Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 20, 2024

You can’t miss seeing a cement truck…..

Always obey the rules of the road!

Be careful, or be roadkill!

Does Calvin ever learn from Hobbes’ wisdom??

If Calvin was real, maybe he would be the youngest philosopher or the first child philosopher.

The problem with “Live for the moment” is when you have no money. So you usually end up working a job and living for the weekend.

Look down the road and don’t stare into the headlights!

In kindergarten we were walked to an intersection several times and taught to cross safely. “Look left, look right, look left again.” I still instinctively do this, in my S. European city where jaywalking is an art form.

Both ways

I used to sound out my thoughts as I worked though my troubled teen years, some how speaking out loud made my analysis seem more focused.

A better motto would be ‘look both ways before crossing the road’.

In these days of the zombie apocalypse, i.e. people nose in their mobile phones. Just looking would be nice.

“Trust but verify.”

Or look in both directions……

Foolish tiger. You gotta looks both up and down the road.

“Look both ways when crossing a one-way street.”

Actually any truck will do

“Then you’ll be sorry….” No, you won’t. You won’t be feeling anything. You’ll be dead. All experience of every kind stops. People have a remarkable facility for failing to get that.

“Live Long and Prosper”. ~ Spock

I seem to recall seeing this one and recognizing how profound it was with Hobbes response motto being a double entendre.

Cool, Hobbes!

Hobbes nailed it. Bravery is one thing. Caution is another. Either can lead to longer life but one offers more possibilities.

Then after you get hit by the cement truck, others will say “Why don’t they look?”

A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free.

Hobbes, the ultimate pragmatist.

Cement truck or fire engine racing to a fire? A car here went skidding sideways for half of a block before going through the front of the building.

Hobbes is ever so wise!

I will have to use that one (literally and metaphorically)

Apparently Calvin has never seen Wile E. Coyote at work. He can fall from untold heights, get hit with anvil, and then plastered by a train or a truck . . .and get up and walk it off. Granted, he may be a little wobbly, but nevertheless he redoubles his efforts to catch the roadrunner.

When I die I want to go like my grandpa, who died peacefully in his sleep. Not like the screaming passengers in his car!

I have one live sister and one dead one that lived by that motto. I prefer Hobbe’s motto, myself.

Look both ways before crossing.

And today I learned I am a Hobbes and not a Calvin.

remids me of a poem for some reason – too long to quote here “IF” by Rudyard Kipling. But then my second thought would be – Eat dessert first, you never know what happens next!

Interesting metaphor for the recent election.

Living for the moment isn’t very appealing, but living in the moment can really go a long way toward preserving your sanity.

Their two different personalities summed up in their mottos

I find that “living for the moment” still leaves plenty of time for safety. Last week a fork lift backed into the umbrella of the outdoor table where I was dining at a restaurant on the dock. It jolted the table like the biggest earthquake I ever experienced. The owner just laughed it off. If it happens again, OSHA will continue the dialog for me.

Quite the paradox there.

Look both ways numerous times before stepping on the road. There have been times while driving that I have looked both ways numerous times to make a turn, and just like that, a vehicle appears out of nowhere. Luckily I was able to complete the turn before anything happened!

actually, after getting hit by a cement truck, I seriously doubt you’ll be feeling anything, much less “sorry”.

Lucky Calvin has a balanced and sensible stuffed tiger.

A PESSIMIST sees a dark tunnel.

An OPTIMIST sees light at the end of the tunnel.

A REALIST sees a freight train.

The engineer sees 3 idiots standing on the tracks.

Pragmatic Hobbes !

Now you also have to look up in case of attack drones

Truck-kun.

Test

Why Does Calvin always bring up Cement trucks.

LOL… you GOTTA love Hobbes….

I like the survival part of Hobbes.

“YOLO” You only live once.

2 more days until my birthday (late).