Oreo Zombies

In today's Dinette Set, Oreo product placement dominates the narrative and corrupts artistic integrity. But I'm more worried about the background shambling hordes of zombies who seem to inhabit of all of Crustwood's supermarkets.

What's So Funny Bout...

In today's Dinette Set, the artist's level of certainty about what is supposed to be funny here does not match the reader's:

• Is it that Burl is a slow reader and can't finish a novel in 3 weeks?
• Is it that Burl does not understand that you can re-check items out?
• Is it that Burl is so cheap he's unwilling to pay $0.10/day for overdue books?
• Is it that Burl can read at all?

Whatever it is, I will say that under no circumstances should The Dinette Set be making boob jokes. Leave that to the professionals, like Judge Parker.

Bananas

In today's Dinette Set, there's at least one detail confusing things:

• If the joke is that they are asking if the Blizzard contains bananas when everyone knows that M&Ms do not contain bananas, asking about Peanut M&Ms just confuses the joke.
• If the joke is that they demand an excessive amount of clarity regarding M&Ms in their Blizzard signage , then asking about bananas just confuses the joke.
• If the joke is both at once, then the wrongheaded choice just confuses the reader.

oh, and after yesterday's "sticky stuff" reference, Joy's shirt is going way, way too far.

The Moment Before the End

In today's Dinette Set...uh...

Oops, better start over.

In today's...hmmmm...

Sorry, I'm just really distracted by the fact that Burl is being considerate and reasonable.

I have no explanation other than the possibility that aliens have replaced Burl with a replicant. Or, aliens have replaced artist Julie Larson with a replicant.

Either works for me.

I Vote for Dale's Dementia

In today's Dinette Set, the artist challenges the reader to decide what is the least funny thing in the panel:

• The punchline, which seems to amount to the fact that the guys are watching Full House, and nothing else.
• Dale's senile dementia.

Paper or Plastic

In today's Dinette Set, Burl and Joy think selfishly and act selfishly yet again. And yet the only thing anyone will notice in this panel is the following:

• "It doesn't save to recycle glass or paper..." Once again, the inescapable conclusion is that no one ever reviews these panels before they get published.
• Why is a trowel hanging, like the Sword of Damocles or Chekhov's Gun, over Patty's head.
  
• Oh, and screen door shorts.
  

Random musings

In today's Dinette Set, I am so confused I can't come up with a coherent thread for my musings:

• Why is Burl, the class warrior, suddenly a part of the management class rather than the lumpenproletariat? Or is he an invader and interloper as suggested by the fact that he does not sport a corporate logo?
  
• Why, precisely, does the artist think it's so funny to suggest people have to be locked in a seminar of this nature?
• What, precisely, does Burl's skepticism have to do with anything?
• Are we really supposed to believe those are soda bottles in the back? If so, they are the worst-drawn soda bottles in the history of...well, history. Alternately, I will entertain the supposition that they are poorly-disguised bottles of drain cleaner and either Burl or U-Stor-It are attempting mass murder.
  

Dead Artist Walking

In today's Dinette Set, the Pennys stumble (must have been inadvertent) across an art booth; this brief encounter with poorly-scanned classical artwork doesn't prevent the reader from scratching their head because:

• Burl seems to simultaneously believe these are reproductions (painted by deceased people) and at the same time painted by Jabba (the non-starving person)
• Or, Burl seems to believe that if Jabba is not starving he must be deceased, despite evidence to the contrary, such as the fact that he is drinking a soda.

Either way, the inescapable conclusion is that no one ever reviews these panels before they get published.

Moons over My-Hammy

In today's Dinette Set, hoo-boy! I can barely write from the laughing. See, they're all obese over-eaters and should die soon!

In another bright note, Luther/Burl's sequestration ended quickly.

Luther's 1 Thesis

In today's Dinette Set, I fear the reader is adrift in a sea of questions:

• Luther? Who is Luther?
  
• Why does Burl/Luther want to talk to the judge? Is he trying to dodge jury duty with a Contempt of Court charge? Or is he worried about being lonely? Or does he want to discuss the case?
• Under what emergency situation would someone need an over-sized gavel?
• Cingular is now paying for product placement?
• They're making chairs out of screen door material?