Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for December 05, 1991
December 04, 1991
December 06, 1991
Transcript:
FRANCIS: Okay, the "Louisiana Purchase" took place in 1803... NATE: I think it's cool that the state bird of Louisiana is the pelican! FRANCIS: ...Louisiana was admitted to statehood in 1812... NATE: Check out this drawing, Francis! See? It's a pelican! FRANCIS: The Battle of New Orleans was fought in 1815... NATE: I wonder if dad would let me have a pelican for a pet...probably not. FRANCIS: Will you forget the stupid pelican already?? NATE: I mean, the man won't even let me have a gerbil!
Test499 over 10 years ago
gerbils aint even live that long so why waste yore munee?
ChristmasBoneCatalog over 9 years ago
Which is why Nate said “even”.
♞нυитєявσу_z♘ almost 7 years ago
…and speaking of pelicans, in Big Nate Strikes Again, Nate mentioned that he once wrote a report about Louisiana and got a C+ because he wrote a lot of stuff about pelicans.
DM9001 about 5 years ago
Out of all the facts about Louisiana, Nate was interested in just the pelicans.
This Username Is Already Taken almost 5 years ago
turns out that New Orleans is actually new because in France there is a city called orelans
meRemiLiskowbuticool over 4 years ago
Francis’s face in the last panel makes it looked like he wanted to live in 1803 and buy Louisiana to himself and make it Nate-free.
PBS1! about 4 years ago
I remember in one Big Nate novel, Nate recounts that Ms. Godfrey dinged him for putting too much pelican information in a report on Louisiana, and yes, I am aware that the novels are loosely based on the strip.
Commenter8888 over 3 years ago
I would love a pelican for a pet.