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[hatman]

Back in the early 50s, there was a story in which the Joker tries to trick Batman into making an embarrassingly stupid mistake. The story used a common (and rather mild) slang term for this, but in the time since, that word has taken on a very different meaning. You may have seen this before, but I thought some of you might enjoy it.

Summary, with the relevant panels (shorter and funnier)

Full-page scans of the story

Comments

[beansideirae.livejournal.com]

oh my. gotta say i prefer the original version without the added subtext...take it for its original meaning and it's still funny, but much less embarrassing to read.

language certainly does change over the years.