Most of western civilization hasn’t used Greek for several thousand years, but we still understand the letters of the Greek alphabet well enuf to use them for jokes, poetry, and proverbs. That’s the way it should be with pints, pounds, inches, miles, ounces (both kinds), yards, furlongs, etc. after we finally join the rest of the world (the rational part) in using the metric system.
We’ll still be able to say “penny wise and pound foolish” (even tho we haven’t used the pound as a unit of money in the US for a quarter of a millennium) and people will know what we mean. Same with “A miss is as good as a mile” or “A pint’s a pound the world around” (reasonable approximation but nowhere nearly as precise as “A litre’s a kilogram everywhere”).
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 5 years ago
Alpha, rho, rho, rho, your boat.
You Beta watch out, Santa Claus is coming to town!
Send the Delta force after that reindeer!
Nyckname over 5 years ago
Omegawd, that’s bad.
Bilan over 5 years ago
It looks like Rudolph Lambda right on him and Dancer made Pi out of him. But Santa said to just mu along.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 5 years ago
Gamma was delta bad hand.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 5 years ago
Oh phi!
I nu I was getting here too late.
I tau all those epsilon comments…
great work!
Psi…..
jamescordeiro over 5 years ago
Brilliant!
Dani Rice over 5 years ago
You guys are awful! I love it!
the lost wizard over 5 years ago
All Greek to me.
osceola over 5 years ago
Gamma was sleighed by a Greek bearing gifts.
tnt219 over 5 years ago
UGH!!!! Pun overload!!!
iggyman over 5 years ago
It’s all Greek to me!
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 5 years ago
Most of western civilization hasn’t used Greek for several thousand years, but we still understand the letters of the Greek alphabet well enuf to use them for jokes, poetry, and proverbs. That’s the way it should be with pints, pounds, inches, miles, ounces (both kinds), yards, furlongs, etc. after we finally join the rest of the world (the rational part) in using the metric system.
We’ll still be able to say “penny wise and pound foolish” (even tho we haven’t used the pound as a unit of money in the US for a quarter of a millennium) and people will know what we mean. Same with “A miss is as good as a mile” or “A pint’s a pound the world around” (reasonable approximation but nowhere nearly as precise as “A litre’s a kilogram everywhere”).
MeGoNow Premium Member over 5 years ago
Well, golly. If this isn’t the all time champion low hanging fruit pun prone strip of all time…
coffeeturtle over 5 years ago
@ScottHilburn Nicely played!
Armand Bastionairre over 5 years ago
like leading a lambda the slaughter
Lakegal over 5 years ago
One of my faves!
Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Almost funny. Keep at it.
J Quest over 5 years ago
A real Greek tragedy…
marilynnbyerly over 5 years ago
Stephen Pastis is sooo jealous right now.
Lablubber over 5 years ago
Not exactly a fraternal moment.
namelocdet over 5 years ago
I give an “A” for creativity!
Stephen Gilberg over 5 years ago
Phi on you!
pekenpug over 5 years ago
OMG, it’s the crime scene from today’s “The Flying McCoys”!
Chief Inspector over 5 years ago
so now they are all going out for Pi?
jhroos over 5 years ago
Sounds like Greek to me!
Sciencepost.org over 5 years ago
LoL sciencepost.org
JP Steve Premium Member over 5 years ago
It’s all just psi-phi!
Coyoty Premium Member over 5 years ago
Mu along, nothing to xi here…
onespiceybbw over 5 years ago
Pastis is still King of the Puns.
TIMH over 5 years ago
I think Pastis and Hilburn must be frat brothers.
CertifiedMoai ● 20 years and 15 days ago
he’s so sigma bro