MrSebSinM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago9 October 1987imagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down13
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minus-squareASK_ME_ABOUT_LOOMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoCalvin is sarcastically suggesting that Rosalyn is a Nazi because of her rules and requirements.
minus-squareFaresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoNot just a nazi, but the Führer (ie. leader) to imply her to be an authoritarian figure.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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