Charlie's Broken Arm...: New Pots for Old

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Charlie had his “above the elbow” cast removed today - however the doctor says he must have a new one (below elbow) for two more weeks... (then no contact sports for 4 more weeks).

He chose a very nice blue colour this time and he's being very brave :-)

First fondleslab found in 1970s kids TV sci-fi gem • reghardware

"...it's turtles all the way down!"

Today's Dilbert referenced the quote: "it's turtles all the way down!" which I couldn't remember the origin of.

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Wikipedia says:

The most widely known version appears in Stephen Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which starts:

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever", said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"^[1]

The origins of the turtle story are uncertain.

The quote makes me smile, the story enhances it.