Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 24, 2021

If you wax Roger’s Bannister you might make it 5 and a half…

Roger Bannister. That takes me back. Hard to believe that once there was only one man on earth who had ever run a four-minute mile. Now let’s reminisce about Edmund Hillary.

Had a chance to see the track where Roger Bannister did his record breaking run, while visiting Oxford in 2009.

It was quite non-descript but I felt an honour to be there!

WOW ! , And I thought my seven minute was good , way back in the day . And that kicked my butt even then .

Jim Ryun was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes & the last American to hold the world record in the mile run.

Yes, WHY are boats, aircraft, cars and so forth usually considered to be a “She”??

My cars usually have male names, including my current FJ Cruiser, Kato,… but that’s just me.

Ships can probably now self-identify as either sex.

All Aircraft Carriers named after presidents probably should be renamed – there’s probably something racist in their past.

Hate to tell you this, Frazz, but I had an aunt who beat your time, and she was 60.

Not if the President was a woman. Stay tuned…

Slavic languages tend to refer to inanimate objects in the male gender. Therefore, in Russia, a ship or a boat is “he.”

https://my.evilmilk.com/p/1/z/16o-1zhm68.jpg

What’s pretty gross is some jerk with a complex who follows one comic just to show his jealousy and hatred.

After doing a brief online search, it appears there is no one specific reason for using the feminine gender. However, one writer pointed out that early ships often had female goddesses or saints as their figureheads in an attempt to harness their protection against harm. And a number of early poems and romantic songs used the term as well. Modern usage might just carry over from those uses.

In University, even us linemen had to run a six minute mile to make the varsity squad – wearing our high top cleats.

Kid is sharp. She’s pointing out that owning a sail board doesn’t mean Frazz wouldn’t know the source of the gender thing for larger vessels. He doesn’t run the 4mm either but he knows the leaders.

Oddly enough, when I learned about Roger Bannister in school in the 1960s, it was from a story in my literature class, not in history or P.E.

Another reason for a woman President.

I can hear sailors brag, “I served on the USS Marilyn Monroe.”

Most guys name their cars after girls/women as well. For me, in order: Vicki Volkswagen, Cindy Celica (a Toyota, fyi), Nicki Nova, Connie Cutlass, Melanie Mustang (after one of my favorite pop singers of all time) and now, Dora. Props for those who can guess what kind of vehicle SHE is.

on a side note, can’t wait for the USS Kamala Harris!!!

Because most of us, or our ancestors, came out of one & most guys like getting back in one? Mine was named for an admiral who might not appreciate that image.

THe kids always start with a bad assumption. Ships don’t have to be “she”.

Javier Cornejo ran the fastest mile I’d ever seen without 4 eyes.

♪♫ I’ve shipped on a Yankee clipper ship, “Davy Crockett” is her name ♪♫

- “Leaving of Liverpool” – the Dubliners

Cute redhead.

The US Navy has lots of ships named for naval heroes and important naval officers, such as Farragut and Mahan. That’s the standard naming convention for destroyers. The ships are still referred to as females.

There are a lot of boats and ships named for men but referred to as “she”, not just aircraft carriers. The “Queen of the Lakes” is named Paul, for instance. (Paul R Tregurtha, currently the longest of the lake freighters, named like most of Interlake’s vessels after one of the company’s executives.) And she’s a she, like all nautical vessels. ;-)