I can see why Calvin’s Dad rarely gives a straight answer. I first ran away from home when I was five – for a few hours. I realized I needed a better plan. At 17, I “ran away” to a military academy. It wasn’t what I wanted but it was a step in the right direction – away.
When my pets die I put them out in the field and let them become a buffet. When I see vultures surfing the wind waves it always reminds me of my fur buddies and makes me smile. Better that than thinking of them in a dirt pit as a maggot buffet.
I have followed C&H forever and obtained and read the full book edition. That phrase sticks out over everything else Bill Watterson wrote. It instantly triggered the same good feeling as years ago.
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
Only thing standing between boarding school and Calvin is Mom.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 3 years ago
Now I wonder how the canned tuna that Hobbes eats feel about it.
codycab over 3 years ago
Gotta love how Hobbes is like “wow!” whenever he listens to Calvin.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago
In panel #2 mom was sarcastic, I suppose.
Aussie Down Under over 3 years ago
I think Calvin’s Dad has a valid point when you consider the outcome he experienced.
M2MM over 3 years ago
I like Hobbes’s final remark! :D
Robin Harwood over 3 years ago
Reminding a tiger about everyone becoming food does not seem like a wise move.
rentier over 3 years ago
We go back to earth, become food for others again and perhaps we come again some years later?
orinoco womble over 3 years ago
Or the young males try to kill the old male…
Bilan over 3 years ago
I think it’s good that everyone becomes food
Not what you want to hear from a tiger when you’re out in the wild like that.
rentier over 3 years ago
The young are chased away from the oldest and strongest animal of the herd.Happy Valentine’s Day.
Charliegirl Premium Member over 3 years ago
This just might be my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strip!
Alexander the Good Enough over 3 years ago
I tend to agree with Dad. I my experience, the best thing I ever did for myself as well as my children was to not have them…
beentheredonethat over 3 years ago
Love this strip….. hilarious
incognito over 3 years ago
Loving the fact that the penny has not dropped for Calvin as yet, another good one from Dad….
scotta775 over 3 years ago
I like the two completely diffferent perspectives from the same nature show.
gantech over 3 years ago
My folks would have loved it if I had watched more educational stuff. They thought my favorite programs were too violent (n’yuk n’yuk n’yuk)
rshive over 3 years ago
There’s education … and then there’s education.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
We prefer to preserver to preserve what’s right here. …Home.
christelisbetty over 3 years ago
Our Moms might be related. Mine didn’t want us to watch “You Bet Your Life”, because Groucho was, “Too suggestive.”.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 3 years ago
The contrast in thoughts in that last panel was striking.
KEA over 3 years ago
I’m with dad.
mattro65 over 3 years ago
My Mom might say that it’s good I reproduced so she could get her karma.
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
If it keeps snowing here – we may need to borrow that toboggan.
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
Uh oh. I seem to have entered the dreaded “becoming food for something else” phase of my existence.
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
I can see why Calvin’s Dad rarely gives a straight answer. I first ran away from home when I was five – for a few hours. I realized I needed a better plan. At 17, I “ran away” to a military academy. It wasn’t what I wanted but it was a step in the right direction – away.
Also, why real tigers make poor pets.Plumb.Bob Premium Member over 3 years ago
When my pets die I put them out in the field and let them become a buffet. When I see vultures surfing the wind waves it always reminds me of my fur buddies and makes me smile. Better that than thinking of them in a dirt pit as a maggot buffet.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago
“I THINK IT’S GOOD THAT EVERYONE BECOMES FOOD.”
I have followed C&H forever and obtained and read the full book edition. That phrase sticks out over everything else Bill Watterson wrote. It instantly triggered the same good feeling as years ago.
RLinGoComics ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ #StopP2025 #UAForever #ILorPS over 3 years ago
I’m going to have to start commenting more in here.
RLinGoComics ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ #StopP2025 #UAForever #ILorPS over 3 years ago
An important suggestion to GoComics is tomorrow. Be prepared.
hagarthehorrible over 3 years ago
These are truth sermons given by a saint not from the tv I suppose. I wonder when NG started beaming such programs.
BC in NC Premium Member over 3 years ago
Heh! So many layers in today’s strip.
johnec over 3 years ago
Tigers see most everything else as food.
In fact, who eats tigers? Nobody. It’s good to be the apex of the food chain!
Garfield El Peregrino over 3 years ago
What a succinct yet precise description of life in panel 4!