Instead of the fail whale Thursday, some people who tried to log onto Twitter's website saw what looked to be a cartoon duo of an inch worm and a soft-serve ice-cream cone.

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We asked, 'To what degree can we produce a cartoon-style image?

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But he was a perceptive analyst of what was happening, even if his predictions deserve to be in a Warner Brothers cartoon with Daffy Duck and friends.

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An entire news cycle, and then some, was consumed by speculation over what the next step will be for a company that sells cartoon farm animals and pretend Mafia accessories.

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The animations look somewhat similar to what you'd see in a "Star Wars: Clone Wars" cartoon, which means they are easy on the eyes and familiar.

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