Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 17, 2014
March 16, 2014
March 18, 2014
Transcript:
Caulfield: What color do Martians wear on St. Patrick's Day? Mrs. Olsen: We don't know for sure that Martians are green or that they have a St. Patrick's Day. Caulfield: But we have established Mrs. Olsen believes in Martians. Frazz: The fact that she can't keep up with you establishes nothing.
I’m a large part Irish, and my traditional wear for Mr. Patrick’s day is black. There were never snakes in Ireland; that’s a reference to his driving the Old Religion out of Ireland (which he didn’t really do). “Bring back the snakes; Ireland was better off Pagan.” (I have an American friend who was visiting Ireland and was asked by a shopkeeper, “Are you Catholic or Protestant?” She replied, “Neither, I’m a Pagan.” The shopkeeper responded, with mild impatience, “Yes, of course, but are you a Catholic Pagan or a Protestant Pagan?”)