Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 20, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  over 4 years ago

    Good thing Spaceman Spiff is prepared for situations like these.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  over 4 years ago

    Now this is a quality way to learn subtraction.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    in the imaginary world, good thing Spiff is wearing eye protection in case the rubber band were to backfire

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    Notaspy  over 4 years ago

    “Bloodsucking Mutant Chromosomal Disasters” is a great name for a band

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    Gracella  over 4 years ago

    How does he know about an atom blaster yet he can’t even attempt 11 -4?

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    Johnny Q Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I remember when I was in school, there were a couple of girls who’d snap rubber bands at me and hit me in the mouth where it hurt! As they did so, they’d say in a musical voice, “PING!”

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    codycab  over 4 years ago

    Now what’s Calvin, I mean Spiff going to do when he’s in the principal’s office, I mean sacrificial pit?

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    rimose  over 4 years ago

    In Junior High I had a teacher with a zero tolerance policy on rubber bands. Any violation would result in her bringing out a plexiglass paddle that a former student made for her in shop class.

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    BigDaveGlass  over 4 years ago

    Knowing Calvin he’ll let go the wrong end…

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    nosirrom  over 4 years ago

    He’s no match for Miss Wormwood. She’s packing two 3-shooters.

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    lucky444  over 4 years ago

    Yet it’s simple, Calvin. Here the easy solution:7(5 − x) + 6(3x − 2) = 9x + 7 − 11(3x − 4) 4(2x − 4) − 5(x + 1) = 11(2x + 3) − 2x = 714624

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    KelleySweat  over 4 years ago

    Tsk tsk tsk…

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    TampaFanatic1  over 4 years ago

    Hard core math for Calvin! Spaceman Spiff next demands a ****ing calculator and gets dispatched to the principals office!

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    jpayne4040  over 4 years ago

    Somehow, I think that might be the wrong answer.

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    cubswin2016  over 4 years ago

    Someone must have dropped Calvin on his head when he was a baby.

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    dflak  over 4 years ago

    Let me pull up the calculator app on my phone.

    Asimov had a short story about a time in the future where a man could do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division IN HIS HEAD. He was hailed as a genius or a magician. That story was written a long time ago.

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    keltii  over 4 years ago

    in about 7 seconds he’s about to be sent to the principals office.

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    A Hip loving Canadian...  over 4 years ago

    Remember Calvin, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”… all four of them.

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    tripwire45  over 4 years ago

    The drugs this kid must take to live in that alternate reality must be magnificient.

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    dwdl21  over 4 years ago

    Of course today, Calvin would be suspended and forced into therapy for threatening with a rubber weapon…lol

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 4 years ago

    Uh-oh. He’s crossed the line.

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    Kilrwat Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I shudder to think about the things I shot with rubber bands as a kid: tight paper bushwhackers, folded paper clips…no eyes lost, miraculously, but plenty of red welts

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    rshive  over 4 years ago

    Careful Spiff. You’ll violate the inter-galactic code of ethics. Bad news indeed.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Well, now we know where Calvin comes down on the ‘fight or flight’ philosophy.

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    Constantinepaleologos  over 4 years ago

    Knows big words like “chromosomal.” Still can’t subtract four from eleven.

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    petermerck  over 4 years ago

    Calvin needs to learn math so he figure out the millions he’ll make sFrom Spaceman Spiff screen plays.

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    belgarathmth  over 4 years ago

    I think this one shows it’s from a previous time. Making a joke that even hints of violence from a student in a school isn’t very funny in today’s world, given the tragedies we’ve had since this strip was written.

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    BiggerNate91  over 4 years ago

    Just the thought of Calvin calling his classmates and teacher “bloodsucking mutant chromosomal disasters” is too perfect.

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    DanWolfie  over 4 years ago

    Heh, “Reaching closer to the sacrificial pit” sounds like a lyric for an 80s or 90s pop song.

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    AndrewSihler  over 4 years ago

    Is part of the joke that “Spiff” is a ridiculously inept name for an intrepid intergalactic adventurer? Its flatness is quite out of keeping with the elaborate fantasies that Calvin has about his alter ego’s experiences.

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    TimeLordSoundwave  over 4 years ago

    All he had to do was write “7”.

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    Old27F20  over 4 years ago

    …and another form letter is automatically emailed to mom and dad.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 4 years ago

    Bad choice of words, Miss Wormwood.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 4 years ago

    Wait, is he narrating out loud the whole time? Can the class hear what he says in panel 1?

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    fix-n-fly  over 4 years ago

    Come on Calvin – you have enough fingers and toes to figure this math problem out. But it will be great if you shoot Mrs. Wormwood with the rubber band as that will get you a one way ticket to the principal’s office.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 4 years ago

    Does the school district have a psychiatrist? Or did he/she quit after five minutes with Calvin to drive trucks over the ice in Canada?

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    Andrew Sleeth  over 4 years ago

    Office supplies don’t kill people. Children with vivid imaginations kill people.

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    CHAD OCHOCINCO JOHNSON  about 3 years ago

    11-4=7

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