Frazz: I can't help it. Automatic sprinklers that come on in the rain crack me up. Old man: I can't help it. Joggers who run in the rain when it's going to clear up in a couple of hours crack me up.
Varnes: Don’t assume. Remember Lake Erie a few years back. Ewal Doh is right about the privatization threat..Thomas Thieme: I got banned from a local art museum because my wife complained about their watering in the heat of the day during a watering ban. No explanation why I, rather than my wife, was punished. The only “explanation” was (huffily) “This is a private operation.” So was our yard, but we managed to obey the law, watering essential plants with condensate water from our air conditioner..The cartoon reminds me of the culture shock of seeing Vancouver golfers playing in the semi-permanent drizzle of the Lower Mainland. It was that, or not play at all.
Every sprinkler controller has a place to attach the wires of a rain sensor, and the rain sensor costs about $50. You mount it on someplace that will be rained on when it rains, it gets wet enough to activate, and takes days of nice weather to dry enough to deactivate. While the rain sensor is active, no sprinkling. Automatic, no work, no cost.
Chrisdiaz801 almost 10 years ago
That couple in the next panel look like Frazz and Miss Plainwell from the future. Note the hairlines.
Varnes almost 10 years ago
It’s wasteful……at least in most places….Here in Michigan we have so much drinking water we drive big boats on it…..
Milessio almost 10 years ago
Pensioners can always leave things for a few hours or until the next day. Most other people don’t have the luxury – and so they get more done.
Watch out for the pensioners who run in the rain, they’re fast!
Squizzums almost 10 years ago
Frazz &Plainwell must be using some super duper hair product for their hair to repel water like that.
nosirrom almost 10 years ago
Well if they’re going to out in the rain they could at least sing.
Singing in the rain
But maybe Frazz is waiting for a goodby kiss.
jessegooddoggy almost 10 years ago
Frazz is NOT Calvin grown up!! And while the old lady looks like Miss Plainwell, Frazz would never use the term “joggers”.
moepatches2000 almost 10 years ago
My first thought was Calvin’s parents and that it was done as a nod to Watterson coming back to do the Pearls strips
feralglance almost 10 years ago
The sun heats you up too much. Rain or early morning dark is best.
GoBlue almost 10 years ago
Who’s getting rain in CA? Surely not Sac..
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
Varnes: Don’t assume. Remember Lake Erie a few years back. Ewal Doh is right about the privatization threat..Thomas Thieme: I got banned from a local art museum because my wife complained about their watering in the heat of the day during a watering ban. No explanation why I, rather than my wife, was punished. The only “explanation” was (huffily) “This is a private operation.” So was our yard, but we managed to obey the law, watering essential plants with condensate water from our air conditioner..The cartoon reminds me of the culture shock of seeing Vancouver golfers playing in the semi-permanent drizzle of the Lower Mainland. It was that, or not play at all.
platechick almost 10 years ago
Thanks Jef. It’s good they’re out and about – even in the drizzle! :~)
vwdualnomand almost 10 years ago
those damn mosquitoes. i’m dousing myself with deet everyday.
gary.francis almost 10 years ago
I’ve always considered Frazz to be Cavin as an adult. (Note the hair)
DutchUncle almost 10 years ago
Every sprinkler controller has a place to attach the wires of a rain sensor, and the rain sensor costs about $50. You mount it on someplace that will be rained on when it rains, it gets wet enough to activate, and takes days of nice weather to dry enough to deactivate. While the rain sensor is active, no sprinkling. Automatic, no work, no cost.