03 July 2007

Check, Please!

In today's Dinette Set, I think the reader is supposed to find it ironic that Dale and Burl are arguing over who won't pay for the check, rather than arguing over who will be generous and pay the check. The sheer audacious wrongheadedness of this attempt at irony, which if fighting against every single thing we've ever learned about Burl and Dale, cause the following internal monologue in the reader:
  • Hey, look, a Paris Hilton ref...wait a minute, this is the least ironic premise ever.
  • Established in both 2001 and...hold on, does the artist really think I'm this stupid?
  • A bit of Dallas marginalia...seriously, she can't possibly think I'm going to find this ironic.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oddly enough, it appears to be a Perez Hilton reference, which makes the idea of Perez Hilton Public Relations somewhat amusing but not at all germane to this strip...