Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Of You and Me

Brutus is at work, walking with a stack of papers humming "Hi-diddle-dee-dee-de-dum-de-dum-dee-dee" as Veeblefester watches. "I must say, Thornapple certainly is an unassuming fellow..." Veeblefester begins "...with a great deal to be unassuming about."
What's Veeblefester's problem? Brutus looks like he's doing his job. Leave him alone.

I don't quite understand today's comic. Unassuming means modest or not pretentious. So Veeblefester is saying Brutus is a modest fellow with a great deal to be modest about? Is that an insult? Who talks like this?