Internet detectives solve the mystery of "The Crying Shed" and the Long Woman: 'No wonder this man is in here crying'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jul 22, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

The internet has long been a great place for solving mysteries, with internet detectives being renowned for reaching the correct conclusions… And if you're not catching the sarcasm, you clearly haven't been online much at all. This is an old thread, about as old as the sands of time itself as far as the internet is concerned. It originates from days of internet silliness that have long since passed. I stumbled across it while browsing through some old content and thought it was worthy of a revisit. You seldom come across harmless shenanigans like this online anymore, with pointless topics being discussed in earnest. 

The crying shed. Why? Who knows. I guess we all need a private place to shed a tear from time to time, particularly when we're being stalked by an extraordinarily long-legged lizard person. While sleuthing in this thread seems to have resulted in dubious conclusions some digging online reveals that the image appears to have originally been cover art for a pulp fiction novel called "Deadly Welcome." Who is welcoming who? Why is the welcome deadly? Guess that one is going to have to be solved another time.

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    spockvarietyhour HOW DID YOU FIND MY CRYING SHED
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    spockvarietyhour HOW DID YOU FIND MY CRYING SHED itswalky Been looking at this for a while, and something about it seemed off. Something else is going on here, behind the scenes. And it hit me.
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    Look at where the floor is. Her legs, in order to reach it, must be Liefeldian in length! And then the obvious solution presented itself.
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    She's standing on a dog! No wonder this man is in here crying. She is a monster. WACKD wackd Far be it from me to argue with someone with nineteen years and counting of artistic experience, but that is exactly what I'm going to do, right now! Watch me!
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    Yes, examination of that background and the marks on the floor of the shed lead me to the conclusion that there's a great big hill of sand for her to be standing on. Thus obviously the reason he's crying is that he's just finished sweeping and now she's letting all the sand in. As someone who spent many years at a summer camp with a sandy bank by the lake, and who was often made to sweep his own bunk, I can assure you that this is an unforgivable offense. Sand is the worst and there is always mo
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    itswalky I will give you that there definitely appears to be sand. However, it's a clearly not a solid fixture of sand which would support the weight of an adult human woman. Unless...
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    now he can't even close the door you, lady winterstar95 This is the reason I am on tumblr bigmammallama5 #someone photoshop Anakin's face on the guy ok
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    problem solved doublearabianpunchfrontlayout Y'all I came on tumblr for this kind of so impressed Source: tomorrowandbeyond I'm
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    This pulp fiction book appears to be the origin of the artwork.

    DELL JOHN D. MACDONALD 35° FIRST EDITION B127 Assignment: Ramona Beach, Florida-a dangerous place to mix business and pleasure Deadly Welcome
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