Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 21, 2009

Yes Hobbes was fated to trip Calvin too.

According to your philosophy it was….

So, you were fated to decide you’re a fatalist? Uh huh.

what happened so far was fate but this moment is that moment in the multiverse where you can move to any of the innumerable ways which at the next moment will be again part of the destiny which defines the path you are more likely to take by one more moment’s certainty

Haha, very funny, Hobbes

Wow, being a fatalist sure is trippy.

hahaha..poor Calvin!

Calvin, you have become a Calvanist. Rather than “fate” you need to talk and think in terms of “predestination”.

Repaid.

Well, Calvin, you picked it, now live with it. I personally enjoy having a say in my life.

Cheer up Calvin, at lease you didn’t break your ankle like I did.

Calvin seems to be a fatalist, whenever the future comes as he likes it.

I love Hobbes, he’s so funny.

Calvin should try being a fascist instead… maybe that way he can get back at Hobbes

and to think of hobbes being the other side of Watterson…

Alright Calvin .. Show Hobbes what his fate is going to be ..

It was a purpose.

Calvin, you’ve always struck me as a Solipsist, first.

Mmm… Hobbes always seeks opportunity….

Calivin is a fatalist when someone want to blame him for things - when the problem lies elsewhere - that’s not fate at all.

The only thing that could break here is his butt!

today is my birthday

Happy birthday Comicgirl1000

You should know better than to tell Hobbes things like this Calvin.

Happy birthday comicgirl1000.

Happy birthday comicgirl1000. How quickly Calvin changes his beliefs.

Happy birthday Comicgirl1000. May you have a lovely year.

Calvin IS a solipsist…..def.

Happy Birthday Comicgirl1000! May your day be better then Calvin’s.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMICGIRL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ll bet Calvin wishes he had that water balloon now.

Happy birthday comicgirl. May today’s trip be unlike Calvin’s.

have a nice trip calvin ???

happy b-day comicgirl

I’ve always thought fatalism, et al to be a little trippy

happy birthday comicgirl!

Happy birthday, comic girl! - Mine is today, too!

Not to get too serious here but this strip gets me wondering who Hobbs is? I’m sure he isn’t Calvin’s imagination because Hobbs knows things Calvin doesn’t and, like today’s strip, Hobbs does things that is a surprise to Calvin. Since no one but Calvin else sees Hobbs could he be a spirit inhabiting the stuffed animal such as a poltergist (playful spirit)? Any thoughts?

Happy birthday comicgirl1000 & RRAmom.

I guess Calvin was fated to have Hobbes as his ?best ?friend.

No, he was fated to think his stuffed animal was a tiger, and that he would think it tripped him in the mud.

or it’s quite possible that fate is a simple idea, like the internet….didn’t see that one coming, did you now?

Calvin set himself up for that one, and many more to come. That is just an excuse for Hobbes to terrorize Calvin and blame it on fate.

my dad used to tell me every time i triped…… “Have a great trip see you next fall” and he thought it was cute.

now i tell him “i din’t trip i was testing the gravity, it still works. ” lol

Happy Birthday RRAmom & comicgirl1000!!

somebodyshort Oh, the mental pictures that brings……………please noooooooooooooo!

Good one, man!

Calvin is fatalist… Hobbes oppurtunist

Hobbes simply pointed out fatalism’s fatal flaw.

Happy birthday comicgirl!

LOL! @Thx4noticing “fatalism’s fatal flaw” :-D

Indeed!

Happy B-Day, RRA Mom & Comicgirl!!! Today’s also my Brother Mike’s B-Day!

Yukoner , kudos! You caught on to the joke.

Happy birthday, comicgirl1000! Happy birthday, RRAmom!

Hobbes is a stuffed toy. Calvin just tripped and wasn’t paying attention, but rather than admit his fallibility, he blames Hobbes for it.

Jeez, some people forget what it was like to be a kid with a wild imagination. You need to read Little Nemo!

for every action there will equal (err…even greater) reaction… so hobbes, get ready for ur turn!!!

Is Calvin ever going to get the best of Hobbes

Wow Hobbes … you take things so literal! …..

Marty241 said, about 9 hours ago

Not to get too serious here but this strip gets me wondering who Hobbs is? I’m sure he isn’t Calvin’s imagination …..

Like eleventeen, number eighter (numerator) and imaginary numbers? The imagination can be a powerful thing. But what it comes right down to is - Don’t ask! Enjoy!

Crackanaut FTW!

I love c&h…….

Funny thing is, Calvin of Geneva believed in “double predestination”, which means that you are predestined to either h e l l or heaven, and there’s nothing you can do to change it. Isn’t that another way of saying fate?