GINNY: Knock knock! How many chickens does it take to cross the road?
HEDWIG: That’s not how it goes, honey. I think you’re mixing up the light bulb joke and the chicken joke!

GINNY: I don’t know what those are! I’m putting this NEW thing out there. Why does everything have to be derivative? Why are you pushing me to conform into some stale old mold? Got to match your hundred-year-old expectations?

HEDWIG: You’re right. I’m sorry. I don’t know, how many chickens does it take to cross the road?
GINNY: What?
HEDWIG: What’s the answer?

GINNY: It’s not a riddle, dude, it’s rhetorical!
HEDWIG: But that’s not funny.
GINNY: MAN you are trying to put me in BOX after BOX

{{header: knock knock! who’s WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The answer, by the way, is three: one to stop traffic, one to dart across, and one to stay behind and answer the door.}}

#760; The Tiniest Alt-Comic transcribed by in

GINNY: Knock knock! How many chickens does it take to cross the road?
HEDWIG: That’s not how it goes, honey. I think you’re mixing up the light bulb joke and the chicken joke!

HEDWIG: You’re right. I’m sorry. I don’t know, how many chickens does it take to cross the road?
GINNY: What?
HEDWIG: What’s the answer?

GINNY: It’s not a riddle, dude, it’s rhetorical!
HEDWIG: But that’s not funny.
GINNY: MAN you are trying to put me in BOX after BOX

{{header: knock knock! who’s WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The answer, by the way, is three: one to stop traffic, one to dart across, and one to stay behind and answer the door.}}

#760; The Tiniest Alt-Comic transcribed by in

GINNY: Knock knock! How many chickens does it take to cross the road?
HEDWIG: That's not how it goes, honey. I think you're mixing up the light bulb joke and the chicken joke!

GINNY: I don't know what those are! I'm putting this NEW thing out there. Why does everything have to be derivative? Why are you pushing me to conform into some stale old mold? Got to match your hundred-year-old expectations?

HEDWIG: You're right. I'm sorry. I don't know, how many chickens does it take to cross the road?
GINNY: What?
HEDWIG: What's the answer?

GINNY: It's not a riddle, dude, it's rhetorical!
HEDWIG: But that's not funny.
GINNY: MAN you are trying to put me in BOX after BOX

{{header: knock knock! who's WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The answer, by the way, is three: one to stop traffic, one to dart across, and one to stay behind and answer the door.}}

The answer, by the way, is three: one to stop traffic, one to dart across, and one to stay behind and answer the door.

#760; The Tiniest Alt-Comic

— October 4th, 2011

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#760; The Tiniest Alt-Comic

— October 4th, 2011

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