My cartoon titled “Real Charmer at the Dating Agency” shows a snake charmer playing a pungi to a snake emerging from a basket, while two women at a dating agency look on.
The caption reads: “You remember you requested a real charmer?” The humour comes from the clever double meaning of “charmer” – instead of presenting someone with a charming personality, the agency has delivered an actual snake charmer, taking the request literally.
The gag works because it combines a familiar setting – a dating agency – with a completely unexpected twist.
Readers immediately recognise the play on words, and the absurdity of introducing a literal snake charmer into a matchmaking scenario delivers an instant laugh.
Like much of my work, it relies on wordplay and visual exaggeration to turn a simple situation into a memorable and funny cartoon.
It was printed in The Sun in 2001...
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