part 2

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There is a humorous cartoon that has been around for a few years. It comprises 10 separate images, each one with an explanation beneath it. The first image shows a tree with two ropes hanging from one side branch and three seats stacked one above the other, each suspended on the ropes to form a ‘three-level swing’. The caption reads ‘How the customer explained it’. The next image shows the tree trunk cut in half horizontally with a rope hanging from a branch on either side of the trunk (these branches need big structures to support them as the trunk is now severed) and a single swing seat that now swings through the gap made by the tree trunk, which is now in two parts. The caption underneath it reads ‘How the engineer designed ...

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