Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 20, 2023

Mom and Dad retired after both experienced career ending armpit injuries.

Mom and Dad stopped because it wasn’t making them money.

sure, you two… parents never do something like THAT

Does a bra strap interfere with that?

Mom and Dad’s “Tommy John” surgery put an end to it.

I wonder which one in that family is the best at belching and/or farting.

The real trick, as I discovered in the shower, is a certain amount of liquid lubrication. I have no idea how Hobbes managed that with furry armpits.

Even less with his furry paws.

They both graduated.

“Musical Mike” Kieffer can do that with just his palms; no armpits. He’s been featured on Weird Al Yankovic’s albums for years, especially the first two.

Works better with dry armpits, so can’t do it as well in humid weather.

Comes naturally with age !

Really cool beans that Hobbs can do it with a furry arm pit.

Because one day they smelled their hands after they did that and decided to give it up!

Mom and Dad know better.

Oy! How well I remember the boys in school, doing this, thinking how cool it was on who could make the loudest and funniest noises!

Eye roll!

When you’re really good, there’s no need to practice.

At least there isn’t any foul odor. I know, I know, some armpits smell, but outside of a disease process, they don’t smell as bad as bowel gas.

When I was a kid, my dad taught me how to make fart noises with just my hands, and has admitted not long after that I outclassed him in the technique. It’s not worth adding to a résumé but the reactions in crammed elevators were priceless.

Mom and Dad do in deed have that skill in their toolbox. They’re waiting for you to bring home your first girlfriend so they can savor a little pay back.

LOL.. How does Hobbes get any underarm friction with all that hair??

Just goes to show you how the ‘quick witted’ are easily amused.

I think, after a certain age (and in certain cultures) the armpit becomes an erogenous zone. :)

Mom and Dad do the real thing.

Since you were asking for the armpit fart world record holder, here he is:

https://recordsetter.com/armpit-fart-world-records

It’s true. Even if they don’t remember it they did it when they were kids. You can make noises with your hands too.

Trying to figure out how a fuzzy animal (stuffed toy) has the right type of surface area to pull that off…

I can’t believe I’m reading thoughts and opinions on armpit farts.

strictly after-hours (C’s bedtime) activity

I was never any good.