Philosophical Sunday: See the resemblance?

Alley Oop, 2014-08-25.

No. No I do not see the resemblance.  I would go so far as to say that Ooola looks nothing like Lana. But don't worry, these clever film people have a solution for that. It's a blonde wig. Never mind that their faces are completely different and presumably so are their bodies, a wig will solve it.

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Ginger Meggs, 2014-08-29

Uh, so which Batman villain is that supposed to be? I guess maybe he means the Joker, but, well, I do not see the resemblance.

It's pretty easy to tell chocolate and Vegemite apart

Heathcliff discovers an abnormally large mouse-hole in the wall and sticks his head in to see what's going on. He finds two adult mice standing behind a younger mouse. One of the adults is wearing an apron and a bow, the child is wearing a gi, the other mouse is naked.

The child takes a fighting stance.
"Watch out -" says the naked mouse. "He's  an orange belt."

Heathcliff slowly backs away and resolves never to speak of or think about what he has just witnessed.

Heathcliff, 2013-12-13.

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Ginger Meggs, 2013-12-13.

I don't think this would work. Firstly, Vegemite's darker than most chocolate, and secondly you'd notice when you tried to pick it up that it wasn't solid.

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"Look, mister Capp, this can't go on." says the doctor. "You're going to have to stop drinking."
"Why, doc?" asks Andy.
"Because I'm trying to examine you" says the doctor.

You thought the doctor was advising him to cut alcohol consumption from his life, but actually Andy was just drinking a beer while he was at the doctor's surgery and the doctor found it inconvenient.

Andy Capp, 2013-12-13.

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Mother Goose and Grimm, 2013-12-13.

Grimm: Most punchable character in comics? It's a hard call, but he's up there.

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Apartment 3-G, 2013-12-13.

What, you wanted some information about your father's condition? Ha, no. Shut up.

Spider-Meggs

Ginger picks up a spider.
"Come on, Mr. Spider..." he says. "Bite me!"
The spider obliges.
"Yes!!" says Ginger. "I'm Spider-Man!"

Ginger is lying on a bed in a hospital.
"The anti-venom kicked in just in time, Mrs. Meggs." says a doctor. "He'll be fine."
Somehow, between being bitten and ending up in the hospital, Ginger has managed to acquire and put on a pair of Spider-Man socks.

Ginger Meggs, 2013-10-28.

Ginger Meggs

"Wow! A rainbow!" says Ginger, apparently unfazed by the fact that the rainbow appears to be solid, stationary and present on a dry, cloudless day.
"I wonder where it leads!" he exclaims as he rushes heedlessly across the bizarre phenomenon.
Arriving at the other end he finds himself at home where his mother is waiting.
"Oh, hello, Ginger." she says, equally undaunted by the mysterious rainbow. "While you're here, I have some chores for you!"

Ginger Meggs, 2013-10-16.

Ginger Meggs

Ginger finds that he ends up with a lot of odd socks, almost as though they were disappearing in the wash. It's such an overused joke that's it's one of the standard short-hands for "bad comedian", but in this case the socks actually are disappearing, because they have been stolen by a monkey to build a nest.

One might assume that the monkey's mere existence in a strip set in Australia was part of the joke, but actually Ginger always has a pet monkey, so the joke is just the sock theft.

Ginger Meggs, 2013-08-19.

Pondering Ginger Meggs

Ginger Meggs, 2013-07-01.

It's not difficult at all though. The bolded words make it pretty obvious. Also, that "comic strip character can see the speech balloons" joke has got to be one of the laziest and most over-used, aside from the classic "women, am I right?", "Some gizmo!" and "golf is hard" formulae.

Pondering Ginger Meggs

Ginger Meggs, 2013-06-13.

OK, Ginger Meggs lives in Australia, and not in the snow or the desert or anything, just your standard Australian weather. Besides, it's winter (so it can't be high temperatures), there's no snow on the ground and it's clearly neither raining nor hailing. And he just walked to school. What could this extreme weather condition possibly be? Is a puddle enough to get his school closed down? Is that supposed to indicate flooding?

I don't think I ever missed a single day of school due to extreme weather. In 40°+ temperatures, in rain, hail, thunder and lightning and one time even snow, not once did my school ever tell us to stay home because of the weather. So what is it that gets Ginger Meggs his day off?

Ginger Meggs

Ginger and Benny are sitting in a billycart. It's night time.
"This is so exciting!" says Ginger. "The first ride down Deadman's Hill in our new billycart!"

Suddenly it's daytime.

"It kind of has that 'new kart smell'" says Ginger.
Benny looks shocked. "Oh, that's probably this." he says, holding aloft a whole, uncooked fish. "Sorry... I thought I might get hungry."

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Ginger Meggs

"I heard Jugears got sent to the school nurse with an upset stomach!" says Benny, worriedly. Ginger responds with alarm to this revelation.
"What did she give him?" he asks.
"Plenty of space I guess!" replies Benny, with a sheepish grin. Ginger folds his arms and laughs.

Stupidity is not a crime. Insist they let you go.

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