Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 22, 2023

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    GreasyOldTam  over 1 year ago

    My middle name is Miles, and I have thought about changing it if I ever moved to Canada.

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    Erse IS better  over 1 year ago

    The distance “mile” is approximately the distance a Roman troop walked in 1000 paces. Which tells us that the on average (median?) Roman soldiers were 5.28 feet tall (about 5’ 3.3"), since your natural pace is very close to your height.

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    wrloftis  over 1 year ago

    Art Buchwald once wrote a column that translated the romance story for the French, and he called Miles Standish, “Kilometre Deboutish.”

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    markkahler52  over 1 year ago

    Ask Miles of “Crabgrass”

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    a swino  over 1 year ago

    jazz lovers HATE the metric system

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    Doug K  over 1 year ago

    Did he live up to his name?

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    PoodleGroomer  over 1 year ago

    He would have been Knots Standish if he had been a sailor.

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    DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago

    “No, that system hadn’t been invented yet, smart guy.”

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    zwilnik64  over 1 year ago

    Anybody else remember Art Buchwald’s annual Thanksgiving essay? Jef sure seems to.

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    mfrasca  over 1 year ago

    Joel: How much Keeffe is in this movie anyway?

    Tom Servo: Miles O’ Keeffe.

    - “Cave Dwellers,” Mystery Science Theater 3000

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    sandpiper  over 1 year ago

    Knit picking is a fuzzy art.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Myles Standish would’ve been well suited for a job as a bank teller, checkout clerk, or barista.

    For an office worker, bus driver, or computer programmer, Myles Sittish is your man.

    But if you’re looking for wide receiver or a FedEx or UPS delivery guy, you want Myles Runnish.

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    snowedin, now known as Missy's mom  over 1 year ago

    This comic is hilarious!

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    prrdh  over 1 year ago

    And if he stood up straight and tall, instead of sorta kinda standing, would he have been called Mi(y)les Stand?

    Incidentally, if anyone cares to know, Miles/Myles comes from Latin via Norman French and means ‘soldier’.

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    halagad  over 1 year ago

    Actually a kilometer is 62.1% of a mile, not 66%, so he would not have been 1/3 or 33% shorter. 38%(roughly) is much closer to 3/8 or .375 so the fraction should be 3/8.

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    Rhetorical_Question   over 1 year ago

    It’s Myles Standish!

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    Rich Douglas  over 1 year ago

    Or Frank Shorter.

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    EMGULS79  over 1 year ago

    Obviously they are both too young to be familiar with the late great Art Buchwald whose explanation of the story behind Kilometres DEBOUTISH was a Thanksgiving Day staple in the Detroit paper. httpS://theboldsoul.lisataylorhuff.cOm/the_bold_soul/2013/11/explaining-tHanksgiving-to-the-french-yeah-good-luck-with-that.htMl

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    He came from a time before kilometres

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    Phoenix83  over 1 year ago

    The name miles derives from either the Slavic Milu (Gracious) or the Latin Miles (Soldier).

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    djlactin  over 1 year ago

    In this context, ‘Miles’ means ‘soldier’.

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    Nick Danger  over 1 year ago

    Myles Standish (the original spelling) died before the invention of the metric system, anyway.

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