FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 28, 2008

Jason, you just gotta meet Lio!

Jason sez: “Why is Hallowe’en the same as Christmas?”

I smell lawsuit all over the place here.

Jason sez: “Why is Hallowe’en the same as Christmas?”

If you’re a math nerd, you know that Hallowe’en = October 31 = 31 Octal = 25 and that Christmas = December 25 = 25 Decimal = 25

Of course I learned that from Isaac Asimov.

Carrying it a bit further, TruckerRon, since September is base 7, 31 would be decimal 22, which is (in some years) the Autumnal Equinox. November is base 9, so 31 is 28 decimal, which is sometimes Thanksgiving day. Sadly, those are the only numbered months, or we could really waste a whole lot of time and bandwidth on this (as opposed to all the pertinent, meaningful comments that are usually offered up on this site). ;-)

ive already read this. theyre just repeating foxtrot. o wait theyre probably doing this bcuz its halloween. oh and this is like from the 90’s

The only new “FoxTrot” strips are the Sunday ones. That’s why the weekday ones are called “Classics”.

The concise answer is “Because 31 OCT = 25 DEC”.

And 6 x 9 = 42 if you use base 13.

aw man jason is funny and Lio, jason and dean combined together maybe they would create an awesome Halloween costume

jason’s doing what i wish i could. i love eating candy!

The last times 10-28 was on a Tuesday were ‘03, ‘97 and ‘86