WHAT IS A MAN?!

[kane_magus]

It took me a bit before I got it, but this is rather funny (assuming you've played SotN, of course).

And now I'm off to play Fable II for the entire weekend, minus time for sleeping and eating.

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[kitten-faust.livejournal.com]

It helps if you're a little versed in classical literature. (I saw this a couple of weeks ago, and I "got" it thanks to the last panel, but it wasn't as funny as it could have been.)

[kane-magus.livejournal.com]

I knew the answer to riddle and the background of the sphinx and all that right off. That wasn't what stumped me. I just didn't realize what Castlevania had to do with it at first. Then I pictured Dracula actually saying the answer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfjBRngsM60) to the riddle out loud, and in the Jeopardy format implied by the game show setting... and that's when it clicked, and became funny. It's surprisingly rather subtle, which is why it impressed me.