Brevity by Dan Thompson for May 17, 2012

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    x_Tech  almost 13 years ago

    Their regular teacher, Mr. Petey Boat, went on a cruise. This new teacher is about to really submerge them in the sea of Mathematics.

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    Varnes  almost 13 years ago

    Anybody else here who has walked into a room full of torpedoes as a substitute? Do the mathā€¦.

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    Pharmakeus Ubik  almost 13 years ago

    Same old game of sink the sub.

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    imbaldeagle  almost 13 years ago

    Hey, whereā€™d Hoagie go? Anyway, my hero is a poor boy. But Iā€™d as soon eat a torpedo as a sub any day.

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    J Short  almost 13 years ago

    Those torpedoes arenā€™t armed.

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    boff0  almost 13 years ago

    looks like an explosive school of thought to me!!

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    celeconecca  almost 13 years ago

    spit balls ā€“ mini torpedos

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    V-Beast  almost 13 years ago

    By the end of the day he is going to go nuclear on them.

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    Hussell  almost 13 years ago

    Damn the torpedoes!!

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    blackman2732  almost 13 years ago

    LOL

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 13 years ago

    He will teach them sub-sets in math, and the subjunctive mood in grammar, and sub-prime loans in economics!

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    Mikel Brown  almost 13 years ago

    reminds me of a book many years ago called ā€˜13 ways to sink a sub.ā€™

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    Larry Miller Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Theyā€™ll never see their regular teacher again. The administration found out he eats torpedoes for lunch.

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    Digital Frog  almost 13 years ago

    The regular teacher was arrested by the DHS for possessing instruments of math instruction

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    Varnes  almost 13 years ago

    Digital Frog, are you sure it wasnā€™t math seduction?

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    konradh  almost 13 years ago

    Does SusanSunshine write this strip now?

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    iced tea  almost 13 years ago

    ā€œLetā€™s bomb her!ā€

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 13 years ago

    Plus different substances in Chemistry, and how to suborn a ruling regime in Political Science, and he will object to the way the principal subtracts his authority and the government subtracts his paycheck. Now we need some ā€œU-boatā€ punsā€¦ā€¦..

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    lavalamp  almost 13 years ago

    Who left the screen door open?

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    otforever  almost 13 years ago

    ā€œYeah, if I get one ping out of this sub, Iā€™m going ballistic!ā€

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 13 years ago

    More puns than you can shake a stick at, inspired by todayā€™s strip! Thanks to all of you (and I still want a few ā€œU-boatā€ puns if anybody has any spare time, lol.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Konrad ā€“ I wish!My dream is to find a job that utilises my otherwise under-appreciatedā€¦umā€¦ talents ā€¦. umā€¦ gifts ā€¦.erā€¦. neurosis.

    If Iā€™d gotten here on time to make any comments, Iā€™m sure theyā€™d be just as sub-standard as the rest!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Godfrey ā€”the problem is that there arenā€™t a lot of homophones for ā€œboatsā€ā€¦ and Iā€™m pretty fussy about thatā€¦Now, itā€™s possible that some ancient navies had yew boats, but they wooden be sub standard..that is, theyā€™d be substandard.Even if there were two boats.

    Yew was (were?) more commonly in use (yews?) for bowsā€¦ not boat bows but bows for archersā€¦itā€™s very flexibleā€¦ but not flexible enough for wordplay.So, sorry, but I couldnā€™t nail it.

    (OK Susanā€¦. how long can yew stretch this? Time to leaf. )

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