In addition to equating the zoo to an animal prison, I think this comic is playing on the tendency of many tourist attractions(*) to force customers to walk through the gift shop before they can exit the facility.
P.S. (*) – One annoying example can de found in virtually all of the newer airport terminal buildings in Berlin: you have to visit the gift shop before you can leave the city.
I wonder if the zoo has a Mexican-themed food vendor. Then while he was out the mole could have had some mole (the sauce we discussed here in the past).
He should stay away from the arcade though…kids might think he was from a Whac-A-Mole* game.
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*Proper spelling for the classic arcade game, apparently.
This is one of those comics that does not survive too much thought, otherwise reality seeps in and spoils the joke. All zoo enclosures for any burrowing animal always have a very solid foundation, so they are basically concrete swimming pools filled with dirt. If he reached the gift shop, it could only mean that the architects designed a tunnel leading there, presumably hoping to sell more mole paraphernalia.
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The animals thing of the zoo as a prison. The mole tried escaping by tunneling but it was too hard. It only got as far as the gift shop.
The jokes a bit all over the place.
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It’s as woozy said. Plus, since he was in the gift shop, he brought back stuff from it.
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They should use their stealthy spy skills. They are moles after all.
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Okay, I guess this is where I post one of my favorite mole comics:
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In addition to equating the zoo to an animal prison, I think this comic is playing on the tendency of many tourist attractions(*) to force customers to walk through the gift shop before they can exit the facility.
P.S. (*) – One annoying example can de found in virtually all of the newer airport terminal buildings in Berlin: you have to visit the gift shop before you can leave the city.
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Now I’m looking up the lifespan of moles (4 to 6 years)
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So I guess I’ll drop this here:
https://what-if.xkcd.com/4/
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This makes no sense. All he has to do is tunnel 10 feet and he’s out.
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I wonder if the zoo has a Mexican-themed food vendor. Then while he was out the mole could have had some mole (the sauce we discussed here in the past).
He should stay away from the arcade though…kids might think he was from a Whac-A-Mole* game.
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*Proper spelling for the classic arcade game, apparently.
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[Woozy: “The animals thing of the zoo as a prison. “]
I’d say more like a POW camp. Think of The Great Escape.
[Lord Flatulence: “This makes no sense. All he has to do is tunnel 10 feet and he’s out.”]
Out of their individual enclosure but not out of the zoo grounds.
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This is one of those comics that does not survive too much thought, otherwise reality seeps in and spoils the joke. All zoo enclosures for any burrowing animal always have a very solid foundation, so they are basically concrete swimming pools filled with dirt. If he reached the gift shop, it could only mean that the architects designed a tunnel leading there, presumably hoping to sell more mole paraphernalia.
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“He should stay away from the arcade though…kids might think he was from a Whac-A-Mole* game.”
SYNCHRONOUS NEWS FLASH: Chuck-E-Cheese is revamping its concept; no more animatronics, fewer games, more dancing (dancing??).
Meh – I preferred ShowBiz Pizza myself, years ago when Hubby’s daughter was a reason to go anyplace like that.
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