A cubic foot of snow can contain about a billion snowflakes, give or take hundreds of millions or so. So Linus might be a tad off unless he means a U.K. billion, then I’d say he’s in ballpark for just his city block
keep in mind that the two smartest characters in the gang are Linus and Marcie. At times they show intellect far beyond their years. Of course Marcie does tend to be more academically smarter than Linus while Linus tends to be theologically smarter than Marcie. But in situations like this Linus would be as likely to such statistical thinking as laid out.
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
you’re wonders, van Pelt siblings
paul almost 8 years ago
In Saudi Arabia, to desalinate water for drinking. It costs $ 11 per liter (gallon 0.26).How much is the snow worth?
Yngvar Følling almost 8 years ago
13 000 004 003
Odd that out of eleven digits, seven were 0.
snoopy1959 almost 8 years ago
linus van pelt today you stopped to be reliable to me.
shamino almost 8 years ago
That’s how you know you’re right
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 8 years ago
Politics explained. They both tell whopping lies, believing that no one can effectively disprove them.
bigcatbusiness almost 8 years ago
It’s in the blood to think practically alike, no matter how different your personalities are.
gantech almost 8 years ago
Considering all the visible flakes (especially the two big ones) in each panel, by the time they compared data, it was already woefully out of date.
angelfiredragon almost 8 years ago
what about the ones still falling, don’t look like those are being counted.
joefearsnothing almost 8 years ago
I wonder if Charlie Brown is also a “savant”.
Grammar.Consulting almost 8 years ago
Lucy’s shameless achievement-hogging reminds me of http://dilbert.com/strip/2003-04-26/.
alana222 almost 8 years ago
that is sad for lucy
jim_pem almost 8 years ago
One-upmanship motivated snow job.
Imacyn almost 8 years ago
While you two were talking and not counting, another 1,009, 743 fell. I know because I counted them.
ranordsieck almost 8 years ago
Last liar always wins!
Godfreydaniel almost 8 years ago
But how’s their flavor?
RalphZIggy almost 8 years ago
A cubic foot of snow can contain about a billion snowflakes, give or take hundreds of millions or so. So Linus might be a tad off unless he means a U.K. billion, then I’d say he’s in ballpark for just his city block
Number Three almost 8 years ago
Next they could try counting grains of sugar.
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noribori almost 8 years ago
What amazes me is that Linus must have had that piece of paper with the number in his pocket before Lucy even told him she was counting snow flakes…
knight1192a almost 8 years ago
keep in mind that the two smartest characters in the gang are Linus and Marcie. At times they show intellect far beyond their years. Of course Marcie does tend to be more academically smarter than Linus while Linus tends to be theologically smarter than Marcie. But in situations like this Linus would be as likely to such statistical thinking as laid out.