Speed has hit upon the idea of asking whether any museums are missing mammoth tusks, since the only extant mammoth tusks are in museums.
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| "It seems so simple when you explain it, Holmes!" |
Returning to his roustabout duties, Speeds observes Elkins The Animal Man.
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| Do you think circuses have jodhpur wranglers to iron all those pants? |
All is well, unless, you know, the elephant goes wild.
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| Hate it when that happens. |
I guess you can only stare at jodhpurs so long without losing it.
The elephant charges Joe (and, by extension, us, as well).
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| I could swear I saw this scene in a "Shylock Fox" strip. |
Joe Sampson, the Circus Strongman, is so panicked he runs straight through the Fourth Wall and into our reality, becoming the inspiration for Grant Morrison's Flex Mentallo.
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| Jumbo. I knew the elephant's name would be Jumbo. |
Elkins proves himself master of not only animals but oxymorons as well.
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| That... is a perfectly solid reason why Jumbo would attack Joe. It's not Horton, for Geisel's sake. |
Like any investigator worth his salt, Speed blames the victim and decides to search Joe Sampson's tent.
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| Don't worry, Speed. Given the randomness of your methods, I'm sure no one would suspect you to be a detective. |
Tomorrow: HELLO!
