Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:58 PM
Disaffected (1,495 posts)
I don't get it.
Please help, I've stared at this Far Side cartoon for 5 minutes and cannot figure it out. It's the second one from the top; two guys in the jungle:
![]() https://www.thefarside.com/2020/07/29
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Author | Time | Post |
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Disaffected | Jul 2020 | OP |
dchill | Jul 2020 | #1 | |
blm | Jul 2020 | #2 | |
unblock | Jul 2020 | #3 | |
blm | Jul 2020 | #5 | |
Disaffected | Jul 2020 | #6 | |
brewens | Jul 2020 | #4 | |
Binkie The Clown | Jul 2020 | #7 | |
brush | Jul 2020 | #8 | |
Karadeniz | Jul 2020 | #9 | |
flying rabbit | Jul 2020 | #10 |
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 07:59 PM
dchill (26,148 posts)
1. Yeah, me either.
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:02 PM
blm (105,552 posts)
2. Ratcatcher?
Otis Flannegan?
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Response to blm (Reply #2)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:08 PM
unblock (48,375 posts)
3. That was my thought as "flannegan" is an unusual variant of that name
There's probably a comic or elsewhere ratcatcher appears where he gets cursed and this is a reference to that.
Google thus far has failed me.... |
Response to unblock (Reply #3)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:09 PM
blm (105,552 posts)
5. That's the only Flannegan I ever heard of.
Response to blm (Reply #2)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:16 PM
Disaffected (1,495 posts)
6. Seems plausible alright
It looks like perhaps the Ratcatcher caught & cooked a rat for dinner and the other guy isn't happy about it.
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Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:09 PM
brewens (9,039 posts)
4. I think the point is that they are already in hell. n/t
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:17 PM
Binkie The Clown (6,676 posts)
7. Even a stable super genius like me is mystified. nt
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:25 PM
brush (33,294 posts)
8. The one guy finally summoned up the guts to say what's been on his mind for a long time.
Response to Disaffected (Original post)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:29 PM
Karadeniz (11,704 posts)
9. I take it that, although they're roughing it, they're really prim and proper. Maybe not a gutbuster?
Response to Karadeniz (Reply #9)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 10:00 PM
flying rabbit (3,776 posts)
10. +1
That's where I'm going.
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