it’s nice that these coal miners have adopted a homeless bird to keep them company while they work….and they all are so apparently attentive to his little birdie needs
eardroppings: We’re not aware of it because it’s inaccurate. The problem in coal mines is not lack of oxygen, but traces of methane and carbon monoxide that can kill miners. The canary is much more sensitive to these gases than humans, and hence is used as a living alarm system. (I guess “dying alarm system” would be more accurate, sadly.)
We were making “methane jokes,” if you will. Hence reference to beans, cabbage, etc.
Just all havin’ a good time at the poor canary’s expense!
WoodEye over 14 years ago
Yeah, it’s just you.
10eapolis Premium Member over 14 years ago
Yep, Canary, you will serve as a warning to others of impending danger…
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Give me a match. I can’t see where the gas is coming from.
Colt9033 over 14 years ago
Uh oh
detour_jones over 14 years ago
now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions
you pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions
you live your life like a canary in a coal mine
you get so dizzy even walking in a straight line
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
it’s nice that these coal miners have adopted a homeless bird to keep them company while they work….and they all are so apparently attentive to his little birdie needs
Ray_C over 14 years ago
…or did one of you guys have beans for lunch today?
napaeric over 14 years ago
now we use instruments with gauges , so much more modern, of course sometimes the needles stick. oh well
eardroppings over 14 years ago
when the canary is dead, they know there’s not enough O2 for them in the cave. Me thinks some of you aren’t aware of this
bald over 14 years ago
but the tunnel they are working in is about 30 yards from the canary…..
parethed over 14 years ago
Maybe he had a “bottom burp…”
GJ_Jehosaphat over 14 years ago
LOL - Bottom Burps from 2 Cows & A Chicken! Wonder if it will make it in the dictionary (see last Sunday’s toon).
Ray_C over 14 years ago
eardroppings: We’re not aware of it because it’s inaccurate. The problem in coal mines is not lack of oxygen, but traces of methane and carbon monoxide that can kill miners. The canary is much more sensitive to these gases than humans, and hence is used as a living alarm system. (I guess “dying alarm system” would be more accurate, sadly.) We were making “methane jokes,” if you will. Hence reference to beans, cabbage, etc.
Just all havin’ a good time at the poor canary’s expense!