Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 04, 2024

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    dadthedawg Premium Member 2 months ago

    Calvin, you are the youngest ever concientious objector…..

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    codycab  2 months ago

    Geez Calvin! What did America ever do to you?

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    C  2 months ago

    Courting disaster

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    SHIVA  2 months ago

    Kick the Commie out!!!!

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    californiamonty  2 months ago

    Oddly enough, he’s correct—sort of—about the Supreme Court. The court did rule that he does not have to participate in the pledge of allegiance.

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    orinoco womble  2 months ago

    I remember reciting the Pledge for some friends here in Spain. Several of them grew up at the end of the Franco dictatorship. They couldn’t believe little American kids recited that in school.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member 2 months ago

    Imagine if the Pledge said “one nation under Allah…”

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    Robin Harwood  2 months ago

    Very wise, Calvin. Don’t pledge to anything until you have consulted your lawyer.

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    Robin Harwood  2 months ago

    Very wise, Calvin. Don’t pledge to anything until you have consulted your lawyer.

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    French Persons Premium Member 2 months ago

    Do you know why you’re in school, you little brat? It’s called “compulsory education“. Do you know why that exists? If it didn’t, you would most likely be working in a factory right now.

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    PaulAbbott2  2 months ago

    Funny, they make kids, who aren’t old enough to legally pledge anything, pledge allegiance to the US every day. and a soldier had to say the Oath of Enlistment but once

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    Jonfield  2 months ago

    Woah, it’s mental that american kids have to recite the pledge of allegiance! Like, i heard a story a kid didn’t want to and he got suspended or something.

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    Nuke Road Warrior  2 months ago

    The principal knows Calvin’s first name. Not a good thing.

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    Jayalexander  2 months ago

    Any tiny excuse to be annoing this feces muncher willl find it.

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    Zykoic  2 months ago

    I was a Boy Scout in grammar school. We did flag raising, leading the Pledge and we lowered the flag and properly folded it and put it away.

    We also learn some self reliance, we had a pocket knives and could start a fire with some tinder and sticks.

    Imagine that!

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    snsurone76  2 months ago

    Aha—so the truth comes out: Calvin is actually an agent for Putin—or Hamas!

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    lalapalooza Premium Member 2 months ago

    lol this was the story of my life only not so much as he gets into. mine was more feminist stuff lol

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    SunshineDaydream  2 months ago

    I think the principal is thinking the same thing as Calvin is saying in the fourth panel.

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    albertonencioni  2 months ago

    In ALL Countries ruled by dictators (left or right) there is a Pledge of Allegiance to something that must be sung in schools – and sometimes in public events.Put yourself some questions and give yourself an answer. If you really believe in something pledges are not necessary.

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    nsr60  2 months ago

    I’ll admit it is troubling that he gets sent to the principal’s office for this.

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    markkahler52  2 months ago

    Do they even DO this in most schools anymore…?!

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    Calvinist1966  2 months ago

    Today’s reprint of a reprint reminds me of a Phoebe And Her Unicorn strip from five or six years ago. Phoebe was going back to school after a marvellous summer with her unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. She found to her amazement that her old enemy Dakota was deliberately sitting next to her and wanted them to try to be friends. They developed into frenemies.

    A reader noted, “As it’s a new school year, does this mean Phoebe is now ten?” Another reader replied, “She will turn ten when Calvin turns seven.” Calvin never officially turned seven. The characters talk about “last year” but they always refer to Calvin as being six. However, Phoebe did officially turn ten when her strip celebrated its tenth anniversary in April 2022.

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    einarbt  2 months ago

    Well done Calvin. Pledging anything to the US empire is never a good idea.

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    bbenoit  2 months ago

    Does anyone else remember that the pledge did/does not include the words “under god”? That was added by some religious zealots in the 40’s-50’s, as I recall. The Founding Fathers were pretty serious about avoiding State sponsored religion. I wish today’s bible/constitution thumpers would read them, instead of pounding on them.

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    Why is this happening?   2 months ago

    Next will probably him doing something, getting in trouble, then saying “I can’t believe its not even 8:30 yet.”

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    SquidGamerGal  2 months ago

    For cryin’ out loud! It’s a simple and quick task that even you can do it!!

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    jessegooddoggy  2 months ago

    No more for me, the whole world need help not just the USA.

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    BJDucer  2 months ago

    Calvin’s posture is what I experienced every morning when I was working, sitting in front of the computer and getting ready to open my e-mail. It was truly the one event during my workday I looked forward to the least, and I just didn’t want to do it! This especially hit hard when returning from a vacation because I would not look at my e-mail during my PTO.

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    minty_Joe  2 months ago

    October 22, 2009 C&H:

    “I pledge allegiance, to Queen Fragg,

    And her Mighty State of Hysteria…"

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    minty_Joe  2 months ago

    From MAD, a product-filled pledge of allegiance: iPod Allegra, Tootsie Fab, Fuji United Franco-American. Banana Republic, Ford Chiclets Vans, One Nathan’s, Wonder Bod, Disney Vagisil, Wisk Listerine Ban Jergens Hormel.

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    rockyridge1977  2 months ago

    Not a great way to start the day!!!!

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    rshive  2 months ago

    Well, Calvin DOES have a tendency to go over the top.

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    herdocow  2 months ago

    New Calvin record?

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    ladykat  2 months ago

    Calvin, you’d be a star student if you spent half as much time doing what you’re supposed to do instead of protesting and goofing off!

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    aerotica69  2 months ago

    I pledge allegiance to Heddy Lamarr (that’s Hedley!) and to the evil for which he stands. Now go do that voodoo that you do so well.

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    uniquename  2 months ago

    Apparently you’re in the Principal’s Court.

    Cheer up Calvin. Leo Durocher (as a manager), once got thrown out of a game before it started.

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    Lynnjav  2 months ago

    The Pledge of Allegiance, as rewritten in 1954, is a prayer.

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    Geezer  2 months ago

    See West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

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    pumaman  2 months ago

    All legitimate concerns, Calvin.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member 2 months ago

    There’s a seat reserved exclusively for Calvin in the Principal’s office.

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    Banjo Gordy Premium Member 2 months ago

    In 1942 I got A+ in ’Principal’s Office.

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    MoeyTehr  2 months ago

    I’m with Calvin on this one. Screw the Pledge of Allegiance.

    Signed,

    Someone who thank the gods never had to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

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    djtenltd  2 months ago

    They may as well move Calvin’s classroom into the principal’s office.

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    viniragu  2 months ago

    It looks like the teacher and principal are related!!

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    Cozmik Cowboy  2 months ago

    Yes, Calvin, since the McCarthyites added “under God” in 1954, it has been a prayer, and thus unconstitutional in schools.

    The original, BTW, was written by Francis Bellamy, a Socialist, in 1892, and adopted by Congress in 1942.

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    WildHenry  2 months ago

    Mornings can feel so long, especially when you’re not quite in the groove yet.

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    KEA  2 months ago

    If anything, we should pledge allegiance to the Constitution.

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    _buddy  2 months ago

    84 words, 4 panels.

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    jkn1027  2 months ago

    Calvin’s right. The pledge is weird.

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    lnrokr55  2 months ago

    Wow Calvin, triggered much ???

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    anomaly  2 months ago

    Calvin blew a chance to get the class to pledge allegiance to him.

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    Bilan  2 months ago

    Not only is it 8:15, but it’s 8:15 on the first day of school. Is that a record for Calvin?

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    mistercatworks  2 months ago

    He doesn’t even know if he has “standing” for such a case.

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    mindjob  2 months ago

    Originally this was a funny strip

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    thedogesl Premium Member 2 months ago

    The whole idea of a mandatory loyalty oath to the State sounds just a wee bit Soviet Union-ish to me.

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    elgrecousa Premium Member 2 months ago

    I don’t know when this strip was initially posted but it is amazing how fresh it still sounds.

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    monya_43  2 months ago

    Susie was correct yesterday when she said that Calvin needs to check the chemical content of his breakfast cereal.

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    buflogal!  2 months ago
    Anyone noticed the problem here? This poor little kid has heard adults, especially on television, babbling and arguing about what you can and cannot say or do, and how much trouble you can get into for doing the wrong thing. He’s worried about the Supreme Court and reading his rights! This isn’t really about refusing to recite the Pledge.
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    Topcat05 Premium Member 2 months ago

    Where does a 6 year old get all this drivel??!!

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    willie_mctell  2 months ago

    I was mad when they added “under god” to the pledge. I was 7 and had memorzed the old version. Now I had to learn the new one. As I got older I objected to it for different reasons and pretended to say it.

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    AndrewSihler  2 months ago

    Calvin’s reaction is definitely the right one. Loyalty oaths are beneath a free society, loyalty oaths that are so unsubstantial that they have to be repeated almost daily are a farce, and asking little kids to “pledge” anything is just weird. And to a flag??

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    Gamerkillss  2 months ago

    I mean, yeah I guess?

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    jvo  2 months ago

    I was bored out of my mind when I started school, so I skipped kinder and sneaked into any class that looked interesting.

    Searches would be organised.

    In the end I got seconded to the principal and followed her around as she taught all the relief classes at school.

    Win, win for everybody.

    I got to learn English much faster than I would have, and I got an interesting education that year.

    The school didn’t have to waste resources finding me.

    Next year I went straight to grade 2 from kinder, so it was a good solution all round.

    I think Calvin would have liked the same.

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    baskate_2000  2 months ago

    I was going to ask, will Calvin ever learn, but then I realized the answer is never!

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    wconer  2 months ago

    Nothing says, FREEDOM like being compelled to pledge your allegiance to something you do not yet comprehend…

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    wiley207  2 months ago

    Didn’t Miss Wormwood remember that last time Calvin led the Pledge? (“I pledge allegiance to Queen Fragg…”) But Calvin probably remembers!

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    pixiekitten Premium Member 2 months ago

    I pledge allegiance to Queen Fragg and her mighty state of hysteria.

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