Men are from Mars, Anthropomorphic Birds are from Vegas
Here's another strip I don't QUITE get:
Hmmmmm. . . it seems to be a joke about the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus school of thought. But the point of that book isn't that men actually LIVE ON MARS. The point is that men think, process, communicate about things one way, women another way. Sometimes their communications are so strained, it's like they're from different planets. But, don't let the title confuse you -- we are all Earthlings.
So when she says "Barry moved back to Mars" does she mean that he has given up trying to communicate with her in a language they can both understand? Or does she mean he moved away? To where? Mars? Really?
I mean, I doubt he actually went back to the red planet. They don't have birds there.
Come to think of it, though, we don't have birds like the Shoe birds here on Earth. Well, maybe we do. I've lived most of my life on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, but I've also traveled to many parts of the globe. From my observations, we do not have birds that visit diners, drive old jalopies, raise nerdy nephews, or write newspaper columns. Another thing we don't have here is drunken bird Senator press conferences. This type of bird could be like that ivory billed woodpecker they just re-discovered in Arkansas. I will keep an eye out for sassy diner waitress birds.
Anyway, it's entirely possible that these birds live in a whole other dimension, and Barry DID move back to Mars (or their version of it). But what's funny about that?
Hmmmmm. . . it seems to be a joke about the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus school of thought. But the point of that book isn't that men actually LIVE ON MARS. The point is that men think, process, communicate about things one way, women another way. Sometimes their communications are so strained, it's like they're from different planets. But, don't let the title confuse you -- we are all Earthlings.
So when she says "Barry moved back to Mars" does she mean that he has given up trying to communicate with her in a language they can both understand? Or does she mean he moved away? To where? Mars? Really?
I mean, I doubt he actually went back to the red planet. They don't have birds there.
Come to think of it, though, we don't have birds like the Shoe birds here on Earth. Well, maybe we do. I've lived most of my life on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, but I've also traveled to many parts of the globe. From my observations, we do not have birds that visit diners, drive old jalopies, raise nerdy nephews, or write newspaper columns. Another thing we don't have here is drunken bird Senator press conferences. This type of bird could be like that ivory billed woodpecker they just re-discovered in Arkansas. I will keep an eye out for sassy diner waitress birds.
Anyway, it's entirely possible that these birds live in a whole other dimension, and Barry DID move back to Mars (or their version of it). But what's funny about that?
posted by big al at 6:40 PM
3 Comments:
You aren't married, are you?
Makes perfect sense to me.
Well, I am married . . . but still don't get it.
Do I have the Mars/Venus thing confused? I thought it had to do with how men and women communicate. But, am I misguided? Are men actually from Mars?
Is she saying that their marriage is better now that Barry is back to communicating like a man communicates? Or is it better that he's just gone away? I guess she means the second, but in that case, she might be doing better, but her marriage certainly isn't.
Regardless, I think the chick (heh heh) is misusing the Mars/Venus concept in the hope of making a lame joke.
Yeah, I'd go with lame Mars-Venus joke here...I liked your 'chick' pun better.
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