Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 30, 2012

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

they can see his intention….

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 :)

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

Well this is quite a switch from yesterday.

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

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..

Frigate.

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

Reverse obscene phone call?

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

The travails of expanding one’s vocabulary!

Desk Setstarring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

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

Awwwwww, Poor Calvin.

So rude when they hang up!

xxx

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)

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

This is why librarians need to be nicer to kids!

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.

he’s up to nothing good…

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?

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.

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

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!”

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

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 .

I like Battlestar Galactica – What frack

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

@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!

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.

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.

Calvin is the bomb.

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…

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

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!!”

(Probably not those exact words)

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

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