Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 06, 2023

Mom’s had years of practice.

She can read your mind…..and has eyes in the back of her head.

Actually, Calvin can communicate telepathically because he read Mom’s mind.

Should’ve asked for a fierce tiger tattoo.

His mum probably wanted one like that when she was little but her mum said no.

She’s got the look…

I want a wife who will do that when I have a stupid idea

She must have E.S.P.N.

Never ask before hand, just do it and then ask for forgiveness.

That’s not telepathy, that’s “visual language”.

Calvin’s mom probably learned it from mine.

Same here. I could actually communicate telepathically just by looking at their facial expressions.

Calvin, it is called “The Look”. Almost all Mom’s (and some dads) have it. No words are needed you just KNOW.

There are two places on your body where you shouldn’t get tattooed:

1. Places that are “private parts.”

2. Places that aren’t.

Know that look(Mom’s)—-used to see it——often—‘nuff said’ ! ! ! !

Also known as “The look”…..

And mom’s have eyes in the back of their head.

It’s a gift that Moms have, Calvin.

I love this one!

All women have it! The silent stare speaks volumes!

What’s so great about having ink shoved into the dermis…yecch!

Then he can play in the NBA!

If a six-year-old boy got an intricate tattoo like a serpent holding a ship against his chest or whatever, what would the tattoo look like when the boy was 60 or 70 and well over 100 lbs heavier?

Most mom’s have “The Look”. I have fine-tuned mine to “The Eyebrow”. “The Eyebrow” is so effective that it works on ALL kids…even those that aren’t mine. It works great when it’s my turn to assist in Children’s Church on Sundays.

All women have this Ability!

Maybe it’s just my generation, but I have to agree with mom on this one. For the vast majority of people what nature, genetics and your own good stewardship gave you cannot be improved on by some dude with a tattoo pen.

The Count knows a lady who was having a tattoo of Godzilla covering her whole back only the tattoo artist died and it is considered unethical for one tattoo artist to finish the work of another so now she had about half a Godzilla on her back. The upside is it is an excellent job and she really is pretty dang hawt, boy howdy, so yet another Ann❤️Eiffel Happy❤️Ending, boy howdy, :)

As a kid, I thought I was hot stuff because, depending on luck, I could put a quarter into the machine at the grocery store and get a tattoo appliqué. I’d wet the paper, put it on my arm and hold it in place for a couple of minutes, peel off the paper and there was my tattoo. If I were really lucky, it’d survive bath time and the next day’s play before coming off.

Women have that ability early on. It really kicks in with the firstborn.

All moms can do that.

i would have said “Great! Lets go now!” and seen how Cal dealt with the first of thousands of needle jabs. Mom did the same thing when Calvin wanted a cigarette. The burnt hand teaches best

His arms are too skinny to fit his initials, let alone a dragon.

Sometimes silence is the most eloquent argument.

Mothers are good at that.

Why don’t they draw tattoos with permanent markers? Less painful and they wear off eventually.

Start him with a big set of markers.

Seeing someone with many tattoos I mainly see skin damage and a reduced ability to obtain vitamin D.

My brother made the comment that with the fads he followed as a youth, at least he could burn them…

All moms can do that.

Looks more visual to me.

I love Mom’s death glare.

Mom’s stare looks more like she’s on something. What it is, I don’t know.

It’s called “A mother knowing their child”, Calvin.

Talk to the artist and have them start one without ink in the gun. I can guarantee Calvin won’t last one second.

LOL….

The best face Mom’s ever made.

There is a lot of peer pressure usually involved in tattoos. Sure, some people get it because they have a specific event or person to commemorate but it is rare.

Whenever I consider permanently defacing my body in some way, I think about that month when I thought a beret was a REALLY GOOD IDEA. I still blush.

Poor Calvin. He was born 30 years too soon. But I would imagine he finally got his tattoo as a 40th birthday present.

Mom is denying Calvin a future career as a chain smoking, beer drinking pool shark

Many of today’s moms might very well indulge the kid.

Just what I was thinking.

In ten years, they’ll have the same “dialog.”

The look. Moms swear by it. I saw Ben Shapiro use it the other day when a college student told him the Allies didn’t bomb innocent civilians in WW2.

All women can communicate telepathically. We do it with our boyfriends and husbands too.

It wasn’t Mom communicating telepathically, it was Calvin’s mind reading. He knew what the answer was before he even asked.

It’s not telepathic. Merely non-verbal.

When I made my comment about the LOOK I didn’t realize so many had the same thought, I guess I should have read all the comments before I made mine.

ALL moms can do that.

All good moms are.