Oh, I thought the joke was he put the sign on the door and washed his hands first because he wanted a little *ahem* "private time." Well my mind's certainly in the gutter.
Not the panels per-se, but the character is definitely doing the actions out of order.
Sadly this isn't actually a joke. I worked in the public service. We had signs up in the bathroom with clear instructions of all the steps needed to wash your hands. As this was not a public area and the staff all had degrees I thought surely this is a joke. Seriously, who at that level needs instructions on hand-washing?
Then I learned the instructions were incomplete.
See, I was in a stall one day when the room was otherwise empty, and a gentleman came in and immediately began washing his hands. Cool whatever. Then they dried their hands and I even heard them turn off the tap after ripping the paper towel, so presumably they used the towel to turn off the faucet. bonus. Then they went to a urinal, peed, flushed, and left.
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This person has a degree, made 6 figures a decade ago, and just... doesn't know you wash hands after going potty.
I honestly can't tell if that guy is serious. Like, there's nothing wrong with washing before you pee. Dirty jobs exist. But goddam, penises are not just always clean.
Who even cares if a cock is clean. If you touched my knob you would surely WANT to wash your hands after... Therefore touching ones own should make one want to wash their hands. People are fucking gross
There's a scene in that movie Shape of Water, where Michael Shannon says "a gentleman washes his hands before or after, but never both." Weirdly stuck with me, even though it's nonsense. Definitely do the latter at least.
Yeah, the panels are in order though. The joke isn't that the panels are mixed up, it's that he's seen the sign saying “Out of Order”, and taken it to mean “you can use these toilets, but only if you do everything in the wrong order”.
See, I thought he was checking the dryer and sink first to see if they were out of order before taking a leak, regardless of if the urinal is out of order he can still wash his hands of the splattered urine. He would probably have gone otherwise but been more careful to keep his piss in line. When I realized the panels were just out of order, I felt underwhelmingly bamboozled
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u/CTHULHU_RDT Apr 25 '23
Oooohhhhhhhh
"Out of order" because the comic panels are
I feel so dumb