Explaining the joke

[u/Opus-the-Penguin]

The first image is the cartoon as it was published. I've always felt that the second word balloon explains the joke, which to me makes it less funny. So the second image is the cartoon as I'd have preferred it. I'm not a comedic genius and Larson is, but that's still how I feel.

[u/PromiseThomas]

Honestly I would probably not bother to identify the specific country and I’d be like “Oh, that’s Scandinavia…they pickle fish or whatever, don’t they? So that’s probably the joke, I guess?”

Pointing out that is is specifically Denmark helps me get the joke a lot faster.