I recall a tale from the early times. Two young hunters were out in the forest one day when they came upon a dragonfly stuck in the mud. Now their people believed that if you saved a dragonfly it would grant the rescuer a wish, so they pulled the dragonfly from the mud. Once freed the dragonfly said “I thank you, and will grant you each one wish.”One hunter thought for a moment and then said “I wish to be the smartest man ever.” With a flash of the dragonfly wings “Now you are.” And to other hunter “What is your wish?” The second hunter replied “I wish to be smarter than him.”Another flash of the wings, “Now you are Woman.”
You should have seen my mighty feats of courage and strength when I almost conquered the spider with a young (/) screaming crowd (1) of half naked native women screaming at my bravery. Such tales iof daring do have not been seen since B.C.
Reminds me of an old Tubleweeds strip where Limpid Lizard goes in search of buffalo to make buffalo robes for the Chief’s daughter. He returns only to offer her chipmunk pelt doilies.
Either the proofreader was on vacation or the planned joke was changed in mid-strip. I prefer to think the plan was …“Alas, the cunning stealthy hunter….” with after the “death or glory” panel we have a raptor returning the said mighty hunter to the Fat Broad. Meatier soup.
doc white about 13 years ago
check with the wizard of id.
x_Tech about 13 years ago
I recall a tale from the early times. Two young hunters were out in the forest one day when they came upon a dragonfly stuck in the mud. Now their people believed that if you saved a dragonfly it would grant the rescuer a wish, so they pulled the dragonfly from the mud. Once freed the dragonfly said “I thank you, and will grant you each one wish.”One hunter thought for a moment and then said “I wish to be the smartest man ever.” With a flash of the dragonfly wings “Now you are.” And to other hunter “What is your wish?” The second hunter replied “I wish to be smarter than him.”Another flash of the wings, “Now you are Woman.”
Stormy Weathers about 13 years ago
uh, x-Tech, you’re supposed to critique the cartoon.
lewisbower about 13 years ago
You should have seen my mighty feats of courage and strength when I almost conquered the spider with a young (/) screaming crowd (1) of half naked native women screaming at my bravery. Such tales iof daring do have not been seen since B.C.
GROG Premium Member about 13 years ago
Good Sunday Morning, Fellow Cave Dwellers.
walkingmancomics about 13 years ago
“Alas, the stealthy hunter”? (panel three). Not, “At last”? proof-reader, beware!
tripwire45 about 13 years ago
Most of us would starve if we had to hunt for our own food.
yohannbiimu about 13 years ago
Actually, I’m impressed. You gotta be pretty fast to catch one of those buggers. They’ve got 10,000 eyes (or something to that effect).
Gameguy49 Premium Member about 13 years ago
Dragonflies eat mosquitoes, don’t kill them! (Unless you are a lily-livered mosquito lover)
dfowensby about 13 years ago
actually, the throwaways were the better part of this one.
TexTech about 13 years ago
Reminds me of an old Tubleweeds strip where Limpid Lizard goes in search of buffalo to make buffalo robes for the Chief’s daughter. He returns only to offer her chipmunk pelt doilies.
Hunter7 about 13 years ago
Either the proofreader was on vacation or the planned joke was changed in mid-strip. I prefer to think the plan was …“Alas, the cunning stealthy hunter….” with after the “death or glory” panel we have a raptor returning the said mighty hunter to the Fat Broad. Meatier soup.
JAMES09 about 13 years ago
some mighty hunter he turned out to be…. :-)
Josie718 about 13 years ago
And he is so proud of himself too…. I just love his face in the last scene…. and hers too..lol
DavidGBA about 13 years ago
x-tech, do they make a good couple?