Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 29, 2015

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    Eric Salinas Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Nope. I still don’t have any idea yet.

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    Bilan  about 9 years ago

    I’m going with Captain Nemo. He’s french, underwater and the hula hoop must represent the sub.

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    flintcrow  about 9 years ago

    Snicker-snack.

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    flintcrow  about 9 years ago

    He’ll be kicked out of school if he pulls out a blade!

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    kzturtlegirl  about 9 years ago

    I’m going out on a limb here with Moby Dick. Great white whale with barnacles swimming circles (hoop) around Ahab (Abe, fivers?) Yah….. maybe not….

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    HeckleMeElmo  about 9 years ago

    Twas brillo on the silly toes…

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    Stan King  about 9 years ago

    Jabberwocky.

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    Snoodgrass  about 9 years ago

    Last word balloon is a dead giveaway.“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves” is the first line in Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky.

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    Stan King  about 9 years ago

    Brillo>Brilligsilly toes>slithy tovesgyrate>gyre (hula hoop)gamble>gimble (see the dollar bills?)mime>mimsy or mome (face painted white)

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    peter  about 9 years ago

    I was thinking Alan Sillitoe, but I cannot match the rest of the props.

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    Olddog1  about 9 years ago

    flintcrow had it. And treblemaker. SKS summed it up.

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    Olddog1  about 9 years ago

    Good thing someone told us it was Brillo, I couldn’t tell.

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Is VorPal™ anything like PayPal®?

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    Jorah  about 9 years ago

    Nice work, Stan. I sure didn’t get it before today, that’s for sure. I totally missed the gamble part.

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    sandpiper  about 9 years ago

    Ditto the above, Stan. If that is not the answer, it should be. :)

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    DrDavy2000  about 9 years ago

    What’s with the mask and snorkel? In the wave/wabe?

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    whiteheron  about 9 years ago

    BTW: I think you are right, @Stan King but won’t we all be chagrined if you aren’t?

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    Stan King  about 9 years ago

    flintcrow and treblemaker had it before me. Caulfield is doing one line of the poem each day.Tuesday: Twas Brillo on the silly toesWednesday: Did gyrate and gamble in the waveThursday: All mimesy were the…And tomorrow, “And the mome raths outgrabe” or somesuch.I think this is one of the best Jef has done.

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    mfrasca  about 9 years ago

    Unfortunately, I’m not sticking with me :-)Stan got it right!

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    wbtthefrog  about 9 years ago

    Yep, Jabberwocky.

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    jkvasni  about 9 years ago

    “Twas brillig on the slithy toves!”

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    leons1701  about 9 years ago

    As soon as I saw “Brillo on the Silly Toes” I knew where it was going, but it took Stan King’s explanation to pull it all together.

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    k1floren  about 9 years ago

    Jabberwocky, of course, from Alice in Wonderland!

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    StackableContainers  about 9 years ago

    That clue was a huge help, I had no idea that was Brillo on his feet. I thought it was a flower of some kind.Does this mean that Mrs. Olsen will be getting a vorpal blade to deal with Caulfield?

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    comicboyz  about 9 years ago

    JabberwockyBY LEWIS CARROLL’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

    “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”

    He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.

    And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

    One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

    “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy.

    ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

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    skyriderwest  about 9 years ago

    ’Twas brillig in the slithy tovesDid myre and wimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the borogrovesAnd the mome raths, outgrabe

    Apologies for spelling, I know it off by heart, but haven’t read it many years!

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    Harald13  about 9 years ago

    I haven’t figured out the money yet, unless it’s a symbol of avarice. But I think he’s the elf (strange shoes) named Mime (classic whiteface and shirt) from the Ring of the Nibelung (hula hoop).

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    SarahZelan  about 9 years ago

    Jabberwocky?“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves …..”

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    dfriedmann Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Sounds good but what’s with the diving mask??

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    dfriedmann Premium Member about 9 years ago

    “Did gyre and gimble in the wabe”? Wabe……wave?? Diving thru the wave?

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    dfriedmann Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Sorry …. Wrote that before reading everything from you guys.

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 9 years ago

    I’ll go out on a limb and say “The Idiot.”

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    starfighter441  about 9 years ago

    Come to me my beamish boy.

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    Lenavid  about 9 years ago

    A Man for All Seasons

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    Allison Jones  about 9 years ago

    Alice would be so pleased!

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    Boise Ed Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Ooh, that’s another good one, MM. It accounts for the mime shirt and snorkel gear, but how does it account for the Brillo pads and hula hoop?

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago

    All mimsy were the borogoves,All mimesy (white-face and striped shirt) were the borrowgoves (money carelessly handled)

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    Stan King  about 9 years ago

    Just figured out Caulfield’s inspiration (from Monday’s strip). What happens when you type in nonsense words into a smartphone with autocorrect?

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    ccbellucci  about 9 years ago

    jabbberwocky

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    Bryant Winterholer Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Way above my literary IQ! Had it been a formula…. :-)

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    K M  about 9 years ago

    Going a long way for “Jabberwocky.” BTW, there’s a word buried therein coined by Carroll that we use to this day.

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    SirAndrewHI  about 9 years ago

    I got this two strips ago. I mean no malice to the writer but this is nothing short of wonderful.

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member about 9 years ago

    “Some people still don’t understand Poe’s Law.”Maybe Poe’s Law is a parody of human folly regarding imagined intellectual superiority.How would one know?

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    culprit Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Ah, lovely idea in any case! Rather creative in any case!Very happy to see it across my morning cereal, that’s for sure! :-)

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