Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 13, 2009

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    Not so veiled threats will get you a tuna sandwich…

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    Ivy0730Lcsq  about 15 years ago

    I just had my lunch! Burp!

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    vibjyor  about 15 years ago

    You cant sleep well next to a hungry tiger and hungry tigers cannot sleep at all when they know there is tuna in the kitchen.

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    toddguatemala  about 15 years ago

    Calvin’s expression in the third image.

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    johnnydoc5  about 15 years ago

    I wouldn’t sleep next to a hungry tiger– Hobbes you’re on the floor!

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    rayannina  about 15 years ago

    The floor of some other room. Downstairs.

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    rentier  about 15 years ago

    It’s realy not good to sleep beneath a hungry tiger. Mayonnaise is too fat! The expression of Calvin in the third panel is great!

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    Yukoner  about 15 years ago

    Make sure you use a medium amount of salt but lots and lots of pepper.

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    mwachowski  about 15 years ago

    why tuna ??? a tiger would prefer salami or jam!

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Now I’m hungry….

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    LX013, I hope that you’re feeling better today, after that bad meal you had.

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    pouncingtiger  about 15 years ago

    People who sleep with hungry tigers find themselves on the menu.

    Hobbes (looking at a menu): “Let’s see. I’ll have the Calvin sandwich.”

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    tirnaaisling  about 15 years ago

    Ahh this is one of my favorites

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    ben_david  about 15 years ago

    And what would Calvin do if HE were hungry? Make a wart hog sandwich?

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    BigDaveGlass  about 15 years ago

    Now that’s what you call self preservation

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    find_sd  about 15 years ago

    Love Calvin’s face in last two panels…

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    unemandarine  about 15 years ago

    Good thinking Calvin, sleeping with a hungry tiger not such a good idea… feeding the tiger on the other hand, a great one… Isn’t that right Hobbes???

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    wicky  about 15 years ago

    Onions, don’t forget the onions!

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    rentier  about 15 years ago

    Margueritem: Your picture fits today! I felt in this way! After eating vegetables now for 5 days I feel better again, thank you! I must be more cautious in restaurants in future!

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    lewisbower  about 15 years ago

    Hungry Tiger is a blues joint near me. Great wings

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    jrbj  about 15 years ago

    Hobbs stomach can’t growl; it’s filled with nothing but foam bits and cotton waste. Calvin is obviously going to eat Hobbs’ sandwich for him. Which, I suspect, was the plan all along.

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    CogentModality  about 15 years ago

    You people are overlooking the obvious. How easy will it be sleeping next to a tiger with tuna breath?

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    COWBOY7  about 15 years ago

    Add some black olives please. The expressions are priceless. I just love these guys!

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    alondra  about 15 years ago

    Why do you wish you had a dog Calvin? Hobbes would just threaten to eat the dog instead of you.

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    Ray_C  about 15 years ago

    I’ve learned not to sleep under a fastidious Siamese whose litterbox was not cleaned out last night. I had a dream that it was raining, and woke up to see a black tail and beige butt sticking out above the windowsill. True story. The cat lived, but always had a clean litterbox at bedtime.

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    Rise22  about 15 years ago

    If Calvin had a dog, the dog would eat him….

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    Destiny23  about 15 years ago

    CogentModality said, about 1 hour ago:

    “You people are overlooking the obvious. How easy will it be sleeping next to a tiger with tuna breath?”

    I’m sure Calvin will have a sandwich too, so they’ll both have tuna breath and thus won’t be able to smell each other.

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    linsonl  about 15 years ago

    Hey, Calvin, Dick Tracy could use some tuna right now.

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    Leonardeuler  about 15 years ago

    After the onions and black olives, I would like to suggest to add some tomatoos and mushrooms. That’s what we can call a “REAL TUNA SANDWHICH”.

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    GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Love Calvin’s face in the 3rd panel.

    Glad I’m not Calvin. I never liked tuna - but I do like heavily peppered salmon.

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    bald  about 15 years ago

    c’mon hobbs, make your own sammich…. you are getting lazy

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    Aardvark359  about 15 years ago

    “Calvin & Rover” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Never would have worked. “Calvin & Spot”? Nope. “Calvin & Lassie”? Never.

    It had to be a tiger.

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    vibjyor  about 15 years ago

    CogentModality said, about 2 hours ago

    You people are overlooking the obvious. How easy will it be sleeping next to a tiger with tuna breath?

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    It will be obviously better than being eaten by the tiger.

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    dudeabideshou  about 15 years ago

    Haven’t made any in years, but back when I did used this combo of ingredients for tuna sandwiches: tuna (of course), chopped hard-boiled egg, grated cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon, chopped pickle, plentiful black pepper and lots of mustard (not mayo).

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    DutchDrummerdude  about 15 years ago

    Fer Lefer:

    They are kindda funny that way, if I remember correctly …

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    treBsdrawkcaB  about 15 years ago

    mwachowski - It goes back to the very first panels that Watterson did for this strip. Calvin finds this tiger and asks his dad what to feed it who, of course, doesn’t know. Turns out that Hobbes is partial to tuna sandwiches. If Hobbes didn’t / wouldn’t eat Moe, the school bully, I doubt that he’d eat Calvin - a smaller, less appealing target. Plus, it’s Calvin that provides a home and family for Hobbes. Why bite the hand that feeds you? Literally.

    I love all the tuna sandwich gourmets that commented on this strip! I concur will just about all of them! Tuna, mayo, dried onions, pepper, sweet pickle relish or diced dill pickles, olives, mushrooms, a slice of tomato… WOW - now I’m really hungry for a tuna sandwich and didn’t bring one with me to work. Nuts!

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    treBsdrawkcaB  about 15 years ago

    Calvin’s response could have been to - grudgingly - make Hobbes’ tuna sandwich and then “serve it outside so that we don’t stink up the house and wake Mom & Dad” and, when Hobbes goes outside for his sandwich, lock the door behind him.

    Sweet dreams, Calvin!

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    lazygrazer  about 15 years ago

    I seriously doubt if Hobbes would have eaten Calvin without making him take a bath first—not an easy task in itself.

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    Stede_Bonnet  about 15 years ago

    I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. – Sir Winston Churchill

    and rightfully so…

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    marvee  about 15 years ago

    Loved this strip! And all the comments. I want to try mushrooms and olives in tuna sometime. I agree with Hobbes. Some of the ready-made “spreads” are just a little tuna swimming in mayo. If I have nothng else on hand, I just use tuna, pickle relish, and enough mayo to make it hold together. With more planning I’ll included hard boiled eggs and celery.

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    J.Dean  about 15 years ago

    EXCELLENT,MOST EXCELLENT !!

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    Black olives and dill pickles in my tuna salad, YUM! And fresh tomato if they are in season.

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    pintcape  about 15 years ago

    time to get a better sleeping partner

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    ratlum  about 15 years ago

    My tiger would get peanut butter and honey with a glass of milk Of course my tiger is much older than Hobbes Calvin is kind to Hobbes making him a sandwich late at night like that

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    ramchandani_h  about 15 years ago

    A can of Tuna… 15 $. Mayonnaise… 9.99.

    Look on a scared kid’s face… priceless!

    Some things u’d not wana do; but then a hungry tiger!

    LOL!

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    Dino-1  about 15 years ago

    Love the tuna recipes. I’ll have to try them all!

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