Dinosaur-comics 1471 - 1480 (D)
Dinosaur Comics 1471
Some of the animal descriptions in conrad gesner's «Historiae animalium» (published in the 1500s, the first modern attempt to describe all known beasts) are clearly from second or third hand sources, and are as such completely insane! fishy in panel 6 is one such example, he is a «rubus fisshe of the grekes se», noted as being EXTREMELY DELICIOUS
Dinosaur Comics 1472
Dinosaur Comics 1473
Dinosaur Comics 1474
Americans: your systems of measurement confuse me and are crazy, so when you see «kilogram», «litre» and «Celsius» in this comic just think «2.2 pounds», «33.8 fluid ounces» and «hey pretty much everyone else on the entire planet uses a way less arbitrary system for measuring temperature, so huh, that's weird»
Dinosaur Comics 1475
In earlier drafts utahraptor suggested temperature scales based on tears and/or blood, but don't waste your time: blood boils and freezes at pretty much the same temperature as water, and while tears boil and freeze a bit after water, it's only because of their salty ways
Dinosaur Comics 1476
Dinosaur Comics 1477
Dinosaur Comics 1478
Dinosaur Comics 1479
Dinosaur Comics 1480
God's talking about the shaw play and not the greek myth. the greek myth is where this dude falls in love with a statue he made, and he gives it presents, but he's sad because the statue just stands there. but THEN it's a happy ending because the statue comes to life, and THEN, he sexes up the statue and has a kid with the statue!! ladies and gentlemen, the greek myths