MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago9 October 1987sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down12
arrow-up1148arrow-down1image9 October 1987sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareASK_ME_ABOUT_LOOM@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoCalvin is sarcastically suggesting that Rosalyn is a Nazi because of her rules and requirements.
minus-squareFareshlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoNot just a nazi, but the Führer (ie. leader) to imply her to be an authoritarian figure.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 hours agoWhen I read this as a kid, I thought his German words literally meant “I’m not going anywhere.” I definitely did not understand the joke at that time. TBH, even now it seems a bit weak. However, nearly thirty years later, I at least know what the joke is.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThat is how my father responds to his wife when she is being overbearing
Calvin is sarcastically suggesting that Rosalyn is a Nazi because of her rules and requirements.
Not just a nazi, but the Führer (ie. leader) to imply her to be an authoritarian figure.
When I read this as a kid, I thought his German words literally meant “I’m not going anywhere.” I definitely did not understand the joke at that time.
TBH, even now it seems a bit weak. However, nearly thirty years later, I at least know what the joke is.
That is how my father responds to his wife when she is being overbearing