Look!

They're all falling down!

It's because they're blind.

Oh, then it's not funny at all.

Poor things.

Why don't they use a seeing-eye dog?

It's just like in the movies, huh?

They all fall down in slow motion so you can see them better.

It's called "The Blind Leading the Blind" by Bruegel.

It's an allegory. An allegory?

Hey, I don't see anything gory about the painting.

Everyone's falling, but that's all.

It was painted in Holland in 1568.

An allegory, or a parable, is when you use a simple story to talk about something more important.

You mean that the painting shows blind people but it has nothing to do with them? Well, it could also mean that, uh...

What?

That if a blind person follows another blind person, blindly, he could have problems too.

Oh, right.

Now I get it.

For example, if I watch my bicycle instead of watching the road, I could end up in the hospital.

No, Airhead!

It's just like in school.

If you copy from a dummy, you'll get a zero.

Copy from a dummy, get a zero?

Or if an airhead repeats the words of another airhead.