Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 16, 2021

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    Concretionist  over 3 years ago

    So Caulfield is 11 more or less? I definitely think of him as being closer to 7 or 8.

    I’m told that most adults, now, will have AT LEAST two careers (not counting “parent”) in their lives. I certainly did… and I’m retired already. So, I think that question is unduly restrictive.

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    Doug K  over 3 years ago

    A little self-examination/assessment is good (at least once in awhile).

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    grocks  over 3 years ago

    Got that right (last panel).

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    sandpiper  over 3 years ago

    When a retired person accesses the memory file, it is amazing how many W-2’s were earned over 5 or 6 decades, between 1st part-time job while in school and the 1st day of retirement. Each represented a job, friends, people, place, skill, boss, and most of all, experience that helped one move on. Good thing we never get to see the specifics of what lies ahead of us.

    By the way. anybody notice that spell check no longer red-lines typos on Go-Comics? At least not on my posts, and I know, becase I sem to make a fue mor everi day. :} )=

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    Jhony-Yermo  over 3 years ago

    Caulfield. wearing one of my favorite shirt ensemble. Muy coordinated I must say.

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    ksu71  over 3 years ago

    I’m guessing he’ll still be in 3rd grade and trying to vex Mrs. Olsen.

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    StratmanRon  over 3 years ago

    No, actually not. There’s always a plan to grow and change.

    Love the generalizations depicting adults of being unable/unwilling to go through personal growth. The idea promoted by media.

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    rugeirn  over 3 years ago

    How about “wiser”, “kinder”, “taller”, “funnier”, “sexier”, “richer”, or anything else that denotes something you can BE, as opposed to what is always meant by that question—your occupation, i.e. what you DO. Confusing what you are with what you do as a quick short road to misery (auto-correct made that Missouri, which I do think is a bit unfair).

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    becida  over 3 years ago

    You ask someone that question who is that young and you’re hoping to find that one in a thousand (ten thousand?) who knows what they want to do. It’s neat to see! Especially so when you’re in your 60s and still wondering what you’re going to do when you grow up…

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    beach004  over 3 years ago

    I’m 78. In ten years…Ugh.

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    ArtisticArtemis  over 3 years ago

    I remember being asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. Sometime in either late grade school or early junior high school. I had one word for my response.

    “Alive.”

    Now someday I’ll grow up, and I hope I’m alive for it!

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    Thinkingblade  over 3 years ago

    I don’t know who Caulfield is talking to – but everyone I talk to as adults either indicates they don’t know where they will be in 10 years or have ideas which represent change. It may be it is on a path – but change none the less.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I remember when I was maybe 12 and couldn’t wait to grow up, so I’d know all the answers to everything, the way adults did. That was 65 years ago, and I’ve long since reconciled myself to the idea that absolutely everybody knows absolutely nothing about almost everything.

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    Bradley Walker  over 3 years ago

    “Where do you see yourself in five years?”

    “Making your company more profitable, sir!”

    (In answer to Cervelo above, there may be no stupid jobs, but there are stupid questions.)

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    BC in NC Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I’ll answer that one: Retired or semi-retired.

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    Cactus-Pete  over 3 years ago

    Apparently he doesn’t understand that being in grade school is temporary and thus a decision must be made when it ends.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The unspoken assumption behind the question is that the questionee is going to have something to say about it.

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