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It's clearly a indication that it's okay to put something crooked into baked goods.
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And why is she holding the cake with a towel? if she knew the cake was tough enough to be held by a towel, why waste a perfectly good toothpick testing it?
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I feel a little sorry for the model on the cover. I am sure she thought it would be her big break. Instead, she likely died a penniless, cat-hoarding spinster, her one claim to "fame" dissected 60 years later by nerds on a message board. Heartbreaking, really. *dabs tear*
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quote:Originally posted by Leap Year Lord: [QB]
My first thought is that it was a horribly bad translation, and the original word was 'garderobe,' which can mean 'bathroom.'
But then a visit to Wikipedia reminded me that normal people haven't called bathrooms 'garderobes' since they stopped living in castles, and I need to come back to earth now.
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Clearly Miss Teen America isn't testing a cake for 'done-ness,' but is actually 200 ft. tall and probing a blue-black alien saucer-craft to torment the aliens inside!
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Gag: "Oh no, the cake came out wrong!". Check.
Still undetermined: the prop is that is standing in for the "cake". Cake pan or jello/aspic/pate mold seems likely, I've never seen one that color. Metal ones are copper or dull silver, and plastic ones are bright.
I've also wondered if it could be fake jello (like wax fruit). You know, like all the photographers had lying around back in the day. But again, it's too dark. Jello would be red or green, or something bright.
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"The Sarge"'s "Yeah, you and who else?" sounds like a typical response to an unlikely claim, like a small guy threatening to kick a big guy's ass. But "The Private" is leaning away from the Sarge and even has one of his hands up so the body language doesn't read right for that.
I can't explain "The General" AT ALL. Not why he is on the ground, or what is supposed to happen next. The closest gag I can figure is Sarge chewing out Private when Sarge is inadvertently about to hit the General but neither the dialogue nor the blocking bear that out.
Does the Private's left hand mean anything, or does the artist just draw hands weird? (Look at the General's. Ouch!)
When I was a kid, the comeback was "Yeah? You and what ARMY?" I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
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Looks like the General is on the joke with the private. He's setting up the Sargent so when the Sarge is pushed by the Private, his legs will buckle against the General and he'll instantly fall to his butt. This was a recurring 'gag' throughout 30's - 50's cinema, comic strips, etc.
I guess the irony is that the Sarge can kick around the Private, but he too answers to someone who can kick him around, the General.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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The classics never die, as evidenced by what the kid shouts at the end.
quote:Originally posted by Leap Year Lord: "The Sarge"'s "Yeah, you and who else?" sounds like a typical response to an unlikely claim, like a small guy threatening to kick a big guy's ass. But "The Private" is leaning away from the Sarge and even has one of his hands up so the body language doesn't read right for that.
I think the Private's body language is part of the set up. He's ostensibly backing down to lull the Sergeant into a false sense of security until the General gets into position and then... push!
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Oh... and actually now that I look closer, I don't think that rank is supposed to be a General, but rather a Major... who would generally be a Company Commander and therefore, likely the Sergeant's "boss", supporting Cobie's idea about the hierarchy of pushing someone around.
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