Oh god I saw the title and I was like, oh, it must be the Camper Van Beethoven song and then I was like, wait, that song is named after Patty Hearst, and then I was like oh god I e-mailed Dorothy like five years ago about a comic that I thought had a Camper Van Beethoven joke in it and now I am that guy who reads cat and girl and just assumes all of the jokes are about camper van beethoven.
What girl said actually explains a lot. For some unknown reason people especially Americans seem to morph words to mean something they don’t really mean. I personally know a certain N word just means socially disadvantaged persons. We just morphed it to apply to a particular race of people. Now I could’ve used less caustic words like dork, maverick, or irony which are also words that kinda got forced into meaning things that meant something else but I feel the N word kinda tops it for the fact that both the victim and the user use incorrectly.
It’s interesting how nobody said anything in the last panel. If it was a cartoon they would’ve crept off camera by then. Incidentally I like to think girl’s voice actor might sound something like Mandy from the grim adventures of billy and Mandy but that’s just me. Also cat wearing a farmers outfit reminds me of his cousin from the country. I wonder what became of him?
I think this kind of touches on Harry G. Frankfurt’s notion of ‘bullshit’, whereby, a person (usually a politician or news-media-spokesperson) can say something that is not factually false, but also not true. He defines ‘bullshit’ as any time a person says something that gives the illusion of meaning, without actually meaning anything (AKA the Sarah Palin technique)
And, as always, I love your imaginative imagery. There is just something inherently funny in thinking about words being held captive in a warehouse by the sea.
mark – thanks for explaining the title, I would never have got that. Or never bothered to.
Aaron – assuming you’re talking about what I assume you’re talking about, you’re repeating a myth. I have no idea where the idea got started that “nigger” was a slur against the disadvantaged. It’s a corruption of “negro” and has always referred to those with skin of a darker persuasion. Read any book from the 18th or 19th century that uses the word – Twain, Poe, I seem to recall Kipling being pretty free with it but I never kippled much… the meaning couldn’t be clearer. Moreover it’s clear that in many cases it wasn’t thought of as insulting by the speaker, it was just the common term. So. You’re wrong. Thank you.
oh i love this one so much. and at the risk of this already having been said (i didn’t read any of the comments), panel 6 is so quintessentially cat & girl i want it on a t-shirt. or a pillow case.
April 9, 2009
Oh god I saw the title and I was like, oh, it must be the Camper Van Beethoven song and then I was like, wait, that song is named after Patty Hearst, and then I was like oh god I e-mailed Dorothy like five years ago about a comic that I thought had a Camper Van Beethoven joke in it and now I am that guy who reads cat and girl and just assumes all of the jokes are about camper van beethoven.
April 9, 2009
This should be a tshirt.
April 9, 2009
What girl said actually explains a lot. For some unknown reason people especially Americans seem to morph words to mean something they don’t really mean. I personally know a certain N word just means socially disadvantaged persons. We just morphed it to apply to a particular race of people. Now I could’ve used less caustic words like dork, maverick, or irony which are also words that kinda got forced into meaning things that meant something else but I feel the N word kinda tops it for the fact that both the victim and the user use incorrectly.
It’s interesting how nobody said anything in the last panel. If it was a cartoon they would’ve crept off camera by then. Incidentally I like to think girl’s voice actor might sound something like Mandy from the grim adventures of billy and Mandy but that’s just me. Also cat wearing a farmers outfit reminds me of his cousin from the country. I wonder what became of him?
April 9, 2009
Words get Stockholm Syndrome.
Anyway, Girl voiced by Grey DeLisle? I could see it. Well, hear it. You know what I mean.
April 9, 2009
Girl’s a girl with a devious little mind
April 9, 2009
T-shirt: (text over image)
Words mean what we TELL them to mean.
Image
Arm patch: (top and bottom rocker with image in center)
Words mean what
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we TELL them to mean.
I’ve always wanted a t-shirt that read. It’s not my fault; besides, given enough time you will find a way to blame yourself.
April 9, 2009
…So who would voice Cat, then?
April 9, 2009
I think this kind of touches on Harry G. Frankfurt’s notion of ‘bullshit’, whereby, a person (usually a politician or news-media-spokesperson) can say something that is not factually false, but also not true. He defines ‘bullshit’ as any time a person says something that gives the illusion of meaning, without actually meaning anything (AKA the Sarah Palin technique)
And, as always, I love your imaginative imagery. There is just something inherently funny in thinking about words being held captive in a warehouse by the sea.
April 9, 2009
Kelsey Grammar as “Cat”
April 9, 2009
Scheming-psycho Girl needs to make more appearances.
April 9, 2009
mark – thanks for explaining the title, I would never have got that. Or never bothered to.
Aaron – assuming you’re talking about what I assume you’re talking about, you’re repeating a myth. I have no idea where the idea got started that “nigger” was a slur against the disadvantaged. It’s a corruption of “negro” and has always referred to those with skin of a darker persuasion. Read any book from the 18th or 19th century that uses the word – Twain, Poe, I seem to recall Kipling being pretty free with it but I never kippled much… the meaning couldn’t be clearer. Moreover it’s clear that in many cases it wasn’t thought of as insulting by the speaker, it was just the common term. So. You’re wrong. Thank you.
April 9, 2009
I did kinda get my answer from the http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nigger But hey what do I know? I’ve just dealt with the word my entire life.
Kelsey Grammar as cat eh? I can see it.
April 9, 2009
bootylicious didnt used to be a word. i think its sad that it is now.
April 9, 2009
If Patty Worst was never a Garbage Pail Kid she should have been.
Patty Wurst and Tania Lasagna?
April 9, 2009
All head on the end of a sausage.
All eyepatch and missing front tooth.
April 9, 2009
Patty Hearse and Tania Sucker.
April 9, 2009
Beautifully wise words :) Well meant, girl!
April 12, 2009
If words mean what we TEll them to mean, how do we tell them to mean something? With other words? I smell a regress looming…
March 10, 2010
oh i love this one so much. and at the risk of this already having been said (i didn’t read any of the comments), panel 6 is so quintessentially cat & girl i want it on a t-shirt. or a pillow case.