Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 05, 2024

Doesn’t matter if Calvin lives in paradise. He’ll still misbehave.

It’s definitely the fault of the environment…..

And the Noodle Incident? No big deal, it was just taken out of context.

Love Hobbes’ expression in panel #2.

Father Flanagan (the founder of Boys’ Town) was noted for saying, “There’s no such thing as a bad boy.” Think he’d change his mind if he ever met Calvin??

It’s other people that are the problem. Calvin wouldn’t do these things if they weren’t around to bug him.

“If I was being raised … I wouldn’t do .. that.” That has got to be the ultimate cop-out line for a 6 y.o.

Santa doesn’t really neglect bad kids, Calvin, he leaves a lump of coal in their stocking.

“A paragon of virtue, that’s you.” “Right!” And keeps talking, none the wiser.

Watterson was a genius.

The last babysitter will have something to say, and remember that little girl you whacked with a snowball.

Then again, who knows what he would do?

Y’all ever watched The Good Place?

A toad in with sweaters………..I see a mummified toad.

Move to a better environment? How about Austria, where Krampus is said to originate.

Luv Hobbs’ subtle sarcasm in this strip!

I have had the unfortunate life experience in knowing a couple of people who were always the victim, regardless of their role in the experience. I have learned to avoid such people at all costs.

Don’t worry Calvin, Krampus will pay you a visit, as he loves bad kids like you.

Wrong!

The toad in Mom’s sweater drawer could explain how she got warts on her hooters.

Today’s strip gives rise to so many important questions:

Where does one find CONTINENT toads? Are there people who specialize is house breaking toads? What does toad urine look like, anyway?

Was it really incontinent? Or was it just trapped in that drawer for 12 hours with nowhere else to go to relieve itself?

Calvin milks his “victimhood”.

The world according to Calvin.

“Gee, Officer Krupke—-krup you!”

Incontinent Toad are opening for Dead Man’s Dog.

Loved to been there when your mom found out.

Ad far as Calvin is concerned, mitigating circumstances are everywhere.

The Fourth came into our master bathroom, during the summer, and put stick on fake lizards in the shower. They are very realistic. My wife went in, to take her morning shower, and screamed so loud that everyone in five miles must have heard her. I ran into the bathroom and she couldn’t talk, just pointed. I grabbed one of the lizards and started laughing. Boy! Did she get mad at me! And I don’t know why. The Fourth still finds things in his food, well not while my wife is away, taking care of her dad.

On a lighter note. Six more days and my beautiful wife will be home. No more need to Zoom or Facetime. Well actually 6 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes and 33 seconds, but hey! Who’s counting. (Hint: Not the kids.)

………mitigating circumstances??

Sarcasm is wasted on the young, Hobbes.

Always enjoy Cal’s self-pity days and Hobbes’ subtle comments. Great contrast. And Cal’s self-justification became a model for behavior in the hog trough on the Potomac.

Paragon, mitigating and incontinent all in one strip.

I blame the parents (his real parents that probably gave him away).

Well, he’s not wrong. Saying some people are good and others are bad is absurdly simplistic and reductionist. It’s also a shame to dismiss anyone as without value or beyond hope.

Incontinent Toads is a great name for a band.

Froggy has indigestion…

So it’s all your parents’ fault?

Better environment?! What is that supposed to mean?

If it weren’t for mitigating circumstances, we’d all be doomed.

I will always love the back of his head.

Tis the season to split hairs.

a) is Hobbes holding back vomit in panel #2? and b) Kronk wondering why Kuzco didn’t turn out better under Yzma’s “parenting” similarity

Robot Chicken had a skit where Santa gets an existential crisis because he saw that kids were doing naughty stuff for good reasons, like a kid cheating on her test because she couldn’t see the board very well because of her eyesight.

If only he’d used his noodle he wouldn’t have done that.

At the risk of repeating myself, because I have said this before, but I love Calvin’s six year old vocabulary. He must be a very smart kid.

Gotta love Hobbes. Panel #2 , the look on his face and body language is genius.

Would love to see his moms reaction when she pulled that drawer open and the smell! But there’s always someone to blame.

I always learn new words reading Calvin and Hobbes

Ideally one puts the blame on one’s great grandparents.