Not his obligation to know how the show works. I am not even sure, but I guess this is the show you have to answer with a question. Meaning "What is a man?" would be the correct answer.
Sigfried666 said: Not his obligation to know how the show works. I am not even sure, but I guess this is the show you have to answer with a question. Meaning "What is a man?" would be the correct answer.
Well given that the name of the show is spelled out in the comic and the format of the show is an integral part of the joke, to understand the joke it sort of IS his obligation to know how the show works.
Sigfried666 said: Not his obligation to know how the show works. I am not even sure, but I guess this is the show you have to answer with a question. Meaning "What is a man?" would be the correct answer.
Danzaiver said: Well given that the name of the show is spelled out in the comic and the format of the show is an integral part of the joke, to understand the joke it sort of IS his obligation to know how the show works.
Sigfried666 said: As much a fan of Touhou I am, I also don't get it. And I can only hope the exceptions have a better reason than simply being Touhou material.
I'm guessing it was just a miss. Should it be put up for re-approval (if such a thing exists)? Since a couple of Jo's other pics got approved.
In Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked this riddle of all travelers who passed by. If the traveler failed to solve the riddle, then the Sphinx killed him/her. And if the traveler answered the riddle correctly, then the Sphinx would destroy herself. The riddle:
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?
Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx destroyed herself.
The solution: A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age.
Of course morning, noon, and night are metaphors for the times in a man's (person's) life. Such metaphors are common in riddles. There were two Thebes, apparently this Thebes was the one in Greece. And this Sphinx was apparently not the one at Giza, in Egypt.