is Catastra from the August 5 strip, she might welcome the heat from the outside coming in a bit.
Also confusing? Li'l Herkimer's hands motions as he comes through the door.
posted by Barb @ 2:17 PM
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I originally wrote a brief rant about how stupid TDIET is to have no concept of how AC works, but I think I just figured out what's going on here.
He's complaining about the KID. The kid used to shut the door all the time, and his parents had to remind him to leave it open because of the heat. Now they have AC, and he's finally started leaving the door open...but they want it shut. Har. Seriously, this is the most poorly-executed strip I've seen from TDIET. How the hell are we supposed to know that Hekkie is short for Li'l Herkimer?
I don't really have any comments to add. But it's a shame this site doesn't get more attention or feedback.
So here I am.
For what that's worth.
Keep it going, girl.
OH, yeah!
Way for him to copy/paste the exact same picture of the kid into both panels... even though his hand motions are totally inappropriate for the second one.
Scaduto's referring to the kid. The kid's the idiot here--he leaves the door open when the AC's off and closes the door when it's on.
What I commend of today's comic is that the familiar car has a paint job.
Lots of cereal boxes.
Though we could look at some slang..
I can barely read the teen's words:
I'll give you a blagt on the honker later-- we'll glom a flick.
Then his father in the office job has
Gek!! This company's doggin' it-- Buzz them dumb-dumbs for some moolah or we'll
deep-six the otrder-- ya got that? Put the screws on 'em- y'hear?!,
I can tell you are not hip to the slang the kids use on their "cell phones."
"I'll give you a blast on the honker later"
I'll have Mazie the Ma Bell operator dial your telephone receiver.
"We'll glom a flick"
We'll skidoo down to the bijou for some Tinseltown magic.
See, it just takes "hanging loose" with the "young generation" and before you know it you're a "clued-in hipster." Read more Archie.
I don't know any kids so I have to keep it real by using this web site right here
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