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Thu 9 Apr, 2015 10:24 am
Does "heat rises" mean "the political weather of my country becomes increasingly sweltering"?
Context:
If I've learned one thing in my long reign, it's that heat rises.
(a caption attached to an illustration in Stephen Hawking's Grand Design)
@oristarA,
In my opinion, you have not as yet given us enough content to be able to aid you.
You would need to post some more information regarding the article the cartoon is attracted to.
I think the point of the joke is that the monarch has learned very little, and also that the palace is cold. Hawking or his editor chose to place the cartoon (from the "New Yorker") in a section about Aristotle's approach to physics.
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
I think the point of the joke is that the monarch has learned very little, and also that the palace is cold. Hawking or his editor chose to place the cartoon (from the "New Yorker") in a section about Aristotle's approach to physics.
Thanks.
So "that heat rises" refers to "the temperature of the palace rises (with more fireplaces working there)"?
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote: So "that heat rises" refers to "the temperature of the palace rises (with more fireplaces working there)"?
No, that hot air rises, and merely that.
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
oristarA wrote: So "that heat rises" refers to "the temperature of the palace rises (with more fireplaces working there)"?
No, that hot air rises, and merely that.
Without implying that he (the ruler) suffers it (the hot aire)?
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote: Without implying that he (the ruler) suffers it (the hot aire)?
The figure in the cartoon appears to be a woman (a queen). The cartoon is a simple joke. You might expect a long-reigning monarch to have learned at least one profound thing about life, or human nature, or politics, but the punch line is something mundane.
Observe:
1. The two people are wearing thick coats indoors
2. The very high ceiling in the palace.
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