Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 30, 2012

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    rogue53  over 12 years ago

    Don’t start Calvin. It’s harder to stop using them once you learn them. None of them mean anything good.

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    Phapada  over 12 years ago

    they can see his intention….

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    joeme  over 12 years ago

    How many kids do you know that know there is such a thing as a reference desk? I’m glad my kids love the libraray :)

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    moronbis  over 12 years ago

    www.urbandictionary.com/ is what he needed.Isn’t the library violating Calvin’s right?

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    GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago

    Well this is quite a switch from yesterday.

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    King_Shark  over 12 years ago

    He could say “Exclamation mark aapstert hash dollar percentage sign caret ampersand asterisk”

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    bluram  over 12 years ago

    Don’t be a fool Calvin. Libraries are a great investment of your tax dollars. Of course that is if your smart enoughto use them. Books, newspapers, magazines, DVD’s, CD’s etc. etc. etc..

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    bluskies  over 12 years ago

    Frigate.

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    finkd  over 12 years ago

    Just keep acting the way you do, and you’re bound to hear your parents use them eventually.

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    brick10  over 12 years ago

    Reverse obscene phone call?

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    dirtking239  over 12 years ago

    I gotta say that’s cleaver. I never would have thought to do that as a kid…

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    rshive  over 12 years ago

    The travails of expanding one’s vocabulary!

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    coffeeturtle  over 12 years ago

    Desk Setstarring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    “I gotta say that’s cleaver.”Swear words don’t come from Beaver!

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    Number Three  over 12 years ago

    Awwwwww, Poor Calvin.

    So rude when they hang up!

    xxx

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    I’m with rogue53 and Alain Harper!Swear words reveal ignorance and serve no useful purpose.They generally are used for emphasis, and often in anger. People with Calvin’s vocabulary don’t have importunity for them, anyway. There always are appropriate words which can be adequate expression ‘extemporaneously’ and spontaneously!Now don’t be fractious, anyone! I’m just endeavoring to have fun with words. :o)

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    brilligmimsy  over 12 years ago

    We don’t see Mom or Dad in the vicinity: so, WOW – Calvin obeys his parents (while unobserved) again!

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    Paul Go Premium Member over 12 years ago

    This is why librarians need to be nicer to kids!

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    whitecarabao  over 12 years ago

    I agree with rogue53, Alain Harper, and Puddleglum2. In junior high school (the prime time for getting in the habit), one of my teachers gave the class some practical advice: “If you use swear words all the time, they lose their power. Then you don’t have a good swear word when you really need one.”Some of us actually listened, and I never forgot Mr. Tabor’s wisdom.

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    Jahmie  over 12 years ago

    he’s up to nothing good…

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    Whitecamry  over 12 years ago

    But even Shakey had to sublimate. “Fie” and “faith” were clever “f-word” substitutes.

    Still, how did “country matters” ever slip past the censors all these centuries?

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    bmonk  over 12 years ago

    If you want to learn some Latin curses that you never found in the dictionary, Colleen McCullough lists some in various glossaries of her “Great Men of Rome” series.

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    kbyrdleroy123  over 12 years ago

    $$#@@!!, (&^$#, *&&^%I^%$, ^^$#$ER$#, (&&(&, &&^^%^#$#%. Am I getting warm?

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    From what I’ve heard, Native Americans had no swear words in their languages. One time, someone was talking to a NA and asked him, what do you do if you have an accident, like maybe drop a rock on your toe for example?“Well, then we speak white man language!”

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    Be careful when travelling to other countries. Some common words in English can be vulgar in other languages and vice versa.

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    ratlum  over 12 years ago

    I dont know about a 6 yr old,but when you get older and use hammers and stuff there is a good chance you will say words you never heard before .

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    Hansternator  over 12 years ago

    I like Battlestar Galactica – What frack

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    Hansternator  over 12 years ago

    @ratlum My German Grandfather used to have some choice wards when he missed the nail. Never did find out what they meant.

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    @Oddname,A vocabulary expanded with swear words is about as useful as an expanded waistline!I don’t watch South Park, (partly because of the swear words), and wouldn’t mourn over its demise. From what I’ve read, Shakespeare doesn’t have nearly as many swears as contemporary movies and many TV shows, and it’s getting worse all the time (the old frog in the heating water trick).Have a wholesome day!

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    DerkinsVanPelt218  over 12 years ago

    I was three when I said my first bad word. My mom said to the people in earshot that I learned it from my father.

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    Popeyesforearm  over 12 years ago

    Hey, we got a new library that just opened this week, maybe I’ll call them to see if I can get the spelling on swear words. I voted FOR the dang levy so they better be ready with the anglo-saxon @#$%^&*( dictionary.

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    karljung  over 12 years ago

    Calvin is the bomb.

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    khpage  over 12 years ago

    Calvin could have asked the librarian for all the Anglo-Saxon derivatives she could think of to say and spell for him. Now that I think of it, there are some Norman French words that qualify as well, especially the one that describes horse breeding….have a nice weekend, everybody…

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    khpage  over 12 years ago

    Folks – I swear that some of your comments on today’s strip were even funnier than the strip itself – thanks….

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    Bill and Bob worked for the telephone company, and one day were sent out to repair a line.The office manager got a call from a little old lady that claimed that two men were working near her home and were using foul language. He said he’d look into it. Checking the repair lists, he found that Bill and Bob were working in the area, but he had never heard them use foul language, but decided to check it out.So, he arrived at the site and asked Bill and Bob what was going on. They replied nothing unusual.As the manager was about to leave, he noted a burn mark on Bob’s neck.“Bob, how did you get that bad burn on your neck?”“Well, I was down here working on the junction box, Bill was on top of the pole doing some soldering – and spilled some hot solder!”“Oh, and then what happened?”“Well, I jumped up, looked up at Bill and said — I said – well – er – uh Look here Bill – you’ve got to learn to be more careful!!”

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    (Probably not those exact words)

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    rgcviper  over 12 years ago

    My favorite “swearing” tongue twister? (And, yes … it’s appropriate.)

    How much fud could a fudpucker puck if a fudpucker could puck fud?

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