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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:11 pm
there are four kinds of people in the world --
a) those who get new yorker cartoons
b) those who don't get them but act like they do
c) those who don't get them and admit they don't get them
d) those who don't get them and think the cartoonist is just screwing with the reader and really didn't mean for the cartoon to mean anything.
i belong to category (d). what category do you belong to?
a) those who get new yorker cartoons
b) those who don't get them but act like they do
c) those who don't get them and admit they don't get them
d) those who don't get them and think the cartoonist is just screwing with the reader and really didn't mean for the cartoon to mean anything.
i belong to category (d). what category do you belong to?
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by iTEDx Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:12 pm
I didnt get the joke. What is it?
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:14 pm
it means you are in category (c).
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Petrichor Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:15 pm
mea culpa - 80% a. and 20% c.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Nila Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:19 pm
It means that other end is looking for a "No Strings Attached" solution/relationship...and since he is attached with a string, he will call her back when there are no strings attached. Blah! You oldies.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:20 pm
Nila wrote:It means that other end is looking for a "No Strings Attached" solution/relationship...and since he is attached with a string, he will call her back when there are no strings attached. Blah! You oldies.
brilliant!
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Nila Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:34 pm
Nothing can be more complex than your language. Your language is exceptional and kinda decoding some special text so that it leads to a treasure. If you say "Nila, Nope!" I am not sure what it means. LOLMuezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Nila, Nope!
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Guest Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:34 pm
I thought he is doing some mundane work ...
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:34 pm
Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Nila, Nope!
why not? that is one plausible interpretation.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Nila Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:37 pm
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Nila, Nope!
why not? that is one plausible interpretation.
Could be. I am not sure
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Maria S Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:16 pm
Could be related to the Cat String theory..a person who is "really not busy"..but has a big ego..when they know someone is attracted to them..getting some pleasure out of "playing hard to get...making them sweat"..
Same can apply to people in power positions, they may not have much to do..but "make people wait"..just to appear more powerful and important.
Or could be a G-string obsessed cat too, just wants to be done with whatever he's doing with it:)
Same can apply to people in power positions, they may not have much to do..but "make people wait"..just to appear more powerful and important.
Or could be a G-string obsessed cat too, just wants to be done with whatever he's doing with it:)
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by churi. Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:18 pm
It's a cat in a business suit. The setting seems to be a high-rise office/boardroom. Could be a metaphor for corporate America.
Cat's play with string. A CEO toying with his underlings?
I think it's pretty open-ended, subject to a host of interpretations.
However, I don't agree with the no-strings-attached explanation. That idea would have been more tenable if the setting was the cat dressed in a robe lying on a bed.
Cat's play with string. A CEO toying with his underlings?
I think it's pretty open-ended, subject to a host of interpretations.
However, I don't agree with the no-strings-attached explanation. That idea would have been more tenable if the setting was the cat dressed in a robe lying on a bed.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Nila Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:29 pm
Initially I thought it looks like a cat and interrupted it differently. Look closer it doesn't look like a cat - more like a wolf or a dog. No?
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Hellsangel Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:30 pm
Nila wrote:Initially I thought it looks like a cat and interrupted it differently. Look closer it doesn't look like a cat - more like a wolf or a dog. No?
Brilliant!
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Nila Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:31 pm
Hellsangel wrote:Nila wrote:Initially I thought it looks like a cat and interrupted it differently. Look closer it doesn't look like a cat - more like a wolf or a dog. No?
Brilliant!
I know I am. Copy cat.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Nila Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:37 pm
Also, CEO's wearing suits are old trend. CEO these days wear blue jeans and turtle necks or more casuals.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Hellsangel Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:43 pm
Nila wrote:Also, CEO's wearing suits are old trend. CEO these days wear blue jeans and turtle necks or more casuals.
Brilliant! (Hint: The New Yorker is published in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , not in the Bay area.)
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by churi. Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:15 pm
Nila wrote:Also, CEO's wearing suits are old trend. CEO these days wear blue jeans and turtle necks or more casuals.
You're nitpicking. The business suit represents anyone in business. It didn't necessarily have to be a CEO. Could be a banker, any corporate rep. As it happens it is an "executive".
And it is most definitely a CAT. I inferred that not by looking at how the character is drawn, but from the piece of string. Again, consistency in metaphors.
Do some googling: Original artwork available for this print!
For original art inquiries, please call 212-286-7133 or email originalart@newyorkerstore.com
Published January 17, 2005
"Can I call you back? I'm with a piece of string."
Cat executive on phone, playing with string on his desk.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Petrichor Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:43 pm
Let us start with this -
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2012/06/fourteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-new-yorker-cartoon.html
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2012/06/fourteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-new-yorker-cartoon.html
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Idéfix Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:07 pm
I belong to the rather large group that does not read the New Yorker. When I had a subscription I usually did not pause to understand the cartoons.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by bw Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:57 pm
i think it is a sarcastic take on how people say that they are "tied up" with something.
do i get these cartoons? hardly ever.
do i get these cartoons? hardly ever.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:03 pm
churi. wrote:Nila wrote:Also, CEO's wearing suits are old trend. CEO these days wear blue jeans and turtle necks or more casuals.
You're nitpicking. The business suit represents anyone in business. It didn't necessarily have to be a CEO. Could be a banker, any corporate rep. As it happens it is an "executive".
And it is most definitely a CAT. I inferred that not by looking at how the character is drawn, but from the piece of string. Again, consistency in metaphors.
Do some googling: Original artwork available for this print!
For original art inquiries, please call 212-286-7133 or email originalart@newyorkerstore.com
Published January 17, 2005
"Can I call you back? I'm with a piece of string."
Cat executive on phone, playing with string on his desk.
Churi...Chup ... Not everyone here is a PhD.
It is a female executive irritated at the call bcz just then she remembered the pearl necklace and the new gold chain that her friend wore the previous day.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:05 pm
bw wrote:i think it is a sarcastic take on how people say that they are "tied up" with something.
do i get these cartoons? hardly ever.
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by bw Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:19 pm
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:bw wrote:i think it is a sarcastic take on how people say that they are "tied up" with something.
do i get these cartoons? hardly ever.
saamiyar, i don't know it all!
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Re: Sometimes you get it instantly...
by b_A Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:48 pm
My interpretation:
Replace the cat with a person. What would he say?
" Can I call you back? I am kinda busy".
Now what's busy for a cat ? Playing with a string or ball of wool.
Replace the cat with a person. What would he say?
" Can I call you back? I am kinda busy".
Now what's busy for a cat ? Playing with a string or ball of wool.
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