But I always read it as King Solomon not caring who the baby’s actual mother was, and just giving it to the woman who was NOT cool with cutting a baby in half.
Now you are mentioning it, it does have a cat-like or lupine-like head. It’s the pointy ears, mostly.
I also just noticed the 10-meter-long skins on the ground, as long as the big dinner table. Tiger-like skins. Wouldn’t want to meet their former owners. The local predators are rather huge, aren’t they?
BTW, cartoonist, very nice work with the light from the fireplace and the oil lamp reflecting on the characters. That gives quite a warm atmosphere and makes the scene more alive.
That’s more of a case of “if it falls on your property its yours” which is basically what our rather ridiculous waste disposal regulations boil down to. And why landowners get really pissed off at illegal dumping, because they have to pay for the clean up, which is often mandatory.
That’s more because if you cannot prove who did the illegal dumping, then it required a VERY expensive taxpayer funded investigation… so it’s easier to just make you pay for it, and then if you ever find out who was responsible, you can sue them.
Last time I had read our constitution, our laws regarding fruit-bearing trees are very similar to the greedy soldier’s point of view.
In short:
– Fruit that falls on their property are theirs
– Branches that are invading their property can’t be cut by the tree’s owner without asking the neighbor first (resulting in some hilarious “mohawk trees” sometimes)
– Fruit hanging in those invading branches are fair game to both (that is, the tree owner can actually climb and “invade aerial property” to get fruit as long as their feet don’t touch the neighbor’s property; Likewise, the neighbor can shake or poke the tree to force fruits to drop, or just climb there and grab him/herself). If the fruit touches neighbor soil while you are trying to get it, it’s gone, Jim. Using a net, mechanical arm or something else to retrieve it will get you a lawsuit.
Of course, those rarely apply if the neighbors are on good terms. Those apply just in case the neighbor is deliberately bisecting their trees just to deny you their delicious fruit and fart in your general direction by carving little butts in the stumps.
IIRC, that also applies to meteorites (or meteorites are covered by law as being “treasures”? Damn, I suck at law).
Sometimes the tree was already there when they moved/started doing business, and there are a few rules about cutting down trees (short version: You don’t. Long version: Give us a good excuse and we’ll set the fine based on rarity of the species).
Last time we had to pay a fine to allow the firemen to cut down a dead pine tree that offered immediate risk, just because it was of an endangered species, Araucaria angustifolia (apparently they can turn trees undead since they’re still protected after withered and root-rotten).
A friend also had to build his house in a manner to acommodate a mahogany tree that just happened to grow in the center. The tree died, and all that’s left are a series of oddly-placed holes through three stories.
If anyone here knows “With Fire and Sword” they’ll recognize the apple tree issue. In it one of the character’s family is in a many year lawsuit with their neighbors over who gets the pears dropped by a tree on the line between their land. I wonder if Campbell or Kahn have ever read it or watched the movie. Which would be super cool because you don’t find a lot of people who’ve read Polish literature/movies.
STOP THE PRESSES!
I bearly believe what I’m seeing!
False alarm, everyone. There’s a fly in his mead.
It’s a grizzly sight, sure enough.
A grizzly sight … even I can’t bear it.
Take a glance only at the bear’d necessities.
Oh. My. Claw.
That’s it Syr! Plant the seeds of…uhmm..of…nevermind.
The Judgment of Ardaic: launch the baby from a trebuchet.
Solomon would be proud.
I always liked the Judgement of Solomon.
But I always read it as King Solomon not caring who the baby’s actual mother was, and just giving it to the woman who was NOT cool with cutting a baby in half.
Pretty sound strategy in my opinion.
The bear on the right looks like it had a little bit of Gnoll blood. o.o
Now you are mentioning it, it does have a cat-like or lupine-like head. It’s the pointy ears, mostly.
I also just noticed the 10-meter-long skins on the ground, as long as the big dinner table. Tiger-like skins. Wouldn’t want to meet their former owners. The local predators are rather huge, aren’t they?
BTW, cartoonist, very nice work with the light from the fireplace and the oil lamp reflecting on the characters. That gives quite a warm atmosphere and makes the scene more alive.
Me, I like the idea of a warm hearth making for a cozy scene, but here it just…seems a bit too bright-yellow for me.
That’s what happens when you use wood elve stumps as firewood.They just burn a little brighter.
A Gnoll that was bitten by a Werebear?
Manbeargnoll?
Bear Grylls?
Looking at the size of their claws… maybe they are Dire Sloths?
Put a sloth on it!
“If it falls on my property, it’s mine.”
Then, what about me dropping hazmat on your lands ? :-P
That’s more of a case of “if it falls on your property its yours” which is basically what our rather ridiculous waste disposal regulations boil down to. And why landowners get really pissed off at illegal dumping, because they have to pay for the clean up, which is often mandatory.
That’s more because if you cannot prove who did the illegal dumping, then it required a VERY expensive taxpayer funded investigation… so it’s easier to just make you pay for it, and then if you ever find out who was responsible, you can sue them.
This would rather be the point Ardaic was making with the catapults.
Wow, I’ve managed to go through the entire comic thinking Ardaic’s name was “Adriac” derp.
Last time I had read our constitution, our laws regarding fruit-bearing trees are very similar to the greedy soldier’s point of view.
In short:
– Fruit that falls on their property are theirs
– Branches that are invading their property can’t be cut by the tree’s owner without asking the neighbor first (resulting in some hilarious “mohawk trees” sometimes)
– Fruit hanging in those invading branches are fair game to both (that is, the tree owner can actually climb and “invade aerial property” to get fruit as long as their feet don’t touch the neighbor’s property; Likewise, the neighbor can shake or poke the tree to force fruits to drop, or just climb there and grab him/herself). If the fruit touches neighbor soil while you are trying to get it, it’s gone, Jim. Using a net, mechanical arm or something else to retrieve it will get you a lawsuit.
Of course, those rarely apply if the neighbors are on good terms. Those apply just in case the neighbor is deliberately bisecting their trees just to deny you their delicious fruit and fart in your general direction by carving little butts in the stumps.
IIRC, that also applies to meteorites (or meteorites are covered by law as being “treasures”? Damn, I suck at law).
Ah, yes, I remember that from law school. They wrote that amendment in when Johnny Appleseed was in office, right?
I nicer neighbor wouldn’t plant fruit bearing trees on the property border. Who would want to deal with all that rotting fruit on a regular basis.
Sometimes the tree was already there when they moved/started doing business, and there are a few rules about cutting down trees (short version: You don’t. Long version: Give us a good excuse and we’ll set the fine based on rarity of the species).
Last time we had to pay a fine to allow the firemen to cut down a dead pine tree that offered immediate risk, just because it was of an endangered species, Araucaria angustifolia (apparently they can turn trees undead since they’re still protected after withered and root-rotten).
A friend also had to build his house in a manner to acommodate a mahogany tree that just happened to grow in the center. The tree died, and all that’s left are a series of oddly-placed holes through three stories.
If anyone here knows “With Fire and Sword” they’ll recognize the apple tree issue. In it one of the character’s family is in a many year lawsuit with their neighbors over who gets the pears dropped by a tree on the line between their land. I wonder if Campbell or Kahn have ever read it or watched the movie. Which would be super cool because you don’t find a lot of people who’ve read Polish literature/movies.
I’ve always liked Ardaic.