Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 11, 2009

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    vibjyor  over 15 years ago

    Mom certainly doesn’t know about Hobbes.

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Keep Hobbes safe, Calvin. It would break your heart if anything happened to him.

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    kpeiyin  over 15 years ago

    You are a genius, Hobbes

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    carmy  over 15 years ago

    Hobbes looks like a paratrooper.

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    DawnAvril  over 15 years ago

    And Hobbes will end up clean - for a while!

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    sjoujke  over 15 years ago

    Mom doesn’t know much about tigers - they actually swim very well and hunt their prey in lakes in India. Thank goodness for National Geographic!

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    Rakkav  over 15 years ago

    There are lions that hunt in swamps too, according to the same source. They can swim well at need, although *NG* claims that all cats have an instinctive fear of water and that these lions must overcome it in order to hunt their prey, water buffalo.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94-sLkZKOYg

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    tirnaaisling  over 15 years ago

    Soggy tiger and no spin-drier, I hope it’s hot ;)

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    rentier  over 15 years ago

    With this suit on Hobbes certainly will be a good swimmer!

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    Dino-1  over 15 years ago

    Once that moldy smell gets in you can never get rid of it. Good luck with that Mom!

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    Troglodyte  over 15 years ago

    Wow, Hobbes looks like a WW2 aviator!

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    Singson  over 15 years ago

    A boy with a mind!!

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    sreedhar_aero  over 15 years ago

    Well done Calvin

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    johnnydoc5  over 15 years ago

    Oh Tigers swim fine- they retain water pretty well too.

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    carpetinwater9  over 15 years ago

    It will take all day to dry off.

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    unemandarine  over 15 years ago

    That’s all mom and dad need a smelly tiger in the tent…

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    Puddleglum2  over 15 years ago

    Sometimes, C & H are both all wet! I hope Calvin never gets smelly!

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    lewisbower  over 15 years ago

    Calvin always listens to his mom. Last on in…

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    Destiny23  over 15 years ago

    “We just want to avoid an argument”? All right, who are you, and what have you done with Calvin???

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    alondra  over 15 years ago

    An argument might liven things up around there. How much longer is this camping trip gonna last?

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    COWBOY7  over 15 years ago

    He’s gonna be awful heavy to carry back!

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    alan.gurka  over 15 years ago

    I have to agree with Destiny23–since when does Calvin avoid an argument?

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    Slugnutty  over 15 years ago

    At least Mom doesn’t try to convince Calvin that Hobbs IS a toy tiger. And by not continuing the conversation, Calvin has not been told “no, you can’t take Hobbs into the water, even in a life preserver.” He didn’t hear that, so he can claim he wasn’t disobeying.

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    Ivy0730Lcsq  over 15 years ago

    哈哈哈哈哈hahhahahao(∩_∩)o…

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    comicgirl1000  over 15 years ago

    i have … brocitis

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Well, at least Calvin is actually listening to what Mom is saying in the third panel, and reflectling on her words thoughtfully.

    Hey are those shorts Mom’s wearing - or a skirt? Camping?

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    wicky  over 15 years ago

    Stuffed animals are precious regardless of smell or swell.

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    comicsnoob  over 15 years ago

    Feel better soon!

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    tirnaaisling  over 15 years ago

    Lol comicgirl, you type like you have bronchitis too, with the ‘n’ missing it sounds just like you have a stuffy nose (I hope that was intentional grins)

    Get well soon :)

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    GROG Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Tonsilitis and Broncitis. Good luck with that. Get well soon.

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    stuart  over 15 years ago

    The skin of most cats cannot tolerate prolonged exposure to water. It cracks and bleeds. The breeds that like water tend to also have additional oil in their skin. In addition, small cold weather cats depend on their fluffy fur to stay alive. A wet cat in a cold climate is a dead cat. Tigers are large and live in a warm climate, and so have little reason to fear water.

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    cleokaya  over 15 years ago

    I sense trouble.

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    ninmas  over 15 years ago

    hahaha! hobbes!

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    Gretchen's Mom  over 15 years ago

    4deerinmyyard: Regarding your question yesterday about moving in with my in-laws … I don’t think they’d let you move in with them but my brother-in-law DOES have his house and about 35 or 40 acres it’s sitting on for sale!

    Oh, sure. It sounds peaceful and quiet now but what would you do when you couldn’t get internet connection to post here on Calvin???!!! We’re talking SERIOUS boondocks, my friend!!!!!!!!!!

    P.S.: I like your online name. While visiting the in-laws, we saw a momma deer and her 2 babies grazing in their back yard on more than one occasion. That part regarding our trip was very sweet to watch!

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    Puddleglum2  over 15 years ago

    Hobbes is a stuffed tiger; Calvin’s father is a ‘stuffed shirt’.

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    Leonardeuler  over 15 years ago

    Oops, new world records in swimming ? Poor Michael Phelps……

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    lazygrazer  over 15 years ago

    Sink, shrink and stink time.

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    Puddleglum2  over 15 years ago

    Using spelling/poetic license, I could say Calvin and Hobbes are both “devious and mischievious” in this cartoon.

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    coffeeturtle  over 15 years ago

    she should have told him the truth that Tigers don’t dry very well! :)

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    ratlum  over 15 years ago

    Tigers in Siberia live in cold and wet Calvin listens to Mom Look out Hobbes anything can happen now

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    Wildmustang1262  over 15 years ago

    Wet, smelly and hard time to dry up. They have to wait till they finish having their camping vacation and then go home and put Hobbes in washing machine to make it smell fresh and clean as a whistle. Good luck!

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    jbrobison  over 15 years ago

    In the wild, tigers like to swim and cool off in the water. There’s a white Bengal Tiger at a zoo/wildlife park in the SF Bay area that actually swims under water.

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    bald  over 15 years ago

    at least calvin had hobbs put on a life vest, for safety sake

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    Puddleglum2  over 15 years ago

    I guess Calvin has a ‘vested’ interest in keeping Hobbes safe.

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    tirnaaisling  over 15 years ago

    @GretchensMom I love the sound of your inlaws place, the lack of a super market sounds absolute heaven to me, give me a mountain or two a few trees and a lake and I’ll happily give up the internet for life lol (tho’ I probably would purchase the complete unabridged works of Bill Watterson for my philosophical re-education)

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    ozkanga  over 15 years ago

    Hobbes is a ‘stuffed’ tiger? Oh no my world is coming apart :(

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Just so Hobbes doesn’t get lost in the water – uh oh!!

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    cadster125  over 15 years ago

    its really funny

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    MGreenwood1  over 5 years ago

    Fun fact: actual tigers are excellent swimmers and enjoy water.

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    Hobbes X  7 months ago

    Hobbes is in the house now.

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