Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 24, 2011

When I see a sign in a restaurant that says “Kids under four FREE” I like to ask for one.

Usually I get weak, half-indulgent smiles….or just blank stares.

But the other day a cashier said, totally deadpan, “We only have frozen ones right now, so why don’t you pick one up when you’re ready to leave.”

I cracked up.

Saw a motel sign that read “NOW SMOKE FREE!” I asked if that meant they were buying the cigars…

Oh, the pundits are out today!

wait…what does grape juice stains on the couch have to do with hotels, free kids, school and/or anything like that there? I didn’t get Frazz today. Does Frazz even listen to that kid anymore? Or shouldn’t Frazz just get Stanley Steemers? Was Frazz on his blue-tooth?Or what? Huh?

I think the kid’s dad found the joke so hilarious, he spilled his drink on the couch – ROTCLMGJO, sotospeak.

@SusanSunshine: I hope the food was good, too—that sounds like a restaurant to frequent!

In a window on an army surplus store in Louisiana: Unattended children will be confiscated and sold.

There was a ‘Beyond the fringe’ routine like that. 4 guys at a restaurant studying the menu. They note with surprise that the menu features “children under 5” for a very reasonable price. One says “How do you suppose they prepare them?” Another answers “I don’t imagine they do – just sort of spring it on them…”

Doubell has it. Dad is talking about the cost of raising kids. No couch in the car. Obviously many of you never met my father. We had conversations like that all the time.

Love that line 8ball

I saw a sign in an establishment that said “Unattended children will be given caffeinated, high fructose beverages and a puppy.”