Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 12, 2017
February 11, 2017
February 13, 2017
Transcript:
Mrs. Olsen: Caulfield, what on earth? Caulfield: When things aren't clear, their response seems to be to turn on a light and blow a horn. Mrs. Olsen: Well, this isn't cape Caulfield, it's Bryson Elementary. And if something's not clear, the response should be to ask smart questions and buckle down and stu... Caulfield: What onshore, actually. I'm taking a cue from the coast guard. Mrs. Olsen: The coast guard. *Click*
Yeah…. this one’s kinda fuzzy.
But before I go on and have to give a spoiler alert….
Night…. yes, due to shipboard technology, a lot of lighthouses have been decommissioned and sold, or merely fallen into disrepair…. but there are hundreds of them even here in the US that are still in use.
So…. back to my explanation…
STOP here if you want to puzzle it out, and skip my attempt. OTOH I could be dead wrong anyway, so what the heck, read on:
“What onshore” makes no sense…. it’s just Caulfield’s smart-alecky retort to “What on Earth.”
I wondered about the blue box on the left… but it’s only the back of his chair.He’s not pulling the yellow cord out of it, but past it.
Took me a while to realise the light house in the middle panel is only to illustrate his point…. they’re not on a field trip.
OK…. apparently, something Mrs. Olsen said IN CLASS was unclear….
so he’s going to use a halogen work-light and an airhorn to bring it to her attention instead of raising his hand like anybody else in the room would do.
You know… I usually like Caulfield.
But sometimes Mallet’s mythological “perfect student” is writ too large…. or at least, too large for his britches.