Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 08, 2009

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    I’ll bet Mom can hardly wait…

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    wolfbyte36  over 15 years ago

    nightie night Calvin.

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    Sleep if I let you.

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    gimmickgenius  over 15 years ago

    Little does he know he’ll be six years old forever.

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    Happy dreams, Cal !!

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    cleokaya  over 15 years ago

    Mom is all prepped and ready for action.

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    I am the monster that lies in wait under your bed. so go to sleep, I dare you. GGGGRRRR!!!

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    green_engineer  over 15 years ago

    At least a hulking surly teenager doesn’t say much!

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    Calvin, you’re an inspiration to ENFPs everywhere.

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    odie_carter  over 15 years ago

    hee… what a rebel, i think Calvin is just cool like that

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    Hey, ladywolf17, if you read this, welcome. Some answers for you:

    1) I think you did the right thing in your self-defense. 2) My favorite cartoon strip character is Tumbleweeds, only it’s out-of-print and not on this site.

    http://www.tumbleweeds.com/funnies.html

    3) On this site? I’m Calvin’s “good side” (as created by his transmogrifier). 4) And just for the record, I’ll be 50 in early July. 5) I certainly remember Pogo from my youth. Loved it. 6) Anybody remember Gordo? (I’d be the cat from that strip.) Loved that too. 7) Lesson from that Sunday strip when C&H ran off the cliff? I’d have to agree with “dying”.

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    comicgirl1000  over 15 years ago

    ladywolf nice picture

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    coffeeturtle  over 15 years ago

    I don’t know how parents do it… really

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    bald  over 15 years ago

    sadly some kids don’t outgrow the terrible two’s til they are 20 something

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    scrummys  over 15 years ago

    we named our son whilst in utero ‘calvin’, even though we didnt know the sex of the baby till he was born. luckily he was a boy! we kept the name calvin. he is 2 & 1/2 years old now, and boy does the name suit!

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    alondra  over 15 years ago

    Tell him one more word and you’re going to tape his mouth shut with duct tape!

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    blazedancer  over 15 years ago

    he sounds just like my little brother. if my brother is like calvin now at age four, I wonder what he’ll be like at six

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    g6793  over 15 years ago

    doctortoon: That’s the truth!! ;)

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    JonD17  over 15 years ago

    Surly, without a doubt……. Hulking, I don’t think so, unless he means “skulking” ( sorry Skulker, no harm intended, bro.)

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    lateformyfuneral  over 15 years ago

    C-T posted “I don’t know how parents do it… really” Neither do I, and I’ve been down that trail more than once. You’d think by now the human race would have given up on having children. They’re such a nuisance, such an expense, and, according to the wisdom of the following generation, we always did everything wrong. Why do we keep trying?

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    musicnut1986  over 15 years ago

    lateformyfuneral, like each generation, we think the previous generation knows nothing and everything under the sun was discovered by and is unique to our generation. This appears to apply more to the western way of thinking and is not as prevelent to the near and far eastern way of thinking.

    Having said this, I can’t amagine what a hell-raiser Calvin would be as a teenager. Luckly for his parents, he always remained six years old.

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    Silverpearl  over 15 years ago

    When they give you grandchildren - you get your revenge. Spoil them and give them back to their parents!! LOL

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    anobium625  over 15 years ago

    I tried the “get your revenge by spoiling the grandchildren” line on a friend. “It doesn’t work,” she replied sadly, “when they live with you.”

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    musicnut1986  over 15 years ago

    Hey grazer, yesterday did you mean ‘65 Chevy Nova? That was also known as the Chevy II. Chevy did not have the Nova model in 1955. Let me know if i’m wrong.

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    scottsilby  over 15 years ago

    Eat your wheaties, man.

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    carmy  over 15 years ago

    I love how Mom didn’t even say a word. She just picked him up like a football. TOUCHDOWN!

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    prasrinivara  over 15 years ago

    Well doctortoon, Calvin’s mum is also well-practiced in that area–as Calvin always has trouble waking up on any of the “five mondays” of the week.

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    corpuskevin  over 15 years ago

    What happened to bath time?

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    risitas  over 15 years ago

    Mom’s got nothing to worry about - Calvin AND the whole family had the plug pulled on them 14 years ago, so no Terrible Teens are lurking ‘round the bend.

    They’re ALL stuck in Cartoon Suspended Animation 4-ever!

    Bummer………..guess I’ll just hop on over to mycomics-dot-com & read a great Li’l Boy & DOG strip called Red and Rover - next best thing, I ‘spose.

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    ratlum  over 15 years ago

    not so loud calvin Hi

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    pomy2191  over 15 years ago

    haha! the look on mum’s face is enough to shut calvin up from his tantrum

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    ratlum  over 15 years ago

    Calvin not so loud Hi

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    tabbylynn  over 15 years ago

    anobium625 I also have a friend who’s grand kids live with her. they are her life but she is sad because she doesnt get to be Nana she is more of mom then Nana she cant ship them back home.

    lateformyfuneral and musicnut1986 i am that “younger generation” and i believe you, when you say parenting is hard. I’m 19 and i don’t have any kids, but I’ve helped raise several kids. it is hard work and the youth of today doesn’t release it.

    Mom sue knows how to handle Calvin. up you go and into bed. lol ive done that with kids before. lol

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    grammahotsho  over 15 years ago

    Calvin, teenagers get lots of surprises. No car for you, you’re grounded, mow the lawn…

    I agree that Tumbleweeds was absolutely hilarious - God help me!

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    If Calvin grows into that mouth he’s gonna be 8 feet tall.

    ………….

    musicnut1986,

    Good eye! I meant to say ‘55 NOMAD–not Nova. My senility is beginning to show.

    Thanks for the catch.

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    Thank you Rakkav and comicgirl1000 for your comments. About living with grand parents, my dad had to live with his grandparents when he was a kid and he was raised in the tradition of the old ways and also in the Marine Corps style, so while he may be stubborn, proud, and sometime hard to get along with, with his discipline that he nows passes on down to me, we will always find a way to survive no matter how bad or hard it may get.

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    ladywolf17  over 15 years ago

    To doctortoon, I Don’t even know what sleeping in is. My dad always has me up by 5:30 or six o’ clock every morning. At first I hated waking up so early, but now I’m so used to it, that sometimes I’ll wake up before him, make breakfast, with coffee, and then wake him up. Never waste the day doing nothing my dad would tell me. And to think with all the things that need to be done, alot of teenagers are still bored and won’t do anything but waste their day complaining.

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    ggwwtt  over 15 years ago

    Why do we keep bothering with kids?

    Hormones. pure and simple.

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    If Calvin ever did grow up, he’d probably grow up to be a Dr . Evil or Mini-Me

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    linsonl  over 15 years ago

    We had two boys close together. Not Calvin times two, but Calvin Squared!

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    Yukoner  over 15 years ago

    Calvin, you’re right. You can do anything you want and if you’re smart, right now you will want to go to bed.

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    Hi Piper N7326F, isn’t two times two equal to two squared ??? I’m not that clever in math, but sometimes ……

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    musicnut1986  over 15 years ago

    2X2=4=2 squared.

    Grazer, ahhh a ‘55 Nomad, Chevy’s iconic 2-door station wagon. If yours was stock it had a 265 cubic inch small block with a 2-speed powerglide automatic or a 3-speed manual with a column shift.

    If Calvin had of become a teenager, I could see him with a ‘55 - ‘57 Chevy but with a larger later model small block motor. Or a warmed-over late 80’s Mustang. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

    What cars do some of you picture Calvin terriorizing his neighborhood in if he had of become a teenager with a drivers license?

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    wicky  over 15 years ago

    I still say that mom needs to consider that Calvin will choose the rest home for her when she is in her dotage….shady pines???

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    unemandarine  over 15 years ago

    Here’s the thing Calvin: you’re not a teen ager yet.

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    primacyofreason  over 15 years ago

    scrummys said: “we named our son whilst in utero ‘calvin’…he is 2 & 1/2 years old now, and boy does the name suit!”

    Same here. Our Calvin is seven now and is still the spitting image of his namesake in many ways, though much more sensitive. His unruliness peaked around age six. He’s becoming calmer and more disciplined as he gets older (thank goodness).

    Mom has the right idea, taking Calvin upstairs without speaking. When you respond, it just opens up another opportunity for them to argue the point with you.

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    Dberrymanal1  over 15 years ago

    What a kid! If I had dared talked to my mother that way when I was his age, she would not have just put me to bed, she would have given me the spanking that I would have never forgot! Come to think if it, you never see brats like Calven or Dennis the Menace get spanked by their parents. Is the media anti-spanking? I would not be surprised! Most of the media is run by liberal dumb-heads!

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    beentheredonethat  over 15 years ago

    lateformyfuneral, why do we keep trying? because it is fun!!!! the words would not have made it all the way out before i was backhanded,.. then i would have to deal with dad when he found out. ouch!!!

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    Miserichord  over 15 years ago

    Dennis was spanked often in the early strips, Calvin has been spanked, Lio was spanked recently, the parents on Wee Pals use spanking, as do the parents on Tiger.

    Comics reflect society. 50 years ago, spanking was the norm, and frequently appeared in comics. As it has become rarer in society, the like is true in the comics.

    My parents were Depression era farm kids, and I grew up in a military household. They did NOT own a copy of Dr, Spock’s Baby Book.

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    benbrilling  over 15 years ago

    Dberrymania1 - Obviously your getting spanked didn’t improve your intelligence. :-P

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    mourdac Premium Member over 15 years ago

    For Coffee-Turtle, who asked how parents do it: lots and lots of embarrassing pics when the kid is young to be used as potential blackmail for behaviour when the date’s coming over.

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    GeneGene  over 15 years ago

    What a kid!!!!

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    yyyguy  over 15 years ago

    if my parents had owned a copy of Dr. Spock’s book, it would probably have been used to spank me. Mom had arthritic hands, so the spankings really did hurt her as much as they hurt me.

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    JonD17  over 15 years ago

    Musicnut, I picture Calvin in something like an old Big Daddy Roth Rat type creation. Ya know. like a styled up T bucket with an engine/blower construct that is twice as large as the car and A Hurst shifter so large they bounce cell phone signals off it.

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    dudeabideshou  over 15 years ago

    Many thanks, Rakkav:

    Guess I was ignorant for not Googling “Tumbleweeds” before, but appreciate your providing the link to what I considered a tremendous comic strip in the Houston Chronicle before they stupidly canceled it quite a few years ago. Will spend a lot of time catching up.

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    You’re welcome. Some strips are true classics, and in my book “Tumbleweeds” is one. I’m always glad to tip people off about its location on the Internet.

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    Max Starman Jones  over 15 years ago

    Actually, google the “Frazz” comic strip. That is what Calvin will be when he grows up. Turned out pretty well.

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