No. Newspaper gag comic strip.
No.
Given the date, is the gag related to WWII?
This might be obvious to the point of being a stupid question, but in lateral thinking puzzles, it’s best not to assume anything: Does she do the thing with the cigar on the basis of what she overheard the boys say?
Does she misunderstand what they say?
Or does she understand perfectly, but then her thought process goes off in a wacky direction from there?
Is there any type of wordplay involved in the gag?
Is there anything else on or in the ground where she puts the cigar?
Is it her version of an endless flame?
No.
reply to dirtball:
This might be obvious to the point of being a stupid question, but in lateral thinking puzzles, it’s best not to assume anything: Does she do the thing with the cigar on the basis of what she overheard the boys say? Yes.
Does she misunderstand what they say? No.
Or does she understand perfectly, but then her thought process goes off in a wacky direction from there? Yes.
Is there any type of wordplay involved in the gag? No.
reply to Saint_Cad:
Is there anything else on or in the ground where she puts the cigar? Yes.
Is it her version of an endless flame?
No.
Is she trying to lure moths in, or scare birds away, or otherwise alter the behavior of animals?
In the first panel, do the boys mention any of the following:
Cigars specifically?
Smoking in general, or some aspect of it?
Fire in any context?
No.
reply to dirtball:
In the first panel, do the boys mention any of the following:
Cigars specifically? No.
Smoking in general, or some aspect of it? Yes.
Fire in any context? No.
Did she do this as a money making venture? (previous Nancy posts involved a car stopping on a dime, and collecting shoes)
Did it involve an idiom that she took literally (like the car ‘stopping on a dime.’)?
Were the boys talking about smoking in the sense of inhaling burning tobacco?
Or smoke generated in some other way?
No to all.
Talking about smoking in the sense of inhaling burning tobacco.
Was Nancy trying to stunt the growth of worms in the yard ?
Did it have to do with smoking being unhealthy?
Did it have to do with smoking cigars in celebration?
No. So close.
Yes to unhealthy. No to celebration.