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Is there a physicist in the house?

Wyatt BurpWyatt Burp Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
edited October 2019 in General Discussion
I can't for the life of me see the humor in this cartoon.350576_fac07c25eba43f2853bb681a633b2ce7.jpg
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,771 ******
    edited November -1
    I used to get a new Far Side calendar every year! I sure do miss The Far Side! Most of G. Larson's stuff was MY KIND OF HUMOR. 8-) :D
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  • Cornflk1Cornflk1 Member Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree, I don't see it either ??????
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,239 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    Yeah, I love The Far Side, but I am too dull to get some of them. This is one of them.
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,274 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just try to imagine Albert Einstein playing basketball. I think that's all there is to the joke.
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  • AdamsQuailHunterAdamsQuailHunter Member Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Perhaps it might be a takeoff on one of his comments:

    "If I had only known, I would have been a Locksmith" - Albert Einstein

    Best Regards - AQH
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Took college physics for what's that worth, but don't get it either. E=MC squared (in a vacuum) :idea:
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    There's only ten numbers on the clock, Einstein invented twelve,,,,
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  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gary Larson is supposedly coming out with NEW FAR SIDE COMICS!!!!!!!

    I can't wait! I hope they are as good as the old ones!

    Merc
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,771 ******
    edited November -1
    One of my favorite Far Side's is captioned: "The real reason why Dinosaur's became extinct"

    Pictured a bunch of Dino's standing around smoking cigarettes! :lol: Now that was funny! :lol:
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    asop wrote:
    Took college physics for what's that worth, but don't get it either. E=MC squared (in a vacuum) :idea:

    In classic mechanics, energy is equal to mass times the square of velocity. This is used when calculating the energy of a particular cartridge loading for example.

    Therefore, the maximum energy of a given mass is when that mass is accelerated to maximum possible velocity. E = MC^2 is the logical result of the relativistic principle that mass cannot be accelerated to light speed, rather that the total potential of any given mass is realized when that mass is fully converted to energy moving at the speed of light.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As mentioned above, there's no deep or hidden meaning. It's just that idea of Einstein playing pro basketball is hilarious on its own.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • fugawefugawe Member Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not sure if the number on his jersey is some symbol used in physics or just a distorted 27.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    fugawe wrote:
    Not sure if the number on his jersey is some symbol used in physics or just a distorted 27.


    Think it's trying to show the curve of his belly...
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,274 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You guys are waaaayyy over thinking this. It's Albert Einstein. Playing pro basketball. That's pretty funny all on it's own!
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I look over my academic resume, I recall 6 long months I spent attending Ga. Tech. I did not take any physics courses, but, I walked past the physics building several times. I could spell the word "Physics" when I was 11 years old.

    I don't get the cartoon.
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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can't explain humor like the far side to people. You either get it or you don't.
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  • JohnERebJohnEReb Member Posts: 113 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The cartoon is dated 1987. If that is when the cartoon originally appeared perhaps something happened that year which would put it into context. I also see Einstein and the four other players around the basket have the same uniform on, hence they are all on the same team?
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  • SawzSawz Member Posts: 6,049
    edited November -1
    Paul is dead, hold that cartoon up to a mirror
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