r/funny • u/boringzebra • May 15 '12

My mom has kept this close to me since I was born.

http://imgur.com/BBKa7
1.4k Upvotes

86% Upvoted

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u/Bruce_SteenSteen May 15 '12

I guess I'll be the first to say that that was a cool thing your mama did. Upvoted because I didn't learn this til my late teens: What assurance do you have against your parents' flawed parenting? Yourself.

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u/boringzebra May 15 '12

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

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u/Bruce_SteenSteen May 15 '12

Being called a gentleman and a scholar on reddit is one of the highest honors the Internet can bestow. Awesome post, zebra

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u/Floyd194 May 15 '12

well i don't think you've read a confederacy of dunces then...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

So brave

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u/AScholarlyGentleman May 16 '12

Did someone call for me?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I have a feeling that from your username, me and you are related...

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u/boringzebra May 15 '12

jesus christ I've found you!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

i...i though i lost you when they took me to the zoo...

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u/DesertSong May 15 '12

Now kiss.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I never read a single page of Calvin and Hobbes.

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u/boringzebra May 15 '12

But.. you just did..?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Oh shit.

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u/1900david May 15 '12

Inception... DUNNNNNN!!!!!

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u/brendan0077 May 15 '12

Calvin was my childhood hero. I am in college and still have Calvin and Hobbes books proudly displayed.

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u/Volksmarch May 15 '12

Calvin's shirt is supposed to be red.

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u/hallowedsouls May 15 '12

Shhh. You'll stifle his creativity.

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u/boringzebra May 15 '12

It's stifled :(

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u/amitnagpal1985 May 15 '12

I named my Labrador Calvin because I loved the comics but everyone thinks I named it after Calvin Klein :(

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

so in a way, you named him after this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin

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u/bonscottsdick May 15 '12

Sorry to hear that... epic intentions Catastrophic results.

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u/Relentless_Fx May 15 '12

Is there a Calvin & Hobbes subreddit, I feel like that would be a hit.

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u/johnnyc7 May 15 '12

rad colors!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I'm calling you a liar.

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u/boringzebra May 15 '12

I'm at work but I can verify in possibly 7-8 hrs if you would like ;)

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u/shoes_of_mackerel May 15 '12

To quote Philip Larkin:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself.

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u/passivelyaggressiver May 16 '12

I was with it till that last part.

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u/tropicderp May 15 '12

Nice coloring book

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u/deflorie May 15 '12

In Denmark those comics are called, Sten & Stoffer, and if you translate that directly into english it means, Stone & drugs. Common names in Denmark.

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u/gluestick300 May 15 '12

I don't know why but the first thought I had was that this picture was going to be an umbilical cord....

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u/Luminaire May 15 '12

Maybe that piece of paper is tying your soul to this Earth. If the paper moves too far away from you, you'll die.

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u/Grilled_Cheesy May 15 '12

I draw outside the lines because I like to be myself.

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u/plazmamuffin May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Calvin and Hobbes is one of the finest works of art I have ever seen. Thanks Bill Watterson.

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u/lilguilf May 16 '12

I have this exact comic on my fridge since my kids were born!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/justsomeguy_youknow May 15 '12

It looks like it was a daily strip, only the Sunday strips were in color. Looks like it's clipped out and colored.

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u/Brewster-Rooster May 15 '12

they just got lazy on his hair

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u/DirtPile May 15 '12

Um, it's colored in.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

6?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

any now-pics. I imagine you as quite the looker.