How did the cows feel about being milked by an octopus?

[dochermes]

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[wt_1]

"We need to switch to a different brand of milk, honey. This stuff tastes like calamari!"

[dochermes]

*Snort!* That never occurred to me.

"Topo, did you wash your tentacles first?"

[baron_waste]

ANY liquid?  Y' know, we could test that statement - and don't bother milking the cow…

[dochermes]

"...and don't bring a so-called Five-Pack of Bud because you drank a bottle on the way back!"

mlp

[anonymous]

Somewhere the Sub-mariner is shaking his head saying, "This guy is making us look bad."

Re: mlp

[dochermes]

Aquaman snorts. "You know how merchandise I sell each year? You know how much my Saturday morning cartoon raked in? I was married to a hot redhead with flippers for feet while you were trying to get to second base with Sue Storm."

[wt_1]

Ever since I can remember, I've been more than willing to suspend my disbelief in order to enjoy numerous forms of fantasy entertainment, but octopuses milking cows stretches my credibility in ways Nature never intended it to be stretched, especially since I can't iimagine how they could have crawled to that farm in the first place, unless it was very close to the shore. If this comic is from the mid-sixties or a few years later, I have to believe it ties into the discussiion from a few days ago about the possible influence of mind altering substances on some of the TV shows from that era.

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[dochermes]

There's a limit for everything, I guess. For me, it was people standing next to the blazing Human Torch in a small room without seeming the least bit uncomfortable. ("Dammit Johnny, it must a hundred and ten in here, will you turn that flame OFF?")

[wt_1]

I really have to think the artist was seriously amused by the idea of an octopus milking a cow and was determined to draw it no matter what. There would have been a water trough for the cattle in the barn that could have easily supplied all the liquid Aquaman needed without resorting to such extreme measures. That said, the image definitely has an absurd appeal, and I think it would look fantastic painted on black velvet!

[full_metal_ox]

but octopuses milking cows stretches my credibility in ways Nature never intended it to be stretched, especially since I can't imagine how they could have crawled to that farm in the first place, unless it was very close to the shore.

Ah, but therein lies the brilliant simplicity of the scheme: it was simply a matter of domesticating the indigenous Pacific Northwest Tree Octopi: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

[jhall1]

I wonder if Ringo Starr was influenced by this in writing his magnum opus, "An Octopus's Garden".

[dochermes]

It's very unlikely. The story goes he was vacationing in Greece with some other rock star whose name eludes me when he got the idea.

Now, Paul did mention "Titanium Man" and "Crimson Dynamo" in a song, as I recall, so he seems to have been exposed to a least an Iron Man comic or two.