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66 This or That Pun Cartoons

Comparison may be the thief of joy, but it is also the subject of these cartoons.

In this comparison cartoon, we see a sun rise (the sun peaking out into the sky behind a crowing rooster) next to a sun raise (the sun sitting at its boss's desk while the boss congratulations the sun on getting a raise to $18.75/hour!)
The sun is setting so early because it has to go to its second job. $18.75 an hour isn't enough during inflation in this solar system!

Tags: this or that

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In this comparison cartoon, we see Cheese, Great (i.e. Swiss cheese that just happens to be great!) versus a cheese grater. It is a play on great and its comparative form, greater.
Levels of cheese greatness, explained

Tags: food, this or that

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In this comparison cartoon that plays on the phrase, "True Colors," we see two groups of colors - one, true colors, the other, lying colors. The true colors say true facts (the sky is blue, etc) whereas the lying colors lie ("Fire is pretty cold.")
The lying colors will have to issue a color correction.

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In this comparison cartoon, we see Moby Nice, a white whale apologizing to Ahab and inviting him to his Presidents' Day party, versus Moby Dick, who is just being mean to Captain Ahab.
No, I didn’t read the book. Why do you ask?

Tags: literature, this or that

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In this comparison cartoon, we see a fiddler crab (those crabs with one big claw) next to a violinist crab - a classy bow-tie-wearing crab holding a violin saying, "Well, when I was at Julliard..."
Crustaceans, explained

Tags: animals, music, this or that

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In this comparison cartoon, we see a U-Boat (a submarine used in World War II), next to a me boat, a boat that says, "Why yes, I am a boat!" U may be a boat, but Me also is a boat.
Today, we are all boat.

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In this comparison cartoon, we see an electric eel next to a gas-powered eel (an eel being filled up with gasoline from a pumping station)
Feeling nostalgic for the days of hand-cranked eels

Tags: animals, this or that, fish

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It's an allosaurus next to nothing, which, in dinosaur terminology, would be a nothingosaurus.
Studies show that the allosaurus actually evolved into the nothingosaurus. #extinction

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First, we see a drawing of a plum tomato. Next to it is a drawing of a plumber tomato, which is, of course, a tomato in overalls with a mustache and a wrench, ready to fix a leak.
Comparative adjectives, explained

Tags: food, this or that

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A crash test dummy next to a person acing a test on the physics of inelastic collisions.
A crash course in. crash courses

Tags: this or that, science

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