Thursday September 16, 2004 Calvin and Hobbes Life Instruction Manual
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I've just finished Yukon Ho!, one of the collections of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons by Bill Watterson. I've been a big fan of this strip since about the mid 90's, when somebody told me what it was all about. Oh, the Tiger is real when nobody else is around. Otherwise it's a stuffed animal. Oooookay. |
Didn't think much more about it until our son turned six. Then when I started reading the strips again they weren't quite so funny. They were just a tad to true to life in some instances.
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Now I admit Duncan doesn't quite have the ready wit and repartee of Calvin, or the command of the English language. Or even the ability to read and write (except for small words and his name), but there are some frightening similarities. He doesn't have a stuffed tiger named Hobbes, but he does have a stuffed sheep named Sheepy. |
I then realized that Bill Watterson is preparing all new parents for what it's going to be like, to own and operate a six year old. Don't take those cartoons so flippantly. This is probably going to be your life when your son turns six. He's going to turn bathtime into a living hell. He'll develop disgusting eating habits and display them in public. He'll do DIY and you'll wonder why you ever bought nice furniture. Check out here to know more about what's in store for you.
He'll have adventures with his favorite stuffed animal and be embarrassed when you discover him talking to it. Bill Watterson is a wise man and I appreciate him sharing his knowledge with us neophyte parents.
Now I'm lucky it doesn't snow much around here, so I won't have to come home to huge snowmen in disturbing positions, but I do wonder what Duncan will get up to next. I bet whatever it is, there is a cartoon already written for it.
( Sep 16 2004, 02:55:56 AM PDT ) [Listen] Permalink Comments [12]
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