Transcript:
Boy: Emily says you say dragonflies are our friends because they eat mosquitoes.
Frazz: Which Emily?
Boy: My friend Emily.
Frazz: Something can look logical and not be logical.
Boy: So Emily doesn't eat mosquitoes? Or just looks like she doesn't?
Randy B Premium Member over 12 years ago
Not all friends are friends for the exact same reasons.
smetlavich over 12 years ago
(1) All pies are circles.(2) All circles are square.(3) Therefore, pie are squared.
Randy B Premium Member over 12 years ago
Yes, the logic is valid, and the false inference is a result of starting with false premises.
ChaseMe... over 12 years ago
I don’t know about you, but this is how I pick my friends XD
daveoverpar over 12 years ago
Does Frazz really need the exercise that a reel mower provides?
emjaycee over 12 years ago
Apples are red. Apples are good to eat. Fire engines are red. Therefore, fire engines are good to eat.
AlanM over 12 years ago
(1) All squares are triangles.(2) This circle is a square.(3) Therefore, this circle is a triangle.
That’s only true for very large circles.
davidh48 over 12 years ago
I’m trying to write a sentence in English that cannot be written.
I’m sure you know that there are three words starting with “t” and include a numeral (two), etc. However, you can state these three exist in one statement (“There are three t…s in the English language”), everyone in your audience agrees, but can NOT write the statement.
Many others, of course; but be careful of the language you speak.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
That’s a silly gism.
neatslob Premium Member over 12 years ago
If everything that eats mosquitos is a friend, that does not imply that all friends eat mosquitos. Just like all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
Also curious why my iPad leaves mosquito alone but wants to capitalize Mosquitos.
dv-chris over 12 years ago
I don’t get this one – what is he surprised about in the third panel?
dv-chris over 12 years ago
Oh, I just found there’s a button to see more comments, and now I’ve got my answer. Thanks :)
hippogriff over 12 years ago
neatslob: I thought it might have been a placement by de Havilland, but they were bought out by Hawker Siddley and then became Airbus. [WW-II balsa and plywood everything except ambulance – even BOAC airliners on the Stockholm/Leuckers run.]
JavaJim over 12 years ago
Eating mosquitos is a sufficient condition for being a friend. It is not a necessary condition.
witthoftwh over 12 years ago
Some dogs have fuzzy ears.My dog has fuzzy ears.Therefore, my dog is some dog.
water_moon over 12 years ago
2 + 2 = 5(for large values of two)
Flixxkixx about 12 years ago
Reel mowers are less noisy and far less polluting than gas mowers, plus they cost less to use.
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
No cat has eight tails. Every cat has one tail more than no cat. Therefore every cat has nine tails. (Yes, I already know about manx cats, but there are no absolutes.)