Famously, partly pea soup!
calliope
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Cake day: February 4th, 2026
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I think it might just be for the sight gag of the snake’s skeleton, but I could be wrong.
It’s hard to think of something sillier than having a snake skeleton as a jumpscare from a closet, while also making it somewhat straightforward to draw.
I genuinely didn’t get it, but the Disqus link helped.
Knut Døsen Lunde (the Disqus commenter) said:
Pack up all your cares and woes
Here I go singing low,
bye bye blackbird.
(Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon)Bye Bye Blackbird is considered a popular “standard,” which makes a lot of sense for a The Far Side.
El queso es viejo y mohosa.