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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Richard S. Russell said, 7 months ago
The philosophy professor remarked that, while it was well known that a double negative yielded a positive, there was no known instance of a double positive yielding a negative. From the back of the classroom came a bored voice: “Yeah, right!”.
simpsonfan2 said, 7 months ago
He needs one of those chairs Thomas Edison invented, with the extra part on them so they can’t tilt too far back..
Randy_B
said, 7 months ago
Maybe…
if the gum were actually a high-strength balloon,
if he exhaled helium or very hot air,
and if he weighed less than five pounds.
Obelisque said, 7 months ago
@simpsonfan2
I think that was just a thing they made up in the Simpsons. But I suppose you’d be the authority on that!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 7 months ago
re: obelisque
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I don’t know if that one is real or not, but Edison came up with thousands of inventions. Most didn’t make the market. Some had only a limited market. One of the more interesting ones was a concrete house (way ahead of it’s time) that was far cheaper to build than a wood house.
vwdualnomand said, 7 months ago
some people like spicy chilis, and some people like vodka…well, put them together, and someone made ghost chili infused vodka.
Alexikakos said, 7 months ago
8 minutes 43 seconds
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It’s a very fun 8 minutes 43 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPxqciG75o
Fairportfan2 said, 7 months ago
@simpsonfan2
With wheelie casters?
emjaycee said, 7 months ago
One of my classroom rules (way back in my teaching days) was “Six feet on the floor: two of your own and four of the chair’s”. Only had one kid flip backwards from not following it: the rest of the class caught on quickly.
bagbalm said, 7 months ago
I went over backwards – got really hurt too.
Lee-Anne Griffin said, 7 months ago
@Randy_B
And if he wasn’t a cartoon.
Storm said, 7 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
LOL, I gotta remember that one.
davidh48 said, 7 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
I had a prof (a very good one) who was chuckling “I can’t believe I’m paid to do this”, my audible reply was “Me, neither.” What was the result…double negative yields a positive; he was tough, but we liked him.
J Nichols-MacDonald said, 7 months ago
I tell my students to not lean back because I do not have time to fill out an accident report and I do not want blood on my carpet… :)
Tacopielvr said, 7 months ago
@Randy_B
Wow, you’re soooo smart.