Still using the archaic system? We’re still riding with Timmy Martin on the way to school and reciting the whole mess? Try the metric system, to which we were supposed to convert in 1976.
Peck, unit of capacity in the U.S. Customary and the British Imperial Systems of measurement. In the United States the peck is used only for dry measure and is equal to 8 dry quarts, or 537.6 cubic inches (8.810 litres).
I saw this on Facebook yesterday. Be warned: you WILL need a handkerchief! https://pcurmblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-story-you.html?showComment=1623627755061#c7467629403850042448
Kudos to everyone who quickly pointed out that a bushel and peck are measures of volume, not weight. Reminds me of that standard 6th grade teacher joke: “Class, which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?”
I never really learned what bushels and pecks were for measuring when I was kid. Back when this strip first appeared, they were trying to get us to learn the metric system, not these arcane units of measure.
I love you a bushel and a peck/ a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck/ a bushel and a peck and a barrel and a heap/ a barrel and a heap and talking in my sleep, about you …..
BE THIS GUY almost 3 years ago
Not only does it have to be quick, it has to be dry. You can’t have a slobbering wet peck.
dadthedawg almost 3 years ago
That Hobbes knows a lot of stuff…..
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
if you paid more attention in school, Calvin, you’d know what a peck is
codycab almost 3 years ago
I can’t believe he made it passed kindergarten.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 3 years ago
“What’s a peck?”
“An actor”
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
Huh. Weight, huh? I get a real charge out of that. So, how many volts to a bushel?
DorothyGlenn Premium Member almost 3 years ago
My mom always said she loved us a bushel and a peck, so maybe she knew….lol. I think she said was a song or a poem?
Marblemouth almost 3 years ago
NO! They are measurements of capacity.
SamuelMeasa almost 3 years ago
Pickled Peppers any one?
JoanHelen almost 3 years ago
A bushel is an old-fashioned measure.
Qiset almost 3 years ago
I always think of Claudine Longet singing “A Bushel and a Peck”.
chuckcork1 almost 3 years ago
If that is the kind of mathematics they were teaching around the time of this cartoon, then it’s no wonder the USA has fallen behind.
VegaAlopex almost 3 years ago
Still using the archaic system? We’re still riding with Timmy Martin on the way to school and reciting the whole mess? Try the metric system, to which we were supposed to convert in 1976.
jvo almost 3 years ago
To which industry did convert, but the public did not, you guys still have pennies lol, that says a lot about you.
DaveG1960 almost 3 years ago
And we all know who Hobbes is thinking of in panel three…
dcdete. almost 3 years ago
Thank heavens for a peck. I don’t think that Peter Piper picking a quarter bushel of pickled peppers has the same ring to it.
flyertom almost 3 years ago
I’m afraid that the definition of bushel is incorrect.
A bushel is a unit of volume, not weight.
A bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds, whereas, a bushel of cranberries weighs 33 pounds.
ComicGent almost 3 years ago
My Grandfather used to say, “You’ve got to eat a peck of dirt before you die.”
rentier almost 3 years ago
But Hobbes understands something from smooch!!
AlanM almost 3 years ago
Peck, unit of capacity in the U.S. Customary and the British Imperial Systems of measurement. In the United States the peck is used only for dry measure and is equal to 8 dry quarts, or 537.6 cubic inches (8.810 litres).
jagedlo almost 3 years ago
That or a stroke or bite by a bird with its beak…
DonPoole almost 3 years ago
I believe a bushel is 3 pecks, not 4. But I didn’t google it, so….
Investtillitsgone almost 3 years ago
Measure of column not weight.
Wren Fahel almost 3 years ago
I saw this on Facebook yesterday. Be warned: you WILL need a handkerchief! https://pcurmblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-saddest-calvin-hobbes-story-you.html?showComment=1623627755061#c7467629403850042448
Who, me? almost 3 years ago
Woodpeckers still peck at trees.
dwdl21 almost 3 years ago
Neither do I my friend, neither do I…lol
mwest almost 3 years ago
Unit of volume, not weight. Sorry – just had to pick that nit…
leespear Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Calvin’s math book gets one thing wrong, though: it’s a measure of volume, not weight. Calvin’s conclusion is spot on, either way.
dv1093 almost 3 years ago
Kudos to everyone who quickly pointed out that a bushel and peck are measures of volume, not weight. Reminds me of that standard 6th grade teacher joke: “Class, which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?”
snuster1 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Volume?
JudyHendrickson almost 3 years ago
What does peck mean anyway???
david_42 almost 3 years ago
“I love you a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a rope around your neck… " I think that’s how it went.
assrdood almost 3 years ago
I love you a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck…..Get down tonight…..Oh wait….I think I wixed up my murds.
gingerspike88 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Hobbs wants Susie’s help with math homework …
mattro65 almost 3 years ago
I wish the US would join the modern world and adopt the metric system.
charlieh almost 3 years ago
A unit of volume, not weight
Gen.Flashman almost 3 years ago
Just a couple of months ago Calvin did not understand 5+3, now bushel and pecks conversion?
kab2rb almost 3 years ago
I never like those math problems either. Yet I heard of love a bushel and a peck, which is a lot of love.
ItisreallyaSecret almost 3 years ago
A peck is a measure of volume, not weight. One peck equals two dry gallons.
COL Crash almost 3 years ago
I always thought a Bushel was a Volumetric measure.
KEA almost 3 years ago
I think it’s English that’s the problem.
Plods with ...™ almost 3 years ago
I love you a bushel and a peck
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I’m talkin’ in my sleep
txmystic almost 3 years ago
If Hobbes is right, one would think there might be more mathematicians…
WCraft Premium Member almost 3 years ago
So how much is a smooch?
stamps almost 3 years ago
Actually, a peck (or bushel) is a unit of capacity, not weight. 554.84 cubic inches dry (8 quarts liquid).
kathleenhicks62 almost 3 years ago
I am with Calvin on this.
Troglodyte almost 3 years ago
Hobbes’ knowledge of math is a little sus-peck-t…
Nick Danger almost 3 years ago
Actually, I think a bushel is a unit of volume
hagarthehorrible almost 3 years ago
Neither the stuffed feline sitting next to you.
catowne almost 3 years ago
A bushel is not weight it’s volume.
Ammo is on a break Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Throw in a Hogshead or a Rod & Furlong and you have even more of a Mess.
blschumann Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I remember this particular comic about the peck and Calvin’s total confusion from its first publication and still find it funny.
bloodykate almost 3 years ago
I’m LOLing!
Stephen Gilberg almost 3 years ago
Hobbes could have given a much worse answer.
Stephen Gilberg almost 3 years ago
I once saw five peccaries in the wild and called them a bushel and a peccary.
Lightpainter Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Since Hobbes advocates the use of invisible numbers, would there be invisible bushels and pecks to consider here?!
Think CAREFULLY, Calvin!!
north1coast. almost 3 years ago
When my family was in Maine we bought a peck of clams at the local pound.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Time to go metric.
Guess05 almost 3 years ago
My all-time favorite Calvin and Hobbes strip.
StevePappas almost 3 years ago
Smooch. Hilarious!
scatrshot almost 3 years ago
A bushel is a unit of volume. No wonder Calvin thinks that he doesn’t understand math. :-)
Fibbermcgee Premium Member almost 3 years ago
In case you didn’t know Bloom County pops up on Facebook these days. It now has a guest appearance from Hobbes the tiger and he has now pounced.
dadthedawg almost 3 years ago
5 out of 4 people…..struggle with math.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 3 years ago
I never really learned what bushels and pecks were for measuring when I was kid. Back when this strip first appeared, they were trying to get us to learn the metric system, not these arcane units of measure.
schoonie almost 3 years ago
I love you a bushel and a peck/ a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck/ a bushel and a peck and a barrel and a heap/ a barrel and a heap and talking in my sleep, about you …..
rick92040 almost 3 years ago
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JSTORM85 1.0 (real) almost 3 years ago
no, no, it is your abs
The PapaEaster almost 3 years ago
These are actually the older comics