Wouldn't it be better to get married on Christmas or July 4 or something?
Today's Drabble is another good illustration of its atrociousness.
Now, first, I will compliment Mr. Fagan (the illustrator) on getting in two "punchlines." The first occurs in the third panel, where we find out the reason the dad recommends his son get married on his wife's birthday is so he only gets in trouble once a year. HA HA HA! "Forgetting anniversary" humor never gets tiresome.
The second "joke" and the real "kicker" occurs in the fourth panel, when we discover that the reason the dad is giving the advice is because it seems he has forgotten his anniversary and now has to hide in the treehouse. HA HA HA! Wife kicking the husband out of the house for a minor provocation! Good one.
Here are some points. First, as I mentioned when I first complained about Drabble, the little kid is not there to roll his eyes or to laugh "with us" at his dad's idiocy. No, he's just there to listen to the great big idiot.
Second, "When you grow up and take a bride . . ." TAKE A BRIDE??? Who talks like this anymore? Is he trying to sound smarter/more sophisticated than he really is? Is this just illustrating his strange notions about relations with the opposite sex? Is he making the point that gay marriage could possibly be legal by the time the kid grows up, and he wants to make sure the kid gets a BRIDE not a FELLOW GROOM?
Third, his logic is faulty. His point is not that if you get married on your wife's birthday you will only have one day to remember. The point is that you will only get in trouble one day a year. He is assuming that his son will forget. Which, you know, way to ecourage your son to be a buffoon like you, idiot. Anyway, even though he would only get in trouble one day a year, wouldn't he be in MORE trouble for forgetting such an important day? If your wife is already the type to THROW YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE for forgetting an anniversary, what would she do if you forgot the anniversary/birthday? Castrate you?
Perhaps I am over-analyzing (you think?). What this strip boils down to is -- dad forgot wedding anniversary, mom threw him out of the house. Are there people out there who think that's funny? It's not even original.
Now, first, I will compliment Mr. Fagan (the illustrator) on getting in two "punchlines." The first occurs in the third panel, where we find out the reason the dad recommends his son get married on his wife's birthday is so he only gets in trouble once a year. HA HA HA! "Forgetting anniversary" humor never gets tiresome.
The second "joke" and the real "kicker" occurs in the fourth panel, when we discover that the reason the dad is giving the advice is because it seems he has forgotten his anniversary and now has to hide in the treehouse. HA HA HA! Wife kicking the husband out of the house for a minor provocation! Good one.
Here are some points. First, as I mentioned when I first complained about Drabble, the little kid is not there to roll his eyes or to laugh "with us" at his dad's idiocy. No, he's just there to listen to the great big idiot.
Second, "When you grow up and take a bride . . ." TAKE A BRIDE??? Who talks like this anymore? Is he trying to sound smarter/more sophisticated than he really is? Is this just illustrating his strange notions about relations with the opposite sex? Is he making the point that gay marriage could possibly be legal by the time the kid grows up, and he wants to make sure the kid gets a BRIDE not a FELLOW GROOM?
Third, his logic is faulty. His point is not that if you get married on your wife's birthday you will only have one day to remember. The point is that you will only get in trouble one day a year. He is assuming that his son will forget. Which, you know, way to ecourage your son to be a buffoon like you, idiot. Anyway, even though he would only get in trouble one day a year, wouldn't he be in MORE trouble for forgetting such an important day? If your wife is already the type to THROW YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE for forgetting an anniversary, what would she do if you forgot the anniversary/birthday? Castrate you?
Perhaps I am over-analyzing (you think?). What this strip boils down to is -- dad forgot wedding anniversary, mom threw him out of the house. Are there people out there who think that's funny? It's not even original.
posted by big al at 2:31 PM
5 Comments:
It's the second panel that's the most atrocious, by far. "WHEN you grow up AND TAKE a bride..." Is this what the "family values" folks think? Seriously?
Am I that "out there" to find this utterly repulsive of a statement? I can't put the "Will gay marriage be legal" spin on that you can, Al... It makes me think of cavemen batting women over the head and dragging them back to the cave by their hair.
Fucking bastard shouldn't ever be let back in the house!
I was afraid I'd get cut-off...
But seriously... "take a bride"???
I'm sure Mrs. Drabble is a "surrendered wife". God I'm sick now.
--Emily
Emily,
Speaking of "surrendered wives," when I got married, one of the gifts (from one of my husband's cousins) was a book about marriage by Dr. James Dobson. It had advice like, "seek to marry a virgin" (a whole chapter which was, unfortunately, moot) and my personal favorite, "the wage of sin is death . . . always." I sort of wanted to put that up in my cubicle as a joke, but it made me too mad. Yep, a book that pretty much told me I was doomed to hell. Happy wedding memories . . .
YIKES!!!
Please do not send that book anywhere within a 15 mile radius of Chicago's city limits.
I don't want to have to wind up like Cathy and marry the only guy who dates me in a 20 yr period and gah! who is named "Irving"!
Who the heck would name her child "Irving" anyways???
I forgot to sign that last comment. It's me, Emily.
(Not that you have any proof, but at least I'm trying to tag them.
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