@JP Steve – exactly what I came here to say. And Sherman’s Lagoon is so openly meta that this is actually the correct in-comic reason well. Filmore wouldn’t be afraid to say ’It’s Saturday. The arc’s over,’ if Jim didn’t have the other joke here.
They have fire (and smoke) under the sea here. This water is not wet – which makes sense. The pixels are dry, and even with a physical edition, the ink is dry.
This is EXACTLY the time to buy those diamond earrings, as long as you bought them by cashing out of the crypto. Cryptocoins are pump and dump, and right now you’re in the pump phase.
… this reminds me of that infamous Far Side cartoon and ‘Whaaaat is that dog doing to that car!?’