Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 10, 2024

Cut the cords.

There are too many strings attached.

Mario? Mario Puzo? Is that you up there?

It as if an occult hand was reached down from above and pulled the strings of puppets below.

The longer nose suggests Pinocchio but these are none of the themes of that book.

Door Slam! Broken nose!

If his nose still grows every time he tells a lie, this should prove to be interesting.

Just watch his nose grow

Godpetto?

Barrack, is that you up there?

Not strings, noodles! May the Flying Spaghetti Monster watch over you and bring you peace. Ramen

Everybody has somebody or something pulling their strings.

The strings of religion are the equivalent of a noose.

No way. Your prophet is cricket.

If she agrees, how does he get into the house?

Oh no, not another Geppetto’s Witness!

“We’re all puppets. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.” —Dr. Manhattan, curiously for an atheist