Brevity by Dan Thompson for November 29, 2019

“There’s a hell of a difference between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.” Dorothy Parker

I take it there’s a pun in here somewhere…

You also have to know that “Frosh” is slang for “Freshman”, or first year student, plural or singular, on American college campuses…. sometimes in high schools, too….

But …um…. using that word was already considered kind of quaint and dorky, even in my college days….

before the parents of today’s college “frosh” were born.

Using it kinda goes with loving stuff like “Frosh Spirit” rallies, and buying waaay overpriced backpacks from the student bookstore with the school mascot on them…

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

A comic with intelligence. Thank you!

So… Ms. Parker isn’t supposed to be anyone in particular? The art style is just different enough to make me wonder.

I enjoyed my freshman year in college. It was a great 4 years.

That’s probably Detention Hall.

My freshman dorm (way back when) was (James) Hall Hall — the dorm so good they named it twice.

Mine was Young Hall.

this is not a comic strip to be tossed aside lightly – it should be thrown with great force

“Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”She said it! Brevity has become puns so arch and lame Crankshaft wouldn’t do them.