In “The Innocents Abroad”, Mark Twain had heard about the moving glaciers of Switzerland and was determined to try that mode of transportation. He had a chair set up for himself in the center of a glacier, with his baggage placed toward the side (which travels slower). After waiting an hour, he realized there was a problem. The glacier must have run aground! He had his men cut saplings and try to push the glacier off the bordering land.
He read more thoroughly in his guidebook until he discovered that glaciers only move about 6 inches a year. He called off the operation in disgust and declared that some American railroad men should be brought over to get this thing working properly.
BigDaveGlass 1 day ago
But only just.
Izzy Moreno 1 day ago
Hang on, let’s not rush these things.
The Duke 1 day ago
Just don’t say, “Hey watch this!”, because nothing ever good comes out of that.
Zykoic 1 day ago
Love to hike. Two people in the group had to go up to the glacier face for pictures. You never know……
cracker65 1 day ago
It will be close
Mediatech 1 day ago
Better hurry
Lomax9er7 about 23 hours ago
Give him a skateboard, improve his chances.
Doug K about 23 hours ago
Someone should put a a traffic signal.
Gent about 22 hours ago
Huh?
dflak about 21 hours ago
I tell people I don’t live in Alaska or Greenland because I can’t outrun glaciers.
Enter.Name.Here about 21 hours ago
“Do not cross when red lights are flashing and glacier warning gates are down.”
Rats!
DJohnny about 21 hours ago
By the skin of a shell?
ClaytonEmery1 about 20 hours ago
Like the old Far Side cartoon, two cavemen look at a glacier, and one says, “Hey, Thag! Wall of ice look closer today?”
sandpiper about 20 hours ago
SLOW GLACIER CROSSING . . . ?
Indianapolis Smith about 19 hours ago
Many years later, archeologists are confused by the remains of a bird perched on top of a turtle found in a melting glacier…
ladykat about 19 hours ago
You have lots of time to cross, Tortoise, as a glacier only moves a couple of inches a year – or at least, that’s what it’s supposed to do.
Diat60 about 18 hours ago
hey finally found something even a tortoise can beat! (He never got over that thing with the hare.)
YanniA about 17 hours ago
Says the flightless bird as the delusion melts away before their eyes.
rockyridge1977 about 17 hours ago
…..leave it as a thought.
mindjob about 16 hours ago
They could wait for him to melt and leave a mound of till
mistercatworks about 16 hours ago
In “The Innocents Abroad”, Mark Twain had heard about the moving glaciers of Switzerland and was determined to try that mode of transportation. He had a chair set up for himself in the center of a glacier, with his baggage placed toward the side (which travels slower). After waiting an hour, he realized there was a problem. The glacier must have run aground! He had his men cut saplings and try to push the glacier off the bordering land.
He read more thoroughly in his guidebook until he discovered that glaciers only move about 6 inches a year. He called off the operation in disgust and declared that some American railroad men should be brought over to get this thing working properly.
zeexenon about 16 hours ago
Careful like a cow, it may be calfing.
bobtoledo Premium Member about 16 hours ago
Why did the glacier cross the road? To get to the next Millenia!
jsimpso1 about 16 hours ago
In Panel 3 it looks like the glacier started receding in relation to the sign.
sincavage05 about 10 hours ago
few things in life move as slow as a glacier, turtles may have this one beat.
hubbard3188 about 8 hours ago
Ha!! That’s funny. Love it.
Strawberry King about 8 hours ago
Let the glacier go by first.