Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for January 07, 2017
January 06, 2017
January 09, 2017
Transcript:
Aunt Fritzi: Did you bring the eggs from the store, Nancy?
Nancy: Yes, but--What was that other things you asked me to do?
Aunt Fritzi: Not to run with them.
Don’t get this one. Running didn’t cause the problem. Now if she slipped and fell as she reached home, or the bag was dripping with oozing liquid, the joke would have worked.
SharkNose over 7 years ago
I guess this was the days before Styrofoam/plastic/cardboard egg containers…
atomicdog over 7 years ago
The egg carton was invented in 1911.
atomicdog over 7 years ago
It seems that frequently, the jokes in “Nancy” depend on the characters being ignorant of technology or information freely available at the time.
brklnbern over 7 years ago
Don’t get this one. Running didn’t cause the problem. Now if she slipped and fell as she reached home, or the bag was dripping with oozing liquid, the joke would have worked.
rgcviper over 7 years ago
If snow weren’t on the ground outside my place now, I’d wonder if those eggs were frying on the sidewalk.
Though, it looks warmer where Nancy is …