Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Heathcliff Analyzed

Having no luck selling minnows or clams, the bait salesman offers the fisherman "peppered cat."

Heathcliff has approached a bait booth with his paw glued to a box. Instead of assisting, the bait salesman sprinkles the glued paw with ground pepper. This can possibly be forgiven as the salesman may have thought that the box contained some sort of food which needed pepper. However, at the same time, the salesman is offering a fisherman some ground pepper, despite the fact that the fisherman is holding nothing but a fishing pole.

Further proof of the salesman's insanity are the two fish silhouettes on the side of the booth. Possibly this guy has delusions that he's a fighter pilot who has shot down a couple of whales.

The fisherman has yellow shoes.