Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 18, 2010

And Dill will remember it, too. I won’t, but Dill will.

Yeah, but Who’ll Stop the Rain?

Good Morning, Marg!

Mom’s kinda hard on Dad isn’t she??

Dad just transfered it to Dill! love “drivelilia factosis”

Oh wow! There’s the name I’ve been searching for my useless facts collection.

On the other hand, Mr. Otterloop, Albert Einstein points out that imagination is more important than knowledge.

Love Alice’s face in the third panel!

An affliction common to commenters, to which I am not always immune.

Drivelalia factosis! WOW!!!!

Ingrates.

I HAVE to remember that one.

DOC TOON I know you are not speaking of my good buddy. I suspect that he takes the time to Google for information (accepting Google as Gospel) before imparting his wisdom on us ignorant masses.

Last night it poured on us at the jazz festival for 10 minutes. This brought a lovely rainbow. We did not question the rainbow, we just appreciated that the suburban yuppies packed their wineglasses and designer blankets and got the hell out of our city

Drivelalia factosis!

Drivelalia factosis!

Drivelalia factosis!

I’ve always wanted to know the name of my problem. Thanks, Richard.

did you know that babe ruth batted .725 in the 1927 world series? or that the 1916 Indy 500 was scheduled for 300 miles and the winner was Dario Resta? or that the cleveland browns won the 1964 nfl championship? or that the first cartoon with sound was ‘steamboat willie’ starring mickey mouse? or that fess parker and george washington were both over 6 feet 5 inches? or that………

Even in ancient Rome this was a known affliction. They found that when two roads crossed, no problem, but when three joined in a fork, people with drivelalia factosis would congregate and discuss what we more recently called Wrigley Fun Facts.

That’s why this information is called trivia, from the Latin for three roads.

well i am as trivial as anybody, and appreciate today’s contributions to my drivelalia from the commenters

There is nothing trivial about Newton’s analogy between the colors of the rainbow and the notes of the diatonic scale. It provides a glimpse into seventeenth century ideas of universal harmony. Of course, the study of the history of ideas and the comics are two different things, and in the former “Cul de Sac” is among the very best.

finally, a diagnosis for my syndrome.

Paternal explanatory syndrome and drivelalia factosis should be added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) used by psychologists. Or is my comment a symptom of the disorder?

Nice work Richard!

the older i get the more drivel i acquire

As my brother would say “fun facts to know and tell”…. he would love his one!

My facts are not useless! Hmph!

Geenwood South Dakota is directly across the Missouri River from Sunshine Bottom Nebraska.

The largest boot in the world is displayed at the Red Wing shoe store in Red Wing, Minnesota.

http://hypebeast.com/2009/08/red-wing-shoes-worlds-largest-boot/

My particular affliction is Trivillia Clutterosis.

Drivelalia factosis is perhaps better known as “Cliff Clavin’s Disease”.

What does it mean when 8 different people have all sent this to me?

A result of Drivelalia factosis is leaving car keys in coffee cups.

No double rainbow?

I’ve had this syndrome since I was a small boy.

Drivelalia factosis. Now I know what to call it.

Humph. Just because YOU’RE factose-intolerant doesn’t mean MY selfless sharing of fascinating minutia is a mental disorder…

A comic strip I used to read, called “Eyebeam” had a story line where a female character referred to “Male Answer Syndrome”, the compulsion men have to come up with some kind of answer to a question, even if we have to make stuff up.

This one makes the refrigerator. A place of honor in my house.

Who says it’s a problem. It seemed to brighten Dill’s day!

This cartoon evoked fond memories of my father & my fatherinlaw. My father always knew how things worked & would tell us in GREAT DETAIL. My fatherinlaw had a particularly bad case of drivealalia factosis – it involved frequent stops for “points of geological interest.”

factose-intolerant, hah fritz, good one. My lovely female accomplice thinks I suffer from df, I tell her I just have a very trivial mind.

I seem to have this problem. Although the easiest cure is ingesting wine. Which in addition to the normal alcoholic effect also has the following properties….

Have you ever noticed that with a double rainbow, the second, inner rainbow is fainter and has the order of colors reversed? This is because the light bounces around inside the droplets a second time.

Did you know that the first time a car used a rear view mirror was in the first Indy 500? Ray Harroun won since he didn’t carry a mechanic like all the other cars. You can look at the mirror in the museum at INDY. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harroun

That first race took 6:42 since they averaged nearly 75 mph, not the > 225 mph these days.

Like Alice’s Dad, I suffer from “Drivelalia factosis”. My life is in Jeopardy, but a cure would be a Trivial Pursuit.