Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for April 02, 2022

This could be used to teach school children about inverse functions.

That’s why I use an e-bike.

In every life there’s ups and downs

To change the “WHEEEE!” to somehow “EEEEHW!”-sounds

Horace needs to choose level places to ride.

I’m seeing a sine that he might not make it up the hill.

Ah the ups and downs of life…

downhill first panel is wicked dangerous!

why don’t you take the elevator, Horace….?

The Self Inflicted Sisyphus Side of the Horse

With a little fun, comes a little work…

That WHEEE just turned to WHAWWWW

Instead of conserving momentum, he jammed on the brakes at the bottom. Bad move.

Which implies, having potential kills your mood.

I had a friend who was what I call a “demon cyclist” – the kind of guy who would ride Highway 1 from Marin County to Los Angeles without expecting a medal at the end. He explained to me one of the fundamentals of bicycle riding in hilly areas: you spend 90% of your time peddling uphill. You zoom down in seconds and then you are immediately climbing the next hill. Not for the faint-hearted.

Houyhnhnms can alter their bodies grow muscles as needed and turn hooves into fingers. Horace refuses to learn it. He’d rather laze about instead.

y = f(x)

I had a friend who was what I call a “demon cyclist”, the kind of guy who would bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles. He told me the surprising fact that you spent 90% of your time riding uphill. Downhill is all Zip – wheeee! Then you are pumping the pedals slowly again, working hard to the top of the next hill.