When I was a little child my grandfather filled a glass with grinded pepper. I said:“Let me look”, and of course I put my nose in the glass, I thought, I must die, I went like Calvin!
When I was a youngster I noticed that my dad had some hand cleaner in the garage. I wondered what it smelled like. After all most of them that I had smelled up til then were very flowery. That was when I found out about a substance called ammonia. I damn near fell on the floor.
Woke up one morning with burning eyes to my granddad grinding fresh horseradish right outside my basement room. Of course he was wearing a WW II respirator.
I once told a coworker that a little sniff of ammonia would help clear her plugged sinuses. Figured she’d get a jar of weak aqua and kind of fan a few fumes in her direction. Instead she went to the stockroom, picked out a gallon jug of full-strength aqua ammonia, stuck her nose right up to the neck, and inhaled deeply. The effect was pretty much like the mustard did to Calvin. After this many years it’s funny; but it sure wasn’t then. For some reason, she never trusted my home remedies after that.
With the new synthetic drug epidemic, too many kids today are deciding that they, too, have to learn first hand what the results of ingestion are … far too often with tragic consequences.
I’m with you Susan – I think smellin’ all that other stuff is mostly a guy thing. You were being facetious weren’t you – or did you get a bee up your nose? That would be memorable.
We had an empty spice jar that used to hold cayenne pepper. I wondered what it smelled like, didn’t think it would hurt since there wasn’t any left, but HOLY CRAP MY NOSE
I love those ah ha moments from childhood. Ah ha that’s why I don’t see people do that..Hey kids, T Lewis and Todd Clark have a new strip Mr. Gigi and the Squid. Some of you crazy kids out there might like it. Stop on by if you get the chance.
@Hobbes,Apparently, Snoopy didn’t think Lucy was “nothing to sneeze at” (nothing at which to sneeze). Maybe Snoopy had just sniffed fresh “grinden” pepper. I like that word grinden; it sounds German.
My Uncle could not get the mustard he liked in this country,so he made his own,we both liked hot mustard,when testing a new batch we learned to hardly wet the fork.Never open the lid and sniff a new batch.
What I want to know is if Calvin put the mustard back into the refrigerator for the next unsuspecting person to use. I am sure the mustard now has a few extra ingredients! :)
I’m at the end of a v e r y long list of silliness. Won’t even try to pun-up just kudos to all for some fine memories of stupid things we do in life. Now sniff my finger…
For the same effect at ANY age … go to a local Chinese restaurant find the FRESH made hot oriental mustard. Put ice in a small bowl place a second bowl of hot mustard in the ice bowl – this works best if the mustard is chilled. Get some meat-on-a-stick or eggrolls(make sure they are HOT!). Apply chilled mustard to hot food, eat a bite, breathe DEEPLY through nose repeatedly, while chewing food.The hot food heats the mustard, vapor enters sinuses, head explodes. Session over. Repeat if one suffers from stuffy sinuses due to a cold – you may have clear sinuses for the rest of the day…..
Why donut we stop bean self-right-chus bout our langwage skill and jest get the cents of the comment? Its the thunk that counts. All these grammar and syntax lessons have one purpose: to make ourselves seem smarter and the other look dumber. It’s a matter of respect. Let it go.
On such an international forum, the last thing we need are grammar critics. For them, I’ve got a criticism of my own in mind from History Of the World, Part 1.
I’m late, but I’m old and it takes time to process my memories. I had an Austrian boss once, a very wealthy man with congenital emphysema, that he inherited because he was descendent of a very inbred aristocracy. He had trouble climbing stairs or walking. He used to sniff Chinese Horseradish, would grinden it up and inhale deeply. He said it worked better than all the expensive medications that his doctors were prescribing. He was very ill and is most likely dead by now, but Calvin has just experienced something that may someday lead to a medical breakthrough in treating disabling lung conditions.My friend was visiting tonight and she has asthma and emphysema from smoking. She also has schizophrenia which is just as brutal. I’m going to buy her some Chinese Horseradish and grinden it up for her to sniff. Wish me luck.
BE THIS GUY about 12 years ago
This one is hilarious- every time.
rentier about 12 years ago
When I was a little child my grandfather filled a glass with grinded pepper. I said:“Let me look”, and of course I put my nose in the glass, I thought, I must die, I went like Calvin!
Linux0s about 12 years ago
That must be the spicy mustard.
cheap_day_return about 12 years ago
for an encore, try horseradish, the the Grand Finale: chinese mustard!
legaleagle48 about 12 years ago
Calvin, only a fool would jump off a cliff in order to see what was at the bottom.
Harryfan about 12 years ago
When I was a youngster I noticed that my dad had some hand cleaner in the garage. I wondered what it smelled like. After all most of them that I had smelled up til then were very flowery. That was when I found out about a substance called ammonia. I damn near fell on the floor.
King_Shark about 12 years ago
Yeah, well, it beats sniffing glue for the “high” he got.
bluram about 12 years ago
This brings back memories of when my older sister 11, and uncle 10 dared each other to eat a spoon full of horseradish. Whoop Dee Do ! !
PoodleGroomer about 12 years ago
Dry wasabi powder. You can confirm the existence of God after seeing him.
MoonlitKnight Premium Member about 12 years ago
First kid in orbit
GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago
Regular yellow mustard wouldn’t have done that to me, but hot mustard would have.
Phapada about 12 years ago
ha ha haaa
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
Click here: Peanuts (October 3, 1954)
bearsm about 12 years ago
Woke up one morning with burning eyes to my granddad grinding fresh horseradish right outside my basement room. Of course he was wearing a WW II respirator.
thirdguy about 12 years ago
You are one wild woman!!
rshive about 12 years ago
I once told a coworker that a little sniff of ammonia would help clear her plugged sinuses. Figured she’d get a jar of weak aqua and kind of fan a few fumes in her direction. Instead she went to the stockroom, picked out a gallon jug of full-strength aqua ammonia, stuck her nose right up to the neck, and inhaled deeply. The effect was pretty much like the mustard did to Calvin. After this many years it’s funny; but it sure wasn’t then. For some reason, she never trusted my home remedies after that.
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
Grammar and spelling Nazi’s make me wanna snort jalapeno mustard mixed with wasabi horseradish…or maybe make them snort it.
battle of plattsburgh about 12 years ago
With the new synthetic drug epidemic, too many kids today are deciding that they, too, have to learn first hand what the results of ingestion are … far too often with tragic consequences.
Sandy Shore about 12 years ago
I like grinden. I vote we keep it.
Perkycat about 12 years ago
I’m with you Susan – I think smellin’ all that other stuff is mostly a guy thing. You were being facetious weren’t you – or did you get a bee up your nose? That would be memorable.
Thanks again Hobbes. Love those old comics.
Karaboo2 about 12 years ago
HAHAHA Looks like Calvin opened up a gallon of WHOOPA$$ Hobbs could smell that one coming.
Katiekicks about 12 years ago
We had an empty spice jar that used to hold cayenne pepper. I wondered what it smelled like, didn’t think it would hurt since there wasn’t any left, but HOLY CRAP MY NOSE
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
I guess Calvin already is ‘too old to cut the mustard’; otherwise he would have known better!
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
…or Calvin is too young to cut the mustard; otherwise he would have known that ‘discretion is the better part of valor’!
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
At least Calvin didn’t sniff poison ivy; that would have been a ‘rash’ decision!
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
Calvin really knows how to ‘whoop it up’!
dvoyack about 12 years ago
Can you say wasabi? I thought you could..
watmiwori about 12 years ago
Would Monsieur perhaps prefer the Dijon?
watmiwori about 12 years ago
liquid or powder?
Jkiss about 12 years ago
I love those ah ha moments from childhood. Ah ha that’s why I don’t see people do that..Hey kids, T Lewis and Todd Clark have a new strip Mr. Gigi and the Squid. Some of you crazy kids out there might like it. Stop on by if you get the chance.
watmiwori about 12 years ago
The clock hath long since stricken three. Wherefore is thepepper not yet grounden?
If Bill can do it,why not we groundlings?
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
@Hobbes,Apparently, Snoopy didn’t think Lucy was “nothing to sneeze at” (nothing at which to sneeze). Maybe Snoopy had just sniffed fresh “grinden” pepper. I like that word grinden; it sounds German.
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
@Puddleglum2: Who nose?
Mzmagoocp about 12 years ago
I recall doing that with horseradish in my very long ago youth; the memory is still with me.
Number Three about 12 years ago
Oh Calvin… Well that’s a life lesson for you.
When I was about 8 or 9 I took a massive inhale of pepper.
NOT a good idea.
Hobbes face in the last panel reads ‘I didn’t see that’
xxx
JanLC about 12 years ago
Horseradish is better. My grandmother used to make us inhale the fumes whenever we had a cold. She swore by it as a cure.
bmonk about 12 years ago
Calvin will never take his sinuses “fo granded” after this—not until they heal, at least.
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
In today’s fourth panel, it sounds like English is no longer Calvin’s first language.
Chewiek9 about 12 years ago
“I’m going to jump in this lake full of crocodiles just to see what happens!”RIP Crocodile Hunter
ratlum about 12 years ago
My Uncle could not get the mustard he liked in this country,so he made his own,we both liked hot mustard,when testing a new batch we learned to hardly wet the fork.Never open the lid and sniff a new batch.
rentier about 12 years ago
Austrian!
AStarofDestiny about 12 years ago
One of my favorite songs!
mlsca90 about 12 years ago
What I want to know is if Calvin put the mustard back into the refrigerator for the next unsuspecting person to use. I am sure the mustard now has a few extra ingredients! :)
rentier about 12 years ago
I must go now, there is something interesting in TV!
Popeyesforearm about 12 years ago
I’m at the end of a v e r y long list of silliness. Won’t even try to pun-up just kudos to all for some fine memories of stupid things we do in life. Now sniff my finger…
Popeyesforearm about 12 years ago
smells like spinach
Bill Chapman about 12 years ago
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
We’re up to 99 comments. I wonder if we can hit 100 again today.
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
100 !!!
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
Why donut we stop bean self-right-chus bout our langwage skill and jest get the cents of the comment? Its the thunk that counts. All these grammar and syntax lessons have one purpose: to make ourselves seem smarter and the other look dumber. It’s a matter of respect. Let it go.
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
@Vonne Anton: Well said.Except, you misspelled “doughnut”…………:>)
alviebird about 12 years ago
I did that once with amyl nitrate. I went the other direction……..straight to the ground.
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
@Dogsniff: It depends – what are you adding?I’ll just have to try to be more prolific, to live up to my former nickname.:>)
thirdguy about 12 years ago
Most likely, Hobbes, was a teacher.
JP Steve Premium Member about 12 years ago
Where’s Mythreesons? She knows who Hobbes used to be!
GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago
On such an international forum, the last thing we need are grammar critics. For them, I’ve got a criticism of my own in mind from History Of the World, Part 1.
fintin about 12 years ago
“Next, I’ll use this pepper spray as air freshener!”
calvinsfriend110 about 12 years ago
He sounds like the time his nose was bleeding.
Hobbes Premium Member about 12 years ago
@thebird55: In my past life I was known as Snoopy.
chovil about 12 years ago
I’m late, but I’m old and it takes time to process my memories. I had an Austrian boss once, a very wealthy man with congenital emphysema, that he inherited because he was descendent of a very inbred aristocracy. He had trouble climbing stairs or walking. He used to sniff Chinese Horseradish, would grinden it up and inhale deeply. He said it worked better than all the expensive medications that his doctors were prescribing. He was very ill and is most likely dead by now, but Calvin has just experienced something that may someday lead to a medical breakthrough in treating disabling lung conditions.My friend was visiting tonight and she has asthma and emphysema from smoking. She also has schizophrenia which is just as brutal. I’m going to buy her some Chinese Horseradish and grinden it up for her to sniff. Wish me luck.
Rebecca Placke Premium Member about 12 years ago
“Just don’t snort wasabi powder – saw an idiot on youtube do it – that still hurts to think about. Xo”Wow I should check that out!
hobbwi2 about 12 years ago
I’ll NEVER do that in my life!
mrcomicsfan about 12 years ago
Think that’s bad? Try horseradish
josephardwaller over 4 years ago
I hate doing that