FoxTrot by Bill Amend for August 21, 2011
August 14, 2011
August 28, 2011
Transcript:
Andy: Peter, why are you still in bed? It''s almost noon! School starts in a week! You need to get used to waking up earlier, or you're going to be a wreck! Peter: Mom, relax, I have it all figured out. Today I'll get up at 1:pm...tomorrow I'll get up at 3:30 pm...If I add an extra 2.5 hours every day, by next Monday I'll be waking up at 6:30 am, right on schedule and without the usual pain. Dad thinks it's brilliant. Andy: "Brilliant"?! Roger: In a thoroughly STUPID way, yeah! Peter: Can you keep it down? Some of us are sleeping!
rayannina over 12 years ago
Actually, I’ve done something similar. It kinda works. Kudos to you, Peter.
zerotsm over 12 years ago
Yes, it’s been proven that people will “free run” on a 25 hour cycle if they have no daylight or time cues, but are allowed to control when the electric lights are on, so Peter’s idea is not that far off base. More recent research shows that the actual natural cycle in humans is 24 hours 11 minutes plus or minus 16 minutes
Creature950 over 12 years ago
Daylight Savings seems pretty pointless to me. Lots of countries doen’t do it, and they are doing just fine. And it’s actually been proven that most homework assignments are just useless wastes of time.
mrcharmander934 over 12 years ago
That actually is brilliant!
thetraveller4 over 12 years ago
Notice to the right of the screen, where you can see this strip (website, facebook, twitter) Good thing they didn’t put the Twitter icon in front of the facebook icon…lol (WTF)
bubujin_2 Premium Member over 12 years ago
So THAT’S what my college-aged son has been doing this summer. Unfortunately the junior high school-aged son has been trying to emulate his brother.
jda794 over 12 years ago
I think Peter is used to waking up early for High School. Besides, he’s been doing it for the last 20 years!
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 12 years ago
I used to be an early bird. Now, coffee, sodas, and energy drinks are part of my routine.
fmasroor over 12 years ago
It is, actually.
tmick2001 over 12 years ago
My dad would never allow such an experiment. The transition from summer to school was hell!
JP Steve Premium Member over 12 years ago
Of course this doesn’t show how Peter will feel next Saturday when he’ll have to get up at 1:30am! (and 4am on Sunday!)
Rakkav over 12 years ago
Sign above an Irish pub here in Houston: “If it’s stupid and it works, it isn’t stupid”.Not that I think this will work…when I tried this I ended up sleeping during the day, being awake at night, and staying that way.
lupinssupins over 12 years ago
Actually, if you change his 2.5 hours to 3 hours, it’s called “chronotherapy,” and it’s what sleep specialist docs prescribe for people with such sleep disorders as “day-night reversal,” or people who have to switch work shifts.
silentshadow over 12 years ago
stupidness is smart some times
sleepeeg3 over 12 years ago
My sleep schedule was so borked last summer, I almost did this. I ended up sucking it up and just getting up early when school hit. Bankrolled oversleeping made it doable. My “natural cycle” always seems to end up around 25 hours. I don’t start feeling tired unless I push myself that extra hour each day. It sucks!
rgcviper 3 months ago
He even wears his hat to bed?