Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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exoticdoc2 said, about 1 year ago
Of course, just a descriptive term of degree of dress. Modern meaning of barely does not necessarily mean completely bare, but more like “nearly bare” or “hardly or scantily dressed.”
surfstuff55 said, about 1 year ago
kinda like “a little pregnant”
naturally_easy said, about 1 year ago
or kind of dead.
crweaver said, about 1 year ago
His query was met with a deafening silence.
masterskrain said, about 1 year ago
Kind of like “The Most Unique thing”
No, it’s unique, or not, there are no degrees of uniqueness!
kroykali said, about 1 year ago
“We were barely 17, and we were barely dressed.”
- MeatloafTheWildSow said, about 1 year ago
Police found a partially-nude body. No, they found a partially-CLOTHED body!
8ball said, about 1 year ago
I suppose one could say “hardly dressed,” but then Caulfield would ask if they were wearing armor.
prrdh said, about 1 year ago
It may not be logically possible, but since idiom is often *il*logical, the answer to the question doesn’t matter.
dirtking239 said, about 1 year ago
@naturally_easy
As Miracal Max from the Princess Bride said, “There’s a difference between mostly dead and all dead.”
Bdaysuit said, about 1 year ago
Barely dressed, barely nude……I’m getting confused.
Chris Robinson said, about 1 year ago
I barely comprehend this question…
P Partridge said, about 1 year ago
I just like the “Oh, joy…” part…I used to feel like that when the kid who takes 20 minutes to finish a sentence (because he would just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and…well, you get it) would have something he needed to share lol
capndunzzl said, about 1 year ago
…well if you are a nudist……hmm….
hippogriff said, about 1 year ago
Oxymorons unveiled when you least expect it.