Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 02, 2010

She speaks “mom’…

No she has a language all her own, You don’t get to see out until the chores are done

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

& thanks Marg for BB

Just push everything under the bed, Calvin.

You’re welcome, Grog!

She’s speaking ‘Chore’ean

I understand every word now. I didn’t back then! LOL

G’Morning Marg, Mike and Grog!!

Nice try Calvin. Time for Plan B.

Her first language!

May not be. But MOM seems to have the last word all right.

The force is with “her”

Calvin needs Mom - as a Second Language…

Unfortunately when I was little my room was the first one that everyone saw when they came in so I was never able to have a messy room. My only haven was my closet floor where I kept alot of clutter. When I got older I put a couple old scatter rugs in the bottom and used it as my get away place with my radio. I would sit in there and work on my scrap books, photo albums, and write letters while looking at teen magazines.

Hobbes is under the sheets, I can see a part of his head!

Wow! That room is REALLY a mess!!! Good luck, Calvin. You may not see the outside for days.

Children are from Jupiter Moms are from Saturn

Having a room that messy in our home would have got you put up for adoption. My mother was house proud so our rooms had to pass the white glove test. Daily.

Why should I tidy up my room, when the whole world’s in a mess?

The impertinence and don’t-care attitude with which Calvin was going out is still present. Love you Calvin.

i agree with marg

What Mom says: “Clean up your room, Calvin, and then you can go outside.”

What Calvin hears: “Blah blah blah blah, Calvin, blah blah blah blah blah blah.”

cymbol – There’s a difference between messy and dirty. Messy I can live with, as long as I can find stuff. Dirty is your white glove test. Your room really shouldn’t be dirty.

Quick, get the rope ladder!

Had a daughter with a room like Calvin’s. She wouldn’t clean it. So we did. After that she kept it cleaner, and would clean it up better when asked. Took her months to “earn” back her things…..

Better learn to translate mom speak or you’ll be forever in trouble, as if you weren’t already.

It depends on what you mean by “clean”.

Calvin, I learned a great trick that worked ONCE. Cleaning and windows work together. You may increase your vocabulary when dad is trying to rake your stuff off the roof.

Why don’t you guys even consider how lucky Calvin is to even have half the stuff he does, hmmm? We didn’t have to clean out things, because there wasn’t anything to clean out! Comics are a great way to sneak in this sort of info to readers of all ages. (In fact, during my childhood I loved the comics – esp. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle!) But Calvin is such a rascal, you can’t help but love him.

I would of gotton in more trouble for saying No! Instead of no mame…

Why straighten what one will only muss up again afterwards.

If Calvin had exercised his extensive vocabulary, he might have inveigled his way out of cleaning his room. However, usually it’s quicker and easier to clean the room right away than to conjure ways and means to evade and avoid it.

Actually, from mom’s point of view, Calvin’s first language isn’t English.

SPAMMER FLAGGED!

My father was the original Felix Unger! Calvin would never stand a chance!

Thank you Applescruff. They actually took it off

within the hour.

Ah-so! I usually associate GreenJade with China, but today it’s ‘Chore’ean. The following is for all pun-oriented people: Wiseguy411 said, “‘When I use a word’, Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.”’ Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. The rest of the year was not so good. Actually, he became just ‘a shell of his former self’. Humpty lost face, not to mention the rest of his body. Ultimately, the yolk was on him. ‘They’ couldn’t put Humpty together again. I can’t put his words together, either, to make any sense. If a word is just what Humpty chooses it to mean, then it doesn’t matter what word he uses, but nobody will know what he chooses it to mean, unless there is exposition. Since you didn’t say what you choose your comments to mean, I will assume that you are only being facetious.

FLAGGED

Why should I tidy up my room, when the whole world’s in a mess?

Think globally, act locally… start with what’s under your control.

Calvin is procrastinating on the task at hand . Never put off till later, what needs doing now. Truly words that I find hard to live by. Calvin too.

Of my three sons, One of them would clean his room without being asked; the other two shared a room, and had to be forced to clean it…thank goodness all three are now very neat men!

What amazes me is the amount of work some grownups will go through to avoid work, let alone Calvin.

Puddlegum,

To be clear I quoted Lewis Carrol, an author specifically known for nonsense writing (See Jaberwocky).

That is not to infer that I consider Puns to be nonsense, nor that I do not enjoy your extensive efforts (even when directed at myself).

The ancient Romans made quite a sport of Puns when making speeches in the Senate, considering them to be a high form of wit. Nowadays they are considered to be a lower form of humour. Again, not by me. I state again that I quite enjoy ‘Pun’nery.

What I intended to be inferred was that different individuals understand some words to mean different things. While not every word is used in its precise term exactly as intended, or understood by every individual, most words need to be reviewed in the context of their expression to be clearly understood.

Facetious, yes but in context.

Because my sister and I had to share a very small room in a 2-bedroom house when I was a child, we had no choice but to keep it neat and clean because you couldn’t get around in it otherwise. Even now, 21 years later (and thankfully in a much bigger bedroom!), I still keep it neat and clean because I wouldn’t be able to stand it any other way!!!

Maybe not, Calvin, but you need to habla “Mom” so you can understand what she really wants.

When my oldest son was about 6, he had got into trouble once again and received a little spanking. Mom and the other boys were already out in the car, and as we went out to join them, I said, “I’m getting sick and tired of telling you - - - -!”

To which he replied, “Well, I’m getting pretty sick and tired of listening!” Little snot got another little whack while I was doing my best to choke back the laughter. But I learned God has a master plan. Now he has a daughter that is making him pay for his raising! In spite of it all, everyone turned out pretty amazing!

Wiseguy411, “Get thee to a ‘pun’nery!” That’s a slight alteration (p for n) of what Hamlet said to Ophelia when he advised her to live a life of celibacy. A few non-pun-oriented people might say to me that I should live a life of celibacy from puns. I directed the puns about Humpty Dumpty to people who enjoy puns. You had previously indicated that you were quoting the author Lewis Carroll. I didn’t repeat it because I was trying to keep my post as ‘short and pithy’ as possible. Many disagreements occur because people do not always use ‘precise terms’. When they don’t, and sometimes even when they do, their words are misunderstood and need “exposition”. Sometimes, a person will insist on interpreting a statement the way he would mean it if he said the same thing. As you said, “Most words need to be reviewed in the context of their expression to be clearly understood.” Thank you for your response. It confirms that you and I are on the same page, as far as I can tell.

Puddleglum2 “Sometimes, a person will insist on interpreting a statement the way he would mean it if he said the thing” Cool… NICE ! !

Hey…that’s what God invented closets for….

Lawyer Calvin’s way of dissing the prosecuting attorney…..

You can’t fool Mom.

Ever notice how kids spend more energy grumping than they would just cleaning! My son NEVER learned. Tell him today and it means I want the room clean today. But tomorrow he thinks it’s OK to leave it messy.

I bet if she showed him a million dollars it would sucker him into cleaning his room.

Someone sure doesn’t speak English as a first language–but is it Mom or Calvin?

But mom, you just said to clean it up. You didn’t say it had to stay clean. And if it doesn’t to stay clean, why go to all the work of cleaning it in the first place?

It’s his room, so if he’s okay with his room, it’s okay. If the room belongs to Calvin, then Calvin’s opinion is the only opinion that matters.