Well, maybe not ever, but Bill Amend sometimes hits upon pure gold with his Foxtrot offerings. I just adore comics like this that don't cater to a particular audience but rather challenge the reader to step outside a comfortable norm.
I much prefer setup, huh?, wha'? to setup, setup, punchline.
If you 'get' the humour in this Foxtrot comic, you would also have had a good laugh at this portion of a previous Simpsons episode.
Hit the link below to decipher the second frame of the comic.
'M' is, well, M.
2.71828 is the numerical approximation of the natural logarithm, e.
r squared is r times r, or just rr.
(1/y) to the power of -1 is the inverse of an inverse, resulting simply in y.
The square root of x squared is x.
(Force/Acceleration) = Mass.
Ergo, you have 'Merry Xmas'.
As an aside, I found the force/acceleration bit particularly funny since it reminded me of three of the core engineering fundamentals I learned while in university:
F = MA
You can't push on a rope
Payday is on Friday
where's vinny?
Posted by: Paul | Wednesday, 01 December 2004 at 08:53 AM
Right here, smarty pants.
I want either of these shirts very, very much.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5aa9/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/6a20/
Simon, you will, too.
Posted by: fv | Wednesday, 01 December 2004 at 10:38 AM
vinny, you are such an ass.
I just spent the past hour, and $25.97, on that site. After, that is, I stopped busting a gut at that binary T-shirt.
Have you seen this translator, or something similar?
http://www.adcott.net/binary/
Hours of fun!!
Posted by: Simon | Wednesday, 01 December 2004 at 12:24 PM
hey i stumbled across your page looking for a copy of this comic... it is my favorite every by far, and the only form i have it in is a photo copy of a newspaper. I cant find it anywhere else on line and so i was very excited to find it somewhere that I could pull up if i wanted to show someone
Posted by: cat | Thursday, 04 May 2006 at 02:05 AM