My mother wanted me to move back with her and my dad, after my divorce. During the marriage I had moved 600 miles away, farther away than any of my siblings. I had no interest in going back at that time of my life, as I was a different person by that time. I know mom missed me terribly but that is the way it was.
HaHa, I can relate. I’ll go to the library, check out a book that I like the looks of, read it and realize oh,I’ve read it before and slowly remember it as it goes along. And I get to figure it out all over again, since I’ve forgotten the plot!
Bill Watterson is making sure the reader knows Hobbes is doing the actions, not Calvin. Also, it seems funnier than if Hobbes said “I put on the turn signal”, etc. That is my opinion.
That’s about the way I tell jokes:)