The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 18, 2016

How on earth can you play rock-papyrus?

Did they have scissors back then?

I wonder what’s in their diet to cause them both to exhibit middle-aged pyramid.

Rock Papyrus Chisel.

Don’t be a sphinxter.

“You hold your paper up in front of your face, and I’ll throw my rock. We’ll see what beats what.”

I would say that this comic takes place at a rather late date in Egyptian history, considering that the fellow on the left is wearing eyeglasses.

gir63Considering the step pyramids have been replaced by the smooth-sided model, it is after 1200 BC. .RhododendronEyeglasses were from 1300 AD farther south-west in Songhai and entered Europe via Venice, which had diplomatic and trade relations with Songhai.

If I remember correctly they would make papyrus by taking river reeds and beat them into a pulp with rocks and then let the pulp dry to make the sheets of papyrus, therefore, rock beats papyrus.