Why do you keep expecting this comic to conform to your reality? It’s always played on a tangential field to what we see in the papers. And if it keeps confusing and displeasing you, perhaps you need to spare yourself the agita and drop it.
@bdaverinI know that these guys poke fun at reality. The problem is that I think you sometimes have to read page 22 of the sports section to find the item they are lampooning. Today’s strip seems to be dealing with something I, like my other commenters above, know nothing about. Or is this one totally free-form humor unconncected to any current sports activity?
I’m guessing that the “Tenzing Norgay Marathon” (up one side of Everest and down the other) is relating to this year’s Boston Marathon which also ends lower than it starts, but with some significant hills in between, and so a record set on it this year was not recognized. Millar and HInds are pointing out that just because the finish line is lower than the start line does not mean a race is “aided”
Pikes Peak has two races August 20-21 this year. On Saturdays is the ascent to the top of the Peak. Sunday is the Marathon, which starts and finishes at the same spot. The crazy people run both races that weekend. The Auto Hill Climb was this past weekend and the 10 minute barrier was cracked for the first time by ‘Monster’ Takajima at 9:51.278 racing in the unlimited class
bdaverin over 13 years ago
Why do you keep expecting this comic to conform to your reality? It’s always played on a tangential field to what we see in the papers. And if it keeps confusing and displeasing you, perhaps you need to spare yourself the agita and drop it.
TexTech over 13 years ago
@bdaverinI know that these guys poke fun at reality. The problem is that I think you sometimes have to read page 22 of the sports section to find the item they are lampooning. Today’s strip seems to be dealing with something I, like my other commenters above, know nothing about. Or is this one totally free-form humor unconncected to any current sports activity?
shredderf over 13 years ago
I’m guessing that the “Tenzing Norgay Marathon” (up one side of Everest and down the other) is relating to this year’s Boston Marathon which also ends lower than it starts, but with some significant hills in between, and so a record set on it this year was not recognized. Millar and HInds are pointing out that just because the finish line is lower than the start line does not mean a race is “aided”
Bill Hinds creator over 13 years ago
I wasn’t familiar with this race when Jeff sent me the copy, so I looked it up on the internet. http://tinyurl.com/t-n-marathon
Absalom57 over 13 years ago
Pikes Peak has two races August 20-21 this year. On Saturdays is the ascent to the top of the Peak. Sunday is the Marathon, which starts and finishes at the same spot. The crazy people run both races that weekend. The Auto Hill Climb was this past weekend and the 10 minute barrier was cracked for the first time by ‘Monster’ Takajima at 9:51.278 racing in the unlimited class