Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 16, 2009

Yep - pretty smart critter.

Opus has been blow-hole blasted; to be sure, his less-than-gracious greeting was asking for it….

Intelligent, sensitive, and with a wicked and well-timed sense of humor.

Only indirectly apropos: one of the cute orca handlers at Sea World in San Antonio remarked that she and her peers often wondered who was training who.

“So Long and Thanks for all the Fish”

I would think that “Big Lips” would be a compliment to a whale. At least he didn’t say, “Hey, Fatso!”

Opus has a pretty big kisser himself.

Perhaps it was meant to be a come-on; if he hadn’t been interrupted, Opus might have said, “Say, Big Lips, howzabout plantin’ ‘em right here?”

cleo big kisser, small lips (as in “non-existant”).

“Fatso” is an insult? Probably not to a whale. In many cultures it has been a sign of wealth. You could afford to eat well. (Well, wealth, whale; must be a root word connection there, somewhere. See also “Fat Cat.”) Mine just means I can afford beer, also a sign of wealth. Grain to porridge, poor. Grain plus yeast to make bread, middle class. Enough grain & yeast left to make beer? How rich do you need to be?

ChukLitl - for the next step see “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” by Jared Diamond

“Hey Brain, What’re we going to do tonight?” “The same thing we do every night, Pinky…”