Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Chekov's Trashcan

A man and woman--I'm assuming they are married--are arm wrestling. The wife wins and the husband suggests two out of three. He loses again and asks for three out of five. "What you lack in strength, you make up for in persistence," his wife says.
February 24, 1966
There is a running gag in Murder, She Wrote, where Sheriff Metzger's (Ron Masak) wife, Adele, is a fairly burly and strong woman. In one episode, Sheriff Metzger says he has to get back into shape because Adele has been beating him constantly in their arm wrestling matches. He then says that he "usually wins a couple".

Maybe it's not persistence, but more of a kink. She even calls him "tiger". In the first and third panel, that is a man getting his rocks off.

Brutus and Veeblefester are standing in an office. Veeblefester is holding a stack of paper. "What did I think of your design proposals?" Veeblefester asks. In the next panel, Brutus has a green trashcan on his head. Veeblefester has left. "Okay. I get the message. Can I take this off now? Chief? Are you still there?"
Why are you asking permission? Just take it off. Your employer can't humiliate you like this.