Three Things About Sunday's Strip (9 comments)
Three Things About Sunday's Strip
Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 02:45 PM
1.) Today's Sunday strip was wonderfully colored by our Sheldon intern,
Cari. She gave it such a great golden, Autumn feel, didn't she? Group high-five to Cari, everyone!
2.) Sheldonista A.R. informs me that there is actually a name for the eye-boogers that form during the night: "Haw". I don't have a suitably sized Oxford English Dictionary next to me, but the professors among us can perhaps look it up and give us the exact definition in the comments, below.
3.) Sheldon reader Andria S writes in with this:
I happen to teach Physics at a community college, and one of the most
useful tools I teach is the Order of Magnitude calculation, also
called a back of the envelope calculation. If you're unfamiliar with
this, it's a way to get a rough estimate of any calculate-able
quantity just by making some reasonable estimates to start. Regarding
your eye crud strip on August 2, 2009, I made what I feel are
reasonable estimates that a bit of eye crud is a small cube with sides
of 1mm; that you either get crud every night of your life in only one
eye, or else in both eyes but every other night of your life; and that
you live 80 years. These estimates get you around 6 teaspoons (2
tablespoons) of crud in a human life time, and I could easily see
getting 1 teaspoon instead with slightly different input guesses.
So Sheldon got it right - though on a test I'd dock him points for not
showing his work. ;)
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Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 03:58 PM (
#48691)
Haw? No. Haw is the nictitating membrane found in lizards, birds, etc.
Eye boogers are 'rheum', the eyes' natural mucus discharge. Tears and blinking normally wash it away, except at night.
jfount
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Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 07:25 PM (
#48694)
OED to the rescue! :)
The third noun definition of haw does indeed define it as a "nictitating membrane" -- but the second sense under this entry claims that it can, by transference, be "applied to an excresence in the human eye"; however, this is obsolete. The earliest reference to this usage is from ~1450! Now, personally this is all more reason to use the term haw....
Rheum, on the other hand, is "now archaic" rather than obsolete, and defined primarily as "Watery matter secreted by the mucous glands or membranes, such as collects in or drops from the nose, eyes, and mouth, etc., and which, when abnormal, was supposed to cause disease; hence, an excessive or morbid 'defluxion' of any kind."
Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 11:24 PM (
#48696)
Ahem. I prefer "sleepy seeds". Thank you.
Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Monday, August 03, 2009 - 12:34 AM (
#48697)
When I was a kid my grandma told me it was the Sandman's Sand.
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iArthur
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Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Monday, August 03, 2009 - 05:10 AM (
#48700)
Actually, the first thing I noticed about Sunday's strip was the colour. I thought it was beautifully done - like you said, Dave, "golden, Autumn feel" is just what came to mind. Extra points and a free latte to Cari! ^_^
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Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Monday, August 03, 2009 - 06:43 AM (
#48701)
Yep, love those autumn colors. My favorite season of the year.
mmabq
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Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Monday, August 03, 2009 - 11:36 AM (
#48705)
Re 2.), technically it is "gound" (she declared with an air of authority, having just Googled it). I just call it eye poo. My mom called it "sleepies."
Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 06:18 AM (
#48757)
Unless you fall asleep with your contacts in. Then the amount increases to enough to gross out your wife when you get up in the morning.
Re: Three Things About Sunday's Strip (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 02:54 AM (
#48819)
Now this is a far more better idea. This way I can live longer! Thanks!
Resveratrol [ezinearticles.com]
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