Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 03, 2023

“Well, verb my noun,” said Tom, gerunding.

Who spanks a canoe?

Amazing?

One of David Duchovny’s Dad’s sayings was, “You need that like a moose needs a hat rack.”

I can row a boat. Canoe, canoe?

Adjectives are women now?

Leave your gerunds out of this!

She should’ve said like her fish needs bicycling.

First they came for the verbs and I nothing, for I no verbs.

Groucho Marx: You get a canoe and I’ll paddle you later

Undoubtedly.

Would’ve never taken her to be a U2 fan…

She’s wrong.

Small fish can swim through the spokes of a submerged bicycle to avoid being eaten by larger fish. They can also hide between the fender and the tire for safety.

Conclusion: the smaller the fish, the more useful the bicycle.

I thought the saying was “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”

Isn’t it illegal to shout ‘paddling’ in a crowded elementary school?

I never even heard the word “gerund”…. does it have a verb form?

Ha! Kind of makes you think. I hate when that happens.

In another famous simile (and appropriate to the theme of today’s “Doonesbury”): “A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without a bunch of bricks tied to its head.”

Do all canoes need paddling? Some might need oaring.

Any idea what Mrs. Olson meant by that?

Actually, though the uninformed may cavil, almost any adjective can serve as a substantive.