I gave this comic to some high level students (six adult men and one 14 year old girl) yesterday and asked them to tell me why it was funny.

• First response: "Because he wants to give the guy a bath but there's no bath-tub. Ha ha. No bath-tub!"
• Second response: "no shower?"
• Third response: "Ahh, close to home! It's funny because it's like he's at home because you can take a bath at home!"

Then I gave them this one. In stark constrast to the simple and confused answers provided for the above, the responses were mind-bendingly philosophical. Ok, an exaggeration -- first they had to ask what "convex" meant. But then the symposium began: for instance, "ahh, i see . . . so the mirror is a reflection of their relationship," and "the redness in her cheeks is a symbol of impending doom," etc. The room of mostly-adults unanimously agreed that the couple featured here is definitely going to break up in conjunction with the coming of spring. What?