Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for November 05, 2012

Teacher is a real blockhead.

Nate was just practicing folding a US flag, on a small scale.

NATE: Uh…something to keep me motivated?

NO NATE NO

Doing math: Analyzing parabolic flight paths of ballistically launched objects.

You “gulped in horror?” How horrible!

Busted!

Isoceles triangle? Right!

Same here.

Love those little reminders that Nateland is Red Sox/Patriots Nation.

Very nice. Is this something you really did?

OR Nate could insist, vis-a-vis yesterday’s strip, that he’s doing this to further instruct Artur on the subject of table football, the goal being to increase Artur’s enthusiasm (he’s a bright kid in school anyway) for “principals of math”…..one B.S. story is as good as another!! Haw! HAW!!

What, isosceles can’t have an opinion? Why do equilaterals have all of the fun?

A New Jersey Triangle? Much worse than the Bermuda variety.

I played this back in 1967 so I wonder when it was created? Anyone older than me know? I’m guessing in the 50’s at least.

I wonder when Mr. Peirce started this strip, if Mr. Staples name came from “Staples”, that office equipment store.

Math is everywhere!

Nate is incorrect. I’ve made many a paper football and they form a RIGHT triangle.

Awesome story as always James! : )

Actually it means two-sides-same.

(Equilateral is extreme case of iscosceles — all three sides same)

CRUSH THOSE JETS!!!!!!!!

Bad and lame excuse, Nate!

Oh no! Nate hates the Jets!

CRUSH THE JETS!

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