Brevity by Dan Thompson for October 02, 2016
Transcript:
Woman: I thought 'silver linings playbook' was awful. The sasquatch is real. My uncle saw him in Cleveland. I have an irrational fear of mushrooms. Woman 2: What in heaven's name is she doing? Woman 3: Oh, that's just Betsy... always going off tan gents.
x_Tech about 8 years ago
Arc tan (Minoan for Okay) , who will be the first to use “Hyperbola” in a comment? Cosine there’s a reward at the end of the parabola for the one with the most obtuse angle.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 8 years ago
X.. if I were to say this is the best Brevity_ever,_that would be hyperbola, cos sum have been better.(Though I suppose I have no proof. )
This strip doesn’t really have arcs, so we won’t get to see how those fellows intercept Betty’s comments…but she’s headed down a slippery slope.Secant get away with it…maybe if she were acute young thing…but she’s not, so I think there’ll be a bad burn.
x_Tech about 8 years ago
@SusanI knew if I gave you a straight line you could throw us a curve.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 8 years ago
Aw,,, X…. I can’t add any more right now…I’m too sleepy to function.
Arty8846 about 8 years ago
Ah, wordplay. Thongs……….
P51Strega about 8 years ago
Best part of the conic section so far.
SunflowerGirl100 about 8 years ago
At least she could sweeten her remarks with a piece of pi.
MeGoNow Premium Member about 8 years ago
Next she’ll be asking them to cosine for her.
RICHARD SCHOENBORN Premium Member about 8 years ago
Let me guess. You have a book of axioms and you’re going to make a pun out of every one of them. Not clever.
bubujin_2 Premium Member about 8 years ago
It’s because she sees a wave sine.