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January 18, 2007
Mac The Knife
I can almost see it. It's as if I were wearing Future Goggles© or had been sipping thimbles filled with absinthe. Talking points, poking & prodding, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing.
Within the next two weeks, we shall see the appearance of: Osama/Obama; Obama/Hussein; Obama/Osama/Hussein; and/or Obama/Osama/Hussein/Saddam/Rama/Lama/Ding/Dong. Longshot odds: Jomama.
I invite y'all to put forth your best guesses on when and how the Prickly City will bring forth the utterly simpleminded "punchline" and, as a bonus, who the mouthpiece will be. For what it's worth, we're long overdue for the introduction of another character that promises to set up shop in the Prickly City and disappears after a few appearances never to be heard from again. Perhaps we'll see an audacious character named Hope or find out that Carmen's father was Kenyan and died when she was 4 and she's had to live with her white mother. What do ya say?
Comments
So is there a joke anywhere in today's strip? Stantis invokes Osama why? Because he wants to compare Winslow to a terrorist? I don't get it.
Is there a female equivalent to Osama that could be compared to Carmen, since her name isn't in the top 100 either?
Posted by: The Furnace at January 18, 2007 10:48 AM
I suppose the female equivalent might be Golda. (Hh! I just made a joke that would have been hilarious to a Palestinian about 30 years ago!)
Now, how on earth will Scottie be able to make fun of Bill Richardson, who manages to be a Latino with the whitest name ever?
Posted by: Annie at January 18, 2007 11:19 AM
