Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 12, 2013
July 11, 2013
July 15, 2013
Transcript:
woman: i'm engrossed in "duck! the complete guide to modern living." with over 250,000 pages & reinforced bind-ing, it doubles as a handy, family-size emergency shelter. duck! the complete guide to modern living kid: mommy! i'm trapped in the index! old man: i'll just be trying to decipher the instructions on this bottle of medicine, so don't you mind me. what in hell does "flummoxofin" treat, anyway? boy 1: until a new "harry potter" comes out, i'm going to concentrate my reading on cereal boxes exclusively. i find that there is much to learn from the feverish, sugar-crazed imaginings of over-paid copywriters with too much space to fill and hey there's no toy in this one. boy 2: i read only the comics page, the last venue for quality work by dead white males. man: "brewed using only the finest malt, hops & barley." there, i read something. go away.
Ida No over 11 years ago
Kid 1: “Brewed with the finest bops, halt & marley. Cheer-y Ohs. Good enough for my dad, good enough for me.”
Sisyphos over 11 years ago
It’s nice to see that some people still read!
fritzoid Premium Member over 11 years ago
Interesting “callback” gag: At the feet of kid eulogizing the work of “dead white males” is a copy of Silas Marner (see the previous installment) by George Eliot, and George Eliot was a woman!
I’ve no doubt that RT is aware of that, but I wonder whether the irony is intentional or unintentional…