Two things you will need in order to enjoy today’s strip:

1. An familiarity with the plot to the new Naomi Watts thriller The Ring.
2. A rudimentary understanding of domestic cohabitation.

So, in essence; Married guys? This one is for you!

Actually, that’s not true. This joke can be enjoyed if, for example, you share a house or apartment with a couple of guys and one of them happens to be an obsessive neat freak. I suppose this could go for the ladies, too. Basically, any situation where you’re sharing living space with a bunch of other dirty, stinky humans will work.

Is anyone else interested in seeing The Ring? It’s gotten so-so reviews. I’ve read a lot of notices that claim trickery on the part of director Gore Verbinski – that he’s taken and awesome premise and watered it down with standard thriller cliches…

* THE REST OF THIS BLOG POST WAS LOST WHEN THEATER HOPPER MOVED TO WORDPRESS IN JANUARY 2009 *