Comic 222 and we’re still finding conspiracies in repetitive numbers.
Maybe if the All-seeing Masonic Eye of the Unfinished Pyramid was wearing his banners, he could fire back with ANNUIT COEPTIS, a phrase of 13 letters, although so does the Eagle’s banner of E PLURIBUS UNUM.
As far as imagery of the Great Seal of the United States goes, Eagle can be a real jerk.
Hmm, John Buchan’s The 39 Steps has 3 times 13 in the title. Nothing to do with the US, of course, but still … (no real conspiracy theorist would be put off by the facts).
Speaking of steps – 13 steps on a hangman’s gallows/13 coils in the noose – one of many traditional myths based on the supposed UNLUCKINESS of the number 13. One such saying is: twelve for the jury, one for the judge, hung by thirteen. Interesting that triskaidekaphobia doesn’t seem to have bothered the Founding Fathers – nor their successors in office. In 1881 an influential group of New Yorkers led by US Civil War veteran Captain William Fowler formed a dinner cabaret club, which they called the Thirteen Club. At the first meeting, on Friday, January 13, 1881, at 8:13 p.m., thirteen people sat down to dine in Room 13 of the venue. The guests walked under a ladder to enter the room and were seated among piles of spilled salt. Their numbers included five future US presidents, from Chester A. Arthur to Theodore Roosevelt.
I saw a book once exploring all the 6-6-6’s in the Apollo Program, like the letters in Borman, Lovell and Anders on Apollo 8. After a moment I thought “Luther, Calvin, Wesley?”
My least favorite example of political correctness is calling people “conspiracy theorists.” Let’s call them what we used to call them (and what they are): “lunatics.”
Brian Carroll creator about 7 years ago
Comic 222 and we’re still finding conspiracies in repetitive numbers.
Maybe if the All-seeing Masonic Eye of the Unfinished Pyramid was wearing his banners, he could fire back with ANNUIT COEPTIS, a phrase of 13 letters, although so does the Eagle’s banner of E PLURIBUS UNUM.
As far as imagery of the Great Seal of the United States goes, Eagle can be a real jerk.
John DeCarlo about 7 years ago
“Perect” in panel one
KALKAY32 about 7 years ago
26 feathers on each wing? two layers of 13 each?
RonnieAThompson Premium Member about 7 years ago
Interesting comic today.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 7 years ago
Hmm, John Buchan’s The 39 Steps has 3 times 13 in the title. Nothing to do with the US, of course, but still … (no real conspiracy theorist would be put off by the facts).
Strawberry Hellcat: Gair I gall, ffon I’r anghall about 7 years ago
Speaking of steps – 13 steps on a hangman’s gallows/13 coils in the noose – one of many traditional myths based on the supposed UNLUCKINESS of the number 13. One such saying is: twelve for the jury, one for the judge, hung by thirteen. Interesting that triskaidekaphobia doesn’t seem to have bothered the Founding Fathers – nor their successors in office. In 1881 an influential group of New Yorkers led by US Civil War veteran Captain William Fowler formed a dinner cabaret club, which they called the Thirteen Club. At the first meeting, on Friday, January 13, 1881, at 8:13 p.m., thirteen people sat down to dine in Room 13 of the venue. The guests walked under a ladder to enter the room and were seated among piles of spilled salt. Their numbers included five future US presidents, from Chester A. Arthur to Theodore Roosevelt.
dutchs about 7 years ago
I saw a book once exploring all the 6-6-6’s in the Apollo Program, like the letters in Borman, Lovell and Anders on Apollo 8. After a moment I thought “Luther, Calvin, Wesley?”
Godfreydaniel about 7 years ago
My least favorite example of political correctness is calling people “conspiracy theorists.” Let’s call them what we used to call them (and what they are): “lunatics.”