Actually the amount of legs is not what decides a millipede versus a centipede. Centipedes have one set of legs per body section and millipedes have two sets.
Okay I get it……uh …..yeah…wait …no ….all this math everyone is talking about. So the ants had epoxy on their heads and the leaf stuck to them …and then their legs….hmmmm
I’m lost too…especially when you take Thor’s reaction to it. If a leaf squashed the ants (which is physically impossible), then why is he looking so shocked about it? This one should have gone into the trash bin.
The punch line of a joke I heard once was: “Social Security”. Somebody said, “I don’t get it.” And the response to that was: “Right. And you won’t until you’re 65.” … I think this strip is something like that.
I think I get it. They second scene he is looking at the leaf, rubbing his butt. The leaf just hit him and he to all the other ants to “attack” there for the guy said millipede cause of all the foot prints.
Check out johnhartstudios.com (the link is near the top of this page). Seems the artists are befuddled, too. They show no “B.C.” strip for today, yet their other works are current.
Now, if there was a foot entering the upper right corner of panel #2, it works. But since there is not, ???
ahmedkhalid about 13 years ago
dont get it!
corpcasselbury about 13 years ago
Neither do I.
Davepostmp about 13 years ago
Millipedes commonly have 30 to 400 legs, max c. 750. Centipedes have 20 to 300. neither has 1000.
spamster about 13 years ago
are they all squished on the back of the leaf?
artybee about 13 years ago
Granted, they were really reaching for this one, so write it off already but don’t flog it to death.
Aussie Down Under about 13 years ago
To quote Eminem, “Lets do the maths”.
GROG Premium Member about 13 years ago
Why flog a dead ant…or even several?
Cajtri87 about 13 years ago
Actually the amount of legs is not what decides a millipede versus a centipede. Centipedes have one set of legs per body section and millipedes have two sets.
-Saint- about 13 years ago
Perhaps the last ant is named Millie Pede?!!
Hugh Manatee about 13 years ago
Don’t quit your day job.
Allan CB Premium Member about 13 years ago
Ants have 6 legs, and 2 pinchers, and 2 antanee … therefore, each has 10 ‘items’. 10 × 4 ants = 40 so I guess I can see where they are going.
FUNG1 about 13 years ago
Just your basic “ANTOMOLOGY” [sorry]if you “get-it” – laugh … otherwise – move on.IT’S A CARTOON, FOLKS!!
anniet53 about 13 years ago
Don’t get it.
jamesweld about 13 years ago
Not funny at all, plus they get paid for this
Stede_Bonnet about 13 years ago
Lost on me!
J Short about 13 years ago
Okay I get it……uh …..yeah…wait …no ….all this math everyone is talking about. So the ants had epoxy on their heads and the leaf stuck to them …and then their legs….hmmmm
LingeeWhiz about 13 years ago
All you people are WAY too literal here….. OK, so he saw this leaf walking along, you see… and he can’t figure out why a leaf can move …….
Rise22 about 13 years ago
It might have worked if it showed the ants all jumbled and still stuck to the leaf….otherwise….this one is too far out for me!!!
Syfy-Mike about 13 years ago
Well, maybe a 5th grader gets it because I sure don’t…????
The Life I Draw Upon about 13 years ago
Sugar maple, army ants, character source,. . . mental block.
jimcos about 13 years ago
I don’t get it either. Let’s grab the torches and pitchforks and storm that castle up on the hill! Tonight… In the lightning storm…
yohannbiimu about 13 years ago
I’m lost too…especially when you take Thor’s reaction to it. If a leaf squashed the ants (which is physically impossible), then why is he looking so shocked about it? This one should have gone into the trash bin.
ghretighoti about 13 years ago
The punch line of a joke I heard once was: “Social Security”. Somebody said, “I don’t get it.” And the response to that was: “Right. And you won’t until you’re 65.” … I think this strip is something like that.
EricAlder about 13 years ago
If they’d just drawn little ant legs sticking up from the leaf, all this confusion could’ve been avoided.
dfowensby about 13 years ago
a line of crushed body parts with legs
Crabbyrino Premium Member about 13 years ago
Sorry, this is a real head scratcher…Just call me Aunt Crabbyrino
Riff Gibson Premium Member about 13 years ago
Well, Mastroianni and Hart seem to have “stumped the band” (though it’s probably not a good idea to confuse your readers). Now, do they get a prize?
superflash about 13 years ago
Real knee-slapper…
FallenAngel0127 about 13 years ago
I think I get it. They second scene he is looking at the leaf, rubbing his butt. The leaf just hit him and he to all the other ants to “attack” there for the guy said millipede cause of all the foot prints.
AJCA about 13 years ago
We are probably too smart for this, maybe Moose Mason could explain it to us.
bmonk about 13 years ago
“This is so simple a five-year-old child could understand it.”
“(Quick, run out and bring me a five-year-old child!)”
boldyuma about 13 years ago
I’ve been reading this strip since the 1960’s
and when Johnny Hart was doing it there would be
a brain fart from time to time. I just shake my head and
go on to “Ballard Street.”
Neanderthal about 13 years ago
Had to be there.
waynl about 13 years ago
Check out johnhartstudios.com (the link is near the top of this page). Seems the artists are befuddled, too. They show no “B.C.” strip for today, yet their other works are current.
Now, if there was a foot entering the upper right corner of panel #2, it works. But since there is not, ???
Jeeper Premium Member about 13 years ago
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I am sure this will make it and if THEY can’t figure it out, no one can!!
x_Tech about 13 years ago
And the other fellow responds “And that makes the leaf special, how?”
Shikamoo Premium Member about 13 years ago
It’s a good thing I hate math. I laughed at this one!I like the guy’s expression in panel Three.
Hunter7 about 13 years ago
Someone probably already mentioned this …. but it was a Massacre!
dasmadyank about 13 years ago
Um… Is the leaf walking up BC’s hand?
ransomdstone about 13 years ago
Sometimes there is nothing comic and no nothing ?
DGWillie almost 13 years ago
Did you mean, “Ant-natomy?”