Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 12, 2016
Transcript:
Caulfield: Did you see that snowflake? Miss Plainwell: No. Caulfield: No one did. So while it's statistically likely that no two snowflakes are identical, it's no longer empirically provable. Miss Plainwell: You're one of a kind, Caulfield. Caulfield: Statistically, empirically or hopefully?
ccmills over 7 years ago
That’s gold – I put this comic up there with the callipygian strip. Thanks Jef
Varnes over 7 years ago
What is the view from the outer edge of the Universe?
Varnes over 7 years ago
When was the start of time?…Does time exist? Is there any space with nothing in it?
wolfowned over 7 years ago
How would anyone know if one in North Dakota wasn’t the same as one in Siberia?
Matthew Davis over 7 years ago
You can’t determine whether two snowflakes are the same, but you can calculate the odds of two snowflakes being the same. Approximately.
Jeff0811 over 7 years ago
As Carl Sagan would say, “There’s billions and billions of them”.
whiteheron over 7 years ago
Yeah, that one…
usafmsgt over 7 years ago
I just have to. Are snowflakes looking for a safe space when they fall.
sandpiper over 7 years ago
Excellent play, Jef.
Earle H Landry over 7 years ago
“no longer empirically provable?” Was it ever?
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 7 years ago
Nice work on the puddle reflections in Panel 1.
toahero over 7 years ago
I’ve heard that two snowflakes from the same cloud are exactly the same.
I don’t know if it is true or not though.
Shoelace over 7 years ago
The Power of 10. 50 years old courtesy of IBM and the Eames’s.
Circlet over 7 years ago
I was so glad to find Frazz on the web…my local Boston paper discontinued the strip last week to my complete surprise and consternation. Unbelievable!!
Scoonz over 7 years ago
Give us all the lowdown, Mr or Mrs Comicssfan.Are you on a constantly renewable weekend pass from a mental health facility or do you have computer access at the facility?
fomalhaut09 over 7 years ago
It’s not misused. It’s called a sentence adverb, of which there are many in English (and no one ever complains about any of the others).
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Define “cute”. I have spoken and walked with a female teacher. So what? Your world you give us just doesn’t exist and never could exist.
tomielm over 7 years ago
My desk dictionary has four definitions of “identical.” My identical-twin granddaughters, now teenagers, have managed to fit all four definitions at one time or another. We humans will always find a way to defy “definitions.” Snowflakes? Caulfield? Quite another story. The studies continue….