Rubes by Leigh Rubin for August 14, 2023

They watch early Spielberg movies.

They probably also watched “Jaws”.

Huh. And here I always thought that was a social disease!

Time to ban another book.

Studying from the classics.

Ever read the story about the whale that swallowed a wooden boy?

Another book that should be banned from school libraries! Not only do kids get bad ideas from whales, but Ishmael and Queequeg, an interracial same-sex couple, share a bed.

Karma!

I knew orcas were brainy, but…

I thought it was the latest TikTok challenge.

Um…hippopotamus documentaries?

Actually, what most scientists think is that a boat rammed and killed a mother orca, and the rest of that adult group (forget the scientific term for a group of whales) started training the young. So now we may end up having a huge bunch of whales that think sinking boats is a worthwhile pursuit. Suits me as I’m not going into the ocean.

Book now banned in Florida public schools.

Moby Dick

God, what an incredibly dry, boring book.