Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 29, 2020

Her type being mothers.

Belch the Gettysburg Address? That’s pish-posh too short! Calvin should belch the Declaration of Independence!

Pissed off again, are we!!

Everytime someone says “No” to Calvin, it’s like the end of the world for him.

Very few people appreciate great art, Calvin.

I remember in school days, it was an accomplishment to belch “Glory hallelujah amen,” which is about two seconds.

Gotta find the right audience, Calvin. She’s not your demographic!

Calvin, timing is everything; you should’ve sprung that at the dinner table.

or the Star Spangled Banner.

Next step: Calvin the petomaniac .

If (and I do mean if) he winds up in college, he could do a burping duet with his frat brother Booger.

Sure, that’s probably one of those trick cans of soda!

Calvin’s facial expressions always cracked me up in today’s comic…

The only way I would recite a gross limerick for my mom would be if she were alive to hear it. :(

It seems like Grandpas are the ones who like doing that sort of thing with their grandsons.

I had a friend in junior high who could make herself burp, with or without soda…and talk while she was burping. I was in awe of this “skill”. LOL

That’s a boy for you.

…I already learned at school.

I could only get out, “What?” while looking around quizically. Quisically. Kwizzikully. …er,

Just had to shut up.

Calvin is not breaking anything or making a mess. What’s the problem?

Did the limerick have anything to do with a Hermit named Dave? ;o}

Again, we are now in an age when such ‘talents’ can find an audience.

There once was a kid who could burp it….

Notice how Calvin is standing in the last panel. Backside a little sore, perhaps…?

FYI, Mom won’t be impressed by what comes out the other end either.

“4 sips and 7 burps ago…”

I wonder if the limerick rhymed with “Nantucket”.

It’s not so funny when it’s the only way you can talk.

A budding Ron Popeil.

I prefer the romantic style and recite Shakespeare.

That’s an awesome talent, Cal! :D

I knew a professional firefighter who could fart the tune to Camp Town Races. The firemen thought it was hilarious. His wife did not.

Surely he wouldn’t have recited the Man from Nantucket limerick?

how did he get the can of soda?

His tongue in the second pane, a little heart. Reflects his need for approval.

The playground would be the best place to perform this, Calvin.

When I was young my brother and I discovered that we could swallow air and thus (almost) do ‘circular belching’. Our mother reacted almost exactly as depicted above.

Hey! I wanted to see him do it!

I did nearly the same thing, minus the burping. Rocky (3rd grade) taught me (2nd grade) a limerick that I obviously did not understand.My Grandmother and Parents understood it all right.I was asked to not repeat that particular bit of ribald poetry.