The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for December 21, 2019

That sounded as an “I don’t love you anymore” pun.

Not really funny since Ted Williams had cryogenics after he’d died.

I’ve always wondered about putting people in suspended animation, by whatever means, and waking them up in the far future. I mean, suppose that this had always been possible, and that someone from George Washington’s time had been frozen, and just woken up. Ignore any quibbles about them not having commercial amounts of electricity, or cold resistant materials, etc. For this comment, I don’t care about any of that.

My first question is, think about the revolution in, well, everything, since ol’ George’s time. Transport, communication, food, houses, construction materials, everything. He would be exactly like a newborn baby. Except that babies have adults assigned to take care of them for a couple of decades until they can fend for themselves. But what about someone from 300 years ago?

My second question is, why would anyone today bother thawing someone from long ago? Could they provide anything of value? Would Van Gogh be as great a painter if he were world famous?

it’s actually a pretty easy procedure – he just has to eat his ice cream really quickly…

I always heard that cooler heads wiil prevail

Enough with the talking heads, already! Let’s DO IT!

He is a cool customer!

What do you mean it didn’t work? It cost me more than an arm and a leg .

Preserved with his hat on, how nice. But is it on backwards or not?

He has a cool head! (But not on his shoulders any longer)!

She said, clearly detached.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I found today’s cartoon…

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Jarring.

EYEAAAAAHHHH!!!

So whatever did happen to Ted Williams body?

As Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly observed years ago, “Somewhere a marlin is laughing.”

That procedure seems to be headed in the wrong direction.

Funny, I just watched the Star Trek: TNG episode “The Neutral Zone” last night, which is partially about cryonics. ;) (and kudos to Mr. Hilburn on not putting ‘cryogenics’ instead)

Mr. Hilburn: Might I suggest a holiday in a tropical island to clear your head? Please do not start resorting to Pastis humor!

The Splendid Splinter will live on at any rate.

Maybe Mr. Williams could hang out with Travis in “Scary Gary”.

I can hear a “rim shot”.

BA-BOOM !!! lol

Life extension, part of the characteristics I would see in an advanced civilization. They would also have control over their own reproduction and not expect to grow indefinitely in a finite place.

There’s an old story about a boy who was born with only a head. Though shocked by this anomaly, his father still loved him and tried to raise him as well as possible. It was amazing what they could do together, and by the time the boy had reached the age of 21, the father decided it was time to take him for his first beer. So, he brought the boy to the bar and bought a beer. After one sip, a torso magically grew out of the boy’s neck so that he finally had a body. “Quick,” said the father, take another sip. He did, and arms suddenly grew out of the torso. “This is awesome!” Said the boy. “I’m taking another sip!” He did, and legs suddenly shot out of the torso. The boy was ecstatic. “Look at me! Look at me!” He cried and ran out into the street to tell the whole world of his good fortune. Once in the street, a truck ran him over. A man in the bar looked down in sympathy and said, “That boy should have quite while he was a head.”

⇧ cdward

but while it lasted it was a heady experience…

(tried to use the reply to you button and for whatever reason was sent back up the page, replying to my own comment above…)

Just think of the fine set of choppers or implants old George could get if woke up today!