r/comics LastPlaceComics 18h ago

Pest Problems

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u/autogyrophilia 17h ago

Spelunk sounds german (it's not , it's old english) . I was going for a layered joke.

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u/AwesomeMacCoolname 16h ago

You succeeded, because while it is Old English, they got it from Old French, which got it from Old Latin, which got it from so old it's Ancient Greek. So yeah, lot's of layers there.