Rest in Peace, Tom Robbins: A Truly Unique Voice

A newspaper obituary headline reads 'Literature's 'Prankster- Philosopher' Dead at 92' above a photo of a person viewing two framed black-and-white portraits. The portrait on the left is of American novelist Tom Robbins, and the one on the right is of US artist William S. Burroughs. The caption below the photo identifies the subjects and the location as the Musée de l’Elysee in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 24, 2017. The meme humorously juxtaposes the obituary with the two men, implying that the 'prankster-philosopher' is actually Tom Robbins, while the more serious-looking William S. Burroughs is the one who died. The joke is that the obituary is a fake, and the real 'prankster-philosopher' is still alive, while the 'serious' Burroughs is the one who passed away.

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