Can you guess the meaning of these Droodles?

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I wore out that red-covered book as a kid. “Explosion in a pizza factory” indeed. If I had gotten to meet Price I would’ve plotzed.

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But, witches float (according to Monty Python witch logic)

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“Ship arriving too late to save falsely accused witch.”

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Wasn’t just ON a FZ album cover, the album was actually named “Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch”.

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I was close:
Elephant learning to make olive oil.
Four anteaters reaching for the last cookie
Wedding guests arriving at the outdoor dance floor

Maybe not that last one.

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  1. Unpopular band playing at the second stage at a festival.
  2. X-Wing about to impact a wall, pilot’s view.
  3. Elephant angel dancing.
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GRUMP!
I received a subscription, when another mag ended its run, closed the doors. A booby prize that soon was a favorite…
and, wow; the cool factor!

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A classic doodle by Kurt Vonnegut.

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  1. MMO billiards with first 4 players in the cue queue.

Oh here’s a challenge. List your three in haiku meter.

Pool roulette beneath
pachydermal abrasion
A shotgun? Just mist.

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  1. An elephant stepping on a marble.
  2. Moonshot
  3. Overturned box of bees.
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portrait of the u.s.a.'s 45th president?

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That’s actually an “official” alternate title for #2: “Crisis in the pool hall”.

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I’ll take the haiku challenge:

Four swings and misses.
Tightwire marble mammoth act.
Sand outside the box.

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Proud member of Droodle Nation here.

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And also featured a song of the same name, along with the more well known tune Valley Girl. But this is my favorite track on the album:

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I’ve never seen or heard of the book but we used to do these types of drawing as kids.

Aaaand a quick google search turns up one I remember: kkk-well

Four Klansmen looking down a well.

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Should hang in the White House as the official portrait of the 45th president.

Man, I remember these from this mention in the Time Life Book “Our Fabulous Century” in the fad’s section of the 1950’s volume. As I kid I would go though those books and it was the place I learned about things like the 1939 worlds fair.

Also gotta say, scanners can be a real goddamed pain sometimes.

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Thanks for taking the time and trouble to scan!

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