Illiteracy in Flyoverland - Is it OK for cartoonists? (How many editors missed it?)

[TahitiNut]

Jeff Koterba, Omaha World Herald, NE



:eyes:

[Wonk]

1. What's the mater with it?

;-)

http://www.answers.com/mater

[Kingshakabobo]

2. LOL. I must admit it took me a minute. nt

[lander]

3. You know, I spent a few minutes...

...thinking about it, recalling the etymology class I took in college, and hoping — for the cartoonist's sake, at least — that there was some sort of visual pun or double entendre.

Sadly, no.
And, what's worse, it's not even funny.

[TahitiNut]

5. Maybe he's a graduate of Tempus Fugit College?

You know, his alma matter of time? :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

12. Or:

Nice find! :rofl:

[newyawker99]

15. Hi lander!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ornotna]

4. What's the mater?

:rofl:

[hwmnbn]

6. DOH!!!....

:banghead:

How did I miss that??!!

[Wonk]

7. Could be because the subject of the cartoon is bottled water?

water, mater, water, mater :shrug:

[TahitiNut]

13. Maybe on Mars it's watter.

:tinfoilhat:

[Wonk]

14. Is Mars watter weter?

:shrug:

[Norrin Radd]

8. Apart from the spelling error, I don't get the joke.

n/t

[w4rma]

9. NASA announced they found flowing water on Mars a couple of days ago. (nt)

[Patsy Stone]

11. It's bad.

They just may have found water on Mars? Already selling water from Mars? Bad...

[Odin2005]

10. TahitiNut owes me a new keyboard!!!

:spray: :rofl:

[MadHound]

16. Umm, poor literacy rates aren't the provence of the "flyover states" OK

I live in Missouri, one of the "flyover states", and apparently our literacy rate exceeds that of many, many other states. Meanwhile, New York rates below many, many other states. <http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12649879_ITM>

"Massachusetts and Missouri have significantly higher average adult literacy rates than the nation as a whole, while New York is significantly lower, and rates in Maryland and Kentucky mirror those of the nation at large. "


Trouble with stereotypes is that they can come back and bite you on the ass. Cartoonists and editors can screw up no matter where they live. And the ensuing joke can be made without referencing stereotypes commonly held by coastal and urban denizens who have little to no clue of what really goes on out here in the Midwest, basing their opinions on decades old stereotypes, passing judgment as they flyover:eyes:

[Rex]

17. Well...can we call it a self-fullfilling cartoon?

I mean...it WAS only a mater of time. :evilgrin: