# Are Edda and Amos about to...you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051 "2008-11-04T14:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051/21 "2008-11-08T17:44:09Z")
Oh, yeah. They did it. I think Amos just lost every bit of muscle tone he ever had, and Edda looks like the Joker with that silly grin. Juliette’s gonna steam, but Grandma is going to go ballistic! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051/22 "2008-11-08T18:22:22Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > None of Brooke McEldowney’s males seem capable of mounting anything. They’re all a bunch of passive dominatrix fodder. While not actual pansies or cowards they are remarkably passive overall, especially romantically and physically. There are few if any “take charge” men in his comics. Women generally rule the roost across the board in McEldowney’s stories. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051/23 "2008-11-08T18:54:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Oh, yeah. They did it. I think Amos just lost every bit of muscle tone he ever had, and Edda looks like the Joker with that silly grin. McEldowney is amazing at drawing the most hideous facial expressions I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen these terrible rictus grins on Edda and Thorax before as well, and it will be too soon if he never does that again. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051/24 "2008-11-08T20:14:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Oh, yeah. They did it. I think Amos just lost every bit of muscle tone he ever had, and Edda looks like the Joker with that silly grin. > > Juliette’s gonna steam, but Grandma is going to go ballistic! Edda’s facial expression is reminiscent of [Diane’s post-honeymoon rictus](http://comics.com/9_chickweed_lane/2007-11-20/). Regarding the various characters’ spawning, [this](http://comics.com/9_chickweed_lane/2007-12-05/) and [this](http://comics.com/9_chickweed_lane/2008-01-03/). And Juliette’s reaction would probably depend on whether she was wearing her Panther Woman undies. Gran’s, on the other hand, would freeze the entire cosmos faster than Ice-9™. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051/25 "2008-11-08T23:06:07Z")
I wonder how this will affect their playing together in the competition. I see it either really intensifying both of them and giving Amos a win or making them lose concentration so he loses. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051/26 "2008-11-08T23:15:57Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > making them lose concentration so he loses. That’s my bet. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-edda-and-amos-about-to-you-know/471051.md?page=1)