Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 04, 2020

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    Colorado  almost 4 years ago

    ‘Changes in latitudes, Changes in attitudes.’

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    eromlig  almost 4 years ago

    Just ruminate on how a cow would see it.

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    sdmitchell02  almost 4 years ago

    It only works with Fahrenheit.

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    mddshubby2005  almost 4 years ago

    The larger the attitude, the smaller the latitude.

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    Sanspareil  almost 4 years ago

    A little longitude would stretch your attitude.

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    45° is either uncomfortably hot or incredibly cold.

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    sappha58  almost 4 years ago

    “It’s these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes

    Nothing remains quite the same

    With all of our running and all of our cunning

    If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane"

    — Jimmy Buffet, “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”

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    cornshell  almost 4 years ago

    And in the 5th panel, Rat hits Jef the Cyclist over the head with a broom.

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    Ignatz Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Latitude and Longitude are the sexagesimal system, and comes from Sumeria, and the beginnings of human civilization. Fahrenheit is decimal, based on 0 to 100. So is Centigrade of course, but Fahrenheit is based around the comfort of the human body, Centigrade is based around the temperature of water. Which is why Fahrenheit makes a lot more sense if what you’re trying to find out is whether or not you need a jacket.

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    Michael G.  almost 4 years ago

    I stick my head out the front door. It’s an infallible indicator of how to dress.

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    Rotary12 Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Funny, we are at 45 degrees north and we get both ends of the spectrum.

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    comicboyz  almost 4 years ago

    45 is a lousy president with 47 days to go.

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    sandpiper  almost 4 years ago

    @comicboyz But Buttercup, Ha’Pence, and company still keep their hot air furnaces stoked and belching verbal pollution all over the country. That won’t change until some other caretaker arrives to shake the grate

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    Skeptical Meg  almost 4 years ago

    45 degrees is relative, but if you change it to an absolute temperature, it’s still true.

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    pshapley Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Here in Arizona, we don’t use the word ‘hot’ until it reaches 100F. And ‘oppressively hot’ is around 110. Somehow I think “red cheeks cold” happens long before you hit 20 below.

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    Ken Otwell  almost 4 years ago

    45 is either smart like a fox or simply insane…. either way, out in January.

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    skyriderwest  almost 4 years ago

    Only in America, Liberia or Myanmar would a comic like this about temperature make sense. Interesting that Liberia and Myanmar are in the process of moving out of dictatorship toward democracy, where America seems to be moving the other direction.

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    trainnut1956  almost 4 years ago

    Also some longitude.

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    Bill The Nuke  almost 4 years ago

    Is that a Jimmy Buffett shirt on Frazz? Supports the song references.

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    ArtisticArtemis  almost 4 years ago

    Hah! Hah! =_________=

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    By my figuring, on the Fahrenheit scale, red-cheeks cold is about 32, and oppressively hot is over 80. That would put the halfway point around 56, so Caulfield’s off by at least 11 degrees. Your mileage or thermal preference may vary.

    Nonetheless, nice pun, Mr. Mallett.

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    Stephen Gilberg  almost 4 years ago

    Seems unusual for a darker-skinned person to like colder temperature than me.

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    Old Girl  almost 4 years ago

    45 degrees is half way between a lot of temperatures. Are we to assume 0-90? My Mom would just be getting warm at 90; and goes Eskimo below 60.

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    Rose Madder Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Love wordplay.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 4 years ago

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    Frazz17 hrs · Now that I’ve opened this particular can of worms, I wonder how closely that shakes out. If you find a point where the average (or median, maybe that’ll work better) temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit, how close is it to the Equator? Same with an average or median temperature of 0F. How close to the pole? Is the point where the average temperature is 45 close to halfway between?

    I could look it up, but I won’t. Not because I’m lazy, but because things like altitude and currents and wind patterns will muck it up hopelessly, and if I’m going to go off on a fool’s errand, I can think of better ones. You gotta choose your fool’s errands wisely.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 4 years ago

    We are tilted at a 23.5° gives us variable weather. If we had a 0° axis of tilt we would have bands of specific temperature and weather an probably no intelligent life. Much like how Jupiter looks today.

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    Ron Bauerle  almost 4 years ago

    They’re probably connected on the equinoxes when it can be 45° at 45°…

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    Ralph Newbill  almost 4 years ago

    He’s got a point. 45º F in the early spring is taking off coats weather after a hard winter.

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    David Norton Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I’m surprised to see oblique political partisanship here; “45” clearly refers to someone specific….

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