April 25, 2006
What's a Four Letter Word for "Old News?"
Okay, can somebody drag the dead horse out of the barn for me? I want to beat it some more.
Today Winslow is walking around swearing for no reason. He didn't stub his toe, he didn't think about George Bush, he wasn't even thinking of words that rhyme with "tuck." So Carmen has to scream and yell at him to tell him how coarse society is with everyone having potty mouths, which leads to Winslow's obvious punchline. Personally I think having a bunch of blowhard, know-it-all conservatives screaming and yelling at me that they know what's best is a lot worse than someone saying the f-word, but whatever.
Stantis is most likely referring to this study about profanity in America - with a published-on date of March 28, 2006. Just a reminder, today is April 25, 2006. Almost a full month later. Now granted some people might think this is a "timeless" strip, but come on - why bring this up again? NOBODY CARES. It was a flash in the pan story when it first came out, and I think most Americans shrugged their shoulders and said, "What do you expect - we're at war and could die at any moment - what's a few four letter words?" Instead Stantis and his buddies are so desperate to go back to the fifties where nobody cursed and women were barefoot, pregnant, and wearing pearls while they vacuumed the carpet in Father's den so he could kick up his feet in his smoking jacket and slippers.
Geez, I never would have thought I would be anxious to see Winslow and Carmen running for mayor. But if we're in for a week of yet another series of strips that would have been timely a month ago, the mayoral race can't come soon enough.
Comments
So long as they're pearl necklaces....
Posted by: j kendall at April 25, 2006 06:14 PM
