The Buckets by Greg Cravens for February 09, 2023

I never have figured out why the cartoonist draws some people with long cartoony noses and some with regular ones, especially since Toby’s parents have them and Toby and his brother don’t.

The boy ain’t wrong. I remember when, in college, I took a course in composition (of music). In my second meeting with the professor, he asked me “why was I writing this piece?” I thought it was the dumbest question I had ever been asked.

“Just to try it out for size. See if I like it or not. I’ll let you know what I come up with.”

He’s still wondering that himself.

“I entered the wrong classroom and this looked like less work.”

He’s probably the most honest student you have….

Hunh. So there actually ARE stupid questions.

I was taking an adult evening course on music theory. One girl waltzed in late. We were going around the room going over a sheet identifying the key by the group of sharps and flats. I hadn’t done it in advance so I counted ahead to my turn and figured it out. When it was the girls turn she declared she hadn’t done the homework. The teacher said we’ll look at it now. She didn’t even look and only said I haven’t done the homework.