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Delayed-payoff jokes
Thorbard:
You could try half life if a full life seems too much for you.
jwhouk:
Where's the facepalm smiley?
Carl-E:
It's hiding behind its hand.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Feb 2010, 00:41 ---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?
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Well, jeez, you forgot the most obvious ones:
This strip led to this one, which later led to this one.
Carl-E:
I'm pretty sure that's what led IsItColdInHere to start this thread in the first place...
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