While I’m normally very reluctant to correct anybody….
and especially a cartoonist…
the mantle of educational superiority usually flaunted by these characters causes me to be so boggled by Mrs. Olsen’s 2nd sentence that I have to remark on it.
She’s trying so hard to work in that “whom,” that she’s lost both grammar and meaning.
If you must have your “whom”… please, Mrs. Olsen….
say
“(It) depends on how he feels about those upon whom it is raining.”
Though in a casual setting most of us would sacrifice our pretensions and say
“Depends on how he feels about whoever it’s raining on.”
What happened to being able to click on the white space and see your entire comment before making the comment permanent? Very difficult to edit viewing one line at a time.
I think it was a clever move to draw the rainbow in only black and yellow. It doesn’t pull the eye away from the characters. I’d so have been tempted to use color instead of hash marks.
Who knows who lives over there in that general reference to not being here. Nothing precise about it an in near metaphorical terms. Not really geographically placed.
Actually, it doesn’t have to be raining (in the sense of water hitting the ground) to have a rainbow. Just need water droplets in the air. Some places it starts off as rain coming out of a cloud but evaporates before hitting the ground.
Chrisdiaz801 almost 7 years ago
Nice girl talk.
Bilan almost 7 years ago
Is the 42 a shout-out to Jackie Robinson?
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 7 years ago
While I’m normally very reluctant to correct anybody….
and especially a cartoonist…
the mantle of educational superiority usually flaunted by these characters causes me to be so boggled by Mrs. Olsen’s 2nd sentence that I have to remark on it.
She’s trying so hard to work in that “whom,” that she’s lost both grammar and meaning.
If you must have your “whom”… please, Mrs. Olsen….
say
“(It) depends on how he feels about those upon whom it is raining.”
Though in a casual setting most of us would sacrifice our pretensions and say
“Depends on how he feels about whoever it’s raining on.”
Sorry.
Just had to.
TheWildSow almost 7 years ago
The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella
But mostly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just’s umbrella
J W almost 7 years ago
Who says rain is bad?
crobinson019 almost 7 years ago
I like Mrs Olsen’s Bulldog!
sandpiper almost 7 years ago
What happened to being able to click on the white space and see your entire comment before making the comment permanent? Very difficult to edit viewing one line at a time.
Masterskrain Premium Member almost 7 years ago
A pessimist is someone who is always building dungeons in the sky!
car2ner almost 7 years ago
I think it was a clever move to draw the rainbow in only black and yellow. It doesn’t pull the eye away from the characters. I’d so have been tempted to use color instead of hash marks.
JudyAz almost 7 years ago
An optimist hopes this is the best of all times. A pessimist fears it is.
joeshmoe554 almost 7 years ago
I think you would call him a schadenfreude-ist.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member almost 7 years ago
The rain falls on the good and on the evil. Matthew 5:45
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
Hey, don’t rain on my parade!
Who knows who lives over there in that general reference to not being here. Nothing precise about it an in near metaphorical terms. Not really geographically placed.
JudyAz almost 7 years ago
Actually, it doesn’t have to be raining (in the sense of water hitting the ground) to have a rainbow. Just need water droplets in the air. Some places it starts off as rain coming out of a cloud but evaporates before hitting the ground.