Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 30, 2023

Thinking outside the box can lead to great new discoveries. But first you need to understand what is in the box.

Fractions are easy in principle (common denominator, right?) but as soon as I found decimals I was sold!

(yeah, yeah, I know that there’s no exact decimal representation of fractions like ⅓)

I often say to my cat “Don’t think outside the box”

Follow the curriculum?

Euphemisms for what??? Inquiring minds want to know.

Caulfield just said too much. She’ll get right back to fractions.

Part of a toast drunk in military times ‘confusion to the enemy.’ Caulfield’s mantra, although he sees Mrs. Olsen more as a benevolent authority than an enemy.

Fractions are fascinating (or they can be).

Let me explain fractions to you in personal terms that you can easily understand, Caulfield. Up until 2 minutes ago, you had fulfilled a mere 7/80 of your life expectancy; now you’re all the way up to about 7/8 of it.

At the office, they always tell us to think outside the box. But then they make us work in cubicles.

I think about 19/16s more interesting.

I bet she’d like to give him some fractions.

There’s outside the box, and then there’s going outside the ballpark.

Funeral directors think inside the box.

Clear evidence that Caulfield isn’t bad at math; he just doesn’t like it.