[Drew68]

This reminds me of a passage:

"I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially. "It seems that pretty soon the earth's going to fall into the sun --or wait a minute --it's just the opposite --the sun's getting colder every year."

--F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[dighton]

"D'you reckon it's true, George, what them scientists says, that the world is slowly coolin'?"

-- Caption, Punch cartoon, 1935. Two sweating men in a rowboat; orange sun, fiery red sky and sea.