FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for May 21, 2009

But Math is our Friend!

He can’t help it, that is how his mind works.

My* mind would work like that….if I *had one!!!

Isn’t this sort of like the shepherd counting the sheep on a nearby hill by counting their legs and dividing by 4? ;-)

Why do they always yell “fore” ?? Wouldn’t “duck” be more appropriate??

or watch out !!!

The only way I could be a math whiz if they insert a knowledge chip into my brain. But then we all know that’s just mad science. Not to mention it would also violate the laws of nature.

There are a couple of suggested origins for the use of “Fore” in golf. One is that the term is a shortening of “forecaddie” (used to warn the caddie, who went ahead of the golfers in his party in order to see where their shots went). The other is that the military use of “beware before” (shouted to infantrymen by trailing artillery crews who were about to fire) was transferred to the golf course.

http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_fore.htm

Okay, thanks, Sternvogel, but still, what does “fore” mean?

The way I golf, it means I whiffed my first three shots….

its short for for pete’s sake get out of the way, I don’t need another lawsuit

Basically, it’s warning other golfers that a ball’s coming your way, so watch out

Roger is embarressed by Jason not yelling “fore”? This from a man wearing brightly colored plaid pants and a hat with a golf ball on the bill?

how do you say that word jason said in the last panel?

@elliotthemighty - I’d say “square root of 16”.

LOL! Yay, Jason.

“Why do they always yell “fore” ?? Wouldn’t “duck” be more appropriate??”

That’s a silly question … If we didn’t yell ‘fore’ how would we warn the ducks of impending danger?

It’s short for, “For crying out loud, watch out. I’m hitting a ball your way.” To save time, they shortened it, and mispeled it.

Reminds me of a certain B.C.

http://www.gocomics.com/bc/2007/05/04

But 4!=24. It has a factorial.

http://www.gocomics.com/bc/2007/05/04

Square root of 16 … I’m gonna have to remember that the next time I golf.

Made me laugh.