Just think about how Calvin would be today, as an adult. Extrapolate his age from when the strip ended. Given that Hobbes isn’t an imaginary friend (according to Watterson), but someone only Calvin can perceive as alive, Calvin would probably still be talking to him.
I would tell my Mom to mail the food to the starving kids and she would tell me the envelope would get wet and rip so I should eat it. With 2 brothers and me, leftovers were seldom an issue.
I got the airplane coming into the hanger “open up!” and “it’s good, try it”, so at 2 I said, “it’s good, you eat it”. They never took me up on that. Have you ever tried baby food? strained peas, or mushed meat? You wouldn’t feed it to a dog if you did.
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
“What if my character doesn’t like it?”
Mr_Cool almost 9 years ago
Reminds me of my dad. Whatever I didn’t like to eat was always good for me.
Farside99 almost 9 years ago
Eat two bites and then you can have dessert. Oh yeah,what’s dessert? Two more bites of the same stuff.
orinoco womble almost 9 years ago
Empty calories always taste better than nutrition.
njberman almost 9 years ago
When we ate real food what tasted good was (and if you eat real food still is) good for you. Processed food is what screws things around.
Mr Nobody almost 9 years ago
That’d make a great slogan for a restaurant, wouldn’t it? “You won’t like our terrible food, but it builds character.”
sargon1 almost 9 years ago
If I can’t pronounce any of the ingredients on the label, I don’t buy it.
Phred Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Someone is kinda grumpy today. Calvin should ask Hobbes about this food. I bet Hobbes would eat it…
Plods with ...™ almost 9 years ago
What a guy.
GROG Premium Member almost 9 years ago
He’s a character, all right.
Adiraiju almost 9 years ago
With me, it was always “Think of the starving kids in Africa!”“Fine, feed it to them!”
Robert Allen almost 9 years ago
Just think about how Calvin would be today, as an adult. Extrapolate his age from when the strip ended. Given that Hobbes isn’t an imaginary friend (according to Watterson), but someone only Calvin can perceive as alive, Calvin would probably still be talking to him.
mattro65 almost 9 years ago
I would tell my Mom to mail the food to the starving kids and she would tell me the envelope would get wet and rip so I should eat it. With 2 brothers and me, leftovers were seldom an issue.
legaleagle48 almost 9 years ago
No, Dad. Adversity doesn’t BUILD character. It REVEALS character. What you do in RESPONSE to adversity is what BUILDS character.
cubswin2016 almost 9 years ago
I bet Dad thinks falling off the Empire State Building would build character.
Calvinist1966 almost 9 years ago
Falling off the Empire State Building did help to build the character of King Kong.
meg_grif almost 9 years ago
It’s a disgusting slimy blob. Why wouldn’t you love it?
gamer2k4 almost 9 years ago
Nice attention to detail, giving Calvin a book to sit on.
neverenoughgold almost 9 years ago
Just shut up and eat!
route66paul almost 9 years ago
I got the airplane coming into the hanger “open up!” and “it’s good, try it”, so at 2 I said, “it’s good, you eat it”. They never took me up on that. Have you ever tried baby food? strained peas, or mushed meat? You wouldn’t feed it to a dog if you did.
Godfreydaniel almost 9 years ago
It always kept me up nights wondering just WHAT that “disgusting slimy blob” was……
phoenixnyc almost 9 years ago
I would have thought Calvin LIKED eating slimy blobs…
InuYugiHakusho almost 9 years ago
I think this was the first time Calvin’s dad talked about building character.
Susie Derkins :D almost 9 years ago
I feel the cringe out of this one.
Joken' almost 9 years ago
What happens when your character runs off and leaves you to eat the slop?
lindaf almost 9 years ago
I think Calvin already has enough character….