Comments on: Weekend Seminar

By: Yo

Yo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:48:02 +0000

I’ve heard it said outside of Simpsons, it’s a fairly common phrase. Undoubtedly if you didn’t know that leaves of 3 meant it was poison oak, or some poisonous plant, the easy half of the joke would be lost upon you.

By: CM

CM — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:24:28 +0000

Just found your site and so far this is one of my favorite strips. People just looked too hard for a deeper meaning.

Also, lol at simpsons reference, Bizarre

By: Bizarre

Bizarre — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:13:53 +0000

Leaves of three, let it be.

Leaves of four, eat some more.

By: Marley

Marley — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:38:47 +0000

haha. i dont care what it really means, but he got poison ivy and he was wrong about the little rhyme. its comically ironic! haha

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:15:01 +0000

Here’s the meaning of the strip as far as I can tell:
The company organized a weekend retreat for everybody, in a cabin in the woods. Hal the crazy shipping-and-receiving guy covers himself in poison oak and orders everyone to dance, under the mistaken impression that he is some kind of all powerful entity. By the woman’s exasperation, I can guess this has happened before. And the last panel suggests that perhaps he made a bet with this other guy, or something.

Correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Panda

Panda — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:50:53 +0000

This is what happens when you box people into little cubicles then offer a false sense of freedom in the term of “retreats”. They start a cult.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:13:33 +0000

Poison Ivy: Three leaves growing from the same point on the reddish stem. Grows as single plants and vines. Oils on the plants are the cause of a lot of itching if you are allergic, and most people are. I work at a summer camp that has five different varieties of this plant as well as Poison Sumac. As of yet I have avoided touching it. (knock on wood)

By: Smith

Smith — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:21:28 +0000

I think her legs look fine, Tim.

Matt, there’s a poisonous plant called poison ivy. It has three leaves clustered together, but if you don’t know it on sight, it can look like another plant that is perfectly harmless, so yes, children are taught the rhyme “leaves of three, let them be” by camp counselors, scout leaders, teachers, etc. so that they don’t come home and start itching and swelling and their parents sue the adults that let their children roll around in poison ivy.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:32:53 +0000

Reading this from the UK (and never having heard of this ‘leaves of three’ rhyme before) I didn’t get the 3rd panel until reading the discussion.

Yeah cultural context is necessary - I guess the ‘leaves of 3′ rhyme is some american child safety mantra?

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:20:48 +0000

Hmm… sorry Kevin, I have to stick with my original take on the legs - they are WEIRD-looking.