When you don’t immediately get it you have to wonder:
Is it a reference to something at the time that’s not within my lifetime/country’s zeitgeist?
Is it a play on an idiom or common cliche?
Is it literally nonsense and absurdity for the sake of it?
Am I just a big dummy?
I think this time it’s 3.
There’s a giant being outside the window breathing at a volume that the lady believes is her husband coming down with a cold. They’re oblivious to the fact that the giant being is there. That’s the intended humour -it’s just absurd.
No. I don’t get this one.
I’ve commented the following before:
That’s the fun part of the far side.
When you don’t immediately get it you have to wonder:
Is it a reference to something at the time that’s not within my lifetime/country’s zeitgeist?
Is it a play on an idiom or common cliche?
Is it literally nonsense and absurdity for the sake of it?
Am I just a big dummy?
I think this time it’s 3.
There’s a giant being outside the window breathing at a volume that the lady believes is her husband coming down with a cold. They’re oblivious to the fact that the giant being is there. That’s the intended humour -it’s just absurd.
(It’s never 4)