tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post4719101715608595537..comments2023-09-16T06:07:48.748-07:00Comments on Disney Comics Reviews: REVIEW: "A Hole in One"Achille Talonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-6635032016766099682016-07-10T13:40:46.897-07:002016-07-10T13:40:46.897-07:00Nevertheless, re-thinking about it, there's st...Nevertheless, re-thinking about it, there's still the fact that they could've just come back later and carved the bottom of the bank, rather than digging a whole in the bloody <i>table</i>.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-16170020998378553202016-02-08T02:11:07.303-08:002016-02-08T02:11:07.303-08:00Still true. I got a little too picky with that gag...Still true. I got a little too picky with that gag… Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-18829429496117900332016-02-07T15:37:39.540-08:002016-02-07T15:37:39.540-08:00Well, sometimes a person is more likely to do X (w...Well, sometimes a person is more likely to do X (which they are somewhat reluctant to do) if it is contrasted with Y (which they are entirely opposed to). So Donald might actually be more likely to give money to be saved when he has just refused to give money to be spent. "I had to say no to that, but this I guess I can say yes to."Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989351918661352243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-56041215260986473132016-02-07T15:05:56.010-08:002016-02-07T15:05:56.010-08:00Okay, I'll buy that. Makes you wonder why they...Okay, I'll buy that. Makes you wonder why they asked the money in the first place… they could have just asked Donald to put money in their bank. (of course, it would kill the exposition that informs us that they want to by candy)Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-68149004839241024282016-02-07T15:00:09.661-08:002016-02-07T15:00:09.661-08:00I'd say, because they knew from experience tha...I'd say, because they knew from experience that Donald resisted giving them money outright but talked up the importance of saving, and they thus predicted that he would only give them money to put in their bank.Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989351918661352243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-46710069742425356142016-02-07T14:55:47.659-08:002016-02-07T14:55:47.659-08:00Thank you about the enlightening knowledge about c...Thank you about the enlightening knowledge about children's banks in those days. However, this still doesn't explain <i>why</i> they had gone through this lengthy process of carving the hole and stuff even before they heard their uncle's refusal to give them the money.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959504671209376142.post-15615110455735770662016-02-07T14:49:27.406-08:002016-02-07T14:49:27.406-08:00OK, I'm going to defend the joke here. It is p...OK, I'm going to defend the joke here. It is perfectly believable (and perhaps predictable) that a parent who didn't want to give money for candy would yet give money to be saved. And the whole point of most kids' banks of that era was that it was NOT easy to retrieve the money from them. A traditional piggy bank, for instance, did not have a hole in the bottom through which the money was accessible; you could only retrieve the money by breaking the bank open. Or perhaps, with great determination, you could manage to shake out a coin or two. So the joke makes perfect sense. And the kids carved the hole in the table when Donald wasn't around, and placed the bank (with its base removed) over it to cover the hole. Matildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989351918661352243noreply@blogger.com