Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 11, 2020

Calvin, you have the right to remain silent.

And here’s the first mention of the Noodle Incident…

Kid, you need to not say anything unless asked. Answer the question, with a yes or no and nothing more. This will stand you in good stead for dating/marriage as well as questions from your kids/grandkids.

That’s what they all say!

Calvin served mom a redde rationem day on a silver plate .

Calvin opens mouth wide, inserts foot.

Just burying yourself deeper, huh, Calvin?

You Heard Nothing

Yer not usin’ yer noodle, kid.

Calvin reminds me of a certain recent newsmaker — I can’t quite put my finger on it, though!

A blast from the past(a), so to speak.

A real problem. Choosing which diet!

Some commentators have questioned a parent-teacher meeting just after school has resumed and some others have replied that it is a special one for Calvin’s problems. This has reminded me of the 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” in which Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sears remembers a time when he drew a picture of a man with a screwdriver through his head at school. Afterwards, he just drew pictures of rainbows. “They don’t call parent-teacher conferences over rainbows.”

“Calvin and Hobbes” can be seen as a comedy forerunner of “The Sixth Sense” especially for those who feel that Calvin, like Cole Sears, isn’t out of touch with reality but in contact with a reality which is closed to most of us.

And Calvin’s motor-mouth runs a little too fast!

Always wait until you hear all of the charges before trying to mount your defense.

Guilty. Any objections?

So Hamster Huey must have eaten excessive amounts of noodles and burst, thus Gooey Kablooie.

Are we entirely certain that Mom isn’t Bob Woodward in drag?

Sounds to me like Peter Strzok, John Brennan, James Comey, Christopher Steel, Andrew McCabe, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, et al.

Calvin, tell us the virus is not a threat.

deny , pivot and blame, that seems to be the strategy

Keep going Calvin more to confess.

We must never speak of the Noodle Incident.

Hence, “the right to remain silent”.

You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to know that something is amiss…..

One should never bring up one’s own transgressions.

Strange that Miss Wormwood didn’t mention the Noodle Incident. It must have happened at school.

I vaguely remember a noodle incident that happened at our school. I never did find out what happened to that kid…

Ah, yes, the Noodle Incident. My first storytelling lesson that less is more.

Whatever the “Noodle Incident” was, I’m sure it involved oodles of noodles.

I like the fact that Watterson never told us what it was.

Calvin cracks even before the interrogation begins.

“David is a pure joy to have in class.” 3rd Grade, Luther Burbank Elementary.

I love this! : D

The noodle incident!!!

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.htm

Damn never knew Calvin was a millennial.

Today’s dialogue taken directly from Bob Woodward’s transcripts of the taped conversations.

This sounds familiar…

One thing I’ve learned from TV sitcoms: always let the other person go first. Best example: The Honeymooners. Ralph plans to ask Alice to join him at the lodge convention — the only way he can get money from her for the trip. Alice, meanwhile, has decided to give Ralph the money without any conditions, because she appreciates how hard he works all year. Naturally when they come at each other with the “I’ve got a big surprise for you” speech, Ralph insists on going first. And of course he wants to kick himself — hard — when he realizes what he’s done.

“I’ve got a BIG mouth!”

After all it is apparent that his suitcase is for undergarment and socks! What about the stuffed tiger?

Bring on the Noodle Incident! Fun stuff.

He sounds like Trump. I don’t take any responsibility, I didn’t do it, it’s not my fault.

That’s why you always have to let your parents finnish what there saying or else you might just reveal something you want to hide