Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 26, 2015

Or math!

My favorite was, “The more you buy, the more you save!”

Those ads usually say “save up to X percent on selected items” to lure shoppers into the store. Only to find selected items are not very desirable.

Or my favorite “One-Day Only Sale on Saturday – with a Preview Day on Friday.” I’m sorry, that’s a 2-day sale!

All those ad writers read “Advertising For Dummies”.

I just noticed Jef has given Caulfield a special needs classmate. Is he a new student?

Sorry to disappoint you Caufield, but there is some important information in that ad — the fact that there is a ‘sale’. Now get back to your social studies lesson. You never know when you’ll have to spout some date or something.

All advertising is intrusive irrelevant BS.

A carpet store here used to advertise, “Some items slashed up to 50%!”.Gotta wonder what they were thinking, phrasing it that way…

I’ve also seen a site claim that it has been viewed “more than [large, nonround number] times.”

“I just noticed Jef has given Caulfield a special needs classmate. "

Jef is a class act. Thank you, Jef!

“Social Studies” is a subject that probably should never have been invented. I personally think it would be better if students had more exposure to the meat of “History”, “Civics”, and “Economics” rather than a soft blend of the three mixed together.

The Wolf In Your Midst: We frequently do..Carl R: True enough, but it is obvious why state politicians abolished civics.

As an elementary school teacher, who teaches all subjects, she should have used that as an opportunity to teach them about math. There’s a learning opportunity in every question if you’re willing to look for it. Maybe even a history lesson on when marketers started misusing math, an economics lesson on how sales really work, and even a grammar lesson on combining “up to” and “more” in the same ad.