Wiley's dictionary defines "INFAMY" (noun) as "A WORD SELDOM USED AFTER TOYOTA SALES TOPPED 2 MILLION"
The strip ran December 7, 2006.
I know that Wiley's dictionary jokes are always puns, where "Infamy" does not mean "Infamy" at all, rather, something else that sounds similar, but I cannot figure out what that pun is supposed to be.
What does it mean?
2006-12-07 08:08:53 · 8 answers · asked by R Nino 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
FDR, in a speech after the Pearl Harbot attack, said that December 7th is "A date that will live in infamy."
I think that this is a stab at that quote.
2006-12-07 08:13:01 · answer #1 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, today, Dec 7th is a day of infamy, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. FDR stated it as such, and this is basically what drew us, along with other things, into WW 2.
However since then, our countries have developed a friendly relationship, especially in the auto industry. We don't consider the Japanese as the enemy anymore, and although you can still hear the word infamy, it usually is only pulled out for this day, and does not describe the Japan of today.
Basically, Johnny Hart is trying to force a square peg in a round hole with that "pun".
2006-12-07 08:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by Raidered81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Johnny Hart is making comment that we have "forgiven and forgotten" what the japanese did on 12/7/41, preferring to consider the Almighty Dollar over Pearl Harbor
2006-12-07 08:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is obviously a reference to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on 12/7/1941, and how Americans have pretty much moved on.
2006-12-07 08:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by jbtascam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for my section, i might call it Karma. interesting that Johnny could die of the very factor he castigated my grandfather for years in the past. Forcing retirement on my grandfather because of the fact his strokes have been putting out to electrify his skill to proceed the strip. however the form wherein Johnny did it replaced right into a betrayal of the numerous years long friendship of the co-creators.
2016-12-11 04:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I didn't get it either until these other smarties up above me answered it for you. I was looking for a play on words too, not the speech reference.
2006-12-07 08:15:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe because it sounds like Infiniti? I don't know...
2006-12-07 08:11:36 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not sure what to say
2016-08-08 21:02:17 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋