Hey Calvin. Can I have your autograph? Just sign it on this paper saying, “Whoever signs their name here must stop being demanding and ridiculous.” Thanks.
It’s worth remembering that one of the signs of a narcissist is that they expect complete loyalty from their friends. Normal people are saddened when a friend drifts away; a narcissist becomes angry.
I think it’s worth remembering how Hobbes became Calvin’s friend. In the very first strip, Calvin was telling Dad that he had set a snare to catch a tiger and was using a tuna fish sandwich as bait. Dad sarcastically replied, “Tigers like tuna fish sandwiches, huh?” The last panel showed the tiger that we came to know as Hobbes was caught in the snare but happily munching on the sandwich. In the second strip, Calvin asked Dad what he should do with the tiger. Dad replied, “Take him home and stuff him, Calvin. Can’t you see I’m busy.” This time, the last panel showed that Hobbes had eaten food Calvin had brought from the icebox. “No more for me, thanks. I’m completely stuffed.”
Calvin seems to have bought Hobbes’s friendship with a tuna sandwich and food from the icebox. Hobbes has proved a good friend in many ways and sometimes manages to teach Calvin a life lesson – although he usually fails. He has also shown his conscience in changing from tuna fish to salmon when he learned that dolphins were caught and killed with the tuna. His change of diet came in a strip first published in 1990.
BE THIS GUY 8 months ago
And Hobbes hits Calvin with the sad truth.
codycab 8 months ago
Hey Calvin. Can I have your autograph? Just sign it on this paper saying, “Whoever signs their name here must stop being demanding and ridiculous.” Thanks.
californiamonty 8 months ago
And now we know where TBBT got the idea from!
einarbt 8 months ago
Hobbes strikes again with plain old facts. Too bad facts seem to be out nowadays.
rshive 8 months ago
At least Mom and Dad won’t have to renegotiate.
cholomanaba 8 months ago
Let me guess…. the next contract is for Susie!
Taigan Premium Member 8 months ago
Please forward the last panel to Elon Misk
MartinDamary 8 months ago
So… should we apply that to relationships? If you need a contract to love someone….
saylorgirl 8 months ago
Well, that’s the truth! Hobbies is right!
figuratively speaking 8 months ago
Come on, Hobbes. It’s the only way Calvin can have friends.
mgl179 8 months ago
Interesting comment Hobbs, what does that say about marriage then?
tremaine53 8 months ago
When you have a personality like Calvin’s, people won’t be your friend unless they’re contractually obligated.
Count Olaf Premium Member 8 months ago
AKA A Peace Treaty and we have seen how those work. Or don’t work. :.( Unfortunately. :.( Sad to Say. :.(
jagedlo 8 months ago
So true, Hobbes!
chaosed2 8 months ago
…and Sheldon Cooper said he didn’t read comic strips.
mckeonfuneralhomebx 8 months ago
Calvin Only family members are contractual and that contract is called a Will. Be so thankful that you are an only child.
Just-me 8 months ago
A contractual friend? Is that similar to a lady of negotiable affection?
Mainesailah Premium Member 8 months ago
And, if your friends are lawyers, be sure to pay them.
ajr58(1) 8 months ago
Use NDAs instead. Look what they’ve done for MAGAMango, aka, “Tiny.”
[Traveler] Premium Member 8 months ago
Sorta like the book of face
sandpiper 8 months ago
Cal is mostly all impulse. No agreement will hold for long.
minty_Joe 8 months ago
Give up on the contracts, Calvin. Just. Give. It. Up.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 8 months ago
A lesson Trump never learned!
txmystic 8 months ago
Hobbes is always there for the wisdom…
'IndyMan' 8 months ago
Sounds like ‘Sheldon Lee Cooper’ and his ‘Roommate Agreement’ that he ‘badgered’ Leonard into signing ! ! !
rhpii 8 months ago
Applies to a lot of countries we have alliances with.
aerotica69 8 months ago
Oh Hobbes……try saying that to Sheldon Cooper.
djtenltd 8 months ago
Calvin should show that to Susie.
carpediem329 8 months ago
Hobbes is very wise for a stuffed animal.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 8 months ago
Huh. Sound advice, that. Of course, in Hollywood, you might still want to have that contract. Non-disclosure agreements don’t really work these days.
christelisbetty 8 months ago
Say Hobbes, have you ever heard of The U.N. ?
vorlon42 8 months ago
I think Hobbes explained Twitter, Facebook and all those other social media sites decades before they were founded.
ericandjan1 8 months ago
Contractual or conditional – it amounts to the same thing: they are NOT a friend.
flagmichael 8 months ago
It’s worth remembering that one of the signs of a narcissist is that they expect complete loyalty from their friends. Normal people are saddened when a friend drifts away; a narcissist becomes angry.
Calvinist1966 8 months ago
I think it’s worth remembering how Hobbes became Calvin’s friend. In the very first strip, Calvin was telling Dad that he had set a snare to catch a tiger and was using a tuna fish sandwich as bait. Dad sarcastically replied, “Tigers like tuna fish sandwiches, huh?” The last panel showed the tiger that we came to know as Hobbes was caught in the snare but happily munching on the sandwich. In the second strip, Calvin asked Dad what he should do with the tiger. Dad replied, “Take him home and stuff him, Calvin. Can’t you see I’m busy.” This time, the last panel showed that Hobbes had eaten food Calvin had brought from the icebox. “No more for me, thanks. I’m completely stuffed.”
Calvin seems to have bought Hobbes’s friendship with a tuna sandwich and food from the icebox. Hobbes has proved a good friend in many ways and sometimes manages to teach Calvin a life lesson – although he usually fails. He has also shown his conscience in changing from tuna fish to salmon when he learned that dolphins were caught and killed with the tuna. His change of diet came in a strip first published in 1990.
ChessPirate 8 months ago
Ha! We know the real reason Hobbes rejects the Contract. It’s the “No Pouncing” Clause… ☺
mistercatworks 8 months ago
Trump would make “friends” with one hand performing a handshake and the other offering a Non-disclosure Agreement.
Old27F20 8 months ago
Hahaha, sounds like Sheldon and Leonard’s roommate agreement from Big Bang.
lnrokr55 8 months ago
Ah the wisdom of Hobbes !
hagarthehorrible 8 months ago
I guess, terms and conditions mar the pristine friendship. Hobbes is right.
g04922 8 months ago
Marriage is a contract.. NOT friendship. Susie will sign the contract with Calvin in several years…
Fuzzy Kombu 8 months ago
A lesson that DJT is should be learning about now (assuming that he’s capable of learning).
Gordo4ever 8 months ago
Some friends are ‘contractual’…
thedogesl Premium Member 8 months ago
As TFG is discovering.
dogday Premium Member 8 months ago
“…renegotiate in 20 years…” Oh, Calvin! “Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea…” sigh.
namelocdet 8 months ago
Amen Hobbes!
pixiekitten Premium Member 8 months ago
Calvin has a point
DavidErman 8 months ago
“People are friends because” – well, Hobbes is not a person, contract void.
GreggW Premium Member 6 months ago
Including hallucinatory ones.