Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2019

Caulfield makes an effort to be a lot of things, but cool is not one of the top ten.

If you are cool without making any effort you’re really cool.

So-o-o-o-o Caulfield’s first shot of the new school year dings Mr. Spaetzle? Wonder what he has saved up for Mrs. Olsen?

Mr. Spaetzel doesn’t dress to be cool, he dresses for success. The tie, pens in pocket and watch all scream “John T. Molloy”.

Brings to mind Connie Willis’s 1996 SF novel Bellwether, about a young woman who starts all the fads and trends but is totally unaware that she’s the one doing it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellwether_(novel)

Mr. Spaetzel should know by now to only hang around a kids’ conversation for a few seconds.

Dress for yourself, Caulfield. Let others dress for whomever they wish.

Shop in a Salvation Army thrift shop. Guarantees you will not be in tune with current trends.

I find Caulfield’s statement to Principal Spaetzel mean and annoying. It is a person’s character that matters….. and IMO, Principal Spaetzel…. has always had and exhibited exceptional character.

There are sheep, and then there are goats.

Given the prevalence of school uniforms and detailed dress codes these days, it would be difficult to have to much differentiation in attire.

Caulfield forgot the part where he has no money so doesn’t buy his own clothes

Kids grow and need new clothes, which are going to be fashionable unless they’re used or hand-me-downs. Spaetzle’s probably had those pants since Frazz was a student there.

In grade 6 my daughter came home with the latest girl dress fad. She used a hair scrunchy to pinch her t-shirt at the waist, thereby revealing just a hint of belly skin. Spooked the hell out of me. Tried not to overreact…

Simple: Dress formal. Neckties will never be cool for kids.

I have a t-shirt about buying eggs and Britney Spears tickets. It ends with, “Egging the crap out of America’s pop princess—priceless!” After 20+ years it has come back into style several times.

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Many is the time I myself have stayed in a conversation one question too long. And sometimes I’m the one asking that question. The funny thing is, it seems like just as often I’ve left a conversation one question too early, and it doesn’t feel like that balances things out at all.

On Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, one of the tests to determine fitness to be one of the Monks of Cool was to be shown a room full of robes and asked “Which of these is the coolest?” (The correct answer is: “Whichever one I put on.”)