Free Range by Bill Whitehead for March 17, 2025

That’s not Arnie. He’s Artie Ficial.

outsmarted

"Play"gerism.

It seems a bit artificial.

When I was in the 11th grade, I took Analytical Geometry. Mr. Wilson let us pair up to work together. The guy who was my partner only wanted to copy my answers. Since I wrote with a pencil, sometimes I wrote down the wrong thing. Before I turned my work in, I made sure all of my answers were correct. On the report card for the class, the teacher wrote that I was the only person in the class who got a perfect score on all the work.

Copy that.

Arnie consulted a toaster with wi-fi.

Am I the only one who didn’t get updated comics this morning? I’ve read through six or seven of my favorites and so far no one’s mentioned any problem. As of 8AM today it still just displayed a message “[comic name] did not update today.” There was a link to see the latest comic, but it was always yesterday’s. I’m only now (12:30pm Pacific time) getting to see the comics. Odd.

“Are you being smart alecky? And making fun of me? Years ago, people using fake names made fun of me on GoComics.”

I want you all to know I made no unkind remark and never have.

It shows remarkable intelligence…which you don’t have.

Is his teacher getting ‘desk sergeant pay’ ?