The Author has created another hypothetical situation in an attempt to derive humor from an impractical situation based off of a cliché. In this case, the cliché is the common misuse of the word “literally,” and the impractical situation is a man waiting 18 years to retaliate against being embarrassed over this cliché.
Other things you may be able to derive humor from in this strip:
- The crazy man’s hair and beard are very long and unruly.
- In the last panel, the crazy man believes that the non-crazy man has once again misused the term “literally.” But, as it turns out, he actually meant that the crazy man was the craziest person he had met.
- The whole situation is pretty “wacky.”
