FoxTrot by Bill Amend for May 24, 2009
May 17, 2009
May 31, 2009
Transcript:
Jason: Studying for finals? Paige: Yeah. Jason: What are they like? We don't get finals in fifth grade. Are they fun? Are they awesome? Does everyone in the class cheer when they're handed out? What kind of paper are they on? Is it like some sort of antique parchment? Do kids dress up? I have a pretty good Isaac Newton costume I could wear. Do they play a trumpet fanfare when the clock starts? That'd be so cool! Please tell me they play trumpets! Paige: They don't play trumpets. Jason: Trombones? Tubas? Flugelhorns? Could I bring an iPod? Paige: Would you happen to know if the library is open today?
dead-eye-bill almost 15 years ago
like a playful dog
wiitennessee almost 15 years ago
I had trouble with test final etiquette too. Ah well c’est la c-…
lux-fiat almost 15 years ago
Isn’t it easier to just shoot him?
LibrarianInTraining almost 15 years ago
Jason shoulda gone to my school. There were no costumes or anything, but when you finished, you got to go outside and eat pizza and play on the court. sigh Oh those high school memories.
i_am_the_jam almost 15 years ago
That’s strange, I remember getting finals in ALL my elementary school grades…
rayannina almost 15 years ago
Boy, is Jase going to be disappointed when he hits middle school …
cruncher3 almost 15 years ago
lol what on earth is a flugelhorn ? ! ? ! ?
Miserichord almost 15 years ago
A flugelhorn is a member of the valved brass wind instruments family, similar to a trumpet or a coronet.
In terms of timbre, it falls around;
Trumpet - Coronet - Flugelhorn - (no current instrument) - French Horn.
risitas almost 15 years ago
Hey, Jase - the library’s closed today, but I hear they’re playing Sousa @the Symphony tonite!
risitas almost 15 years ago
FYI - The Chuckster is playing a flugelhorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSevt_i51w
LibrarianInTraining almost 15 years ago
Risitas, not all libraries are closed on Sundays. I ought to know! :)
SprSynJn almost 15 years ago
“Have him neutered.”
I am pretty sure that would not fix the problem.
MurphyHerself almost 15 years ago
He reminds me of my nephew.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
He reminds ME of my nephew’s uncle. ;)
Comic-Nut almost 15 years ago
Jason reminds me of myself when I was his age… right up until I was leaving high school. LOL. Poor Page… she really needs to develop a more positive outlook to her studies.
jestrfyl almost 15 years ago
My daughters college (College of Wooster) actually has a parade with the bagpipes playing at the deadline for all of the Senior Projects. It is quite the mad celebration - Jason would love it.
Sadly, in my case the soundtrack for finals would have been more of a dirge or at least the Hitchcock theme - Funeral March for a Marionette.
sjackson547 almost 15 years ago
A flugelhorn is essentially a marching french horn, it’s shaped like a trumpet. Just like a flugelbone is a trumpet-shaped trombone.
littleblackdress almost 15 years ago
He’s so excited…. yup he’ll be disappointed when he gets to middle school.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Somehow, I think he will take over middle school. :)
megafan almost 2 years ago
The jonson empire begains