Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 14, 2021

And the Russian judge gives 2.5.

Now, for my next trick…..

What’s lower than bronze? The brass or copper medal? Maybe the yttrium medal?

YAWN Seen it.

The legend of the drunken gymnast.

That’s thinking on your feet.

“I meant to do that!”—Peewee Herman

Been there, done that.

You only do the TA-DAA when there’s nobody around. If there were, you try to act like nothing happened and skedaddle as fast as you can.

errrr…. encore!

I generally crow a bit by saying “I bet I can’t do THAT again!”

Hope Calvin didn’t suffer any brain damage.

He meant to do that.

And the universe applauds: Bravo!

It’s easy when you’re made of rubber.

Tripping the light fantastic.

Had it planned last week!

Shoelace save!

10/10

I think this is an apt description of adulthood

Head over heels, bounce on your seat, stand up and cheer as you’re back on your feet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXU7EVXs2A

“And that’s how I won the gold medal!”

Did you have a nice trip? See you next fall!

Falling – with style!

That’s how I do it too.:)

There you go! Plenty of bad happens. Go ahead and own the good, even if you didn’t earn it.

This speaks to me on a personal level, lol.

No matter how screwed up incompetent you are you score brownie points if you land on your feet in front of the judges and raise your hands, ta daaa, like you a natural smooth player. Ta daaa!

Just like a cat. A cat who misses a jump will instantly start grooming nochalantly with an air of “I did that on purpose.”

I used to belong to a Christian theatre group called the Dove Singers. Every Easter we’d put on a full-scale performance (in other words, we were more than just a big choir). One year, about an hour before showtime, we were getting the last bits taken care of. Another person & I were carrying a table onto the stage. I stepped on the cloth that was hanging off the table & felt myself falling. I stepped back, but we were at the edge of the stage. Instinct kicked in & I relaxed, fell down the steps in front of the stage, at the bottom ended up in a forward roll, jumped up, spread my arms & said, “TA DAAAA!!!” After that, my nickname in the Dove Singers was “The Fabulous Fallling Fahel”. That was about 20 years ago, and people still talk about it.

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2014/01/01

Just like a cat.

Very similar to a technique used by a hypnotist friend of mine. He says no matter what happens in a session, he makes it look like that’s exactly what he intended. According to him, it’s surprisingly effective.

We had a neighbor kid that was always saying that. Example: riding down the hill in a sled and crashes into a tree: “I meant to do that!”

To quote Gimli in "The Two Towers, “It was deliberate, it was deliberate”…

The Stoic philosophy is action. Reframing a setback.

Nailed it!

My cat does that.

I cut this strip out of the paper during the original run and made a giant copy of it on the Xerox at work, so that I could put it on my cubicle wall. It reminded me that I could learn from my many mistakes, if I didn’t let them get me down. I adore C&H so very much.

I know I’m old now because these days I just lay there and moan.

If only

Did Hobbes hold his beer?

I’ve done that… Got applause too…

(˘⌣˘)

Spin… in more ways than one

That’s what a cat does, when it’s observed doing something clumsey— It stops and washes itself for a few moments with a total air of “I MEANT to do that!”

If you stumble make it part of the dance.

I worked for an engineer who told me that this actually happened to him when he was out jogging one day, except that he landed on his feet. He was NOT tempted to deliberately repeat the performance.

Even cats know to do that.

When I was 10 years old, I learned to do a “shoulder roll”. Since then tumbling class!it has saved me from injury several times, including twice falling from a running horse. Get your kids in a tumbling class!

Great dismount, give Calvin a 9.5 score

Anyone remember “Eureka’s Castle”?

Test

Calvin obviously learned this from Hobbes, because we all know cats are the true masters of “I meant to do that”.

Where’s the audience?

And thus, gymnastics was born!

I Meant to do that