I guess I’m a hopeless geek. Upon reading today’s FoxTrot, my first reaction (after laughing at the strip itself) was to grab a writing implement and solve the world problem.
You, too? Come on, I know there are more of us out there.
Oh, andone orange costs 18 cents.
But you knew that. 
One of the things I’ve long appreciated about Bill Amend is that the math in his cartoons is all on the level. (E.g. the integral and the summation on the cover of Your Momma Thinks Square Roots Are Vegetables.) When Gary Larson used to do cartoons of people doing math in his Far Side cartoons, it was all a bunch of gibberish.
And yeah, I had to work the word problem too. But I was able to do it in my head. Nyaah, nyaah. 
More readable view of the “Your Momma…” cover. Readable enough to actually check the math.
Being a long time follower of Foxtrot…I don’t usually do that when word problems come up. Be it maybe I’m too lazy?
I just read, laugh, and move on to Garfield or Rose is Rose.
And that cover is a great way to segue into Jason and Marcus slash.
Don’t ask…really.
My brother and dad both did. And then it was a discussion over the breakfast table.
I’m a humanities type (and number dyslexic) – so I just figured out what the algebraic formula would be, but didn’t bother to plug in the numbers.
I’ve always enjoyed how accurate Bill Amend is with his pop culture references, especially the nerdy obscure ones like his Ellen Feiss strip. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he lurks or even posts on message boards like this one quite often.
MIKIE!
What would Eileen think?
Besides knowing those two the experience would:
explode
have surround sound
fall off a cliff
involve an iguana
or
Krisfer reads way to much Foxtrot
I remember in the rec.arts.comics.strips newsgroups in the mid-90s that he would participate.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=author:billamend%40aol.com+
I haven’t participated in that newsgroup in years, but at the time it was one of the few places on the net where you could meet real celebrities, albeit ones who’d you never recognize at the supermarket.
