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Caulfield: I told him if there are still bugs to gish, maybe it's still a little early to be starting the school year.
Frazz: How'd that fly?
As I recall Grace Hopper telling it, the first “bug” was a moth found gished in a relay of the Mark I computer at Harvard. Since The Mark I was a Navy project, naturally there was a log, so the moth was taped to a page. Supposedly that page is on display at a naval museum in Annapolis.
DanglingModifier over 10 years ago
He should move to Hawai’i. YEAR ROUND BUGS
zellman over 10 years ago
Gish is a new one for me too. I don’t get the onomatopoeia.
Hugh Manatee over 10 years ago
“fly”. Didja get it, didja get it?
HonoBear over 10 years ago
Squish?
pschearer Premium Member over 10 years ago
“How’d that fly” what? Speak in full sentences!!
nosirrom over 10 years ago
unca jim over 10 years ago
@nosirrom;
Lillian? Izzat YOU??
Ryan Plut over 10 years ago
“gish”. Little-kid-speak for squish. Like “Basketti” for spagetti.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 10 years ago
“Gish”? Frazz used to concern itself with proper use of language, remember?
hablano over 10 years ago
I’m in SoCal… What’s a “bug?” :)
pschearer Premium Member over 10 years ago
As I recall Grace Hopper telling it, the first “bug” was a moth found gished in a relay of the Mark I computer at Harvard. Since The Mark I was a Navy project, naturally there was a log, so the moth was taped to a page. Supposedly that page is on display at a naval museum in Annapolis.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 10 years ago
I’m in South Florida. Bugs here 12 months of the year. But what the heck is “gish”? He’s a smart kid. He couldn’t be pronouncing “squish” wrong.
landsky over 10 years ago
“Gish” is the prime pluperfect tense of “to goosh”, meaning sto squish into goo.
rfeinberg over 10 years ago
I’d respect Caldwell more if he didn’t act so callously towards other living creatures.