Calvin and Hobbes

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Hello fellow Calvin and Hobbes fans!

About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.

Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic",[2][3][4] Calvin and Hobbes has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic and philosophical interest… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes

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submitted 1 month ago by dailycomic@sh.itjust.works to c/calvinandhobbes@lemmy.world

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.

I'm not sure that I agree with the song's conclusion. Surely the loss of a single meatball would be acceptable in exchange for a bush which grows meatballs, no?

[–] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What tune do I sing it to?

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a parody of "On Top of Old Smoky," i think.

[–] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for letting me know. I'm not from an English speaking country and the only very old songs i know are Oh my Darling Clementine and Lovesick Blues. This one will fit right in. To Calvin!

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

There's a song sparrow who visits my bird feeder, I call him Calvin of course.