Caption exercise

Today’s Bizarro, first in a captionless version:

(#1)

This is funny as it stands, though it requires considerable sociocultural knowledge to understand (I very much get doubt that my soon-to-be ten-year-old grand-daughter would get it).

The humor is enriched when the caption is added:

(#2)

(Not that this would help my grand-daughter.)

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4 Responses to “Caption exercise”

eric zwicky Says:
February 20, 2014 at 11:05 am | Reply
it works just fine without the banner

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eric zwicky Says:
February 20, 2014 at 11:06 am | Reply
in fact the banner is too much.

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arnold zwicky Says:
February 20, 2014 at 2:46 pm | Reply
On Facebook:

Julian Lander:I don’t know whether the inclusion of “Beckett” would make it more comprehensible. I think that _Waiting for Godot_ has greater name recognition, and the Beckett is secondary, so if you know the play reference, you may remember the playwright; but if you also know the playwright, you’re almost guaranteed to know the play title.

Michael Siemon: The humor is “enhanced” because one gets a second smile …

Julian Lander to Michael Siemon: I hadn’t thought of it that way. It’s an interesting take on the subject.

I really like the idea of “second smile”.

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Metatext handout | Arnold Zwicky's Blog Says:
March 14, 2014 at 6:51 am | Reply
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