Comics I Don’t Understand

Half Lap

Cidu Bill on Jan 10th 2010

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Frazz, Jef Mallet, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

15 Responses to “Half Lap”

John Small Berries Jan 10th 2010 at 11:09 pm 1

They’re trying to avoid the misery by starting where the first half-lap ends.
Marshal Jan 11th 2010 at 12:33 am 2

Wouldn’t the pool be heated?

I figured Caulfield was just being a smart smart aleck.
blogan Jan 11th 2010 at 02:02 am 3

A pool cool enough for swimming laps is too cold to be comfortable for the first half lap. After that, it’s perfect.

And yes, Caulfield was just being a smart aleck.
Cornbread Jan 11th 2010 at 02:49 am 4

Also it’s not just the cold - exercise early in the morning is unpleasant no matter what the temperature. But it’s worth it in the end. Caulfield is just snarking at someone who obviously doesn’t understand the value of delayed gratification.
Dave Van Domelen Jan 11th 2010 at 03:19 am 5

Alternately, you start at the far end so that after that nasty first half lap you can just get out and leave.
mkilby Jan 11th 2010 at 04:26 am 6

Caulfield’s reply reminded me of the guy who walks into a bar and orders eight shots of vodka. The bartender lines the glasses up and fills them, whereupon the guy sets #1 and #8 aside, and then sequentially downs numbers 2 through 7 in less than a minute. When asked about this curious ritual, the customer replies: “Well, the first shot is always so hard to get down, and the last one is always one too many.”
Powers Jan 11th 2010 at 07:50 am 7

Or the guy who drinks three beers on a particular day every year, one for him and one for each of two buddies who lives far away. One year he comes in and orders two beers, and the ‘tender offers his condolences. The guy says “No, no, they’re still alive. I’ve just stopped drinking.”
TheFish Jan 11th 2010 at 08:54 am 8

I found out most accident accour within a mile of home, so I moved.

Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week.
TheFish Jan 11th 2010 at 08:55 am 9

Actually, it’s funnier if you spell occur correctly.
Tim Jan 11th 2010 at 09:41 am 10

They say that the first million dollars is hardest to earn, so I’m working on the second million, first.
Nicole Jan 11th 2010 at 10:11 am 11

Sorry to disappoint. I just can’t see the Arlo content here
Elyrest Jan 11th 2010 at 11:14 am 12

And Nicole, thank god for that!
Nicole Jan 11th 2010 at 11:20 am 13

Elyrest .. You are probably right .. any Arlo reference here would land the comic on the Arl-EEEEWWW page
Pinny Jan 11th 2010 at 02:45 pm 14

I thought that the “midery” was a reference to the cool temperature of the water and that Caulfield responded that they would start on the kiddy end of the pool, where the water is much warmer (EWWW!). I assumed that that is why Frazz’s eyes bug out in the last panel.
Pinny Jan 11th 2010 at 02:45 pm 15

…make that “misery”. Sorry.