Abby and Norma #457

03 June, 2009 - Posted by: erika

Maybe sadistic chocolate enjoys making you fat and unhealthy.

But when you spell a word backwards, you get the opposite of its meaning. Why else would "stressed" spelled backwards be "desserts"?



TEXT OF COMIC:
Cathy is so sadistic.
I don't know. She's a lot less refined than the Marquis de Sade.
What?
Sadism-- the enjoyment of other people's pain-- is named after the Marquis de Sade. Masochism-- the enjoyment of one's own pain-- is named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
What does "Sacher" mean?
I don't know. A "Sachertorte" is a very intense chocolate cake.
I wonder if chocolate is sadistic or masochistic.
Hmm. The Marquis de Sade is said to have used chocolate laced with Spanish fly on many of his conquests.
But, on the other hand, chocolate truffles are one of the best kinds of chocolate, and "truffles" spelled backwards is "selffurt," which sounds like "self-hurt," which sounds masochistic.
Chocolate must enjoy being bitten. Why else would it taste so good?
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Ender The Xenocide - 03 June, 2009 - 23:28:13

Stun Nuts?

Explain!

Erika - 04 June, 2009 - 07:26:17

Um... nuts are incapable of stunning you. If you eat a nut, you are still conscious and mobile, which is the opposite of being stunned.

Well, okay, that doesn't mean stun is the opposite of nuts, but I tried.

Maybe I should try to explain "plug" and "gulp" now. You... can't gulp if your throat is plugged?

I wonder how I could rationalize "elppa" being the opposite of "apple." Or "riahc" being the opposite of "chair." This hypothesis certainly does break down at some point.

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