Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 09, 2016

Made perfect sense to me.

Richard, popular sayings get twisted over the years….It was originally heals over head, Also, according to my dad who was born in 1904, the phrase wasn’t 23 skidoo, it was 22 skidoo and 23 skidee….meaning going quickly….

Critters in my crackers, bugs on my baloney…

Oh, I had ants in my pants one time. I stepped on a fire ant hill. The expression makes perfect sense to me now.

a bear in your underware

a mess in your dress

That’s the basis of a common mnemonic for remembering the difference between stalactites and stalagmites. When you get ants in your pants, the mites go up and the tights go down…

“Ants in your pants” can be dealt with via a nice washing, whereas “Mites in your tights” requires a hypodermic injection series and some serious lotion in the nether regions.

Run back thru your sequence of comics; answers abound.

This reminds me of the mnemonic to remember the difference between stalactites and stalagmites. It’s “ants in the pants”: the mites go up and the tights come down.

“Talking behind my back”. Doesn’t that mean “in front of my face?”

Stalactites stick tight to the ceiling; stalagmites might, but since they are already on the floor, you don’t know. (And for the picky, it should be tightly; I do know basic grammar, but apparently mnemonicians don’t.)

It’s the G-rated version of “ass over teakettle”.

That makes no sense—it isn’t convoluted and contrived and awkward and it doesn’t make you seem unappealing!

“Itchin’ like a man on a fuzzy tree, ahuh huh…..”

Why is “ants in your pants” more sensible than “mites in your tights”? They both supply a graphic description of someone squirming.