That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 26, 2024

/// Isaac Newton observes apples falling;

puzzling why they do so is enthralling.

The gravity of

a fruit’s plunge from above

sets in motion new Physics that’s sprawling.

“I sure could use an apple right now.”

Adam getting stood up for a second date with Eve.

Isaac Newton’s first attempt to explain gravity involved blowing a whistle to summon an apple to come to him.

The moment René Magritte was inspired to cover his face with an apple.

That’ll be brusied, I’ll try to catch the next one.

((“Should I try to understand woman or gravity?”))

‘I know I can make this work, but where am I going to find a pair of rubber pants this late in the afternoon?’’

On the upside: He wouldn’t have to pay for lunch. On the downside: The apple was all the way over there….

When I bought the motorcycle and she said “fine”. I’m starting to think maybe fine doesn’t mean what I thought it did.

It would be years before the “mildly perturbed orchard” would change and begin offering their popular spirits.

Later that day Newton would be inspired by the Fig tree behind him.

“Don’t sit under the apple tree/

With anybody else but me,/

anybody else but me…”

Sorry, but that’s Orville and Wilbur and Otto’s shtick. You have to content yourself with descriiiiiiiiiiiiiiibing it.

“ To achieve my achievements in science/

upon reason I’ve placed my reliance..”/

Then he hastened to edit:/

“But I can’t claim sole credit/

I have stood on the shoulders of giants!”

What was that strange word I heard that couple say? That’s it! Mavity!

How mathematicians entertained themselves in the days before computers:

They sat and watched the grass grow.

I wonder if that apple is good enough to eat…….

“What was that again about a boy and an apple?”

Hmm, they must have put in a new golf course.

Isaac sat pondering, " Will I have enough apples to make Gramama’s cranberry/apple pie for Thankgiving? "

“I’d better watch it awhile to make sure it doesn’t fall up.”

Master Isaac Newton in His Garden at Woolsthorpe, in the Autumn of 1665: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Undated paintings" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Hannah, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3417 (November 25, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the sparse info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him to appear here.

Newton, rigorous researcher that he was, once inserted a small spatula alongside his eyeball, and pressed sideways with it to see what effect it would have on optics. Now that’s dedication.

God didnt make little green apples!

First he saw some apples bouncing, and said … “how could this be?”

Then he saw some cantaloupes bouncing, and said … “how could this be?”

Then he saw some melons bouncing, and said … “how could this be?”

Then he saw some coconuts bouncing, and said … “how could this be?”

Then he saw some jugs bouncing, and said … “There has to be a similarity! I will call it gravity!”

i wonder if this outfit comes in green?

For Wednesday, 27 November:

/// Brave Odysseus knelt down to seize

Queen Arete by hugging her knees.

He’d been cloaked by a mist

so she didn’t resist.

At his sudden appearance, all freeze.

Tom was trying to decide if he should get revenge on Bob, for throwing the apple at him, by holding his head in a bucket of water. Voila! Bobbing for apples was created.

Gee whiz, Steve. The holiday is TOMORROW.

Where’s today’s pic ?

For today’s strip:

No Ma’am, the shoe does not fit and you’re definitely not Cinderella

After being hit upon the noggin, he found the gravity of the situation to be perplexing.