Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 10, 2011

HMPH is right!

Hobbes has a great point.

Way to lose an arguement, Calvin.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!

But Hobbes, are you smart enough to manage Calvin?

Computers, video game systems, televisions, electricity, solar power, wind power, the book.

I miss Marg too!

What’s he talking about? Humans can break the sound barrier and see in total darkness – they just can’t use eyes and legs directly, the hands and cerebral cortex have to get involved.

You shoulda quit when you were ahead Calvin.

There’s a reason everyone wants to be reincarnated as a cat! (Even those who won’t admit it…)

Cats Rule!!

Cats sound great but I rather have the drooling dog!

But humans have opposable thumbs, so, Hobbes, who is going to open your can of tuna fish–the human or the cat?

Way to have some self-esteem, Hobbes. Uh… Hobbes?

Here’s what will happen when cats get opposable thumbs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6CcxJQq1x8

My cats seem to have opposable brains. My neighbor’s dogs, on the other hand, seem to have no brains at all. (Sorry, Dino, just kidding. I love dogs too.)

Gotta love all the math today!

Well, humans can talk, reason, and walk upright!

Oh, yeah, so can Hobbes.

Humans can reason?

Yes, humans can reason. The problem is that we don’t like where our reason takes us and so we prefer to act like animals or worse (cf. the last half of Romans 1).

Our color vision beats the daylights out of yours though, Hobbes. And though I wouldn’t call this a virtue, we’re driving you big cats extinct, speed, night vision, agility and all.

Brains and opposable thumbs. Yep, that and the fact we don’t like being eaten by the likes of you.

EXCELLENT strip!

Way to go Hobbes

Cats are also so modest! snerk

Reminds me of C.S. Lewis in Out of the Silent Planet, when Ransom is translating Weston’s speech into true language–we see it in plain English–and how threadbare most of our claims to civilization look.

It has been well said that “Dogs have masters; cats have staff.” I count it a privilege to serve as staff for a red tabby with a wild side. A mini-Hobbes.

At the present time I share my home with five cats. Their personalities are as divers as those of any group of humans could be. All the way from bold and bullying Black Bart to timid Sara, they are individuals. And, they are both endlessly irritating and wonderfully endearing.

But I have to agree with Dino-1. My dogs have always been more like my “kids”, real involved, caring members of the family and I would rather see myself as a dog than a cat.

johanan, we can all see your brain is an opposite. So cool off and try to get a life. Let the Bible rest for a while.

johanan, we can all see your brain is an opposite. So cool off and try to get a life. Let the Bible rest for a while.

Oh ya! And we have right-wingers and left-wingers and Senate campaigns that cost form 6 million bucks to nearly a billion.

See stats here: http://tinyurl.com/6xexqm8

So there it proves it!

My cat is lazy well fed and listen to me when ever he feels like it. But the vet takes my wishes into consideration if a illness is fatal or not . So my cat is not as powerful as he thinks. And I do not let him out till the birds are fed. Hobbes you got a great friend but do not push to hard.

Cats ARE good friends and I am thankful mine lets me live with him.

First of all, I like cats and have lived with quite a few, but don’t malign dogs, just because you have met a few dumb ones.

When is the last time you met a working sheep cat, a seeing eye cat, a rescue cat or a bomb sniffing cat?

Why? Cats are inclined to be solitary animals. Dogs are inclined to be social animals.

There are exceptions, of course. Most of us have known or heard of a cat who routinely brought home food for its family. My mom’s cat was always bringing home mice or birds.

You might like this link… it has lots of cat info and talks about the difference in running styles between cats and dogs:

http://cat-chitchat.pictures-of-cats.org/2009/02/cat-speed-and-dog-endurance.html

Good comments today. What I would say has already been said.

This reminds me of the movie “Avatar”. Who needs machines? We can enjoy life without them.

Calvin forgot to mention night vision goggles. I understand that the hearing in wolves, for example, goes from below earthquake to nearly ultrasonic, and have a sense of smell about 400 times better than a human, and have night vision that goes nearly up into the infra-red. At the age of 67, I would be happy with a tenth of what their senses are capable of. On the other hand, they have attitudes that I’m glad I don’t have, at least generally speaking….

Hey, dimeadance, why shouldn’t posters be allowed to reference things they find interesting from their experiences, and be respected for it, whether from real life, a tv show, a youtube video, a cartoon, or a book (such as the bible)? Why not share your own interesting comments and references, without putting others down?

Calvin probably could have come up with good arguments – he is smart enough, but he talked himself into a corner because of his sensitivity to the failures of mankind (especially war, which he has questioned before).

Destiny23 said: There’s a reason everyone wants to be reincarnated as a cat! (Even those who won’t admit it…)

Not me!!!!! My dog is just about the smartest little thing in the whole world and utterly spoiled rotten! She’s absolutely “livin’ the dream” around here and if there’s any such thing as reincarnation, then I definitely want to come back as her and experience that exact same dream, day in and day out!

:-)

Where is hobbes at?

Nice attempt, Calvin.