The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for January 15, 2024

“he looks board dad”

Are you a friction idiot?

An ongoing source of friction between Geek and his father, Grok.

Sounds like fiction to me.

That’s funny!

Slow learner even slower burner.

Is Pa’s name Ollie?

Thok: Gee Ollie, Gee!

It’s a “log” arithum!

Brilliant!

The kid has eyeglasses.

Is he wearing glasses?!

They look well fed.

To make a fire with two sticks, make sure one of them is a match.

I’m surprised Thok isn’t better at this. He’s wearing glasses, after all.

I’m liking Pa’s Reboks.

He’s rubbing his father the wrong way.

Is this stickology then?

Of course, back in those days, we still called fire “Ow! Ow! Hot thing!”

He’ll soon earn the nickname Sparky.

You take the stick that’s in your hand and very quickly ‘rock it’ back and forth against the one on the ground.

Smoke ’em if you got ’em.

Patience oh Thag, you were young once too! LOL

Eye glasses on the kid?

Getting a lukewarm reception.

Actually Rock Science would create a faster spark, especially if you used flint.

This is not what Thok meant when he asked Pop why he was always getting a woody lately.

Pop, pop, if I said it once … put those big paws together and show him. P.S. you need some fuzzy tinder close by.

If those are caves in those hills/mountains shown in the background, that’ll be the “projects”.

C’mon Thok

Glasses made out of … quartz?

I’ve heard the stick method is actually rather tricky.

This isn’t right! I am .002% Neanderthal and I am offended! Shame on Mr. Hilburn. He needs to be cancelled!

I’d like a wall-sized mural of this to paste up at the engineering company where I work.

So Thok got his eyewear from Mr. Glass?