Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 23, 2009

Some grownups think of them as nooses, too.

“He is not repentant” I love it !!! Must be Sunday go to church time , hope he behaves himself.

Back in the middle ages, when I was in a public high school, it was mandatory that we wear a white shirt and a tie. Our response was that we wore the same tie ever every day for the entire school year and that we never untied it completely, only loosening it enough to slip it over our head. Not everyone was this uncouth but I reveled in it. (One of the problems was to keep Mom from getting her hands on the tie and washing it during the year.)

Wonder what the upcoming occassion is. Hope it’s not as grim as the gallows. School pictures maybe?

Calvin n his imagination jus rock!!!!

OK

THAT REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST SON.

I can count myself lucky. I now own no ties and would be just as wretched as Calvin does.

Yesterday was such a day, I felt like Calvin.

Gweedo Murry, love the song. Poor Calvin. lol

Oh my gosh!! Please tell me he’s not having to go to a wedding…. can you just imagine him and hobbes having to sit through a wedding?

Has Calvin’s dad never heard of clip-ons?

Womens fashions change faster than mens. Bring back the style George Washington wore and you’ll really hear yelling!!

Gweedo Murray: Interesting link good Sir. A message for Calvin from the future perhaps?

“Hey! you gotta look out how you act, cause if you not careful, you gonna end up in trouble anyways!”…. Father Guido Sarducci

see: http://www.fathersarducci.com/images/frsarducci.gif …

The times have changed, haven’t they? You don’t see cartoons today with imagery of a hanging - it’s just not “PC”. I wonder if Watterson took any flak when this one was first published. I doubt that a cartoonist could get away with something like this today…

Maybe whoever invented the tie got his inspiration from the ritual of hanging, and wanted to play a practical joke on the generations to come :) Fortunately he let the noose hang down rather than against gravity…

GM + FTIII thanks for the links Helps start the day :000

Everyone in my school has to wear a tie! The girls tie them really loosely though, so its not that bad :)

EMandEM:

I’ve always been of the opinion they were invented by feminists….

Hey, om1e5ga, that’s how many women feel about a bra, must have been invented by a male woman-hater,lol

I worked for years in a liquor store that was state run. It was mandatory that we wear ties. Everytime that I would pick up a heavy case, my neck muscles would flex and I’d feel the tightening around my neck. I couldn’t loosen it to much because customers would be in the store and I might have to go up to the register. Another frequent downside, was picking up a case and placing it on top of another. When I would try to step away, I would discover to my dismay, that my tie was pinned between the two cases.

What occasion are Daddy and Calvin gussing up the white shirt and tie for? Attend the church, wedding or what? I am curious to know what occasion they are up to. :-)

Gweedo Murray says: For Calvin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJaIwZLPzN4 What is the name of song did you paste that link on the post comment? :-) (I know Johnny Cash sang the song) Wink! :-)

That Johnny Cash always had such a sense of humour. I remember he also sang “The Green Green Grass of Home” in which he was also hung I think, that was a more bittersweet and sad song. Wildmustang the song was called “25 Minutes to Go.”

Hmm, I don’t remember Johnny Cash singing “The Green Green Grass of Home”. I do remember Tom Jones singing it.

Re: SueHarper Tom Jones rendition of GGGoH was a pathetic, pasty flop. Johnny Cash sang it long before ‘Pretty Boy’ Jones and JCash was the second one to sing it. Jim Reeves was the first (though he didn’t write it) but it was never as memorable a song as the rendition by Cash. Others have sung it as well, but very few had ever attained the deep sonorous tonation that Cash put on it.

Just as much as men hate ties … this how we women feel about wearing pantyhose!

Love that second frame.

I actually like wearing ties. (i’m a girl) I think they are fun to wear! (though a little confusing to put on)

WestwoodGryphon says: Love that second frame.

I agree. I love how menacing his eyes look. ^_^

i like to wear a tie. i am just strange like that.

I have hundreds of ties (gifts, mainly) but never tighten them completely now. I found the pressure on the jugular veins triggered severe migraines. I plan to have them made into quilts when I reretire.

@om1e5ga I’ve always been of the opinion they were invented by feminists…

So now when girls wear them, it means that the trend has come full circle! =) I’m LOL at Calvin’s face in the fourth frame.

Watch out, Dad, it sounds like Calvin is hawking up a furball!

I wonder why Calvin’s dad is making him wear a tie..

Dress code misery

Implementing the Dress Code

I quit wearing ties when I moved away from my parents’ homes. My mom’s family respects that i quit wearing them due to the darn things always seeming to choke me and I was never comfortable wearing them to begin with.

yay, i don’t have to wear ties and i never have

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