I had a flatmate like this. When I expressed dissatisfaction that he was using my things in the kitchen and then not washing them up, he told me I was lazy.
But he was a man-child, expecting anyone else (his mother, girlfriend, and probably now wife) to clean up after him so he didn’t have to.
I’ve come across an amazing number of similar people since. Always proclaiming they’re in charge and you have to go through them for anything to be accomplished, but not actually responsible for anything being done or being done right either. They were ‘Managers’, when they really should have been in politics!
Hikers motto “Earn your view”. Backcountry skiers motto “Earn your turns”. Tobogganers motto “Don’t kneel in front to steer, when you jump the stone wall at the bottom of the hill you will break off one of your front teeth”….
No one seems to have commented on the fact that Calvin was only trudging up the hill and complaining about it while Hobbes was trudging up the hill and pulling the sled. Now Calvin has to pull the sled himself.
Calvin’s thoughts here match mine pretty exactly. That’s why I tended to lose interest in sledding pretty quickly. I only remember once or twice that I actually invested a significant amount of time in it, and that only because I didn’t want to seem ungrateful to my parents by asking them to take me home so soon after they’d gone out of their way to bring me to the hill.
codycab over 1 year ago
Gee, I wonder where Hobbes gets that from…
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Ask Dad to install a lift.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 1 year ago
“You can’t ride the sled if you don’t climb the hills.”
That quote sounds deeper than it actually is, and I feel like you could use it in many situations.
sirbadger over 1 year ago
You could put snow on a conveyer belt that’s going uphill and have and infinite downhill slope.
David_the_CAD over 1 year ago
Just remember that it is all down hill from the top.
in.amongst over 1 year ago
I resent that climbing hills may end up building character.
chuckcork1 over 1 year ago
I had a flatmate like this. When I expressed dissatisfaction that he was using my things in the kitchen and then not washing them up, he told me I was lazy.
But he was a man-child, expecting anyone else (his mother, girlfriend, and probably now wife) to clean up after him so he didn’t have to.
I’ve come across an amazing number of similar people since. Always proclaiming they’re in charge and you have to go through them for anything to be accomplished, but not actually responsible for anything being done or being done right either. They were ‘Managers’, when they really should have been in politics!
BigDaveGlass over 1 year ago
The word is “User”. And not in a good way. I always wondered if the “Users” folder in Windows was chosen with tongue in cheek…….
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Unfortunately, the tiger powered sled lift did not have enough backers to go beyond the concept stage.
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
“Tiger, tiger, burning bright.”
Let’s hope he doesn’t melt the snow.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
Don’t forget “correct” too, Calvin!
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
What an ornery kid‼️
goboboyd over 1 year ago
“You can’t ride the sled if you don’t climb the hills.” Truer than we’d like to admit.
jessegooddoggy over 1 year ago
That face!
Robert4170 over 1 year ago
Oh the irony.
bbenoit over 1 year ago
Hikers motto “Earn your view”. Backcountry skiers motto “Earn your turns”. Tobogganers motto “Don’t kneel in front to steer, when you jump the stone wall at the bottom of the hill you will break off one of your front teeth”….
rshive over 1 year ago
Not quite the right solution to the problem, Calvin.
outgolfing over 1 year ago
Yep, trudging back up the hills was always the most difficult part of sledding.
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
No one seems to have commented on the fact that Calvin was only trudging up the hill and complaining about it while Hobbes was trudging up the hill and pulling the sled. Now Calvin has to pull the sled himself.
IWannaBeLerxst over 1 year ago
Calvin’s attitudes often he was born to be a politician.
rick92040 over 1 year ago
Stuffed tigers are like that.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Like you aren’t, Calvin?
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
Put him in front and aim for the snowbank at the bottom of the hill.
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
Calvin’s thoughts here match mine pretty exactly. That’s why I tended to lose interest in sledding pretty quickly. I only remember once or twice that I actually invested a significant amount of time in it, and that only because I didn’t want to seem ungrateful to my parents by asking them to take me home so soon after they’d gone out of their way to bring me to the hill.
aerotica69 over 1 year ago
It was a relief to graduate from sledding to skiing.
corvallisclem over 1 year ago
They could take turns.
g04922 over 1 year ago
Poor Calvin… a true developing elitist. Hopefully, Hobbes with bring him back to reality.
T... over 1 year ago
I think I can, I think I can, I thin…
EnlilEnkiEa over 1 year ago
A metaphor for life.
kathleenhicks62 over 1 year ago
I would say you have no more friends.
hydiegoans over 1 year ago
Its Calvin that is lazy but then Hobbs is like nope I am outa here lol
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
The highs and lows are part of life, you will learn if you grow up. Hobbes has point here.
wiley207 over 1 year ago
Classic Calvin hypocrisy!
mindjob over 1 year ago
For that crack, Calvin won’t be able to use Hobbes as a pillow in front of the fireplace
Mediatech over 1 year ago
Mountain tops are so overrated. Everybody wants to climb mountains, but the peaks are just barren rock. Life is in the valleys, not the summits.
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 1 year ago
Our hero was overcome by the gravity of situation.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Calvin, I’d like you to meet my friends, Pot and Kettle.
GreggW Premium Member over 1 year ago
And not real.