Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 26, 2023

Up or thru threw him him so he tried to think it through.

It’s a window that opens on the drive-through.

I drive through GoComics, and when I leave, I shut that window down

Oh, but you are “thru.”

More boring semantics signifying nothing.

I have seen a real “drive-through” store, where you actually drive your car into the building, make your request, pick it up and pay, and then drive out. It was, of course, a liquor store.

Question of the day – why do drive-up ATMs have Braille on them?

Nobody cares. Get back to work, child.

Caulfield doesn’t make things easy for Mrs. Olsen. When Iwas in my elementary (parochial) school, we of course got grades in each subject. But there were also places on our report cards for “Conduct” and “Effort.” Suspect that Caulfield might not be top-rung in one of those areas.

The key part of both expressions is “drive”. A long time ago my friends walked up to the drive-thru (or drive-up) at a McD’s. They were refused service and told to come inside to order. Apparently it’s a safety issue for pedestrians to stand in line with automobiles.

I always have to shake my head and sigh when I see those bright-yellow concrete pillars with obvious impact marks on them in front of the pick-up window. What, did it jump out in front of someone?

Now that I’ve had time to ponder the issue some more, I realize that I tend to use “drive-thru” for food/beverage services and “drive-up” for ATM & banking services. And I don’t know why.

Remember Der Weinerschnitzel back in the 60s, they had a real drive thru.

I learned long ago it’s usually faster to park and walk into a place than to wait in line at the drive-thru window.

Thru: clearly this is math class and not English.

In my current neighborhood, there was at least one instance of a car driving into (but thankfully not through) a building per year for the first 6 years I lived here. I was beginning to wonder if there was something in the water or air.

“And I’m with you there, because we spell it thruff, and that’s just cheating at Scrabble.”

Kid has gone from deep thoughts to nit-picking. He’s bored.