Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 27, 2016

I don’t know what I find more impressive:

Calvin’s recovery or that he managed to trip over nothing.

Calvin meant to do that!

Calvin reinvents gymnastics.

He tripped over his own feet, which is less embarrassing than tripping over nothing. His flip was amazing. What would the score be if he was in the Olympics?

Looks to me like he landed on his butt, not his feet.

Great attitude to life!

Whenever our son tripped ( little kids do that often ) I’d look at him, say " Safe at second " and give the safe sign. He’d get up dust himself off, smile and keep on motoring. Scrapes and bruises were just a part of being a boy.

I saw a young girl riding a bike do a flip rather like that (no idea what caused it.) Thinking we were going to have to scoop her up with at least one broken bone, to our surprise she sprang up, picked up her bike, shook herself down and said, “How stupid!” and rode off.

When my son was about three, he came running around the car, tripped and went face first onto the lawn. He laid there a moment and then started fiddling around with the grass in front of himself, acting like he had intended to do that and was just looking for something. It was SOOOOO funny.

been there, done that

If you zoom in it looks he tripped over his shadow

Yep. Meant to do that.

All that hanging around with Hobbes paid off in cat-like responses.

so it’s not just me

Try to do that from a cliff. Then I will be impressed.

He pulled a Trump!

Nice save!

…done that :)…

What you do after an “oops” depends entirely on the audience that saw it happen.

That looks like something I would do on my trampoline

Basil Fawlty, after being knocked on his……fundament: “Well, that liedown seems to have done me a bit of good!”

You will be hearing from the Senior Citizen Alliance.

He meant to do that!

When I was young like Calvin, and tripped or fell accidentally, I would just get up, brush myself off, and continue on my merry way.

Now that I’m a senior, if I trip and fall I do two things before I get back on my feet.

First, I look around to see if anyone was a witness to my embarrassment, and second, while I am down I look and see if there is anything I need to do while I am on the floor or ground…

Reminds me of seeing a cat leap for the porch, miss, land and instantly start grooming to make it clear nothing happened.

catlike

When I trip, I not only hurt myself but also my pride.

Sigh.

xxx

The legend says that William the Conqueror tripped as he was disembarking from his ship. But, thinking quickly, he grabbed two handfuls of English soil and shouted, “Thus do I grasp this land!”

funny how he trips over nothing

Again, one of my all time favorites. (I’m a big Olympics fan.)

So smooth Calvin.

I once did that sort of thing down the long escalator at King’s Cross-St Pancras and landed on my feet. Nobody applauded.

He was testing gravity. Still works.

cool