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[Travellin Dave]

Bret's been replaced. There is a dude who sits near me whose legal first name is Raz.

Haven't asked him yet if he smokes cigars.

There's our coinkydink of the day.

Wonder if he shoots guns and plays the guitar? I'll have to befriend him to find out.

And plays piano, and writes songs, and speaks Spanish, and writes code, and collects guns, and builds guns, and makes ammunition, and collects guitars, and has read Plato AND Aristotle, and Calvin AND Hobbes, and all the Federalist Papers...

I mean, these are appetites more than qualities. But if you're tryna replace me, you're gonna have to work a little harder than a sobriquet and knowing the business end of a cigar and a gun.

Calvin and Hobbes was definitely my favorite comic as a kid.

And did you get the joke of the title?

Nope, because I'm not familiar with Calvin or Hobbes, the originals.

I was in college studying theology when Calvin and Hobbes went into syndication. Both the strip and its title fascinated me. So I wrote a final paper for a Western Civ class about it. The joke is not obvious, and I'm not certain even Bill Watterson completely intended it. Both John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes took a dim view of human nature, and both favored the notion of a benevolent dictatorship ruling the affairs of men as the true Divine order.

The joke is that Thomas Hobbes insisted that everything including thought was actually matter, physically real, and occupying time and space.

So, in the comic strip, Hobbes is "real," at least to Calvin, because he is the product of Calvin's thoughts. But Hobbes articulates the philosophical ideals of John Calvin - humility and submission to the predestined divine order - while six-year-old Calvin embodies the very human unruliness that Thomas Hobbes asserted made a dictatorial sovereign a political necessity.

Never knew that.  Just enjoyed the strip.

[Travellin Dave]

Friday afternoon weekend kickoff with a Warped Chinchalle.

[Travellin Dave]

Bret's been replaced. There is a dude who sits near me whose legal first name is Raz.

Haven't asked him yet if he smokes cigars.

There's our coinkydink of the day.

Wonder if he shoots guns and plays the guitar? I'll have to befriend him to find out.

And plays piano, and writes songs, and speaks Spanish, and writes code, and collects guns, and builds guns, and makes ammunition, and collects guitars, and has read Plato AND Aristotle, and Calvin AND Hobbes, and all the Federalist Papers...

I mean, these are appetites more than qualities. But if you're tryna replace me, you're gonna have to work a little harder than a sobriquet and knowing the business end of a cigar and a gun.

I would never try to replace you. You are one of a kind.

Yup.  A pluperfect asshole.

Well, nearly perfect...

[A Friend of Charlie]

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Sheesh. That was too close for comfort.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Bret's been replaced. There is a dude who sits near me whose legal first name is Raz.

Haven't asked him yet if he smokes cigars.

There's our coinkydink of the day.

Wonder if he shoots guns and plays the guitar? I'll have to befriend him to find out.

And plays piano, and writes songs, and speaks Spanish, and writes code, and collects guns, and builds guns, and makes ammunition, and collects guitars, and has read Plato AND Aristotle, and Calvin AND Hobbes, and all the Federalist Papers...

I mean, these are appetites more than qualities. But if you're tryna replace me, you're gonna have to work a little harder than a sobriquet and knowing the business end of a cigar and a gun.

Calvin and Hobbes was definitely my favorite comic as a kid.

And did you get the joke of the title?

Nope, because I'm not familiar with Calvin or Hobbes, the originals.

I was in college studying theology when Calvin and Hobbes went into syndication. Both the strip and its title fascinated me. So I wrote a final paper for a Western Civ class about it. The joke is not obvious, and I'm not certain even Bill Watterson completely intended it. Both John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes took a dim view of human nature, and both favored the notion of a benevolent dictatorship ruling the affairs of men as the true Divine order.

The joke is that Thomas Hobbes insisted that everything including thought was actually matter, physically real, and occupying time and space.

So, in the comic strip, Hobbes is "real," at least to Calvin, because he is the product of Calvin's thoughts. But Hobbes articulates the philosophical ideals of John Calvin - humility and submission to the predestined divine order - while six-year-old Calvin embodies the very human unruliness that Thomas Hobbes asserted made a dictatorial sovereign a political necessity.

I had no idea. That's pretty deep. I was more of a Bloom County guy but don't ruin it for me and tell me there was a deeper meaning.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Today's Over/Under is 7
Raz Over/Under is 11

11!

[razgueado]

And no, not her...

But that's who we thought of first when we saw the name, right?

Exactly!
That and I just wanted an excuse to put up a nice picture for the day.

Well, now, birthday girl Amber Stevens West isn't exactly unpleasant to look at.

[LuvTooGolf]

And no, not her...

But that's who we thought of first when we saw the name, right?

Exactly!
That and I just wanted an excuse to put up a nice picture for the day.

Well, now, birthday girl Amber Stevens West isn't exactly unpleasant to look at.

Giggity.

[bluecollar]

Feels like winter outside.

[bluecollar]

Castillo pitching a heck of a game.
October baseball
TB lost.
How are Mets gonna do?

[LuvTooGolf]

Feels like winter outside.

Definitely a nip back in the air. Not a fan.

[Travellin Dave]

Not too chilly here yet.

[LuvTooGolf]

RB Oscuro

[A Friend of Charlie]

Feels like winter outside.

It was gorgeous here yesterday and today. I think it'll be chillier tomorrow.

[Travellin Dave]

Finally got to this.

#Heardle #225

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