Re: Please explain this gag cartoon

Lars Eighner said:
> In our last episode,
> <20e89faf-c2be-4c28-8607-fa04ac01613d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> the lovely and talented Brettster broadcast on alt.fan.cecil-adams:
>
>> I was a fan of MAD Magazine in my youth, and recently picked up an
>> old book of collected cartoons by Sergio Aragones, the guy who drew
>> all of those "Mad Marginals." I always liked his mostly wordless gag
>> cartoons.
>
>> But here's one in the book that absolutely mystifies me:
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/65p732
>
>> What's the joke?
>
> There often was not a big joke to marginal stuff.  In this case, the
> kid has grabbed for the brass ring --- which should have popped out
> in his hand, to be exchanged for a free ride on the merry-go-round.
> It's a just-my-luck sort of sadsack thing.  The ring not only fail to
> detach, but also the kid was yanked off his horse.

Heh...you said "yanked."

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