Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 30, 2011
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Girl: Brown squirrels, black squirrels, red squirrels, gray squirrels... They don't care that they're different colors. They skitter around all alike. And then they run into the road and squish. And then I guess they're even more alike. Frazz: Peace, love, happiness and squirrel existentialism. Girl: I wonder if anyone got along before Henry Ford.
beyondnow777 about 13 years ago
Um, Henry Ford was a Nazi lover. Sent big donations to Hitler.
greyolddave about 13 years ago
The Henry Ford reference is exactly what its supposed to mean. Look up Ford. He did some amazing things for and against humanity. The different color squirrels mentioned are only found in the Detroit area, the most segregated city in the US in a survey taken about 10 years ago.
Alexander Batey about 13 years ago
Ford had copies of an anti-Semitic book called “The International Jew” that was available at all Ford dealers.
3hourtour Premium Member about 13 years ago
…no,the black squirrels are also in N.E. Ohio.It is a famous breed there.Coffee Shops,etc named after them…..
RonaldDavis about 13 years ago
The worst thing Henry Ford did against humanity was prevent Robertson screws and screwdrivers from being commonly used outside Canada. I pity the rest of the world every time I use a screwdriver.
Olddog1 about 13 years ago
Actually, Robertson refused to license the screws to Ford. Because Ford couldn’t depend on a steady supply, he used the Phillips.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/01/27/how-robertson-screws-work-plus-how-screws-are-made/
Varnes about 13 years ago
That is true about Ford……..on the good side…Well, it is always said that his big innovation was the conveyer system of building cars, so his cars could be made inexpensively. The truth is he invented the high wage manufacturing job. He paid his workers at least twice what other workers were making. His logic was that he would sell more cars if his workers could afford them too. Businesses might want to consider that nowadays…..
Varnes about 13 years ago
As far as the squirrels, are we sure they don’t all hate each other?.
Dr. Midnight about 13 years ago
I didn’t expect to get this much education with my morning comics!
Kiba65 about 13 years ago
Brevard, N.C. Home of the white squirrel.
McGehee about 13 years ago
The squirrels I’ve observed didn’t seem to have much use for each other except at mating time.
puddleglum1066 about 13 years ago
Squirrel trivia: when you see squirrels skittering around in the trees, playfully chasing and batting at each other… in reality, they’re males, and they’re trying to remove each others’ reproductive organs to reduce the competition for mates..Evolution, she be a harsh mistress…
Cathy38c about 13 years ago
You have a problem with Henry??? I own 4000 shares of Henry’s Stock. NYSE (F)
Poncede about 13 years ago
We have all those squirells in Il also,
phoenixnyc about 13 years ago
And while I’m eating lunch, too. Thanks, Jef.
prrdh about 13 years ago
Certainly, before Ford there were no cheap, abundant, ‘bedrooms on wheels’, as Philip Wylie called them.
Nebulous Premium Member about 13 years ago
It’s easy for us to look back and say that Hitler was evil.It wasn’t so easy for those looking at him before WWII started.
cissycox about 13 years ago
He may have repented but there were anti -semitic articles on Hitler’s table written by Ford.
Arianne about 13 years ago
If this Econoline’s a rockin’, don’t come a knockin’! :}
ReaderLady about 13 years ago
Oh, the innocence of the young. Squirrels of all variations are extremely territorial and will fight off anyone not of their nest, except at mating time. Then all the males hate each other and fight, fight, fight.
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
Before it was realized how evil Hitler was, P. G. Wodehouse was also a sympathizer. He recanted later.