In real life (at least had it been like mine), Calvin would never have made it to the backyard after a retort like that. And he would’ve deserved the detention.
But then, this is Calvin & Hobbes, not real life: a place where a kid gets to say everything he wishes he could get away with. Some days I can laugh at that, and some days I wonder what Bill W. was thinking…and I can think those two totally different things about the same strip on different days (or hours, or even minutes).
In real life (at least had it been like mine), Calvin would never have made it to the backyard after a retort like that. And he would’ve deserved the detention.
But then, this is Calvin & Hobbes, not real life: a place where a kid gets to say everything he wishes he could get away with. Some days I can laugh at that, and some days I wonder what Bill W. was thinking…and I can think those two totally different things about the same strip on different days (or hours, or even minutes).