# Explain this cartoon please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144 "2020-03-24T03:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/1 "2020-03-24T03:36:49Z")
I don’t get it: [https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/00a7dd2e-4cae-4b66-9abb-54af1ccde31a.jpeg](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/00a7dd2e-4cae-4b66-9abb-54af1ccde31a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/2 "2020-03-24T03:40:06Z")
She thinks he’s asking her if she had sex with a Czech. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/3 "2020-03-24T03:40:29Z")
Czechoslovakia. Czech Republic. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/4 "2020-03-24T03:41:00Z")
On preview, beaten to it, but I’ll post anyway. It’s a pun, based on the woman’s misinterpretation of what the doctor is saying. Let’s change the spelling up a bit: Doctor: “Have you had a Czech up miss?” Woman: “No, doctor. I think he came from Spain.” I presume that the use of “up” in this context means something like, “up to your apartment.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/5 "2020-03-24T03:43:32Z")
My interpretation of “up” was slightly more adult. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/6 "2020-03-24T03:43:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I presume that the use of “up” in this context means something like, “up to your apartment.” Up inside her, more likely. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/7 "2020-03-24T03:59:10Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > On preview, beaten to it, but I’ll post anyway. > > It’s a pun, based on the woman’s misinterpretation of what the doctor is saying. Let’s change the spelling up a bit: > > Doctor: “Have you had a Czech up miss?” > > Woman: “No, doctor. I think he came from Spain.” > > I presume that the use of “up” in this context means something like, “up to your apartment.” Ah, ok. The “up” threw me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/8 "2020-03-24T04:56:34Z")
Well…I never…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/9 "2020-03-24T05:08:11Z")
Well, if a Czech had impregnated her, he also wouldn’t have stuck around. He’d’ve bounced. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/10 "2020-03-24T06:07:33Z")
I wish I could go back to Prague and pick up a little Czech. Ba-dum-bum! _TISH!_😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/11 "2020-03-24T06:10:39Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Ah, ok. The “up” threw me. Where are you from? It sounds very British to me. 🆒 And yeah, it’s up inside her. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/12 "2020-03-24T06:56:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well…I never…:smack: You never had a Czech? I think I did, at least once. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/13 "2020-03-24T07:25:29Z")
Cxechs can come from Spain too. Just saying ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/14 "2020-03-24T09:01:46Z")
When I was a kid it was apparently a thing to fax jokes around between business (somewhat like email today.) I remember one long, elaborate joke she brought home about a man with a strong country hick accent answering lots of questions from a divorce lawyer. The punchline was something like: Lawyer: “Is she a nagger?” Client: “Naw, but the baby is–that’s why I want a deevorce.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/15 "2020-03-24T09:12:38Z")
As a chess player, I know all about Czech mates. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/16 "2020-03-24T09:57:05Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Cxechs can come from Spain too. Just saying Czech your privilege. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/17 "2020-03-24T12:55:16Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Where are you from? It sounds very British to me. 🆒 > > And yeah, it’s up inside her. The art style is very much the [British saucy postcard style](https://www.google.com/search?q=british+saucy+postcards&tbm=isch&source=univ) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/18 "2020-03-24T13:01:43Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > The art style is very much the [British saucy postcard style](https://www.google.com/search?q=british+saucy+postcards&tbm=isch&source=univ) Yes, indeed. Do they still make those? My favorite (I got it back in the '70s) had a woman asking a disco-dancing Scotsman if anything was worn under his kilt: \*"What d’ye think, lassie? This is \*\*swinging \*_Britain!"_🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/19 "2020-03-24T15:22:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yes, indeed. Do they still make those? > > My favorite (I got it back in the '70s) had a woman asking a disco-dancing Scotsman if anything was worn under his kilt: > > \*"What d’ye think, lassie? This is \*\*swinging \*_Britain!"_🆒 The punchline I’d heard to “is anything worn under the kilt” was “Nae! ‘Tis all in good workin’ order!” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144/20 "2020-03-24T16:02:45Z")
And, of course, there’s the old story-song culminating in “I dinnae where ye been, me lad, but I see ye’ve won first prize”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-cartoon-please/850144.md?page=2)