Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 24, 2021

If Dad wanted exercise, he would have gone biking.

Dad was right. Cats are lactose intolerant, and can’t taste sweet things as obligate carnivores.

Some family outing though.

Things were going so well…and this happened…again.

He has to pay for the ice cream AND pull the wagon? That’s not fair.

When the kid was just getting mobile, he really MUCH preferred to walk. For a little way. I always wore the “kid-seat” backpack so “we” could continue the walk to my own satisfaction. By the time he was Calvin’s age, he had gotten into the “only two speeds” mode: Full speed ahead or full stop. We had only three rules for “out”:

If we are on pavement you WILL hold an adult hand, and if you wiggle loose the we will immediately go home.

You must ALWAYS be able to point directly at your adult. If you cannot see them, you cannot correctly point, so KEEP THEM IN VIEW!

If called, you must immediately say “Coming” in your outdoor voice, then go to your adult.

The other one was not a rule, but a politeness: Outdoor voice may be used only when you’re far enough away so the adult doesn’t wince, drop things and cover their ears.

Walks are no longer a walk-in-the-park, are they dad?!?

Mom and Dad are just a couple of feet away, and yet they can’t hear Hobbes talking?

Or do they just hear their son arguing with his stuffed toy and don’t believe that anything is wrong with him?

My cat loved ice cream but he closed his eyes because of the ice cream headache.

Next time, just buy the tiger some ice cream.

Maybe you could use some exercise too, mom?

In the next imaginary panel, Calvin will ask dad to run while pulling the wagon and then will ask him to… well you know where this is going.

Next time, bring a stroller.

I really enjoyed pulling my grandson around the neighborhood in his wagon.

Milk in ice cream? I don’t think so.

Waste not, want not. And as I used to reply – If I don’t want it, it’s not wasted.

My Mom used to do that to “It’s not work, It’s just good exercise.” to me. HA. I know work when I see it.

Don’t know why a dad would complain about pulling his little boy in a wagon. It goes by soooo quick

Maybe so, but I like Tiger Tail ice cream. With chocolate or vanilla as a bottom scoop to cleanse the palate.

Hobbes does a great pout. Best one on the comics page!

Is Calvin and Hobbes just Dennis The Menace for our generation?

Better yet, make mom pull the wagon!

I mean, Mom’s right. Calvin runs around with Hobbes 24/7, and Dad sits in an office all day.

Calvin’s anger/frustration in panel 5 (not including title panel) has been snipped and saved for responses to ridiculous stories/human actions that come across my social media pages.

If Tigers are like Tiggers, then Hobbes has a point about needing to try every kind (see Tigger has Breakfast)…

Good for all. Anyway, how could Hobbes pull the trailer with parents walking along?

Hmm, do I really like ice cream? Guess I won’t know until I try every flavour…