2025-06-25

Caption:

“Well, we’ve tried every device and you still won’t talk—every device, that is, except this little baby we simply call ‘Mr. Thingy.’”

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Some background on this comic:

Transcript (top left):

"Uh-oh...He's using the thingy."

Transcript (top right):

"So! Still won't talk?..I guess it's time to use a little device we like to call around there 'the thingy.'"

Transcript (bottom left):

This cartoon developed as shown, and I was satisfied with the final—except to say I'm always worried some people will try to figure out what exactly it is that the "Mr. Thingy" does. (I'm sure this is a residual paranoia from the "Cow tools" cartoon, see page 156.)
- I think Far Side readers just have to come to terms with the fact that Gary Larson likes to draw strange contraptions of dubious usefulness.
The thingie with the stick didn't work, so now we try the thingie with the carrot, lol
I love how "Cow Tools" comes back to haunt him.