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Delayed-payoff jokes
Is it cold in here?:
How many times has Jeph done a setup for some background gag in a much-later strip?
In the case of Dr. Buenvenida's colored string(1090) and Pennelope's popcorn(1095) the payoff was in the strip immediately following the setup, but I wonder how many places there have been where the followup gag came much later?
Got to wondering, because I only just now noticed that the lunchbox Wil is carrying for his lunch date with Pennelope in 1284 is the same color as the one Sven had in 1216, and those could easily have been peanut butter sandwiches that Sven was sarcastically making. If I missed that one, how many others have I overlooked?
westrim:
Interesting psychology here. All but one person selected "yes" on the poll. I guess we're glass half full kind of people.
As to the thread, if you're looking close enough to spot that kind of thing I think what you're missing is a life. (Aw yeah, being nice and cheery there!)
Surgoshan:
My verbal answer was "no". Therefor I correctly replied that "Yes, my answer is 'no'."
Is it cold in here?:
I'm missing a "life"? Where do I go to download one?
akronnick:
I've heard about something called a "second life," not sure you can get one if you don't have a first life though.
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