Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 20, 2010

What meens “jiminy cricket” and “skoosh”, I can’t understand this! I hope, Marg feels better again!

Well, the idea was a good one, Calvin!

G’Morning, Marg, Mike, Grog & Fran!

Marg….hope that recovery takes no time at’all!!!!

LX013, Jiminy Cricket was a Disney character, who sings what is considered to be the universal Disney theme song, “When You Wish upon a Star” in the movie “Pinocchio.” The last line of the song is, “When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.”

Since Calvin’s wish didn’t come true, however, he wants to “skoosh” Jiminy Cricket for making a false promise – that is, he wants to step on him and squish him into oblivion.

GM/GN earlybird specials

Calvin will always be wishing his life away

Miss you Marg…..

LOL Calvin ! Love the way he looks around for the million dollars !

This is an interesting link I stumbled upon : http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Listof_References andspoofsinCalvinand_Hobbes (need to copy n paste.. link is not appearing correctly. )

That little cricket certainly made enough money peddling miinformatioin!

Calvin is just channeling the original (pre-Disney) version where the (unnamed) cricket got squished.

Calvin is channeling the original (pre-Disney) version where the (unnamed) cricket got squished rather early in the story.

If you skoosh a bug, you gets rain!

Great examples of magical thinking, whether by J. Cricket or by Calvin.

Wait a minute, The original The Adventures of Pinocchio indeed included a Talking Cricket who got killed (but showed up later as a ghost), but I don’t think the original story came with a sound track!

Comics (particularly Calvin And Hobbes, Peanuts, Wizard of ID etc.) and cartoons (Disney, Cartoon Network) have always been the best source of entertainment and creativity for me. Glad to see the two meet each other.

Calvin, you would skoosh crickets anyway.

LegalEaqgle48:

That is a remarkably succinct and complete explanation of both Jiminy and skoosh.

I wonder what he’d do if he actually got the cool million.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

Well put legaleagle!!

If only it was that easy!

Marg, sure hope you’re on the road to recovery.

@mythreesons: Flip back to the comments on August 18, scroll down the first page until you see HUGE font all in caps. Marg had an accident going downhill on her bike and broke some bones in her face. She’s home recovering. She sure is missed!

I still like to wish on the first star I see in the night sky. Even more promising is a wish on a shooting star. I made lots of wishes last week. I’m still waiting. Guess I’m not as impatient as Calvin.

I am impatient to see Marg’s morning quip and greeting. Hope you feel better soon, Marg.

legaleagle48, Ditto the comments of Frankr and Mike B!

If Calvin had a skosh of patience, he wouldn’t want to skoosh Jiminy Cricket! Isn’t that right, harrietbe?

What would you do with a cool million dollars, Calvin? ‘Right now’ is the buzzword right now. “If I Had a Million Dollars” Are you only looking for self-gratification? Your eyes are finite; God’s eyes are infinite! “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” - II Chronicles 16:9

Why is it always a “cool” million? I would love it as well, but it would be “hot” because it would be flying out of my hand! That makes it worth at least two in the bush, wouldn’t you say? legaleagle48, my compliments!

How many of you have the same need as Calvin and I do for instant gratification?

I could use some self gratification also. A cool million would be just about right. lol

Thank you legaleagle48 for explanation! All good wishes to Marg!

I prefer another C&H where Hobbes wishes for a million dollars and a ride on the space shuttle, and Calvin wishes for a PB&J sandwich.

When Hobbes denigrates Calvin’s choice of wish he just quietly munches his sandwich and says “I got my my wish”.

Or was it the other way ‘round (who wished for what)?

Google has found the answer - it was Calvin who wished for a million trillion dollars, his own space shuttle, and his own continent. Hobbes said he’d wish for a sandwich, which Calvin sneered at but later while eating Hobbes had the last laugh “I got my wish”.

However, that instant gratification very often ruins people. How many lottery winners got said instant gratification and are now completely “Skooshed”

What is this? Marg’s facebook page?

And how many lottery winners have led wonderfully, fulfilled lives because of their winnings?

But anyway, every kid goes through that moment in life, I think, when they try “wishing upon a star.”

I could use a cool million bucks as well.

Does anyone else always flag the religious nonsense, or just me?

I’ve tried stars, rabbits feet, wishbones and prayer and I’m still flat broke…

A luke warm million would be fine with me :0)-

Muzition: No I do not flag religious post. If I don’t like someone’s religious statements I simply move along…Besides, as long as someone’s beliefs aren’t picking my pockets or breaking my legs ,then what do I care .

I love that word “skoosh”…especially when used in the tone Calvin says it!

It’s nice to see how long Calvin can wait for his wish to come true! LOL

My best to Marge, also. She always posted so early I had decided she lived just this side of the Greenwich Meridian.

Instant gratification … so instantly gratifying … then so fleeting, disappointing and dissatisfying!

Amen, GretchensMom. Oh, I hope that doesn’t get flagged!

Many people have found religious and/or psychological meanings in C&H. That’s what often starts a good conversation here. I think it’s great as long as people are respectful of others’ opinions.

At 8 years old i wished upon a star for a 3 wheeler, got a 4 wheeler at 30….does that count LOL

Yes, that counts! You have to work for your wishes. Does this strip tie in with yesterday’s discussion of the magic of electricity? In today’s world of specialization, no one can understand everything. Dad should have admitted that he couldn’t explain it but that there are people who can and maybe Calvin will want to study that sometime.

i believe you are supposed to think the wish calvin, if someone else hears it it may not happen

i wished for a younger sibling when i was 5 but i had to deal with being the youngest of 4 kids

( rats i hated being the little guy))

Here locally a laid off worker unemployment starting to run out did a lottery ticket and won big time. She said on news she was getting in financial straits the winnings after taxes would help her tremendously. I’ve wished for extra money nothing happens. Outside hubby’s truck getting hit and insurance paying off. Part went to CC.

Calvin maybe if you,d wish for, say half that much. A cool million is lot, that star might be overloaded with that wish.

Thanks again, everyone. I’m feeling it today, not as perky as yesterday. Legaleagle great job on the explanation for LX013. She’s Austrian, and doesn’t always understand some of our pop culture references.

Marg! You are here, fine! Sometimes I have realy great problems with understanding and writeing, but it’s a good training for me! Legaleagle realy did a very good job!

How are you Marg? Does it hurt? Get healthy!

Oh gosh, I hope Marg is ok!!!

Hope there are no “Snow White” references. That’s older than Pinocchio.

I check out my mailbox with much the same attitude as Calvin in the third panel. Not much has happened. Puddleglum - since “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” perhaps God is looking for some one other than any of us…..

Glad you’re back also Marg.

Barenaked Ladies: Last stanza of ‘If I had a million dollars:’

If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000) i’d buy you a green dress ( but not a real green dress that’s cruel) If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000) I’d but you some art ( A Picasso or a Garfunkel) If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000) I’d buy you a monkey (haven’t you always wanted a monkey?) If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000 I’d be RICH!

sandfan said, about 10 hours ago

How many of you have the same need as Calvin and I do for instant gratification?

Not I, but I do know people who need patience–and right now, dern it!

LX013, Half my relatives live in Switzerland, so I often find myself explaining to them obscure references to American culture. (Indeed, a lot of Americans miss one thing or another … no one can have seen every movie or heard every old joke.)

The word “onomatopoeia,” which I learned in English class as a child, is not only fun to say and to use, but it explains a great many of the words in English, like “skooch,” that may never become listed in any dictionary but which evoke their meaning by their sound (and context) alone.

I sometimes think onomatopoeia accounts for the majority of the words that require explanation to non-English-speakers!

I just told my granddaughter the other night when we saw the first star at night she’d get her wish to come true, just like in her nursery rhymes. She was ticked that it didn’t work immediately too. The sad part was that she wished for her great-grandmother to come back to her. I told her it took awhile for the wish to happen and that it had to be a wish that could actually come true. She then wished for her Mom to pick her up this morning to go back home, a certainty in her world.

Peace…be still…

I am also glad to see you back marg. I hope the pain diminishes soon, but I know that you have to go through the process, which takes time. Take care sweetie!

Speaking of Jiminy Cricket, I was talking on the phone with my grandmother last week or so, and she started talking about Pinocchio. I was very confused about some of the things she mentioned, and it took me a full five minutes to realize she was talking about the Disney version (which I have never seen) and not the original (which I have read at least four times).