You would not think its that hard to do right,but keep bugging Mom about the right way to dish out your peanut butter,she may show you how to do a lot of things right.You spoilt little brat.
I feel you, Calvin. Like when they stopped sealing instant coffee with stiffened paper and started using plastic. If you don’t hear that “pop” when you break the seal with a spoon, the coffee just doesn’t taste as good.
Without rituals of order, we would not even have the illusion of control in any part of our lives. It is also important to dig into a carton of ice cream in exactly the same fashion.
While neapolitan ice cream may cause much angst here…….dig into the PB jar! ennyway you wish! Preferably on wheat bread with Smuckers’s strawberry preserves!
So… People/grown-ups expect children to fallow request/orders/rules but when a child expects grown-ups to do the same for them, grown-ups are like “whatever” and do it “whatever” and messed-up what a child was expecting on what/where/when/how…-It like… “Do as I say, not I do”, why would anyone expect a child to fallow request/orders/rules when grown-ups are nothing but hypocrites…??-@CalvinYou know what, make the sandwich yourself. You know people/grown-ups are just going to mess it all up (Anything/Everything, BIG TIME) and don’t (give a hoot) care at all…
I don’t recall EVER being this picky about my peanut butter (and jelly) sandwiches when I was a kid. They didn’t even have to be cut into triangles either; a whole sandwich was just fine with me. Loved them back then — love them still. Jif chunky peanut butter, Smucker’s jelly (blackberry’s my favorite) on whole wheat bread . . . YUM YUM!!!!!
Calvin most people can’t control their peanut butter, we wish it was always smooth on top but some of us always seem to get stuck with the extra crunchy stuff.Just like life, you have to put up with a few nuts along the way.
@JohnDiFool: It’s fun to see Lucy in her early years, especially interacting with Charlie Brown. She managed to make his life difficult, regardless of her age. Calvin seems to have some of Lucy and some of Linus in him, among others.
@Robert Andersen: Presumably, Lucy is playing at Charlie Brown’s house, but it isnt really explained. Since there are no adults in Peanuts, in this case Charlie Brown has to play the adult role.
legaleagle48 about 11 years ago
As Mom said, Calvin: Learn to make your own peanut-butter sandwiches!
Hobbes Premium Member about 11 years ago
Click here: Peanuts (February 25, 1954)Click here: Peanuts (January 5, 1953)Click here: Peanuts (February 18, 1953)
rentier about 11 years ago
Special wishes!
margueritem about 11 years ago
“Maybe”, nothing! make your own sandwich, kid!
Jobecur about 11 years ago
Is this how OCD starts?
ratlum about 11 years ago
You would not think its that hard to do right,but keep bugging Mom about the right way to dish out your peanut butter,she may show you how to do a lot of things right.You spoilt little brat.
MiepR about 11 years ago
This illustrates the tragedy of raising kids on cheap peanut butter. Real peanut butter requires mixing because the oil rises to the top. And no salt.
I always hated peanut butter until I found about unadulterated peanut butter and found out what peanut butter really tastes like.
Okay, maybe a little salt.
Linux0s about 11 years ago
Your peanut butter is out of control Mom.
Wiseguy411 about 11 years ago
How would Calvin pay for the sandwich when it’s delivered ?
unclebewey about 11 years ago
Calvin should try a peanut butter & lizard sandwhich, yummy!!
pelican47 about 11 years ago
I mix a jar of unsalted peanut butter with a cube of salted butter and keep it in the fridge for my morning toast. mmmmmmm…..
orinoco womble about 11 years ago
I feel you, Calvin. Like when they stopped sealing instant coffee with stiffened paper and started using plastic. If you don’t hear that “pop” when you break the seal with a spoon, the coffee just doesn’t taste as good.
rentier about 11 years ago
I never have tasted peanut butter!
GROG Premium Member about 11 years ago
It’s not rocket science, Calvin. If you want it your way, go make your own.
Red_Fez about 11 years ago
His parents were going to name him “Raymond”.
wmbrainiac about 11 years ago
Without rituals of order, we would not even have the illusion of control in any part of our lives. It is also important to dig into a carton of ice cream in exactly the same fashion.
djmalloy about 11 years ago
Maybe Calvin will be Sheldon when he grows up.
eeeeeeh about 11 years ago
While neapolitan ice cream may cause much angst here…….dig into the PB jar! ennyway you wish! Preferably on wheat bread with Smuckers’s strawberry preserves!
johndifool about 11 years ago
Hobbes, those old Peanuts strips were pretty edgy and insidious, weren’t they? And to think they were crafted in the 1950’s…
tbritt99 about 11 years ago
Diagonal bread always tastes better.
Chris Kenworthy about 11 years ago
Yeah, if you’re so hung up on control and having everything just so, then you make your own sandwiches, Calvin.
astar15 about 11 years ago
PB&J Sandwiches are delicious, it makes me forget the troubles I have with my family
USN1977 about 11 years ago
What was the one where Calvin was demanding his mother make the sandwich a certain way, then in the last panel she remarks “Your Majesty’s sandwich”.
route66paul about 11 years ago
A kid doesn’t say “diagonally” he says he wants the bread in triangles.
Zero-Gabriel about 11 years ago
So… People/grown-ups expect children to fallow request/orders/rules but when a child expects grown-ups to do the same for them, grown-ups are like “whatever” and do it “whatever” and messed-up what a child was expecting on what/where/when/how…-It like… “Do as I say, not I do”, why would anyone expect a child to fallow request/orders/rules when grown-ups are nothing but hypocrites…??-@CalvinYou know what, make the sandwich yourself. You know people/grown-ups are just going to mess it all up (Anything/Everything, BIG TIME) and don’t (give a hoot) care at all…
Puddleglum2 about 11 years ago
Mom cuts the bread diagon-izingly!
Puddleglum2 about 11 years ago
Calvin probably cuts the bread diabolically.
Puddleglum2 about 11 years ago
I much prefer the natural peanut butter!
Puddleglum2 about 11 years ago
How can bread with peanut butter on it still be white?I want 100 percent whole wheat or other whole-grain breads.
supersexyghotmew95 about 11 years ago
ihave had a peanut butter jelly cheese sandwich
716PMedGuy about 11 years ago
gotta love Calvin’s logic
StrangerCoug about 11 years ago
I never made sense of this one.
Gretchen's Mom about 11 years ago
I don’t recall EVER being this picky about my peanut butter (and jelly) sandwiches when I was a kid. They didn’t even have to be cut into triangles either; a whole sandwich was just fine with me. Loved them back then — love them still. Jif chunky peanut butter, Smucker’s jelly (blackberry’s my favorite) on whole wheat bread . . . YUM YUM!!!!!
:-)
Rickapolis about 11 years ago
Anal-retentive already.
Number Three about 11 years ago
Wow… SOMEONE’S fussy!
LOL xxx
linda trigg about 11 years ago
yep know how much ocd takes over i agree with calvin
Popeyesforearm about 11 years ago
I see military school in Calvin’s future.
Karaboo2 about 11 years ago
Calvin most people can’t control their peanut butter, we wish it was always smooth on top but some of us always seem to get stuck with the extra crunchy stuff.Just like life, you have to put up with a few nuts along the way.
Hobbes Premium Member about 11 years ago
@JohnDiFool: It’s fun to see Lucy in her early years, especially interacting with Charlie Brown. She managed to make his life difficult, regardless of her age. Calvin seems to have some of Lucy and some of Linus in him, among others.
rentier about 11 years ago
Yes in the 1950’s, after 2nd world war people were very poor!
Hobbes Premium Member about 11 years ago
@Karaboo2: I guess some if us want our lives to always be smooth, while others enjoy lives with more texture.
Five boys about 11 years ago
When my grandson was two I cut his sandwich the wrong way. He wouldn’t eat it. I said fine, hope you dont get too hungery
robert39503 about 11 years ago
Just wondering, did Charlie Brown go to his house and make the sandwichs or did he go to Lucy’s and make them? They are not related to each other.
Puddleglum2 about 11 years ago
@orinoco womble,It sounds good to me!
Hobbes Premium Member about 11 years ago
@Robert Andersen: Presumably, Lucy is playing at Charlie Brown’s house, but it isnt really explained. Since there are no adults in Peanuts, in this case Charlie Brown has to play the adult role.
khpage about 11 years ago
If Calvin’s mom had been my mother, I would have gotten such a whipping I wouldn’t have been able to sit down for week…
rickray777 about 11 years ago
OK, so Mom ruined the smooth top of the peanut butter in the jar. Yet somehow, life goes on.
matalupe over 10 years ago
I’m a P-nut Butter mixer, but Always cut the bread diagonally. What is she, an alien?