Its really fuckin funny to me that dad is a 100% serious normal man except for just constantly bullshitting every single answer to anything hes ever asked
Just like completely fabricating an alternate nonsense reality for his like 8 year old child
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On another hand, I suppose that when Calvin finds out the truth, this teaches him how to critically think, hah.
It builds character…
Made funnier by the comic showing that he’s a patent lawyer.
Makes me wonder if his job was in sales or politics
He's a patent clerk, which is alluded to in a couple of comics. Watterson thought it would be funnier when the joke is specific, and gave him the same job as his own father. Write what you know.
I love the way Calvin pokes a big hole in Dad's story there at the end and suddenly it's "Welp, time for bed"...
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Did Calvin grow up to be a flat earther?
Now I'm trying to imagine the stories he told his kids when he grew up.
Thanks for the laugh! 🥹