The logical conclusion
In Japan, each Shinkansen (bullet train) station has stores selling gift items with a theme that combines the Shinkansen and some local speciality. One of the official specialities in Gifu Prefecture is cormorant fishing, leading to the inevitable consequences:
What I love here is the absolute blind adherence to the pattern: this is a Shinkansen soup bowl for children; Gifu Prefecture’s speciality is cormorant fishing; ergo, the Shinkansen is cormorant fishing. Will the fishing boat hold the Shinkansen’s weight? Do Shinkansen eat fish? How is the Shinkansen holding onto the leashes? The artist doesn’t even try to solve any of these problems: the leashes just come up to the Shinkansen and end.
Wow.
