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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simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago
I went ice fishing once, caught a ten pounder. Stupid thing melted when I tried to fry it.
Varnes said, 4 months ago
Too do it right, you need a shanty…with a heater, chairs, a table, a TV for the game…a camp stove for munchies…and a deck of cards. Maybe a little carpet…
RanaRavens said, 4 months ago
Frazz, the usual way of asking that question is “How big” or “How much did it weigh” – but I guess we wouldn’t have a joke then.
Alexikakos said, 4 months ago
@RanaRavens
We don’t have a joke now.
FlyerTom said, 4 months ago
Fishing = Self-inflicted boredom.
Did it once. As soon as I tossed my line into the water, I began thinking of other things I’d rather be doing.
As the lad says, “It felt like all week.”
vwdualnomand said, 4 months ago
heard that because of warming temps during the winter, many ice fishers’ vehicles fell through the ice. and, that some ice fishing seasons were drastically cut short or canceled.
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
Fishing is the single MOST boring endevour ever created by the mind of man!
BAR NONE!
If I want a fish dinner, does someone actually think I am going to spend all that money for the gear, and a boat, then waste all that time sitting around waiting to catch something, then have to clean it, fillet it, and cook it?
I can get a LOT of dinners at Red Lobster for the cost of a Bass Boat and trailer, and all that gear!
Notsoastute said, 4 months ago
@masterskrain
Different strokes for different folks. I fish and I don’t like eating fish. And I don’t / won’t fish in drinking water (fresh water).
Like my daddy said: “If everybody wanted to be a beer truck driver, who would make the beer?”
puddleglum1066 said, 4 months ago
“Still no sign of land… how long is it?”
“That’s a rather personal question!!”
—Monty Python
Tacopielvr said, 4 months ago
@masterskrain
Wow, thats harsh. And ignorant, almost as ignorant as your retarded avator is stupid looking, but thats for another conversation, little man.
I find bowling & golf to be boring but I respect other’s interests in those “endevours”.
Anybody who just tosses out a fishing line from boat or shore and just sits there isnt fishing in my world.
I dont ice fish, I only fair (warm) weather fish.
I carry fishing licenses in three states. I perfer to quietly and peacefully wade along beautiful streams and rivers, and lake shorelines, costantly casting my line, catching and releasing everything except evasive species. I can then enjoy the beauty of nature and the peacefulness is good for my mind soul.
I never use live bait and can easily outfish those that do, fish rarely deeply swallow artificial baits like they do live bait, which almost always kills the fish even if its released.
Unfortunately, fishing tournaments kill most of the released fish (it may take days for the fish to die) and is loud and hard on the ecosystem and obnoxous to others using the lake, and in Illinois it seems most fish to drown worms and litter and get drunk.
I always remove trash I find when fishing, which unfortunately is abundent in Illinois.
Ewal Doh said, 4 months ago
@Tacopielvr
Of course, the “evasive species” are hard to catch in the first place … second only to the elusive ones. Keeping the invasive ones doesn’t seem to work very well either. ;-)
twypsi said, 4 months ago
We have a lake here in Michigan, Ford Lake (of course) and I repeatedly have to pick up debris left by fisherpeople. Including balls of discarded fishing tackle (some with a hook still attached). Have seen Canadian geese with tackle hanging on their legs. Come on guys clean it up! That’s a slow death for birds and fish, alike!
Demmiaa said, 4 months ago
It’s not boring when the fish are running in Alaska!
stomps said, 4 months ago
Work is for people that dont fish…
DDS029 said, 4 months ago
I spent a month fishing one day. And I grew up on the shore of the “almost Great Lake”, Lake St. Clair. I hate boating and swimming, too. Go figure.