Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Hat and Shades

Pilots turn up fairly often in comic strips. Gary Larson has them gleefully inducing turbulence. The stereotype is so clear that there's a lot of humour to be gleaned from a few twists. And of course everyone is more interested in something that is about themselves, so of course I notice pilot jokes. I like the way "pilot" is so clearly defined here by two accessories.

That's Pearls Before Swine by Stephen Pastis.

4 comments:

Greybeard said...

I've been the brunt of jokes concerning being a "pile of"......
GB

Anonymous said...

Q, can I just say "that was appalling"?

Aviatrix said...

A: It was a Larry, not a Paul.

GC said...

That was great!