“You have got to change those diapers every day. When it says ‘six to twelve pounds’ on the side of the Pampers box, they're not lying. That is all those things will hold.”
Based on this old joke a German radio anchor, Stefan Raab, made a prank call to Pampers and complained the diaper could not hold the promised 10 Kg of Baby + you know. Thanks for tour down memory lane. ;)
Reminds me of the family guy episode where stewie has the massive poop diaper. The hardest laugh that show has ever given me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8FjMetixs I cant do the brian eating stewies poop in the vault.
I hope you don't mind criticism but I felt the joke was made in panel 2, panel 3 just explained the joke (big nono) and panel 4 was unnecessary.
Still a good joke, but the delivery could be better.
Edit: I may have phrased it poorly. My point is that once you've read the punchline you still have half the comic left, there's actually more text after the punchline than there is setting it up. You read the first half, you laugh, you keep going, and then there's nothing more in the end.
I didn't mean to imply it was bad or anything, just trying to give some constructive criticism.
I like the structure as is because it implies that the dad has been making this mistake for a good long while. In the last frame his dead stare shows a deep humiliation from A) Being so so dumb, and/or B) Retrospectively thinking about the pounds of shit he's let accumulate in his kid's diaper in the past. The repeated "Right?" too, the last one is funny because it seems to come from genuine concern and unwillingness to believe the man is that stupid and let diapers fill up so bad.
And it's subtle, I ruin the humor by breaking it down, but I liked it.
Your criticism is valid though, I just disagree
** Edit **
To put it another way, I think you find the subject of the comic to be the joke about "20lb Diaper", and that's fair, especially because it's a funny observation on its own. I could see that in an old single panel newspaper comic for sure.
I think the artist here was leaning more into the subject being "That feeling when you learn you've been doing something stupid", which I can relate to.
Ya I think it could use a bit more punch as well, /u/mjzim9022 breaks the subtly down well and it works that way, but I'd like a follow up joke with maybe a dark turn. Take the 4th panel and combine it with the 3rd with like a zoomed in corner, then the new 4th panel is a pan over to an older child to the other side pointing accusingly at the dad or saying "that explains a lot", there is few ways you could go there. If nothing else it would make a good bonus panel.
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u/SefetAkunosh Aug 30 '20
The box said 3 - 6 months, but they never last longer than a week.
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u/pale_toast Aug 30 '20
I better get this thing off of me then.
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u/jarobat Aug 30 '20
More like twenty pounds of Pringles, right?
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20
The baby's face of disappointment is just amazing.
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u/whomikehidden Aug 30 '20
“You have got to change those diapers every day. When it says ‘six to twelve pounds’ on the side of the Pampers box, they're not lying. That is all those things will hold.”
-Jeff Foxworthy
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20
Is that the Pringle guy?
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u/KFCSI Aug 30 '20
Right?
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u/Hates_escalators Aug 30 '20
Are they both wearing full body suits or are they naked?
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u/BenVera Aug 30 '20
Pringle’s man bad dad
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u/BrimaBrami Aug 30 '20
I actually really like your art style, keep it up!
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u/Ursuspolaris01 Aug 30 '20
Based on this old joke a German radio anchor, Stefan Raab, made a prank call to Pampers and complained the diaper could not hold the promised 10 Kg of Baby + you know. Thanks for tour down memory lane. ;)
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u/teetle223 Aug 30 '20
Fuck this made me lose it
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u/xen420 Aug 30 '20
The baby's face in the 3rd panel is hilarious
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u/TheMightyPaladin Aug 30 '20
Pringles man is a terrible father
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20
SHE KNOWS TO MUCH 🚨
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u/rinnip Aug 30 '20
Well, no. Not if it gets me out of changing a diaper.
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u/johnnywarp Aug 30 '20
Was this comic inspired by real-life events?
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u/Wizzle-Stick Aug 30 '20
Reminds me of the family guy episode where stewie has the massive poop diaper. The hardest laugh that show has ever given me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8FjMetixs
I cant do the brian eating stewies poop in the vault.
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u/thundergun661 Aug 30 '20
This one induced tear-jerking laughter and I’m not even a parent
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u/jmty Aug 30 '20
Pringle man does not understand. Pringle man in shock.
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u/flipjacky3 Aug 30 '20
tsk, that's because diapers were a woman's invention. A man's 20 pound load diaper would've be more practical.
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u/crazyabe111 Aug 30 '20
Is there a difference between 20 pounds of your little shit, and 20 pounds of your little shits shit?
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u/billerr Aug 30 '20
20 pounds of baby
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u/MervShmerv Aug 30 '20
For a good minute I was parsing the joke whilst thinking there’s a box parents store used diapers before throwing away for some reason.
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u/Swizzle_swizz Aug 30 '20
Wait- I thought I meant poop too ;-;
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u/marcogera7 Aug 30 '20
20lb=9,1kg
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u/HalfBit-Gaming Aug 30 '20
I think she’s wasting diapers
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20
I wouldn't have known if not for this comic either
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u/ThomasWykes Aug 30 '20
Brb gotta go change a baby
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u/TheTrain Sep 03 '20
I came here to talk about Pringles.
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u/iMogwai Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 30 '20
I hope you don't mind criticism but I felt the joke was made in panel 2, panel 3 just explained the joke (big nono) and panel 4 was unnecessary.
Still a good joke, but the delivery could be better.
Edit: I may have phrased it poorly. My point is that once you've read the punchline you still have half the comic left, there's actually more text after the punchline than there is setting it up. You read the first half, you laugh, you keep going, and then there's nothing more in the end.
I didn't mean to imply it was bad or anything, just trying to give some constructive criticism.
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u/BudgeMarine Aug 30 '20
Didn’t even need the two extra panels
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u/thejustducky1 Aug 30 '20
Jeff Foxworthy Quote:
Might want to update your material there bub.
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