at some point, Hobbes — claiming tigers are good at math — will ask what also those little crosses (+), little crisscrossed diagonals (x), and little horizontal lines with a dot both above and below (÷) mean.
Little does Calvin know that Ms. Wormwood is planning on having a stand-up quickie math quiz Monday morning and Calvin will be the first one she calls on.
Calvin, I think your parents should enroll you in a school for the gifted. Your creativity, imagination and vocabulary tell us that this should be done.
Math has rules so it is easy understand. English? If you go to a barber for a hair cut how many hairs get cut. A hair = one? Just one of many examples.
Tigers are cats, and cats are actually outstanding at math.
A regular housecat can stand below a kitchen counter, and stare at it for a second. In that second, he is processing weights, mass, acceleration factors, gravity, resistance, thrust and then applies only the correct amount of muscle to the back legs to propel himself to that countertop. No more energy than is needed and no less.
Then there is the risk and reward calculations that take place in determining whether the energy spent is worth the expected gain of food found on the countertop. You can tell all of this when, after staring at that counter for a second, he suddenly turns and walks away, since he determined that the reward is insufficient.
All of this and no special training. And it happens dozens of times a day. Amazing.
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
Hobbes has no problem understanding Kierkegaard, but simple arithmetic is another story.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
at some point, Hobbes — claiming tigers are good at math — will ask what also those little crosses (+), little crisscrossed diagonals (x), and little horizontal lines with a dot both above and below (÷) mean.
Sugar Bombs 95 almost 5 years ago
I love how Calvin and Hobbes treat something that would be a nationwide news event in reality as some sort of mundane everyday problem.
“Aww, you grew until you were bigger than the galaxy? That stinks.”
codycab almost 5 years ago
Hobbes: “What about the two horizontal lines together?” Calvin: “I think those mean subtract twice.”
sirbadger almost 5 years ago
Two horizontal lines with a vertical bar is an “F”.
SHIVA almost 5 years ago
Wake up Hobbes, you’re being conned, again!!!
bluram almost 5 years ago
Little does Calvin know that Ms. Wormwood is planning on having a stand-up quickie math quiz Monday morning and Calvin will be the first one she calls on.
Watcher almost 5 years ago
Calvin, I think your parents should enroll you in a school for the gifted. Your creativity, imagination and vocabulary tell us that this should be done.
Katsuro Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“Gee, t h a t’ s not very fair” would have made a good punchline all on its own.
well-i-never almost 5 years ago
Now he shows up! What was so important he couldn’t notice a little change in gravity and growth in cell structure?
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
And that will be another “F”.
carlzr almost 5 years ago
A new riff on “The dog ate my homework”.
WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago
When I was little, I had a stuffed tiger. He was terrible at math.
DCBakerEsq almost 5 years ago
I rarely use Calculus in everyday life.
etspi almost 5 years ago
Math has rules so it is easy understand. English? If you go to a barber for a hair cut how many hairs get cut. A hair = one? Just one of many examples.
pcleburne2 almost 5 years ago
This one cracks me up
rshive almost 5 years ago
All those little numbers have to mean something. Right?
swanridge almost 5 years ago
Tigers are cats, and cats are actually outstanding at math.
A regular housecat can stand below a kitchen counter, and stare at it for a second. In that second, he is processing weights, mass, acceleration factors, gravity, resistance, thrust and then applies only the correct amount of muscle to the back legs to propel himself to that countertop. No more energy than is needed and no less.
Then there is the risk and reward calculations that take place in determining whether the energy spent is worth the expected gain of food found on the countertop. You can tell all of this when, after staring at that counter for a second, he suddenly turns and walks away, since he determined that the reward is insufficient.
All of this and no special training. And it happens dozens of times a day. Amazing.
Ermine Notyours almost 5 years ago
Math? Thatppps what Tiggerppps do bepppst!
Rolf Rykken Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Hobbes is back! : )
Scoutmaster77 almost 5 years ago
It’s ok. Someone has to clean the toilets.
glowing-steak32 over 1 year ago
Yeah, growing so big you fall off the planet is a minor issue.