On A Claire Day by Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett for August 18, 2020

2,000 mph would be Mach 2.6.

Maybe that’s a typo. We just went 298 kilometers on a German train this week. That’s about 180 mph. I think this cartoon meant 200 mph.

It only seems that fast because Paul’s used to standing still.

obviously a typo….he means two hundred

It’s possible that, in his enthusiasm, Paul is exaggerating.

Hard to believe that a cartoonist needs a proof reader.

Was gonna say, your average jetliner goes 500-600 mph… We were doing 220 on the train in southern Spain. At one point the Three kings came down the aisle to get off in a tiny town where all the residents were at the station with highly decorated donkeys, on January 5th!

Perhaps one fewer zeroes…

I think Paul meant 200 mph.

Or maybe even a zillion mph?

The fastest train in the world is the Shanghai Maglev. It’s top speed is 276.