Comic Bot Posted February 10, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 10, 2021 Source - Patreon View the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 10, 2021 HA! The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #3 Posted February 10, 2021 My stupidity is showing. I don't see the humor in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, jsharr said: My stupidity is showing. I don't see the humor in this. It looks like a strip from 1974. I was like you and said WTF is funny about this???? I googled the first few words of the quote, and it turns out it is like my "Quick brown fox..." quote - a typing exercise. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" is a phrase first proposed as a typing drill by instructor Charles E. Weller; its use is recounted in his book The Early History of the Typewriter, p. 21 (1918). You'll note he used "party" not "country", and the "country" quote can not easily be attributed to anything, but the comic - with Peppermint Patty specifically mentioning the typewritten report - makes me think 1) it is referring to the Weller exercise, and 2) it may also be a modification by Schulz for some reason (political or religious?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 10, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 10, 2021 It was a political statement first used by Patrick Henry. Comic Bot is starting to take instruction from IB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Kzoo said: It was a political statement first used by Patrick Henry. Comic Bot is starting to take instruction from IB... Is your google broken???? Or you just make stuff up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 10, 2021 Share #7 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Is your google broken???? Or you just make stuff up? broken? Do you walk to work or do you carry your lunch? Let me check Google and see if it is the same thing my 8th grade history teacher said..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #8 Posted February 10, 2021 Just now, Kzoo said: broken? Do you walk to work or do you carry your lunch? Let me check Google and see if it is the same thing my 8th grade history teacher said..... Luckily, you have FAR more resources available to you now than the mistakes your history teacher (and perhaps memory) may provide. I thought my earlier post for jsharr summed it up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 10, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 10, 2021 58 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I thought my earlier post I'm sorry, I don't read most of your posts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kzoo said: I'm sorry, I don't read most of your posts. But I will definitely read your one on the Patrick Henry quote! I'm nice like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 10, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 10, 2021 Don't mess with my old brain. It could be dangerous. I admit that 8th grade history was a long time ago and if you UTG you will see that this quote is miss- assigned to our friend Patrick by one than one historian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Kzoo said: Don't mess with my old brain. It could be dangerous. I admit that 8th grade history was a long time ago and if you UTG you will see that this quote is miss- assigned to our friend Patrick by one than one historian. Hey, when you're wrong, I guess it is nice to have company But clearly, the misquote - purposeful or not by Schulz - is ONLY funny in the context of the typewritten report using that phrase. An updated and more recognizable typewriting phrase makes the comic a bit more humorous to the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 10, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Hey, when you're wrong, I guess it is nice to have company But clearly, the misquote - purposeful or not by Schulz - is ONLY funny in the context of the typewritten report using that phrase. An updated and more recognizable typewriting phrase makes the comic a bit more humorous to the audience. What........... ever < yawn > Comic Bot needs to up her game or she could be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 10, 2021 OMG, you guys. It's supposed to be THEIR country. She typed THE country. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 10, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, smudge said: OMG, you guys. It's supposed to be THEIR country. She typed THE country. You CAnadians are sooo kooky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 10, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, smudge said: OMG, you guys. It's supposed to be THEIR country. She typed THE country. OK that makes it funny........... not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 11, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, smudge said: OMG, you guys. It's supposed to be THEIR country. She typed THE country. Way to cut though the bullshit, smudge! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Old Guy Posted February 11, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 11, 2021 In many cases, Peanuts has to be read every day to "get" the joke. Snoopy did the typing. Here is today's comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 11, 2021 Share #19 Posted February 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Clark said: Snoopy did the typing. Here is today's comic. ...and used typed a typing drill instead of PP's term paper. Of course, you have to be pretty old to remember using the sentence, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" vs the more fun and all inclusive "The quick brown fox..." one. Comics that made sense in 1974 sometimes lose some value in 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 11, 2021 Share #20 Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Comics that made sense in 1974 sometimes lose some value in 2021. NEWSFLASH: Lots of stuff that made sense in 1974 has lost its value as of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 11, 2021 Share #21 Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kzoo said: NEWSFLASH: Lots of stuff that made sense in 1974 has lost its value as of today. Did you find your old history notebook yet with the Patrick Henry quote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 11, 2021 Share #22 Posted February 11, 2021 57 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Did you find your old history notebook yet with the Patrick Henry quote? Notebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 11, 2021 Share #23 Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Kzoo said: Notebook? Or textbook. I figured if your teacher told you it was a Patrick Henry quote, you'd have that in your notes. Or maybe you just underlined it in your textbook? I don't know how you did things back then! It's your memory, not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 11, 2021 Share #24 Posted February 11, 2021 37 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Or textbook. I figured if your teacher told you it was a Patrick Henry quote, you'd have that in your notes. Or maybe you just underlined it in your textbook? I don't know how you did things back then! It's your memory, not mine. It's all locked away up here <points to finely groomed noggin> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Old Guy Posted February 11, 2021 Share #25 Posted February 11, 2021 This thread is drivel at its finest. It should be used as a forum example of how to make nothing out of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 11, 2021 Share #26 Posted February 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Clark said: This thread is drivel at its finest. It should be used as a forum example of how to make nothing out of nothing. But you know you will be tuning in to tomorrow's strip!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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