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The artist has successfully portrayed the two sales ladies looking annoyed at the unglamorous shopper who has dared to interrupt their chat about important matters such as their respective sex lives. Of course, the shopper wants to be served but has hoped that her sarcasm will shame them into complying. The chances are that she has not succeeded.
Obviously, this cartoon is mocking a literal belief in the afterlife. The other denizens of heaven seen here could hardly all have been dressed with wings and halos at their moment of their death.
This small boy can see the relationship between cause and effect. I doubt that a real chemistry set would contain a liquid as toxic as the one shown here.
I’m guessing that this carton is deeply ironic – no authority would have agreed to such an outlandish concept. The founders of the Serene Republic would have had to authorise themselves.
She has accepted that he is going to be killed. She now is concerned how to drive away from this place. She demands that he should drop the keys although he cannot benefit from this act. Another example of Gallows Humour.