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oleorezinator wrote:

Please tell me that you are the one who made those.

AaronFW wrote:

oleorezinator wrote:

Please tell me that you are the one who made those.

If only my light shone so brilliant, but alas no.
I this this guy is in Waterloo Ontario.

Great thread title, btw.

s1m0n wrote:Great thread title, btw.

It made me look, then I laughed.

Was expecting something about the Seamus Ennis signature air of course.

I had to abandon my plan to make Calvinesque snowmen this winter...and I must admit that the Easter Island snowmen are far more creative.

Dan A. wrote:I had to abandon my plan to make Calvinesque snowmen this winter...and I must admit that the Easter Island snowmen are far more creative.

For others to reference:
http://thealdavis.tripod.com/calvin.html

AND

Dan A. wrote:...Calvinesque snowmen...

I'm struggling with this in so many ways.

Nanohedron wrote:

Dan A. wrote:...Calvinesque snowmen...

I'm struggling with this in so many ways.

It was a reference to Calvin and Hobbes...interpreted perfectly by kkrell. I assume the picture is of John Calvin, the comic strip character's namesake?

Dan A. wrote:

Nanohedron wrote:

Dan A. wrote:...Calvinesque snowmen...

I'm struggling with this in so many ways.

It was a reference to Calvin and Hobbes...interpreted perfectly by kkrell.

I got that, thanks. No struggle there. Calvin and Hobbes is one of my favorite comic strips, up there with Pogo.

Dan A. wrote:I assume the picture is of John Calvin, the comic strip character's namesake?

You assume rightly, sir, and there my struggle starts. The last thing a lapsed Presbyterian needs is more of him, and then to face the notion of Reformation snowmen brightening my yard? Although the whiff of idolatry's a nice touch.

And here I was hoping I could just do a quick hit-and-run and get away with it...

Had no idea there was any actual namesakery involved. We're gettin' deep, there.

Nanohedron wrote:And here I was hoping I could just do a quick hit-and-run and get away with it...

So ... you do know who Calvin and Hobbes are, right?

benhall.1 wrote:

Nanohedron wrote:And here I was hoping I could just do a quick hit-and-run and get away with it...

So ... you do know who Calvin and Hobbes are, right?

Let's see:

Nanohedron wrote:Calvin and Hobbes is one of my favorite comic strips, up there with Pogo.

... Yes, I believe so.

Nanohedron wrote:The last thing a lapsed Presbyterian needs is more of him, and then to face the notion of Reformation snowmen brightening my yard?

No Reformation snowmen. I had plans to make snowmen like those created by Calvin the comic strip character, but scrubbed them due to lack of decent gloves!

I just looked up the Wiki article on Calvin and Hobbes. I was looking for something in particular: its influences. According to Wiki, there are three: Pogo, Krazy Kat and Peanuts - all great, but I've always assumed that a big influence for Calvin and Hobbes must have been archy and mehitabel. Then again, archy and mehitabel was such a great strip that its influence must be on pretty much everything after it.