Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 06, 2020

$4.50

That’s an F on the test.

15 ones, a five and $7.27 in change. Nobody knows where the other 9¢ went.

Weren’t there cows involved, or was that all bull?

I like Caulfield’s answer.

a peddler’s license.

$27.36 plus taxes? :P

A lot of work for a little reward. Count your blessings.

$27.36

Those must be some fine apples.

Way to get Mrs. O Jacked up.

I guess no one was listening, he got $0.38 apiece!

I get the feeling Caulfield will do math in creative writing.

Are 72 apples a fair price for a cow?

Caulfield is back in gear. Buckle up.

My favorite story problem (I don’t remember the details) started out simply, with the knowledge that peanuts were worth 50¢ a pound and almonds were worth $1, then we were asked to figure out what proportion of each would be needed if we wanted to sell our mixed nuts for 80¢ a pound. (Remember, this was math, not economics, so there were no considerations of markups or taxes or the like.) But then they threw in macadamias at $1.50 a pound and had us graph the results. This was my introduction to the 3rd dimension.

You might know that Jef is from Michigan. Farmer Jack used to be a Michigan grocery chain. It was liquidated in 2007.

At 38¢ a piece, he realized that he could get a lot more if he broke each apple into several pieces.

Cash

But what’s the markup? You can’t sell them at cost.

And unoriginality is supposed to make it better?

Not nearly enough.

Either way if he wants to pay the bills he should consider changing jobs.

Caulfield, like Calvin, becomes less and less cute the more you see of him.

I miss Farmer Jack’s…

My snarky answer would be: that depends on how many pieces each apple is cut into.

As a writer, I resemble this remark.

$27.36