MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago9 October 1987sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-link9 October 1987sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoThat is how my father responds to his wife when she is being overbearing
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