Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 09, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  about 2 years ago

    Probably a chiropractor.

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    codycab  about 2 years ago

    Who cares as long as it’s beef.

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    dadthedawg Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Call up the guy that keeps winning the hot dog eating contest…..

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 2 years ago

    well, Calvin, care to tell the difference between a brat and a misbehaved child?

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    Imagine  about 2 years ago

    Wait until you try talking to Siri or Alexa.

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    Robin Harwood  about 2 years ago

    The information line seems pretty useless.

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    Bilan  about 2 years ago

    She told Calvin that she doesn’t know. That’s information.

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    einarbt  about 2 years ago

    Spot on Hobbes.

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    saywhatwhat  about 2 years ago

    It depends where you live. Wien ist die Bundeshauptstadt der Republik Österreich. That is, Vienna is the capital city of Austria. “Frankfurters” were brought to Vienna by Johann Georg Lahner in 1805 from his home in Frankfurt and became popular there under the name Frankfurter. In Germany they were made from only pork but in Austria they make Frankfurters from mixed pork and beef. So in Germany they call those “Wiener Würstchen” Today, in Germany there are more Wiener Würstchen sold than Frankfurter Würstchen. Those names must have wandered to America like a lot of other things.

    A hot-dog is any similar sausage put into a hot-dog bun.

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    sandpiper  about 2 years ago

    If Cal is frustrated now, just wait until he needs something repaired.

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    PaulAbbott2  about 2 years ago

    Better yet, find out why we park in a driveway and drive of a parkway. Or the difference between “Ketchup” and “Catsup”

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    VegaAlopex  about 2 years ago

    I avoid them all, along with nitrites and nitrates.

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    Purple People Eater  about 2 years ago

    A wiener is an Austrian sausage, a frankfurter is a German sausage, and a hot dog is an American attempt at a sausage.

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    Susan00100  about 2 years ago

    If that call can be traced back to Calvin’s home, he’ll be in BIG trouble with Mom and Dad!!

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    pixiekitten Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Calvin has a point.

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    codedaddy  about 2 years ago

    A frank can be nice, say with beans. But it needs a bun to become a hotdog.

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    jagedlo  about 2 years ago

    Ah, the times before looking things up online to find out your answers…

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    Troglodyte  about 2 years ago

    Calvin’s gonna love Google.

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    Jaime Jean M  about 2 years ago

    Times were hard before Google.

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    tripwire45  about 2 years ago

    You used to be able to call the information desk at a public library and ask them to research that sort of thing for you, but I don’t think that service is available, at least not since the internet.

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    njchris  about 2 years ago

    Hello information? Wow is that an old panel.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Hey! I’m not stupid just because you’re ignorant. Buy a dictionary.

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    rugeirn  about 2 years ago

    So, I went looking for information about whether or not 411 still exists and what it does and so forth, and I happen across this great story totally by accident. Love web surfing!

    Strowger switch— “the first example of an electromechanical stepping switch telephone exchange system.” It’s the device that automated switchboards and eliminated the need for operators to connect calls.It was invented by Almon Strowger in 1891. Interestingly, Strowger was not an electrical engineer. He was, of all things, an… undertaker? What’s up with that? Well, as the story goes…Strowger was one of two undertakers who worked in Kansas City in the 1800s. When a dear friend died, he thought it was pretty strange he hadn’t been called by the family to take care of the funeral arrangements. It just so happened that the only telephone operator in Kansas City, who received and directed all the city’s phone calls… was the other undertaker’s wife.Hmmm.Strowger didn’t get mad, he got even. He invented the world’s first automatic telephone exchange system (and the first dial phone), making it possible for people to dial numbers directly and not have to use operators.Take that

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    Watchdog  about 2 years ago

    Hello, Information? Is this a 1970s reprint?

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    SweetSinger  about 2 years ago

    The great questions of life.

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    Prey  about 2 years ago

    I connected the Conductor of the CBSO to the mains – he does!

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  about 2 years ago

    A Hot dog is from America. A Frankfurter is from Germany. Everwhere else are wieners!

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    dv1093  about 2 years ago

    When I was his age I called information and asked what was playing at the local theater. The operator said, “Uh, well I can give you the number and you can call them to ask.”

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    Daltongang Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Calvin, try asking that in school. Even better try paying attention in school.

    “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela

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    mjtedin  about 2 years ago

    This is a rare example of Calvin and Hobbes being dated. The internet can now answer this question in a heartbeat.

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    mindjob  about 2 years ago

    The surgeons can be found in Washington, extracting money from our wallets

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    g04922  about 2 years ago

    Customer Service job is NOT in Calvin’s future.

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    stamps  about 2 years ago

    https://www.delightedcooking.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-hot-dog-weiner-frank-and-sausage.htm#:~:text=Thus%20franks%20or%20frankfurters%20are,Raw%20sausages.

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    mistercatworks  about 2 years ago

    In the days before the Internet, it was always difficult for librarians to distinguish between real information seekers and prank callers. Also, tobacconists:

    “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?”

    “Then you better let him out!” ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha …

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    donwestonmysteries  about 2 years ago

    Do they still have information operators?

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    KEA  about 2 years ago

    see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQd_BVrMXV0&t=741s

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    Nick Danger  about 2 years ago

    Large libraries used to have people who would answer questions over the phone

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    kathleenhicks62  about 2 years ago

    Google it is my answer.

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    Marty241  about 2 years ago

    I got into a big argument with my then girlfriend when I said my parents eat ham but not pork. Finally asked a butcher what the difference was. Really didn’t know myself except they looked different.

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    ron  about 2 years ago

    Answer: The spelling.

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    John Jorgensen  about 2 years ago

    I had a similar reaction on learning that Information doesn’t really give you information.

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    Geezer  about 2 years ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog

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    phoenixnyc  about 2 years ago

    Next time, call the public library, Calvin. They actually enjoy questions like that, as a respite from “Do you have (the latest badly-written mass-market potboiler)?”, “What happened to that red book that used to be there with the title I don’t remember?”. and “Where’s the bathroom?”

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    Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Just one phone call can take you from Mayberry to Doonesbury.

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    MFRXIM Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Chicken fried steak ?

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    joherrer  about 2 years ago

    I found “First Calvin and Hobbes Comic”

    https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1985/11/18

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  about 2 years ago

    Words mean things. Or so they say.

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    hagarthehorrible  about 2 years ago

    Thsse days google would give better leads.

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    klapre  about 2 years ago

    “Information” will have to be explained to the younger generation. (Hint: look up 411)

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