When I first read this comic I still believed in Santa, so I thought the joke was that Santa (an adult) would rather have a beer (an adult thing) than cookies (a kid thing). It wasn’t until later that I realized Calvin’s dad was talking about himself.
BeMoreKnope on September 11st, 2018 at 17:20 UTC »
I had the same reaction to the "It's Miller Time!" line.
I remember one of the strips where Calvin finds an old picture and asks "who's that bimbo you were with Dad?" and the dad responds "That bimbo is your mother!". As I got older I remember being somewhat impressed by that strip and all it represents. We think of our parents as kind of static old people who raise us, but they were once virile youth too, some of them were studs and bimbos. It also shows just how great of a family Calvin has, not every man ends up marrying the "bimbo" he was in a picture with decades ago, most relationships don't last that far.
theZinator on September 11st, 2018 at 16:58 UTC »
When I first read this comic I still believed in Santa, so I thought the joke was that Santa (an adult) would rather have a beer (an adult thing) than cookies (a kid thing). It wasn’t until later that I realized Calvin’s dad was talking about himself.
BeMoreKnope on September 11st, 2018 at 17:20 UTC »
I had the same reaction to the "It's Miller Time!" line.
abriefmomentofsanity on September 11st, 2018 at 18:22 UTC »
I remember one of the strips where Calvin finds an old picture and asks "who's that bimbo you were with Dad?" and the dad responds "That bimbo is your mother!". As I got older I remember being somewhat impressed by that strip and all it represents. We think of our parents as kind of static old people who raise us, but they were once virile youth too, some of them were studs and bimbos. It also shows just how great of a family Calvin has, not every man ends up marrying the "bimbo" he was in a picture with decades ago, most relationships don't last that far.