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Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 21, 2013
Transcript:
Frazz: Equinox: Its root words are "equine," meaning horse, and "ox," meaning big, heavy, mean animal. Miss Plainwell: That's not anywhere close to correct. Frazz: But it's right. Miss Plainwell: You survive the dwindling daylight every fall. Frazz: I just hate feeling trampled by it.
barbara chaffin Premium Member over 11 years ago
me too
RazorD9 over 11 years ago
Thatâs when I usually feel like I am being trampled.
Schrat over 11 years ago
and @ RazorD9âŚI agree with both of you.âŚBut now â if you donât mind â I will continue my preparations for my winterâs sleep.âŚYawn!
Say What Nowâ˝ Premium Member over 11 years ago
Iâve always figured winter would be the season that one would want to save daylight.
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
daylight savings time. it doesnât save daylight and energy.
rollerposter over 11 years ago
Daylight savings timeâŚ.eh, I give it six months
sbchamp over 11 years ago
Thatâs âBig, heavy blue lumberer,ââŚ
pumaman over 11 years ago
So weâre all agreed. We refuse to fund the government until they get rid of daylight savings time. Power to the people! Oh wait, only congress is allowed to do thatâŚ
jimguess over 11 years ago
When an old Indian chief was told about daylight savings time he said, âIt sounds like someone thought you could cut a foot off one end of the blanket, sew it to the other end, and suddenly have a longer blanket.â
THAT clears up the idiocy of daylight savings time.
jessegooddoggy over 11 years ago
Yep, one more stupid human idea, and our pets especially hate it. I am 65 and retired, and it still takes me several days to adjust.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
It would be far more effective just to change the hours the stores are open and leave the clocks alone. One of Franklinâs wrong ideas.
wsedrel over 11 years ago
Actually, half right: âequalâ comes from âequusâ meaning âhorseâ. If two warriors each had a horse, they were âequalââNoxâ means ânight.â
Defective over 11 years ago
We have daylight savings because people are governed by the clock. People that donât care about clocks donât care about daylight savings.
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 11 years ago
I remember when Nixon did that. Waiting for the school bus in the dark and the snow, hoping no cars skidded out into us by braking on seeing us at the last second. I remember watching the sunrises from my English class windows.
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 11 years ago
(At OldDog.)
krisl73 over 11 years ago
I wish we had Daylight Savings all year. Although I understand that for kids having to wait outside for the bus, it does help to not be waiting in the dark.
krisl73 over 11 years ago
I do get really tired of coming home in the dark.
pkcyll over 11 years ago
The roots for this word are incorrect. Original latin: aequinoctium to equinoxium (medieval latin) It means âequal nightâ
lindz.coop Premium Member over 11 years ago
I love daylight savings time. I donât mind the dwindling daylight, I hate it when it gets dark before 5:00 in the afternoon. As for the schoolkids argument, many of them are in latchkey programs that start before sun up anyway. If we had ds time in the winter, at least the sun would still be up when most of us got out of work at 5:00.
K M over 11 years ago
Itâs not right at all; it comes, of course, from Latin for âequal night.â And Iâd be happier if weâd just get rid of daylight time altogether. Itâs a pain in the tailpipe, and itâs the primary cause of seasonal affective disorder.
joeme over 11 years ago
If I understand my Latin roots, Equus = equalNox = Goddess of night.
75ophile over 11 years ago
The t-shirt. Or more to the point, the LOGO on Frazzâs t-shirt.Could it be the logo of the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon?!?!?!?!?!?!?If so, incredible! (The Flying Monkey Marathon is a tiny little boutique marathon in Nashville, Tennessee, with maybe 250 runners competing, total.)
Batteries about 5 years ago
I love how people are on here spouting about how Frazzâs definition isnât correct, when Jane acknowledges it in panel 2. Itâs like they canât get past the first panel without having to assert their perceived superiority. Itâs called wordplay, folks.