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   margueritem said, 6 months ago

   ??? Got nothing.
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   The Nihilist said, 6 months ago

   Looks like scene from Perry Mason…
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   pcolli said, 6 months ago

   Complete turn around from the original.
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   cdward said, 6 months ago

   And here I was expecting something lascivious.
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   Commentator said, 6 months ago

   @margueritem

   Usually when someone says their door is open, they’re happy to help you. In this case he’s telling her not to bother him with her problems, and keep her voice down because his door is open and he doesn’t want to hear it.
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   ekw said, 6 months ago

   a co-worker of mine used to say (after helping someone)
   “and if you have any other problems . . . . keep them to yourself.”
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   DoctorLarryO said, 6 months ago

   OK, where is John? Did a pretty co-ed follow him home the other day? What did the misses say? Anyway, pcolli said it was a turnaround from the original, so I went to http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?s-b=Search+Site and read not only the original but some other cool stuff. John has Christmas cards for sale! But, back to today’s………I understand it, but I don’t get the humor.
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   John Lustig said, 6 months ago

   Sorry for the delay, folks. Here’s the link to the original panel of art.
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   John Lustig said, 6 months ago

   @DoctorLarryO
   I’m sorry this one wasn’t funny to you. I was trying to set up the expectation that he was offering to help. And then have readers suddenly realize that he was telling her to not bother him. The difference between the expectation and the reality were supposed to be funny.
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    John Lustig said, 6 months ago

    @DoctorLarryO
    Thanks for looking stuff up. I turned in early last night (unusual for me) and forgot to post a link.

    
    In the absence of a link from me, people can always click on the “Life with Lip” button on this page. It’ll take you to my home page where the most recent comic is displayed at the top of the second column on the right.
    
    (If you’re viewing on a phone or other small device, you may have to scroll down to see the start of the second column.)
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    MeGoNow said, 6 months ago

    Somehow, the graphic for this one looks like a scene from, “Maria Tramonte, Mob Secretary.”
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    John Lustig said, 6 months ago

    @DoctorLarryO
    No coeds for me. (I kid around here, but I’m married. So no extra curricular activities for me.) As for my talk at the University of Washington—-despite my nervousness and fatigue (only three hours sleep)—-the instructor told me things went well and he’d love to have me speak another time.
    
    So I’m feeling pretty good about that.
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    pcolli said, 6 months ago

    @John Lustig

    I understood what it was about. Knowing how bosses, executives etc work; she’s probably better off asking the cleaning crew what to do. All high up personnel do is generate paperwork for the already busy staff.
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    tiny dancer said, 6 months ago

    Wow…I went a completely different way with my interpretation. I thought he was making a comment about her getting “help” from the other gentleman in the room and for her to at least keep it down. (But don’t blame my gutter-mind…that’s the type of humor I’ve come to expect here and that’s why I keep coming back!)
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    K M said, 6 months ago

    @John Lustig

    Hey, I got it. A lot more subtle than the poster of Sylvester the Cat with an anthropomorphic finger raised from a paw asking “Would you mind if I asked you to take your silly-@$$ed problem down the hall?”
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