Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 19, 2016
August 18, 2016
August 20, 2016
Transcript:
Caulfield: I think what really bugs me about going back to school...is having to wear long pants again. It's encouraging that happiness can be as simple as letting your knees breathe. Frazz: A nice theory that doesn't explain unhappy women in skirts. Caulfield: You haven't heard my mom go on about panty hose.
My Dad told me that in his elementary school days, boys complained about having to wear short pants.
Of course they wore knickers, which didn’t let their knees do much breathing…but they were dying to be considered old enough for long pants.
When I was in 6th grade, girls similarly begged their parents to let them wear longer, straighter grown-up skirts, instead of little-girl short full ones.
By the early 70’s, 9th grade girls begged for shorter miniskirts…and longer hair.
It’s only the details that change.