Arts & Literature1 min ago
I Don't Get It
There was a Matt cartoon in the Daily Telegraph yesterday or the day before. Two men are in a jail cell. One says, "You're in for Morocco? I'm doing ten years for a holiday in Cape Town."
I don't get the reference to Morocco. Can anybody explain?
I don't get the reference to Morocco. Can anybody explain?
Answers
People often don't understand cartoons ;-)
13:22 Thu 11th Feb 2021
The government has proposed that people who provide false information on their "passenger locator form" (needed when you enter the UK) may be subject to up to ten years in prison:
https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /news/u k-56007 798
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Exactly, Emmie. I don't think you've got it either, jackdaw. There has to be a contrast between the one sitting down (the one in for Morocco) and the one standing up and speaking. Even the terminology is odd: to be in jail *for* Morocco. What does that even mean? Matt is on Twitter, but I'm not and I don't want to be. If you are on Twitter, perhaps you could ask him?
I saw the cartoon when it was published. As far as I can see the joke was that a person can now end up in jail (possibly for up to ten years) when returning from abroad if his "papers" are not in order (and that's joke enough in itself when one can arrive in a rubber boat without any papers whatsoever and immediately be found accommodation). I don't think there is any significance in the countries mentioned.
I disagree, jackdaw. Political cartoons may be making a political point, but they are also (almost always) trying to make that point in a humorous way. The way that the cartoon in question has been drawn indicates to me that it is intended to be humorous – maybe not LOL funny, but funnier than "We're both in jail for taking a holiday."
Believe me Bert, Matt was simply making the point that you could now end up in the Chokey because your papers were not in order when you returned from holiday. That's all. And that's quite enough because the notion is outrageous. I think it was the outrageousness (and the stupidity) that Matt was commenting on.
Today his cartoon shows a chap sitting at his computer, and saying to his wife "I'm going to refuse to have the vaccine passport. Some people on the internet say it gives you a very nasty papercut." Another comment on stupidity.
Today his cartoon shows a chap sitting at his computer, and saying to his wife "I'm going to refuse to have the vaccine passport. Some people on the internet say it gives you a very nasty papercut." Another comment on stupidity.