FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for November 30, 2011
November 29, 2011
December 01, 2011
Transcript:
Paige: How's your 500-word history paper coming? Peter: Well, based on past performance, I'm already a quarter done. Paige: What do you mean? Peter: I know I'll use the word "The" about 25 times, "and" at least 15. "in", "if", "it" and "but" should give me another 30-40. Toss in the usual "is", "was" "will be" verb assortment and I'm sitting comfortably at 120-plus words before I even start. The key to writing a history essay is knowing your essay history. Paige: You never fail to amaze me. Peter: Thanks. Who'd we fight in World War I, by the way?
Destiny23 over 12 years ago
I never had to write an x-word essay. Must have been a pain before word processors, when you had to actually count all the words! (And then the poor teacher had to read all the hand-written essays…)
rugratz2222 over 12 years ago
Ok, now I’m REALLY dating myself. Got out of most college courses that required essays but finally got a “History of Comedy” course (no, it was not fun.) Decided to bag the typewriter and use a computer – didn’t like WordStar, or AppleWrite … but did love the brand new system – Macintosh 1.0. So cool to see the words and format on the screen was the same thing that printed out! WYSIWYG! (What You See Is What You Get.) Boy was I impressed! They’d sell a BILLION of these things! ROTFLMBO (I think I still got a C or D in the course, though.)
rf_eq over 12 years ago
too mini words in his essay
lindaf over 12 years ago
Sounds like me in the final days of my NANOWRIMO this year.(But I won anyway!)
tripwire45 over 12 years ago
The glorification of ignorance.
ProfessorKid over 12 years ago
Never let the facts stand in the way of a good essay.
Waddling Eagle over 12 years ago
Ah, to heck with it. The stupid movie ads have made this site unreadable.
Doctor11 over 12 years ago
“Groans” Peter, you’re suppose to do research before you write the essay.
GAT17 over 12 years ago
500 words is nothing.