Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 13, 2011
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Transcript:
Mrs. Olsen reading: And so the slow tortoise gave the hare a good thumping. Okay. But square that with the fable of the hyperactive ant and the lethargic grasshopper... Caulfield: I figure now's the time to pursue comparative lit, when I'm too young to be employable anyway.
My mother was the queen of aphorisms.
I once told her she had two for every occasion — one for each side.
Absence make the heart grow fonder/Out of sight, out of mind.
Some, while not related, still answered the same question opposite ways….
ie “Do I need to finish this now?”
Yes = Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
No = All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
When I was a kid it drove me crazy!