Normally I don’t read Marmaduke (really, I swear), but a blogger I regularly read exclaimed “This Marmaduke Joke Grosses Me Out!” Um, why? I don’t even find a joke, much less a joke to be grossed out about. What am I missing?
(In case the link dies, it’s March 15 and the caption reads “I’m calling Mrs. Vanderhorst before she isn’t talking to me forever.” )
And, you know, to be fair, given the traditional meme of “that’s a really big dog,” having a joke based off of “that’s a really big dog that’s going to screw somebody else’s dog” is actually pretty risque. I mean, it’s the moral equivalent of Peppermint Patty & Marcie talking about sharing a sleeping bag on a camping trip.
The caption is actually “I’m calling Mrs. Vanderhorst before she isn’t talking to me forever.” The bold type is key: apparently Marmaduke often annoys Mrs. Vanderhorst to the point where she repeatedly stops speaking to Marmaduke’s owner, so the joke is that Marmaduke getting “friendly” with the little dog – ostensibly Mrs. V’s – would send Mrs. V completely over the edge, resulting in a permanent silence.