Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 29, 2010

Just go away…

Calvin’s dad is very, very good!

Calvin knows you as well as you know him, Dad!

G’Morning, Mike, Marg & Grog!

Dad shows the usual paternal detachment.

Oh very clever. I hope that Calvin has a plan B.

Or was that plan B?

Fathers and sons have a psychic connection …

Good Morning All.

Calvin is trying to have some quality time with his father. His father should had put down his book and showed him a trick that’s been carried down over the years.

Good morning all, a new piece with our choir is in YouTube!

Dad is simply jerking Calvin’s chain. About time.

Calvin has your number, Dad!

I read all the posts from Saturday and was quite impressed with many insightful comments.

Calvin, you are right. Dad is just trying to get rid of you…

I’ll bet Mom’s number will be under 100 and Calvin won’t guess it. Go figure!

The third panel, a good method of making more hair, when becomeing fewer!

His Dad was constantly jerking his chain. It is one of the funnier parts of the strip.

The reaction in panel three is generally worth the effort – both the father and Hobbes appear to agree on this point.

**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

What if that WAS the number Dad was thinking about??????

LOVE the look on Calvin’s face in panel 3!! Too funny.

All kidding aside……..

Good night, sweet prince, we shall miss thee.

RIP, Leslie Nielsen.

Where do you think Calvin got his genes?

I too will miss Leslie Nielsen. His humor was unique.

Calvin definitely did read his mind. Yes Calvin, go show your mother. LOL

Wow, this is wierd!—I was just thinking of that very same number while reading this….

Secret Dad Trick 18.7.

Well you are disturbing him while he’s trying to read, Calvin. I too love the third pannel.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠.

Very smart kid, as usual.

It’s a revelation! show your power to the world!

The approximate distance between the Earth and Sun at perihelia?

Calvin is a precious gift but he will learn he is not the center of the universe especially when his Dad or Mom are trying to READ!

Calvin is a precious gift but he will learn he is not the center of the universe especially when his Dad or Mom are trying to READ!

Calvin should try this with Hobbes.

JAMEJO said: “Where do you think Calvin got his genes?”

I was thinking his jeans were hanging in the closet. But knowing Calvin, they were probably on his bedroom floor.

I bet Calvin gets the same marvels results with Mom

If this were ice hockey, what Dad did would be called a “deke”. Way to go, Dad….

Now Calvin, don’t go away mad, just go away

I could never decide if Calvin’s dad was detached, or if that was just his own special form of humor, devised to communicate with Calvin on their own private wavelength. I also wonder if Calvin made his dad what his dad is, or the other way around.

While it’s important for children not be spoiled to the point where they believe they’re the center of the universe, it’s even more important for them not to be ignored by their parents simply because they don’t want to be “bothered” by their kids. No one put a gun to his parents’ heads and forced them to procreate; therefore, they owe their child the time and attention it takes to raise him properly. Maybe if they did, he wouldn’t be the way he is. The book could have waited while dad spared his son 5 minutes of his undivided attention – even if it was to play a silly number-guessing game.

Btw: “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley!”

RIP, Leslie Nielsen. I loved you in “Tammy And The Bachelor”, “Airplane!” and especially “The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!” movies (plus television appearances on some of my favorite shows). You were the best and life’s not going to seem nearly as bright and funny without you!

I wonder how’d calvin prepared if his dad answered he was wrong…

I bet it could’ve been another one of his memorable punchline!

Remember Leslie Nielsen’s cameo in the original Posidon Adventure? I loved Forbidden Planet. Anyway, How does Dad find the time to read with a kid like Calvin?

Indeed … the look on Calvin’s face in panel three is great. Love the gag, too.

Thanks Chikuku. It all depends on what the meaning of “is” is,

I love the look on Calvin’s face in the third panel too!

no, it was 6