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   Downundergirl said, 10 months ago

   okay. this never happens.
   me first.

   …my mind is going…
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   leftwingpatriot said, 10 months ago

   Ah, maternal love.
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   Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, 10 months ago

   Oh, well, he’d have to be brainwashed before it can be put back in.
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   LX013 said, 10 months ago

   Hope it will come back again!
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   adubman said, 10 months ago

   Brains & Kidney Bits….I’m gonna get me some Brains & Kidney Bits!
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   Dogsniff said, 10 months ago

   If you love something, set it free.
   If it doesn’t come back, (you take it from here).
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   Ottodesu said, 10 months ago

   @Downundergirl

   Dave … I can feel it …
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   chireef said, 10 months ago

   hummm…. a 2001 reference… a commercial reference…and king shark seems to be connected to a government entity… well what say we round this off with a song … all together now

   If I only had a brain…

   I’d unravel any riddle
   For any individ’le
   In trouble or in pain
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   chireef said, 10 months ago

   if i only had a brain…
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    Ryan said, 10 months ago

    that explains a lot of things!
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    tuna1 said, 10 months ago

    Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most…
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    LX013 said, 10 months ago

    Advertisement: Brain lost, finders, please send it back to Calvin!
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    margueritem said, 10 months ago

    Mom’s had you pegged for a long time, Calvin.
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    Hobbes said, 10 months ago

    
    In the first panel, Calvin has removed his thinking cap and his thoughts have escaped him.
    
    

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    Mom’s sarcasm today may elicit additional discussion of her parental competence (or lack thereof). I like to picture her putting down her book and giving Calvin some affectionate, undivided attention in panel five – like the time when she was chasing him around the house and tickling him before bed.
    
    Thanks to many of you for your thoughtful comments yesterday on parenting. (Note: There were additional comments late in the day – in case you missed them.)
    
    I think there will always be a gap between those who had really good parents and those who had the opposite. Those who live on one side of the gap can never fully understand what it is like for those on the other side.
    
    Reading comments from both sides can’t eliminate the gap, but it can help us to reduce it. Perhaps those who had one parent of each type are best able to relate to both sides.
    
    Regardless whether we consider our parents to have been good, bad, or somewhere in-between, Calvin and Hobbes is a reminder that all parenting is very challenging, and all parents are human.
    
    Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 22, 1987)
    
    
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    Timberwolves88 said, 10 months ago

    Where did it go?
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