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A huge mecha made of pieces of oil refineries, gas pumps and oil tanker legs emerges out of the water
the first three panels feature ordinary people looking distressed while filling up their cars with gas. the last panel shows several businessmen surrounded by oil company logos manicially laughing while money rains down
An ice cream truck pulls up to a gas pump, the driver asks the attendant "can you swirl them?"
Man leaning out of a car talking to another says "I figure, the sooner the oil reserves are used up, the sooner we'll put all these fossil fuel problems behind us."
A 6 panel cartoon, each poking fun at fossil fuel dependency
man drives past a gas sign with his eyes bugging out of his head. where the prices should be it says "MARKET PRICE"
a man presents a hat to another man filling up his gas tank. the first man says "a white maga ten gallon cowboy hat- a free gift from president trump that more than compensates for the temporary increase in gas prices". tag at the b ottom reads: purchased by the u.s. goft from trump industries. made in china. do not wear in rain.

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THINK THIS THROUGH BEFORE YOU DIY

There are a lot of chores that I’m perfectly happy to let someone else do for me. It’s not that I’m incapable of doing many of them. Yes, I know how to mow my lawn, or fix a leaky faucet, or change the oil in my car. But is that really how I want to spend Saturday morning, when I could, instead be working on the crossword puzzle and counting how many charms are in a box of Lucky Charms? And maybe piling all the four-leaf-clovers into one significant spoonful, possibly enough to win the pot of gold at the end of the pick 6 rainbow with one swallow?
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