Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for April 27, 2015
Transcript:
chewie, we're home. mooooar! Verne: So, what do you think? Rj: Who's the old dude at the end with shag carpet monster? verne: han solo. rj: hans solo? verne: "you've" never seen star wars have you? rj: sure. it's the one where john ratzenberger and george wendt thumb wrestle in a hot tub filled with bud light.
aardvarkseyes over 9 years ago
Wasn’t Hans Olo a Swedish mud wrestling star?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
RJ, oof! There’s a visual I didn’t need.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
I guess there was a miscommunication: “Italics alone won’t do; you’d better add quotation marks to Verne’s last line.” (It could use a comma, too.)
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
There’s something surreal about Verne being better versed in pop culture than RJ.
Bozoid the Magnificent Premium Member over 9 years ago
The incorrect quote marks in the last panel bother me. I see a lot of that particular form of punctuation abuse around the office, too.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 9 years ago
is bud light really bud light if it is filling a ‘hot tub’?do john and george know each other well enough to thumb wrestle?is the shag carpet monster really with the old dude?tune in tomorrow at the same time, same web address and find out what the grammar trolls have to say about all of this!
danketaz Premium Member over 9 years ago
If youve got a cownoe do you use a moo oar?
Tân Coul over 9 years ago
Given that Verne is deliberately misquoting the line “I’ve never seen Star Wars” the quotation marks are in the exact correct place.