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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.

A purple butterfly in a suit, labeled "President Butterfly" stands next to an orange butterfly with a crown and queen ensemble, labeled "Monarch Butterfly."
More forms of government deserve butterflies!

Tags: this or that

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A bobcat, next to a cat with a bob hairdo.
I learned a valuable lesson from this drawing: that cats would look much more fashionable if they just wore wigs.

Tags: animals, cat, this or that

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We see complementary angles (a 60 degree and a 30 degree one) next to some complimentary angels, praising each other's halos and wings.
Geometry, explained

Tags: math, this or that

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One can - a can of soda -- next to "two cans," which are just a pair of toucans.
A counting tutorial

Tags: math, this or that, bird

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In this comparison cartoon, we see a pure bred shih tzu next to pure bread - a.k.a. a loaf of bread
Public service announcement

Tags: animals, food, this or that, dog

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An aristocrat from the landed gentry stands next to an airplane filled with aristocrats - the almost landed gentry
A lesson in historical terminology

Tags: this or that

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In this comparison cartoon, we see a trap door next to a Von Trapp door, which is a door wearing clothes made out of curtains singing "Doe a Deer" (from the movie The Sound of Music.)
Beware of doors wearing repurposed curtains!

Tags: film, this or that

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In this pun on the phrase "Muad'Dib" (which arguably means messiah in Frank Herbert's Dune), we see Paul Atreides, the muad'dib, next to a cow, who is the Moo- a-dib.
Obviously his mother would be names Lady Bessy-ca

Tags: literature, this or that, cow

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In this comparison cartoon, we see 5 stages of words that use R, B, and T. 1: Robot. 2: Robot Rowboat (a bot in a boat) 3. the above Reboot (a DVD called Boating Bytes 2) 4.the above Rebate (cash back!) 5. the above Rabbit (a bunny bought with rebate cash
Oy.

Tags: this or that, robot

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In this comparison cartoon, we see a cactus, a cattus (a cactus standing like a cactus), and a quacktus (a duck standing with its arms in the shape of a cactus).
I think if there were AI built to predict my subject matter that spurted out “sort of close but slightly off” cartoon ideas, this would be its greatest hit.

Tags: cat, this or that

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