# OMFG! A funny BC strip! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109 "2004-06-01T18:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/21 "2004-06-01T22:48:31Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > **Larry Mudd** : Reminds me of the “1,001 Riddles” book I had as a kid, which contained such immortal knee-slappers as: > > Q. When is a boy not a boy? > > A. When he’s abed. Or Q: When is a bonnet not a bonnet A: When it becomes a young lady. Hyuck hyuck! ---
**Author:** ![IKinSpelGud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@IKinSpelGud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IKinSpelGud)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/22 "2004-06-01T23:32:26Z")
When is a door not a door? [spoiler]When it’s a jar! Comedy _gold_.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/23 "2004-06-01T23:46:39Z")
Well, Hart does deserve credit for not overwriting the joke. If this were “Mr. Boffo,” drawn by Joe “I think my readers are complete dumbasses, so I include a huge explanatory panel in every cartoon that spoon-feeds them the punch line” Martin, the strip would probably feature something to the effect of, “Another way to tell when you’re dealing with someone who isn’t clear on the concept of homonyms.” ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/24 "2004-06-02T00:06:04Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Exactly! Remember water balls? > > I haven’t laughed so hard at a BC strip since the last time I pulled out one of his paparback collections from the early '70s. Then again, I’m a sucker for visual puns. Ah yes, water balls, the Midnight Skulker, “clams got feet”, and Wiley’s tirades against water, women and woodpeckers. Sigh… I don’t suppose the Cute Chick is even loose anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/25 "2004-06-02T01:21:43Z")
Boy, I tried using some of the jokes in this thread, and a pie came out and hit me in the face, while a giant hook draged me away offstage. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/26 "2004-06-02T02:21:28Z")
Give Johnny Hart a break. “B.C.” is old-fashioned and usually lame, but have you looked at some of the competition? I’ve been habitually reading “Overboard” for years now because it was funny **once**. Ever since then, the writer consistently kills his own half-baked jokes by smothering the punchline. Idiot. And have you ever looked at a panel called “Pardon my Planet”? Jesus wept. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/27 "2004-06-02T02:46:59Z")
I have to admit to feeling utterly stupid. I’ve never heard of an electrologist, so I thought it was something akin to electro-therapy and the B.C. was a “hare-brain.” Unfortunately, it reads just as funny both ways. That is to say not. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/28 "2004-06-02T02:50:46Z")
While I didn’t think the strip in question was truly funny, I’m surprised no one else has picked up on the _double_ joke involved. Aside from the “hair”/“hare” pun, there’s also the allusion to the magician’s trick of pulling a rabbit out of a hat. To be perfectly honest, I got the magician allusion before I got the “hair”/“hare” pun. I found the strip quite clever when both parts of the joke registered with me. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/29 "2004-06-02T03:24:26Z")
Oh, I got it, but I couldn’t fathom any way to make it work as part of the joke. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/30 "2004-06-02T03:32:17Z")
> [@Beauty Personified](#): > > While I didn’t think the strip in question was truly funny, I’m surprised no one else has picked up on the _double_ joke involved. Aside from the “hair”/“hare” pun, there’s also the allusion to the magician’s trick of pulling a rabbit out of a hat. To be perfectly honest, I got the magician allusion before I got the “hair”/“hare” pun. I found the strip quite clever when both parts of the joke registered with me. > > Anyhoo… What’s funny about a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat? That was the first thing I thought of, too, before I went to [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com), but I still didn’t find it funny. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109/31 "2004-06-02T03:38:43Z")
This thread reminds me of a quote by Winston Churchill: “Never has so much inspiration been inspired by something so uninspiring. And 90 percent perspiration.” Or was that Thomas Edison? And in conclusion: _Clams got suspenders!!!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omfg-a-funny-bc-strip/248109.md?page=1)