I loved this song when I was a kid and didn’t understand that it was about parental guilt of ignoring your children. Today I can’t listen to it. It causes me overwhelming grief and sadness. It makes me feel like I’m an even worse father than I really was when my kids were little.
Maybe it’s a play on words. Notice the tropical beach wear, Hawaiian shirt, Bermuda shorts, socks, and loafers.Maybe the pun is pronunciation. Read it as Summer-arian.
And Ted sort of looks like he is wearing a wireless headset/microphone.Maybe this a Ted Talks joke.
I haven’t been this emotionally touched by a comic strip since Calvin and Hobbes baby squirrel story line