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crabs in the rock pool

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The tag 'crabs in the rock pool' refers to a recurring theme from the British newspaper comic strip The Perishers by Maurice Dodd and Dennis Collins. In the strip, the character Boot the dog visits crabs in a rock pool during the annual seaside holiday to St. Moribunds. The crabs have developed a religion around the yearly appearance of a phenomenon they call 'The Eyeballs in the Sky.' This tag covers discussions about this specific comic strip element and its cultural references.
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    ART The Eyeballs in the Sky

    The Eyeballs in the Sky was a recurring theme from the long running newspaper strip The Perishers by Maurice Dodd and Dennis Collins. Every year, when the four 'kid' characters went on holiday to the seaside resort of St. Moribunds, Boot the dog would go to look in on the Crabs in the Rock Pool...
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    • british comics crabs in the rock pool the eyeballs in the sky the perishers
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