Comments on: History lessons

By: cwmackowski

cwmackowski — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:36:53 +0000

This was a hoot, Terry.

Of course, history is basically just one big fiction, anyway, so why not make up your own?

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:33:45 +0000

“I don’t know why I even let you talk to Joey,” she said.

Great piece. When she appears, your wife is my favorite character.

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Poor Longfellow. It’s tough being a poet in a language without declination.

By: Tom Shortell

Tom Shortell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:19:16 +0000

In Longfellow’s defense, Newman doesn’t rhyme with “hear.”

My father’s answers were rarely as creative, but similar in nature. My dad, though, borrowed most of his material from the immortal Bill Waterson. See below for an example.

http://www.freewebs.com/calvin-hobbes-org/bankmachinesanddad.gif

By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:43:32 +0000

To my mind, one of the things that recommends being a parent is answering questions like “Why is the sky blue?” any damned way you want. I’d approach history the same way. And when said, fictitious child questioned my outlandish stories i’d fall back on the way my parents handled these situations, “Look it up.” Then we could discuss whatever the matter was truthfully (if i know the answer), and hopefully the child would learn not to take anything on authority…even parental authority.

But as far as i’m concerned, The Statue of Liberty did fight Godzilla…least that’s how i heard it.

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:24:27 +0000

Monday Night RAW Revolutionary War

Thursday Night Smackdown Civil War

ECW Afghanistan

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:20:03 +0000

I admire your creativity. And if we as a nation are going to be so damned Orwellian about rewriting the present, I see no reason why we shouldn’t have some fun with the past. The sooner the better.

Maybe we need an American Idol-type show for historians, now that I think about it….