tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post8433517224685825590..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: Pounding the Alfalfa Tuesday!Adam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-2083847960887967842009-07-29T15:41:28.489-05:002009-07-29T15:41:28.489-05:00I'm trying to think of any way that having a g...I'm trying to think of any way that having a girl show up would make that last panel any better for a child.Allergynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-65524775994741902512009-07-29T10:26:53.135-05:002009-07-29T10:26:53.135-05:00Not fair for "Sis" to blame "Bro&qu...Not fair for "Sis" to blame "Bro" for her social woes - looks like her own blackheads are just as scary!Eliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979263918394127210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-38637423909898280182009-07-29T06:56:04.216-05:002009-07-29T06:56:04.216-05:00Ain't that always the way...You finish poundin...Ain't that always the way...You finish pounding the alfalfa and just want to roll over and get some sleep, but no, he's gotta talk about "his day".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-75672180907171061082009-07-28T19:56:12.238-05:002009-07-28T19:56:12.238-05:00The 1940s comics are, obviously, nearly seventy ye...The 1940s comics are, obviously, nearly seventy years old now. They were written, in large part, by people who grew up in a time where it was not uncommon for men/brothers in large families to have to share a bed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-1824364974300746262009-07-28T15:53:01.265-05:002009-07-28T15:53:01.265-05:00Sorry for being such a nit-picker with the beds, A...Sorry for being such a nit-picker with the beds, Adam. But you're right, even having two seperate beds that close is quite creepy. And <i>this</i> is even creepier! Could the writers in those days not conceive of an alternate situation for two people to talk? Too much effort, probably. I wonder if Werham ever realized these guys were just lazy?<br /><br />"Boy, I can't wait to beat up that annoying kid with the cowlick from <i>Lil' Rascals</i>!"Zocktasticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-48637579376991533182009-07-28T15:51:36.646-05:002009-07-28T15:51:36.646-05:00Oh I think they're doing more than just hittin...Oh I think they're doing more than just hitting the hay.<br /><br />Wink, wink, nudge nudge.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-1180964349877466592009-07-28T13:06:14.674-05:002009-07-28T13:06:14.674-05:00"Pound" = "hit"
"Alfalfa&..."Pound" = "hit"<br />"Alfalfa" = "hay"<br /><br />"Pound the alfalfa" = "hit the hay"<br /><br />Just another example of slang that's longer than the phrase it replaces.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383234713692495686noreply@blogger.com