I think I read once that castor oil was a remedy from the Nineteenth Century for the malnutrition that comes from only having the food you stored all winter. By spring, you were starting to suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies so someone discovered you felt better with a spring tonic of castor oil. Obviously, no longer needed.
I merely note for the record that not only do I remember what castor oil is, its myriad uses, and its – ahem – flavor, but that doing so makes me feel very old indeed. I don’t mind so much that time marches on, but I do sometimes wish it would stop trampling over me in the process.
In the days of open cockpits and radial engines pilots were bathed in a constant fog of castor oil, more healthful than petroleum oils but a persistant bathroom problem. Those silk scarfs weren’t just for wiping their goggles
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
By asking what’s castor oil, Calvin called Roslyn’s bluff.
(Try finding castor oil in the supermarket.)
oldpine52 over 6 years ago
Give him castor oil and there’s no way he could lie down all evening.
maxmacrubymimi over 6 years ago
Mmmmmm, Big Macs.
codycab over 6 years ago
Probably should have tried chicken mcnuggets.
Bilan over 6 years ago
I miss pop-corn.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 6 years ago
Big Mac diet?
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
She is wicked good. Devious. And good. I like her.
Yngvar Følling over 6 years ago
Speaking of things that have gone missing, do you still have a speaking clock? Does anyone actually use it?
jpayne4040 over 6 years ago
Calvin, you do NOT want to know what Castor Oil is! Trust me on this one!
tripwire45 over 6 years ago
I can remember when you really could call for the exact time.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 6 years ago
Nemesis: What Rosalyn is to Calvin.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 6 years ago
My mother would give us Cod Liver Oil, now I take fish oil pills.
JudyHendrickson over 6 years ago
Castor oil!!!mmmyou will Love it Calvin!!!
GROG Premium Member over 6 years ago
All I needed was just one big mac to make me sick of them.
rshive over 6 years ago
Calvin’s bluff is called.
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 6 years ago
Like Tonto said to the Lone Ranger…
What do you mean “we” Kemosabe!
Chad Cheetah over 6 years ago
Dumb question- who did she actually call?
kab buch over 6 years ago
Calvin if only you knew.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 6 years ago
When I was kid, we had a product called “Castoria”. I hadn’t recalled that in many years, for obvious reasons.
Earnestly Frank over 6 years ago
I don’t recall ever having a desire to oil my castor.
Ed_Bickford creator over 6 years ago
At least she didn’t say Castrol, Calvin. LOL!
SunflowerGirl100 over 6 years ago
I think I read once that castor oil was a remedy from the Nineteenth Century for the malnutrition that comes from only having the food you stored all winter. By spring, you were starting to suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies so someone discovered you felt better with a spring tonic of castor oil. Obviously, no longer needed.
rob over 6 years ago
When I was young Paregoric was the cure all. With it’s opium content it always knocked us out so our parents could sleep.
Bookworm over 6 years ago
I merely note for the record that not only do I remember what castor oil is, its myriad uses, and its – ahem – flavor, but that doing so makes me feel very old indeed. I don’t mind so much that time marches on, but I do sometimes wish it would stop trampling over me in the process.
Number Three over 6 years ago
Well Calvin is clearly not on a “See Food” diet. Otherwise he would have eaten what Rosalyn was making.
xxx
The Dining Logician over 6 years ago
Castor Oyl, by Elzie Crisler Segar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_Oyl
Teto85 Premium Member over 6 years ago
GOTCHA!!!!!!!!!
Sneaker over 6 years ago
I once told my German grandma that what she wanted me to eat didn’t look that good and she told me that I was too “persnickety” .
Phil721 over 6 years ago
In the days of open cockpits and radial engines pilots were bathed in a constant fog of castor oil, more healthful than petroleum oils but a persistant bathroom problem. Those silk scarfs weren’t just for wiping their goggles
Taracinablue over 6 years ago
I’m 26 and I had no idea that landlines use to have a “please tell me the time” function. How did that work?