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Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for December 14, 2016
Transcript:
Beau: Back in my day we never even heard of diamonds! Diamonds hadn't even been formed by the forces of nature yet! There was nothin' but coal everywhere! We had to mine coal day and night just to live! You guys and your fancy diamonds! We never heard of no fancy things like.... Boomer: Pops, just admit you reneged.
DennisinSeattle about 8 years ago
Maybe Pops has a bunch of coal royalty in his hand.
juicebruce about 8 years ago
Hummmmm
josephz2va about 8 years ago
“back in my day we never even heard of diamonds” – “Early descriptions of diamond date to the 4th century BC.” – He’s either 2,416 years old or he just never heard of a diamond before in 20 dog years.
Geophyzz about 8 years ago
Natural diamonds don’t actually come from coal, except in that one episode of the Superman show from the fifties. Today you can have diamonds made from your dead relatives.
josephz2va about 8 years ago
According to many sources, Coal has no Diamonds in them at all. It’s just a Superman Gag. Even when on Smallville played into the gag when he wanted to marry Lana Lang.
Diamonds are either deep in the earth or from meteorite cuts.