On August 18, Ryan North, the creator of Dinosaur Comics, took his dog Chompsky for a walk around a Toronto skate park. It was raining when North went take a photo of Chompsky in the bowl and he subsequently found that they were stuck with no feasible means of egress. So North took to Twitter and posited a “hypothetical” question as if it were an interactive text adventure game.
If I climbed into this in the rain to get this picture and now couldn't get out, what should I do? Hypothetically pic.twitter.com/g5jdjbed5B
— HI IT'S ME RYAN (@ryanqnorth) August 18, 2015
These are the steps out but I can't get up then with Chompsky, am I definitely going to die here y/n pic.twitter.com/9JhK5O0rLy
— HI IT'S ME RYAN (@ryanqnorth) August 18, 2015
Several of his followers responded with well-meaning suggestions.
@ryanqnorth Action: Search surroundings
— Imaginary Thomas (@imaginarythomas) August 18, 2015
@ryanqnorth Like a skateboard, run from one side to the other until you have enough momentum to leave your hypothetical trap.
— murray (@muzrobertson) August 18, 2015
Tried but I need both arms to stay at the top with Chompsky and one is used up carrying him :( https://t.co/87cLabdyUZ
— HI IT'S ME RYAN (@ryanqnorth) August 18, 2015
.@ryanqnorth maybe use your tshirt and leash to build a body sling for chompsky to pull him out after you climb out.
— Daniel Baxter (@bearisgaming) August 18, 2015
No way to make shirt into sling big enough for Chompsky, now I am topless and stuck in a hole, please advise pic.twitter.com/4bhyO2QUgx
— HI IT'S ME RYAN (@ryanqnorth) August 18, 2015
North finally found the solution with a great idea suggested by Nicole Hoye.
@ryanqnorth Well.. pull yrself out, then use the leash to pull Chompsky's front half up, while grabbing his behind with the umbrella handle!
— Nicole Hoye (@iheartmuseums) August 18, 2015
IT WORKED!! I'M OUT OF THE HOLE! pic.twitter.com/x8QMgUxrSD
— HI IT'S ME RYAN (@ryanqnorth) August 18, 2015
Once out, North had some choice words for the hole.
Screw u, hole pic.twitter.com/rXmV9WPAde
— HI IT'S ME RYAN (@ryanqnorth) August 18, 2015
images via Ryan North
via Polygon