Sep 03
Having younger kids, I have these conversations time to time where an adult will cough up some old saying, and they always ask me about it. And this was one of em. I explained it, but I could not get the visual out of my head. So I do what I always do…draw stuff.
After completing the comic, I think there might be a few out there that are not sure how to interpret the comic. Is Jeff seeing or witnessing an actual baby chucking from a window? Are we to assume that Jake was being literal over the phone?
No. None of that. It is simply Jeff not understanding the old saying. You know your jokes suck when you have to explain them. 
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so in other words we are to assume you condone tossing babies from windows? lol jk good stuff
I’ve never heard this saying before, I might have the same reaction as Jeff
That reminds me of an old Tex Avery cartoon about a guy arriving at the pearly gates to tell his life story and using all kinds of these sayings with everyone else just imagining it all happening as told
That looks like quite a large baby.
People all used to bath in the same bathwater/basin. The babies would be bathed last and the water was so filthy you couldn’t see into it: you could potentially lose the baby in the water. It was adopted as an analogy much later; it started as a legitimate concern.
The rule of thumb saying originated as you were allowed (in some European countries) to beat your wife with a stick as long as it was no thicker than your thumb.
Actually rule of thumb does come from your ability to beat your wife, that is a myth. please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb
I got it
If you know the expression already, then the look on Jeff’s face is priceless! Great comic as always!
But let’s get us another series going.
That is one fat baby!
He looks like a tiny fat marine! Awesome comic!
i know alot of people who tell jokes and then feel they have to explain them right after, even after getting people to laugh. awesome comic my good man
In defence of Janice, lets face it…That’s one HOMELY-ASS kid. She did the right thing.
That is one fat, ugly baby! Is Jeff the father?
Q: Why are the English the greatest audience in he world for a comic?
A. Because they laugh at every joke three times; they laugh when you tell it, because they’re so polite. They laugh when you explain it, because they’re so polite. And they laugh when they understand it, an hour later.
/rimshot
I actually understood the joke without having to be told. The closeup on Jeff’s face helps. Like he’s thinking that’s what he’s talking about. Nice one.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Who is this janice? Can there be moar?
Jeff’s horrified expression at the end there is priceless!
The baby looks like its about the same height as the window. Curse you perspective!
lol jeff
Hahaha, that there is my new favorite comic. It’s been awhile since I’ve laugh aloud at a webcomic!
Hehe reminds me of my old drawing days. Loved drawing puns and popular sayings like this.
Another big huge thumbs up!
what’s is the saying? i’s doesn’t get it.
The saying actually comes from a time when people didnt bathe much. When they did it would start with the father, than the mom, and so on and so forth down the line. When it came to the baby the water was normally dark and nasty, so much where you couldnt see through it. Hence the phrase “don’t through the baby out with the bath”
gah, bad refresh, sorry about the repeat on the comment Rezlow
Well, that’s the nail in the camel’s back, innit. I guess the last laugh really is served cold. If you want to make an omelette, you’ve gotta get your hands dirty, right?
Ah, idiom blending, I love thee as much as congruent conflations confuse the crowd.
I had forgoten what the old saying ment. Or at least I thought I did. So I went to look it up, and for this page http://robertsfamilytree.info/old_sayings.html. It had a ton of those old sayings and there meaning was. Its a fun read and I learned a bit.
I remember hearing about someone being given the finger when I was a kid. I thought, “Oh no! Who did they get the finger from!?!?”
Rezlow also prefers his wife-beating story (curse you Boon Dock Saints!!!), but the reply does make more sense…
Jordy, I to remembered seeing that old Tex Avery casrtoon about slang. I found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot92Yfovvvg
It’s still fun to watch
I JUST had one of these moments with my mum about 25 seconds before reading the comic. She said something like “He would give the eye of this teeth (the pointy part of our front teeth) for blah blah blah”. And i had no idea what she meant.
So when i read this comic i laughed extra hard. Very good Mr. Scott!
lol sorry but i dont understand
Thats a fat baby.
I don’t know that I like Extra Life having recurring characters, it takes away it’s charms. Now it feels like I am reading another serializes trip about antics of nerds. Before.. it was random, fun, zany, unrestrained. Now it has to fit in a box like everyone else and instead of adding to it, the under developed unlikable character choices make it… a lot less likable.