# The WHOOSH thread- when you just don't get it.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whoosh-thread-when-you-just-dont-get-it/686443>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 18, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whoosh-thread-when-you-just-dont-get-it/686443 "2014-04-18T21:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whoosh-thread-when-you-just-dont-get-it/686443/1 "2014-04-18T21:45:39Z")

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[Arlo and Janis, 04-17-14](http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2014/04/17#.U1GcZlVdVA0)

At first I didn’t get it at all. Now I _think_ the joke is that after her walk she walks past home without noticing. Is that it?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whoosh-thread-when-you-just-dont-get-it/686443/2 "2014-04-18T21:47:25Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> [Arlo and Janis, 04-17-14](http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2014/04/17#.U1GcZlVdVA0)
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> At first I didn’t get it at all. Now I _think_ the joke is that after her walk she walks past home without noticing. Is that it?

Yes, and she is embarrassed.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whoosh-thread-when-you-just-dont-get-it/686443/3 "2014-04-18T21:51:30Z")

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I think so. Isn’t she texting, so she’s not paying attention to where she’s going?

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whoosh-thread-when-you-just-dont-get-it/686443/4 "2014-04-18T23:02:16Z")

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Boy, [is this the site for you!](http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/)

Right now, that Arlo & Janis is at the top of the page. But they appear in CIDU so often, I could say that daily.