Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 26, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "I'm filling out a reader survey for chewing magazine" Calvin: "See, they asked how much money I spend on gum each week, so I wrote, "$500." For my age, I put "43," and when they asked what my favorite flavor is, I wrote "garlic/curry" Hobbes: "This magazine should have some amusing ads soon" Calvin: "I love messing with data"
BE THIS GUY about 9 years ago
What about my favorite flavor, liver-onion?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 9 years ago
I suspect the use of crayon on the survey may tip them off.
RevvieQuar about 9 years ago
Pork, the other white chewing gum.
jbarr68407 about 9 years ago
So, Calvin was a pre-internet troll? Interesting.
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
Recently I made an appointment with a urologist, and the gal on the phone asked me, after apologizing for having to ask the question, what my race was.
I answered, “Indianapolis 500.”
The silent pause from her was deafening…
stuart about 9 years ago
For “Race”, I always put Human.
dflak about 9 years ago
I do something similar when I register. I use a different middle initial. This way I can tell which companies are selling my name to whom.
dflak about 9 years ago
I do a pretty good job ignoring ads on web sites. I’ve never bought anything as a result of a web ad or email and I’ve been on the web as long as it’s been in existence.
I also don’t buy things as a result of TV ads.
If I’m interested in buying something, I’ll research it myself.
PoodleGroomer about 9 years ago
He need to hire a GOOGLE spoofer that can produce similar responses from a bot net from all over the country with different IP addresses.VOTE NO YES for online voting.
ChessPirate about 9 years ago
A couple of years ago, I was using a GMail account for only one thing, as a valid email address for sites that required one to allow you to register with them. Then Google made some GMail decision I didn’t like, so I tried to cancel the account, propelling me on an hours-long adventure that finally forced me to install Chrome just so I could quit GMail! So spam isn’t the only problem to contend with out there!
bfrg45 about 9 years ago
I do the same as other people here: I have a free email account, and I give that address to most companies so all my spam goes there. I only check it once a week or so. I trust very few companies enough to give them the email address that I check daily.
Number Three about 9 years ago
I’m more than happy to fill in online surveys from the Opticians, Blood Donation clinic…etc.Why shouldn’t I? It’s not like I have anything better to do.xxx
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
For all of you who responded to my “urologist” comment, a sincere Thank You!
I was indeed asked for my race, and out of curiosity, I did a search for the prostate later that morning, and much to my surprise, men of the black race are significantly more likely to develop prostate cancer than whites. I am guessing this might be the reason for the question. BTW, I am white!
Now you all know…
Aaron Saltzer about 9 years ago
Calvin is addicted to doing unusual or bad things.
meowlin about 9 years ago
That’s why I participate in online surveys… except I give them honest, accurate opinions (when they give me the option to do so).
stuart about 9 years ago
I just found out that our local library keeps Calvin and Hobbes in the Nonfiction section. My world just turned upside down.
Susie Derkins :D about 9 years ago
Curry? Sounds more like Furry……..DX
Marathon Zack about 9 years ago
Is it sad I made a Survey Monkey account just so I could put answers like that?
dawnsfire about 9 years ago
When they asked how much I had spent (approximately) in the last year or so on clothes and shoes, I told them $12 (I think) and $22 respectively. Completely true—I was unemployed and got a great deal on a blazer and 2 pair of shoes. I enjoyed the thought of how I skewed their data!
IQTech61 about 9 years ago
I work in tech support. We live and die by quality surveys. However, the company throws out the very lowest and very highest scores.
That means weird answers do not skew the data. BUT they do make being the quality auditor really funny so keep doing it.