I’m glad Zach brought up bananas because they have strings. You might not call them strings. You might call them “stringy things,” but what is a stringy thing if not a string? The adjective “stringy” ...

It would be impossible to overstate the usefulness of string. Our lives are practically built on it: as Shakespeare stated, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players, but ...

That’s what I love about Cartoon Brew, I learn something new everyday! I never knew anything about string holders. The Bosko and Honey pieces I posted yesterday turned out to be string holders from ...

At first glance, the cartoon shows something seemingly joyful—a kite soaring high in the sky, labeled Economy. But look closer at the string: it isn’t just tethered to the hand of the smiling ...

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