Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 04, 2010

Missed all the good stuff! I would like to have seen that.

I wish I could have gone that fast when I was a kid.

They look good as snow people

I too, want to see the events leading up to the walk home! Must have been priceless as usual.

G’Morning Marg, Grog & Mike!

They are so sweet as snow people!

And the Guinness people weren’t there!

And only yesterday Calvin was concerned about school closings.

It’s SATURDAY, Calvin.

You need to worry about Monday !!!

Good Morning Marg, Hobbes, and all the others.

Apparently he gets his toys from ACME, or else a Hollywood stunt supply house.

In the 2nd panel, Calvin’s hat makes it look as though he’s turned to face Hobbes (a nose and just a slight suggestion of a mouth). Great strip, although i think i almost prefer the vision in my head of what happened just before lol - hope the sled was still under warranty!

This is something Laurel and Hardy used quite often, An event is merely suggested, and only the result is shown, allowing the viewer to imagine the rest.

Wow whoever made those Snow men of Calvin And Hobbes did a VERY bad job…Wait…

My critters will look like this this weekend! 9-18 inches by Tuesday….gotta love the walking snowpeople!

Good thing they didn’t go in the pond with the sled.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

Actually, Grog, I think they did go in the pond with the sled. Of course, I might have expected them to come out as ice people but let’s not be picky.

I remember those days of screaming down the hill out of control. Of course, when I view those “hills” as an adult, I realize I grew up in a flat land, and that they were little more than speed bumps. But to a kid……

When I was a kid in Casper, Wyo we had a hill we sledded down that had a busy city cross street at the bottom of it. You had to make a hard right at the bottom of the hill, go over a 6’ embankment, and land in a vacant lot. Lots of sprains and bruises until the snow got deep enough. Calvin would have been King of the Hill!

I’m not sure I want to hear the whole story.

Tomorrow is Krampusday, he will paddle the evil and St. Nicholas will bring gifts for the good ones on the 6th! Don’t be bad, when you want gifts!!

**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

I’ve never ridden a sled. I feel cheated

Lonewolf: I guess BW thinks some things are better left to the imagination.

Yes, Florchi, but sometimes leaving things to the imagination is not a good approach. For example, Calvin’s parents seem to think that I am best left to Calvin’s imagination. It’s as though they don’t even believe that I am real!

Mike Firesmith you have been cheated. Riding a sled is great fun. When I grew up in Minot, ND, I lived next to KIng Hill, the biggest hill in town. We used to launch ourselves off and speed down the hill. My sled didn’t navigate well and I managed to get myself wedged under a parked car. I never was able to get it to catch on fire though. :-) Now…alas, King Hill has houses on it.

From my days on Lake Michigan, I recall that a sled was fun but for the maximum “WTH” factor, the best was a snow saucer. An aluminum dish with handles that had a low friction and no direction what-so-ever other than down. They may be banned now because this lack of control had the spectators being in the line of encounter.

That reminds me of my brother and me when we were kids! LOL

We didn’t have that much snow. so no one had a sled. We used newspapers to sit on when we rode down the hill.

He must have gotten his sled from the handcrafted sledmaker in Silverton, Colorado.

I loved sledding, but I remember once, our neighbor down the hill had a car parked in the grass and it got covered in snow… I was too young to understand that if you are heading for the mound of snow, roll off the sled, and I slammed right into it, got a bump on the head and a bloody nose, but nothing broken!! =D

We kept one of those straw brooms outside the house all winter for one reason only - to whack the snow off of eachother before Mom would let us back in the house. Those were the days…

I never knew sleds could go that fast. I wish i coulda seen the whole story

Thirdguy, not just Laurel and Hardy, but many of the better filmmakers, including Hitchcock. The truly frightening is the image in your own mind, not the gore-fest that modern filmmakers tend to produce.

That would be so awesome on film!

Cdward, I think Grog is right. I think the sled when into the pond and they fell off, hence being covered in snow.

Cdward, I think Grog is right. I think the sled when into the pond and they fell off, hence being covered in snow.

I’m reminded of a store we drove past in Ottawa, Kansas, the other day. The name of the store is: Dangerous Toys located at 424 South Main Street.

Growing up in the Ozarks, we had the hills but a sledable quantity of snow was kind of rare. Being poor country people, we had to build our own sleds out of two by fours and planks. They ended up quite heavy but would really fly down those mountains, especially after tacking on thin metal strips on the runners. Only problem (besides not being able to steer them) was lugging those heavy monsters back up the hill.

Me, while attempting a sharp curve on a sledding trail carved into a wooded area, my speed (and lack of strength for a then-six year old) prevented me from successfully making it through.

Result; knocked out and unconscious for several hours after striking a tree with my noggin, which likely explains a LOT about why I am what I am today.

Only in such a great cartoon could you mix,fire,water,ice,snow,a Tigger,a lame explanation and make it so funny.

Calvin and Hobbes were trying out the newest model of the “FlameOn” Belchfire Pizazz series of sleds…..

He was undoubtedly trying to make some kind of rocket sled. Sounds like it almost worked.

I cant Be first I wish I could Be Last

LOL, ratlum. Even I won’t be last.

Well, maybe I was wrong.

Nah.

too bad Grog …

I’m still here.

Well done …

Still, still here.

Why is it that there not even Shivering after they fell into a Freezing lake and are covered with snow?

A: Because there HOT…

I grew up with a great toboggan hill right behind the house. Kept me out of the house and out of trouble all winter! (And kept me in great shape, making all those return trips back up the hill!!)

ratlum, thebird55, Wiseguy411, Grog:

It’s just like talking to Calvin. It can be very difficult to get the last word.

Hobbes, when talking to Calvin, you seem to do very well …

That’s what you call a sick ride! Wish I could have seen that…

<< Wiseguy411 said: Hobbes, when talking to Calvin, you seem to do very well … >>

Hi Wiseguy411.

Well, it can be very difficult to get the last word that is listened to. Reminds me of that old tiger aphorism:

“If a tiger speaks in the forest, but there is no one there to listen to him, does he make a sound?”

The Laws of Physics suggest that a sound is indeed made.

Philosophy suggests that a sound was made if you believe that it occurred.

Personnally, I believe a Tiger would roar in the forest, but I just would not know where or when.

Some of those old tiger aphorisms were created by tigers in the forest who weren’t big on Philosophy or the laws of Physics.

How they are still alive is a massive mystery