Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

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Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby NonsenseWords » Mon May 31, 2010 7:09 pm

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Re: Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby Martin tw » Mon May 31, 2010 11:45 pm

I remember reading this strip for the first time, and it always bugged me that "stupidhead way" sounds nothing like "highway"

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Re: Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby Tom_Radigan » Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:05 am

I remember reading this strip for the first time, and it always bugged me that "stupidhead way" sounds nothing like "highway"
The idea was that the adult deliberately uses a childish term.

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Re: Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby Bocaj Claw » Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:31 am

It was a recurring theme, in the early going: adult behavior is not actually any more mature than how kids act, it just tends to be dressed up in more high-minded language.
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Re: Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby Feefers » Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:36 am

I believe any lawyer acting like this would be rather sharply and quickly disbarred.

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Re: Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby Bocaj Claw » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:57 pm

I don't know. It took them a while to get around to Jack Thompson and minus the anthro, he's very like this lawyer.
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Re: Thursday, May 20, 1999: Grownup solutions

Postby Muninn » Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:35 pm

Still funny.


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