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Artist Draws Comics Showing How Fun It Was To Be A Child In The ’80s (40 Pics)
Interview With Artist
Childhood is a miraculous time of vivid imagination, where simple boxes become castles, stuffed toys become dragons and adventure buddies, and every single task becomes a quest you must fulfill. Most of us probably feel nostalgic when we remember all those fun times we had playing with our friends.
Well, this artist decided to tap into that feeling by creating these funny, adventurous comics about childhood. Tauhid Bondia created two characters and best friends named Kevin and Curtis and named the whole series Crabgrass. The duo gets in all sorts of trouble and causes many shenanigans. So if you want to remember what childhood was like, these illustrations are perfect for you!
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Guardian54 4 years ago
and he's painting himself with literal black paint, not brown
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Jenifer Riggs 4 years ago
Best part about kids is that they are mostly ignorant of racism at that age. Kid legit just wanted to be like his friend, no racism intended at all.
Marina 4 years ago
yup, it's adorable to me. it reminded me of another couple of kids (also different races) that got the same haircut so their teacher would be confused 😄
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Full Name 4 years ago
Haha, yeah in 2021 this would get you crucified even though that's ridiculous. If it's not racist, it's not racist.
Marina 4 years ago
there's a huge difference between what this kid does for Halloween and when a resposible adult mocks an entire race for a few laughs from their friends or an audience
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Heike 4 years ago
Don't understand. Is it because of the paint? In the Netherlands we have Sinterclaas and they are using some sort of skin-friendly paint for this instead of normal paint.
clever username 4 years ago
he is painting his skin black to look like his black friend which is racist
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William Teach 4 years ago
In the 80's few people would have cared, not if they were out together
We got an interview from Tauhid and he shared what inspires him to create art: "I’m mostly inspired these days by my favorite cartoonists. Folks like Will Henry, Bill Watterson, Scott Kurtz. All kinds of folks." Tauhid has lots of favorite comic creators and they help him keep doing these amazing comics by inspiring him in his artistic journey. The list consists of Jim Borgman, Janet Nicholas, Dana Simpson, and the three mentioned previously. Tauhid also said that he has many more, but the list would be too long.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
Back in the day my dad wanted to buy a mini house for us but after seeing the price at the toy store he was like "Hell no!", so he gathered his tools and built one out of foam! Holy f*ck, I still remember he even made a phone with pushable buttons, that's what you call handy :O
Jess-a-men 4 years ago
Mine built a toy kitchen for me, with lights that lit up when you turned the oven knobs on.
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Benjamin Lensgraf 4 years ago
As a kid in the 80s I can say light up shoes didn’t come till later
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Joan Marie Wiser 4 years ago
I feel this is not just growing up in the 80s...I should know my kids do similar things 😂
Tauhid is thankful to his mother for supporting him when he started getting into art: "I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I was lucky enough to have a mother that supported my art. That’s so important for young artists. Just having someone encourage them to keep it up."
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Radar Doi 4 years ago
who are you, how did you meet my kid and WHY, JUST WHY would you teach him this dirty trick?
Jikook_Superior 4 years ago
my friends and i would ALWAYS do this after swim lessons-and before covid
The artist shares why he chose to create comics about childhood in the '80s: "Crabgrass is just the latest of several attempts to create a feature and find an audience over the years. I chose to make it about two best friends and base them on myself and my best friend as a kid. I think that personal touch is what helped it resonate more with people than my other comics did. But over time, Kevin and Miles have evolved so that they don’t really resemble us much at all. Characters sort of develop themselves after they’ve been with you a while."
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Iván Galarraga 4 years ago (edited)
It happened to me all of my own. On a saturday. At 1:00 a.m. I was waiting for the bus for about an hour til´realize
No Username 4 years ago
One time I took a nap at 7 and woke up at 9. I thought my alarm didn't ring and I had missed 2 classes. I was in the middle of writing my teachers an apology email when I saw on my computer it was 9 PM!! I just went downstairs to where my parents where watching a movie, ate some food, and went back to sleep XD
Lyra Rey 4 years ago
That happened to me a bunch of times when I was a student teacher. I think it's caused by stress and not getting enough sleep
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Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
I made it all the way to the school house. It was a weekday but no school. I tried the poor martyr scene but just got laughed at. Third grade. I blame all my trust issues on this. Lol.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
This is cool, but I'm getting serious Calvin & Hobbes-vibes with it. Still - I love them!
Beth Johnson 3 years ago
I talk in my sleep, & my sister, when she came in to bed always answered my "what time is it" by telling me it was time for the bus, so this was me, too.
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Mark Howell 4 years ago
My problem was, the teacher was my mother. No escape from homework. ;o(
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Phoenix 4 years ago
You know you’d expect for a person to do this in the younger grades right? Nope I called a teacher Mom once in 5th grade. Luckily lots of kids messed up because her name was Mrs. M
Precious Alamu 4 years ago
I was also in the 5th grade when this happened to me 😂
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Bored Birgit 4 years ago
He called bis teacher "Mom" and is ashamed of this.
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I accidentally yelled "dad" in the classroom 4 times to my teach while deep in thought.
tangy chip 4 years ago
*surprised pikachu face* also this is going to happen a lot when we go back to school
"I like to think about my comics as a fun reminder of how innocent, rotten, and just plain confused we all were as children," said Tauhid when asked how he would describe his comics. "Artistically, I like my style to be as organic as I can. I do everything digitally but try to hide that fact as much as possible. From a writing perspective, I try hard to at least make myself smile with each strip. The humor is important, but sometimes a poignant moment is just as important."
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Dorothy Renelien 4 years ago
I remember seeing my teacher at the grocery store..so weird..lmao..like you eat?
CrEaTiVe_duck 4 years ago
oh nooo the word Campbell got a LOT of my agents of SHIELD memories going XD
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Aroace tiger 4 years ago
When the mum says he's too young... Kids get crushes! Just not me lol.
Marinasongs1432 2 years ago
Sweet! Hello, fellow aroace! I used to identify as aroace, but then I kept swinging. How are you?
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Tauhid shared what he enjoys most about creating art: "My favorite part about art is finishing something. It’s also the hardest part. Finishing a piece is the very best way to inspire yourself to keep creating."
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Aj Grimes (them/they) 4 years ago (edited)
and that is one of the reasons I like girls. The other reason is I'm more attracted to them than men
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Maddie midoriya 4 years ago
Gasp do my eyes deceive me? A lesbian couple in A COMIC ON BOREDPANDA!? 😍 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE finally some REPRESENTATION
The Silver Hedgehog 3 years ago
I've been a twelve year old boy, and I could barely put up with myself.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
My sister calls me when I think of her, all the way across the Atlantic :D
Nora the mistake 0_o 4 years ago
I actually know a pair of quadruplets I feel bad for that poor mom
The artist shared with us some of his other hobbies and told us more about himself: "Mostly just video games and binging Netflix, if those can be called hobbies. Until recently, I worked as a freelance graphic designer, but now I work on Crabgrass exclusively for my living. I went to Murray State University very briefly on an art scholarship, then didn’t do anything art-related for quite a while. I got my first art-related job as a graphic designer for a local custom apparel shop in my mid-twenties. I stayed there for about 5 years and when that place closed, I began working at a slightly larger custom apparel shop, which I stayed at for almost 7 years. I ultimately left that job to work for a friend who’d started an online media company. I got to draw comics, help design video games and do a ton of web design. It was a blast, but that too ended when the company was bought out. No matter what job I had, though, I was always working on some comic or other and sharing it online. After the media company gig ended, I decided to take a real stab at making comics my career. It wasn’t long before I started Crabgrass and saw more success than I’d ever had with a comic. Two years later, I’m still doing it and the audience is still growing somehow!
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Rose the Cook 4 years ago
What sort of parents feed their children inferior processed stuff while they enjoy fresh food?
Alina 4 years ago
My thought exactly. Your comment should be the highest up, not the laughter one. This is not funny at all.
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"If there’s anyone with dreams of being a cartoonist, my only advice is that the main ingredient is time. You’ll get better at drawing. You’ll get better at writing. You’ll eventually build an audience. The only thing you HAVE to do is keep at it and give yourself time."
What do you think of these comics? Do they remind you of your childhood? Tell us in the comments and upvote your favorite comic! Don't forget to go show the artist some love on social media.
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Dark Pigeon 4 years ago
I fotgot about that! I loved running my fingers over the screen... loved the soumd that it made.
M O'Connell 4 years ago
The simple things today's children will never experience. Did you ever count how many seconds it took for the spot in the center to go away?
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Desiree Boyd 2 years ago
so strict but to me to have father complain of not doing homework or to try this painful
Monkey D Luffy 3 years ago
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white_shadow 4 years ago
I'd get so happy when i got a smelly pizza sticker in kindergarten. my joy was all destroyed when I saw the same stickers at the dollar store in second grade . . .
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Emily Zhang 4 years ago
PURE TERRORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Maanya Chandra 4 years ago
When your mom is the substitute at school, and all your friends have a crush on her ;-;
Nolan Osman 4 years ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
My hubby 30 years ago: "I hate veggies." My hubby today: vegetarian. Home-grown, baby, makes allllll the difference. And yes I realized how weird that looks too late...
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
Totally agree, home grown baby veg is absolutely delicious. Good that you could convert him, mine is still a project... 😄
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BrookieTheWookie 4 years ago
That is not true, I'm a child and I LOVE canned green beans, but not the frozen onrs
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Sofia Murat 1 year ago (edited)
I think that's actually a very sweet relationship between a parent and a child.I mean, most kids wouldn't have told their parents about this stuff in the first place.
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ELIJAH MAY 4 years ago
oh i feel so sorry for kyle. my mom gave my little sister my stuffed tiger, next day, it was back in my hands.(can y guess why?)
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R3belB4nny 4 years ago
That's an interesting thing to hear from Kirby, the God of Destruction and Death.
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Amy Begun Saab 4 years ago
This is back in the 1980's- everyone smoked. When i was 15 back in 1985, my friend stoked a cigarette out of his pack. We thought we were so cool. And then both of us got sick. Anyone ever watch the breakfast club? We had a smoking lounge at our high school!!
Sami Moran 4 years ago
Hell back in 2003 my highschool still let kids juniors and seniors who smoked go out to a designated are between class
Load More Replies... Eva Schmutz 4 years ago
I am kid and I know you should not do that smoking is really bad for your lungs
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
Er, yes! The first links to cancer were discovered in the 1920s! War interrupted things but further research started in the late 40s and 50s. Well established as a problem by the 80s.
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Bsigmon 4 years ago
i always kept the ones that changed the color for the last cards, that way no one ould mess me up
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Guardian54 4 years ago
Now the yogurt, on the other hand, is only loved by tarry(anyone get the reference?)
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Evelyn Wrightsman 1 year ago
Seriously, whoever was the first to drink milk looked at a cows udder and choose to drink what came out of it. TRUELY BRAVE.
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Demon Child 4 years ago
When I tell stories of me talking to people in video games with my mic I always get questions from my dad like "You said He? Do you know him? how old is he? iS hE aSkInG fOr AnY iNfOrMaTiOn?"
Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
What's with dad's and their sudden interest in our childlike relationships? :I
Nora the mistake 0_o 4 years ago
it was a little weird cuz whenever I went to play with my friends who are boys my dad would get all you know and the weird part is I'm gay at the time he did not know this what he should have really been worrying about was when I went over to my friend's (girl)house for a sleepover.........
Bored.Paige 4 years ago
My sister does the same thing when I mention a boys name but not when I mention a girls, even though I like both.
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Robert Catte (It, It's) 4 years ago (edited)
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John Burch III 4 years ago
The only people I could that could have made this better was Pixie and Brutus
Fancy chicken nugget 4 years ago
I dont know but the guy with the cool hair has 1 million followers
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Guardian54 4 years ago
never call someone names, or you'll forget their real one
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Yep. That was my older sister. If she knew my name, dang if I knew she knew my name!
Alif Zakaria 2 years ago
Kyle.exe has stopped working. Would you like to end the program? Yes_ No_
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Alex Bailey 4 years ago
Most bread is made with flour from wheat. You can get alternatives but pretty much bread is made from wheat. So saying wheat bread is a bit pointless. Brown bread, white bread are both wheat bread.
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Karen Grace 4 years ago
Actually, not All bread is made of wheat. When you have Celiac disease you can't eat wheat bread. My bread is made of a combination of grains/starches/nuts/seeds, but 0 wheat.
Somewhat-Guilty 3 years ago
It's 2% less fat, not that 2% of it is actual milk.
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WolfDog 4 years ago
idk probably just messing around, my older bro just ignores me :(
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D. Pitbull 4 years ago
I love the reasons that Miles likes Carla - no backpeddling of "She's hot--- uhh I mean like she's smart and funny... and she's got pretty eyes - uhh... I mean..."
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Blue of the yams (They/He) 4 years ago
Dude, you really need to stop telling your age in every single comment. It's dangerous to tell internet strangers your info
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(っ◔◡◔)っ im a domestic weeb 4 years ago
my dad always does when he watches football and i just look at my mom like:
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JENAVIVE RIVERA 4 years ago
dang this is so me i whish i was born in this era i whould tottlay fit in
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago
Probably the first time I've ever heard someone say they wanted to be a GenXer.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Oh heck, my mom just said, "You got up, you can figure out how to get down." Of course, she also said that to the cats... Oh dear...
John Doe AKA "READ MY DAMN COMMENT OR REPLY BEFORE YOU DISLIKE!" 4 years ago
How this kid manage to hook his toes on the doorframe?
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AnimalsRuleHumansDrool 4 years ago
I call it Autumn because I don't understand it being called fall.
CARTER RUFF 4 years ago
i wear pajama pants and thats it unless there is a parent-aid at home.
Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
Yeah, clothes made specifically for bed use are fancy, I sleep in my old underwear ;D
Sofia Murat 1 year ago
They are not fancy, true they are not necessary, but they are very comfortable (especially silk ones).
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Andrew Betts 4 years ago
Don't piggy banks now come with plug on the bottom so you don't have to smash them?
Kari Panda 4 years ago
Nowadays yes, but I remember having one as a child that had no plug. Reason I never dared to use my money :/
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Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
but they have little holes in the bottom... stop smashing it or get a wallet
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Amy Begun Saab 4 years ago
It's a joke. It's funny. I had a crush on my best friend father. It's not like he knew or would do anything. I think these comics are for people who grew up in the 1980's. Life was way more fun then
Desiree Boyd 2 years ago
say or ill have crush on your mom or prepare for the ultimate pillow fight
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Chaotic_pansexual 4 years ago
The mom’s response would’ve been enough reward for me. I like to make my mom happy.
D. Pitbull 4 years ago
Ha. Being good when I was younger just meant my parents would remind me I wasn't getting yelled at **that** night.
white_shadow 4 years ago
me that one time on the day she said she had a big surprise for me . . .
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Robert Catte (It, It's) 4 years ago
Actually, that's impossible. The speed of thought is slower than the speed of light. The easier way is to use a video camera.
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trevor Taylor 4 years ago
At my elementary school in the 80s the 2 biggest black market sellers were the kid whose family owned a donut shop and some kid who made bank selling ninja stars and butterfly knives.
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birdie asf 4 years ago
this is like that year kids would hide under the slide and sell slime for 50 cents
D. Pitbull 4 years ago
After finding more than one of my creations thrown in the trash (either in front of me or at least within 24 hours of the gifting... and placed on TOP so that I would see it - aka: a clear sign to stop giving her crap) - I realized... there was kiiinda no point...
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TheGr81sComing 4 years ago
i think that there are 2 comics 1 when there in elementary and another when there in high school
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
No. I was a kid in teh 1970s-80s. We had pedophiles, etc. and were warned against "that weird neighbor/uncle/etc." all the time. Same times, different media outlets. Dang, I'm old.
Load More Replies... Benjamin Fowler 4 years ago
he is still stuck on his door... or maybe he looked the other people in the eyes.
tangy chip 4 years ago
this is my mom 100%. she literally followed me when i left the house alone one time, and we always have to plan everythingggggg
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Eva Schmutz 4 years ago
my dad and mom are divorced too and they both got married to different people I still remember my dad leaving
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Jolly Rancher 4 years ago
wait so is that miles when hes older? or is that his older brother? wait do they have the same name?????
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StrangerOfTheDark 4 years ago
I really don't see why chores are so bad to people. I enjoy chores, and I am not afraid to say it.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
But what about summer school? And extra-curricular activities? And writing workshop?
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
When they invented rolling shoes everything became a little funnier ;D
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Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
This always irked me as "can" is a modal verb of both ability and permission.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Can/may. I got this one. From nuns. You didn't screw up that one after the first grade.
Allison O'Brien 2 years ago
Yeah, it can be really annoying when adults act like that... I had to train myself to say 'may I'
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tangy chip 4 years ago
i dont get candy cigarettes. i think they promote smoking to little kids. they might be discontinued though.
hydrostatic joints 4 years ago
One time my neighbor gave me a candy cigarette and I went to ask my dad if I could have it and he just about had a heart attack before he realized what it was.
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Hello 4 years ago
I dunno, it depends. Public schools usually don't have a uniform, some do, but very rare. most private schools do though.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
At Plymouth Rock, "Ah, we'll land in early winter, and all will be well, for God and whiteness will save us." ..... And then the natives saved their butts, and were wipoed out so nobody would tell the truth about how lame the whites were -------- my great grandpa, 1/2 Native American, and possibly all a-hole.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
Luckily my mom taught me how to survive in the wild, she also made me a bow :D
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Gemstripe the RainWing 4 years ago
now there is tempture that freeze and make the power go out.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
When you realize that Whales compose songs so elaborated that you basically have a whole orchestra under the sea :O
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Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
Great, so when are they gonna clean out the damn gutters??
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they tell me: don't do drugs! and then i find my dad's marijuana-infused chocolate. pass it on.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
I loved my pencil box, it had two compartments and a magnifying glass integrated :D
Aiyana Menrige 4 years ago
That sounds awesome! When i was six, i loved pencil boxes that had a key to unlock it.
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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago
Creating your own superheroes, those were the days! (I'm kidding, I still write comics) XD
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Troy Currie 4 years ago
I just looked up that exact question before I scrolled to the comments...I think it would have been to expensive to have them commercially.
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HOT CHOCOLATE <3 4 years ago
my parents got divorced last year and we have 2 christmases but the whole depressing start of everything outweighs any fun this change brings. I think i have anxiety :(
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Aiyana Menrige 4 years ago
KUN KUN ( U would only get that if u watched the office)
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Troy Currie 4 years ago
The Anarchist movement started in the 70s...maybe he started it to get friends.
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CuteCats 4 years ago
People, pandas and potatoes who downvoted this comment, why?
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Chaotic_pansexual 4 years ago
Yep. When I get good grades I get to stay in school and keep the social life that stops me from being in a constant overwhelming state of anxiety. :D
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Troy Currie 4 years ago
The computer had a brain fart...his hair turned the color of Curtis's shirt.
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wade winston wilson 4 years ago
i've been preparing for weeks and then my dog ate my homework but im super sweet i hope this presentation was great today pls grade me high cause with gifted is where im meant to stay
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Ila Chakravarthy 4 years ago
these are really reminiscent of calvin & hobbes! i see where the inspiration came from.
Collin Edward 4 years ago
Recently, there was another post similar to Calvin and Hobbes, and what I think is happening is that the Calvin and Hobbes generation is growing up and writing their own comics.
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Ila Chakravarthy 4 years ago
these are really reminiscent of calvin & hobbes! i see where the inspiration came from.
Collin Edward 4 years ago
Recently, there was another post similar to Calvin and Hobbes, and what I think is happening is that the Calvin and Hobbes generation is growing up and writing their own comics.
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