Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 09, 2013
Transcript:
Caulfield: So, Mrs. Olsen. When you assigned an essay by word count aren't you implying that any word is no more or less valuable than any other word? Note that I used nine words to describe the single word "fungible." Frazz: Giving you eight more words to make an actual point.
badeckman about 11 years ago
the other
The Old Wolf about 11 years ago
I understand “fungibility” about as well as I understand bitcoin algorithms.
rshive about 11 years ago
If I remember correctly from typing class, a word is defined as five letters. That way, one can rate people without reference to the length of words.
sbchamp about 11 years ago
Like ‘frangible’ mo betta
chelynuk about 11 years ago
oh, This and That
Varnes about 11 years ago
badangus, good catch….I saw this and that on the other two boxes…..but, didn’t make the connection….
rfeinberg about 11 years ago
If Mrs. Olsen were to smack that condescending, insufferable brat, no jury in comic reader land would find her at fault.
bobdingus about 11 years ago
I found that assigning a writing assignment based on a word count produced sentences like these: I like this poem. It is fun. Mary likes this poem too. She thinks it is fun. I think it is fun, too….(etc. until word count reached)
Scott S about 11 years ago
If you can’t dazzle ’em with brilliance, baffle ’em with bullsh*t!
whalzwhttgrz about 11 years ago
Does anyone think that the 16 word poem is from Edgar Allen Poe? “It is a day of days, a day of all days either to live or die”
lmonteros about 11 years ago
I hate that word. It does not mean what it sounds like it means (a mushroom) and it does not mean what I think it means.
DanglingModifier about 11 years ago
I found, 16 words:
The fungible women who lie in my bed
Have shared sacred ground where others will tread.