Comments on: #40 - School http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/ new comics every monday through friday Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Psymon http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-73165 Psymon Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:36:36 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-73165 To elementary school children: Back when I was your age I didn't have a TV. We walked three miles to the library. We walked back home with twenty pounds each of books, and counted ourselves lucky when we remembered to bring sacks or something to carry them in. We also didn't have a computer, but almost nobody had one in those days. Well, as for Junior High, I think we had a set, but we weren't subscribed for cable, so we only had local channels. I remember eight or nine channels, but two were in Spanish. We might have had a computer, but it was dial-up and we only had one phone line. A day at the library was still a good day out. In the first half of high school, the home situation was similar to for junior high, but in the second half we finally upgraded to DSL, and went from no-cable to <i>satellite tv with DVR</i>. Guess what? There's <i>still</i> nothing on TV! Then I graduate high school without having gotten my driver's license (I didn't want one; I couldn't see any advantage myself, I feared for the safety of myself and others, and it might mean an extra source of chores). But I went on to University, so I rode my bicycle twenty miles round trip every day to and from school almost regardless of the weather. I'm now working on gaining weight so I'm not "underweight", so I can add Boot Camp to this list as I join the USAF. As many things that showed up in this post, I always had thought I had it easy. To elementary school children: Back when I was your age I didn’t have a TV. We walked three miles to the library. We walked back home with twenty pounds each of books, and counted ourselves lucky when we remembered to bring sacks or something to carry them in. We also didn’t have a computer, but almost nobody had one in those days.
Well, as for Junior High, I think we had a set, but we weren’t subscribed for cable, so we only had local channels. I remember eight or nine channels, but two were in Spanish. We might have had a computer, but it was dial-up and we only had one phone line. A day at the library was still a good day out.
In the first half of high school, the home situation was similar to for junior high, but in the second half we finally upgraded to DSL, and went from no-cable to satellite tv with DVR. Guess what? There’s still nothing on TV!
Then I graduate high school without having gotten my driver’s license (I didn’t want one; I couldn’t see any advantage myself, I feared for the safety of myself and others, and it might mean an extra source of chores). But I went on to University, so I rode my bicycle twenty miles round trip every day to and from school almost regardless of the weather. I’m now working on gaining weight so I’m not “underweight”, so I can add Boot Camp to this list as I join the USAF.
As many things that showed up in this post, I always had thought I had it easy.

]]> By: Christina http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-72893 Christina Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:50:54 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-72893 I must have this as a shirt XD I must have this as a shirt XD

]]> By: Lesley http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-72674 Lesley Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:33:41 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-72674 I went to a Park View School! I went to a Park View School!

]]> By: Deteramot http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-65438 Deteramot Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:43:51 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-65438 I must agree with the above statement. You are over thinking it. It's a comic. Laugh and enjoy it. I must agree with the above statement. You are over thinking it. It’s a comic. Laugh and enjoy it.

]]> By: trout http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-56426 trout Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:00:16 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-56426 well my friends its a good comment obviously mocking the old cliche of the "back in my day" speeches we all know and love you guys are over thinking it i mean seriously applying physics to biffs world????? people in the last few comics hes been cut in half electricuted and lit on fire this man is above and beyond the laws of our world in other words biff is THE man well my friends its a good comment obviously mocking the old cliche of the “back in my day” speeches we all know and love

you guys are over thinking it i mean seriously applying physics to biffs world?????

people in the last few comics hes been cut in half electricuted and lit on fire
this man is above and beyond the laws of our world

in other words

biff is THE man

]]> By: steve-o http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-49113 steve-o Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:39:07 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-49113 Lyrics to Weird Al’s “When I was your age.” Lemme tell ya sonny, lemme set you straight you kids today ain’t never had it rough always had everything handed to ya on a silver plate you lazy brats think nothins’ good enough Well, no-one ever drove me to school when it was 90 degrees below we had to walk butt naked, through forty miles of snow worked in the coal mine 22 hours a day for just half a cent had to sell my internal organs just to pay the rent when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age lemme tell ya somethin’, you whiny little snot there’s somethin’ wrong with all you kids today ya just don’t appreciate all the things ya got we were hungry, broke, and miserable, and we liked it fine that way well there was 73 of us, livin’ in a cardboard box all I got for Christmas, was a lousy bag o’ rocks every night for dinner, we got a big ol’ chunk o’ dirt if we were really good we didn’t get dessert when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age didn’t have no telephone didn’t have no fax machine all we had was a couple cans and a crummy peice o’ string didn’t have no swimmin’ pool when I was just a lad a ( I couldn’t hear this part) tank was the closest thing we had didn’t have no dental floss had to use old rusty nails didn’t have nintendo we just ( didn’t hear this part either ) on snails didn’t have no water bed(?) had to sleep on broken glass didn’t have no lawn mower we used our teeth to cut the grass what’s the matter now sonny ya say ya don’t believe this junk you think my story is wearin’ kinda thin I’ll tell ya one thing I never was such a disrespectful punk back then we had a thing called discipline my dad would whoop us every night til’ a quarter after twelve then he’d get too tired and he’d make us whoop ourselves then he chopped me into into pieces and played frisbee with my brain and lemme tell ya junior ya never heard me complain when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age when I was your age find this vid at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kB78hM_lkI Lyrics to Weird Al’s “When I was your age.”

Lemme tell ya sonny, lemme set you straight
you kids today ain’t never had it rough
always had everything handed to ya on a silver plate
you lazy brats think nothins’ good enough
Well, no-one ever drove me to school when it was 90 degrees below
we had to walk butt naked, through forty miles of snow
worked in the coal mine 22 hours a day for just half a cent
had to sell my internal organs just to pay the rent
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
lemme tell ya somethin’, you whiny little snot
there’s somethin’ wrong with all you kids today
ya just don’t appreciate all the things ya got
we were hungry, broke, and miserable, and we liked it fine that way
well there was 73 of us, livin’ in a cardboard box
all I got for Christmas, was a lousy bag o’ rocks
every night for dinner, we got a big ol’ chunk o’ dirt
if we were really good we didn’t get dessert
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
didn’t have no telephone
didn’t have no fax machine
all we had was a couple cans and a crummy peice o’ string
didn’t have no swimmin’ pool when I was just a lad
a ( I couldn’t hear this part) tank was the closest thing we had
didn’t have no dental floss
had to use old rusty nails
didn’t have nintendo
we just ( didn’t hear this part either ) on snails
didn’t have no water bed(?)
had to sleep on broken glass
didn’t have no lawn mower
we used our teeth to cut the grass
what’s the matter now sonny
ya say ya don’t believe this junk
you think my story is wearin’ kinda thin
I’ll tell ya one thing
I never was such a disrespectful punk
back then we had a thing called discipline
my dad would whoop us every night til’ a quarter after twelve
then he’d get too tired
and he’d make us whoop ourselves
then he chopped me into into pieces
and played frisbee with my brain
and lemme tell ya junior
ya never heard me complain
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age
when I was your age

find this vid at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kB78hM_lkI

]]> By: Elkian http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-40577 Elkian Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:32:20 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-40577 ... Babylon 5 reference~ Happy~ …
Babylon 5 reference~
Happy~

]]> By: AVEENA http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-31973 AVEENA Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:47:11 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-31973 just how old is biff? just how old is biff?

]]> By: 86Perecentninja http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-29550 86Perecentninja Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:32:37 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-29550 Mattz physics is wrong, it cant be a gravitational thing cause he would be weightless inside the thing. I don't feel like explaining it cause I'm lazy, but if you look into it, or ask someone with some college level physics courses, you should be able to get the reasons. Also if its the centrifugal force (For anyone who remembers a highschool phsysics teacher saying its fake, its acctually not, but... well the reasons for that are complicated, but you can also ask a college professor about that too) then he is never walks up hill cause the the force would always be perpendicular to the surface. So either bAT L's hamster wheel is right, or CynicalSavant is right. Given the nature of biffs world though, I dont think we should be considering this so deeply. Mattz physics is wrong, it cant be a gravitational thing cause he would be weightless inside the thing. I don’t feel like explaining it cause I’m lazy, but if you look into it, or ask someone with some college level physics courses, you should be able to get the reasons. Also if its the centrifugal force (For anyone who remembers a highschool phsysics teacher saying its fake, its acctually not, but… well the reasons for that are complicated, but you can also ask a college professor about that too) then he is never walks up hill cause the the force would always be perpendicular to the surface. So either bAT L’s hamster wheel is right, or CynicalSavant is right. Given the nature of biffs world though, I dont think we should be considering this so deeply.

]]> By: SiaWhit http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-28104 SiaWhit Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:47:27 +0000 http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2006/03/31/school/#comment-28104 If you think about it, if he's going uphill both ways, then whenever we go anywhere here on earth, we are going downhill both ways. cause our earth curves inversely to Biff's. If you think about it, if he’s going uphill both ways, then whenever we go anywhere here on earth, we are going downhill both ways. cause our earth curves inversely to Biff’s.

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