Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 27, 2022

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    RAGs  over 2 years ago

    Most things are impossible until someone does them.

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    GreasyOldTam  over 2 years ago

    I have zero patience for people who say, Oh, I can’t do that because I don’t see anybody who looks like me doing that. The problem with that is that, taken to its logical conclusion, we’d all be sitting around in the trees in central Africa saying, yes, it does look like there’s a lot of food down on the ground, but I don’t see anyone else down there, and sitting in the trees was good enough for my grandfather, and his grandfather, so it’s good enough for me.

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    Concretionist  over 2 years ago

    Despite that it’s basically just running, there are new techniques, new equipment (Nike shoes are a more modern example) and perhaps the most important, the psychology of “breaking an understandable record.” Nobody worried about whether they could shave a quarter second off the record… UNTIL the record got to a half second more than four minutes. THEN it was harder.

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    pschearer Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Now let’s discuss Mt. Everest.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Never look back

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    P51Strega  over 2 years ago

    The lesson I see: If you spend your whole life running then running is your whole life.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 2 years ago

    The thing about them thinking a 4-minute mile was impossible is that the minute is an arbitrary measurement, not an actual barrier.

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    ewaldoh  over 2 years ago

    Frankly, my stomach is getting a cramp. This is like watching Groundhog Day.

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    Cactus-Pete  over 2 years ago

    This horse is so dead.

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    trainnut1956  over 2 years ago

    The most important thing here is that No One Cares…

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    well-i-never  over 2 years ago

    If just one person looks up Roger Bannister and is inspired by his story, it is worth it.

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    jew02  over 2 years ago

    Bannister: Everest on the Track is an excellent watch

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    hfelder7219  over 2 years ago

    “ don’t look back, something may be gaining on you.”- Satchel Paige

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Running is for nylons.

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    Ubermick  over 2 years ago

    Bwaaahahahaha! The biggest laugh I’ve gotten out of this strip in ages was thinking about Caulfield actually “absorbing a lesson.” As if that little sociopathic know it all would ever!

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    Bozo T  over 2 years ago

    aaaand …here’s the story about the statue to commemorate that event: https://bcwrite.com/2019/11/01/vancouvers-bannister-and-landy-statue-and-the-miracle-mile/

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    car2ner  over 2 years ago

    interesting that Frazz uses the term side stitch. I told my hubby that I was getting a stitch in my side and he looked at me funny He calls it a cramp. I told him that it felt like getting poked with a needle, that is why it is called a stitch.

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    braindead Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Bannister said he had to win that race, or his barrier break would mean nothing.

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    Bilan  over 2 years ago

    I usually detest hearing the phrase “They said it couldn’t be done.” In most cases, people were rooting for the person to accomplish it.

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    Richard Perry  over 2 years ago

    It’s time to kick Caulfield to the curb for a while. He gets way to much air time.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  over 2 years ago

    The frontal lobe has nothing to do with intelligence since it deals with deciding what comes out of your mouth. Last to form first to start shrinking.

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