Before I come off too much as Mister Moral, here, let’s acknowledge that there’s a big, thick line in red Sharpie ink (one of the most permanent substances known to man) between wanting something for nothing and wanting, as Todd Snider wrote so perfectly in his song “Easy Money,” the most you can possibly get for the least you can possibly do. There’s greed, and there’s efficiency.
You know I love my endurance sports. And you probably know I prefer doing those sports myself, however badly, to watching other people do any sports, however well. But that’s just a preference, not an absolute. I love watching someone do something well, and when I watch someone who travels under their own power well, what impresses me most is just how unimpressive they look at first blush. The very fastest distance athletes look like they’re positively loafing while going twice as fast as the rest of us can go flat out. Raw power will get you through the tractor pull, but efficiency will get you around the world. Fast.
Waste not, want not, if you want to listen to aphorisms in your grandparents’ voice. I’d still recommend getting the most you can possibly get for the least you can possibly do in Todd Snider’s voice.
Frazz by Jef Mallett for Feb 20, 2018 | GoComics.com
rugeirn almost 7 years ago
Salesman work on “commission”. Lawyers work on “contingency”. (Sometimes.)
Fido (aka Felix Rex) almost 7 years ago
Wouldn’t it be ‘copywriting’ the letters B – F?
wagnertinatlanta almost 7 years ago
That is something that never occurred to me in my years in primary school. And years and years…
Darwinskeeper almost 7 years ago
Well, Rush said, “…you don’t get something for nothing .”
Bill The Nuke almost 7 years ago
Wow! No political comments? I’m impressed (and probably optimistic).
Bilan almost 7 years ago
That’s why Hawaiian kids are so smart. There’s no B, C, D or F in the Hawaiian language.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
Frazz13 hrs ·
Before I come off too much as Mister Moral, here, let’s acknowledge that there’s a big, thick line in red Sharpie ink (one of the most permanent substances known to man) between wanting something for nothing and wanting, as Todd Snider wrote so perfectly in his song “Easy Money,” the most you can possibly get for the least you can possibly do. There’s greed, and there’s efficiency.
You know I love my endurance sports. And you probably know I prefer doing those sports myself, however badly, to watching other people do any sports, however well. But that’s just a preference, not an absolute. I love watching someone do something well, and when I watch someone who travels under their own power well, what impresses me most is just how unimpressive they look at first blush. The very fastest distance athletes look like they’re positively loafing while going twice as fast as the rest of us can go flat out. Raw power will get you through the tractor pull, but efficiency will get you around the world. Fast.
Waste not, want not, if you want to listen to aphorisms in your grandparents’ voice. I’d still recommend getting the most you can possibly get for the least you can possibly do in Todd Snider’s voice.
Frazz by Jef Mallett for Feb 20, 2018 | GoComics.com
robert423elliott over 1 year ago
What’s Frazz wearing? A Robin T-shirt? I can’t believe that no one mentioned that in the last 5 years! Usually, his T-shirt gets noticed right away.
unfair.de 8 months ago
And have all Bs (or Cs) through F assigned to you? Your average must already be quite bad if that meant an improvement.