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A Bent Pinky cartoon by Scott Metzger, sent to me by Tom Limoncelli:

(#1)

A play on The Cat in the Hat, with the nice final rhyme:

… a cake and a cup / … shut the fuck up!

(but with fuck disguised by obscenicons).

The original book:

(#2)

and the model text:

It is fun to have fun
But you have to know how.
I can hold up the cup
And the milk and the cake!
I can hold up these books!
And the fish on a rake!
I can hold the toy ship
And a little toy man!
And look! With my tail
I can hold a red fan!
I can fan with the fan
As I hop on the ball!
But that is not all.

On the Bent Pinky, from Metzger himself:

The title The Bent Pinky refers to the little finger on Scott Metzger¹s drawing hand. It¹s bent and a little twisted, much like his sense of humor. The Bent Pinky provides a humorous take on life, relationships, pets, parenthood, music, the internet, pop culture, and anything else that Scott¹s bent mind can conjure.

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