# Someone explain today's Kevin&Kell comic, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264 "2005-02-28T07:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/1 "2005-02-28T07:11:49Z")
[Here](http://www.kevinandkell.com/2005/strips/kk20050228.gif) is today’s Kevin & Kell comic. Now, I’m sure whatever Bill Holbrook is aiming at, it’s not what I think, but I can’t get past my first reaction, which was absolute horror. Can anyone explain ‘what’s in the box’ to me, please? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/2 "2005-02-28T07:21:59Z")
Well, the cats seem happy with it. I’m assuming some sort of small furry animal. Squirrels or mice. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/3 "2005-02-28T07:34:06Z")
Kittens, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/4 "2005-02-28T07:41:29Z")
Home-made road kill. ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/5 "2005-02-28T07:56:56Z")
Probably a small human child. The joke is that it is a reversal of the real world (where we eat animal roadkill). ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/6 "2005-02-28T09:10:29Z")
Whatever it is, it probably isn’t significantly worse off than it was before being run over, seeing as how there’s no air holes in the box. I think the box is full of cow tools. ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/7 "2005-02-28T09:15:04Z")
Then again, it looks like someone put the box there specifically so they could immediately run it over. You don’t need to provide air holes if you are just going to run someone over. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/8 "2005-02-28T09:18:33Z")
Good point, **Nightime**. I defer to your expertise in the area of roadkill preparation. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/9 "2005-02-28T09:31:43Z")
It’s roadkill. Mice, squirrels…something small. Certainly not kittens (cats are carnivores, not food - except under unique circumstances), nor humans (which don’t exist in the K&K world, and probably wouldn’t be food, either). Also, Johnny, the carnivores are a wolf (Kell, the mother), a half-wolf/half-fox (Rudy, the boy), and a half-wolf/half-rabbit (Coney, the baby). ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/10 "2005-02-28T09:57:31Z")
My first reaction was kittens, because of a horrible incident that occurred at the end of my road when I was a teen (talk about mental scarring for life). However, there is _no way_ at all that Bill Holbrook would actually have meant that - not only because cats are on his ‘carnivore’ list, but also because it’s black, bleak and twisted, which isn’t remotely the nature of his comic - K&K is pure fluff. I’m guessing that the responses by **Johnny Bravo** , \*\*Miller \*\* and \*\*Tengu \*\* are correct - that it’s standard roadkill, probably something rodenty. Thanks for your help, everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-todays-kevin-kell-comic-please/292264/11 "2005-02-28T20:37:01Z")
The key here is to note that it’s _fresh_ roadkill. Toppings can make or break a pizza, don’cha know. 😉