Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 25, 2024

Being psychic builds character.

Calvin, you’re supposed to say, “Pick a number, between one and ten…..”

This will make Dad’s poll ratings go down again.

Calvin, you ought to now by now that Dad ALWAYS wants to get rid of you! BTW, if this strip was ever upgraded, Dad would probably be holding an iPhone, like Jeremy in “Zits”.

He got your number

Your number is up…

Dad’s brighter than he looks.

Dad’s got the glasses, but he’s not Stephen Colbert (or maybe he’s the anti-Stephen Colbert if you’ve seen the regular Colbert Questionnaire bit).

Of course he trying to gets rid of you. It build character see.

Ignoring your child builds character

What are the odds?

I would NEVER have that chair in my living room.

My You’re a cleaver lad now go play in trffic.

So that’s why the panelists in Match Game write all the answers down.

His book is more important than his son

Wow that’s the number I was thinking

If Calvin didn’t read dad’s mind in the 2nd panel, he sure did in the 4th.

Also known as passing the buck.

Best dad ever.

I love Calvin’s expression in the third panel.

Calvin should run out and buy a national lottery ticket.

“By golly, you are psychic Calvin! I AM trying to get rid of you.”

SPOCK: Captain, there are approximately one hundred of us engaged in this search, against one creature. The odds against you and I both being killed are 2,228.7 to 1.

KIRK: 2,228.7 to 1? Those are pretty good odds, Mister Spock.

SPOCK: And they are of course accurate, Captain.

KIRK: Of course. Well, I hate to use the word, but logically, with those kind of odds, you might as well stay. But please stay out of trouble, Mister Spock.

SPOCK: That is always my intention, Captain.

god a love this strip… it’s perfect… remember the 1st time I read it….

Dad just showed that parents can be aware of trickery and also can turn it back on the young. Good lesson.

Now Calvin will never know if he’s psychic.

He’s got your number, Calvin.

I like his 3rd panel look.

I’m not sure that Calvin ought to be talking to his dad. He makes up the most ridiculous explanations for natural events that makes Calvin’s imagination pale in comparison. Of course, Calvin believes what he says, too. Yeah, all the occupants in the looney bin are a bunch of characters!

LOL!!!

…..if first you do not succeed!!!!

You got that one right, Calvin. Dad just wants to read his paper in peace.

Under the category of: “One day you’ll be as smart as your dad…”

That’s my lucky number!

Being a psychic is a good job, just ask Johnny Carson

And tell her she loves you.

I love Calvin’s shocked face in the third panel. Now it just needs a sound effect like this:

youtube-dot-com/watch?v=4Oe6KigCqwQ

My trick is to guess what astrological sign a person is NOT. Better odds. We piscaprileos are like that. :)

Smooth pop !

It’s the old ‘Mom / Father" ploy….. ’Go ask your Mother…. Go ask your Father’ routine.

Yeah, show mom and Hobbes

The fact that Calvin found out his dad is trying to get rid of him proves he’s a physic.

I punched that number into Google hoping it would be the distance between Earth and the sun, but it just referenced this comic, many times

Calvins Dad is the goat

My late Mother thought my brother in-law raised his only daughter this way … ;)