Be glad it is just a raven and not “the giant black bird of the terrible eye” called Zü. A Sumerian monster that stole the “Books of Knowledge” and supposedly guards the Black Stone in Antarctica.
Yeah, I didn’t get the pun either. I thought it was just, y’know, how the other half lives. Which, as I think about it, says a lot about what I accept as reality. hunh….
ToonGuy300 over 5 years ago
I never knew it was a pun on that thing, either.
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Once again from 1972 “Close To The Edge” by ….YES….listen to it and read this strip at the same time…
mommavamp over 5 years ago
There’s a deeper meaning here? I just thought it was funny. “Simple minds…….”
over 5 years ago
Worse, you might receive a bad phone call from PETA.
MS72 over 5 years ago
since we’re being introspective here, what is the deeper meaning of ’Pearls before Swine"?
Are we the swine? The “creator” is laughing at us?
Enjoy. :-)
WoodstockJack over 5 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmHrHQEmp2Q
DutchUncle over 5 years ago
That tinkling sound at the back of your consciousness is the fourth wall cracking . . . .
Perkycat over 5 years ago
All this insight is the raven’s fault. I vote for nailing his beak shut.
Jeffin Premium Member over 5 years ago
Whatevermore.
Andrew Sleeth over 5 years ago
In literary circles, it’s known as a double-hedged tendre.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Be glad it is just a raven and not “the giant black bird of the terrible eye” called Zü. A Sumerian monster that stole the “Books of Knowledge” and supposedly guards the Black Stone in Antarctica.
dogday Premium Member over 5 years ago
Yeah, I didn’t get the pun either. I thought it was just, y’know, how the other half lives. Which, as I think about it, says a lot about what I accept as reality. hunh….
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
Compromise: Stick his beak shut with taffy.