Imagine my surprise a few years ago at finding a huge one in my house.. just casually strolling along a low book case.
Not as huge I suppose, as some I’ve seen in photos… but I remember measuring with my outstretched hand that its body was about 6″ long, not counting the legs.
And it was pure white!
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I didn’t know what to do. I was sure that being in my house wasn’t good for it and I didn’t want it to get hurt.
I finally rolled up a sheet of newspaper diagonally into a long stick, and kept laying the end ahead of where it was walking.
Eventually it walked onto the paper, and I carried it outside and set it down.
I probably should have attempted to capture it and taken it up to the college for someone to study or something, but I had nothing to transport it in, and it seemed very delicate.
I was just happy that it seemed to make a safe exit.
The London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) were competitors for the passenger traffic between London and Scotland. The LMS was the West Coast Main Line, and the LNER was the East Coast Main Line.
I wouldn’t have thought the two companies would jointly advertise competing services.
Possibly, but they were the only two of the ‘Big Four’ that actually had lines to Scotland anyway, if you wanted to travel to Scotland by train from anywhere in England or Wales, ultimately you had to use one of the two. The only other options were the roads, or possibly aeroplane. As the LNER/LMS/GWR/SR companies became British Railways in 1948, road and air travel before that time would not really have competed too well.
As an aside, the locomotive drawn in the poster looks a bit like a LNER B1 4-6-0.
Like Liverlips, I believe, I found it an unexpected transformation, even though in the young picture, which I didn’t recognize, he couldn’t be that much younger than he would be when he found fame….
But by then he had a different image.
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Just in case you don’t recognize the later photo, either….
Something’s a bit funky with the adult lion’s lifted paw. The whole image looks a bit off to me, it’s either been digitally manipulated, or it’s another AI image.
Thanks again for that. I looked at your solution and went back to the 23rd to compare. Even knowing exactly where to look I could barely make it out. If I disappear without a trace some day, you’ll know the snakes got me.
Choo-choo-cha-choo!
goo – goo – gu – joob
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A fine illustration of Mr. Snider’s perspective.
Excuuuuse me?
This must be upside down.
Slapstick near the top… and… no… no… It’s unthinkable.
….
Wait!
I know!
It must start with the basics, and climb to the unnecessary.
That’s it. It’s gotta be that.
Cos we all know that puns and dumb jokes are the very foundation of humor!
That sturdy base upon which all else is built.
they took the bar!
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Why did they return it?
Was it defective?
Did they get a full refund?
It was the wrong colour, and a size too small.
Walking Sticks
We don’t see them much around here, if at all.
Imagine my surprise a few years ago at finding a huge one in my house.. just casually strolling along a low book case.
Not as huge I suppose, as some I’ve seen in photos… but I remember measuring with my outstretched hand that its body was about 6″ long, not counting the legs.
And it was pure white!
….
I didn’t know what to do. I was sure that being in my house wasn’t good for it and I didn’t want it to get hurt.
I finally rolled up a sheet of newspaper diagonally into a long stick, and kept laying the end ahead of where it was walking.
Eventually it walked onto the paper, and I carried it outside and set it down.
I probably should have attempted to capture it and taken it up to the college for someone to study or something, but I had nothing to transport it in, and it seemed very delicate.
I was just happy that it seemed to make a safe exit.
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ah yes….the human kind
Or:
It looks like this walking stick has its own walking stick.
You can tell it’s fake because I forgot to fix the shadow. 🙂
reminds me of something
The Midnight Express perhaps?
Or have you lost your train of thought?
Interesting……
The London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) were competitors for the passenger traffic between London and Scotland. The LMS was the West Coast Main Line, and the LNER was the East Coast Main Line.
I wouldn’t have thought the two companies would jointly advertise competing services.
Maybe they discovered the economy of pooling their resources… A share of new business is better than nothing.
Possibly, but they were the only two of the ‘Big Four’ that actually had lines to Scotland anyway, if you wanted to travel to Scotland by train from anywhere in England or Wales, ultimately you had to use one of the two. The only other options were the roads, or possibly aeroplane. As the LNER/LMS/GWR/SR companies became British Railways in 1948, road and air travel before that time would not really have competed too well.
As an aside, the locomotive drawn in the poster looks a bit like a LNER B1 4-6-0.
Did not get it from the before photo, nor was I likely to.
Whoa!
Like Liverlips, I believe, I found it an unexpected transformation, even though in the young picture, which I didn’t recognize, he couldn’t be that much younger than he would be when he found fame….
But by then he had a different image.
….
Just in case you don’t recognize the later photo, either….
Thanks. No clue before or after.
Good of him to help with bringing up the baby.
Unless he’s… um… never mind.
Something’s a bit funky with the adult lion’s lifted paw. The whole image looks a bit off to me, it’s either been digitally manipulated, or it’s another AI image.
I ran it through the AI detector –it’s AI generated
You’re good, it looks legit to me except for his nose. When you blow it up, the highlights look like a head-on view of a chihuahua.
I see that little dog! LOL
What also looks strange to me is the cub’s front paws… Actually the lion’s whole grip on the cub.
Usually a cat, large or small, grabs the scruff of the neck, and the kitten/cub visibly hangs down from that.
This lion seems to be holding the cub’s head directly, and its paws are either partially in his mouth (!) or stiffly upraised.
I like the furry dice.
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That ship has sailed.
I seem to be having a few little train-of-thought wrecks myself, lately
Just when you’re pretty sure your thinking is right on track, it jumps the rails and heads for parts unknown.
Two things I forgot to say, so I had to come back….
One… @P51Strega and anybody else who had trouble seeing it…
I commented yesterday afternoon with an image showing the copperhead snake.
It’s in a spoiler box, in case you want to go back first, to Nighthawks’ post on June 23rd, and try again to find it before peeking.
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And two… @Nighthawks… I meant to say that I particularly like the artwork in today’s strip.
Thanks again for that. I looked at your solution and went back to the 23rd to compare. Even knowing exactly where to look I could barely make it out. If I disappear without a trace some day, you’ll know the snakes got me.
Gosh I hope not!
IRL I doubt I’m a good snake spotter…
I can’t seem to lift up each section of the path ahead and hold it up close to my eyes.
If you could see me solving all these puzzles and find-its, you’d probably think I’m doing it with my nose …
But no, I can’t smell the snake… I’m just really nearsighted, in spite of my glasses.
awful kind of you to say that–thanks