FoxTrot by Bill Amend for October 12, 1998
Transcript:
Peter: How's my handwriting? Paige: Practically illegible. Peter: Hmm. That's not good. I have a test with a bunch of essay questions tomorrow. I'm going to have to try harder. How's it now. Paige: Fully illegible. Peter: Ah, that's more like it. Paige: Playing the ol' "Benefit of the doubt" gambit, I see.
i don’t get it. is he trying to do bad handwriting so that his teacher can’t read it so he has a better chance of getting a good grade?