June 13, 2011

• Re-Entry

  Several weeks ago I served as an expert witness in a good-humored debate over the validity of the sentence “Only boys can draw rocket ships.” I submitted a rocket ship, as did my friend Emma. I’ll let you form your own opinion based on the following entries:

   

  Pope’s Rocket Entry

  

  “Important things… There should be a lot of fire. Tail fins are really important. At least one cool window. You don’t have to draw a dinosaur, because everyone implicitly knows there is a dinosaur in the cargo bay. Same goes for laser guns. But if you have time, it is okay to draw either as long as it doesn’t interfere with the mission at hand. Rockets always have the antenna thing. It collects all the information things. NO RAINBOWS or stupid things should be near the rocket, unless the rocket is destroying them in the fire or with the lasers or dinosaur or by landing on them. I give this one an 8 of 10 on the official Rocket Sketch Rating System.”

   

  Emma’s Rocket Attempt

  

  Note: This is her actual entry.

   

  My Professional Analysis of Emma’s Attempt:

  

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