Judge — December 26, 1925 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Explanation for Modern Readers This is a futuristic satire imagining businessmen playing golf in the year 2000 on rooftops between tall skyscrapers in what appears to be a dense urban center (likely New York City, given Fulton Street reference). The joke mocks the absurdity of cramped city living and overscheduling: despite congestion and hazards—water towers, chimneys, tight spaces, rats—businessmen persist in their leisure golf game during lunch breaks, offering each other casual warnings ("Don't slice into chimneys") as if these were normal golfing obstacles rather than urban dangers. The cartoon satirizes American business culture's obsession with golf and leisure time, even as urbanization makes such activities increasingly ridiculous. The comic's tone suggests this futuristic scenario seemed both comedically exaggerated and plausible enough to Judge's audience to warrant mockery.