As I understand it, the late*, great Flying Squid founded this sub and posted many fine gems like this, captioned skillfully. You can see a lot of these if you go to the community page and sort by "old." Indeed, that's how I found this one. These 'golden-age' and 'silver-age' comics panels almost write themselves, being from such a different age and having such different sensibilities.
Also, these panels generally do a great job of reinforcing the importance of rule #3, i.e. "comics should be unintentionally funny." I kind of wish today's posters would be a little more heedful of that guideline, as Flying Squid went out of their way to make it a priority. Unfortunately, the listed mods have all been asleep for awhile.
Anyway, I have loads more of these, and am willing to keep posting for a while if this community remains viable. Thank you for everything, FS.
* Haha, just in terms of him suddenly disappearing from the Fediverse. I certainly hope he (or they) are okay in Real Life.
At one time, yes. Chickens and other smaller animals like snakes used to lose their heads this way.