Anatomy of a Kelpie - Sheldon® Comic Strip

TITLE: Anatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of a Kelpie

DESCRIPTION: A dapple-grey horse rises out of a splash of water, his front legs black, his wet main dark and scraggly. The back half of him is a fishtail, with a fin along its back.

JOKES:
- Kelpies are horse-shaped water spirits famous in Scotland for luring riders to horrible, watery deaths.
- (points to previous joke) “SCOTLAND: WE KEEP IT FUN!”
- It’s like Scotland invented Uber, but got all the key parts wrong.
- Kelpies lure riders onto their backs, then trap them with adhesive skin, “Gluing” them in place.
- (points to previous joke) 3M “post-it note” scientists are furiously taking notes.
- A Kelpie gets invented when a horse girl is also a goth girl.
- Entirely too committed tot the “wet look” hair trend
- Has the energy of a guy who wears no shirt to the grocery store.
- (points to previous joke) Like, we get it, dude: the grocery store is two blocks from the beach. PUT A SHIRT ON.
- Has the unyielding drive of a Crossfit instructor who just got divorced.

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