Judge — April 25, 1925 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This comic strip satirizes gambling and luck through absurdist humor. The title references "wrong numbers"—a pun suggesting both telephone mishaps and bad luck at games of chance. The narrative follows characters encountering dice, a tug-of-war, a bathroom scene (labeled "Bath House Knives"), chaos and destruction, and finally a gong-sounding that startles a child. The visual progression suggests escalating misfortune and disorder stemming from gambling or chance. Milt Gross uses exaggerated, slapstick physical comedy typical of 1920s-30s humor. The strip mocks the unpredictability of games of chance and their chaotic consequences, presenting gambling as leading to domestic disruption and general mayhem rather than prosperity.