Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 28, 2016
Transcript:
Girl: There's a line that if you chase two rabbits you won't catch either one. I've read that it's a native american saying, a south american saying, and a chinese proverb. Which makes me suspicious it's made up. Frazz: Makes me suspicious it's universal.
Randy B Premium Member about 8 years ago
Albert Einstein Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde and Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin and Buddha all said that. At least the Internet says they did.
Wilde Bill about 8 years ago
Well, yeah, somebody at some point made it up.
Bilan about 8 years ago
Made up or not, the rabbit still has to run.
Kind&Kinder about 8 years ago
If you’re chasing rabbits, don’t make the hare’s mistake. Take nothing for granted, and stick to the mission until it’s accomplished. Don’t let yourself be diverted.
cabalonrye about 8 years ago
In France we just say : One “Got it” is better than two “you’ll catch it”Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras.
garcoa about 8 years ago
We say “One bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush”. I use that all the time. Young people just stare.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 8 years ago
Yeah… be VERY careful of using quotations and their attributions found on the internet… or in those long lists in your e-mail, of things George Carlin or the Dalai Lama never really said.
Just because somebody pastes some words over a picture of Mark Twain, or Ghandi…. don’t believe that means he said them.
Quotations sites like BrainyQuote.com seem authoritative…. till you find the same words attributed to different people on different pages.
Never having heard the quotation referenced in the strip, I, too, did a quick search…and just from images offered with those words on them (suitable for framing, of course) I found that it’s an old Chinese/Russian/Native American/Rumanian proverb…Or a quotation attributed to Leonard Nimoy….or Taylor Swift??
Cabalonrye…In English-speaking countries we say “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
But neither means quite the same thing as chasing two and getting neither.
elysummers about 8 years ago
We’re all really more alike than we think.
pumaman about 8 years ago
In South America it’s about two guinea pigs. In China it’s about two pandas.
whiteheron about 8 years ago
Suspicious or not, it is true.
Carl R about 8 years ago
My dog found that if he chased one rabbit, he wouldn’t catch it.
herdleader53 about 8 years ago
@pumaman. How can you not catch 2 pandas? They move pretty slow.
gammaguy about 8 years ago
Another problem with many quotes is that their original meanings may have been lost by cultural change. E.g., how many of us go hunting small birds in bushes?.Or the one that puzzled me as a child: “Penny wise and pound foolish.” Living in the US, where “pounds” aren’t currency, I didn’t understand why money was being compared to weight.
DM2860 about 8 years ago
There are also many sayings attributed to multiple people because multiple people said a variation of it and some how, the most popular variant gets attributed to the most popular famous people even if the original is from some minor author.
toahero about 8 years ago
“the problem with quotes found on the internet is that they are often not true” Abraham Lincoln
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 8 years ago
I once saw 2 bunnies together, and they weren’t running away from anything. Moving fast, yes, but not running. I’m told they’re like that.
Ninette about 8 years ago
If everyone says it is true it is true. Conform.
danketaz Premium Member about 8 years ago
That why Taz only chase one rabbit.
Varnes about 8 years ago
A Busch in the hand is worth two in the bird……
neatslob Premium Member about 8 years ago
Aren’t all sayings made up?
Scoonz about 8 years ago
Wouldn’t “suspect” work better than “suspicious”? Is there an English teacher on board who could opine? Or a Big puma? Anyone?