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“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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  • m_f@discuss.onlineOPEnglish
    18·
    5 days ago

    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.)

    • dalekcaan@lemm.ee
      8·
      5 days ago

      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.