Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 26, 1990
September 25, 1990
September 27, 1990
Transcript:
Calvin/Spaceman Spiff: Pulled by Spaceman Spiff, Planet 6 is about to collide with Planet 5! With no time to lose, our hero cuts loose the anchor and flies to safety! The planets crash, grinding and shattering with awful force! Planet 5, being smaller, is crunched to dust! Only 6 remains! Miss Wormwood: Time! Pass your papers forward. Calvin: Time?! I just finished the first problem!
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johnwileyissac almost 13 years ago
And yet he did the first problem wrong.
Joethedoodle about 11 years ago
A serious attempt…
Xalder about 10 years ago
Well he was closer to the right answer than on his homework last night…
Marathon Zack about 9 years ago
Well, that’s one way to add numbers.
yow4zip Premium Member about 9 years ago
He just crashed and burned.
bmonk about 9 years ago
Maybe in some systems, 5+6=6—but not in Mrs. Wormwood’s. He shoulda stuck with pennies.
DM9001 almost 3 years ago
Trick question, the sixth planet is now the fifth one
J-Yoshi64 6 months ago
The issue is that Calvin was thinking of it in terms of two planets with labels, instead of two quantities of planets or asteroids.