Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 12, 2014

It is nice of Mallett to “straighten out” the attributions.

(I wonder what the “Most Quoted” Comic Strip is?)

Mr. Contradictor of the month: Caufleld!

Is it a scary thing that I knew Mies van der Rohe said that even before Frazz’s punchline?

Les Izmor. Worked with him back in the 70’s. His name was his philosophy of how to do his work.

Perhaps Caulfield should realize that mostly right is NOT right. You can’t bake a cake with MOST of the correct ingredients. He has a long way to go . .

In answering Caufield’s question, the proper response should have been, “Because I am requiring you to show your work.” He does not need to know her motive.

The attribution to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is wrong. The full version is “the good God is in the detail” by Gustave Flaubert. Flaubert died before Rohe was born. Obviously we need to know this because “God is in the detail” and because all these faulty attributions on the Internet are a complete pain in the …..

“If you cant dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with BS” seems to be Caulfield’s mantra.

Watch out there, Ms Olsen — using “God” in class will get you into trouble. You may have some litigious-minded atheists in your little charges.

“Less is more” is also the basic evolutionary strategy of bacteria, which shed genes pretty much the instant they are not immediately useful. So if you want your buildings to be like bacteria, it’s a great strategy.

If Frazz is so smart, why can’t he get a better job than janitor?

Caulfield needs a new teacher. She’s too easy for him.

It has always been “the devil’s in the details” where I come from. This is the first time I ever saw it written (or said) with “God” in the details. Sounds strange to me. I never really gave it much thought or wondered who said it first, just another idiom passed on with little consideration to what it might mean.

Having given it a little thought, (If you’re not interested in my thoughts you may go on to the next comment now.) I think it could not be God. He is not interested in the details, He is interested in Faith deserving of Grace. The devil, however, would be interested in pushing detail to the extent of causing confusion and failure. I will stop now because if I go on you will call it preaching and that is not my intent, nor is this the place for it.

“Caulfield, you have to show the work in math to prove you understand how to solve the problem, and that you did your own work. Because, while I know you are smart enough to understand the process, I also know you are lazy enough to just copy off someone else!”

Point of order: Mies was quoting Robert Browning (“Andrea del Sarto”).

Caulfield’s last line is the mantra of political ad-makers everywhere…