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chained_bear commented on the word cometicks
"From earliest times, the appearance of a comet was interpreted as a sign that something unusual was about to happen... But Macy resisted such speculation: 'The philosophical reasoning we leave to the scientific part of the community, still it is beyond a doubt that the most learned is possessed of very little undoubted knowledge of the subject of cometicks.'"
--Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 4
May 1, 2008
reesetee commented on the word cometicks
Hmm. What about planeticks?
May 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word cometicks
This is also the opening line of "The Lay of Lydia, lusty leechmistress of Lyme":
"Come, ticks!
Engorge yourselves upon my succulent flesh,
Pulsating with 5 litres of type O, juicy and fresh.."
Things do not end well, when lusty Lydia is laid low by the scourge of Lyme disease.
May 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word cometicks
Yes, Lyme disease being named after Lyme, Connecticut. Those New Englanders....
May 2, 2008