# 9/13 Foxtrot: okay, fess up. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394 "2003-09-13T15:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/1 "2003-09-13T15:43:54Z")
I guess I’m a hopeless geek. Upon reading [today’s FoxTrot](http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2003/09/13/), 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. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/2 "2003-09-13T17:26:43Z")
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](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0740732994/ref=ase_foxtrotcom/103-2375192-7893438?v=glance&s=books).) 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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/3 "2003-09-13T17:28:55Z")
[More readable view](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0740732994.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) of the “Your Momma…” cover. Readable enough to actually check the math. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/4 "2003-09-13T17:36:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/5 "2003-09-13T17:37:37Z")
And that cover is a great way to segue into Jason and Marcus slash. Don’t ask…really. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/6 "2003-09-13T18:55:44Z")
My brother and dad both did. And then it was a discussion over the breakfast table. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/7 "2003-09-13T19:55:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/8 "2003-09-14T04:25:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/9 "2003-09-14T05:37:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mikie \* > \*\*And that cover is a great way to segue into Jason and Marcus slash. > > Don’t ask…really. \*\* MIKIE! What would Eileen think?😃 Besides knowing those two the experience would: 1. explode 2. have surround sound 3. fall off a cliff 4. involve an iguana or 1. be geared to embarass Paige Krisfer reads way to much Foxtrot ---
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-13-foxtrot-okay-fess-up/201394/10 "2003-09-14T16:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*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. \*\* 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+](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.