Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for August 12, 2011

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    loganswift  about 13 years ago

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    Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 13 years ago

    BIG BIG BUG!!!

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    arye uygur  about 13 years ago

    Why did I need to read the side cartoon to be able to understand this week’s Tom…?

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    phuhknees  about 13 years ago

    I saved & opened the image in GIMP. It’s 251.8 MB, 63.375 inches wide by 84.847 inches high It looks just about the right size at 12.5% magnification (in GIMP, get it here; it’s FREE!) By the way, the comic would have drawn a chuckle from Chuck Heston. Then he would have shot it for being too big for it’s britches…

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    Fred Kuechenmeister  about 13 years ago

    thanks phuh knees, but not worth the effort…

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    Kvasir42 Premium Member about 13 years ago

    You can also click on the “framed print” option and then enlarge.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Aristotle defined Man as “the rational animal”. The important part is the “rational”.

    But reason is volitional and not automatic. Think of all the people you’ve known who, at some critical time in their lives, stop thinking and go entirely with their emotions, often to (self-) destructive effect. Emotions are valuable parts of life, but they can’t distinquish truth from falsehood, least of all right from wrong. To be ruled by emotions alone is the only choice for other animals, but to be human is to chose to think. “Think” is more than an old IBM advertising slogan; it is the human moral imperative.

    And if you disagree, you may want to think more about it.

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    DrZhicago  about 13 years ago

    I clicked the framed print option, then went back, and it displayed normally.

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    Anarcissie  about 13 years ago

    I don’t think humans are particularly rational. It has been said, accurately I think, that humans use reason only when every other method of dealing with a problem has failed. But maybe it’s not as efficient or effective as it’s reputed to be.

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    runar  about 13 years ago

    The reason Republicans didn’t evolve is because they think primate change is a hoax.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 13 years ago

    Sorry, Eryx, Charley doesn’t want fellow apes with good taste, he wants apes that taste good.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 13 years ago

    By the way, runar, my reaction to your “Primate Change” pun was the same as Huxley’s reaction to Darwin’s Origin of Species: It’s so obvious in retrospect that I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it myself.

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    Twowheelrich  about 13 years ago

    I played The Kinks-Apeman after reading this weeks most excellent strip- and it kind of pulled it all together for me. Nice to see Charlie working again for you Mr. Bolling.

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    Michelle Morris  about 13 years ago

    I love The Kinks! I’ve always considered them the Court Jesters of the Brit-rock hierarchy.

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