Comments on: The Big Game http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/ I have no idea whether ''The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy'' is a good album, but I might have to buy it just on the basis of its awesome name Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:27:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Size http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13845 Size Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:45:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13845 But Bill is just letting him use the seat. That doesn't imply that the guy is actually taking Flomax/Flomix. Even if Rainey is correct and it's a matter of embarrassment at the suggestion that he's taking it, that doesn't explain why there are all the other pee jokes in the panel. Just sitting on this seat wouldn't actually make him have to pee more. I do have to give the writer credit for the "ask your doctor" which is ubiquitous in drug ads. Because my doctor would never think to prescribe me brand-name medicines unless I specifically ask for it. Also, does anyone know why the television screen is in front of the television rather than inside it? But Bill is just letting him use the seat. That doesn’t imply that the guy is actually taking Flomax/Flomix. Even if Rainey is correct and it’s a matter of embarrassment at the suggestion that he’s taking it, that doesn’t explain why there are all the other pee jokes in the panel. Just sitting on this seat wouldn’t actually make him have to pee more.

I do have to give the writer credit for the “ask your doctor” which is ubiquitous in drug ads. Because my doctor would never think to prescribe me brand-name medicines unless I specifically ask for it.

Also, does anyone know why the television screen is in front of the television rather than inside it?

]]> By: The Ploughman http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13834 The Ploughman Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:20:26 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13834 I'm having trouble understanding the comments on this one as well as the comic. Maybe I'm getting old, too. I’m having trouble understanding the comments on this one as well as the comic. Maybe I’m getting old, too.

]]> By: Mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13821 Mitch4 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:28:54 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13821 Heya, Adam, the drug brand name is not Flowmax or Flomix but Flomax -- DVD and Elyrest had it that way in comments 1 & 2. (BTW, on Googling Flomax it seems their official site is http://www.4flomax.com . When you see a URL with something tossed in like that '4', you wonder who grabbed the plain one, and it turns out http://www.flomax.com is the site for a company called Flomax that deals in pipes and valves -- their About pages are kinda funny if read with "urinary plumbing" in mind.) You know the comment "I laughed so hard I peed my pants"? Sneezing is the same. I think it happens only if your bladder is pretty full and you're "holding it in" consciously. Heya, Adam, the drug brand name is not Flowmax or Flomix but Flomax — DVD and Elyrest had it that way in comments 1 & 2. (BTW, on Googling Flomax it seems their official site is http://www.4flomax.com . When you see a URL with something tossed in like that ‘4′, you wonder who grabbed the plain one, and it turns out http://www.flomax.com is the site for a company called Flomax that deals in pipes and valves — their About pages are kinda funny if read with “urinary plumbing” in mind.)

You know the comment “I laughed so hard I peed my pants”? Sneezing is the same. I think it happens only if your bladder is pretty full and you’re “holding it in” consciously.

]]> By: Ooten Aboot http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13811 Ooten Aboot Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:35:12 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13811 Elyrest: the straight-line comment was intended as a clue ("Ed" = "ED"). "Ed" was also a TV series about a lawyer. The punchline is "[Insert name of lawyer - Ed will do] tried it, but it only made him taller." Elyrest: the straight-line comment was intended as a clue (”Ed” = “ED”). “Ed” was also a TV series about a lawyer. The punchline is “[Insert name of lawyer - Ed will do] tried it, but it only made him taller.”

]]> By: Dan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13800 Dan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:48:59 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13800 You know, just because an artist has a particular style doesn't mean that it's a good style. Dinette Set has always been awful, if only because it's so darn busy it's often incomprehensible. You know, just because an artist has a particular style doesn’t mean that it’s a good style. Dinette Set has always been awful, if only because it’s so darn busy it’s often incomprehensible.

]]> By: Rainey http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13796 Rainey Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:49:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13796 Any advertisements that deal with personal problems such as incontinence are potentially embarassing if they are on an item you are using. If the game goes into overtime, it will last that much longer. This will allow more people to see the advertisement. The only way to remedy this is to keep ALL the lettering on the seat covered at all times. Any advertisements that deal with personal problems such as incontinence are potentially embarassing if they are on an item you are using. If the game goes into overtime, it will last that much longer. This will allow more people to see the advertisement. The only way to remedy this is to keep ALL the lettering on the seat covered at all times.

]]> By: Adam! http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13795 Adam! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:26:54 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13795 Ted, I'm going to take your advice a little further and read neither The Dinette Set nor BC. Ted, I’m going to take your advice a little further and read neither The Dinette Set nor BC.

]]> By: Adam! http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13794 Adam! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:23:13 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13794 Wait... this is an incontinence joke? I've never heard of Flowmax before, and googling Flomix didn't lead me to it (also, I had been internally pronouncing it as 'Flummox', which in retrospect is quite fitting). Also, sneezing makes you pee? What? I guess I'm just not the target audience for this comic. Wait… this is an incontinence joke? I’ve never heard of Flowmax before, and googling Flomix didn’t lead me to it (also, I had been internally pronouncing it as ‘Flummox’, which in retrospect is quite fitting). Also, sneezing makes you pee? What?

I guess I’m just not the target audience for this comic.

]]> By: Ted http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13793 Ted Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:35:13 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13793 Julie & Frosted Donut — Sorry 40+yo eyes, I read it as Julius. Julie & Frosted Donut — Sorry 40+yo eyes, I read it as Julius.

]]> By: Keera http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13792 Keera Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:34:28 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/01/25/the-big-game/#comment-13792 Re spelling of names: Isn't there something about not being allowed to use actual product names due to copyright infringement and/or lawsuits? Re spelling of names: Isn’t there something about not being allowed to use actual product names due to copyright infringement and/or lawsuits?

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