Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 27, 2017
February 26, 2017
February 28, 2017
Transcript:
Caulfield: You know who died 20 years ago tomorrow? The dude who coined "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." You know who was right for the last time 20 years ago today? Frazz: This moment is the first moment of the next five minutes I'm not joining this conversation.
socalvillaguy Premium Member over 7 years ago
That would be Charles Dederich, sports fans, founder of the Synanon organization. It started out as a drug rehab program, but things got weird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanon
DiminishedFirst over 7 years ago
Related: what I used to tell my kids when they would be pestering me: “when can we do/eat/whatever?” Me: “Five minutes after the last time you ask.”
sandpiper over 7 years ago
Didn’t Hubert Humphrey use that line while running for pres in 1968?
jedicharlie57 over 7 years ago
Wrong- not “20” years ago. I dont know who started it but I remember that line on posters and such in the Seventies. Quite a few hippies still around then, hungover from the feel good era of flower power, Smiley Face signs, and Hang In There posters
docredbird over 7 years ago
@JEDICHARLIE57. He said the guy died 20 years ago, not that the phrase was coined then.
Nicholas Taylor over 7 years ago
Here’s the story:http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/04/us/charles-dederich-83-synanon-founder-dies.html
RAGs over 7 years ago
I prefer, “Always remember that this may be the last day of your life.” One day you’ll be right.
mid_life_crisis over 6 years ago
“This is your life. It’s not a dress rehearsal.”