Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 28, 2021

And proper nouns are ones that are well behaved.

“What’s a pronoun?”

The LGBTQ+ Community: I’m glad you asked.

(This is a joke, I’m not making fun of LGBTQ+, I’m a part of it myself.)

Calvin knows a lot of words but doesn’t know what a “pronoun” is?

Hobbes…..the English teacher.

A nun with many skills.

A definite A+

I love Hobbes’ little smile in the third panel. He’s quite proud of his answer.

Unlike past years, pronouns are now allowed to compete in the Olympics.

The opposite of an anti-noun.

Pronoun: a Noun that has made it to the English Premiere League.

Enjoy summer school Calvin. If that does not work out at least you will be a year older than your new classmates, except for that classes version of Moe, every class has a Moe, no escaping that…..

I would give him a point for that if I was his teacher. But I’m not even a teacher, let alone Calvin’s.

And then there are adjectives. These are the words that add more jectives to a sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMn9VMOBmQ

Interesting vid on Watterson, might answer a few questions……

Adverbs, Verbs that have been added too or to? Points for one, no points for the other.

I wonder what kind of endorsement deals you get being a pronoun…

An Adverb is a verb, supported by ads.

’’It’s time to have your own (whatever), click here.’’

Proceeds from this ad, go to purchase sneakers for homeless Pandas.

Umm. Uh oh. What the heck is a pronoun these days? Does anyone remember predicate nominatives? I think it has something to do with copulatives. …is that appropriate?

Everybody is a comedian.

Good proposition.

Participle; one who participates? Don’t leave me dangling here. . . .

Better a probiotic than an amateur in your gut …

And what about proverbs?

Sigh… In simpler times.

The look of satisfaction on Hobbes in panel 3…

“What’s ‘Past Tense’?”

“When you’re worried about something you did, think ‘Noodle Incident’.”

“I keep telling you, they can’t prove anything. And besides, no-one saw me…”

A pronoun (as well as a peck from a week or so ago), Calvin, is something to which you should be paying attention in class.

I adapted this into a joke: “What comes before a pronoun? An amateurnoun.”

Clearly, this comic predates the world wide web and Google.

You know… somehow I think Hobbs is right.

This is, perhaps, my favourite gag from Calvin and Hobbes…

I guess Calvin has never seen Schoolhouse Rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koZFca8AkT0

This is one of my all-time favorite strips, and a joke I’ve been telling since the ’80s. (Often without attribution. Apologies to Mr. Watterson.)

I had a high school history “teacher” who regarded humiliation & ridicule as fine pedagogical tools; after one test he told the class “Can you believe that (named the student) answered ‘What was Bacon’s Rebellion?’ with ‘They got tired of getting fried with the eggs.’? Know what? I’m going to give him the point, because otherwise he’d get a zero.”

Ha-ha! As a teacher (mostly of comics, illustration & writing), if I received this answer… I’d let him know the correct response BUT still give good marks for superior creativity! A+

Then comes Epicnoun and Lengendarynoun and Mythicnoun?

I am in the second last panel, with no clues either, but as original as the feline.

Teachers don’t like originality.

“Maybe Wormwood will give me a point for originality!”