Best I can come up with:
She’s thinking, “My gold star looks lame next to a gold earring”.
He’s thinking, “Sailing round the horn is a dang big deal”.
Reward: Fake gold star is paltry compared to gold earing. OR gold star is a lousy reward considering how valuable a gold earing is.
Task: Spelling test is pretty insignificant compared to rounding the horn OR gold star is pretty sweet reward considering how insignificant a spelling test is.
…. I guess.
Frazz wants to know whether she is disappointed in the fake gold star (when compared to a real gold earring) or happy that she did not have the undertake a dangerous and arduous journey to obtain it.
Assuming a European tradition, and vessels attempting to reach India, I’d say from east to west. After all, on the way back home they would already have their earring.
Apologies for literality.
From Wikipedia:
“Traditionally, a sailor who had rounded the Horn was entitled to wear a gold loop earring—in the left ear, the one which had faced the Horn in a typical eastbound passage—and to dine with one foot on the table; a sailor who had also rounded the Cape of Good Hope could place both feet on the table.”
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Best I can come up with:
She’s thinking, “My gold star looks lame next to a gold earring”.
He’s thinking, “Sailing round the horn is a dang big deal”.
Reward: Fake gold star is paltry compared to gold earing. OR gold star is a lousy reward considering how valuable a gold earing is.
Task: Spelling test is pretty insignificant compared to rounding the horn OR gold star is pretty sweet reward considering how insignificant a spelling test is.
…. I guess.
Frazz wants to know whether she is disappointed in the fake gold star (when compared to a real gold earring) or happy that she did not have the undertake a dangerous and arduous journey to obtain it.
Assuming a European tradition, and vessels attempting to reach India, I’d say from east to west. After all, on the way back home they would already have their earring.
Apologies for literality.
From Wikipedia:
“Traditionally, a sailor who had rounded the Horn was entitled to wear a gold loop earring—in the left ear, the one which had faced the Horn in a typical eastbound passage—and to dine with one foot on the table; a sailor who had also rounded the Cape of Good Hope could place both feet on the table.”