• imaqtpieA
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    8 months ago

    The transmogrifier is one of my favorite bits.

    I feel like I always read it as transmorgifier though. Sounds more sci fi. I wonder if the r/g transposition was intentional by Watterson because it’s Calvin writing it.

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      8 months ago

      Transmogrification is a real word. I think part of the comedy is in Calvin knowing the word and using it correctly.

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    8 months ago

    It’s amazing what they do with corrugated cardboard these days

    Idk why this comment is so funny to me. This is totally something I would have glossed over as a kid, but reading it now, the specificity of it just cracks me up! “Corrugated cardboard”