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Calvin and Hobbes strip on parenting and polls recirculates
Original: A quotation from Bill Watterson CALVIN: Your polls are slipping Dad. Better get with it. CALVIN’S DAD: Calvin, being you
A quotation from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes is being shared widely. In it, Calvin tells his father his polls are slipping and he should 'get with it', to which his dad replies that being a dad is not an elected position and he does not have to respond to polls. Calvin concludes that his father governs with 'dictatorial impunity'. Readers are enjoying the strip's joke about parental authority.
Why now: The classic comic strip joke about parental authority resonates with parents and fans sharing it anew.
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- A quotation from Bill Watterson CALVIN: Your polls are slipping Dad. Better get with it. CALVIN’S DAD: Calvin, being your dad is not an elected position. I don’t have to respond to polls. CALVIN: Not elected? You mean you can govern with dictatorial impunity? CALVIN’S DAD:… · wistquotes@friendica.world · 2
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