# Google-fu masters, can you find this comic strip? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-masters-can-you-find-this-comic-strip/798744 "2017-10-13T18:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-masters-can-you-find-this-comic-strip/798744/1 "2017-10-13T18:02:15Z")
It was from the Overboard comic strip (the one about pirates anachronistically operating in today’s world). The theme of the strip was that one of the pirates had their hand stuck in a cookie jar; Captain Crow advises him to let go of some of the cookies so he can get his hand out; hours later night has fallen and the pirate still has his hand stuck in the jar. Does anyone anywhere have this strip archived? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-masters-can-you-find-this-comic-strip/798744/2 "2017-10-13T23:33:24Z")
You’re sure that you’re not thinking of the Simpsons gag with the vending machines? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-masters-can-you-find-this-comic-strip/798744/3 "2017-10-14T01:38:01Z")
Well, GoComics has the whole thing archived here: [First Overboard by Chip Dunham for August 20, 1990 - GoComics](http://www.gocomics.com/overboard/1990/08/20). That’s a quarter-century plus, but happy digging!