Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 24, 2023

It’s probably never been a compliment as seen from the recipient’s POV.

I grew up in a town on Lake Michigan. According to Weather Bug, their high yesterday was 64 degrees

If she’s “a cute chick,” she’s already heard it!

Kinda like a verbal emoji for an actual compliment. Shows how the language had deteriorated by the sixties.

On the other hand, seems every July or even August has broken the previous highest ever record temperature.

Wonder how long before it is too late to do anything about it?

Meteorological autumn is with us in only 7 Days. Sep 1, 2023.

However, being called “cool” has always been flattering.

It’s been pretty nice here in Michigan. Consistently in the 80s, just a good summer heat, and “good sleeping weather” at night.

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” was just a flowery way of saying “You’re hot!”

One of the boys in my daughter’s sixth or seventh grade class, when I was a substitute teacher at his class, told my daughter, “Your mom’s hot!” That was probably forty years ago, so no, I don’t think that description is going to go away, even if Caulfield only noticed it ‘the last few summers’.

She: “You look so nice and cool in that white uniform.”

He: “Thanks! You don’t look so hot yourself.”

- A. Pocryphal

It’s unlikely to ever stop being a compliment, because it refers to one’s rise in body temperature upon arousal rather than to weather.

A friend reported that it was 115 Fahrenheit in Chicago yesterday. We had 108° F here in BC the year before last. It was hotter than Mexico and many people, seniors, died because they didn’t have proper ventilation. Scared the tar outta my daughter, for me.

Weather has been very good this summer in New England with the exception of a couple of week in July!

Huh?

At age 78, I keep my opinions about the young ladies I consider to be hot to myself. Just for safety’s sake.

Right now it is still a compliment that I enjoy.