431: Delivery
Delivery |
Title text: Ma'am, I admit that wasn't in the best taste, but you have to admire my delivery! Ha, ha get it? Oh god, don't throw those syringes! Your baby's fine! |
Explanation
An old superstition is that you can tell at the end of winter if spring will be early or late by whether a groundhog (a type of rodent akin to a large squirrel), after sticking his head out, see's his shadow and retreats back in, or - thanks to cloudy weather - doesn't and boldly steps out. This, in turn, is the basis for a really funny movie that has been referenced in other comics.
The joke here is that, instead of a groundhog predicting when spring will come, it's a baby predicting when he'll be born. Evidently he decided to wait six more weeks. I feel for the mother, especially with a doctor like that.
On a side note, the title-text may or may not imply that the doctor was joking about the baby retreating back inside. He certainly appears to have taste bad enough to pull a prank like that.
Transcript
[In a delivery room] Doctor: There's the head... he's looking at me... Wait, he's crawling back into the womb. Mother: What?! Doctor: Yeah, it's the darnedest thing. Mother: Um, what does it mean? Doctor: My guess? Six more weeks of winter.
Discussion
Yeah, I got the image to show this time!!! Now to get rid of that "Jump to:"...--7OO Tnega Terces (talk) 08:22, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
I added a reference to Punxsutawney Phil in the explanation.NikoNarf (talk) 15:07, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
I don't think this was necessarily a Groundhog Day joke. I interpreted it as "the baby didn't want to come out yet" (nothing about a coming winter), and "6 more weeks of winter" meant "6 more weeks of pregnancy." I think the doctor was just comically jesting; half-laughing, confused but maintaining his stature. --108.162.216.126 17:38, 24 January 2020 (UTC)