have not penetrated the humor yet.

You cannot receive an explanation of Hedgehog until you furnish proof to Homeland Security that you are a British National.

There is no explanation for Hugo.

Or, for that matter, for Jude Law.

and I'm British.

I love the "Serling" signature.

http://www.impactlab.com/2008/04/17/hedgehogs-latest-pet-fad/

But yes I can see how a hedgehog in the loo could be funny - except if you were the one depositing it!

So instead of a BM, it would be an HM

Must we explain jokes?

Read old copies of Punch if you want to see random (but true) examples of "only hilarious to the British." RB's parody is not so much of the British cartoons themselves as it is of American inability to understand them. ("Loo" -- hee hee!) The hedgehog is, as Hitchcock would have said, a MacGuffin.

For "Hugo", check out (for example) Garfield. Or better yet: http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

Super-Fun-Pak Comix. Especially Uncle Cap'n. There was this live show in Detroit for kids that had a crazy/scary looking "Uncle Cap'n" as its host. I don't think crystal meth was around back then, so he just resorted to the bottle.

A hedgehog! In the loo! Brilliant!

Who would have thought that such a tiny word bubble would made me giggle so much?

it is fucking funny. really, that's not irony. go TOM!

Thanks for the Garfield Minus Garfield link. That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while....

This is what comic writers can aspire towards!

A handful more of these from Ruben and the Kansas-o-what-the-hell stain will finally be gone forever from the Salon carpet.

I guess there is some confusion as to what makes this strip funny. Let me try to help.

The place is supposed to be clean...but there a fucking hedgehog in the toilet.

Does that clear things up?