The situation in “The Argyle Sweater” is no joke, it has already become legislated reality.
I like the mechanics of the conversational misunderstanding in the Caesar panel.
Some good ones here.
Why is Polly male?
Why is Polly male?
I was trying to look up authorities for the answer I was preparing — that a parrot’s beak is called a “poll” and hence “Polly” has long been a nickname for parrots, of either sex — but that didn’t turn out correct. There is at least a note that “poll” seems to have first meant “head” (which led to the sense of voting). Entries for “Polly” relate it to human name “Molly” as nicknames for “Mary” , and say nothing about connecting it to “poll” ; except that “Poll” says fem. proper name, short for Polly. Noted from 1620s as a parrot’s name. So there you are.
Maybe his name is Pauly.
I dream of a world in which non-cis parrots are not name-shamed.
Oh, right, it’s MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM. Well, I don’t really want to live in that world, so, carry on….
As Kilby said – the electric cars have to make a noise when running – it was a problem for blind people, they could not tell if it was safe to cross the street.
The situation in “The Argyle Sweater” is no joke, it has already become legislated reality.
I like the mechanics of the conversational misunderstanding in the Caesar panel.
Some good ones here.
Why is Polly male?
Why is Polly male?
I was trying to look up authorities for the answer I was preparing — that a parrot’s beak is called a “poll” and hence “Polly” has long been a nickname for parrots, of either sex — but that didn’t turn out correct. There is at least a note that “poll” seems to have first meant “head” (which led to the sense of voting). Entries for “Polly” relate it to human name “Molly” as nicknames for “Mary” , and say nothing about connecting it to “poll” ; except that “Poll” says fem. proper name, short for Polly. Noted from 1620s as a parrot’s name. So there you are.
Maybe his name is Pauly.
I dream of a world in which non-cis parrots are not name-shamed.
Oh, right, it’s MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM. Well, I don’t really want to live in that world, so, carry on….
As Kilby said – the electric cars have to make a noise when running – it was a problem for blind people, they could not tell if it was safe to cross the street.