Not Gomez, but it’s in a very old Charles Addams cartoon that appeared in the New Yorker (I think in the 1930s). It’s classic – and I really like the homage to him.
I did something similar when I went skiing once. But the tree trunk was still small enough that I could bend it over and straddle it until I ran out of tree. I think it was at least 20’ tall, but the mountain was so steep, I couldn’t back up when I went off course. (Didn’t want to take off my ski, because I was afraid it would go downhill without me.) I always wondered what the people that skied past the tree afterwards thought when they saw my tracks.
Old skiers’ trick: With a buddy, starting at the top of a hill, hold onto each others’ shoulders for balance and each lift your outside ski off the snow. (The two of you together are leaving one pair of tracks.) Ski toward a tree. As you approach it, let go of each other and go around it, one of you to the left and the other to the right. Then grab onto each other again and continue on for long enough that your tracks can’t be seen from the tree. Voila! Charles Addams’ cartoon re-created.
margueritem over 14 years ago
He would, indeed.
cdward over 14 years ago
Not Gomez, but it’s in a very old Charles Addams cartoon that appeared in the New Yorker (I think in the 1930s). It’s classic – and I really like the homage to him.
Bill Hinds creator over 14 years ago
Bingo!
pearlandpeach over 14 years ago
Beautiful. this ‘toon just gets better…
Wesley Brown over 14 years ago
Is this the Addams Cartoon?
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=24752&stc=1&d=1201453957
Bill Hinds creator over 14 years ago
That’s it.
neltoon over 14 years ago
It’s kind of a mobius strip in the snow…
Smiley Rmom over 14 years ago
I did something similar when I went skiing once. But the tree trunk was still small enough that I could bend it over and straddle it until I ran out of tree. I think it was at least 20’ tall, but the mountain was so steep, I couldn’t back up when I went off course. (Didn’t want to take off my ski, because I was afraid it would go downhill without me.) I always wondered what the people that skied past the tree afterwards thought when they saw my tracks.
mrprongs over 14 years ago
I could do that, but I don’t want to end up like the kids in yesterday’ strip.
dwjensen over 14 years ago
Old skiers’ trick: With a buddy, starting at the top of a hill, hold onto each others’ shoulders for balance and each lift your outside ski off the snow. (The two of you together are leaving one pair of tracks.) Ski toward a tree. As you approach it, let go of each other and go around it, one of you to the left and the other to the right. Then grab onto each other again and continue on for long enough that your tracks can’t be seen from the tree. Voila! Charles Addams’ cartoon re-created.