Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 14, 2018

The teacher does know how to learn also.

Good one! The phrase that just keeps on giving. 1937-2018.(you have to be of a certain age to get it.)

I’ve adopted a “hundred page” rule: if a book doesn’t grab me by then (or worse, if I dislike everyone in it), I close it and move on. Life is too short to spend it with people you don’t like.

Great answer (for once), Mrs. Olsen.

I read 4/5 of some “important” book that I just could not finish, and now I can’t even remember the title—that’s how much I hated it

I had to read Jude the Obscure for college English. I hated every page. I hated every character. And I love Victoriana. Amazing what a really dull author can do with a really dull subject.

Personally i like murder mysteries. And, if i may say so, i highly recommend mine. My third book will be published this September

The allusion to the radio coverage of the Hindenburg disaster is a real groaner.

Not the first time someone pulls this stunt either. It’s always funny though (81 years later, mind you).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tcbOJuB-pc

I was down to the Florida Blue Springs last week. Oh, the huge manatees!

Clever double entendre.

I read that last line literally, as in to have an obligation to study literature. Caulfield may not owe the author anything but he owes it to himself to give the book another try, maybe in a few years. He could still hate the book but he might be surprised.

I would think that Caulfield would enjoy writing a report on how horrible a book is.