Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 08, 2009

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    I love this strip. Hobbes put all the buildings on Baltic Ave.

    We had a friend who would be the banker, and would stick several $100s in his pocket for ‘get away money’.

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    pouncingtiger  over 15 years ago

    (the last panel) The evolution or shall I say the de-evolution of a boy’s eduction.

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    Yukoner  over 15 years ago

    Now where would he learn those words? – Susie? Uncle Max? surely not from Hobbes! Where do all children learn such words?

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    rentier  over 15 years ago

    Money often is a hard test for a friendship!Sometimes struggleing is the end of it!

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    pouncingtiger  over 15 years ago

    Yukoner, from television. Where else?

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    txmystic  over 15 years ago

    Love the flailing Calvin is doing in the last panel…and how unconcerned the parents seem that their child is having a major tantrum…more proof of how desensitized they’ve become to his temper even at such a young age.

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    Opus Croakus  over 15 years ago

    “Now where would he learn those words? – Susie? Uncle Max? surely not from Hobbes! Where do all children learn such words?”

    From Dad on Christmas- “slippin’ rippin’ dang fang rotten zarg barg a ding dong!”

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    txmystic  over 15 years ago

    margueritem says:

    I love this strip. Hobbes put all the buildings on Baltic Ave.

    What’s even funnier is that Baltic is one of the cheap properties…

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    tirnaaisling  over 15 years ago

    Never understood why people take monopoly so personally, so your brother/significant other just did you over for a few hundred $’s! It’s just a game lol, I hardly ever get to play it even tho’ I love it, ‘cause the rest of the family breaks down in to arguing with each other, and then won’t play again for years…. Crazy ^^

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    After loosing yesterday’s chess game, another bitter blow for Calvin.

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    carmy  over 15 years ago

    Ah, Calvin and Hobbes, what a riot.

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    I never see the name “Baltic” Ave., St., or Blvd. on the monopoly game. (Scoffs!) Apparently, they make up for that word to play that game. LOLs!

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    robertsewellca  over 15 years ago

    This was written years ago and Calvin had bankers all figured out! It took most of us until 2008 to come to this realisation.

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    Goggy98 Premium Member over 15 years ago

    I had to laugh at every panel reading this! It’s even funnier now than when it came out originally!

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    linsonl  over 15 years ago

    Yeah, I agree!! Watterson must have either had a kid or been one from hell himself. No adult could think up stuff like this himself. Loveit, loveit, loveit.

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    linsonl  over 15 years ago

    Yeah, I agree!! Watterson must have either had a kid or been one from hell himself. No adult could think up stuff like this himself. Loveit, loveit, loveit.

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    space-cadet  over 15 years ago

    Although I would say realistically calvin does portray most yuong kids of his ages, I also think he is very stereotypical in the way he fights against his parents, won’t eat nicely, pretends hobbes is real, so although we might say Calvin is quite orginal maybe his not this strip today shows another stereotypical side to calvin a side that has to win, i agree watterson has an amazing imagination but how much of it did he get from justing watching a kid for a while?

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    Northwoodser  over 15 years ago

    You gotta love it!

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    h2oman  over 15 years ago

    Thanks Calvin, I really needed a good laugh this morning. Hobbes you better keep one step ahead of that little turp.

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    dumbell1  over 15 years ago

    i love calvin and hobbes. there soo funny and awesome!

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    tabbylynn  over 15 years ago

    i dont much care for monopoly, it is just a realy boring way to find out you are bad with money. lol. cute strip though.

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    pbuckland Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Wildmustang: Do you mean you do not have a Baltic Ave. on your monopoly game, or that you ignore it when you play, because it is worth so little? There are different versions of the game now for many different cities around the world. Baltic was on the original based on Atlantic City, I believe.

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    harywer  over 15 years ago

    just get a bailout from the gov, calvin.

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    saguaro_48  over 15 years ago

    I used Monopoly to teach my kids that life is tough. If they landed on a property I would tell them the rent that was due and if they paid me (even though I didn’t own it), too bad. As banker, at the start of the game, and during it, if they were due money, I’d often short change them; if they didn’t count it, too bad. They both grew up to be successful businessmen ;-) And their psychiatrists say they are doing well.

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    Surprisingly, Bill Watterson had no kids. He also mentioned he was nothing like Calvin although says his dad was alot like Calvin’s.

    Pretty neat how Watterson’s vivid imagination made a cartoon character so totally relatable to so many for so long.

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    stupendousman6  over 15 years ago

    I agree with you grazer! Also, When i was younger my friend and i always played monopoly. We’d put tons of 500s in the middle and whoever landed on free parking got them. I ended up with like 30 500s eventually. But we never fought like calvin and hobbes!

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    Radical-Knight  over 15 years ago

    Hey! Calvin-Monopoly. Last time I played monopoly (I don’t remember how long ago) we ran out of money so I called the company and got more, My own little bail-out. . I still lost. LOL

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    pbuckland says: Wildmustang: Do you mean you do not have a Baltic Ave. on your monopoly game, or that you ignore it when you play, because it is worth so little? There are different versions of the game now for many different cities around the world. Baltic was on the original based on Atlantic City, I believe

    FYI, I never play the monopoly game all my life. Sorry!

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    Ivy0730Lcsq  over 15 years ago

    Isn’t Calvin cute? thou sly sometimes. Childish sly. lol and Hobbes alwayz so out of words and go with the flow, haha TV taught Calvin alot, or just him so smart that could learn from? LOL

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    SlyGuy54  over 15 years ago

    Wow.. who knew Hobbes could be SUCH a “play by the rules kinda guy”

    Although I wonder how both Mom and Dad can listen to all that and not question Calvin’s sanity!

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    mizzcrazy11  over 15 years ago

    it’s sooo funnyyyyy!!

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    watrmellinz  over 15 years ago

    Monopoly

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