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1. over 12 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Rap is at least as old as Gilbert and Sullivan: “This particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn’t usually heard and if it is it doesn’t matter” [Ruddigore, 1887], not to mention Rossini’s “Figaro here, Figaro there…” [The Barber of Seville. 1775].

2. over 12 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I felt the same way about the high diving board, and I was older than Calvin.

3. over 12 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I recommend female dentists every time: smaller hands!

4. over 12 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I have told folks on different occasions that I was within ten miles of the Grand Canyon, but never went there. Now if Calvin had been my pilot…

5. almost 13 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Calvin doesn’t need help with snow. It is his favorite medium.

6. about 13 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   As a junior Captain, I attended a party in the early sixties that Curtis LeMay attended. He excelled at that game where one person tries to keep a straight face while others attempt to make him laugh, and he was particularly formidable as a laugh-maker.

7. over 13 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   There are a lot of kids in the same situation as you, Calvin, so I suggest you join a union. Chances are, one has already been organized for your constituency, and dues will only take ten percent of your allowance.

8. over 13 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Moe will give Hobbes a bullyache.

9. over 13 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   A column of numbers may give you a 3 in the ten’s column. That may not be 1st grade, either, but it’s earlier than multiplication. By the way, at age 6, Calvin may be in the 2nd grade. I was.

10. over 13 years ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Elementary schools have class periods to get kids to lunch rooms, computer rooms, libraries, gym (or recess), arts & crafts, and other special purpose, shared rooms. I didn’t check. Someone has probably anticipated me.