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Terry Pratchett Discworld .. hmmm not a sphere⊠hmm . anyway it âs GOT to be Justin coz he created this world . wooooh heavy dude !!!! or not as the case may be âŠ..
Unfortunately for the clever old lady, there canât be an infinite number of finite entities in a row. (I have to take the mathematiciansâ word on this.) My response wouldâve been, âAll the way down to what?â :)
âHe stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothingâ (Job 25:7, RSV).
âUnfortunately for the clever old lady, there canât be an infinite number of finite entities in a row. (I have to take the mathematiciansâ word on this.) My response wouldâve been, âAll the way down to what?â :)â
An infinite number of whole numbers, or, if the universe is curved, it can come back around to the original point.
Umm, what about the earth being âflatâ? Am I the only one that found that intended pun as bad? And who let the air out? Was there a puncture? If so, what did he fix it with??
Sisyphos said,
Whoâs the guy doing the pumping (and no smart answers that âheâs the gas-station attendantâ or the like)?
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I donât know, but I think heâs ok. You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. Or at least has one on his gas pump.
Itâs not quite over yet. We have a couple of days of denouement, the final will be on Friday.
No weirdness or hidden meaning behind the gas station attendant, heâs just helping out the turtle. Why did the Earth go flat? I dunno. Make up your own myth. Sometimes balls just go flat.
And Chuck 1002: What âpunâ are you talking about? I have no idea what youâre on about.
Oh, I thought that the fact that people used to believe that the earth was flat (like, say a piece of paper) and if you went too far youâd fall off the edge. Then thereâs the type of flat where something that is filled with air and has the air leak out has gone âflatâ. Wouldnât that make this a pun??
I should correct the statement re: my source: allegedly there can be no infinite number of finite events (points is another matter).
Now my ability to actually address that claimâŠthatâs something else, but now Iâll have to sooner or laterâŠ
Ah, how well I remember that quip by Augustine! I saw it first in the paraphrase âBefore God was creating Heaven and Earth He was creating Hell for the benefit of people like you who ask questions like that!â Zero biblical basis for that quip, if he only knew it, but funny.
ââThen thereâs the type of flat where something that is filled with air and has the air leak out has gone âflatâ. Wouldnât that make this a pun??ââ
Ah, I see where youâre going. No, thatâs a bit of a stretch for me, there wasnât a pun there really. I just had to come up with some way to tie it all together and get the earth back to a sphere. That visual seemed funny to me so I put it down. A pun was not intended.
But very interesting, seeing how your mind works.
Thanks.
Sisyphos over 15 years ago
Whoâs the guy doing the pumping (and no smart answers that âheâs the gas-station attendantâ or the like)?
Rumball over 15 years ago
Brilliant stuff, Justin. Thanks for a terrific story.
efergus3 over 15 years ago
Itâs Terry Pratchett.
phaze58 over 15 years ago
Terry Pratchett Discworld .. hmmm not a sphere⊠hmm . anyway it âs GOT to be Justin coz he created this world . wooooh heavy dude !!!! or not as the case may be âŠ..
scanman over 15 years ago
I like how this story takes totally unexpected turns :)
Hugh B. Hayve over 15 years ago
I like the âstepping out from behind the mirrorâ effect between the first two panels. Very imaginative artwork.
Rakkav over 15 years ago
Very clever and funny panel today, indeed!
Unfortunately for the clever old lady, there canât be an infinite number of finite entities in a row. (I have to take the mathematiciansâ word on this.) My response wouldâve been, âAll the way down to what?â :)
âHe stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothingâ (Job 25:7, RSV).
Simon_Jester over 15 years ago
Great story arc, M. Thompson
And I hope Sir George shows up again, some day in the future; I REALLY wanna see him and Sir Dudley face off in a jousting tourney
jestrfyl over 15 years ago
Thatâs old Al One Mug - pre-physicist days, when he was working at the local garage.
WoodEye over 15 years ago
So Grail came back with them, maybe heâs a permanent character now. Perhaps an injection of a bit of religion into the science of Zen? ; )
JP Steve Premium Member over 15 years ago
Now Iâm intrigued â is this a Discworld reference? We did introduce Justin to Terry Pratchett a few months back.
bmonk over 15 years ago
Rakkav said, about 11 numbers ago
âUnfortunately for the clever old lady, there canât be an infinite number of finite entities in a row. (I have to take the mathematiciansâ word on this.) My response wouldâve been, âAll the way down to what?â :)â
An infinite number of whole numbers, or, if the universe is curved, it can come back around to the original point.
Chuck1002 over 15 years ago
Umm, what about the earth being âflatâ? Am I the only one that found that intended pun as bad? And who let the air out? Was there a puncture? If so, what did he fix it with??
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
Sisyphos said, Whoâs the guy doing the pumping (and no smart answers that âheâs the gas-station attendantâ or the like)? âââââââââââââââââââââââ I donât know, but I think heâs ok. You can trust your car to the man who wears the star. Or at least has one on his gas pump.
Thanks, Justin, for a wondeful tale.
Justjoust Premium Member over 15 years ago
Itâs not quite over yet. We have a couple of days of denouement, the final will be on Friday. No weirdness or hidden meaning behind the gas station attendant, heâs just helping out the turtle. Why did the Earth go flat? I dunno. Make up your own myth. Sometimes balls just go flat. And Chuck 1002: What âpunâ are you talking about? I have no idea what youâre on about.
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
Sounds like a great oppurtunity for some fan fiction. Explain how the Earth went flat, in 25 words or less.
The turtle was drag racing his nemisis, the hare, when suddenly the earth was punctured by the crescent moon during a hare-pin turn.
mathpup0627 over 15 years ago
I miss bitty Boody already. Great, great story.
Chuck1002 over 15 years ago
Oh, I thought that the fact that people used to believe that the earth was flat (like, say a piece of paper) and if you went too far youâd fall off the edge. Then thereâs the type of flat where something that is filled with air and has the air leak out has gone âflatâ. Wouldnât that make this a pun??
Rakkav over 15 years ago
I should correct the statement re: my source: allegedly there can be no infinite number of finite events (points is another matter).
Now my ability to actually address that claimâŠthatâs something else, but now Iâll have to sooner or laterâŠ
Ah, how well I remember that quip by Augustine! I saw it first in the paraphrase âBefore God was creating Heaven and Earth He was creating Hell for the benefit of people like you who ask questions like that!â Zero biblical basis for that quip, if he only knew it, but funny.
Justjoust Premium Member over 15 years ago
ââThen thereâs the type of flat where something that is filled with air and has the air leak out has gone âflatâ. Wouldnât that make this a pun??ââ Ah, I see where youâre going. No, thatâs a bit of a stretch for me, there wasnât a pun there really. I just had to come up with some way to tie it all together and get the earth back to a sphere. That visual seemed funny to me so I put it down. A pun was not intended. But very interesting, seeing how your mind works. Thanks.
JP Steve Premium Member over 15 years ago
Dypak, is that distinct from a terra-pin turn?
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
Questions like that will get you a shell-acking! ;)
MisngNOLA over 15 years ago
Hey Justin, was the stepping through the yo-yo back into the norm a variant on string theory?
morrighanscrow over 14 years ago
I wonder how Gif faired while Boody was gone.