Close to Home by John McPherson for February 24, 2022

They even etched out a Bleeb. WOW, he’s older than I thought!

are there stalactites on desert cave ceilings?

That is just a euphemism for what they were really doing.

No, it says “Warning, watch out for falling Stalactites“

Which symbol is Bleeb standing in for?

Not only is Bleeb included in ancient cave art, he famously became the first colorized example. Wonder what they used to get the yellow? And please don’t say they used the same compound as what was used to make ‘yellow snow’. :-}

Bleeb must be really old

I wonder if there are any dirty limericks in the hieroglyphs of old?

Theonus is seeing Cleopatra. D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

Must have been a pre-teen Egyptian making those hieroglyphics.

oh. carrots cool.

Where’s the cartouche?

I knew that little ditty had been around for a long time, and here’s proof!

Pre historic porn?

TRANSLATION

“Please to be careful for not to step on strange yellow bugs (see drawing) for it serves only to ₽i$$ them off greaterly… and please to remain aware of terrible falling petrified ceiling carrots!”

I was going to say that this cave must be under someone’s carrot garden, but since so many others see those stalactites as carrots, I won’t say it. Those are probably pointy potatoes.

Bleeb is walking like an Egyptian