I've never understood it. I don't have a copy of it but the conversation goes as follows:
Calvin: Some kids at school got filthy rich today
Hobbes: How?
Calvin: They grabbed him by the drinking fountain.
2006-09-02 11:00:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Okay, I am 75% sure that the joke is that "filthy rich" is the name of a student. As in,
"Some kids at school got Filthy Rich today."
"How did they get Filthy Rich?"
"They grabbed Filthy Rich by the drinking fountain."
To me, that's the only answer that explains the sudden introduction of the word "him" (they grabbed *him*) when there was no previous reference to a person. I mean, we had no reason to believe that the kids got filthy rich by grabbing a person; how would that end up making them money? So they couldn't have actually gotten *rich*. My explanation means that gotten is used to mean "received" rather than "became", and filthy rich is a noun, not an adjective.
That's my guess, anyway!
2006-09-02 11:09:39 · answer #1 · answered by ghost orchid 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Filthy Rich is a person. In fact a knock of of Richy Rich.
McCaully Culken is weird.
2006-09-02 13:16:56 · answer #2 · answered by nikerunner800 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The kids at school jumped some kid named Rich
2006-09-02 15:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by Buster 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol, i think what Calvin means by that is that the other kids stole all his pocket money from him. (He probably considers his lunch money to be like a fortune..lol). I havent really done alota Calvin n Hobbes reading...but i hope this helps. :)
2006-09-02 11:04:46 · answer #4 · answered by Jaded 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The guys name is "Filthy Rich" lol.. he was nabbed by the fountain!!
2006-09-02 11:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by kntsmaid69 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Filthy Rich" is supposed to be another kid. They grabbed filthy Rich...get it?
2006-09-02 11:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by peachy78 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i love calvin n hobbes!!! n e ways i havent read tht strip as yet..frm what i can see that you have written i can just guess that the guys stole the money.
2006-09-02 11:09:25 · answer #7 · answered by helpme! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Little boys are not known for taking baths, so the child had a lot of money, but it was grubby
2006-09-02 11:10:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't have been a challenge - or funny - had the cartoonist capitalized Rich's name.
2006-09-02 11:05:59 · answer #9 · answered by Beejee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha nikerunner800, I like your answer! McCaully Culken's birthday was the other day; I forgot how old he turned.
2006-09-02 14:03:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋