Is that a root ball attached to the greenery in the background? On first glance, I throught it was a mutated Shmoo (Al Capp “Li’l Abner” reference for the non-US stater readers).
I don’t get this one at all … why did she jump? What is her expression in panel 3? Hopefully those answers will explain panel 4 beyond the obvious fake snake comment…
I used to work with a young lady who loved to scare her coworkers with a fake cockroach. She would bring it out once every couple of months for the gag. Every now and then we would hear her scream. She’d open one of her cubical drawers and scare herself with it.
If you want to protect fruit on your trees from the critters, you don’t want a rubber snake, you want the tape they sell in red and in silver with diamond patterns on it, tied to the branches so they streamer-ify in the wind and jump and wriggle when the bird or squirrel lands on the branch. Highly mobile and screams SNAKE! to them. Costs about $5 a roll.
“I’d even have snakes in the house, if they could eradicate the stink bugs..”Better watch out re: snakes vs. stinkbugs. I had a pet land turtle while at Florida State U. One day I found a nice, fat little bug that I thought might supplement the diet of my turtle, who usually ate half a soaked puppy biscuit in the morning. I put the bug in the turtle’s terrarium, and she chased after it, wolfed it down, and promptly threw it up. I felt so bad. It was a green stink bug, about the size of my thumbnail. To see one, go tohttps://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1170&bih=677&q=silos&oq=silos&gs_l=img.12..0l10.4066.6823.0.8865.5.5.0.0.0.0.61.288.5.5.0.eqrwrth..0.0…1.1.14.img.IPaOf3K-rcc#hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=green+stink+bug&oq=green+stink+&gs_l=img.1.0.0l7j0i5l2j0i24.141655.150267.0.151982.12.12.0.0.0.0.103.654.11j1.12.0.eqrwrth..0.0…1.1.14.img.uxJsO_HDYRY&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.aWc&fp=23caa3c5230d940e&biw=1170&bih=677(The third picture is probably most like that bug.)
edclectic almost 11 years ago
Wrong in one, Arlo.
emjaycee almost 11 years ago
Is that a root ball attached to the greenery in the background? On first glance, I throught it was a mutated Shmoo (Al Capp “Li’l Abner” reference for the non-US stater readers).
Varnes almost 11 years ago
Even when you have a reputation for it, you can still find a realistic looking critter to “wake” sleepy morning people…Go ahead, ask me how I know…
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Man, he’s going to gt blamed even when he’s innocent.
ComicRelief almost 11 years ago
I don’t get this one at all … why did she jump? What is her expression in panel 3? Hopefully those answers will explain panel 4 beyond the obvious fake snake comment…
Doctor_McCoy almost 11 years ago
Where does it hurt, Varnes?
Burnside217 almost 11 years ago
I used to work with a young lady who loved to scare her coworkers with a fake cockroach. She would bring it out once every couple of months for the gag. Every now and then we would hear her scream. She’d open one of her cubical drawers and scare herself with it.
BillWa almost 11 years ago
Actually I think she is plotting her revenge. And revenge is a dish best served cold, and eaten on the couch.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Janis jumped alright.
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
If you want to protect fruit on your trees from the critters, you don’t want a rubber snake, you want the tape they sell in red and in silver with diamond patterns on it, tied to the branches so they streamer-ify in the wind and jump and wriggle when the bird or squirrel lands on the branch. Highly mobile and screams SNAKE! to them. Costs about $5 a roll.
TheBluckwells almost 11 years ago
Looks like they scare everyone their not suppose too
Gokie5 almost 11 years ago
“I’d even have snakes in the house, if they could eradicate the stink bugs..”Better watch out re: snakes vs. stinkbugs. I had a pet land turtle while at Florida State U. One day I found a nice, fat little bug that I thought might supplement the diet of my turtle, who usually ate half a soaked puppy biscuit in the morning. I put the bug in the turtle’s terrarium, and she chased after it, wolfed it down, and promptly threw it up. I felt so bad. It was a green stink bug, about the size of my thumbnail. To see one, go tohttps://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1170&bih=677&q=silos&oq=silos&gs_l=img.12..0l10.4066.6823.0.8865.5.5.0.0.0.0.61.288.5.5.0.eqrwrth..0.0…1.1.14.img.IPaOf3K-rcc#hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=green+stink+bug&oq=green+stink+&gs_l=img.1.0.0l7j0i5l2j0i24.141655.150267.0.151982.12.12.0.0.0.0.103.654.11j1.12.0.eqrwrth..0.0…1.1.14.img.uxJsO_HDYRY&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.aWc&fp=23caa3c5230d940e&biw=1170&bih=677(The third picture is probably most like that bug.)