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From time to time, we print a cartoon that readers deem obscure or confusing. It is not our objective to baffle; indeed, to do so would violate the cartoonist's vow to "edify, enlighten, and amuse." To make amends, we hereby endeavor to explain a few cartoons that have caused widespread consternation. We don't want to make things too easy, though, so for each cartoon we have thrown in three red herrings.
1)
A. Eleven identical convicts are plotting an escape predicated on a purported love of nature.
B. The idea that anything, even a glimpse, would cost only one dollar in our time is patently ridiculous.
C. The ladder is comically short--one would need at least a ten-to-twelve-foot ladder to get a good glimpse of the moon, which is very far away.
D. People will pay a dollar to do anything.