Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 31, 2020

If you’re building a ski jump, you’re not technically helping, so …

A flat roof in heavy snow country? Whose bright idea was that?

Calling it a killer jump might be entirely too accurate.

I understand the cost savings from using a flat roof over a big building. But I also understand the potential for serious trouble from such roofs in snow country. There’s a reason for A-frames.

Also, there’s a good chance you’d land on the bike racks or some other hidden obstacle and break a few bones.

They used flat roofs over 100 yrs ago, because coal heat was cheap, and the buildings weren’t insulated well, so the heat would rise and melt the snow.

This sounds like job for “Hubris”

And it would be a killer kid.

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I suppose it’s good to hear the word “no” once in a while. But probably best on a 15-second delay.

“No” is good to use now and then.

As a child, in an older home, we had a slightly sloped porch roof, onto which the snow on the main, slate roof would slide. After a snow storm I would climb onto the porch roof, and shovel it off, after which, I would spend copious amounts of time jumping off the porch roof, into the pile. Apparently, it took very little, to amuse me.