Er, it’s funny because they have a detailed knowledge of the minerals under their land? Perhaps someone finds this hilarious.
Could it be a political commentary? Elvin is sitting next to a rifle and is wearing a red hat, being courted by a rich man.
I’m mostly with beckoningchasm: Looks like the rich guy wants to take advantage of those country yokels, but they know exactly what their land is worth. Of course, the business process for licensing mining rights is not very sophisticated, but rather consists of “talk to Elvin over there”. Elvin does have a certain bargaining leverage by sitting right next to his rifle though.
So, at least three time “huh?”, teasing a chuckle out of me.
Elvin = Elon?
Come and listen to a story ’bout a man named Jed…
“The Beverly Hillbillies” was the first place I encountered the given name Jethro, and it naturally took on for me the associations of other “hick” styles and practices. But the in the late 60s I encountered the band called Jethro Tull[*]; and sometime later learned that they took their name from a historical character. Neither the band nor the 18th Century farmer/inventor give off hillbilly vibes. Later still the TV show NCIS has a character called Leroy Jethro Gibbs, with that full three-barrel name often spoken. I’m not following the current origin-story show, and he may have been a country boy originally, but still not in the hayseed prototype.
Even after this variety, it was only very recently that I found out the name Jethro has Biblical origins! (And thus suitable for hillbilly naming practices.) Do you know where it comes up? It’s in Exodus, where Moses’s father-in-law is named Jethro.
[*] And I still consider the cover/packaging of their “Thick as a Brick” to be the most creative and interesting of all!
Hope they have mineral rights to whatever is under their land. Many deeds give M.R. to others. Some people don’t even own the rights to water flowing across their lands.
There’s something of a lithium rush going on these days in the deserts of Nevada & California:
All of which becomes increasingly important as the U.S. may have to find new sources for rare earths due to … “living in interesting times”
(By the way, none of those areas are home to the iconic/stereotypical saguaro cacti depicted in the comic)
Isn’t this a reference to one of the stated reasons Trump plans to invade Greenland? I can’t look it up because I’ve already used my news-related screen time for the day.
@CloonBounty: also something he wanted to steal///// bargain from Ukraine.
Why is every letter except “i” capitalized?
TedD, my guess is hand-lettering and the space for capital I wasn’t available.
I think the joke is a bit “reverse Jed Clampett”. In the Hillbillies series, Jed didn’t know what that black stuff was worth; here he clearly does.
The only line approaching the border of the speech bubble has no Is in it. Spacing doesn’t appear to be the issue. It is just weird.
Later still the TV show NCIS has a character called Leroy Jethro Gibbs, with that full three-barrel name often spoken. I’m not following the current origin-story show, and he may have been a country boy originally, but still not in the hayseed prototype.
As I recall, he was from a small town somewhere. His father owned the General Store.
The latest NCIS show is called “Origins”. It is on Monday nights at 9pm. It shows Gibbs starting out with NIS (as NCIS was apparently originally called). Pretty decent show and the actor playing Gibbs is not a physically exact match, but one can see him turning into Gibbs later in life. Mark Harmon does voice overs. Mike Franks a friend of his in the original series is his friend here also (different actor of course).
I don’t really consider him to be a hayseed type, just a younger more naive Gibbs.
‘Twas called the Naval Investigative Service when I was a Marine, IIRC. “Criminal” was added some time after I moved to other things.
Lost in A**2 –
That it is what it is in the origin story show, hence the NIS for the short name of the agency.
What else would we watch on Monday nights while we eat dinner (and afterwards while we stay in the kitchen and watch TV).
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Er, it’s funny because they have a detailed knowledge of the minerals under their land? Perhaps someone finds this hilarious.
Could it be a political commentary? Elvin is sitting next to a rifle and is wearing a red hat, being courted by a rich man.
I’m mostly with beckoningchasm: Looks like the rich guy wants to take advantage of those country yokels, but they know exactly what their land is worth. Of course, the business process for licensing mining rights is not very sophisticated, but rather consists of “talk to Elvin over there”. Elvin does have a certain bargaining leverage by sitting right next to his rifle though.
So, at least three time “huh?”, teasing a chuckle out of me.
Elvin = Elon?
Come and listen to a story ’bout a man named Jed…
“The Beverly Hillbillies” was the first place I encountered the given name Jethro, and it naturally took on for me the associations of other “hick” styles and practices. But the in the late 60s I encountered the band called Jethro Tull[*]; and sometime later learned that they took their name from a historical character. Neither the band nor the 18th Century farmer/inventor give off hillbilly vibes. Later still the TV show NCIS has a character called Leroy Jethro Gibbs, with that full three-barrel name often spoken. I’m not following the current origin-story show, and he may have been a country boy originally, but still not in the hayseed prototype.
Even after this variety, it was only very recently that I found out the name Jethro has Biblical origins! (And thus suitable for hillbilly naming practices.) Do you know where it comes up? It’s in Exodus, where Moses’s father-in-law is named Jethro.
[*] And I still consider the cover/packaging of their “Thick as a Brick” to be the most creative and interesting of all!
Hope they have mineral rights to whatever is under their land. Many deeds give M.R. to others. Some people don’t even own the rights to water flowing across their lands.
There’s something of a lithium rush going on these days in the deserts of Nevada & California:
Largest lithium deposit in the world: McDermitt Caldera, Northern Nevada: https://youtu.be/4-KwABFjAq0
Salton Sea drying up, leaving toxins… and TONS of lithium: https://youtu.be/zq3x54cgLvM?si=V75qdhsT2tmESY63
All of which becomes increasingly important as the U.S. may have to find new sources for rare earths due to … “living in interesting times”
(By the way, none of those areas are home to the iconic/stereotypical saguaro cacti depicted in the comic)
Isn’t this a reference to one of the stated reasons Trump plans to invade Greenland? I can’t look it up because I’ve already used my news-related screen time for the day.
@CloonBounty: also something he wanted to steal///// bargain from Ukraine.
Why is every letter except “i” capitalized?
TedD, my guess is hand-lettering and the space for capital I wasn’t available.
I think the joke is a bit “reverse Jed Clampett”. In the Hillbillies series, Jed didn’t know what that black stuff was worth; here he clearly does.
The only line approaching the border of the speech bubble has no Is in it. Spacing doesn’t appear to be the issue. It is just weird.
Later still the TV show NCIS has a character called Leroy Jethro Gibbs, with that full three-barrel name often spoken. I’m not following the current origin-story show, and he may have been a country boy originally, but still not in the hayseed prototype.
As I recall, he was from a small town somewhere. His father owned the General Store.
The latest NCIS show is called “Origins”. It is on Monday nights at 9pm. It shows Gibbs starting out with NIS (as NCIS was apparently originally called). Pretty decent show and the actor playing Gibbs is not a physically exact match, but one can see him turning into Gibbs later in life. Mark Harmon does voice overs. Mike Franks a friend of his in the original series is his friend here also (different actor of course).
I don’t really consider him to be a hayseed type, just a younger more naive Gibbs.
‘Twas called the Naval Investigative Service when I was a Marine, IIRC. “Criminal” was added some time after I moved to other things.
Lost in A**2 –
That it is what it is in the origin story show, hence the NIS for the short name of the agency.
What else would we watch on Monday nights while we eat dinner (and afterwards while we stay in the kitchen and watch TV).