other-riddles-of-the-sphinx

A six-panel comic in which a man approaches a giant stone Sphinx face. The Sphinx announces that to pass, the man must answer its riddle, and the man agrees. But it is the man, not the Sphinx, who poses the riddle: 'Why is it that fingerbanging is similar to a computerized record-player?' The Sphinx protests, 'What the hell, Sphinx? That's not a cool riddle,' addressing the riddle-asker as if the man were the Sphinx and the roles were confused. The Sphinx adds that this way you can't ask a friend for help. The man complains he isn't going to sit around all day thinking about aspects of fingerbanging. The Sphinx delivers the answer: each is both digital and analog. The man groans, 'Come on!' In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the Sphinx's face shows its mouth wide open as it exclaims 'Solid gold!', proud of its terrible pun.