Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 04, 2013
May 03, 2013
May 05, 2013
Transcript:
Caulfield: You know the expression "When pigs fly"? Why Pigs? Why not cows or hippos or something even more aerodynamically inappropriate? Frazz: You know the expression "some people will get worked up over anything"? Caulfield: That's not an official expression.
water_moon over 11 years ago
Because pigs DID fly, when launched from catapults over castle walls to spred disease durning sieges..Though they were dead at the time.
ellisaana Premium Member over 11 years ago
Remember when pigs did fly on ‘Pigs In Space’
Varnes over 11 years ago
Mmmmmmmmm…………sizzelin’ bacon…..
Olddog1 over 11 years ago
About that and a lot of other things.
B.D. over 11 years ago
JM – Enjoy your race (BQ attempt?) and good luck to everyone running the marathon tomorrow!
FUNG1 over 11 years ago
Jeff: "Frazz could well be talking about me[in third panel]but at least I DO know how I am.I worry about those who take CARTOONS seriously!P.S.:This cartoon is one of my favorites!
Sportymonk over 11 years ago
Pigs still do fly – the voice of Yoda in Star Trek is by Frank Oz, the voice of Ms. Piggy. Yes Virginia, there really are Pigs n Space.
barry.adamson over 11 years ago
Nice ‘shout out’ to Cincinnati and the Flying Pig Marathon on Sunday!
YatInExile over 11 years ago
Pigs flew when the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl.
Vince M over 11 years ago
Miyazaki’s “Porco Rosso”, QED!
erhgds over 11 years ago
Pigs actually dive off a high dive and swimat the springs at Wonder world in San Marcos, Texas
prrdh over 11 years ago
I prefer the extended version:
At the end of yet another day…
All staff happy and working hard All projects under control All deadlines being metAll systems functioning smoothly for fully satisfied customers All pigs fed, watered, and ready to fly.
prrdh over 11 years ago
There is a fairly complete treatment of this particular urban legend at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee. I think the real idea was to poke fun at the hubris of people who think you can reduce the complexity of dynamic systems like bumblee flight (or economies, or global climate) to a few back-of-the-envelope calculations).
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Cowwwww—sounds like the trajectory. Hippopotamus: as long as the flight, forget it. Pig: short, explosive, declarative, to the point, comes abruptly to a stop. By the sound of the word, a pig doesn’t fly it goes splat.
Umm, bacon…
furrykef over 11 years ago
In Spanish, the expression is indeed “the day cows fly”.
1MadHat Premium Member over 11 years ago
Don’t forget Pink Floyd’s “Pigasus”.
coffeemugman over 11 years ago
Monty Python made a cow fly…
AleksandrK over 11 years ago
I’ve always been a fan of the following:
With sufficient thrust,[Image of A-10 “Warthog”]Pigs fly just fine!
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
Puma didn’t comment on this one? How odd.