My granddaughter insisted on no crusts, bread sliced diagonally, and the peanut butter spread on one piece of bread with the jelly spread on the other slice of bread. Not on the peanut butter. How do kids come up with this stuff? :-)
Worked with a guy, once, who was upset to the point he would not eat his lunch because his wife had handed him their son’s lunch bag by mistake. Same contents, only difference was the P,B&J was cut wrong. The “adult” sandwich had to be cut diagonally and the kid’s rectangularly. Sooo many layers to unpack there.
Calvin’s borderlining on Howard Hughes territory. The next thing you know, he’ll be locking himself in a private room, wearing Kleenex boxes as shoes and looping the same short movie scene over and over again.
When I first read this strip in the 90s I tried to do it his way for awhile. It was pretty impractical, the smooth top would usually collapse before too long.
Wow, never in a million years would I have put Calvin into the same camp as Petey Otterloop! But here they are, exhibiting the same exhibitions — or inhibitions.
I remember mentioning to my Mother when I was about 9 that I wished she’d spread the jam to the ends of the bread. She handed me both jars and and bread … Yep, been making my own PB&Js ever since.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
WRONG! You are suppose to take off an even layer from top, so the peanut maintains a uniform texture.
codycab over 1 year ago
I dare anyone to ask Calvin about jelly!
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
Diagonally, Calvin as in from top left to bottom right or from top right to bottom left?
Bilan over 1 year ago
i thought you dip the celery in the PB jar, but no double-dipping.
Robin Harwood over 1 year ago
The Gods have been offended. Calvin and his mother are doomed.
Charliegirl Premium Member over 1 year ago
He sure is a weird little kid.
Farside99 over 1 year ago
“Why are the crusts still on the bread?”
BigDaveGlass over 1 year ago
Entitled, no?
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
I don’t think the chief is going to make the cut.
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Calvin not only has a strong vocabulary, he has this savvy approach to nuances. Love the kid, Bill.
Schmoozr over 1 year ago
Well, triangles do taste better..
sargon1 over 1 year ago
When I was a little boy, I insisted that my mom spread mustard on the bologna and not on the bread. To this day, I wonder why I did that.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
And cut off the crust?
Judy Hendrickson [Unnamed Reader - 852856] over 1 year ago
Shut up Calvin!!!!
Robin Harwood over 1 year ago
“If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life” sounds like wisdom from the Old Master.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
He’s sounding like Petey Otterloop now.
Kaputnik over 1 year ago
Diagonally? The only proper way to slice it is in a zigzag pattern.
losflemings over 1 year ago
I am a strong proponent of diagonal bread
Purple People Eater over 1 year ago
You shouldn’t cut the bread at all, just fold it. When you cut it, all the flavor leaks out.
Ellen Smith-Susan Premium Member over 1 year ago
I remember trying to do that with the peanut butter as a kid!
joegeethree over 1 year ago
Looks like both Calvin and I prefer smooth over crunchy.
JamieLee Premium Member over 1 year ago
My granddaughter insisted on no crusts, bread sliced diagonally, and the peanut butter spread on one piece of bread with the jelly spread on the other slice of bread. Not on the peanut butter. How do kids come up with this stuff? :-)
hariseldon59 over 1 year ago
This is the sort of thing that actually makes me glad I live alone. I eat my peanut butter any d*** way I please.
Just-me over 1 year ago
Mom is on to something. Calvin can make his own sandwiches though under supervision…no telling what havoc he could wreak if he weren’t.
dflak over 1 year ago
Some people feel very threatened when someone breaks with tradition.
“We’ve always done it this way.” Is a fairly decent impediment to progress.
bbenoit over 1 year ago
Worked with a guy, once, who was upset to the point he would not eat his lunch because his wife had handed him their son’s lunch bag by mistake. Same contents, only difference was the P,B&J was cut wrong. The “adult” sandwich had to be cut diagonally and the kid’s rectangularly. Sooo many layers to unpack there.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Oy! And if you want the crusts cut off, do it yourself, Calvin!
chuckcork1 over 1 year ago
So many signs of being nuero-divergent here.
mrchongo over 1 year ago
@Sir Isaac. I trust that the other party to the “we” doesn’t eat peanut butter…or gets their own jar! ;-)
vehlers over 1 year ago
I try to do this with every jar of peanut butter now. Someone else inevitably ends up ruining it.
Redd Panda over 1 year ago
Obviously Calvin never saw peanut butter from the old days.
Ever try and stir natural peanut butter and not make a mess? Can’t be done.
Droptma Styx over 1 year ago
Petey Otterloop would still find it unacceptable somehow.
rshive over 1 year ago
Few things worse than diagonally-cut bread.
uniquename over 1 year ago
Most children just have bedtime rituals.
david_42 over 1 year ago
With five sibs, I ate what was set before me. A habit that served me will through school cafeterias, college and my naval service.
BearsDown Premium Member over 1 year ago
Calvin is becoming a Karen
Jimmyk939 over 1 year ago
He’d never have survived in our house. 5 kids; as soon as you could hold a knife, you made your own PB&J. Didn’t make it, didn’t eat.
Nicki's ZoMcYo over 1 year ago
Diagonally cut sandwiches just taste better.
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 1 year ago
and cut off the crust? and mom don’t forget the potato chips and bottle of JOLT cola!!!
aerotica69 over 1 year ago
Calvin missed the important point – did she cut off the top crust of the bread?
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Cal is loony one minute, and detail oriented the next. A fractured mind at an early age.
gregcomn over 1 year ago
In the first grade I asked my mom to make sure the jelly was always on top. . . .
minty_Joe over 1 year ago
Calvin’s borderlining on Howard Hughes territory. The next thing you know, he’ll be locking himself in a private room, wearing Kleenex boxes as shoes and looping the same short movie scene over and over again.
Emperor Rick over 1 year ago
When he grows up hopefully he’ll never marry.
donwestonmysteries over 1 year ago
Wonder how he feels about a smidge of jelly mixed in the jar by someone who goes for jelly first.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
This is, in adults, a sign of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. If it’s limited to peanut butter (and tigers) I wouldn’t worry about it.
KEA over 1 year ago
geez… and I thought I was CDO (that’s like OCD, but in the proper order)
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
That’s kind-of the way I eat ice cream from a container, because around the edges melts faster… ☺
I'm Sad over 1 year ago
This kid is lucky. When I was younger, I was lucky to have food period. A jar of peanut butter to me was like gold to a prospector.
g04922 over 1 year ago
I have never heard that technique of scooping peanut butter… but it sorta makes sense.
mindjob over 1 year ago
Cut it into a circular shape and serve sandwich medallions. Calvin would be impressed
anomaly over 1 year ago
Calvin, did you glue your eyes closed again?
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
When I first read this strip in the 90s I tried to do it his way for awhile. It was pretty impractical, the smooth top would usually collapse before too long.
wiley207 over 1 year ago
At least this time she cut the sandwich diagonally, compared to this… https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/12/24
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 1 year ago
Nobody understands the important foibles.
eced52 over 1 year ago
For a beggar he is awfully choosy.
ekke over 1 year ago
Wow, never in a million years would I have put Calvin into the same camp as Petey Otterloop! But here they are, exhibiting the same exhibitions — or inhibitions.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago
Calvin has a place in government as the Beefing Bureaucrat!
HodgeElmwood over 1 year ago
Big words from a kid who literally doesn’t control anything in his own life :)
pamela welch Premium Member over 1 year ago
I remember mentioning to my Mother when I was about 9 that I wished she’d spread the jam to the ends of the bread. She handed me both jars and and bread … Yep, been making my own PB&Js ever since.
Speedytortoise over 1 year ago
He is correct, is it scientifically proven when a sandwich is cut diagonally it tastes better
j.l.farmer over 1 year ago
My mom would cut our sandwiches diagonally as a surprise now and then. she also would cut off the crust!