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Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for June 09, 2013
June 08, 2013
June 10, 2013
Transcript:
rj: I can't believe it's already summer! verne: Actually, gents...summer doesn't officially begin for 12 days.... verne: Ah, the "summer solstice"...the magical moment when the sun will be at its northernmost point and summer commences......the ancient druids marked the solstice by observing how sunlight hit the towering stones at stonehenge. verne: Observe the shadows cast by this scale model I've fashioned out of potato chips...the sun has not quite achieved the proper angle to herald the solstice. verne: Or as many think of it: the longest day of the year. RJ: the second longest day of the year. hammy: he actually talked my ears off. cool.
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WillardMBaker almost 12 years ago
Verne should visit Alliance, Nebraska and see Car Henge. A replica of Stone Henge made out of old cars.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhenge
vwdualnomand almost 12 years ago
after the summer soltice, the days will be getting shorter, and the nights longer, unless you live at the equator. or, the southern hemisphere.
edclectic almost 12 years ago
It’s always summer (supplemented with the rainy season) here in the Philippines where the days and nights are more or less the same duration all year. I like it here…
nerdhoof almost 12 years ago
We got squirrel pieces all over the place! Bob the squirrel yelled his tail off, and Verne talked Hammy’s ears off!
juicebruce almost 12 years ago
We can rebuild them,make them better! The Bionic squirrel !
KEA almost 12 years ago
I much prefer to live by the traditional calendar where the Summer Solstice is Mid-Summer’s Day. Makes more sense.
ChessPirate almost 12 years ago
No druids were harmed in the making of this strip.
Jessica_D almost 12 years ago
are those Pringles® chips?
fuzzyimages almost 12 years ago
Thank goodness he didn’t talk Hammy to death!
Boots at the Boar Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Surprising he didn’t use some of the counterfeit Twinkies to build Stonehenge.
CrystalGuardian almost 12 years ago
Verne, how could you? Poor Hammy.
the burser almost 12 years ago
I thought that was still just a theory for what Stonehenge was…
Ottodesu almost 12 years ago
Not all countries mark the seasons by the solstices. Some southern hemisphere countries mark winter’s start as 1 Jun.I think this may be partly due to the Julian-Gregorian calendar shift.