Maybe it’s a Deliberate Pun

rogersgeorge on January 8th, 2022

First panel. What are the hens doing? Laying or lying?

Little Dog Lost Comic Strip for November 25, 2021 — https://www.gocomics.com/littledoglost/2021/11/25

The hen says “lay.” But is she referring to laying eggs or being passive and lying in their nests? Maybe the author is wrong; maybe he’s presenting the hen as somewhat illiterate.

Don’t you be illiterate!

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