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Is it satire or is it .... ?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:28 am
by crfriend
I'm not sure I can answer that question, and the only reason that this appears here is that the comic appeared in my local paper today and I got a hoot out out of it:

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I wonder if they look at their referral logs....

Re: Is it satire or is it .... ?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:46 am
by Gmerc
This cartoon got a snort of laughter from me - which is no bad thing, so thanks MB crfiend for posting it. The trouble is you can get all serious & profound looking for hidden meanings in stuff (those of you who took English at school/college/uni will remember all the guff our tutors found in Shakespeare!)

Yes, there is point here about what it is acceptable for men to wear - whether or not it's the tiny crack that starts the wall of entrenched opinion tumbling... One can only hope. If I remember my English classes correctly, satire is meant to point out the foibles & inconsistencies of a society with a view to creating change, so maybe that does make this satire? Have a horrible feeling I went all serious & profound for a moment there - sorry.

Anyway, good laugh, good point. Thanks. :)

Re: Is it satire or is it .... ?

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:28 pm
by Stu
Language note. We have to be careful here about terms. In the UK, the term "pumps" when referring to footwear would be these:

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Similarly, the British English word "jumper" means something like this:

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So it's perfectly normal for a British guy to play golf in a jumper and pumps.

Stu

Re: Is it satire or is it .... ?

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:09 am
by Jock
Now, if the figure in blue was to have a female head, then you would see a typically dressed modern woman.

Cartoon made me larf :D

Re: Is it satire or is it .... ?

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:33 pm
by JohnH
He needs a dress and hose to go with his pumps instead of that dorky suit with the monotonous "bird breasted" look.

John

Re: Is it satire or is it .... ?

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:10 pm
by zizkov
If I was captured and forced to wear those pumps and jumper I would be mortified!