Years ago when my parents just bought a new house with a white tub, my mom gave my sister a bath. She decided she wanted colored water, and so snuck some red model paint into the tub. The movers were still moving boxes in, and my mom already had to contend with the tub painted red, not to mention my sister too.
I love Calvin and Hobbes. After the last strip was published, regardless how many times I’ve read it, I still find great humor in Calvin in wild and crazy antics with his trusted sidekick, Hobbes.
Looking closely, the original date seems to be 1991. Guess who was supposed to be managing the ‘boom’ for spills cleanup in Valdez? Yup, BP! (Thanks, Greg Palast!)
Calvin you created an oils spill. Can’t blame BP though great idea. Hope Calvin doesn’t get a lot of ink on him and clean the tub. I wonder were the idea came from on Calvin? I didn’t think Calvin watched the news. Though Calvin likes disasters.
That’ll teach her to leave a 6-year-old alone to give himself a bath!
Meanwhile, I’m so glad that this wasn’t Hobbes’ bath night, as well, or he’d be a permanent shade of black (or blue) instead of the pretty shade of orange/black/white that he is!
Interestingly enough, Calvin is on the right track. Our modern day inks are byproducts of our oil industry. If I had done something like that my mother would have seen to it that I would not have able to sit down again for at least a month….Cal, baby - go easy, bud….
HAHA! Calvin sure doesn’t set a very good example for children, and I sure wouldn’t want any children of mine doing that. I will just enjoy it in the comics and just have Calvin’s mom deal with it.
What are his parent’s names anyway? Do they have a last name?
I can remember trying to get blue water in my bath tub when I was 3 or something. I thought I found food coloring, but it turned out to be laundry detergent. Oops….
rentier over 13 years ago
Ahooooo!!
George Arnold over 13 years ago
Oil or ink - it’s still a catastrophe!
tbree over 13 years ago
Years ago when my parents just bought a new house with a white tub, my mom gave my sister a bath. She decided she wanted colored water, and so snuck some red model paint into the tub. The movers were still moving boxes in, and my mom already had to contend with the tub painted red, not to mention my sister too.
LittleSister18 over 13 years ago
BP all over again.
Charles Evans Premium Member over 13 years ago
And yet another “boating while intoxicated” incident takes place.
jan.mc71 over 13 years ago
I love Calvin and Hobbes. After the last strip was published, regardless how many times I’ve read it, I still find great humor in Calvin in wild and crazy antics with his trusted sidekick, Hobbes.
Yukoner over 13 years ago
An amazing imagination.
thirdguy over 13 years ago
I like realism in my fantasies too!
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
One of those panels looks like cleo’s avatar.
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
Looking closely, the original date seems to be 1991. Guess who was supposed to be managing the ‘boom’ for spills cleanup in Valdez? Yup, BP! (Thanks, Greg Palast!)
mike.firesmith over 13 years ago
**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**
Mom will now apply the “bottom kill method” of containment.
Thriller over 13 years ago
You heard Calvin, its oil, not ink
Kerovan over 13 years ago
When we were kids, My brother and I tried to make Kool-aid in the bath tub.
GRAPE Kool-aid
Well we were really thirsty at the time and wanted to be sure we had enough. Dad laughed a lot more than Calvin’s mom is though.
rayannina over 13 years ago
Joe Hazelwood as a child.
(Scary that I still remember the nitwit’s name. Thank you, Waterworld.)
davidf42 over 13 years ago
Calvin and Hobbes sans Hobbes, and it’s still funny.
brick10 over 13 years ago
Puts new meaning to “getting some ink.” A full body tatoo!
Hobbes Premium Member over 13 years ago
Yes, but not as funny.
In this situation, a bath sans Hobbes is highly preferable.
dimeadance over 13 years ago
You gotta love him????
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
Exxon Valdez BP Deepwater Horizon Calvin’s Ink Boat
BuzzDog over 13 years ago
I sure hope that Calvin’s friends have been taught not to judge by others the color of their skin…
V-Com over 13 years ago
Can’t help but think God is standing above us looking down and saying “You poured WHAT in the water??!!”
kab2rb over 13 years ago
Calvin you created an oils spill. Can’t blame BP though great idea. Hope Calvin doesn’t get a lot of ink on him and clean the tub. I wonder were the idea came from on Calvin? I didn’t think Calvin watched the news. Though Calvin likes disasters.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago
That it does Fellow Baby, that it does!
kevin87031 over 13 years ago
YAY Greg Palast
vzs1022 over 13 years ago
How else to show the oil spill?
LeStats over 13 years ago
Luckily for Hobbes it isn’t his bath night!
ratlum over 13 years ago
Hes learning how to handle tanker spills the little genus.
rogue53 over 13 years ago
Ah, a bi-racial (appearing) Calvin. This could open up a whole new world to him.
Yukoner over 13 years ago
He’s going to be blue, in more senses than one.
rentier over 13 years ago
Mom will not bring Calvin into bath so soon again!
mfernwhipple over 13 years ago
Actually, Calvin’s tanker would have been the Exxon Valdeze. Aside from that, he should be outside battling snow goons…
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
Calvin your just too much! Don’t know how mom’s hair has not turned grey yet! LOL!
Ooops! Premium Member over 13 years ago
Oh! Holes in Cow Pies!
Fogger_man over 13 years ago
Mike Firesmith: Good one. This leak definitely needs a bottom kill to remedy the situation! LOL
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
That’ll teach her to leave a 6-year-old alone to give himself a bath!
Meanwhile, I’m so glad that this wasn’t Hobbes’ bath night, as well, or he’d be a permanent shade of black (or blue) instead of the pretty shade of orange/black/white that he is!
David Hamilton over 13 years ago
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!
bmonk over 13 years ago
He he he!
I can’t wait until a blue Calvin shows up at school tomorrow…
SaunaBeach over 13 years ago
Exxon Valdeez never sunk, just leaked a lot.
khpage over 13 years ago
Interestingly enough, Calvin is on the right track. Our modern day inks are byproducts of our oil industry. If I had done something like that my mother would have seen to it that I would not have able to sit down again for at least a month….Cal, baby - go easy, bud….
AndreaofSeriah over 13 years ago
HAHA! Calvin sure doesn’t set a very good example for children, and I sure wouldn’t want any children of mine doing that. I will just enjoy it in the comics and just have Calvin’s mom deal with it. What are his parent’s names anyway? Do they have a last name?
-Andrea
mrprongs over 13 years ago
Way to go Calvin. Now you get to take another bath.
COWBOY7 over 13 years ago
Smooth move, Calvin! LOL
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
”Oh yes they call him the Streak!”
mrcharmander934 over 13 years ago
I can remember trying to get blue water in my bath tub when I was 3 or something. I thought I found food coloring, but it turned out to be laundry detergent. Oops….
Death2100 almost 11 years ago
:o oh no…