• f314@lemmy.world
      14·
      17 days ago

      “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is a famous quote from Hamlet (the Shakespeare play).

    • cygnus
      5·
      17 days ago

      I don’t get it either, beyond the Shakespeare connection (which has nothing to do with dead fish). Dos this relate to current events somehow?

      • federal reverse@feddit.orgOP
        41·
        17 days ago

        No relation to current events. It’s an old cartoon (©1986) which was reposted to the cartoonists website today. The Far Side usually features somewhat absurd humor—maybe that’s just not the kind of thing you enjoy.

    • Auster@thebrainbin.org
      3·
      17 days ago

      On Disqus, a guy named Mark said:

      The phrase “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is a famous line from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet.