Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 27, 1979
Transcript:
Sally and Charlie Brown sit at the table. Sally asks, "What's that thing?" Charlie Brown replies, "This is a campass."<BR><BR> Sally asks, "What's it for?" Charlie Brown replies, "I'll show you . . ."<BR><BR> Charlie Brown draws a smudged circle.<BR><BR> Sally asks, "Is there much call for smudged circles?"<BR><BR>
ah-hee over 3 years ago
Compasses work with a steady hand and a sharpened pencil which takes some time to master. I had one in Mechanical Drawing and it took close to a semester to get it’s usage under command and even then it was not precise as my instructor informed me rather bluntly, “Messy, messy, messy,” in red letters across the plate which took hours to complete.