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Orange Alert

I recently got two emails about this cartoon.

Here’s the first:

Dear Sir, I dont understand this joke. Please explain it to me.

And the second:

Today’s cartoon, “This, my fellow poets, is the enemy,” LOVED IT!

Obviously I like the second email better, but, honestly, I sorta knew this’d be obscure when I did it.

Here’s the thing, first writer: nothing rhymes with “orange.”

Seriously. Go ahead and try it.

So the joke is that a group of poets (folks who rhyme a lot of the time) would really hate that word.

Why do a cartoon that 99.9% of the population won’t get? That’s the great thing about being an independent cartoonist – I can do whatever I think is funny.

And the .1% of people who get an oddball cartoon like this, generally think it’s really funny.

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February 5th, 2007 in Andertoons Meta | Permalink  

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OK, whenever I post a cartoon on the Web that people have told me they do not understand, I get a flutter of emails from a number of people who (a) get it and (b) don't understand why anyone would not.

The latest:

http://heykidscomics.com/574web.jpg

Posted by: Mike Lynch | Feb 6, 2007 at 7:37 am

Door hinge.

:)

Posted by: Brad Shorr | Feb 6, 2007 at 8:52 am

Brad – That's two words

Mike – That's 41 words.

Posted by: Andertoons | Feb 6, 2007 at 10:03 am

This would be the wrong time to point out that there is a mountain near Abergavenny, Wales UK called 'the Blorenge' wouldn't it? (Google it if you don't believe me…)

Yes, I thought so.

:)

Posted by: Dave | Feb 6, 2007 at 10:39 am

Now I don't know how to feel…

Posted by: Andertoons | Feb 6, 2007 at 2:33 pm

Dave, contact Hilary Price about this!

Posted by: Mike Lynch | Feb 7, 2007 at 8:36 am

Isn't there a comic strip called rhymes with orange?

How can people not get your cartoon?? It's kindof obvious to me… I laughed out loud (as opposed to the pitiful lol… no… no)

Posted by: RubberOnion | Feb 17, 2007 at 3:36 pm

Hey there, RO! Yeah, I gotta stop using LOL. Is there anything else?

Posted by: Andertoons | Feb 19, 2007 at 3:10 pm