Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 22, 2017
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February 23, 2017
Transcript:
Girl: Hey. It occurs to me that George Washington would have celebrated a birthday...when things were seriously in the dumper at Valley Forge. Frazz: Not exactly the orange ball put at Good E. Gopher's. Girl: "Happy birthday, general! We're not breathing typhus on you today."
docforbin about 7 years ago
Technically, George Washington was born on February 11, 1731. So why do we mark it as February 22, 1732? At the time of Washington’s birth, Great Britain was still using the Julian calendar and marked New Year’s Day on March 25. When it adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, eleven days were dropped from the calendar, New Year’s Day was moved to January 1 and a year was added. Thus February 11, 1731 became February 22, 1732.
Perkycat about 7 years ago
Thanks for the info – interesting.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 7 years ago
11 days lost.
gatocatcat about 7 years ago
“Dumper”. I’ve not seen/heard that one before. Is it a typo for dumpster? No, can’t be a typo in a comic strip. Maybe it’s a writo. Or better, a drawo. Inko. Then again, it could be simply a reference to the place where one takes a dump. And why is it “take a dump”? Shouldn’t it be “leave a dump”?
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 7 years ago
People who think that George Washington gets a lot of undue credit just because he happened to be first in line should really take a serious look at his accomplishments. It’s not for nothing that historians regularly rank him among the greats, even tho most average people just say “yeah, yeah, father of his country, yada yada, ho hum”. He fully deserves that featured spot that Gutzon Borglum gave him.