Hi and Lois Have a Junk Drawer!
Did you know it? Hi and Lois have a junk drawer (and, no, that's not a euphemism, despite the obviously smoldering H&L love). They actually do have a junk drawer, the basis of today's "joke:"
You may be wondering what exactly makes this funny. You may have a junk drawer in your very own home! Have you ever realized how funny it is that you have a drawer filled with random stuff? No? Think about it . . . there is a drawer in your kitchen that has scissors, Scotch tape, pizza coupons, string, a Maglite, and some stray batteries! HA HA HA! Isn't that funny? Still not?
Hmmmmmm . . . what if your husband asked for a AA battery and you said it was in "The Battery Drawer," but really, of course, it's not "The Battery Drawer," but the junk drawer! HA HA! Right? No? What if your husband asked you where the extra battery was, and you said "The Bronx is up and The Battery's down!" HA HA HA. No.
Although . . . if you type the word "drawer" enough, it does start to look kind of funny. Drawer. It's like a person who draws, but not. Drawer. That's a funny word.
P.S. Hi seems to be a vampire or other mystical creature. His reflection in Panel 1 doesn't jive with the "real" Hi. Spoooooky.
You may be wondering what exactly makes this funny. You may have a junk drawer in your very own home! Have you ever realized how funny it is that you have a drawer filled with random stuff? No? Think about it . . . there is a drawer in your kitchen that has scissors, Scotch tape, pizza coupons, string, a Maglite, and some stray batteries! HA HA HA! Isn't that funny? Still not?
Hmmmmmm . . . what if your husband asked for a AA battery and you said it was in "The Battery Drawer," but really, of course, it's not "The Battery Drawer," but the junk drawer! HA HA! Right? No? What if your husband asked you where the extra battery was, and you said "The Bronx is up and The Battery's down!" HA HA HA. No.
Although . . . if you type the word "drawer" enough, it does start to look kind of funny. Drawer. It's like a person who draws, but not. Drawer. That's a funny word.
P.S. Hi seems to be a vampire or other mystical creature. His reflection in Panel 1 doesn't jive with the "real" Hi. Spoooooky.
posted by big al at 10:50 PM
2 Comments:
Another reference to Hi's "Peter Pan syndrome" middle-aged crisis and the profound tensions that run through his marriage with Lois as a result.
His reflection, like Peter Pan's shadow, has been at least partially severed from its origin. Rather than sewing the thing back on -- he'd have asked for a needle and thread then -- Hi wants a pair of scissors with which to lop the thing off altogether. He wants to free himself of the limiting bounds of his life and marriage.
(Hi would do far, far better to go after that obnoxious forelock curl. But I digress.)
Lois, meanwhile, suggests reattachment: among the other contents of her drawer are paper clips, rubber bands, a stapler, post-its (with their sticky backs), and tape. This is the language of attachment, of binding together rather than putting asunder. Reconciliation: the scissors you want may cut, but I will make whole.
Hey, is that the "job jar" in front of Lois's peg board dresser backing in panel three? It's EMPTY.
That's gotta be it. Hi and lois is most definitely much deeper than it appears on the surface.
Otherwise, they just made a joke about nothing more than the very existence of a junk drawer. And that's not possible.
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