Caulfield: Somebody had to discover you could do it. Why not the smartest man in history? Frazz: I'm fine with your theory. Just stop calling my idol Leonarmpit Di Vinci.
@Nabuquduriuzhur: Yes, Hero’s steam engine worked, but it couldn’t actually do anything. It’s never been anything more than just a nifty toy, and bears essentially no connection at all to Watt’s steam engine (which could actually do many practical things). If you want to idolize Hero for anything, it should be his work in geometry: He still wasn’t the greatest at that, but he did at least make real practical contributions there.
da vinci was the first “renaissance” man. engineer, artist, scupltor, thinker, etc…he does more in one lifetime than most of us. sometimes i wonder what life would be like if there was no dark ages.
LEONARDOLW(Sung to “Desperado” as performed by the Eagles)
Leonardo,My dear old one-person college,What’s all of your knowledgeBeginning to plan?A new inventionOr some artistic distractionTo add to your fame asA Renaissance man?
As if it weren’t enough to beA sculptor and a painter,You mastered engineering just for show.And your flame of educationShows no sign of getting fainter.Be there anything, paisan,You don’t know?
Leonardo,When want you want don’t exist yet,You go and invent itTo suit your demands.Nobody’s perfect,Yet you’re the perfect exampleOf what one can be asA Renaissance man.
Why, you still believe that a man can fly!Your will gets stronger with every try.You say that boats can sailBeneath the sea?Both our minds were made in Italy,But your sketches and ideas are GreekTo me.
Leonardo,If you don’t know it, you’ll learn it.Each fact that concerns itYou’ll soon understand.You shrug it off, see,Since it’s a cinch for DaVinci.It’s just one more day in the life of -One day in the life of -It’s just one more day in the life ofA Renaissance man.
The Old Wolf over 11 years ago
Shoulda put him in some Vitruvian boxers if you ask me.
frumdebang over 11 years ago
So Leonardo invented tightie-whities as well? Let Hero of Alexandria top that.
Tdog123 over 11 years ago
True.
RwB1 over 11 years ago
He’s just ripped off the second header panel at Monty.
sonorhC over 11 years ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur: Yes, Hero’s steam engine worked, but it couldn’t actually do anything. It’s never been anything more than just a nifty toy, and bears essentially no connection at all to Watt’s steam engine (which could actually do many practical things). If you want to idolize Hero for anything, it should be his work in geometry: He still wasn’t the greatest at that, but he did at least make real practical contributions there.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
da vinci was the first “renaissance” man. engineer, artist, scupltor, thinker, etc…he does more in one lifetime than most of us. sometimes i wonder what life would be like if there was no dark ages.
catzilla23 over 11 years ago
LEONARDOLW(Sung to “Desperado” as performed by the Eagles)
Leonardo,My dear old one-person college,What’s all of your knowledgeBeginning to plan?A new inventionOr some artistic distractionTo add to your fame asA Renaissance man?
As if it weren’t enough to beA sculptor and a painter,You mastered engineering just for show.And your flame of educationShows no sign of getting fainter.Be there anything, paisan,You don’t know?
Leonardo,When want you want don’t exist yet,You go and invent itTo suit your demands.Nobody’s perfect,Yet you’re the perfect exampleOf what one can be asA Renaissance man.
Why, you still believe that a man can fly!Your will gets stronger with every try.You say that boats can sailBeneath the sea?Both our minds were made in Italy,But your sketches and ideas are GreekTo me.
Leonardo,If you don’t know it, you’ll learn it.Each fact that concerns itYou’ll soon understand.You shrug it off, see,Since it’s a cinch for DaVinci.It’s just one more day in the life of -One day in the life of -It’s just one more day in the life ofA Renaissance man.
catzilla23 over 11 years ago
The above by Boogie Knights ; https://sites.google.com/site/boogieknightsmd/songs
underwriter over 11 years ago
“Perverse” doesn’t mean “perverted.” “Perverted” means “perverted.” “Perverse” means “egregiously stubborn.”
The Brooklyn Accent over 11 years ago
I believe Einstein’s own translation of that line was “God is tricky, but he ain’t mean.”
doctorwho29 over 11 years ago
LOL
Arianne over 11 years ago
:ↁ!!! Ok, Jef, this decides it. This week’s Free Press funnies are getting put away in a special place!
Harlen Premium Member 9 months ago
I like the subtle point of the pencil lying on the floor.