Calvin agrees
Following my character assassination of Father Christmas (which made its way into Tim’s Britblog Round-up this week), it seems as if Calvin and Hobbes agree that Santa is running an incompetent organisation:
I love Calvin’s phrase “let’s get with the program, huh?” It has a haiku-like quality, and I have consciously stolen it on many occasions.
December 6th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Ah, but you miss the fact that Calvin is very obviously an advocate of free markets and recognises the pernicious way in state action crowds out private competition that would serve the individual better.
December 11th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Is “Let’s get with the program.” rarely used in the UK? I ask because your note about it implies a feeling that it is novel and it is actually in common use in the States. Because of that, however, I wouldn’t have taken much notice of it in this instance - and it’s actually pretty perfect in this spot, gets across Calvin’s particular frankness.
December 15th, 2006 at 1:48 am
No, it’s not a particularly well used phrase in the UK. But we’ve seen enough US TV to have heard it many a time.