Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 27, 2025

I actually wish the same thing and I’m not a kid.

Hey, batter, batter, batter…..

And 2 seconds after that Calvin will get to spend the rest of the day in the principals office.

But wouldn’t the snow freeze solid in the thermos and be impossible to get out without first thawing it to slush??

I wonder why Calvin’s parents have never been taken to task by the Board of Education over his behavior in school.

I hope Calvin washed out whatever was in the thermos first.

Then again, maybe he preferred there be something mixed in with the snow. Now even I feel disgusted by THAT thought.

Maybe all they’ll think about is revenge, Calvin.

Yeah, but you only have three snowballs, and they’re melting fast…

Depending on who Calvin hits he may well find his head down a toilet.

Except for Calvin because theteacher is about to walk in.

Patience is its own reward!

And in 2 seconds, Calvin will be chased by an angry mob of elementary schoolers

Dilly! Dilly, Calvin! Dilly! Dilly!

I’m going to try that

The kids will then lay down their forks and in admiration cry, “We’re not worthy!”

Time to wake up, Calvin!

I came in from the outside at work once with a snowball and tossed over a cube wall at a friend (I am shorter than the walls, so I couldn’t see over them). I almost hit the Director that was sitting in office talking to him at the time.

In two seconds, your parents will be driving you home while giving you the riot act over your behavior!

Yesterday was my day to assist in Children’s Church. There is one little boy who is consistently a problem. He’ll run when specifically told to walk, constantly not keeping his hands to himself (his little brother is his usual target), etc. When his mother came to get her children I gave her a report of his behavior. She just smiled & said, “Welcome to my world.”

That boy is pure genius me say. Pure genius.

GENIUS!

Come on, boy. Everyone knows that bad kids like you throw food, not snow. But then I guess you’re trying to annoy and upset people, not amuse them.

And the file on Calvin in the principal’s office just grew by another page…

From M*A*S*H:

Klinger: “Hey Doc, remember me?”

Psychiatrist Sidney Freedman: “Are you kidding? I had to order a new filing cabinet just for your folder!”

Including Moe, Calvin? He can make you very sorry you came up with the idea.

“and in twenty seconds, I will be sent home!”

That’s Cal, the Entertainer. Always willing to put on a show.

Don’t think so, but I see a visit to the principal in two seconds.

Boy genuis!

For once, Susie is not the lone target for Calvin’s lunchroom shenanigans.

Nice in theory, but I doubt it would come out of the thermos, without spooning it out.

A future terrorist in the making… Calvin can be a bit scary at times.

This kid is the epitome of the word trouble. Great comic.

Really, really funny! I can actually see what is about to happen

It really is a good idea, assuming you don’t object to the chaos it will cause.

Let the food fight begin.

Notice Calvin said “he’d” in the last panel? it was even boldfaced. That’s because 98% of stupid, destructive ideas come from the Y chromosome.

In 20 seconds, Calvin is going to find himself in the Principals Office.

And in 10 seconds Calvin’s mother is going to get an unpleasant phone call.

…..definitely makes school interesting!!!!!

And by the end of lunch, Calvin will wish he had something to drink.

Me and my brother had Calvin do something similar in this fanfic we wrote together…

fanfiction(DOT)net/s/13186025/1/Calvin-Gets-Suspended

Once the kids and I put snowballs in the freezer so we could have a snowball fight the next summer. The snowballs turned to ice, so next June it was like throwing rocks at each other, which we also did sometimes. Sometimes I’m amazed I survived childhood.

Those aren’t Hostess Snowballs

Well, haven’t seen the principal lately ! ;-)

Ha ha, I’ll bet his buddy Moe will be the first to respond.

i wish i could see snow, seems fun to play with; until it goes down the back of your shirt.

I find it hard to believe that he could get 3 full-size snowballs out of a kid-size thermos. BTW, I once tried keeping a snowball in the freezer; it shrank down to hailstone size.

When I was a boy I was helping Mum defrost the freezer. Taking a big handful of the frost I had scraped off I made a snowball, took it outside & threw it at one of the neighbor kids, & she ran & tattled to her mother that I was throwing snowballs at her.

The thing was that it was in the middle of July so she had a slight credibility issue.

in three seconds you won’t have time to use the remaining two snowballs

Calvin is headed for Principal Spittle’s office for starting a snowball fight… inside the classroom lol

Uh-oh…

great idea. but my was better in high school. I put beer in my thermos, my group made fun of me for having a thermos, they said “Gee mom made soup for you” After the third day they noticed my soup had a head on it. by the next week, all 20 guys had a thermos. Here is the best part back then the drinking age was dropped from 21 to 18 so we were not breaking the law.

I hope they have the cartoon that is to follow this Tuesday. I want to know what happens to this child.

“And I walked in the house, and opened that freezer door, and my mother had thrown the snowball away.”