So about midway through reading this sentence, I was totally thinking, “Yeah, me too! My parents took me to see her when I was 5 and I always…” and then it was like “Oh. OK”
Besides, everyone should know that there’s a difference between reptiles, lizards (a specific KIND of reptile), and dinosaurs (another specific kind of reptile). Because that’s pretty easy to teach, and also reptiles are cool.
Birds evolved from dinosaurs. The way terms are usually defined right now, that means birds are dinosaurs, and by extension reptiles too.
Some people still define reptiles as excluding birds. It’s no longer very popular among biologists who study prehistoric reptiles, though, because most of the features that neatly separate modern reptiles and birds develop very gradually in prehistoric ones.
I’m pretty sure there was a point, back when I was small, that everyone I knew was at least a bit interested in dinosaurs. I’m not really sure how that changed.
For Christmas I bought my four year old nephew a duffel bag that I had filled to the top with those plastic dinosaurs you can get for like ten cents each. There were hundreds of them in there. It was his favorite present, he and his sisters spent the rest of the vacation playing dinosaurs.
I told my sister to think of me every time she steps barefoot on one of them in the middle of the night.
I remember when my family went to see the Tutankhamun exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum… and I inadvertantly saw Sue at the same time because there was a huge friggin’ display in the hallway. Let me tell you, that was definitely the best part of the trip, old human junk is boring by comparison.
You must have been at the second display of Tut’s treasures in Chicago in late 2006. The first “Treasures of Tutankhamun” exhibit was at the Field Museum in Chicago between April and August 1977 (I took a Greyhound bus from western Wisconsin in order to get there and see it). “Sue” didn’t get discovered until 1990, and it was another ten years (2000) before she was put on public display in Chicago.
Huh! That’s quite accurate deduction. A bit of cross-country travel was involved for us too, since back then I lived with my parents in Texas (a land of tornados, bugs, heat death, bugs, and crazy people).
By the way, I didn’t mean to belittle the awesomeness of the Tutankhamun exhibit, so much as emphasize the awesomeness of seeing Sue. Hopefully that didn’t come across wrong ^^’
Speaking of Sue, I understand the skull on display is a false one, because of some misshapen details (and possible damage if I remember right?). I remember there were just these rail things around, so I always sort of worried that some super-asshole would come along and throw something at it and break it. But I don’t think anyone’s done such a thing.
I’m not paying fifteen dollars to see a dead bird.
Also, I wonder what Willis’ stance on evolution was by this time?
Is Dina meant as a caricature of an evolutionist, a broad-minded attempt to include aberrant views or reflecting a new-found interest in evolutionary biology?
Man, there is a great pinball machine by Williams that goes by the name of “Grand Lizard”. We had one in our hallway for a while since our upstairs neighbor was running out of space in his apartment.
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Question for Willis: Did you know she was Asian at this point?
Yes.
Ah, Sue the T. rex. I have fond memories of her being necromantically reanimated and going on a rampage in downtown Chicago.
Oh good, I’m NOT the only dresden fan that thought that exact thing.
Likewise. Though ever since I read that I’ve wanted to get the chance to check it out in person.
Just remember, Butters… Polka… will never… die!!!
So about midway through reading this sentence, I was totally thinking, “Yeah, me too! My parents took me to see her when I was 5 and I always…” and then it was like “Oh. OK”
Okay, now I really need to reread that book to recapture the awesomeness of that scene XD
Oh my god, a Dresden Files fan, I AM NOT ALONE!
There are literally DOZENS of us!
*waves*
You know, Dan Shive of El Goonish Shive fame is also a Dresden Files Fan. Got me into the series, no less.
I’ve only read one book so far, though, because I have a long backlog and tend to rotate across series…
I went to Parasite Eve, but that wasn’t exactly “Necromantic”, and it’s the wrong T-Rex.
Does Dina assume everyone else shares her interests?
No, only that everybody should.
Besides, everyone should know that there’s a difference between reptiles, lizards (a specific KIND of reptile), and dinosaurs (another specific kind of reptile). Because that’s pretty easy to teach, and also reptiles are cool.
Reptiles? Aren’t they birds?
…Isn’t that what Dina is screaming in the last panel?
“DINOSAURS ARE NOT
BIG LIZARDS!! THEY’RE
CLOSER TO BIRDS!!
THEY’RE NOTHING ALIKE
(…)”
Doesn’t change the fact that they were reptiles.
Except they weren’t, because they were almost certainly warm blooded, and many of them had feathers, etc. etc.
Dinosaurs aren’t all birds.
Birds evolved from dinosaurs. The way terms are usually defined right now, that means birds are dinosaurs, and by extension reptiles too.
Some people still define reptiles as excluding birds. It’s no longer very popular among biologists who study prehistoric reptiles, though, because most of the features that neatly separate modern reptiles and birds develop very gradually in prehistoric ones.
They’re dinosaurs! What kind of horrible person wouldn’t be interested?
I’m pretty sure there was a point, back when I was small, that everyone I knew was at least a bit interested in dinosaurs. I’m not really sure how that changed.
For Christmas I bought my four year old nephew a duffel bag that I had filled to the top with those plastic dinosaurs you can get for like ten cents each. There were hundreds of them in there. It was his favorite present, he and his sisters spent the rest of the vacation playing dinosaurs.
I told my sister to think of me every time she steps barefoot on one of them in the middle of the night.
And then she killed him.
The End.
She’s just trying to introduce him to the dinosaurs directly
I remember when my family went to see the Tutankhamun exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum… and I inadvertantly saw Sue at the same time because there was a huge friggin’ display in the hallway. Let me tell you, that was definitely the best part of the trip, old human junk is boring by comparison.
….not that I’m not grateful to have also seen one-of-a-kind historical artifacts, that was neat too I guess. But man, DINOSAUR!
You must have been at the second display of Tut’s treasures in Chicago in late 2006. The first “Treasures of Tutankhamun” exhibit was at the Field Museum in Chicago between April and August 1977 (I took a Greyhound bus from western Wisconsin in order to get there and see it). “Sue” didn’t get discovered until 1990, and it was another ten years (2000) before she was put on public display in Chicago.
Huh! That’s quite accurate deduction. A bit of cross-country travel was involved for us too, since back then I lived with my parents in Texas (a land of tornados, bugs, heat death, bugs, and crazy people).
By the way, I didn’t mean to belittle the awesomeness of the Tutankhamun exhibit, so much as emphasize the awesomeness of seeing Sue. Hopefully that didn’t come across wrong ^^’
Speaking of Sue, I understand the skull on display is a false one, because of some misshapen details (and possible damage if I remember right?). I remember there were just these rail things around, so I always sort of worried that some super-asshole would come along and throw something at it and break it. But I don’t think anyone’s done such a thing.
Except for Tornados, that’s also a fair summary of Missouri and Florida.
I’m not paying fifteen dollars to see a dead bird.
Also, I wonder what Willis’ stance on evolution was by this time?
Is Dina meant as a caricature of an evolutionist, a broad-minded attempt to include aberrant views or reflecting a new-found interest in evolutionary biology?
*rocks shaped like dead birds’ bones
*casts of rocks shaped like dead birds’ bones. The actual fossils are usually too delicate and too valuable to put on display.
Man, there is a great pinball machine by Williams that goes by the name of “Grand Lizard”. We had one in our hallway for a while since our upstairs neighbor was running out of space in his apartment.
Dude, you realize a girl was asking you out, don’t you. No, no you don’t.
Dude, I don’t think the GIRL realized she was asking him out, so don’t be too hard on him.
Or he’s just not interested in her. Walkyverse Dina wasn’t that great.
KILL HIM! THROW ORGANIC BEANS AT HIM!
Gee, I wonder if she loves dinosaurs.
Really, and her name is “Dina”? Seriously?
DINA SARazu
Okay, I don’t read tags so I didn’t know her last name until you posted that.
You have GOT to be kidding me. That pun hurts more every time I think of it.
It’s pronounced DEE-na!
Still a better name than “Professor Doc”
Professor is a perfectly normal first name.
Over half the names in this comic-verse are puns, horrible horrible puns.
Man, I want to see a Dinosaur Zoo.
There was literally an entire book and film series about why that’s a bad idea.
This is me when people say Godzilla is a lizard. He’s a friggen DINOSAUR
I’m too young to ever have even used Usenet but that joke in the last panel still amuses me. Maybe because all of the Internet is like that.