24 April 2007

Have You Seen This Child?

In today's Dinette Set, the disappearance of a child is the back story for:
  • A joke, for reasons passing understanding.
  • Further emphasizing that Burl and Joy are parochial to the point of narcissism, as if that needed to be re-emphasized.
  • Some sort of commentary on the state of the local newspaper, which is obscured by the wrong-headed choice of subject matter.

1 comment:

Taquelli said...

Oh man, I don't want to give her credit for being clever, but these marginalia are just absurd:

- "Relax in front on the TV while it's on": As if to suggest that Burl and Joy are apt to forget. What am I talking about? Of course they forget.

- Rare case of keys actually being on the hooks in question. Why this is 'funny': they are labeled 'Missing Keys'. Ha.