Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 14, 2019

With great power comes great stupidity.

A good lesson on how quantity isn’t always better than brains.

Calvin should of attacked first then talk.

“When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk”. Attributed to Tuco (from ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’).

and just how was Calvin s’posed to throw three water balloons at Hobbes? he couldn’t just set two down, throw the first, pick up and throw the second, and then pick up and throw the third

Sploosh Splash Gisshh Fwoosh… Onomatopoeic words are always funny.

This one, I really did laugh out loud.

Calvin’s trash talk is very detailed.

…and when he goes back inside, his mom will wonder why he is throwing water balloons at himself

An old west analogy, you don’t need six bullets in your gun. Just one.

Calvin sure made a splash.

The tiger got the gist of the comic strip in the last panel!!

Never bring a knife to a gunfight.

He used “impunity.” I love that word. “I can impugn you with impunity, for you are puny.” (Thank you, Joe Bob Briggs!)

Hobbes just soaked and burned Calvin!

Deadpool: “Okay guys, I only have twelve bullets, so you’re all going to have to share!”

Hobbes pours water on Calvin’s inflated opinion of himself!

The more I read Calvin, the more I am convinced Bill Watterson was a prophet sent to warn us. I find so many current-day correlations to 30 year ago punchlines. Some way more accurate than others.

…And nobody’s making zombie jokes, I guess! Brains…

Now this I like….

In the military there is a concept known as a “force multiplier” which is to use the situation and resources in such a manner to give your forces effectiveness beyond their numerical count.

In battle the greatest force multiplier is intelligence (in both senses of the word).

Hehehehe…got hosed…..

From the movie Clue:

Wadsworth: The game’s up, Scarlet. There are no more bullets left in that gun.

Miss Scarlet: Oh, come on, you don’t think I’m gonna fall for that old trick?

Wadsworth: It’s not a trick. There was one shot at Mr. Boddy in the Study; two for the chandelier; two at the Lounge door and one for the singing telegram.

Miss Scarlet: That’s not six.

Wadsworth: One plus two plus two plus one.

Miss Scarlet: Uh-uh, there was only one shot that got the chandelier. That’s one plus two plus one plus one.

Wadsworth: Even if you were right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus two plus one plus one.

Miss Scarlet: Okay, fine. One plus two plus one… Shut up!

Calvin is gonna spray Hobbes with the hose: he’s mad

Love the look on Hobbes’ face at #2. See that and you know Calvin’s going to get a soaking!

Okay, okay. I take back my comment from yesterday.

I really miss Calvin and Hobbes.

I’ve seen “Garfield Minus Garfield.” I wonder what “Calvin and Hobbes Minus Hobbes” would look like?

I had exactly that exchange with someone during a barbeque water fight once. I played Hobbes. Sadly, we were both adults

In the 90s today. A water balloon fight afternoon is starting to sound kinda fun.

The mouse that roared.

One may notice that that first panel is the one that was co-opted by people illegally making all of those peeing Calvin bumper stickers…

doesn’t he have any friends to play with

LOL at Calvin attempting to juggle the water balloons in the eighth panel!

As a former water balloon lobber, as a young man c. 1963 and a Student-Trainee at the former U.S. Weather Bureau and responsible for weather-balloon tests, I took one home and filled it with water. Of course it couldn’t be lifted. It just sat there and wiggled and jiggled, no matter how big it got, so I painted a nipple on it.

MAD? Mutually Assured Dampness…

“Know thy opponent”

MAD? Mutually Assured Deluge…

You did NOT think this through.