This is kind of the opposite of how Olympic swimmers do everything they can (notably including shaving off all their body hair) to reduce friction between themselves and the water.
See a lot of walkers/runners but most show grim faces. They might be enjoying it, but it seems they have no way to express it. Maybe runners should use balloons, too.
http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2019/08/04Welcome to my training lake. I’ve simplified it a bit, but some of the key landmarks are there, and we get a pretty good crowd these days, so the scrum of swimmers is fairly accurate, too. It’s a great group of people, but they keep shrugging off my attempts at cleverness. While tow floats come in a bunch of different colors, most of our group has chosen a certain citrus color, but I can’t seem to make “The Orange Armada” stick. Nor can I get them to call Walnut Lake by my charming alternative, Loch Nut. They just keep speaking clearly and plainly, the heretics. So I’ll equip Frazz with his own Loch Nut Monster and see how that goes.
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I understand the value of exercise, but sometimes these things just seem a lot of effort for a pointless activity.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 5 years ago
This is kind of the opposite of how Olympic swimmers do everything they can (notably including shaving off all their body hair) to reduce friction between themselves and the water.
garcoa almost 5 years ago
Looks like some people show their personality by their tow float. Love it.
oakie817 almost 5 years ago
ka-loch ness
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I haven’t seen one of those! There are a lot of flamingos and Pegasus unicorns, though
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
Jef must have read all the questions and explanations from the last cartoon showing the floats.
sandpiper almost 5 years ago
See a lot of walkers/runners but most show grim faces. They might be enjoying it, but it seems they have no way to express it. Maybe runners should use balloons, too.
sandpiper almost 5 years ago
As for Frazz, he often exercises his inner child.
car2ner almost 5 years ago
More fun if someone is towing it and someone else is pushing it. That is how we crossed the lake when I was a teen.
daijoboo Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Apparently women don’t use them.
Darwinskeeper almost 5 years ago
Being an ex lake sailor I’d wonder about the problems Frazz might have with wind pushing the float in an undesired direction.
asrialfeeple almost 5 years ago
If you’re going to have a balloon floatie, have a cool one.
Daeder almost 5 years ago
It used to be you’d only see those things attached to a rope stretched across the water. Now they’re putting them on swimmers!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
PostsFrazz16 hrs ·
http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2019/08/04Welcome to my training lake. I’ve simplified it a bit, but some of the key landmarks are there, and we get a pretty good crowd these days, so the scrum of swimmers is fairly accurate, too. It’s a great group of people, but they keep shrugging off my attempts at cleverness. While tow floats come in a bunch of different colors, most of our group has chosen a certain citrus color, but I can’t seem to make “The Orange Armada” stick. Nor can I get them to call Walnut Lake by my charming alternative, Loch Nut. They just keep speaking clearly and plainly, the heretics. So I’ll equip Frazz with his own Loch Nut Monster and see how that goes.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
Exercise is dull unless you find a way to make it fun. Frazz seems to hardly ever find it dull.