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FoxTrot by Bill Amend - "Pencil Test" published August 18, 2013 - Marcus: The square root of 16 plus the atomic number of boron plus the number of lines in a shakespearean sonnet is: (A) 23 (B) 27 (C) 31 (D) 34. Jason: We'll take these two. Marcus: Starting the school year with smart pencils is key. Intercom: Cleanup on aisle five...

Pencil Test

August 18, 2013

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Pomme de Terre" published August 28, 2011 - Jason: Aaaa! That's not the apple that was on the kitchen counter, is it? Peter: Um, yeah. Why? Jason: Tomorrow's the first day of school! I was going to give that to my teacher! I spent over an hour at the grocery store selecting the most perfect, flawless apple they had! Do you have any idea how hard it is to maintain an a-octuple-plus average?! Everything has to be perfect! Now all I have left are the apples Mom bought! Those are a-quintuple-plus apples at best! Peter: I ate those, too, by the way. Jason: YOU WHAT?! Peter: I have an idea...does your teacher speak French? woman: A potato?? Jason: It's called an "apple of the earth" in Fr-Who am I kidding? Just flunk me.

Pomme de Terre

August 28, 2011

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Sleep Learning Curve" published August 21, 2011 - Andy: Peter, why are you still in bed? It's almost noon! School starts in a week! You need to get used to waking up earlier, or you're going to be a wreck! Peter: Mom, relax, I have it all figured out. Today I'll get up at 1:pm...tomorrow I'll get up at 3:30 pm...If I add an extra 2.5 hours every day, by next Monday I'll be waking up at 6:30 am, right on schedule and without the usual pain. Dad thinks it's brilliant. Andy: "Brilliant"?! Roger: In a thoroughly STUPID way, yeah! Peter: Can you keep it down? Some of us are sleeping!

Sleep Learning Curve

August 21, 2011

FoxTrot by Bill Amend - "Summer Redactions" published September 5, 2010 - Teacher: Care to explain? Jason: On the advice of legal counsel, I've redacted the things that might get me in trouble. Teacher: For the sake of your grade, Jason, let's hope the UNredacted version shows up on wikileaks by tomorrow. Jason: Actually if you'd be willing to sign a simple irrevocable lifetime non-disclosure agreement...

Summer Redactions

September 5, 2010

FoxTrot by Bill Amend - "Hazemat" published August 22, 2010 - Roger: I thought you were taking Paige back-to-school shopping. Andy: Peter's making her a list of what to buy. Apparently, as a junior, he feels it's his duty to coach her on exactly what she'll need as a freshman. Paige: "A prayer mat for worshipping the ground upperclassmen walk on"?? Peter: Hey, I didn't make up the rules...

Hazemat

August 22, 2010

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Top Student" published September 6, 2009 - Teacher: Welcome, everyone. I thought we could spend this first week of school discussing the book you were assigned to read to read over summer. "The Red Badge of Courage". Anyone care to tell me some of its themes? Anyone? Ok, let's back up a bit. Who wants to tell me what it's about? How about the name of the main character? The name of the author? The color of the book jacket? Yes, Peter? Peter Fox: I think it was light blue. Well, the good news is I'm currently the top student in my English class. Andy Fox: And the bad news?

Top Student

September 6, 2009

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