The humor in today’s strip is based on the disguised insult.
Panel 2: Calvin states the fact that he’s “not playing with a full deck.”
Panel 3: Calvin takes Hobbes’ response at face value.
Panel 4: Calvin realizes that Hobbes’ response was an insult.
When someone appears to be not very intelligent or a bit “nutty,” people often say things like “He’s lost all his marbles” or “He’s not playing with a full deck.”
Strangely, and maybe because I had two younger sisters, “incomplete” card decks were pretty much the norm. The good news was that many of these decks came with extra cards – ordering information, advertisements for other products by the printer, etc., that could be marked as “2 of Clubs”, for example.
What made us completely crazy were Pinochle decks….
Back in Indiana, Euchre is a very popular card game. Perhaps because it’s one game that doesn’t require a full deck (it uses only 9s, 10s, Js, Qs, Ks, and As, and sometimes 7s and 8s.)
BE THIS GUY almost 11 years ago
“Fool me once, shame on you.Fool me twice, shame on me.”-That the second time in 3 days Hobbes has gotten you, Calvin.
ratlum almost 11 years ago
Calvin you would make a great straight man.
rentier almost 11 years ago
Does “full deck” have a special meaning I cannot understand?
dalbino83 almost 11 years ago
LX013, if someone is not playing with a full deck, it means they don’t have a full mental capacity.
legaleagle48 almost 11 years ago
Once again, Calvin sets himself up, and doesn’t even realize he’s been insulted until hours later!
BDMI almost 11 years ago
I’m the bouse and the boss
GROG Premium Member almost 11 years ago
You’re a little slow on the uptake there, Calvin – again.
Nickyoss almost 11 years ago
Nice and funky strip!
SusanGreen almost 11 years ago
Or a french fry short of a Happy Meal
Baba27 almost 11 years ago
In German it’s “Nicht alle Tassen im Schrank” i.e. a few cups short in the cupboard.
watmiwori almost 11 years ago
Not quite the full quid A few bricks short of a loadA few boards loose in the atticetc. usw
Burnside217 almost 11 years ago
Softball, slow pitch… Keep hitting Hobbes.
josh_bisbee almost 11 years ago
Unfortunately, Watterson only did two of them.
Snoopy_Fan almost 11 years ago
LOL!!!!! Hobbes, you crack me up!!!
jrankin1959 almost 11 years ago
“3, 2, 1, ignition… Light bulb! We have light bulb, at 11:22 p.m…”
micromite almost 11 years ago
he can be very sharp on his day.
sonnygreen almost 11 years ago
What’s up for tomorrow? In a rowboat with only one oar in the water?
GregoriusM almost 11 years ago
IL buy him cards
Aaron Saltzer almost 11 years ago
Ok…I don’t get it.
Snoopy_Fan almost 11 years ago
The humor in today’s strip is based on the disguised insult.
Panel 2: Calvin states the fact that he’s “not playing with a full deck.”
Panel 3: Calvin takes Hobbes’ response at face value.
Panel 4: Calvin realizes that Hobbes’ response was an insult.
When someone appears to be not very intelligent or a bit “nutty,” people often say things like “He’s lost all his marbles” or “He’s not playing with a full deck.”
westny77 almost 11 years ago
Calvin dude this took you awhile as well to respond. You lost you marbles now your not playing with a full deck.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 11 years ago
Not only is his deck not full, it’s full of jokers!
Number Three almost 11 years ago
Excellent!
xxx
Reddyan almost 11 years ago
Once again…
Miny Boy almost 11 years ago
hobbes is on a role
tulip-lover almost 11 years ago
The wheel is spinning, but the hamster’s dead.
jadoo823 almost 11 years ago
…the lights are flashing, the bells are ringing, but the train isn’t coming…
SMMAssociates almost 11 years ago
Strangely, and maybe because I had two younger sisters, “incomplete” card decks were pretty much the norm. The good news was that many of these decks came with extra cards – ordering information, advertisements for other products by the printer, etc., that could be marked as “2 of Clubs”, for example.
What made us completely crazy were Pinochle decks….
Plays hell with your Solitaire skills….
bmonk almost 11 years ago
Back in Indiana, Euchre is a very popular card game. Perhaps because it’s one game that doesn’t require a full deck (it uses only 9s, 10s, Js, Qs, Ks, and As, and sometimes 7s and 8s.)