Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Hubristic

June 16, 2017

Two museum-goers look at a fallen classical column engraved 'This column will stand forever.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-16-hubristic/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "Ah, yes — typical architecture of the Early Hubristic Period."

[Toppled column inscribed: "THIS COLUMN WILL STAND FOREVER"]

Topics
General / Not Math
Level
All Ages
Themes
History & HolidaysLanguage & Wordplay