FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for February 12, 2024

If you can’t blame people for trying, why is attempted murder a crime?

Use AI.

Sorry, it’s been over 50 years since I read it.

My boss’ daughter is a college senior & still has him help her with her homework. I, on the other hand, told my daughters, “This is YOUR homework; I did mine back then.”

Theme: “War is an absolute evil with but one redeeming feature — it makes for great stories!”

As usual, Peter will try anything other than actual studying.

Peter needs to give his mom an: "My nickname is “Alexa” " T-shirt.

What is the capitol of Assyria?

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

I love Spaghetti

I wonder how this would have gone if he’d broken the question up, rephrased it more conversationally, and left out all the extraneous detail: “What’s The Red Badge of Courage about?” “Does it have any examples of [specific literary device I’ve just learned about]?” He still wouldn’t have been able to sneak this by her, but she might have been willing to help him focus his ideas.

Also, isn’t that more of a middle school novel? I seem to remember it being so. I definitely didn’t read it in high school.

Peter, go skim the book!

That’s the sort of question a kid now asks ChatGPT.