Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Red Delicious

September 13, 2018

Two friends compare the misleadingly named Red Delicious apple to Greenland.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-13-red-delicious/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "Ugh. Why is the least delicious kind of apple called 'Red Delicious'?" B: "Same reason the iciest island is called 'Greenland.'"

A: "Vikings?" B: "I was going for 'willful deceit,' but sure, Vikings."

Topics
General / Not Math
Level
All Ages
Themes
FoodLanguage & WordplayHistory & Holidays