If there were a clown on every rung of the ladder, the parabolic water arcs from each clown’s flower might be misunderstood as coming from a different part of the next higher clown.
That’s what I thought was happening at first glance, and I thought it should’ve been an ‘EW!’.
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I would have thought a fire truck that large could hold dozens of clowns. Why are so few working on saving the tent?
@SingaporeBill – the other clowns are inside, because the fire was intense.
Speaking of taxidermists, The Far Side New Stuff has another take . . .
https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/115/taxidermist
If there were a clown on every rung of the ladder, the parabolic water arcs from each clown’s flower might be misunderstood as coming from a different part of the next higher clown.
That’s what I thought was happening at first glance, and I thought it should’ve been an ‘EW!’.
I particularly liked both taxidermitoons.
I thought taxidermy involved hailing a cab…