Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 24, 2009

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    He didn’t say how far…..

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    Yukoner  about 15 years ago

    He didn’t even tell her why or where. She made an assumption for which he will now be blamed.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  about 15 years ago

    Calvin did say “please”!

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    zero  about 15 years ago

    I swear it’s true— I actually did that in 2nd grade. We had a nun subbing for our regular lay teacher. And by that point I’d had enough of nasty nun abuse.

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    jukeofurl, what did your mom say when you suddenly appeared?

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    tirnaaisling  about 15 years ago

    LOLz Calvin! You won’t get away with that one ever again tho’ did you really use it at the most opportune time? Give him credit tho he was very polite about it, and followed all the expected formalities ;)

    Love the rename Morgue… Is it just for the halloween hols?

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    sjoujke  about 15 years ago

    He did say he “had to go”…if she thought it was to the washroom…HER mistake!

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    carmy  about 15 years ago

    Mom is going to make him GO back to school.

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    comYics  about 15 years ago

    Nice.

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    kreole  about 15 years ago

    Hey JUKEOFURL—the nuns in my second grade hit the palm of my hands so many times with a ruler, my parents put me back in public school so my hands could heal! Never went back! Guess I was kind of a Calvin……

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    zero  about 15 years ago

    @kreole - yikes! my stories are too complex & don’t belong here. I feel for you-some nuns I had were fine people. But only takes few to ruin my day.

    @Margueritem - I honestly don’t recall that part now. I think she let me stay home that day but I went the next. Pretty sure Mrs. Alteri was back by then ;-) and like kreole - by 3rd grade I was in public schools. Did have after school CCD though. Ugh. Sorry to other readers for the trauma tale—Soupy’s death got to me.

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    GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago

    I did that on my first day of school. I avoided the Christmas rush and decided to hate school right away.

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    RavennaAl  about 15 years ago

    That’s what happens when you assume. Anyone else remember Felix Unger in court on The Odd Couple?

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    rentier  about 15 years ago

    Morgue-ritem?

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    tortugasurfcostarica  about 15 years ago

    true genius in disguise…i apply his methods to my current life and escape to the wilds of the ocean.

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    canadaeh  about 15 years ago

    i wonder if i tried that at work if my boss would fall for it

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    carpetinwater9  about 15 years ago

    A long walk home. Where’s Hobbes?

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    jrbj  about 15 years ago

    You can say what you will about Calvin and his antics, but you have to admit that he has potential and he has grit in his craw. One day, this boy will grow up to be a world leader and we’ll all be glad.

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    pintcape  about 15 years ago

    he didn’t lie,he said he had to go,not his fault she didn’t ask him where he had to go,smart little devil,lol.

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    alondra  about 15 years ago

    Next time Mrs. Wormwood will be sure to clarify just where Calvin “has to go.”

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    cleokaya  about 15 years ago

    What a perfect ploy to get out of class. Now I never thought of something so clever. Smart lad.

    Now let’s see what mom has to say about it.

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    3hourtour Premium Member about 15 years ago

    …I don’t get it…

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    rentier  about 15 years ago

    Where is Hobbes? Doesn’t he want to pounce?

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    serenasakitty  about 15 years ago

    It’s too early. Hobbes is still in bed reading comic books.

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    skipping  about 15 years ago

    Jeeze! I wish I had known that would work!

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    shakeswilly  about 15 years ago

    Sheesh ! I thought a mother would be happier to see her son….

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    Rakkav  about 15 years ago

    Calvin the World Leader? That thought is supposed to make me happy?

    choke gasp wheeze urk

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    unemandarine  about 15 years ago

    My school wasn’t close enough to pull that off… But very good idea Calvin, to bad it will only work once.

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    kab2rb  about 15 years ago

    Hobbes can’t pounce Calvin came home too early sure surprise mom though. I don’t think my kids did that at school. When I took classes my oldest would not go in at times I would have to leave early and get him to class. I was mad at him and let him know he had to go to school. Otherwise a meeting with princple and teachers would happen.

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    Hugh B. Hayve  about 15 years ago

    When, when, when we were young and went to school, There were certain teachers, Who would hurt the children in anyway they could….

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    siddartha999  about 15 years ago

    “Please” will get you all kinds of places…

    hopefully places you wanna go / need to be / “gotta go” to

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    jpozenel  about 15 years ago

    jukeofurlGenius said:

    I swear it’s true— I actually did that in 2nd grade. We had a nun subbing for our regular lay teacher. And by that point I’d had enough of nasty nun abuse.

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    There was a kid in my older brothers class that got expelled for punching a nun in the 1st grade. I got to be good friends with him later on in high school and asked him why he punched the nun. He looked genuinely surprised and told me she hit him first!

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    lazygrazer  about 15 years ago

    Good for a laugh, haha….but, in reality, no teacher will fall for that trick more than two times. Trust me on this, I know.

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    ratlum  about 15 years ago

    Mrs Wormwood you are forewarned At least prepare for things to come

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    bandz  about 15 years ago

    True story: When I was a young boy I occasionally experienced somewhat painful stomach cramps – probably gas. By the time I was in 6th grade, I had discovered that I could pretend to have stomach cramps and use that as an excuse to stay home from school. I tried it one time too often, and my parents decided that they should have me examined by our family doctor. After a few questions, the doctor diagnosed the problem as appendicitis. He described the appendix as a useless body organ and suggested that it would be best to perform an appendectomy. That would prevent any recurrence of the stomach pains. Hoist by my own petard! My appendix was removed and, amazingly, I never had a recurrance of those pains! Later the Dr. told my parents that the appendix he removed was normal, but that it was for the best to have had it removed as it “might cause problems in the future.” So, even though I’d missed a few days of school, I’d learned an important lesson!

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    Turtledragon  about 15 years ago

    Aaaah! points upwards long! @jukeofurl or however you spell it: uhh… Soupy?

    -Mew?

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    tamsin  about 15 years ago

    @turtledragon- the kids’ comedian from the 50’s to the 70’s… here’s an article on his death. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1931947,00.html

    @bandz- wow. what a way to learn a lesson!

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Soupy Sales – 1950’s comedian. Died earlier this week.

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    C_red  about 15 years ago

    I should try that.

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    grammahotsho  about 15 years ago

    Knew a lady who said her kids went through school - in the front door and out the back.

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    grammahotsho  about 15 years ago

    I really liked Soupy Sales.

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    Ushindi  about 15 years ago

    Steve said “Soupy Sales – 1950’s comedian. Died earlier this week.” C Red said next “I should try that.”

    Up to you, but we’ll miss you, Red.

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    Dino-1  about 15 years ago

    My grandmother sent all her kids to catholic school. My cousins and myself went to regular school but all went to religious education school once or twice a week. I liked going and the bus ride back and forth was fun. I got along well with all the nuns and especially liked Sister Bernadette, who was very young, fun, played guitar,and led sing-alongs. Sister Bernadette was out sick and we had a substitute who was a very old nun, wore the full habit, and obviously hated kids. During class no one raised their hand when a question was asked and I knew the answer and just said it out loud. She’d been tapping her ruler the entire class and I’d not run into a nun with a ruler fetious. She came over to my desk and I thought mistakedly to say some words of encouragement for knowing the answer but wacks me across the knuckles. I was in shock and it took a few minutes before the tears came. She sent me to Mother Superior’s office and crying remember being glad to tell her about the whole story. She hugged me afterward wiped my tears and found a whole line of chairs outside her office with other crying children. Soon after we all made our way back to class Mother Superior came to our classroom and asked the nun to step into the hall. They had a conversation and the ruler stayed in her desk the rest of class. We all told Sister Bernadette about it and she was never out again. That Sunday while going to church with my parents and I saw her coming across from the rectory and with pointed finger yelled out, “That’s the one that hit me!” I never saw her again afterwards!

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    buckeyecharly  about 15 years ago

    When you have to explain a joke, it ceases to be funny!

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    Jaddis  about 15 years ago

    I did this once and it was a 15 mile walk– I made it home in time for lunch, but my mom worked, so it was a lonely afternoon.

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    alviebird  about 15 years ago

    Can’t believe Teacher didn’t see the red flags. She knows Calvin better than that!

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    wolf123450  about 15 years ago

    My teacher in 4th grade did something like this… In elementary school, I lived right across the street from the school. We were learning how to do a dance for a school play which I was opposed against. I didn’t want to learn the dance so here’s what my teacher had to say about that: “If you don’t want to learn the dance, you can just go home.” So I did.

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    PercyJacksonfan123  about 15 years ago

    Calvin, your a genius!!!!!!

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    kershawfamily  about 15 years ago

    Nuns have some bad habits.

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    cthuloid9  about 15 years ago

    i thought calvin and hobbes ended in 1995?

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    lindz.coop Premium Member about 15 years ago

    I’m missing Soupy too – I had lunch with him every day thru most of my elementary school years .

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    zero  almost 15 years ago

    Coda— you see Soupy Sales had a lion puppet named Pookie he routinely had banter with on the show. Calvin has a tiger. Reruns can be good + cats ;-)

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