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[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I always love seeing this comic here and there and thinking back to the original infamous question posed by many commenters: "what's up with the eye not on their head?"

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

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[–] Hupf@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago

The most disturbing aspect of Zach's works.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ah yes. I was once in an apprenticeship by a lutheran farmer. Always wondered, why are you thanking god for the meal we put our own work in?

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It has been and still is common for crops to be randomly blighted. There is less of it now with science but good crops require good weather even now so farmers do play the lottery every year no matter how hard they work. It's why "losing the farm" is such a common trope.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So you thank god for not ruining your crop?

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That question earned you a year of blighting. Any more critical thought you would like to have?

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 2 years ago

Fasnacht starts tommorow here, that drives the blight away.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

The trick is to say grace after you have done eating. Then you have someone clean your dishes for you for free.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Oh no, we forgot to set a place for Elijah!"

"..."

[–] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I lived with a roommate big into the concept of Elijah. Being raised atheist, I'd never heard of it. So every meal, one extra place setting. It was odd, but there were 5 of us at a large dining room table, so not a huge deal. Because we had a lot of oddball friends, sometimes people showed up unannounced, and we always had a place for them to sit. I thought aloud, "well, that was convenient, but what if Elijah showed up?"

"How do you know that wasn't Elijah?" he'd retort.