04 April 2007

Dirty Laundry

In today's Dinette Set, Burl and Joy hang laundry while the reader:
  • Wonders why the artist only drew about 1/3rd of the background and left the rest blank.
  • Is astounded to find that laundry-hanging is some sort of spectator activity.
  • Recoils in horror at the sight of one of Burl's flabby love handles.
  • Struggles to determine what previous noun Ma's pronoun "them" refers to: fresh air? everything?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well, I believe "them" is referring to the underwear. Joy is hanging dirty underwear that hasn't actually been washed because the spring air makes them "fresh" again - how cheap can you really be? I guess this method only works for a limited amount of time before you get scabies or something...