Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for July 02, 2009
July 01, 2009
July 03, 2009
Transcript:
Man: Hey! I just vacuumed there!!! "Sisyphus at home"
Man: Hey! I just vacuumed there!!! "Sisyphus at home"
lazygrazer over 15 years ago
Me neither. Too lazy to look it up. Sisyphus sounds like an STD for effeminates.
Hey, EMET, are Hoops and YoYo part of the A team??
carmy over 15 years ago
Me thinks his toga is a bit too short.
jcox77 over 15 years ago
He was forced to repeat a meaningless task. Sisyphus was forced to roll a boulder up a hill, where it would roll down again so up again. Just like cleaning up after kids. And I agree with carmy, a couple inches wouldn’t hurt.
lewisbower over 15 years ago
If you notice, there is a rock at the bottom of the mountain waiting for Sisyphus to try to roll it up
Ray_C over 15 years ago
Good catch, Lewreader. The story of Sisyphus provides us the most famous example of onomatopoeia: the line in Homer which (translated into English) goes: “Again, the relentless boulder came bounding back down the side of the mountain.” In Greek, it sounds very much like a rock bouncing downhill. Even in English, it comes across reasonably well, doesn’t it?
D-i-c-e-R over 15 years ago
on·o·mat·o·poe·ia The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Why didn’t I learn this in school. I must of missed that day or was distracted by…hold on…someone’s honking their horn. http://www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/examples/onomatopoeia.php?a=1
Ushindi over 15 years ago
Sisyphus also locked up Hades, so for awhile, no one could die, no matter how chopped up or destroyed. He wasn’t a nice guy, so when he was finally unable to escape death (he tricked death many times), the gods punished him with the “Roll the rock up the mountain” thing. Since it was for all eternity, the poor guy must still be doing it.