It saved Jef from having to draw the first two panels, and made me think that GoComics screwed up and failed to update the comic. So I guess that’s a twofer.
You try to plug the USB into the port, it doesn’t fit. So you turn it the other way, it still doesn’t fit. But then you turn it back to the first way, and now it fits. Every single time.
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is just called “working with a PC.”
He just acted out what he described yesterday. And he knows it. Fewer laughs means his classmates are just tired of his histrionics. Happens to all of us at some time.
Repeating the same joke on a different night to a different audience is probably OK in a comedy club, but really, who’d be dumb enuf to repeat the same joke on the same night to the same audience — and expect more laughs?
If you are doing the same thing over and over when you practice you will never improve. The goal of practice is to identify flaws and to change them, so that each iteration is somewhat different and hopefully better than the last. Therefore the joke is invalid due to poor practice habits. All you gain if you practice the same thing over the same way is a more polished approach to doing it wrong.
My first response was to click back to yesterday’s comic. Then I double checked the date. Then I came back here and double checked the date. Then I read today’s whole comic. Then I thought “Pretty cheap, Mallett, using the same artwork two days in a row”. At no point did Caulfield garner even a chuckle.
danketaz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Ha! Ha! Ha! Happy?
matthew almost 5 years ago
If comedy is built on the rule of three, I have a fair guess about tomorrow’s strip.
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Even when it’s not the same question, it feels like Caulfield does the same thing over and over and over again.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Well, it worked for me.
Good one.
Ontman almost 5 years ago
Caulfield is wasting the classes’ time being ‘smart’.
Ignatz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
It saved Jef from having to draw the first two panels, and made me think that GoComics screwed up and failed to update the comic. So I guess that’s a twofer.
Jeff0811 almost 5 years ago
As pointed out yesterday, The definition of practice is doing the same thing over and over and expecting better results.
Ignatz Premium Member almost 5 years ago
You try to plug the USB into the port, it doesn’t fit. So you turn it the other way, it still doesn’t fit. But then you turn it back to the first way, and now it fits. Every single time.
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is just called “working with a PC.”
sandpiper almost 5 years ago
He just acted out what he described yesterday. And he knows it. Fewer laughs means his classmates are just tired of his histrionics. Happens to all of us at some time.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 5 years ago
So…. what does this mean that Caulfield thinks about practicing? I mean, hell, Frazz practices all the time…. this is a bit of a conundrum.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I was wondering if today had suddenly become February 2nd.
anomaly almost 5 years ago
Expecting more laughs the second time you tell a joke is indeed insane.
Al Nala almost 5 years ago
Fuhgedaboudit, kid.
lagoulou almost 5 years ago
He won’t make it as a stand-up comic…needs to update his material!
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Repeating the same joke on a different night to a different audience is probably OK in a comedy club, but really, who’d be dumb enuf to repeat the same joke on the same night to the same audience — and expect more laughs?
COL Crash almost 5 years ago
The real definition of insanity is firmly believing in something that has been clearly proven to be False.
tim almost 5 years ago
If you are doing the same thing over and over when you practice you will never improve. The goal of practice is to identify flaws and to change them, so that each iteration is somewhat different and hopefully better than the last. Therefore the joke is invalid due to poor practice habits. All you gain if you practice the same thing over the same way is a more polished approach to doing it wrong.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
My first response was to click back to yesterday’s comic. Then I double checked the date. Then I came back here and double checked the date. Then I read today’s whole comic. Then I thought “Pretty cheap, Mallett, using the same artwork two days in a row”. At no point did Caulfield garner even a chuckle.
Bill The Nuke almost 5 years ago
Shall we all repeat our comments from yesterday?
[Unnamed Reader - 709654] almost 5 years ago
Practice is doing the same thing over and over, and IMPROVING results.
FrankTAW 7 months ago
If you’re past your peek, practice will just cushion your fall.