28 March 2007

A Thief in the House

In today's Dinette Set, Burl and Joy visit Dale and Marlene's house for the purpose of:
  • Illustrating that Dale, who steals money from his grandson, may be a bigger jerk than Burl. Though, in his defense, it may be that Dale is in financial distress after having taken out a sub-prime loan from the poorly-punctuated "Su Casa Mi Casa Mortage. Co."
  • Engaging in blatant product placement for Cheetos, probably in an attempt to score free product.
  • Penning one of the least comprehensible sentences in comics history, rather than simply asking "Why's Timmy rummaging about in your room, Marlene?"
  • Illustrating what unconvincing forced perspective looks like.
  • Setting a record for the most extreme head swivels in a single panel.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you're writing these again! And I'm so totally bewildered by today's comic... why can't he go? Because Dale is going to kill him for discovering his thieving ways?

DaveyK said...

I believe the joke (such as it is) is that Dale was going to use the $3 he stole from Timmy to go on the school field trip himself.

Not that it makes any sense...