Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 21, 2016
Transcript:
Caulfield: When a bike racer lets other racers draft off him, what's that called? Frazz: Leading. Pacing. Breaking wind. Caulfield: No, the other one, No, the other one. There we go! Frazz: You realize only old people use that term for either usage. Caulfield: And the rest of us still giggle when they do.
Jeff0811 over 8 years ago
I’m learning a lot from you this morning. First on the C&H strip, that interesting fact regarding gators and crocs, and now the word biota. In this case I guess Biota could be defined as the sum of it’s farts.
QuiteDragon over 8 years ago
Hard to believe a bicycle could generate enough draft to influence another’s speed. Or that any low pressure it created would be far enough behind its rear wheel that another bike could get close to it. Think it might just be cyclists’ pseudoscience.
zellman over 8 years ago
really? biological jokes are so popular, not because they are childish, but because they are jokes that everyone understands, kids, old folks, millenials… That is where their charm is, they are universal.
whiteheron over 8 years ago
I guess I am “old people”. Hey Frazz, pull my finger.
Plods with ...™ over 8 years ago
Phart joke are phunnie.
matzam Premium Member over 8 years ago
I hear another downside of drafting a cycle racer is when they let their urine go since they cant stop
Al Nala over 8 years ago
In one of the Flashman books, he lived among Apaches, and was named He Who Rides As Faster Than The Wind (something like that; been years), shortened to Wind Breaker.
Ginny Premium Member over 8 years ago
Somehow, breaking wind sounds a bit classier than ‘farting’.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 8 years ago
But no one with any intelligence laughs at flatulence “jokes.”
tomielm over 8 years ago
Some time ago, an older cousin who was slipping into Alzheimer’s was about to leave his house on a chilly day without a jacket. I grabbed his windbreaker and ran to him saying, “Here, you might need this in case you have to break wind!” After a few seconds, a light came to his eyes and he chuckled, “In case I have to ….” And he chuckled again. It was low humor but well worth it to see him smile.
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
Spinal Tap: “Break Like the Wind”