This one was my wife’s idea. She stole my clip art CD, found this, and informed me of what this machine was and what it did. I in turn informed her that I was stealing this idea.
Tonight we had a 30-minute debate over whether nine monkeys and half a harp seal was a better choice than nine lemurs and half a moose (there was never an argument over the “nine” part of this, strangely,) whether the density of a beach chair versus a chaise lounge and the proportionate densities of their composite animals should be considered, and ultimately whether the owl should be a barn owl or a screech owl, or if I should throw a little treat to Dead Milkmen fans and make it a burrow owl.
The fact that this type of discussion is not by any means atypical in our relationship is probably one of the big reasons we’ve been together for over 11 years.
In other news, the PartiallyClips Church Bake Sale contest is now CLOSED to submissions! A small panel of judges hand-picked by me will choose their favorites this week, and you guys will get to vote on the finalists to pick a winner as soon as the favorites have been chosen and a voting page has been created by our wonderful webmistress Sara.
New strip on Friday – see you guys then!
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Chaise longue, actually. Literally means ‘long chair’. Though by google it seems half the world is already well into chaise lounge bastardization mode.
I guess it’s from the rogue/rouge variant.
Just being anal retentive for fun, never mind! I love your strips.
Whooooooooo, Dead Milkmen!
I want to be a dead milkman when I grow up…
Wait, what are we talking about?
You’re not exactly making it easy to resist coveting your wife there, neighbor.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUEERS ARE DOING TO THE SOIL?!?!?
When you say “nine head of oxen”, do you mean nine head of oxen or nine head of oxen? It is ambiguous under the circumstances.
Well if you where only using the heads you could turn the bodies into footstools and wouldn’t need a chaise lounge.
So, forgive me from being Captain Buzzkill here but, what is that machine actually doing? The wheels under the horse indicate some type of treadmill, but that does the “beach chair” do?
Chaise lounge might well be an “eggcorn. Ah yes, it’s in the database already.
Thanks for the correction – you guys have me wondering how many people would’ve written to correct me if I’d spelled it “longue,”
And I have no idea what the machine’s actually supposed to be doing. The filename of the clip art was “Agriculture 21.tif” if that helps.
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And thanks for showing me what an eggcorn is! The one that sticks in my craw has always been “you’ve got another thing coming,” which does not appear to be in the database.
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WHAT IT IS, maybe: I asked my friend who grew up on a midwest ranch. She said it looks like some sort of horse-treadmill-run thrashing machine. I prefer the lawn furniture maker, myself.
‘you guys have me wondering how many people would’ve written to correct me if I’d spelled it “longue,” ‘
Loads I suspect – but they would have been wrong.
To me, it looks like some kind of musical instrument. A sort of agricultural music-box.
@ MG: threshing machine, not thrashing machine. Since we’re doing the whole eggcorn thing. Although, thrashing machine is perhaps more interesting. “I’ll never tell! Domesticated horses couldn’t thrash it from me!”
Clearly it is a working design for putting the cart before the horse. Well, at least if it works. Otherwise it’s just what it looks like.
I thought it was a horse trailer done with terrible proportion and perspective.