sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation. A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably. A difficult or unpredictable situation.
A “sticky wicket”.
Thank you, I honestly wouldn’t have figured it out…Sometimes The Far Side is completely obvious, sometimes it’s completely obtuse.
Did someone just say “weaboo”?
I gotta say, this is one of the few comics I’ve seen where I didn’t get the joke at all until it was explained
Thank you for reminding me of AL Jarreau’s music. I’m not a huge fan of his genre, but some of his music is really good.
For your cakeday - link w/o Google’s tracker
Well damn. I got so excited about the song I forgot about that. Thanks! And I was not aware of the cake, thanks again.
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Those aren’t wickets, at least not cricket wickets. Unless the hoops used in croquet are also called wickets.
Though depicting a factory that produces an otherwise ordinary wooden pole would be a little more challenging to be unambiguous.
… hoops (often called “wickets” in the United States) …
Of course.
sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation.
A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
A difficult or unpredictable situation.