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This cartoon depicts an alleged event in the late 18th century, in which the meal of a French nobleman verbally warned its soon-to-be consumer that it had in fact been poisoned by disgruntled serfs, intent on doing away with their master. The story illustrates a retrospective attempt by survivors of the French Revolution and the Terror to create a clear set of events that foretold the troubles they would soon face. It would likely have been easier if these noblemen had looked out the windows of their giant houses and seen the numerous poverty-stricken lepers who were slowly chewing through their ivy-covered gates, intent on destroying everything these noblemen cared about.
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One machine of the future that will sell well is the umbrella. Despite dire forecasts of rain consisting of fire, brimstone, cats, dogs, frogs, meatballs, and comically large cheeseburgers, weather patterns in the future will stay fairly similar to current conditions, ensuring the continued relevance of the umbrella in man’s endless war against the elements.
Most cases of rabbit puberty are fairly mild, only involving small amounts of acne and a slight lengthening of the front teeth. More severe cases, like the one pictured above, result in the rabbit being banished from the rabbit community. In many situations, this leads to exiled pubescent rabbits attempting to join human society. The most successful example of this was “Harrison Egbert Barnberg,” a rabbit who became mayor of Stockton, California from 1886–1892. His actual identity was only revealed after his passing, when his children allowed their startling long, white ears to be seen at his funeral.
The Mole-People were slow to rediscover some of the greatest inventions of mankind, but when they did, they did it with a vengeance. The “Spork”, the “Duffel Bag”, and the “incandescent lightbulb” followed soon after the earliest rediscoveries pictured above. The Mole-People Renaissance was short-lived however, soon followed by mud-wrestling and a flat-out refusal by most Mole-People to stop eating their young.