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Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for May 10, 2014
May 09, 2014
May 11, 2014
Transcript:
Phoebe: Do unicorns have good eyesight? Marigold: It depends how one measures. We do not see farther... but we see MAGIC COLORS you cannot. The songs of spring songbirds are a color called "blurple." Phoebe: That's a gross name for a color. Marigold: It is a gross color. You are lucky you cannot see it.
Neo Stryder almost 11 years ago
So unicorns have synesthesia.
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Reminds me of the C&H conversation where Hobbes tells Calvin animals have different words describe smells. Wet leaves smell snipped whereas as Calvin smells (in a joking manner) terrible.
Zero-Gabriel almost 11 years ago
“Blurple”… Sounds like the color of Blueberries.
…NICE Delicious Color!!
das-g almost 11 years ago
Blurple looks somewhat like octarine, only dirtier.
spottycat almost 11 years ago
Exactly! Octarine is a pure magic color. Blurple is a color of mere non-magical feathery creatures.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
But…I like songbirds in the spring.
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
wow why would any one want to see grouse colors?
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I envy you.My world is bland.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Agreed Phoebe.
Tandembuzz almost 11 years ago
Bicycle companies do strange colour names. One was “Purpleen” (purple from one angle, green from another). I had my wife in hysterics telling her (with Irish accent) about my daughter Purpleen, and singing “I’ll Take You Home Again, Purpleen”.
snomasnayr almost 11 years ago
What about heliotrope? Is that a real color?
nerdhoof almost 11 years ago
Heliotrope is a type of flower, or the color of that flower.
Dragoncat almost 11 years ago
Blurple = Blue + Purple…And all this time, I’ve been calling it “Indigo”. I rather like Indigo.
TMO1 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
“Blurple” is commonly used by nailpolish enthusiasts to describe blue polish with purple undertones.
jerrica.benton333 over 3 years ago
“SIMPSONS did it”
(“bleen” is the color which is a cross between the colors of “blood” and “spleen”)
jerrica.benton333 over 1 year ago
Iirc bart simpson invented a color called bleen (cross between blood and spleen)
(simpsons did it lol)