Bad Machinery by John Allison for February 17, 2023

Lottie predicts Brexit!

Is this a circumstance under which Little Claire loses her lisp? Or is she growing out of it?

Is it just me or today’s comic post looks larger in size than others?!

I guess the same could be said of History teachers.

Truer than you know, Lottie.

It’s true that teaching is a bit like a pyramid scheme.

Is there a country called Kumar?

A friend got a degree in geography. He did not, however, become a professional geographer.

There’s my Little Claire!

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Sometimes I wish Lottie’s little “theories” were real things—they at least seem more interesting than the real world.

Let’s get back to the geometric progression.

Lottie is not wrong in the final panel. Monitoring climate change and its effects on the environment has in fact created an increased demand for geographers, worldwide. (However, the biggest demand for geographers is in what used to be called “urban planning”, finding sites for constructing businesses and routes for utilities and transportation that satisfy various criteria such as distances from competing businesses, economic conditions in the vicinity, traffic constrictions, etc. It’s basically a big database problem, and most university geography departments are structured as a discipline within computer science. It’s a big business, both in government and in private commerce.)

Wow. Is that ole’ man Grokey behind them on the stairs? Maybe a different tie, so probably another teacher, but look at those bow-legs! Does he ride a horse to work? He’s got more bow than a cross country cattle driver.

Claire can be scary with her theories.

the Mrs is a Scot. She took the SQE, the Scottish equivalent. When the girls were prepping for their SATs she took one look at them and said those were for babies.

What happened to Little Claire’s lisp?

Guess it’s up to me to ask. What are GCSE options?