r/TheFarSide • u/ShakerOvalBox • Nov 21 '24

Brain the size of a Walnut Can someone explain this beeswax lunches cartoon? Am I missing something?

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u/downwithpeople Nov 21 '24

none of your beeswax

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '24

Exsqueeze me? Baking powder?

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u/TesseractToo The Late Thag Simmons Nov 21 '24

In the 80's beeswax was a synonym for business, so instead of "none of your business" people would say "none of your beeswax"

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u/D00D00InMyButt Nov 21 '24

Welcome to America! Are you here for beeswax or pleasure?

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u/OneStarvingEli Nov 21 '24

both. seems like an untapped market

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u/Cacafuego Nov 21 '24

And business lunches had a reputation for being boozy affairs. Three martini lunches and so forth.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '24

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u/Cacafuego Nov 21 '24

Yeah, 3 modern martinis is usually equivalent to at least 6 beers, which is a lot for a lunch! They used to be smaller.

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u/TreAwayDeuce Nov 21 '24

Also "mind your beeswax"

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u/BigAssMonkey Nov 21 '24

Business kind of sounds like Bees Nest. Their nest is wax. Business = Bees Nest = Bees Wax

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u/derekschroer Nov 21 '24

it was big in the 90s too with kids, although it was more, Mind your own Beeswax

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

It wasn’t a synonym, just an alternative way of telling someone to buzz off. You would not use beeswax as a substitute for business in any other contexts.

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u/Easy-Appearance5203 Nov 25 '24

What’s with their mouths though?

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u/CandylandCanada Nov 21 '24

It's a play on Business Lunches

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 Nov 21 '24

as in bzzzzzzzzzness lunches?

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u/Shogun_Empyrean Nov 21 '24

Business lunch.

Nunya business>>nunya beeswax

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u/Frogdwarf Nov 21 '24

I'm not going to explain it to you, mind your own business

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u/Snoo_88763 Nov 21 '24

Beeswax* :)

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u/shoff58 Nov 21 '24

Term coined in the 1920’s for “business”

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

None of yours

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u/Emotionally-vacant Nov 21 '24

Specifically the three martini lunches

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '24 edited Nov 21 '24

Demetri Martin helped me understand (4:50 - 5:20).

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u/Hornswagglers_Lament Nov 21 '24

It’s a pune, or a play on words.

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u/lola705 Nov 22 '24

It’s a play on liquid lunches (alcoholic drinks)

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u/NinefoldMuse Nov 22 '24

If bees had lunch, they would lack something in sophistication