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OUT OF ORDER / WISHING WELL 5ยข
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OUT OF ORDER / WISHING WELL 5ยข
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5 Comments
albbi@piefed.ca · 17 pts · 6d
I can't recall seeing this one before. I really like it but it did take a while to get. The well just straight up bugged out and turned him into a random collection of animals instead of whatever he wished for, so he's coming back with a sign to warn others.
abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 6d
I would like to guess that it's more specific than that, possibly a poorly worded request for an "elephant (sized) cock" or something like that. So he ended up with elephant and rooster features.
And then yeah, out of order
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 6d
Yeah, the problem with this is you kind start wondering what the wishes were and how they were misinterpreted and, uh, it's a bit of challenge, then I just decided the wishing well was just really very badly out of order.
Anyway, here is a 12-inch pianist.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 9 pts · 6d
My fan-theory is that something went slightly wrong with the first wish, so he made a 2nd, trying to correct, and something went wrong with that one, and repeat... until here we are.
Actually I've seen that kind of sequence before across various comics & cartoons, so it's not really much of a fan-theory, haha.
abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d
I completely agree with you on the open endedness here. On the one hand, it's a nice throwback to a time when you didn't need to explain every joke. On the other hand, maybe this one was a little too vague