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February 20, 2010
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I can't stop laughing about this one. Thank you for the long laugh! : )
Posted by: Mike Grace | February 20, 2010 at 01:00 AM
This is freaking hilarious!
Posted by: Pzydog | February 20, 2010 at 02:07 AM
Same as Mike :)
Posted by: Rori | February 20, 2010 at 08:32 AM
This joke makes more sense in German!
Posted by: Michael Smith | February 21, 2010 at 06:24 AM
ROFLOL !!!
It reminds me of that joke:
http://xkcd.com/156/
Posted by: Hassan Aly Selim | February 22, 2010 at 12:13 AM
@Michael
In what way? I can't retranslate it into proper German that still allows "my cat escaped" as a sensible interpretation.
Posted by: Peter Brülls | February 22, 2010 at 04:06 PM
dont get it
Posted by: afrl | February 23, 2010 at 01:27 PM
Someone can explain ? I don't get it :) ty
Posted by: Pwney | February 24, 2010 at 03:49 PM
Maybe that helps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character
Bye,
Oliver
Posted by: Oliver Widder | February 24, 2010 at 08:17 PM
Escaped? Try to catch it!
:D
Posted by: Tiranosaurus Rex | February 25, 2010 at 04:12 PM
catch it? it's now OutOfBounds :-P
Posted by: Dwai | February 27, 2010 at 01:45 AM
Why not make it "My cat's escaped"? It would sound more natural and the pun would become subtler.
Posted by: Uqbar | March 01, 2010 at 02:58 PM
> Why not make it "My cat's escaped"? It
> would sound more natural and the pun would
> become subtler.
Uh... 's could stand for 'has' and 'is' at the same time, which kinda defies the joke entirely... Well anyway.
Posted by: Hans | July 12, 2010 at 01:20 PM
>Uh... 's could stand for 'has' and 'is' at the same time, which kinda defies the joke entirely... Well anyway.
No, it really doesn't. The ambiguity would make the joke. First parsing would be of "My cat HAS escaped", which is a much more natural sentence, but when the reader sees the visual gag, the second parsing of "My cat IS escaped" kicks in and everything is wonderful.
It's the joy of ambiguity.
Posted by: Clark | May 05, 2011 at 06:52 AM
I don't get it... it means ' my cat's name is escaped'? anyone can explain to me plz...
Posted by: Coral King | July 20, 2011 at 02:49 PM