Eno: Sure, Steph. I understand. No prob. Yeah. some other time. Okay. Goodbye. Fang: Dumped again, huh? Eno: Not at all! She had a perfectly good excuse for breaking our date tonight. Eno: She needs to get her corduroy pants retreaded.
Ah, this girl is familiar with the old Duffy strip, she’s using Miles’ (Duffy’s colleague, not known for honesty) rewording strategies.
For those unfamiliar with Duffy, the following specific (1983 or so) strip description:
Duffy, in the annual report sees that Miles’ group has put out a lot of false figures, and asks Miles thrice about specific numbers he knows to be false, which Miles answers with:
“harmless exxageration”
“reasonable extrapolation”
“fudged a little”
margueritem about 15 years ago
Sounds good to me…
wndrwrthg about 15 years ago
They just were not whiffing properly.
Digital Frog about 15 years ago
And then later she’s going to get her jeans spliced…
prasrinivara about 15 years ago
Ah, this girl is familiar with the old Duffy strip, she’s using Miles’ (Duffy’s colleague, not known for honesty) rewording strategies.
For those unfamiliar with Duffy, the following specific (1983 or so) strip description:
Duffy, in the annual report sees that Miles’ group has put out a lot of false figures, and asks Miles thrice about specific numbers he knows to be false, which Miles answers with:
“harmless exxageration” “reasonable extrapolation” “fudged a little”
comicgos about 15 years ago
sort of like the “open-toed sandal” gag.
bald about 15 years ago
i asked a girl out once and she told me her grandmother died again that very afternoon
pierreandnicole about 15 years ago
OMG
mrprongs about 15 years ago
Makes sense to me.