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I DON'T GET IT.
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.
- Foster Breaks Arm, Olympics In Doubt
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post July 5, 1988 700+ words
Greg Foster, the world's top-ranked hurdler who has endured a number of spectacular spills during races, suffered compound fracture of the left forearm yesterday after tripping over a hurdle in a routine warm-up drill at Cal Poly Pomona. It is doubtful whether Foster, who had emergency surgery
- Heaven on their minds; Americans take concept seriously.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times October 16, 2003 700+ words
...wondered what it will be like to meet God in heaven. Questions about eternity were especially...better place. MercyMe's song about heaven - "I can only imagine/What it will...life, like, 'What if we really go to heaven? What if I really do stand before God...
- `Heaven' blows its trumpet too long to be effective
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert April 17, 1987 700+ words
Heaven (STAR) (STAR) Island presents a film...notions of the sweet by and by, and in "Heaven," Diane Keaton assembles a large number...and asks them such questions as: What is heaven? Is there sex in heaven? How to you get...
- Heaven, it's one Hell of a place...(News)
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Keown, Gary July 25, 1999 700+ words
...cat among the pigeons by claiming that Heaven is a figment of the imagination. There...The Big Boss isn't knocking around in Heaven at all, someone had better change the...there's no traffic jam on the Highway to Heaven... And when HE gets there, there will...
- Heaven and Hell (Asian Focus)
- Dictionary definition from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Qiang, Ning January 1, 2005 700+ words
...location and appearance of heaven. South Asia. Various heavens, seven in total and...written information on heaven preserved in South Asia. Thirty-three heavens, again one above the...texts. These ideas about heaven were adopted in the sixth...
- Heaven
- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
Heaven Heaven is one of the most common names for a positive location or situation for...natural that human yearning for meaning and reward focused on some sort of heaven. Participants in various faith communities (i.e., “ religions...
- Heaven Coming to Bookstores Around the World.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 15, 2003 700+ words
...world. It's called A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN, and it has already received rave reviews...DeStefano takes readers on a tour of heaven, painting it as a dynamic place of unlimited...harmony and celebration. A Travel Guide to Heaven is sure to inspire millions!" Lee Iacocca...
- Heaven Is Coming to NYC Tonight Please Join Us!
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 2, 2003 700+ words
...Doubleday sensation A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN, will be at a major book-signing event...announce the launch of The "Ticket to Heaven" Sweepstakes. Review copies of the book...media. About the Book A TRAVEL GUIDE TO HEAVEN was ranked #1 on Amazon.com's "Movers...