I, not having a particularly good day, was in Walmart a number of years ago looking for a particular item in the sporting goods section. A pleasant young woman smiled, greeted me and asked me if she could help me find something. I told her I had lost my marbles and asked if she would help me find them. She again flashed that bright smile, patted me on the shoulder and said, “Sir, I cannot help you find what you never had!”
I lost it, laughing. She then broke into a fit of giggles. Afterwards, whenever we’d see each other, we’d just start laughing. Don’t know where she went after she graduated high school, but I hope she’s well.
codycab 9 months ago
We thought you already lost them, Calvin?
BE THIS GUY 9 months ago
I guess Calvin slow understanding is proof of his lost marbles.
Pointspread 9 months ago
Comes the dawn.
STEPUP 9 months ago
Talk about a delayed reaction!!!
Bilan 9 months ago
C’mon. You can’t lose what you don’t have.
sirbadger 9 months ago
Next, he’ll hear his dad screaming as he falls down.
snsurone76 9 months ago
Kinda slow on the uptake—eh, Calvin? Calvin?
CALVIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT AXE??
Macushlalondra 9 months ago
Pretty slow on the uptake aren’t you Calvin? I guess that proves Hobbes’ point.
jmworacle 9 months ago
Calvin’s proof the dumb blondes aren’t limited to females.
TampaFanatic1 9 months ago
Did you have any to start with Calvin?
sandpiper 9 months ago
Bone density slows reception.
Concretionist 9 months ago
Pretty slow off the mark there, Calvin!
French Persons Premium Member 9 months ago
Talk about a delayed reaction…
Calvinist1966 9 months ago
There is a second one like this in a few days’ time. That will be another example of Calvin not understanding Hobbes’s insult until they are in bed.
johnny_yuma1965 9 months ago
Calvin, how can you lose something that you’ve never had?
desvarzil 9 months ago
Well played, Hobbes, well played.
eced52 9 months ago
Took you long enough.
cracker65 9 months ago
Took him that long?
M2MM 9 months ago
I love the long delay between the joke and the dawning. :D
jagedlo 9 months ago
That look when Calvin finally gets the zing!
'IndyMan' 9 months ago
A ‘little slow’ are we, Calvin ??? I know perfectly well where my marbles are, they are not lost regardless about what some people say about me ! ! !
cdward 9 months ago
Calvin and Tootles.
Just-me 9 months ago
I, not having a particularly good day, was in Walmart a number of years ago looking for a particular item in the sporting goods section. A pleasant young woman smiled, greeted me and asked me if she could help me find something. I told her I had lost my marbles and asked if she would help me find them. She again flashed that bright smile, patted me on the shoulder and said, “Sir, I cannot help you find what you never had!”
I lost it, laughing. She then broke into a fit of giggles. Afterwards, whenever we’d see each other, we’d just start laughing. Don’t know where she went after she graduated high school, but I hope she’s well.
Rose686 9 months ago
Late at night when you realize
KageKat 9 months ago
I would have picked up on that sooner, but only because my dad is one of the original dedicated jokesters.
walt1968pat Premium Member 9 months ago
He’s a few bricks short of a load.
flagmichael 9 months ago
Many of us are of an age when the darkness begins closing in. Best we greet it with humor, because it comes anyway.
Imagine 9 months ago
Dawning upon him shortly before dawn.
rshive 9 months ago
Took a bit for that one to sink in.
Daltongang Premium Member 9 months ago
Not only is Calvin not the sharpest knife in the drawer, he is actually a spoon and still looking for the drawer.
jrankin1959 9 months ago
Time: Four hours, twenty-seven minutes, 16.8 seconds – just shy of a new world’s record.
bloodykate 9 months ago
LOL!!
old_geek 9 months ago
I confess to being that slow at times…
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 9 months ago
Don’t fight it. Calvin. Best get out of jail card.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 9 months ago
Calvin’s train of thought left the bus station.
g04922 9 months ago
Calvin is bit slow on the uptake since he lost his marbles….. Good one, Hobbes.
Mediatech 9 months ago
Losing your marbles is only a problem if you step on them.
Ermine Notyours 9 months ago
Ruthie’s dad is getting into Snow Goon territory in One Big Happy:
https://www.creators.Com/read/one-big-happy/12/23/360822
John Jorgensen 9 months ago
Took you long enough.
wiley207 9 months ago
Oh, I’ve felt that way when my parents would outsmart me at arguments or whatever.
I love Hobbes’s face in the last panel.
Spiny Norman Premium Member 9 months ago
“Who says I’m dumb!”
PC200X 9 months ago
I wish Watterson had done an entire week of these strips with the same punchline. It would have gotten funnier every day.
christelisbetty 9 months ago
People like Calvin, are the reason we need “/S” in the comment section.
GKBOWOOD Premium Member 9 months ago
The Slow Burn is the best.
Albert Sims Premium Member 9 months ago
No matter how many times I’ve seen this one (even have it in one of the compilation books) it always amuses me.
mindjob 9 months ago
Somewhere all the lost marbles are collected and melted down to be made into new marbles to be lost. They cycle continues
BiggerNate91 9 months ago
Lost his marbles, and then slipped on them.
moondog42 Premium Member 9 months ago
This is why I always announce that I’m “out to lunch” when mid-day comes around at the office
Izzy Moreno 9 months ago
Almost as good as the “you always were good for nothing” punchline, but I still say that one was the best in the whole comic strip.
Better delivery, pacing and…
… use of colors.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 9 months ago
This doesn’t make you look good, Calvin.
rgcviper 9 months ago
This one reminds me of Toodles, the old guy from “Peter Pan”/“Hook” who always said he was losing his marbles.
bwest.devore37 9 months ago
a little slow on the uptake.
Elijah Hicks 9 months ago
no one gives Hobbes enough credit for these jokes.