Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 05, 2009

Well at least Hobbes is accounted for.

That’s a great idea, moms’ should get their names tattooed on their calves.

I’m surprised they havent started the party yet.

It is callous of that lady to leave Calvin all alone and walk away. And in a zoo that too !

Calvin should follow a saying I used to hear from a radio preacher at the end of his program “Keep Looking Up”. Then he wouldn’t have lost his mother. I said yesterday “Calvin probably left Hobbes on the bench where they were yesterday”… Apparently Calvin doesn’t read my posts, either. Calvin doesn’t keep track of Hobbes any better than his parents keep track of him. In this respect, Calvin is “a chip off the old block”. Calvin’s father asks why these little trips always turn out this way. Isn’t it long since time that his parents should have learned from experience to keep a closer eye on Calvin? Calvin’s father could spend some Saturdays at the office reading how to learn to take care of your “wayward” child.

vibjyor; maybe she knows Calvin? LOL Well, I agree too. She should have escorted Calving to Zoo security.

…especially in this day and age.

Yeah, but if all these women have “Mom” tatooed on their calves, it’s not going to help.

Good point, Superfrog, if they all were to write “MOM”. But Calvin did say Moms should write their names on their calves. Does Calvin know his Mom’s name? I know I don’t. Does he think her name is Mom?

At any rate, the comment I made yesterday still applies: Look up…way up…and make sure it’s your mom’s face you see up there.

that kind of losing my self hapend to me all the time when I was litle, but I was allways found thus I am still lost

I feel just fine to be in office on saturday with my six year old doing his usual tricks in house!

So this has happened before. I know some people find it demeaning but they do have leashes you can put your kid on to avoid this. It seems demeaning since you put a dog on a leash but are there other solutions to this problem?

They just have to listen for the commotion, go to the center of it, and there’s Calvin

What’s the product name on the battery commercial (I think Duracell) that finds the kid who’s wandered off in a city park? He has a band strapped to his wrist and Mom has a tracking device that looks like sonar technology that helps her locate her son. I always thought that would be handy to have for my granddaughter but I never get the name of the company and the device name. If anyone knows please leave me a note. Thanks.

If my sister and I got lost when shopping, we had agreed places that our parents would look for us. We just went to the toy section or book section and waited there until they found us.

I think what I like best about this comic is that fact that it most resembles what it was like when I grew up. You watched your kids because you knew of the danger, and yet you could turn your back for a minute to buy a drink. Its a comic that is funny because most of us can relate to it from when we were kids, or because of the kids we have now. Its sad though when someone has to look at this comic and anyilize it saying that his parents should have learned, or Calvin has same respect for hobbs as his parents have for him…just enjoy it for what its meant to be…a funny look at life and the innocense everyone seems to lose eventually.

it doesn’t take two to go and get drinks,wouldn’t have thought to leave calvin the monster along,not surprised that he left,surprised that he didn’t take hobbes with him.

Do you suppose millennial children have it easier because young moms nowadays all have tattoos on their ankles? Who would have guessed that tramp stamps have a child rearing benefit? ;-)

cmacdoughtry, You said it best!

My little sister wandered off while we were shopping once… we were all terrified. She’s got kids now and uses the ‘leash’ things when she takes them out by herself. Believe me, it is much MUCH better than having one disappear. Especially with the weirdos around nowadays.

re the Moms id’ing themselves- well maybe they should tattoo the name(s) of their kids on their calves…or wear some brightly colored ribbon on their calves- sort of like suitcases on a baggage return conveyer.

I guess getting lost when I was a kid is why I so dearly cling to a woman’s legs today.

Yeah, Mom should write n their calves “Mom” - I am sure that would be helpful!!

MOM is WOW upside down.

You serious posters need to lighten up, it’s a comic strip, for gosh sakes. I think Calvin and Hobbes is really funny.

Too many “negative” posts for such a funny Comic Strip! Keywords=Comic Strip.

Susan001, you are utterly wrong.

Watterson is from a different time when kids were allowed some space to play unobserved and expected to have at least partial responsiblity in keeping the party together.

I have allowed each of my children to wander off, under clandestine observation, when they where much younger than calvin. Each was recued shortly after realizing their mistake–minimal trauma, but a memerable experience nontheless. The youngest didn’t learn that lesson completely, but is probably better than she would have been without that early experience. I am confident this early education has prevented a lot of potential panick situations.

Puddleglum2: I read all of the posts from yesterday (9/4) and while you are a bit wordy at times, I really enjoy your posts. You have a knack with the puns and quotes from both music and film. I grew up with a cousin and brother who thought puns were the ultimate in humor, so I appreciate the good (bad?) ones. To answer your question about me, no I’m not THAT old. I missed the Dorsey song because I’m in-between the two songs you referenced. I stopped listening to “new” music in the mid-70’s and switched to classic rock. At that time, “classic” meant early 50’s. My husband and I love old movies. We ran across a silent version of Conan-Doyle’s “Lost World” once (starring Noah Beery) and had a ball with it supplying our own dialogue. And lastly: You really should rent or buy and watch “Casablanca” all the way through. You won’t regret it.

Dino-1: Google “GPS child tracking” and you’ll get a bunch of hits. For example:

http://gpsmagazine.com/2008/05/theultimategpschildtrackin.php

The tinyurl for that is: http://tinyurl.com/lrumpa

I’ve often thought I’d like to have three, for my cats, but they are good about staying close to home.;

tamsin said, “…or wear some brightly colored ribbon on their calves-” To Calvin’s mother: “Tie a yellow ribbon on the old “stick” calf.” - Tony Orlando and Dawn (slightly paraphrased) Superfrog, Your succinct comment was hilarious. On Calvin’s mother’s leg, the name “Mom” would have to be vertical, anyway. There’s not enough width to her “stick” calf for it to be horizontal. BTW, have you been on vacation the past several days? Of course Calvin and Hobbes is “a funny Comic Strip” and “Calvin and Hobbes is really funny”, but you critics (flies in the ointment) of the serious posters NEED TO LIGHTEN UP. cmacdoughtry said, “…just enjoy it for what it’s meant to be…a funny look at life and the innocence…” Have you been appointed the determinant of what it’s meant to be, and where’s the innocence? Surely Calvin’s parents are not innocent and neither is Calvin, nor Hobbes, for that matter. Certainly it’s “a funny look at life”, but there are serious aspects to the cartoon, and why shouldn’t people “analyze” and consider such things. In this instance, maybe some children might be saved from harm or even death by the insightful comments of serious contributors.

I am happy mom and dad can see and talk to Hobbes who is Calvins imaginary friend That makes Calvins family very close together . for me any ways

“Why don’t moms write their names on their calves so this kind of thing wouldn’t happen?”

EXACTLY!!

RayC thanks for the information.

Yes, yes, where is Calvin?

Hobbes is sad!

Mine’s name was Mom. She had some alias she used with outsiders.

Yeah I gotcha , like a handbook ” The DO’s & DON’Ts of raising your IMP” or “How it remain sane raising your average hyperactive no-neck 6 year old “or even “Avoiding criminal prosecution in nurturing that special child “.

OK Puddleglum2 give it to my, only this time put some REAL stink on it Bro . Certainly “a funny look at life” is the oxymoron part ?

Me thinks we both have 2 two too to much free time .

Please note child-rearing is deliberately omitted for the discretion of those unable to view a sidewalk .

“O’tay” “sock’it to me” . Brother ? p://www.jango.com/music/Pink+Floyd?l=0

“I can’t think of anything to say except… Laughing is nice! HaHaHa!”

This is your chance. Take Hobbes home. He’s the smarter one anyhow.

growing up my parents where the same way. Always asking where I went off to. though i always knew how to track them again.

As to harnesses and leashes, a family member (I can’t remember who) told me a story about something that happened to me when I was very small, say around 3 years old (I don’t remember the incident either). After really working on my mother, someone persuaded her to put a leash on me. (I was glad to hear that she hadn’t liked the idea at first.)

When she put the leash on me, I didn’t say or do anything, but when we got out on the street, I sat down on the sidewalk and refused to budge! Eventually she took it off, and that was the end of the leash. I am still cheering that little girl!

Oops, I think I suddenly remember exactly who it was made the suggestion to my mother, and why. Well, the rest of this reminiscence is - private.

Parents are always misplacing their kids in public, so you’d think kiddie leashes would be hugely popular. But perish the thought! Leashes are just for keeping Fido safe and secure. The kid, on the other hand, is obviously expendable.

That’s well spoken, sophieschoice, with ironic satiric humor. I don’t take using leases on children ‘loosely’, but with some unruly and difficult to control kids, it might be the “leash you can do”!

Ronshua, Too much free time is time to waste (which I don’t approve). Were we both guilty of it? I checked out the link to see the review of “Tobacco Road”, but I almost had to sign my life away to get onto the New York Times website.

JanCinVV, Thanks, I needed that ‘not too wordy’ response. Johnny Darko, Thank you

LX013, Hobbes does look a bit forlorn!

@susan001

I find your viewpoint hard to digest, even from the comic’s point of view. While Clavin definitely tries his parents’ patience once too often, I remember several strips when his Mom and Dad were really sweet with him.

Only seriously demented / psychopathic parents would even allow the line of thought suggested by you to cross their minds.

Sorry, but as a parent of two little fellas (double the trouble), I was quite disturbed by your comment - but maybe that’s just me. Nothing personal and no offence intended!

@puddleglum2

I admire your persistence in the face of some pretty concerted attacks, and I definitely support your right to air your views, whether everyone else enjoys reading them or not , just like in RL.

I, for one, enjoy reading everything, so you won’t find me cribbing ‘cept if something troubles me, but even then it doesn’t take away someone else’s right to trouble me, I guess!

Cheers.

Time for LostandFound man to appear with his transmorgtified compass and triple powered Garmin.