The Final Word?
This was January 3's Blondie. Is this the answer? Does this strip REALLY take place in 2005? Is it possible that Dean Young is some sort of hermit who has only a marginal idea about what life in 2005 is actually like? He knows that we use computers (see also to the left of Blondie here), but he doesn't realize that people under the age of 75 aren't in bridge clubs anymore?
And, let me again refer to the looks of lady comic strip people. Blondie's hot! Why aren't there any hot men in the comics? And why do people complain about Barbie being an example of an unhealthy body image for women, and yet never mention Blondie?
I left out the third (punchline) panel of this strip. It said, "I have to hold my hands like this so that everyone can enjoy my huge knockers!"
Not really. It said, "Screw Teri Hatcher! Mine are REAL and they're SPECTACULAR!"
Again, not really. What it really said was "2005?? Are you kidding me? And I'm still married to some fool who parts his hair down the middle??"
No, it had a picture of Blondie's (also hot) friend, and Blondie said, "Now let's all get out there and do our best." See, the joke is there really is only one staff member for Blondie to be making this Knute Rockne (see, I can make old timey references, too) speech to. HA HA. Yeah, whatever.
posted by big al at 5:39 PM
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On bridge clubs: I'm 27 (not an infant or toddler) and I actually have a few friends (my age, who didn't know each other, by the way) who are/were bridge fanatics. They would play with folks their age/my age.
Bridge was mentioned in Whit Stillman's Metropolitan, I think, and got a bit of a resurgence among the snotty/ pre-yuppie set.
So maybe Blondie's just irreverently postmodern?
Blondie is taking Human Growth Hormone. Look at that bust to waist ratio! How else can she keep that figure???
I think bridge might be code for botox or HGH injections. Do they have a pet? I seem to recall that they have a dog...has it changed at all?
John
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