Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 28, 2014
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Boy: Advent calendars, carols, TV specials, decorations, cookies, commercials... Man, we spent a lot of time thinking about Christmas. Then it was here. Then it was gone. All that anticipation. And now I can barely remember it. You're not going to turn this into a parable about me dreading my oral book-report presentation, I hope. Frazz: I could let you stress out about it a while first.
Varnes almost 10 years ago
No problem, with any luck you’ll at least be in your underwear…..No promises….
Sportymonk almost 10 years ago
Hidden analogy – Anticipation at the top of the hill thinking about it, the quick ride down and suddenly its over.
Kroykali almost 10 years ago
Anyone from that area recognize the skyline?
bsqnbay almost 10 years ago
Christ is worth thinking about all year long.
nanczarny almost 10 years ago
To be fair, this is only the fourth day of Christmas. Christmas isn’t over yet.
puddleglum1066 almost 10 years ago
Several years ago, the Rodney water tower was drawn as the traditional “barrel on sticks” style tank. Either the town got a new tower, or it’s grown enough to need a second.
outfishn almost 10 years ago
Not just Anysmalltown, USA has snow.
car2ner almost 10 years ago
it seems the older you get the faster the season goes by even if we take a windier path.
leons1701 almost 10 years ago
We know Frazz is somewhere in Michigan, probably the northern part of the mitten somewhere. It’s not completely clear it has an exact location, so that’s probably a generic skyline. Certainly Mallett is unafraid to tinker with the geography in service of a joke, for the recent Hallelujah Course pun, there is a Lake George in Northern Michigan, but I couldn’t find a Frederick road near it on Google maps.
danketaz Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I thought Frazz was supposed to be down in Key West (this week anyway).
Bob. almost 10 years ago
Pensacola Beach has one like that. Maybe sliding on the snow white sand.
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
kroykali: Not Seattle, a lot of ex-World’s Fair buildings would be visible under it. While this made every city want a revolving restaurant, the diameter to height ratio is wrong for most of them. I would go for a generic mushroom water tower.
K M almost 10 years ago
Besides, it’s still Christmas at least until next Sunday.
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
K M: On the western Christian (liturgical) calendar, it ends on January 6 with Epiphany; the 12th day of Christmas. Dates may vary on the eastern Orthodox calendar because it is still based on the Julian, not Gregorian, secular calendar.
retailalex almost 10 years ago
Frederic, Michigan is 60 miles from Lake George, Michigan. Many old roads since renamed are known to locals as “the Frederic road” etc. Keeping us guessing but still pinpointing it in the middle of the mitten.