Explanation Cartoons

'Oxymoron'

"When it's over, I'll explain all the pop culture references you didn't get and you can explain all the pop culture references I didn't get."

"I can't explain it. I see that guy coming up the walkway and I go postal."

"It's just a theory, but perhaps it's their opposable thumbs that makes them crazy."

"Who ordered the megatelli?"

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"There's an article in here that explains why you're such an idiot."

"He spent the last half hour trying to piratesplain sea shanties to me."

"Sometimes, son, the guilt inside builds up so much you have to vent the shame silo."

"Earthworms are good guys, and birds are good guys—that's just life, honey."

"Look, I'm doing a little me-time right now. Why don't you go ahead and do a little you-time, and then I'll be over at eight for a little us-time."

"A Ms. Ramona Bissell of West Allison, Vermont, writes, 'What the hell is going on?' We here at WVCN think that question deserves an answer."

"Those are fees incurred for requesting an explanation of your fees."

"We damn well better get our stories straight now. This is going to be hard to explain to das Hauptquartier."

"What is this endless series of meaningless experiences trying to teach me?"

"Since you're always asking, here's a list of my various kinds of sighs, with explanation of what each one means."

"Still doesn't explain cats."

The Meaning of Humour

"There are essentially four basic forms for a joke."

A Little Knowledge

"Nothing personal, but could we break it off right there at the 'moreover'?"

"Oh, I'm not really milking her. I do this so I don't have to make eye contact with anybody."

"First, I storyboarded it."

"Explain something to me. Are 'boned' and 'deboned' the same thing?"

"I fight your mother here so I don't have to fight her at home."