Does this one even make sense in other languages?
The work of a guest artist.
This teacher comes from a different sort of school.
The Spanish-language website religionenlibertad.com picked up a story about Off by a Mile from the Internet and reworked it, converting one of the strips into Spanish. They translated the strip “First Time for Everything,” below, as follows:
PARA TODO HAY UNA PRIMERA VEZ
Tras el primer huevo de Sally llegó su primera llamada al 112: «Sí, sí: blanco, ovalado, suave… ¡Gracias a Dios, ¿así que dice que es totalmente natural?! ¡Uf, gracias!… ¿Cómo? ¿Que vendrán más?».
Three things I’ve learned from this:
(1) The emergency number 911 is not universal (it’s 112 in this case).
(2) “Whew” is translated “Uf.”
(3) A gag about a chicken talking worriedly on the phone about her first egg can work in another language.
The full article is at http://www.religionenlibertad.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=12812
Based on a true story.
Stephanie probably wishes her dad would keep his business out of her nose.
Vote for a favorite caption or suggest your own. The original, above, is assigned the number 1.
2. It finally dawned upon Mary Jane why there were never any insects in Peter’s apartment.
3. Mary Jane made the horrific discovery that, when it came to eating, Peter did “whatever a spider can.”
4. A breakup was inevitable when Mary Jane discovered the real reason she’d never seen any bugs in Peter’s apartment.
5. When it came to her bug collection, her teacher wouldn’t accept the excuse that her boyfriend ate it.
6. After failing science class twice because her bug collections went missing, Mary Jane decided it was time to break up with Peter.
7. Mary Jane broke up with Peter when she discovered what he’d done to her bug collection.
8. The Parkers’ relationship ended after Mary Jane left Peter alone with her bug collection.
9. Peter had finally given in to temptation and eaten Mary Jane’s butterfly collection.
10. Spiders were creepy enough, but it was the last straw when Peter ate Mary Jane’s bug collection.
11. After getting a “F” on her science project, Mary Jane found the pins for her bug collection in Peter’s trash.
12. When her science teacher pointed out that all her specimens were cheap plastic look-alikes, Mary Jane realized the horrible truth of what had happened to her bug collection.
13. Mary Jane regretted not fixing Peter a snack before leaving him alone with her science project, a massive bug collection.
14. Until the day she left him alone with her bug collection, Mary Jane couldn’t figure out why Peter never seemed to be hungry.
15. It finally dawned on Mary Jane that “does whatever a spider can” included eating bugs.
Any thoughts/impressions?
Peter Parker picked a peck of pickled pests.
Also included: “Son of a Son of a Tailor.”
Ducks on a plane?
Okay, I’m looking for your honest opinion of this cheap and cheesy pun, because you take me to the places that alone I’d never find.
Yep, second egg gag in a week.
Off by a Mile 