Kliban by B. Kliban for December 31, 2014

Life in L. A. really sphinx!

At least they are not selling manticores – three rows of teeth? Yikes!

Just keep walking if one says “Hey buddy. I’ve got a riddle for you.”

And nobody raises an eyebrow.

Boobies and Hardw. This is a good day.

The store’s motto might be: I sphinx, therefore I am? Maybe not.

You have to answer a riddle to be allowed entrance…

Urban decay.

Hey buddy, could you spare a tetradrachm?

I didn’t know that lionesses had boobs.

I didn’t know that lionesses had boobs.

As a sphinx is supposed to be a woman’s head and a lion’s body, these are rather well-endowed specimens.

Around the corner is sphincter supplies.