Comic 179

Democracy at work

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Title: 20,000 leeks under the sea - part 2

Date: April 17, 2006

Summary: Of poor voter turn out, cannibalism and whales.

Cast: Beaver, Steve, Timmy the Turnip

Onomatopoeias used: "CROSSED TURNIP FINGERS", "KICK!", "LOOM!", "SWOOOSH!", "FORESHADOW!"

Number of panels: 6

Transcript

Panel 1

Beaver, Steve and Timmy are still afloat on the open sea.
"Shortly..."
Steve: "After carefully counting and re-counting the votes, the results are now in..."
Timmy with CROSSED TURNIP FINGERS
Timmy: "Come on, come oooon..."

Panel 2

Steve: "It was a disappointing 33% turn-out at the polls, but the result is unanimous: We have to kill and eat Beaver.
Timmy KICK!ing
Timmy: "What?? I bet HE doesn't contain 135 mg of Potassium!"

Panel 3

Steve approaches Beaver with knife and fork ready.
Beaver: "Oh well, I guess you can't argue with Democracy!..."

Panel 4

"Meanwhile in the depths below, a huge shadow stirs"
A great whale-like shadow LOOM!ing.

Panel 5

"It is nature's most majestic creation: Tuberosum Macrocephalus"
(the shadow's tail SWOOOSH!ing)
"Also known as..."

Panel 6

"The Potato Whale!"
The great whale moves FORESHADOW!ing.

Fun Facts

Steve no only carries ballot papers and pens, but also a knife and fork.

Turnips have a 135 mg of Potassium

References

None.

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