Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 05, 2025

Well that was a “Gas”!

At least flatulence won’t give you cancer.

I never seen that strip before! That is pretty funny!

Close, but no cigar

I hope Mom didn’t give Calvin ideas—about farting all over the house!

Is dad about to unleash rage flatulence?

Rage. As in: “make’s Mom mad”.

Surprised Calvin didn’t say that to mom.

A pipe would fit Dad’s persona better and smell better, but he’s too healthy to smoke.

Flatulists were popular at one time.

Flatulence isn’t nearly as nasty smelling. Flatulence doesn’t make me puke like cigar odor does.

do not get her started

So, yours doesn’t stink? Contest time hike up that skirt, I’ll drop trow.

Flatulence and naked flames. An explosive combination.

Someone’s been taking a page out of Steve Martin’s book.

“Well, not a lot of people smoking out here, that’s for sure. It kind of bothers some people, if you’re in a sleazy place like this and somebody starts smoking. It doesn’t bother me so much, because I’m used to it. But if I’m in a restaurant eating and someone asks, “Hey, mind if I smoke?” I always say, "Well, no, do you mind if I fart? It’s one of my habits!

Yeah, they’ve got a special section on airplanes for people like me now. I quit once for a year, but I gained a lot of weight. It’s hard to quit. After s*x, you have the urge to light one up."

Fume about that one.

Among a certain demographic, flatulence IS all the rage. And giggle-making.

No matter how you cut it.

If you look for records of pranking online, you may find the one about the woman dressed as a nun supposedly selling votive candles from a table. The prank was that, while smiling as nuns do, she would suddenly clench up and lean forward, and at that point one of the candles would flare like a blowtorch. The reactions of the prank-ees was interesting

Maybe a pipe.

Maybe they should go for a pipe instead.

There’s the anecdote (possibly apocryphal) about the electrical engineering genius, Charles Steinmetz, who was an inveterate cigar smoker. When his employer, GE, considered instituting a No Smoking policy, Steinmetz supposedly replied “No smoking, no Steinmetz”. His cigar smoking was allowed to continue.

I enjoy my Dutch Masters…..Outside.

Only disgusting to uppity broads like her. Non-stop laughs for me.

My guess is she pharted as she made her exit, to emphasize the point.

If only a few people are into something, is it just part of the rage?

Flatulence is a medical condition and, therefore understandable, indeed uncontrollable. Gratuitous farting is another matter.

Subtle mom, very subtle!

That’s a big Amen!

Brilliant and screaming funny.

Vaping shouldn’t be an option.

Calvin, “Butt farting builds character! Right Dad!?!”

Mom just “crop-dusted” as she walked by. Wait a few seconds Calvin and Dad, start running to escape.

Mom’s not a fan of “Blazing Saddles”.

This was known 30 years ago, but there are still people who think cigars are cool. Apparently we don’t learn.

Comments today definitely lower the tone. Overworked descriptions of bodily functions are more acceptable in a bar than in a kids’ comic.

One word, Calvin: cancer.

Now go outside.

Very well put!

The smell of cigars remind me of my grandfather. He died when I was 8, due to his cigar-smoking habit. Hence, the smell is not pleasant to me.

Yes, very nicely put!

Farting is one of nature’s perks!

Calvin’s Mom once again farts on his parade.

“Smoking” on both ends!!!!!

Although they are fairly common today, this may be the oldest fart joke (or even reference) ever published in a comic strip (1995).

Very hard to find a decent Cuban now. So many are Dominican tobacco rolled in a Cuban leaf. You can tell immediately what’s what. my local rez brings them in and I ask if they are 100% pure Cuban but they cannot show if they are or not. They won’t show me the tax sticker on the box.

Well played, Mom. I never understood what’s so great about cigars anyway.

If that were true, a lot of dads would be in vogue. “Pull my finger.”

I smoked cigars for 40 years; ’quit 14 years ago. Cigars greatly added to my quality of life, but in deference to my potential quantity of life I gave them up. No regrets on either side of those choices.

LOL at the Mom’s comment in the second panel! One of the few fart jokes I find to actually be funny. Also regarding the first panel, if it’s legalized in their area, Calvin’s line would probably be “Weed is all the rage, Dad! You should smoke weed!”

The mid-90’s cigar craze is how I kicked my tobacco habit for good…

A woman is just a woman, but a cigar….is a smoke ! ;-)

Man, them Rosarita refries! I gotta quit eating that!

aw, you’re talking out your…..

Everybody was Kung Fu farting!

Buzzkill, just plain buzzkill.

And besides, flatulence is all the rage; we all do it regularly and often. So do cows!

Man to Steve Martin: Do you mind if I smoke?

SM: Not at all. Do you mind if I fart?

You’d think Calvin would be all over that one.

I never thought of it that way.

Cigars smell like a fart?? LOL…

I’m pretty sure l didn’t know what ‘flatulence’ meant when l was Calvin’s age.

Wait…so flatulence isn’t all the rage right now? Uh-oh.

Not much difference.