Red and Rover by Brian Basset for August 31, 2022

Davids Special Theory Of Relativity as applied to the work place

As you know, Einstein’s Special Theory Of Relativity states that the closer you approach the speed of light, the slower time becomes. This can be applied to the work place in that the closer one approaches any variation of “Time Off” the slower time becomes. How slow is dependent on a variety of variables, examples being “Anticipation”, “Intent” and “Expected alcohol consumption”. Our theory also postulates that inertia builds up behind time in direct proportion as to how close to the event horizon of “Time Off” you are, crossing the threshold releases the inertia thus pushing time into a fantastic rate of speed varying from “Bat out of Hell” through “light speed” and it has been postulated to even “Warp Speed”. This variable is influenced by many factors including “participation”, “Money Spent” and how long you spend lying in the gutter or “Horizontally Challenged” until the second barrier, or “return to work” is hit, dissipating almost all the inertia behind time so that time again moves at a slow pace. How slow this is again dependent on many variables including “I hate this Job” and “I’m never drinking again” although the latter is usually modified by the expression of “Yeah, Right!”

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it will seem like an hour. Sit on a park bench with a pretty girl for an hour, and it’ll seem like a minute. THAT’s relativity!” ~Albert Einstein.

Red, it’s the same as being stuck in an office rather than relaxing in a hammock all day.

So beautiful colours today in the panels!

I like the artwork , all in silhouette today! And i love my little darlings having fun!

Smart guy, that Einstein!

I’ve used this quotation before on Go Comics and I may have used it when today’s Red and Rover strip was first published in 2019:

“When as a child I laughed and wept,

Time crept.

When as a youth I waxed more bold,

Time strolled.

As I became a full grown man,

Time ran.

As older still I daily grew,

Time flew.

Soon I will find on passing on,

Time gone.

O Lord, will thou have saved me then?

Amen."

That is an inscription on a clock in Chester Cathedral. I have lived in three separate suburbs of Chester, Cheshire, UK. I was born in Hoole, I moved from Hoole to Boughton with my family in 1972 and I now live in Upton. These are all suburbs to the east of Chester City Centre. Boughton is directly east of Chester City Centre whereas Hoole and Upton are north-east.

Love the colors and silhouettes. Well done, Brian!CMYK

The colors and silhouettes are a beautiful variation of your art, Brian!

I’ve discovered the older you get, the faster time files, whether you’re having fun or not.

It took him a little while to refine the concept, though.

Enjoy the good things, for life is short.

Rover has learned a lot from Red this Summer.

That’s why as kids when we were stuck on a long, boring car trip we would go to sleep. It made the car trip so much shorter, because when you woke up, you were there.

“The days are long but the years fly by.”

I thought it was: ’Time’s Fun When You’re Having Flies’

Summer fun can’t be over for RED & ROVER

Nothing slows time like staring at the clock.

For some reason that last panel reminds of a picture at the end of “Winnie the Pooh”, where we see from behind them Winnie and Christopher Robin walking away together through the Hundred Acre Wood and away, one fears, from childhood. sniff sniff. Good job, Mr. Bassett!