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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AshburnStadium said, 3 months ago
What was forgotten is the hand dryer, the dirtiest thing in a public bathroom except perhaps the toilet handle. A moist, very warm environment is very beneficial to the propagation of germs, which are blown onto your hands (which soon touch your nose or your mouth) at high speed. Most importantly, the insides of automatic hand dryers are very rarely cleaned.
Richard S. Russell said, 3 months ago
World’s worst invention: the self-cancelling faucet.
capnLaz
said, 3 months ago
Sooner or later we’ve got to do something for ourselves…
Bilan said, 3 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Beg to differ here…
It’s true that germs will thrive on warm. moist surfaces. But they don’t stand a chance on either hot surfaces or dry metal. Since hand driers are almost always dry and hot during use, they’re as germ-free as you’re going to get.
RanaRavens said, 3 months ago
It’s not actually important that the water be hot, though it helps: http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/
Mr Nobody said, 3 months ago
Notice how Frazz plays it safe and just fist bumps him.
frumdebang said, 3 months ago
@Mr Nobody
So germs can’t live on knuckles?
vwdualnomand said, 3 months ago
heard that instead of shaking hands, that kissing has less germs.
bpullin said, 3 months ago
To kill germs, water would have to be so hot that you would get serious burns from it.
Since the flu is mostly air borne, this will only help somewhat. But will be most effective vs. the cold.
kroykali said, 3 months ago
I’m just wondering what part of the school this is. Is this the teacher’s lounge? In my school, the teacher’s lounge was OFF LIMITS to the kids.
Wolf Emperor
said, 3 months ago
I recently read the US Forest Service’s study that shows that it’s a good idea for children to play outside in the mud – and even ingest a little bit! – because the microbes in the dirt help build resistance against disease, so I’m not worried. We all ingest germs, but the body usually handles them better than you might think.
Notsoastute said, 3 months ago
WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! Someday.
cubefarmer said, 3 months ago
More to the point, the 9 year old out thought the govt mandated “green” designs. Which is usually the case.
jessegooddoggy said, 3 months ago
@Wolf Emperor
Us older folks remember playing out side all day long during summer vacations; nothing pre-arranged, no rules – just come home for dinner!
Tacopielvr said, 3 months ago
@Wolf Emperor
People who like to defend germs are the same LAZY slobs who never practice good hygiene or care about their breath, or personal apperance, they never wash their hands after they use the bathroom. They usually live in filthy environments and drive skanky cars, and create very messy work spaces. I hate slobs and skanks.