Brevity by Dan Thompson for May 17, 2012

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    x_Tech  almost 12 years ago

    Their regular teacher, Mr. Petey Boat, went on a cruise. This new teacher is about to really submerge them in the sea of Mathematics.

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    Varnes  almost 12 years ago

    Anybody else here who has walked into a room full of torpedoes as a substitute? Do the math….

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    Pharmakeus Ubik  almost 12 years ago

    Same old game of sink the sub.

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    imbaldeagle  almost 12 years ago

    Hey, where’d Hoagie go? Anyway, my hero is a poor boy. But I’d as soon eat a torpedo as a sub any day.

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    J Short  almost 12 years ago

    Those torpedoes aren’t armed.

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    boff0  almost 12 years ago

    looks like an explosive school of thought to me!!

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    celeconecca  almost 12 years ago

    spit balls – mini torpedos

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    V-Beast  almost 12 years ago

    By the end of the day he is going to go nuclear on them.

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    Hussell  almost 12 years ago

    Damn the torpedoes!!

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    blackman2732  almost 12 years ago

    LOL

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 12 years ago

    He will teach them sub-sets in math, and the subjunctive mood in grammar, and sub-prime loans in economics!

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    Mikel Brown  almost 12 years ago

    reminds me of a book many years ago called ‘13 ways to sink a sub.’

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    Larry Miller Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    They’ll never see their regular teacher again. The administration found out he eats torpedoes for lunch.

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    Digital Frog  almost 12 years ago

    The regular teacher was arrested by the DHS for possessing instruments of math instruction

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    Varnes  almost 12 years ago

    Digital Frog, are you sure it wasn’t math seduction?

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    konradh  almost 12 years ago

    Does SusanSunshine write this strip now?

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    iced tea  almost 12 years ago

    “Let’s bomb her!”

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 12 years ago

    Plus different substances in Chemistry, and how to suborn a ruling regime in Political Science, and he will object to the way the principal subtracts his authority and the government subtracts his paycheck. Now we need some “U-boat” puns……..

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    lavalamp  almost 12 years ago

    Who left the screen door open?

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    otforever  almost 12 years ago

    “Yeah, if I get one ping out of this sub, I’m going ballistic!”

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 12 years ago

    More puns than you can shake a stick at, inspired by today’s strip! Thanks to all of you (and I still want a few “U-boat” puns if anybody has any spare time, lol.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    Konrad – I wish!My dream is to find a job that utilises my otherwise under-appreciated…um… talents …. um… gifts ….er…. neurosis.

    If I’d gotten here on time to make any comments, I’m sure they’d be just as sub-standard as the rest!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    Godfrey —the problem is that there aren’t a lot of homophones for “boats”… and I’m pretty fussy about that…Now, it’s possible that some ancient navies had yew boats, but they wooden be sub standard..that is, they’d be substandard.Even if there were two boats.

    Yew was (were?) more commonly in use (yews?) for bows… not boat bows but bows for archers…it’s very flexible… but not flexible enough for wordplay.So, sorry, but I couldn’t nail it.

    (OK Susan…. how long can yew stretch this? Time to leaf. )

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