Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 12, 2013
Transcript:
winter sun this month the "sun," a flaming ball of mostly hydrogen, makes occasional & increasingly brief transits of the daytime sky. it is most often glimpsed between morning & evening drive-times, depending on visibility. man: what was that? woman: where? zip many ancient cultures depicted the sun as a big flaming smiley face, re-garding it as the bringer of happiness & dispeller of gloom. thus seasonal changes & sunsets were frightening - what if the big happy ball did not come back? it would be the end of the world! this left people anxious, antsy & somewhat depressed, in a kind of fatalistic way. guy 1: look - it's the end of the world! guy 2: and me in this silly hat. nowadays people know better. woman 2: hey! the sun's out - oops, too late. man 2: oh, no.
Forsanet over 10 years ago
Let there be Saturnalia!
Ida No over 10 years ago
It’s h-e-r-e…
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
This time of year it’s all very S.A.D. I almost remember the Sun….
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
must be Seattle
Ermine Notyours over 10 years ago
I drive to the south to go to work, so the only time I see the sun, it’s in my eyes. Then I work in a windowless warehouse, and it’s dark when I go home. Prisoners get more daylight than I do. Sigh.
Gilda Blackmore over 10 years ago
A new old Richard’s Poor Almanac! Yay! Does that mean that poor Richard’s hip is all mended?
devin.crane over 10 years ago
thompson is the sunshine of my comic reading life. come back, sunshine!