No!!
Continuing the new-run trend of appropriating jokes from the modern strip is today’s new-run of For Better or For Worse. We last saw this joke on 11/30/2003 with Meredith as the girl who says, “No!!” The strip with Meredith makes no more sense than today’s strip with Elizabeth’s giant “No!!” With neither Meredith nor Elizabeth do we see the child getting upset enough to start screaming "No!!"
I suppose I could point out that Meredith’s “Mum-mum, Da-da, Goggie, Baby, No” are all much less developed than “Nizzie want in there” from the 03/01/2009 strip. That ground is well-covered. Lizzie’s development alters depending on what joke is being told. Then, of course, I could point out that in language development, little girls do not usually sit down and practice the words they know. They usually use words in context, as in saying “Ma-ma” when they want or see their mother. Pointing out that Elizabeth does not act like normal little girls is also a well-worn comment.
The best part of today’s strip is the final panel where Lizzie’s “No!!” not only blows back Elly’s hair, but causes her nose to grow and causes what appears to be an almost instantaneous pregnancy. That is one powerful “No!!”.
I suppose I could point out that Meredith’s “Mum-mum, Da-da, Goggie, Baby, No” are all much less developed than “Nizzie want in there” from the 03/01/2009 strip. That ground is well-covered. Lizzie’s development alters depending on what joke is being told. Then, of course, I could point out that in language development, little girls do not usually sit down and practice the words they know. They usually use words in context, as in saying “Ma-ma” when they want or see their mother. Pointing out that Elizabeth does not act like normal little girls is also a well-worn comment.
The best part of today’s strip is the final panel where Lizzie’s “No!!” not only blows back Elly’s hair, but causes her nose to grow and causes what appears to be an almost instantaneous pregnancy. That is one powerful “No!!”.
posted by howard at 11:00 PM
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Lizzie's shout is also loud enough to cause the little purple hearts to disappear from her top.
As I said on the Foobiverse, the real "joke" is that Liz is deliberately being obstructive so as to make Elly's life worse; that makes it a companion to Saturday's failure to understand how children really think. A normal human being would think that both examples of yelling "No" could best be explained, if they could be explained at all, by said child not wanting to be lugged around by an idiot. This is lost on Lynn who cannot understand why people do what they do.
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Lizzie's shout is also loud enough to cause the little purple hearts to disappear from her top.Excellent observation. I think she has the potential to grow up into a woman who shrieks just as loudly as Elly does. Things like "Paul dumped me!" come to mind.
DreadedCandiru2As I said on the Foobiverse, the real "joke" is that Liz is deliberately being obstructive so as to make Elly's life worse;True enough. It's not like Elly is suddenly happy that Liz has picked up a new word.
A normal human being would think that both examples of yelling "No" could best be explained, if they could be explained at all, by said child not wanting to be lugged around by an idiot.That could be the explanation, except that in each strip you have at least one panel of the child being carried before they get to that point. The timing of the joke is crucial, since the adults are yammering about the child's verbal abilities when she lets out her "No!!" It's good those toddler Pattersons have a sense of comic timing.
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