Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 18, 2013
Transcript:
Caulfield: There goes something I don't understand. Frazz: You have to think like a physicist. It seems like the apparent wind would be pushing his shirt down. But the air above his shirt is "moving" faster than the air that's sheltered by his torso- moving air experts less pressure than still air, so the differential lifts his shirt the same way it lifts an airplane wing. Caulfield: I meant I don't understand why anybody would balance over an abrasive surface at 70 mph in shorts and a t-shirt. Frazz: You have to think like a 20-something who's been really lucky so far.
JanLC about 11 years ago
I once heard that there are only two kinds of motorcycle riders: Those who have been involved in an accident and those who will be involved in an accident. Both my husband and I are in the first category.
alviebird about 11 years ago
I see idiots around here riding motorcycles in sandals and flip-flops.
LeslieBark about 11 years ago
Before a young friend of mine bought leathers to wear on his motorcycle, he seemed to have more scab than skin from all the falls he took. Of course, he then ripped up his leathers a lot, but bruises hurt a lot less than road rash. Never broke any bones that I know of, so he was “really lucky so far”, unlike my 20-something dad who, back in ’49, was hit by a car which ran a red light. Dad had a compound fracture of his femur and was on crutches for six months.
LeoAutodidact about 11 years ago
Around here we refer to Guys riding in Shorts, T-Shirt and Sneaks as “Organ Donors”
curmudgeon68 about 11 years ago
Simply put, “As velocity increases, pressure decreases.”
black_knight15_au about 11 years ago
Thanks Jef, nice follow up to Rainbows a week or so ago
ellisaana Premium Member about 11 years ago
There are a few things crazier. Sidecar racing for example.
http://img2.allposters.com/images/VAS/0000-5105-4.jpg
jrfranks about 11 years ago
O, to be immortal. Again.
tahoeh2o about 11 years ago
Buy your son a motorcycle for his last Birthday…
alviebird about 11 years ago
I was practicing defensive riding at it’s best. Headlight, taillight x2, bright yellow hat, and the #1 thing: Awareness. I saw the vehicle approaching the intersection, saw it was slowing, AND MADE EYE CONTACT with driver. She was stopped (although maybe not legally stopped, but close enough for all practical purposes), but pulled out and T-boned me anyway.
Drivers tend to look for cars. If it isn’t a car coming, then it’s clear, right? Bicycles, and sometimes motorcycles, don’t register in some people’s heads because they are not cars
Plods with ...™ about 11 years ago
He’s got his helmet on so they’ll have something left to identify after the crash.
FUNG1 about 11 years ago
Always a good strip ! I Thought like a 20 Y O till my 50s …when I realized all my old ridin’ buddys were a LOT younger than I ! I decided I wanted to try to get older !A lot of the guys didn’t have that choice.
Ichabod Ferguson about 11 years ago
I really appreciate the effort Mallett puts into these Sunday strips. The artwork is superb and using a vertical format instead of the normal horizontal one today is surprisingly innovative and fits the theme perfectly.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 11 years ago
observations from a cartoonist who is passed on the highway by crotch rocket rider wearing a t shirt.ideas come from strange places , but they do come
Nighthawks Premium Member about 11 years ago
a 20 year old is invincible . right up until they find out they are not.
JudyAz about 11 years ago
The ultimate irony:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/03/motorcyclist-dies-helmet-protest_n_889427.html
exaltedwombat about 11 years ago
The strip gets the physics SO wrong! Why can airplanes fly upside-down?
Oclvroadbikerider about 11 years ago
And applies to a lesser degree to us bicyclist. I’ve been really lucky/ or just plain cautious for some 30 years/ 125K miles.
sbchamp about 11 years ago
Now THAT’s just crazy talk!
Seed_drill about 11 years ago
In SC he wouldn’t even be wearing a helmet.
Agent54 about 11 years ago
And yet no one considers they are wrapping their privates around a 5 gallon gas tank sitting on top of a 500 degree easy bake oven, while racing down the highway of life.
yeah – I been riding 40 years and had time to think about it. current bike has 112000 miles on it.
mudkid about 11 years ago
My personal injury lawyer told me that he would kick his kids out of his house if he ever caught them on or on the back of a motorcycle.
unca jim about 11 years ago
In 2002, I sold all my MC’s.. Fifty years of accident-free bug-killing was enough. Yet, I’m at the age and infirmity enough to be of no more help than to offer advice to wanna-be medicsat the scene of the accident: “DO NOT remove that helmet !!”Speed doesn’t kill, it’s that sudden stop that does.
Rwill about 11 years ago
When I was in college for Aircraft maintenance/flight training that is what the instructors always told us. Accidents don’t just happen they are caused by carelessness or negligence.
Radical-Knight about 11 years ago
Also, there’s also the sun and windburn factor when riding a scoot while wearing shorts and a t-shirt for any extended length of time on a sunny day.
Radical-Knight about 11 years ago
When I went down to purchase my first motorcycle, the salesman had the nerve to ask me what kind of biker I was… one that has or one that will. When I asked what he meant, he simply said, “Ever been pavement surfing?”
Tricia A. about 11 years ago
The accident I was in was caused by an idiot who turned left right in front of us. Luckily, none of my injuries were life-threatening, but I have a permanent limp.
jessegooddoggy about 11 years ago
Yes, as soon as I read the strip I knew he would be complaining today! Frazz is such a breath of fresh air in this dumbed down world, and the artwork is terrific.
comics about 11 years ago
Not when a large dog runs in front of you. Nothing to do with “equipment” failure …
krisl73 about 11 years ago
No matter how well you drive, you’re still at the mercy of every idiot who doesn’t notice you and might run into you. That’s why air bags and seat belts and crumple zones are so nice.
krisl73 about 11 years ago
I was on a bicycle, crossing the street with a stop sign to stop a car. The car stopped in the middle of the crosswalk, hit my bike, and flung me over the handlebars. Thank goodness for helmets!
lindz.coop Premium Member about 11 years ago
Only 70 mph — they are buzzing down the I75 at over 100 mph. I just read that “invincibility” ends at about age 25 — if they make it — and who is right or wrong doesn’t matter when you’re on a cycle.
Bargrove about 11 years ago
bigpuma: Please go away. Way far away.
Bargrove about 11 years ago
exaltedwombat: Thank you. I wasn’t sure anyone wasgoing to say this. It is the old theory but not the new.
HelmeetElGato about 11 years ago
Thanksthanksthanks! This is the kind of observation that make my life as an illustrator easier!
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
Even riding a 150cc scooter, I have never ridden without helmet, leather jacket with padding, and leather gloves. I have heard people ask if it was necessary on such a small bike (especially since it was a scooter and therefore not a “real” motorcycle). My response: “If you hit pavement at 45 mph, pavement doesn’t care if you’re riding a 50 or an 1150.” (One small advantage of a scooter over a motorcycle: if you lay it down, the scooter won’t pin your leg.) (I did say small advantage.)
Bysshe almost 7 years ago
That might have saved Duane Allman’s life.