Was there originally another question answered in this column? I can’t figure out the right half of Slug’s drawing at all.
I looked in the 1988 More of the Straight Dope book. It showed no other question.
That doesn’t mean there wasn’t one in the original column.
Of course, Slug is a mutant. There’s no logic to what he draws.
Well, only his logic.
There IS logic. If you look at the question, it mentions “slugs:”
The illustration shows a baby with Q-Tips in his ears, a slug, and a geoduck, as in the slug column.
If you pour salt on slugs . . .
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