I came across today’s “For Better or For Worse” that was marred by, at least, two grammatical mistakes.
http://www.gocomics.com/comic_page/explore/899097?page=10
(corrections are … more raisins than I have… and … he got his legs…)
Wonder who will comment on so gross usage of grammar? We can be more tolerant to people whose English is not so proficient. We ourselves make umpteen obscure mistakes.
After a LONG time, I can imagine Mom and Dad laughing about this incident. On a more short term basis, Calvin is in for it BIG TIME! He’s done a lot of mischievous, naughty things, but this one is serious.
So did I a few days back .. So did I .. Well we can only think of bigger things from here on .. right Calvin? but I doubt you’d be thinking about anything for the next few days .. I can see your life flashing before my eyes as well .. :-D
goferrari28,
…good observation!
It’s likely that the fire hydrant is already ‘going to the dogs’.
Ironically, if the car had hit the fire hydrant, it might have been stopped from going into the ravine.
Mike Firesmith said,
Julius Caesar said, “Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.”
Julius Caesar ‘lived’ up to his saying! …”Et tu, Brute?”
Does it prove that “the pen is mightier than the sword”…or the sword is mightier than the pen? …or both?
“My life is flashing before my eyes.”
I suppose that includes “women wearing tight clothes” (thanks to Hobbes’ influence). Calvin is in a rather tight situation, himself.
Montana Lady - Evidently you missed my ID of Marg’s avatar the other day. Maude Fealy was a stage and silent film star of the 20’s but most notable as a playwrite and screen writer.
Moronbis - Remember Dizzy Dean? After a brilliant career with the St Louis Cardinals, he became a baseball broadcaster. English teachers all across America tried to have him censored for his terrible grammar. One of his favorites was, “He slud into second base.” I heard him say one time, “… which hardly no umpire don’t never do no more.”
moronbis,
It’s the two little kids that are making the grammatical mistakes in “For Better or for Worse”. However, the gratuitous use of ‘got’ bothers me. It’s very common, in general. Usually have, has, or had is sufficient (without got).
Good morning all! Well, it’s Monday! Have a great week!
Probably Calvin’s best bet is to just deny everything. After all, if he didn’t take the car out of park or put it in neutral, then his mom might think it just rolled out by itself. I know that Newton’s first law says SOMETHING has to get it moving, but maybe mom was weak in Physics.
Calvin you can always say that ” you were sitting in the can listen to the radio when a car jacker came by and you were car jacked. He throw you and as he was leaving he wrecked the car, ” I just know Hobbes will back you up ..At least you will live to get another year older.And Calvin to make it look real put some dirt on your clothes and cry just a little.
Suggestions:
Run away
Join a religious order
learn to whistle
Practice the line “Car? where we going Mom?”
When all else fails, do your usual, **BLAME HOBBES!
I have a feeling that the “barefoot bandit” that they finally caught in the Bahamas, after a two year chase, must have been very similar to Calvin as a young boy, with a mind that was constantly thinking up some grand new adventure.
Calvin, just whip out the old credit card and get a tow truck to haul it out of the ditch. It’ll be fine, and your dumb folks will never know the difference, once you and Hobbes clean the grass and mud out of the grill. Been there, done that.
I can’t figure how he missed that hydrant. Guess that would have been too much even for Calvin. And speaking of tight clothes, I thought he didn’t even like girls?
Calvins to smart to become a barefoot bandit.I was selling my wifes old car parked on the front lawn,when the lad came to mow the front lawn.the fun started.
To move it I needed keys, I got the wrong ones ,went back to the house to get the right keys came back no car.the kid mowing the lawn never seen it move.
When we found the car it was 100 ft away looked just like Calvins mess.
No one got hurt. and every one even the wrecker driver stretched the truth a bit to make small of it.
Hobbes is unusually ascerbic in this one, and he is right on the mark, as usual. Instead of sending away for a beanie, Calvin should apply for the “Drive Much These Days” award. If he gets it, the look on his mother’s face when she answers the door and finds that the guy standing there is there to award Calvin the look on her face should be worthy of being put in the Louvre.
Coffee-Turtle said: Let me take out my cellular and call you a wrecker….oh no…I got no cellular…cause I’m a pothole…soooooo…k…bye!
My favorite commercial in the whole world!!! I haven’t seen it in a long time though. Thanks for the biggest laugh I’ve had all day and for starting my week off right!!!!!
My husband did this same thing at the same age as Calvin although not down a driveway but down a hill…..he hasn’t stopped playing with cars ever since!
margueritem almost 14 years ago
You got that right, Hobbes!
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
And Calvin doesn’t even have a license yet!! Woo Hoo!
Love your Avatar, Marg, even though I don’t know who she is..
ladywolf17 almost 14 years ago
Just pretend that you don’t know what happened.
garfield246 almost 14 years ago
We’re doomed….DOOMED!
WoodEye almost 14 years ago
He’ll wiggle out of this…. I know he will.
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
Well, the important questions is ……will he even make it to sixteen, Hobbes?
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & Grog!
margueritem almost 14 years ago
ML, she’s Maude Fealy. And yours is Nelson Eddy and jeanette Mc Donald?
‘Morning, Terry.
moronbis almost 14 years ago
Maybe they underestimated him. They should be prepared for this.
And after a few years Calvin will be so proud of this feat.
Rakkav almost 14 years ago
Somehow, I doubt that.
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Julius Caesar said, “Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.”
Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!
RUN CALVIN RUN!!!!!!!!!!!
Dino-1 almost 14 years ago
It’s definitely not looking good from this angle!
whims almost 14 years ago
So now I’m picturing a 16-year-old Calvin preparing for a short drive down his usual hill….
Ooops! Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Oooops!
goferrari28 almost 14 years ago
Well, it could have been worse. The car could have hit the fire hydrant too.
lazygrazer almost 14 years ago
No need to panic—just wipe off your fingerprints (and pawprints) and tell them you’ve been doing your homework all day.
moronbis almost 14 years ago
Few days ago I read a few comments by some CnH followers deriding fellow followers for their not so impeccable hold over English grammar.
(http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2010/07/08/
comments by Travis were not so courteous).
I came across today’s “For Better or For Worse” that was marred by, at least, two grammatical mistakes.
http://www.gocomics.com/comic_page/explore/899097?page=10 (corrections are … more raisins than I have… and … he got his legs…)
Wonder who will comment on so gross usage of grammar? We can be more tolerant to people whose English is not so proficient. We ourselves make umpteen obscure mistakes.
harrietbe almost 14 years ago
After a LONG time, I can imagine Mom and Dad laughing about this incident. On a more short term basis, Calvin is in for it BIG TIME! He’s done a lot of mischievous, naughty things, but this one is serious.
twinsnake_coatl almost 14 years ago
The car? I’m surprised the house is still standing!
Herocoder almost 14 years ago
So did I a few days back .. So did I .. Well we can only think of bigger things from here on .. right Calvin? but I doubt you’d be thinking about anything for the next few days .. I can see your life flashing before my eyes as well .. :-D
Bittermelon of Truth almost 14 years ago
By the time that Calvin finishes his grounding sentence, he will be sixteen!
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
goferrari28, …good observation! It’s likely that the fire hydrant is already ‘going to the dogs’. Ironically, if the car had hit the fire hydrant, it might have been stopped from going into the ravine.
stupendus_spiff almost 14 years ago
“Where am I to go, now that I’ve gone too far…”
Twilight Zone Golden Earring 1982
Herocoder almost 14 years ago
@BinaryWiener .. ya for sure .. and I dont see him really driving a car till he buys his own .. lolz ..
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
Mike Firesmith said, Julius Caesar said, “Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.”
Julius Caesar ‘lived’ up to his saying! …”Et tu, Brute?” Does it prove that “the pen is mightier than the sword”…or the sword is mightier than the pen? …or both?
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
“My life is flashing before my eyes.” I suppose that includes “women wearing tight clothes” (thanks to Hobbes’ influence). Calvin is in a rather tight situation, himself.
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
Montana Lady - Evidently you missed my ID of Marg’s avatar the other day. Maude Fealy was a stage and silent film star of the 20’s but most notable as a playwrite and screen writer.
Moronbis - Remember Dizzy Dean? After a brilliant career with the St Louis Cardinals, he became a baseball broadcaster. English teachers all across America tried to have him censored for his terrible grammar. One of his favorites was, “He slud into second base.” I heard him say one time, “… which hardly no umpire don’t never do no more.”
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
You are so dead, Calvin.
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
moronbis, It’s the two little kids that are making the grammatical mistakes in “For Better or for Worse”. However, the gratuitous use of ‘got’ bothers me. It’s very common, in general. Usually have, has, or had is sufficient (without got).
fran650 almost 14 years ago
‘Morning Mike and Loki.
Woodeye … The new avatar is nice. You used this one before didn’t you?
Calvin’s eyes may never go back to normal size.
JTGAM almost 14 years ago
Good morning all! Well, it’s Monday! Have a great week! Probably Calvin’s best bet is to just deny everything. After all, if he didn’t take the car out of park or put it in neutral, then his mom might think it just rolled out by itself. I know that Newton’s first law says SOMETHING has to get it moving, but maybe mom was weak in Physics.
wicky almost 14 years ago
Who ever drove the car last should have put it in “park” and set the hand brake, FREE CALVIN!
pintcape almost 14 years ago
go in the house and pretend you don’t know what happened,won’t work but at least you have a moment of hope.
LadybugMacon almost 14 years ago
Calvin you can always say that ” you were sitting in the can listen to the radio when a car jacker came by and you were car jacked. He throw you and as he was leaving he wrecked the car, ” I just know Hobbes will back you up ..At least you will live to get another year older.And Calvin to make it look real put some dirt on your clothes and cry just a little.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
Suggestions: Run away Join a religious order learn to whistle Practice the line “Car? where we going Mom?” When all else fails, do your usual, **BLAME HOBBES!
The missing M. Smokey almost 14 years ago
I didn’t do it. No one saw me do it. You can’t prove anything.
cleokaya almost 14 years ago
I have a feeling that the “barefoot bandit” that they finally caught in the Bahamas, after a two year chase, must have been very similar to Calvin as a young boy, with a mind that was constantly thinking up some grand new adventure.
glueru almost 14 years ago
At least they missed the fireplug. I would be standing there drenched if it were me. These guys have all the luck.
dradk almost 14 years ago
i love hobbes.
jackdohany almost 14 years ago
Calvin, just whip out the old credit card and get a tow truck to haul it out of the ditch. It’ll be fine, and your dumb folks will never know the difference, once you and Hobbes clean the grass and mud out of the grill. Been there, done that.
earlydawnpatrol almost 14 years ago
I can’t figure how he missed that hydrant. Guess that would have been too much even for Calvin. And speaking of tight clothes, I thought he didn’t even like girls?
billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago
at some point perhaps these perky and incisive comments will be pulled from the ditch
musicnut1986 almost 14 years ago
stupendus_spiff said, several versus ago
“Where am I to go, now that I’ve gone too far…”
Twilight Zone Golden Earring 1982
rentier almost 14 years ago
My life was flashing.
mike.firesmith almost 14 years ago
Puddleglum2
In this case I suspect the Mom will be mightier than the Calvin.
Where are their GROSS hats? That might help.
violet_music almost 14 years ago
how long did it take to watch your 6-year-old life flash before your eyes?
TheAuldWan almost 14 years ago
Prayers “ain’t” gonna’ help here….
ratlum almost 14 years ago
Calvins to smart to become a barefoot bandit.I was selling my wifes old car parked on the front lawn,when the lad came to mow the front lawn.the fun started. To move it I needed keys, I got the wrong ones ,went back to the house to get the right keys came back no car.the kid mowing the lawn never seen it move. When we found the car it was 100 ft away looked just like Calvins mess. No one got hurt. and every one even the wrecker driver stretched the truth a bit to make small of it.
coffeeturtle almost 14 years ago
Let me take out my cellular and call you a wrecker….oh no…I got no cellular…cause I’m a pothole…soooooo…k…bye!
khpage almost 14 years ago
Hobbes is unusually ascerbic in this one, and he is right on the mark, as usual. Instead of sending away for a beanie, Calvin should apply for the “Drive Much These Days” award. If he gets it, the look on his mother’s face when she answers the door and finds that the guy standing there is there to award Calvin the look on her face should be worthy of being put in the Louvre.
Gretchen's Mom almost 14 years ago
Coffee-Turtle said: Let me take out my cellular and call you a wrecker….oh no…I got no cellular…cause I’m a pothole…soooooo…k…bye!
My favorite commercial in the whole world!!! I haven’t seen it in a long time though. Thanks for the biggest laugh I’ve had all day and for starting my week off right!!!!!
mrprongs almost 14 years ago
Oh boy. In another decade, history shall repeat itself.
jcqlns almost 14 years ago
My husband did this same thing at the same age as Calvin although not down a driveway but down a hill…..he hasn’t stopped playing with cars ever since!
tevanssr almost 14 years ago
Calvin you could always use the excuse i used when I was younger; “It wasn’t me, it was my evil twin
emmysue20 over 13 years ago
Hobbes is so cute!