[0020] Failures Of Mankind
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Monday, 29 Dec 2008 by Novil

[0020] Failures Of Mankind

Sometimes readers ask cartoonists where they get their ideas for their strips. In this case, the answer should be pretty obvious.

  • Sandra: Mankind: Not capable of building working International Space Stations, Large Hadron Colliders and coat zippers.
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  1. Odos says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 00:40  (Quote)

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    oh so true… those zippers work ONCE and then are useless… the zipper on my coat actually fell off, so you know.

  2. GabrielsThoughts says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 05:21  (Quote)

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    hmm… you know Ironically this exact same thing happened today.

  3. CW Tyger says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 09:58  (Quote)

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    You rule a lot for mentioning the LHC. ^^

  4. jup-reindeer says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 10:33  (Quote)

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    Yup. Got a coat that can’t be zipped up, too.

  5. SEA says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 11:29  (Quote)

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    Hate those coat zippers. Good thing i don’t need them here.

  6. keroko says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 12:27  (Quote)

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    Ah yes, a problem which we struggle with every day. Especially when we are in a hurry.

  7. reynard61 says:
    Monday, 29 December 2008 at 23:04  (Quote)

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    I’ve never had too many problems with metal zippers. (Other than the occasional tooth falling out of some of my more ancient coats.) My problem tends to be with those plastic spiral-tooth zippers that either break or unravel from their foundation-strip and are nearly impossible to repair/replace without ruining the garment (usually very expensive) to which they’re attached.

  8. Khaalai says:
    Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 01:46  (Quote)

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    My coat zippers work very well. But most trousers have their second zipper, because I killed the original one in a ‘zipper-won’t-f*cking-work’-rage XD
    luckily my grandma could always fix the problem :D DDDDD

  9. fairportfan says:
    Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 20:15  (Quote)

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    Many years ago, i bought a Really Great leather jacket for $20 in a thrift shop; with sales tax, $21.

    It had a busted zipper.

    Cost to replace zipper: $21.

    With Sales Tax, $22.05.

  10. mynameisracoon says:
    Wednesday, 7 January 2009 at 05:22  (Quote)

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    lol…that is why i usually go for non zippered if i can

  11. Megaket says:
    Monday, 12 January 2009 at 16:59  (Quote)

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    I had that problem in my younger days. Even though Im not even 16 yet…

    But that was sure bothering. Also, an AWESOME point more to you for you mentioning the LHC.

    :3

  12. Acord01 says:
    Wednesday, 18 February 2009 at 09:41  (Quote)

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    So true. My LHC broke today. It’s gonna be awhile before I have enough to buy a new one :(

  13. BobisOnlyBob says:
    Friday, 10 April 2009 at 21:38  (Quote)

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    @fairportfan
    Funny, I bought a leather jacket in a charity shop (thrift store) a few years back, and that had a broken zipper when I bought it. I’ve never bothered to have it fixed, because it still has snap fasteners that do the job in a pinch.

  14. Torsten Adair says:
    Thursday, 18 June 2009 at 00:05  (Quote)

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    Nice use of Asterix swearing in the third panel…

    My zipper problem is when a tooth is skipped, and it causes the zipper to open in the middle (on my backpack. pants are okay.)

  15. Roboute Guillman says:
    Friday, 15 January 2010 at 06:25  (Quote)

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    I’ve had the same problem with at least four backpacks… So frustrating. The moments is only made worse, when the thing snaps in two. ;-;

  16. minetruly says:
    Friday, 9 April 2010 at 03:35  (Quote)

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    Another person giving you MAJOR PROPS for mentioning the LHC.

    I hear they currently need to fix it in order for it to run at full power, but cuz everyone’s been itching to smash things with it, they’re going to operate at half power for a year first.

  17. Swiftrunner says:
    Saturday, 17 April 2010 at 16:17  (Quote)

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    Hmmm… why do those things never work?

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