Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 19, 2025

“Said no one ever!”

Whoever likes homework and does not want to play outside needs to have their brains checked

Worth a try.

it is funny that Calvin and Danae (from Non Sequitur) are both dealing with math problems right now.. think something is up?

Reverse psychology seldom works, Calvin.

Calvin reminds me a lot of Danae and Hobbes reminds me of Lucy on Non Sequitur. I think they should get married when they grow up! Of course, they might be too similar and Calvin probably loves Susie.

What do you think? :)

My brain rejects attempts to convince myself that I get better endorphins from eating salad than from eating dessert. Or at least foods rich in carbs.

I was always getting in trouble for not doing homework; but my class marks were good and I always did well in exams. I always thought school was about learning; not filling out superfluous paperwork. Silly me.

GIGO

Major incompatibility issues…

It was worth a try.

I always liked to GET IT OVER WITH! Not the same as liking the homework, but good enough. :)

I guess you’d have to say it every day for the rest of your life but it would still not be true! I always hated math!

gotta’ feel it first.

That’s right Calvin, keep lying to yourself!

Today’s strip reminds me of an earlier strip which concluded with Calvin saying, “My brain obviously doesn’t believe a word my mouth is saying!”

A few seconds later… Mom: Calvin! Why am I not hearing you doing your homework?

Would that be affirmation or self-hypnosis?

Either way, it didn’t work….

I would suggest doing your math problems outside, but I don’t think that would work either, Calvin.

I read the first two panels and thought “What alternate universe is this”? Fortunately reality as I know it returned to normal upon reading the next two cells.

Gee, I wonder why?

“People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be,” Abraham Lincoln.

Happiness, like success, is more of a state of mind than a state of reality.

“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it”― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

Shiny happy Calvin doing homework

Shiny happy Calvin solving math problems

Shiny happy Hobbes laughing

I’m 65 and, while I didn’t much care for math in school, I would welcome a few math problems now.

Buckle up and do your homework, Calvin.

Calvin’s brain has a mind of its own.

Oh Calvin. In 25 years you’ll be walking around saying “I love my job, I love my job” with the same result.

just do it. Attitude change Follows behavior change.

Give me physics over math anyday and i will be happy.

…….keep trying buddy…….you will turn from the “dark side”!!!!

The right half isn’t believing the left half.

The first panel actually sounds like Calvin genuinely likes homework. But then you can hear the sarcasm seeping in with the second.

Someone introduce that kid to Jason Fox.

WHEN IS NORMAL COLOUR COMING TO THIS COMIC STRIP

What attitude ? ;-)

Some of the most fun problems only SEEM to involve math. Here’s one:

Bob lives on the bus route halfway between the gals he’s been courting, Alice and Clara. He doesn’t want to be playing favorites, so he leaves it up to chance: Every night at some random time after supper he wanders down to the bus stop and just takes the first bus that comes along and drops in on whichever lady is in that direction. Northbound busses stop there every half-hour, and so do southbound busses. But eventually Clara gets disgusted with Bob because he’s spending 5 times as much time with Alice as with her. Why is that?

Dad will say ‘It builds character’.

I know Watterson was making points as usual about education and how it doesn’t always work for some kids. I just had trouble laughing at this one as I have nephews with learning disabilities. Don’t take it personal, I know.