Hester is my favorite sports hero. In the sport with both the most professional and the most amateur participants, she’s the only one I ever heard of who lettered.
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The cartoon features two characters sitting at a table. One is dressed as Superman, and the other is a woman wearing a bonnet and a dress with a large “A” on her chest. The caption reads, “It’s not what you think.”
The joke lies in the humorous misunderstanding of the “A” symbol. The woman represents Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter,” in which she is forced to wear the letter “A” (for “adultery”) as punishment. The humor comes from the juxtaposition of this character with Superman, leading to a funny misinterpretation of the “A” symbol. In this context, the “A” could humorously be mistaken for “A” in a superhero sense, like “A for Awesome” or another positive attribute, rather than its original meaning. The phrase “It’s not what you think” emphasizes this mix-up.
C 10 days ago
That must be some body count
c001 10 days ago
A like “A don’t get it”.
rfawbush Premium Member 10 days ago
Hester Prynne?
Jesy Bertz Premium Member 10 days ago
Ms. Prynne has to wear a scarlet letter for adultery. What’s your crime, Mr. Kent?
TStyle78 10 days ago
Then what is it for?
cdward 10 days ago
Angry Woman, maybe? Her superpower is to glare a criminal into submission.
The Joke Explainer Premium Member 9 days ago
I remember learning about this book in the 7th grade. Back then there was no internet or social media so a lot of us were clueless about adultery.
edmund_graham 9 days ago
I mean…apparently S stands for hope so that A could stand for anything
Lee26 Premium Member 9 days ago
A-hole?
ThreeDogDad Premium Member 9 days ago
Superman meets Available Woman.
walstib Premium Member 9 days ago
I went to Arlington High School, and our mascot was a red cardinal, so the lettermen athletes were all very proud to receive their scarlet letter “A”.
Diane Lee Premium Member 9 days ago
Hester is my favorite sports hero. In the sport with both the most professional and the most amateur participants, she’s the only one I ever heard of who lettered.
mistercatworks 9 days ago
Antwoman?
waltermgm 9 days ago
Dimmesdale!
Beowulf 406 Premium Member 9 days ago
I know what it stands for, but what does she think he thinks it stands for.
markkahler52 9 days ago
NOR what you could POSSIBLY imagine!!
gibberish 101 9 days ago
Is she referring to his S??
dbrucepm 9 days ago
A is for autism, automaton, average, aluminum, …. can’t be agoraphobic or she wouldn’t be there
The Joke Explainer Premium Member 8 days ago
Shared this with ChatGPT asking to explain the joke:
The cartoon features two characters sitting at a table. One is dressed as Superman, and the other is a woman wearing a bonnet and a dress with a large “A” on her chest. The caption reads, “It’s not what you think.”
The joke lies in the humorous misunderstanding of the “A” symbol. The woman represents Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter,” in which she is forced to wear the letter “A” (for “adultery”) as punishment. The humor comes from the juxtaposition of this character with Superman, leading to a funny misinterpretation of the “A” symbol. In this context, the “A” could humorously be mistaken for “A” in a superhero sense, like “A for Awesome” or another positive attribute, rather than its original meaning. The phrase “It’s not what you think” emphasizes this mix-up.