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   Dogsniff said, 6 months ago

   Now I’m hungry for something I don’t know.
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   Arye Uygur said, 6 months ago

   Don’t these people ever get any work done?
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   Randy_B said, 6 months ago

   Sophisticated? Not so much.
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   From Wikipedia:
   “In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin or maguffin) is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist (and sometimes the antagonist) is willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to pursue, often with little or no narrative explanation as to why it is considered so desirable. A MacGuffin, therefore, functions merely as “a plot element that catches the viewers’ attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction”. In fact, the specific nature of the MacGuffin may be ambiguous, undefined, generic, left open to interpretation or otherwise completely unimportant to the plot. Common examples are money, victory, glory, survival, a source of power, a potential threat, a mysterious but highly desired item or object, or simply something that is entirely unexplained. The MacGuffin is common in films, especially thrillers. Usually the MacGuffin is the central focus of the film in the first act, and then declines in importance as the struggles and motivations of characters play out. It may come back into play at the climax of the story, but sometimes the MacGuffin is actually forgotten by the end of the story."
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   finale said, 6 months ago

   @Randy_B

   Red Herring?
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

   As I recall Hitchcock called the central focus of the narrative a “McGuffin.”
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   sdjamieson said, 6 months ago

   Actually, that’s a pretty good joke!
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   fritzoid said, 6 months ago

   This strip was probably drawn more than three weeks ago so it’s probably a coincidence, but Ruben Bolling did a more elaborate version of this same joke in the 10/19/12 “Tom the Dancing Bug.”
   

   
   http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2012/10/19
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   Lynnskay said, 6 months ago

   @

   But then, again, you are not the only one here…
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   Thank you Randy_B
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   shytimes2 said, 6 months ago

   Perfect just as written.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

    @finale

    Not always, a red herring is a fake, a false clue to throw off the detectives.
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    Stephen Gilberg said, 6 months ago

    I’ve heard the joke before. In a conversation about the meaning and origin of “MacGuffin,” so everyone got it.
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