Unfortunately when I was little my room was the first one that everyone saw when they came in so I was never able to have a messy room. My only haven was my closet floor where I kept alot of clutter. When I got older I put a couple old scatter rugs in the bottom and used it as my get away place with my radio. I would sit in there and work on my scrap books, photo albums, and write letters while looking at teen magazines.
Having a room that messy in our home would have got you put up for adoption. My mother was house proud so our rooms had to pass the white glove test. Daily.
cymbol – There’s a difference between messy and dirty. Messy I can live with, as long as I can find stuff. Dirty is your white glove test. Your room really shouldn’t be dirty.
Had a daughter with a room like Calvin’s. She wouldn’t clean it. So we did. After that she kept it cleaner, and would clean it up better when asked. Took her months to “earn” back her things…..
Calvin, I learned a great trick that worked ONCE. Cleaning and windows work together. You may increase your vocabulary when dad is trying to rake your stuff off the roof.
Why don’t you guys even consider how lucky Calvin is to even have half the stuff he does, hmmm? We didn’t have to clean out things, because there wasn’t anything to clean out!
Comics are a great way to sneak in this sort of info to readers of all ages. (In fact, during my childhood I loved the comics – esp. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle!)
But Calvin is such a rascal, you can’t help but love him.
If Calvin had exercised his extensive vocabulary, he might have inveigled his way out of cleaning his room. However, usually it’s quicker and easier to clean the room right away than to conjure ways and means to evade and avoid it.
Ah-so! I usually associate GreenJade with China, but today it’s ‘Chore’ean.
The following is for all pun-oriented people:
Wiseguy411 said,
“‘When I use a word’, Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.”’
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. The rest of the year was not so good. Actually, he became just ‘a shell of his former self’. Humpty lost face, not to mention the rest of his body. Ultimately, the yolk was on him.
‘They’ couldn’t put Humpty together again. I can’t put his words together, either, to make any sense. If a word is just what Humpty chooses it to mean, then it doesn’t matter what word he uses, but nobody will know what he chooses it to mean, unless there is exposition.
Since you didn’t say what you choose your comments to mean, I will assume that you are only being facetious.
Of my three sons, One of them would clean his room without being asked; the other two shared a room, and had to be forced to clean it…thank goodness all three are now very neat men!
To be clear I quoted Lewis Carrol, an author specifically known for nonsense writing (See Jaberwocky).
That is not to infer that I consider Puns to be nonsense, nor that I do not enjoy your extensive efforts (even when directed at myself).
The ancient Romans made quite a sport of Puns when making speeches in the Senate, considering them to be a high form of wit. Nowadays they are considered to be a lower form of humour. Again, not by me. I state again that I quite enjoy ‘Pun’nery.
What I intended to be inferred was that different individuals understand some words to mean different things. While not every word is used in its precise term exactly as intended, or understood by every individual, most words need to be reviewed in the context of their expression to be clearly understood.
Because my sister and I had to share a very small room in a 2-bedroom house when I was a child, we had no choice but to keep it neat and clean because you couldn’t get around in it otherwise. Even now, 21 years later (and thankfully in a much bigger bedroom!), I still keep it neat and clean because I wouldn’t be able to stand it any other way!!!
When my oldest son was about 6, he had got into trouble once again and received a little spanking. Mom and the other boys were already out in the car, and as we went out to join them, I said, “I’m getting sick and tired of telling you - - - -!”
To which he replied, “Well, I’m getting pretty sick and tired of listening!” Little snot got another little whack while I was doing my best to choke back the laughter. But I learned God has a master plan. Now he has a daughter that is making him pay for his raising! In spite of it all, everyone turned out pretty amazing!
Wiseguy411,
“Get thee to a ‘pun’nery!” That’s a slight alteration (p for n) of what Hamlet said to Ophelia when he advised her to live a life of celibacy. A few non-pun-oriented people might say to me that I should live a life of celibacy from puns.
I directed the puns about Humpty Dumpty to people who enjoy puns.
You had previously indicated that you were quoting the author Lewis Carroll. I didn’t repeat it because I was trying to keep my post as ‘short and pithy’ as possible.
Many disagreements occur because people do not always use ‘precise terms’. When they don’t, and sometimes even when they do, their words are misunderstood and need “exposition”. Sometimes, a person will insist on interpreting a statement the way he would mean it if he said the same thing. As you said, “Most words need to be reviewed in the context of their expression to be clearly understood.”
Thank you for your response. It confirms that you and I are on the same page, as far as I can tell.
Ever notice how kids spend more energy grumping than they would just cleaning! My son NEVER learned. Tell him today and it means I want the room clean today. But tomorrow he thinks it’s OK to leave it messy.
But mom, you just said to clean it up.
You didn’t say it had to stay clean. And if it doesn’t to stay clean, why go to all the work of cleaning it in the first place?
margueritem almost 14 years ago
She speaks “mom’…
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
No she has a language all her own, You don’t get to see out until the chores are done
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠
& thanks Marg for BB
Frankr almost 14 years ago
Just push everything under the bed, Calvin.
margueritem almost 14 years ago
You’re welcome, Grog!
GreenJade almost 14 years ago
She’s speaking ‘Chore’ean
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
I understand every word now. I didn’t back then! LOL
G’Morning Marg, Mike and Grog!!
ladywolf17 almost 14 years ago
Nice try Calvin. Time for Plan B.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Her first language!
vibjyor almost 14 years ago
May not be. But MOM seems to have the last word all right.
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
The force is with “her”
zero almost 14 years ago
Calvin needs Mom - as a Second Language…
Dino-1 almost 14 years ago
Unfortunately when I was little my room was the first one that everyone saw when they came in so I was never able to have a messy room. My only haven was my closet floor where I kept alot of clutter. When I got older I put a couple old scatter rugs in the bottom and used it as my get away place with my radio. I would sit in there and work on my scrap books, photo albums, and write letters while looking at teen magazines.
rentier almost 14 years ago
Hobbes is under the sheets, I can see a part of his head!
harrietbe almost 14 years ago
Wow! That room is REALLY a mess!!! Good luck, Calvin. You may not see the outside for days.
Ooops! Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Children are from Jupiter Moms are from Saturn
Cymbol almost 14 years ago
Having a room that messy in our home would have got you put up for adoption. My mother was house proud so our rooms had to pass the white glove test. Daily.
Tineli almost 14 years ago
Why should I tidy up my room, when the whole world’s in a mess?
moronbis almost 14 years ago
The impertinence and don’t-care attitude with which Calvin was going out is still present. Love you Calvin.
cats32 almost 14 years ago
i agree with marg
cdward almost 14 years ago
What Mom says: “Clean up your room, Calvin, and then you can go outside.”
What Calvin hears: “Blah blah blah blah, Calvin, blah blah blah blah blah blah.”
rshive almost 14 years ago
cymbol – There’s a difference between messy and dirty. Messy I can live with, as long as I can find stuff. Dirty is your white glove test. Your room really shouldn’t be dirty.
wicky almost 14 years ago
Quick, get the rope ladder!
Allison Nunn Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Had a daughter with a room like Calvin’s. She wouldn’t clean it. So we did. After that she kept it cleaner, and would clean it up better when asked. Took her months to “earn” back her things…..
pwdce almost 14 years ago
Better learn to translate mom speak or you’ll be forever in trouble, as if you weren’t already.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
It depends on what you mean by “clean”.
Calvin, I learned a great trick that worked ONCE. Cleaning and windows work together. You may increase your vocabulary when dad is trying to rake your stuff off the roof.
baluchi almost 14 years ago
Why don’t you guys even consider how lucky Calvin is to even have half the stuff he does, hmmm? We didn’t have to clean out things, because there wasn’t anything to clean out! Comics are a great way to sneak in this sort of info to readers of all ages. (In fact, during my childhood I loved the comics – esp. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle!) But Calvin is such a rascal, you can’t help but love him.
TN-REDD almost 14 years ago
I would of gotton in more trouble for saying No! Instead of no mame…
cleokaya almost 14 years ago
Why straighten what one will only muss up again afterwards.
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
If Calvin had exercised his extensive vocabulary, he might have inveigled his way out of cleaning his room. However, usually it’s quicker and easier to clean the room right away than to conjure ways and means to evade and avoid it.
david5992 almost 14 years ago
Actually, from mom’s point of view, Calvin’s first language isn’t English.
APPLESCRUFF almost 14 years ago
SPAMMER FLAGGED!
My father was the original Felix Unger! Calvin would never stand a chance!
Bargrove almost 14 years ago
Thank you Applescruff. They actually took it off
within the hour.
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
Ah-so! I usually associate GreenJade with China, but today it’s ‘Chore’ean. The following is for all pun-oriented people: Wiseguy411 said, “‘When I use a word’, Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.”’ Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. The rest of the year was not so good. Actually, he became just ‘a shell of his former self’. Humpty lost face, not to mention the rest of his body. Ultimately, the yolk was on him. ‘They’ couldn’t put Humpty together again. I can’t put his words together, either, to make any sense. If a word is just what Humpty chooses it to mean, then it doesn’t matter what word he uses, but nobody will know what he chooses it to mean, unless there is exposition. Since you didn’t say what you choose your comments to mean, I will assume that you are only being facetious.
TN-REDD almost 14 years ago
FLAGGED
Rakkav almost 14 years ago
Why should I tidy up my room, when the whole world’s in a mess?
Think globally, act locally… start with what’s under your control.
TN-REDD almost 14 years ago
Calvin is procrastinating on the task at hand . Never put off till later, what needs doing now. Truly words that I find hard to live by. Calvin too.
Jascat almost 14 years ago
Of my three sons, One of them would clean his room without being asked; the other two shared a room, and had to be forced to clean it…thank goodness all three are now very neat men!
tbree almost 14 years ago
What amazes me is the amount of work some grownups will go through to avoid work, let alone Calvin.
Wiseguy411 almost 14 years ago
Puddlegum,
To be clear I quoted Lewis Carrol, an author specifically known for nonsense writing (See Jaberwocky).
That is not to infer that I consider Puns to be nonsense, nor that I do not enjoy your extensive efforts (even when directed at myself).
The ancient Romans made quite a sport of Puns when making speeches in the Senate, considering them to be a high form of wit. Nowadays they are considered to be a lower form of humour. Again, not by me. I state again that I quite enjoy ‘Pun’nery.
What I intended to be inferred was that different individuals understand some words to mean different things. While not every word is used in its precise term exactly as intended, or understood by every individual, most words need to be reviewed in the context of their expression to be clearly understood.
Facetious, yes but in context.
Gretchen's Mom almost 14 years ago
Because my sister and I had to share a very small room in a 2-bedroom house when I was a child, we had no choice but to keep it neat and clean because you couldn’t get around in it otherwise. Even now, 21 years later (and thankfully in a much bigger bedroom!), I still keep it neat and clean because I wouldn’t be able to stand it any other way!!!
alan.gurka almost 14 years ago
Maybe not, Calvin, but you need to habla “Mom” so you can understand what she really wants.
dahawk almost 14 years ago
When my oldest son was about 6, he had got into trouble once again and received a little spanking. Mom and the other boys were already out in the car, and as we went out to join them, I said, “I’m getting sick and tired of telling you - - - -!”
To which he replied, “Well, I’m getting pretty sick and tired of listening!” Little snot got another little whack while I was doing my best to choke back the laughter. But I learned God has a master plan. Now he has a daughter that is making him pay for his raising! In spite of it all, everyone turned out pretty amazing!
Puddleglum2 almost 14 years ago
Wiseguy411, “Get thee to a ‘pun’nery!” That’s a slight alteration (p for n) of what Hamlet said to Ophelia when he advised her to live a life of celibacy. A few non-pun-oriented people might say to me that I should live a life of celibacy from puns. I directed the puns about Humpty Dumpty to people who enjoy puns. You had previously indicated that you were quoting the author Lewis Carroll. I didn’t repeat it because I was trying to keep my post as ‘short and pithy’ as possible. Many disagreements occur because people do not always use ‘precise terms’. When they don’t, and sometimes even when they do, their words are misunderstood and need “exposition”. Sometimes, a person will insist on interpreting a statement the way he would mean it if he said the same thing. As you said, “Most words need to be reviewed in the context of their expression to be clearly understood.” Thank you for your response. It confirms that you and I are on the same page, as far as I can tell.
TN-REDD almost 14 years ago
Puddleglum2 “Sometimes, a person will insist on interpreting a statement the way he would mean it if he said the thing” Cool… NICE ! !
runninanreadin almost 14 years ago
Hey…that’s what God invented closets for….
khpage almost 14 years ago
Lawyer Calvin’s way of dissing the prosecuting attorney…..
pouncingtiger almost 14 years ago
You can’t fool Mom.
JTGAM almost 14 years ago
Ever notice how kids spend more energy grumping than they would just cleaning! My son NEVER learned. Tell him today and it means I want the room clean today. But tomorrow he thinks it’s OK to leave it messy.
glitterygal07 almost 14 years ago
I bet if she showed him a million dollars it would sucker him into cleaning his room.
bmonk almost 14 years ago
Someone sure doesn’t speak English as a first language–but is it Mom or Calvin?
Brother_James almost 14 years ago
But mom, you just said to clean it up. You didn’t say it had to stay clean. And if it doesn’t to stay clean, why go to all the work of cleaning it in the first place?
Creature950 almost 13 years ago
It’s his room, so if he’s okay with his room, it’s okay. If the room belongs to Calvin, then Calvin’s opinion is the only opinion that matters.