Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 12, 2017
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Transcript:
Petey: That's Orion. Alice: huh? Petey: It's a constellation, like a big dot to dot with stars. Ancient cultures invented them. Alice: Oh. Alice: I see. Petey: It's one reason ancient cultures aren't around anymore.
Steverino Premium Member over 7 years ago
By definition, all ancient civilizations aren’t around any more. If the were, they wouldn’t be ancient.
Dani Rice over 7 years ago
OK. How do you pronounce Orion? To rhyme with “onion”? Or is he Irish “O’Ryan”?
Mopman over 7 years ago
I don’t get Petey’s logic in P3.
Kip W over 7 years ago
Sadly, air pollution has rendered the little lines that connect the constellations nearly invisible.
steverinoCT over 7 years ago
Check out H.A. Rey’s “The Stars— A New Way To See Them”. It’s actually an old way to see them: as connect-the-dots rather than vague lines and pictures. The free astronomy program “Stellarium” (awesome!) has a Rey “asterism” available. And yes, Rey (and wife Margaret) wrote the Curious George books.
pumaman over 7 years ago
Ancient cultures, like the Pre-Alicians?
Perkycat over 7 years ago
And, of course, Alice sees her own face in the stars.
ChessPirate over 7 years ago
“Alice Major”…
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Alice Major in the Little But Intense constellation. With a quasar that simply shouts.
rgcviper over 7 years ago
“Connect the dots! La, la-la, la!”
— Pee Wee Herman
Sorry; couldn’t resist.
Sisyphos over 7 years ago
Behold! The child sees! Alice is a seer!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 7 years ago
Star-gazing. Or in Alice’s case, navel-gazing.