Let him wear the costume if it gets him to eat his dinner. Think about it, would you rather fight him for the next hour he has to eat what’s on his plate, or set with him in his costume and he eats with no argument. Just set rules now like, you don’t want to hear him complain if you do the suit comes off, or remind him about his stomach of steal.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Calvin and Hobbes but sometimes I wonder at the parenting skills. Today parents would have been encouraged to indulge with Calvin’s costume and play along rather than stifle his imagination and creativity for “proper behavior” at the table. Back when first run I did not think anything about this but now I kind of feel sorry for Calvin.
Shouldn’t Stupendous Man live in his own house? Not with his mother? Plus, with a stomach of steel, you can eat that gunk, unless it has king’s water in it.
This one makes me think of a quote from Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory …
“Anyway, the local cuisine was a little more sausage-based than I’m used to, and the result was an internal blitzkrieg with my lower intestine playing the part of Czechoslovakia.”
BE THIS GUY about 6 years ago
Stupendous Man must get his gastronomical powers from his suit (and Mom should let Calvin wear the suit).
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
Krytonians may have steel-like stomachs, Calvin, but not you (nice try in other words)
sirbadger about 6 years ago
And then the puppet master wearing black picks him up so he can fly.
codycab about 6 years ago
Parents: Stupendous man’s one weakness.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 6 years ago
A stomach of steel …………. and a brain to match!
BigDaveGlass about 6 years ago
Both Empty ….
bluram about 6 years ago
Stupendous Man is going to need a butt made of steel pretty soon if he doesn’t do as his mom asks.
cubswin2016 about 6 years ago
Superman knows when to take his cape off.
well-i-never about 6 years ago
Test him! Start with brussel sprouts and squash, then fried okra, some cooked carrots and green beans, corned beef hash, grits…
TXPAScot. about 6 years ago
Careful… upsetting your “Alfred” doesn’t help you…
tripwire45 about 6 years ago
And a hero is born.
godess_of_fire078 about 6 years ago
Let him wear the costume if it gets him to eat his dinner. Think about it, would you rather fight him for the next hour he has to eat what’s on his plate, or set with him in his costume and he eats with no argument. Just set rules now like, you don’t want to hear him complain if you do the suit comes off, or remind him about his stomach of steal.
YippiKiAyMofo about 6 years ago
He’d best have a rump to match!
joefearsnothing about 6 years ago
…a stomach of steel and a Mom with a steel will! ;o]
johndifool about 6 years ago
It must be another helping of that toxic waste that would otherwise turn him into a mutant…
BiggerNate91 about 6 years ago
“Calvin? Who’s Calvin?”
a few moments later
“But Mom…”
A Hip loving Canadian... about 6 years ago
Think about it Mom… stomach of steel.
gantech about 6 years ago
Says a lot about mom’s cooking…
mjjohnson7587 Premium Member about 6 years ago
Don’t get me wrong, I love Calvin and Hobbes but sometimes I wonder at the parenting skills. Today parents would have been encouraged to indulge with Calvin’s costume and play along rather than stifle his imagination and creativity for “proper behavior” at the table. Back when first run I did not think anything about this but now I kind of feel sorry for Calvin.
Spider-UK about 6 years ago
I have to wonder, did it ever occur to Calvin’s mom that she might just be a terrible cook? Everything she makes looks like green slime.
Scoutmaster77 about 6 years ago
Boy, they’re pretty strict at that house. Lighten up, it’s Halloween…
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
Well so it is the first for Stupendous Man!!
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member about 6 years ago
I take it Calvin doesn’t like mom’s cooking.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 6 years ago
My parents would phrase things in a form of questions, but they really weren’t asking.
HaloComics about 6 years ago
Shouldn’t Stupendous Man live in his own house? Not with his mother? Plus, with a stomach of steel, you can eat that gunk, unless it has king’s water in it.
rgcviper about 6 years ago
This one makes me think of a quote from Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory …
“Anyway, the local cuisine was a little more sausage-based than I’m used to, and the result was an internal blitzkrieg with my lower intestine playing the part of Czechoslovakia.”