Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 24, 2013
Transcript:
Mr. Burke: Doing your pre-dawn peaceful christmas run tomorrow? Frazz: Four O'clock Mr. Burke: Four? The sun doesn't come up until eight! Frazz: Yeah, but the living room lights start coming on about 5:30. Mr. Burke: Ah, true. And you can't run in a neighborhood with no kids.
bbadenov almost 11 years ago
I used to go to Norway a lot. In July, you can sit on a park bench at midnight and read a newspaper with the ambient light alone. Between that and the jet lag, it drove my internal clock nuts.
DutchUncle almost 11 years ago
Second the motion on Scandinavian summer. Walking back to the hotel from a restaurant in Oslo at 11:45 in dusk, no streetlights. Copenhagen, Denmark, families with children (including us) having pastry and tea and coffee in the Tivoli gardens at midnight.
Strod almost 11 years ago
I find it fascinating that precisely when we are going through the shortest days of the winter all you guys decided to point out the longest days of the summer. I guess you may all be getting a little SAD?
Potrzebie almost 11 years ago
I’m thinking of 10 or 11 am. No traffic, but the wind may be chilly.
dzw3030 almost 11 years ago
Why can’t Frazz run in a neighborhood with no kids? What am I missing? Merry Christmas ! :-)
Ginny Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Maybe he means that if Frazz runs later all the kids will be opening their presents and he would miss them. He HAS chosen to work at a school w/lots of kids.
AStarofDestiny almost 11 years ago
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Boise Ed Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Ah, the sun comes up at 8 a.m. (where he is), but all the living-room lights come on at 5:30 and light up the running path for him?
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I want it to be that Frazz wants to run in the dark (I think the moon is high in the early morning this year) but I just can’t make it feel right. I don’t get it.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I think the key word is “peaceful.” After 5:30 the kids are up and nowhere is peaceful!