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“Well, Captain Grunfield, it says here you were expelled from the belly of a large squid after … ha … after your boat … ha ha … after … ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! …”

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[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This really makes no sense at all. Even with the assumptions made. Very weird for Larson. It’s not even clear what he’s supposed to be. He’s tiny suddenly but also his clothes are part squid? Wtf? Would not surprise me if this was not actually authentic Far Side.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago

To be fair, he also made the Cow Tools one which most people didn't get his reasoning for, either.

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

I don't think I'd even remembered that one. I read most of his earliest books but for some reason I didn't remember that one. Yeah that one is swing and a miss. Weird.

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