Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 17, 2017

There aren’t any snakes, rats or mongooses native to Hawaii, but we have plenty of those.

A few years ago I went down to get my lunch at work, the sight of the serving ladies wearing green hat-like things festooned with shamrocks AND large and fluffy green leis festooned with flowers in apparent honour of St Patrick the patron saint of Hawaii put everything else in the entire Universe completely out of mind.It’s silly, but do you know, before this I hadn’t realised that St Patrick was Hawaiian, though, now that that one vital fact has been made clear, it does at last at least partly explain why sheleighly rhymes with ukulele, not to mention that otherwise totally inexplicable order of Hula nuns near Dublin and of course the Hawaiians’ penchant for pork with their pineapple.—http://howlandbolton.com/essays/read_more.php?sid=336

Oh-Ho!

Forty days without a decent meal or a pint and any man might see snakes.

Well since the narwhales are a protected species, you are in violation of multiple laws, Caulfield.

You don’t need a saint’s holiday just to drink beer but it helps.

Richard Howland-Bolton, I dabble in writing songs….Thanks for the heads up about sheleighly rhyming with ukulele….I’m stealing it, OK?….BTW, I don’t care what anybody says, pineapple on pizza is good……Don’t get me going about anchovies…..

saint patrick was never canonized, but who cares?

:-)

Who the hell thought putting anchovies on pizza was a good idea? Did they run out of perch, or something?…Bluegill? Hey, that actually sounds good now that I mention it…

Caulfield is so ignorant at times

Well, since theistic religion is a grand scam itself, this is just a sub-scam…

Narwhal the bacon, Caulfield… Narwhal the bacon

I drove all the rats out of New York.

He might be famous for something he never did, but that’s not why he is recognized as a Saint, do some more research Jef.

Just joking about the NY rats (left a few). I did drive all of the Tasmanian Tigers out of Toledo though.

According to the Confessio, in Britain Patrick had another dream, in which an individual named Victoricus gave him a letter, entitled “The Voice of the Irish.” As he read it, Patrick seemed to hear the voices of Irishmen pleading him to return to their country and walk among them once more. After studying for the priesthood, Patrick was ordained a bishop. He arrived in Ireland in 433 and began preaching the Gospel, converting many thousands of Irish and building churches around the country. After 40 years of living in poverty, teaching, traveling and working tirelessly, Patrick died on March 17, 461 in Saul, where he had built his first church.

Frazz and Caulfield should not get their history out of comic books.

Huh, not supposed to get history out of comics and comic books but looks like expectations are to get history out of the comments in the comics. Heh heh. Now to quote certain violent extremists – Erinn go Bragh!

The snakes were a metaphor for paganism. Considering Caufield’s penchant for literature, you’d think he’d be familiar with the concept of metaphor.

Possibly the snakes the legend refers to are those unwilling to be converted …

Sorry Caulfield, but to achieve Capital S sainthood requires you die first.

Screaming funny.