jmcandrew sends these in: “I didn’t realize that Eli Whitney was someone 6 year olds were familiar with. Also there’s a pretty funny Bizarro comic.”
But why GIN? Per Wikipedia, “gin” was simply short for engine in the 1700s, “cotton gin” literally meant “cotton engine,” and that name stuck far better than a functional description like “cotton seed remover.”
Warning: you may find some of the references here offensive — because they are!
A momentary CIDU, because it’s explained in the mouseover text: ” Borat came out twenty years ago this year–closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today–but it honestly feels like it’s been even longer, somehow.”
But, before mousing over, I was reminded of Henny Youngman: “Take my wife … please.”
And then “My wife, I think I’ll keep her”, a Geritol ad from long ago.
That Borat reference:
Is there more to this than just a gratuitous insult?
I’ve not tried it, but matcha latte is a thing:
billr sends this in: “Trying to think of all the Peters from fairy tales and whatnot–the pumpkin eater, Cottontail, Pan, a few others–can’t think of any with a 3 pigs connection.”
Don’t worry. They’ll get a light sentence.
On the other hand …
Actually, Ned looks pretty good for 96.
Octarine would be the color of magic — but from a different fantasy author.
Prem Pahlajrai sends this in.
I was often half asleep in English class, so semi-comatose.
Usual John sends this in: “It looks like Goomer has been used only once on CIDU, so it may be unfamiliar to some readers. Goomer is an earthling astronaut who got stranded on an alien planet. The planet seems to resemble mid-century New York City, except that exotic alien life forms fill many roles that on earth are filled by machines or inanimate objects. Goomer recently got married, but does not seem too devoted to his bride. I have not yet seen any indication that he has been unfaithful, though.”
Some earlier Goomer comics, to explain more about his domestic life:
Kedamono sends this in: “My main IDU about this one is that that last panel. It sounds like she’s quoting from a novel… but which one?”
This was posted on another list, and while the comic itself isn’t a CIDU, I find Lucy’s comment opaque:
Why is she saying “This time will be so differ[ent]”? It’s always the same for her, at least usually!
The mashup is apparently from the 2011 book The Romita Legacy, about the career of comic book artist John Romita Sr.: https://www.hoopladigital.com/comic/the-romita-legacy-tom-spurgeon/13304781
Darren sends this in: “Just don’t get it. Are those giant alligators and it’s a Godzilla sort of reference (but the bricks look normal). Or are they regular alligators and the balloons have some sort of tiny people in them? I feel like it’s supposed to be a “reverse”, but I’m not aware of toy balloons with alligators being common.”
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