Striking Oyl!

One Hundred Years ago today (!), Mr. Elzie C. Segar introduced Castor Oyl to his cartoon strip, Thimble Theatre. Castor was the older brother of Olive Oyl, and son to Cole and Nana Oyl.

It was not until nine years later that Popeye the Sailor made his first appearance in the same strip, sweeping Olive Oyl off her feet.

If you thumb back to December 9, 2019, you will see that YIR has dealt with Mr. Segar before. Rhinos everywhere are still chuckling.

Scrolling Along

We are all aware that Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a brilliant astronomer, mathematician, poet, geographer and music theorist. All very impressive, his accomplishments.

What you may not recall is that he was also the Chief Librarian of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Obviously the sort of place where Rhinos are influential.

In fact, it was Eratosthenes who is famous for inventing the imperative suggestion shown, the Greek equivalent of “Shhhh!”.

You go, Mr. White!

We salute New Mexico today, which joined up in 1912. A fine state with everything to recommend it, including much open space for the native Critter Population.

In 1901 a teen cowpoke named James L. White noticed a slew of bats coming out of the ground, and thus discovered the Carlsbad Caverns. He slithered down there, and over the next years lobbied (successfully) for recognition for this remarkable find. The Caverns are enormous, marvelous, and extensive.

Rhinos do not often go into caves, dreading the “lemon squeeze” factor, when you go through a tight space and get stuck. Clearly, the problem is more pressing (and common) when you are our size, yes?