Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for July 03, 2011
Transcript:
verne: "hey diddle-diddle, the cat and the fiddle. the cow jumped over the moon...the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon..." Hammy: then what happened? RJ: not microwavable. hammy: huh. Rj: mixed marriages. verne: They never work.
Pelicanator about 13 years ago
I see the secret anti-cross-species narrative.
jpsomebody about 13 years ago
The moral is always check with your parents before you elope.
Chameleon_Dreamer about 13 years ago
haha.. I love it!
AmariT about 13 years ago
I like the idea of this strip, but the last line about mixed marriages never working makes me a little uncomfortable.
David Bethke Premium Member about 13 years ago
It’s nice of R.J. to let Verne help him out with the gag. Usually Verne’s on the receiving end of this kind of thing.
kathrynismerry about 13 years ago
Hee-hee. My mom would slap you silly. Oh, wait, too late! (still gigling from your comment.)
Ermine Notyours about 13 years ago
The fork looked at the china plate and said, “Oh, what a dish!”
Ermine Notyours about 13 years ago
Maybe they’re talking about religious mixed marriages, not racial.
A.Ficionada about 13 years ago
Maybe they were going for an irony here. The “mixed-herd” of Hammy, RJ and Verne, works in its own weird, somewhat dysfunctional way.