Compasses are no good unless you know what direction where you want to go lies from where you are.
Having said that, I remember visiting a friend in a small Oklahoma town. Their phonebook was just a few pages, and adresses were things like “east of town.”
That only works up to a certain point. Here in Reykjavík, Iceland, it’s off by about 12 degrees, so the compass actually points a bit west of north. If you were directly east of the magnetic north pole, the “N” would be west, and if you were between the magnetic and geographic north poles, “N” would be south.
One of the tricks they taught us in survival school is that since all trees look the same, if you want to travel in a specific compass direction, send a member of your party as far out into the woods as you can see him and then direct him where to stand and then walk up to him and repeat the process.
The trick is, don’t pick someone who looks like a tree.
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
I bet the S on the compass stood for “somewhere.” What would the W and E thereon stand for?
Wilde Bill almost 3 years ago
“Wow! Even the round-headed kid is dumping on me.”
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Only a Northern Song…
jpsomebody almost 3 years ago
I had an expensive compass, N pointed to Nordstrom’s.
orinoco womble almost 3 years ago
Compasses are no good unless you know what direction where you want to go lies from where you are.
Having said that, I remember visiting a friend in a small Oklahoma town. Their phonebook was just a few pages, and adresses were things like “east of town.”
hariseldon59 almost 3 years ago
He tried following the compass, but it didn’t go anywhere.
Qiset almost 3 years ago
He’s a real no where dog.
therese_callahan2002 almost 3 years ago
“Snoopy’s on the road to nowhere.”
Purple People Eater almost 3 years ago
That only works up to a certain point. Here in Reykjavík, Iceland, it’s off by about 12 degrees, so the compass actually points a bit west of north. If you were directly east of the magnetic north pole, the “N” would be west, and if you were between the magnetic and geographic north poles, “N” would be south.
Decepticomic almost 3 years ago
That certainly is where you’re going.
gr8fuldean almost 3 years ago
Everybody knows this is nowhere.
Ellis97 almost 3 years ago
As for as Beagle Scouts go, he’s the worst.
dflak almost 3 years ago
One of the tricks they taught us in survival school is that since all trees look the same, if you want to travel in a specific compass direction, send a member of your party as far out into the woods as you can see him and then direct him where to stand and then walk up to him and repeat the process.
The trick is, don’t pick someone who looks like a tree.
dflak almost 3 years ago
The question I have is, if orient means east, why is it when you orient a map, you put north on the top?
A.Ficionada almost 3 years ago
Snoopy’s gift is the power of imagination. Not way finding ;)
Troglodyte almost 3 years ago
Snoopy needs to buy the Beagle Scout Handbook for Dummies!
Natarose almost 3 years ago
stop ripping on him. He is a dog after all.
txmystic almost 3 years ago
Snoopy’s eye roll in the first panel…
Steve Dallas almost 3 years ago
Is this strip edited? The lettering in Panel 3 is off center.
DCBakerEsq almost 3 years ago
I just ask my iPhone.
wolfboy oz boy almost 3 years ago
so do you think the s means somewhere??
Mike Williams almost 3 years ago
Why would a compass point nowhere?
uniquename almost 3 years ago
Go N far enough, and you will be nowhere.
theotherther1 almost 3 years ago
“East? I thought you said Weast!”-Patrick Star, Spongebob Squarepants
WCraft Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Probably forgot to charge his cell phone before he left home…