Speed Bump by Dave Coverly

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  1. DD FENCE EMET

    DD FENCE EMET said, 4 months ago

    Nice view of City of Rocks, Utah, out the window.

    I have no clue who sisyphus is.

  2. grazer

    grazer said, 4 months ago

    Me neither. Too lazy to look it up. Sisyphus sounds like an STD for effeminates.

    Hey, EMET, are Hoops and YoYo part of the A team??

  3. Carmy

    CarmyGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Me thinks his toga is a bit too short.

  4. jcox77

    jcox77 said, 4 months ago

    He was forced to repeat a meaningless task. Sisyphus was forced to roll a boulder up a hill, where it would roll down again so up again. Just like cleaning up after kids. And I agree with carmy, a couple inches wouldn’t hurt.

  5. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    If you notice, there is a rock at the bottom of the mountain waiting for Sisyphus to try to roll it up

  6. Ray C

    Ray CGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Good catch, Lewreader. The story of Sisyphus provides us the most famous example of onomatopoeia: the line in Homer which (translated into English) goes: “Again, the relentless boulder came bounding back down the side of the mountain.” In Greek, it sounds very much like a rock bouncing downhill. Even in English, it comes across reasonably well, doesn’t it?

  7. D-i-c-e-R

    D-i-c-e-R said, 4 months ago

    on·o·mat·o·poe·ia The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

    Why didn’t I learn this in school. I must of missed that day or was distracted by…hold on…someone’s honking their horn.
    http://www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/examples/onomatopoeia.php?a=1

  8. Ushindi

    UshindiGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Sisyphus also locked up Hades, so for awhile, no one could die, no matter how chopped up or destroyed. He wasn’t a nice guy, so when he was finally unable to escape death (he tricked death many times), the gods punished him with the “Roll the rock up the mountain” thing. Since it was for all eternity, the poor guy must still be doing it.