FoxTrot by Bill Amend for August 28, 2011
August 21, 2011
September 04, 2011
Transcript:
Jason: Aaaa! That's not the apple that was on the kitchen counter, is it? Peter: Um, yeah. Why? Jason: Tomorrow's the first day of school! I was going to give that to my teacher! I spent over an hour at the grocery store selecting the most perfect, flawless apple they had! Do you have any idea how hard it is to maintain an a-octuple-plus average?! Everything has to be perfect! Now all I have left are the apples Mom bought! Those are a-quintuple-plus apples at best! Peter: I ate those, too, by the way. Jason: YOU WHAT?! Peter: I have an idea...does your teacher speak French? woman: A potato?? Jason: It's called an "apple of the earth" in Fr-Who am I kidding? Just flunk me.
Jason Fox over 12 years ago
sometimes i just hate peter’s eating habits…
legaleagle48 over 12 years ago
“Pomme de terre” is the phrase you’re looking for, Jason.
kraftjeff over 12 years ago
Jason “Vous êtes la pomme de terre dans mon friture”
spirit2002 over 12 years ago
peter is a walking garbage disposal. never filled.
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
Not just French, but Dutch and Afrikaans (“aardappels”). That was actually pretty bright for Peter, and it should’ve gotten Jason credit for knowledge and cleverness. But Jason has no perspective for grades, the little drama queen.
Jeff0811 over 12 years ago
Better than giving her a “road apple”.
kab2rb over 12 years ago
I can not eat french fries unless baked without grease.I agree wish I could eat like Peter.
falcon_370f over 12 years ago
Jason is such an Academic genius, he’s actually trying to avoid being advanced to a higher grade. I would’ve had him taking is senior year of High School by now, but Jason will never jump for that, lest he become the object of affection amongst several girls.
callak over 12 years ago
Odd, the drawing style looks like how it was in the beginning. Sure this is a new strip?
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 12 years ago
Peter is a black hole-no matter escapes from it.
heyitsconnor1236 about 7 years ago
in french, the ‘pomme’ means apple and the ‘pomme de terre’ means apple of the ground, or potato
CatDefender over 1 year ago
In Austria and parts of Bavaria they say “Erdapfel” which also means “earth apple” (in contrast to the majority of Germany where they say “Kartoffel”).
The official name for this comic on the Foxtrot website is “Pomme de Terre”, fittingly.