Caption:
“Well, we’ve tried every device and you still won’t talk—every device, that is, except this little baby we simply call ‘Mr. Thingy.’”
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Some background on this comic:
Transcript (top left):
“Uh-oh…He’s using the thingy.”
Transcript (top right):
“So! Still won’t talk?..I guess it’s time to use a little device we like to call around there ‘the thingy.’”
Transcript (bottom left):
This cartoon developed as shown, and I was satisfied with the final—except to say I’m always worried some people will try to figure out what exactly it is that the “Mr. Thingy” does. (I’m sure this is a residual paranoia from the “Cow tools” cartoon, see page 156.)
I think Far Side readers just have to come to terms with the fact that Gary Larson likes to draw strange contraptions of dubious usefulness.
I can’t believe Gary Larson killed Shinzo Abe.
I love how “Cow Tools” comes back to haunt him.
The thingie with the stick didn’t work, so now we try the thingie with the carrot, lol