Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 23, 2012

Excellent comeback, Frazz.

simsonfan, a good teacher can shut somebody up at 50 paces….

GoldenRoya, good comment. It sometimes doesn’t always seem like it at the time, but most teachers or professors wouldn’t teach it if it wasn’t relevant……..They have way too many other things to teach….

wow. never looked at it that way. cool.

Interesting use of contrast to frame the speech bubble in the bottom center panel.

Yay, Frazz! Great answer : )

I don’t think I’d want a tail, prehensile or otherwise. It seems like it’d be cumbersome, particularly since I don’t want to give up wearing pants. Same goes for antlers (minus the issue of pants). A pair of ram’s horns could be dramatic and effective, though.

Wings seem like an obvious answer, but they would require a RADICAL change in physiology to actually enable flight (if you take bird wings you either lose your arms or your talking a complete overhaul of the skeletal and muscular systems, but insect wings might be an option; either way, you’ve got issues of size).

Nabuquduriuzhur, I wouldn’t be so quick to trade in the eyes I already have. Humans already have really good eyes for our purposes, and what you gain in acuity over distance you might lose in, say, color perception. Or perhaps an eagle’s eyes function somewhat like the dinosaurs’ in Jurassic Park; maybe what they see is the slightest movement over great distances, without registering qualities.

I think the olfactory system of a bloodhound would be worth at least a test-drive. It would allow me to experience thw world in a whole new way (although I’d hope that a dog’s ability to enjoy such a wide variety of scents would come with the package).

If we’re including animal parts that shouldn’t be mentioned in the presence of children, consider the echidna (spiny anteater). It would take time to get used to being a monotreme, but “three heads are better than one”…

Like Sarah Bernhardt, I’d like a leopard’s tail, although she wanted it for expression and I would just be happy with the balance improvement.

Also “becoming one with the cat” that way would probably be less painful than that guy’s experience who wanted to “become one with the tiger” – and darned near did.

Oh, yes, and isn’t that the first positive thing Frazz has said about Mrs. Olsen? I know it’s few and far between.

Feet like an orangutan. I’d give up the wearing of boots for that.

Since Caulfield considers himself a pilot who needs no instruction, remember not to fly THAT airline!

it is just like those people who stay in the coloring lines and those that don’t. some teachers want conformity, and some want creativity.

Thank you, GoldenRoya. I taught pre-nursing students for eight years.

I’m sure they thought a lot of it wasn’t relevant but I knew it was – there was too much to teach to waste their time explaining what they’d have to know in four years.

My confidence is in knowing it all went in, so it was in their heads when they had to use it.

Finally bringing Caufield Down a bit. I like him but sometimes he abuses his superior intellect and refuses to learn at all. Lately I’ve been a little annoyed with him.

Imogene’s Antlers was one of my all-time favourite children’s books.

When I was pregnant years ago I felt like I had the olfactory sensitivity of a canine. I would take long walks in the morning, smelling everything everywhere coming to me on the breeze. It was an intense experience and I loved those walks.