Two for May

Two cartoons from the May 2026 Funny Times, both with variants of familiar theme. Some Bizarro word play exploiting and extending on the similarity between names of diseases and names of flowers (commented on long ago by James Thurber); and a bob twist on Husband in Bed With Oh My God! (aka Honey, This is Not What It Looks Like). Bizarro fresh frontiers for disease names, /dájǝ/ division. The cartoon: (#1) The Wayno / Piraro cartoon of 10/27/25 (if you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Wayno says there are 6 in this strip — see this this Page) /dájǝ/ disease names prominently include diarrhea and diabetes. And for a flower name, dianella, common name flax lily. And then we branch out into diaphragm. diatribe, diatom, Dionysus. A decidedly mixed bag. The bob advancement in cartoon consciousness. The cartoon: (#2) The Bob Eckstein cartoon; note the judgmental hands on the woman’s hips, and her briefcase, all reinforcing the interpretation that she is the speaker’s wife, who…