Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 20, 2017
Transcript:
Caulfield: Happy Reciprocal Groundhog's Day. Mr. Spaetzle: Not a real day. Caulfield: The groundhog emerges from his burrow butt-first... Mr. Spaetzle: I'm not listening. Caulfield: And no matter what happens, we're 18 days closer to spring than we were on February 02. Mr. Spaetzle: I'm in.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 8 years ago
That’s not a reciprocal. A reciprocal would be Feb. 1/20. 2/20 is either an anagram, a spoonerism, or a simple transposition error (and thus divisible by 9).
lazycat almost 8 years ago
I went to wiki to learn about reciprocals and um, it’s been a really spring like winter where I live how about everyone else.
sandpiper almost 8 years ago
70 degrees plus yesterday in central Virginia. Blue skies, soft breeze, and, for a change, no mowers, blowers, chippers, or barking dogs. Ahhhhh. Lovely.
sandpiper almost 8 years ago
And however Caulfield got there, his conclusion is a perfect antidote for the winter blahs.
Kroykali almost 8 years ago
Last Monday, here in the northeast we got 2.5 FEET of snow in the blizzard. I’m more than ready for spring.
Varnes almost 8 years ago
Anybody beside me remember fingering through card catalogs in libraries? Ever try to put together a Master’s Thesis, with only a card catalog? Walking all over the library, carrying heavy books………Now all I would have to do is push a button. 15 seconds or less gets me almost all the knowledge gathered by humankind for the last 5,000 years….“Just this little chromium switch here…”…Don’t know what I mean by that? Well, Google it!
ksu71 almost 8 years ago
I’m sorry. I know I’ll be bashed for this by someone but…
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Reciprocals are numbers that have a product of 1. The reciprocal of 2/20 would be 10.
Groundhogs day (2/02) would be its’ own reciprocal.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Groundhog’s day is a fiction. Groundhogs also known as woodchucks are males seeing if things are ready for waking up the female to forage for food. Snow on the ground is a negative for the male groundhog.
JP Steve Premium Member over 7 years ago
Of course Caulfield only said it was a reciprocal groundhog, not a reciprocal date.
tincansailor39 over 2 years ago
Five words “Reader’s guide to periodical literature”