In their inimitable way, Burl and Joy transform the environmentalist's credo (Think Globally, Act Locally) into something more aligned with their own outlook (Think Selfishly, Act Selfishly).
Timmy, always representative of youthful hope for the next generation in The Dinette Set, is (as always) having that youthful hope crushed by Burl and Joy. You know when Timmy appears in a panel you're going to come away depressed at the state of humanity, so long as you equate Burl with humanity as the panel asks you to do.
And yet, this particular panel holds out a tiny glimmer of hope. Sometimes people can do the wrong thing for the right reason. It isn't much, but it's better than just waiting around for Burl and his ilk to die off.
Love your marginalia:
- Ewwwwwwwwww. Joy's shirt. Ewwwwwwwwww.
- While it may fit in with today's selfish re-use theme, I think the artist would have done well to think twice about Burl's shirt as well. Violating Indian Burial grounds is really not funny when you get right down to it.
- Can that last item on the sign actual say "parsley container"? I would love it if Marlene actually owned a container specifically for her parsley.
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I just love it how the note board behind Joy's head seems to have a Joy's Head Sized blank spot in it, so anyone standing just where the POV is can read the entire note board without missing anything that's obscured by Joy's Head.
And now, Joy's Head thrice. Joy's Head Joy's Head Joy's Head.
That was refreshing!
Yeah, it seems that all the people in DS-world, in addition to having heads that swivel 360 degrees, also have the power to make words move away from them. The words are probably afraid of the vacuum of stupidity in their heads.
I don't think it says parsley... it looks like too many letters. But I haven't managed to think of a word that looks like it goes.
No, it's not 'parsley', its 'Parkay', which is a margarine that comes in a container. When it's emptied, then it's used just like a Tupperware container. So that ties in with the recycling theme.
the duck never skips a beat, but we have to wait for weeks on end for some blather? i call shenanigans.
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