24 August 2007

Happy Birthday Dale

In today's Dinette Set, Burl believes Jerry has recycled a birthday card; the reader, by contrast, is puzzling over the following:
  • What is the point of mocking Jerry's frugality when, from all appearances, Jerry and Verl brought two rather large presents.
  • Why is the card radioactively glowing?
  • OK, I get the idea of recycling a card. But wouldn't the natural assumption be that the card was given by Burl to Jerry? If that is true, why is "Dale" the only thing written on the envelope, unless Jerry got a new envelope? And if Jerry got a new envelope, why would it be taped shut?

2 comments:

Michael Foley said...

I gotta stop reading Dinette Set - trying to search for the "jokes" makes my head hurt. It's like peeling an onion only to find nothing inside. Or if there is something, it's always a poop nugget. Maybe it provides good brain exercise, like Soduku?

Anonymous said...

Sign on the door: "Happy Birtday".

Also, that woman and the hairy guy are married? i always thought the hairy guy was single.