Rubes by Leigh Rubin for August 25, 2024

Remember, he doesn’t have to outrun that bear…

If he misses that shot, we are all scrabbling!

“Syzygy” could come in handy on Scrabble…. Occasionally.

The Wiki translation has the words, “includes a BEARING surface (huh?)” – lol!

“Here’s a suggestion Thor: You invent things, let others name them.” (Rough quote from Curls talking to Thor after Thor invented something and gave it a weird name. From Johhny Hart’s original B.C. comic strip.)

What does that have to do with Scrabble™?

The bear doesn’t look impressed.

And “atlatl” ticks people off in the NYT Spelling Bee, where it is never accepted. Most likely because it is a foreign word that is not widely known or used in the USA.

Don’t get this one. . . .

The spear’s gonna go too far and hit an axolotl.

Mark Twain: “Foreigners spell things better than they pronounce them.”

Aa is handier.

Looks like the same principle as those things you can buy to throw balls for your dog, but I think they are just called “ball throwers”. If I need to launch a pointy projectile, I’ll stick with the good ol’ bow and arrow. Or better yet, a crossbow, because they look way cooler.