A scarf doesn’t create heat. It only holds it in. So, this comic is even more disturbing than it seems, because Frosty must have an internal source of heat that’s slowly, inevitably melting him away… It’s just occurred to me that this is analogous to the human aging process.
Scarfs and clothing in general are thought of as warmth-bringing but they only reflect our own heat back at us - they’re insulating. In Frosty’s case the scarf would insulate him from rising external temperatures and keep him cold longer.
I had an old, ratty denim Dickies coat with thick insulation that probably weighed six or seven pounds. I’d throw it over a few water bottles on the floor or the seat, and they’d still be cool when the ones exposed in the backseat were warm, almost hot. Seriously, I had better luck with that coat than I had with coolers without ice.
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