The Cat Always Wins

Paul Noth is a cartoonist for The New Yorker.  This is the zenith of cartoon publishing.  Only the best of the best are published in this magazine.  As you may know, some folks buy the magazine for the cartoons and that's all they see.  I read the entire magazine but I also love the cartoons.

Some of you may know Paul Noth as the guest writer for Conan O'Brien who created "Pale Force."

I particularly love this cartoon.  It was in one of the September issues of The New Yorker.  Think about the stereotypes for cats and dogs.  Most are in this cartoon.  Of course the cat, who is winning all the money, doesn't have a tell.  Cats are inscrutable.

On the other hand, every one of the of dogs has a tell.  The happy ones with tales wagging, the sad one, the angry one, the cunning one, probably all think they have a chance.  But they might as well give it up.

The cat always wins.


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