Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 02, 2012

Shoulda put him in some Vitruvian boxers if you ask me.

So Leonardo invented tightie-whities as well? Let Hero of Alexandria top that.

True.

He’s just ripped off the second header panel at Monty.

@Nabuquduriuzhur: Yes, Hero’s steam engine worked, but it couldn’t actually do anything. It’s never been anything more than just a nifty toy, and bears essentially no connection at all to Watt’s steam engine (which could actually do many practical things). If you want to idolize Hero for anything, it should be his work in geometry: He still wasn’t the greatest at that, but he did at least make real practical contributions there.

da vinci was the first “renaissance” man. engineer, artist, scupltor, thinker, etc…he does more in one lifetime than most of us. sometimes i wonder what life would be like if there was no dark ages.

LEONARDOLW(Sung to “Desperado” as performed by the Eagles)

Leonardo,My dear old one-person college,What’s all of your knowledgeBeginning to plan?A new inventionOr some artistic distractionTo add to your fame asA Renaissance man?

As if it weren’t enough to beA sculptor and a painter,You mastered engineering just for show.And your flame of educationShows no sign of getting fainter.Be there anything, paisan,You don’t know?

Leonardo,When want you want don’t exist yet,You go and invent itTo suit your demands.Nobody’s perfect,Yet you’re the perfect exampleOf what one can be asA Renaissance man.

Why, you still believe that a man can fly!Your will gets stronger with every try.You say that boats can sailBeneath the sea?Both our minds were made in Italy,But your sketches and ideas are GreekTo me.

Leonardo,If you don’t know it, you’ll learn it.Each fact that concerns itYou’ll soon understand.You shrug it off, see,Since it’s a cinch for DaVinci.It’s just one more day in the life of -One day in the life of -It’s just one more day in the life ofA Renaissance man.

The above by Boogie Knights ; https://sites.google.com/site/boogieknightsmd/songs

“Perverse” doesn’t mean “perverted.” “Perverted” means “perverted.” “Perverse” means “egregiously stubborn.”

I believe Einstein’s own translation of that line was “God is tricky, but he ain’t mean.”

LOL

:ↁ!!! Ok, Jef, this decides it. This week’s Free Press funnies are getting put away in a special place!

I like the subtle point of the pencil lying on the floor.

I like how the picture shows a man making a vulgar noise and yet he’s decently covered.