INsights: heh. ghetto fabulouso funnyishoso.
A coworker wrote the second panel of this strip on a cubicle wall. it said somethign like “wrong”. then they drew a proper star, with dazzling swirls and wrote something like “correct”. i found this very charming.
so i stole it. Originally, i was going to have the circle be the punch line, with an authoritative angry “UNNACCEPTABLE!”.But a little voice kept nagging that this would be a crappy punch line. especially if that coworker ever stumbled across this strip. it would be an unacceptable joke attempt. (though, strangely, maybe much better for everyone else in the entire world? hmm. i dunno).
And i’d made a note to make monday’s strip somehow revolve around this phrase “You’re Oprah Rich!” which i heard on the radio (for the first time, earlier tonight, while driving to portland in the rain). I was explaining this problem (of not having a funny enough punchline) to my girlfriend. i explained how it could be this, and could be that. the humor could go in all these directions. and i explained why each sucked.
and then, obviously, i found this strange phrase to be the perfect solution. just the exact right amount of weird to fit the flavor of this web strip. i think. wee! the appropriate dash of “left-field.”
and now… i have no ideas for Monday. eh. and my computer is down in Corvallis, not connected to the internet. sooo. i dunno. i just dunno.
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graphically: I twisted things and cut them off to enhance the viewer involvement. you are tasked, very slightly, to puzzle out what is being said. i think this is a good practice. sure, i guess it’s kinda lame. wee!
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