Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 10, 2014

But Santa knows who did it.

Ah, the noodles incident. Brings back memories of the time I tried to warm up leftover pasta in the oven. I used a plastic bowl because I was 6 or 7 and didn’t understand that solids can turn into liquids yet. Good times.

The birth of one of the more popular TV Tropes, the Noodle Incident. Ah, yes…

Will his presents even cover the cost of the postage?

where is SANTA..?

What IS the noodle incident?

The Bart Simpson Defense : “I didn’t do it, no one saw me do it, you can’t prove anything!”

Touchy. Touchy.

It was my evil twin East R. Bunny

The spaghetti incident?

That kid could run a power plant with the amount of coal he’s getting!

Today the list would be intercepted and read by the NSA.

The coal you will be getting will be proof enough Calvin.

The kid kidding himself…

Give it up, Calvin. Santa has spies everywhere.

Calvin your reputation preceeds you and it’s because of that reputation that all the fingers will point your way. That and I think Hobbes will spill it for a tuna fish sandwich.

Ah, yes…… The noodle incident. That was a lot of years ago now. I remember it well….

I am sure Calvin is in Congress today under an assumed name

You can’t put those big “envelopes” in Postal boxes anymore.

Ok, so he might get away with the “noodle incident”; but, there might be just one more “incident”, don’t ya think?

“… but I’d give my eye teeth to know what happened.”*M2M -*It was a dark and stormy night. Mom and Dad were fast asleep with dreams of sugarplums dancing in their heads. *Calvin goes to fridge. Sees leftover strings of cooked spaghetti in a bowl. He takes bowl to mom’s side of bed, nudges her, and says “My stomach feels funny.” He puts her hand in the bowl.*Keep your eye teeth. Send a gift card for Starbucks.

Did they have a flag??

Oh, yes. Calvin is the perfect child. Lol

I always wondered what exactly could be on a list that long. When I was a kid I couldn’t even think of enough things I wanted to own to fill a single page with my handwriting.

This definitely a “Yeah, but” moment!

The Noodle Incident seems to have been re-incarnated by Wiley in Non Sequitur this past summer.

If Watterson ever wants to do a C&H book, “The Noodle Incident” would make a good title.

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Calvin’s Christmas list on Dec. 3, 1989 would’ve needed a box. This was clear when he showed it to his Dad. Maybe in 1989, Calvin mailed as much of his list as he could with a big envelope, and he saved the rest for this year, plus several add-ons for this year.