Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 21, 2009

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    margueritem  about 15 years ago

    LOL!

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    yyyguy  about 15 years ago

    there’s one in every crowd!

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    EarlWash  about 15 years ago

    Calvin, you’re brusin’ for a lobotomy somewhere else.

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    vibjyor  about 15 years ago

    Learning all sorts of important things … ! He already knows what is lobotomy for a start.

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    rentier  about 15 years ago

    Lobotomy stitches!! Hi, hi.

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    kreole  about 15 years ago

    VIBJYOR—-good one!

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    sjoujke  about 15 years ago

    He really knows how to compliment a gal.

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    Yukoner  about 15 years ago

    But does Susie understand what he has just said?

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    carmy  about 15 years ago

    I think that went over Susie’s head.

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    tamsin  about 15 years ago

    Oh I’ll bet Susie got it… next up will be a punch fest at the bus stop

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    GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago

    I’m with Yukoner. She doesn’t look like she understood Calvin’s remark.

    Love Calvin’s face in the first panel. I don’t think I met anyone quite like Suzie when I was a kid.

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    watcha  about 15 years ago

    Neither do I understand - will someone please explain?

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    vibjyor  about 15 years ago

    Lobotomy (Greek: λοβός — lobos: “lobe (of brain)”, τομή — tome: “cut/slice”) is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from Greek λευκός — leukos “clear/white” and tome). It consists of cutting the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain. Lobotomies have now fallen out of use, as doctors use various drugs and psychological therapies to treat mental illnesses.

    I had to look up that one. In fact I had to look up what ‘bangs’ meant too !

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    xanny28  about 15 years ago

    I agree with Calvin… Susie scares me… something is wrong with her…definitely lobotomy… or brainwashed.

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    MelChamp1  about 15 years ago

    bangs (USA) = fringe (UK, Oz, NZ, etc.)

    Dunno what they’re called in Canada. wink

    Brow warmers?

    Mxx

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    hagarthehorrible  about 15 years ago

    BW, that is too harse a word to be used with reference to sweet little Susie. Calvin’s vocabulary seems to be superficial.

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    Superfrog  about 15 years ago

    I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me, than a full frontal lobotomy.

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    stupendousman6  about 15 years ago

    It always seems ironic to me that calvin is by far the smartest in his class (Yes, even smarter than susie) when He’s the only one that thinks he is

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    prasrinivara  about 15 years ago

    Tamsin, they’re AT the bus-stop–but you’re right, Susie is probably thinking a little like Ben “Thing” Grimm–“it’s clobbering time!”

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    Trisha_Evenstar  about 15 years ago

    OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!

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    coffeeturtle  about 15 years ago

    LOL!!! Caught me off guard!! Ha!

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    cleokaya  about 15 years ago

    I looked upon the first day of school with dread and began counting down the last days of vacation at least 30 days out.

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    alondra  about 15 years ago

    Ever see “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”? That’ll explain about lobotomies.

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    GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Muchado Canadians call them bangs, too. The Canadian Government would probably say it’s due to cultural contamination.

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    Aardvark359  about 15 years ago

    I don’t think they use stitches anymore… they just drill a tiny hole and then insert one of those “In the Egg Scramblers” by Ronco! Instant lobotomy!

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    Willcar1  about 15 years ago

    Bangs is how your hair grows when you eat bullets.

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    TapiocaHead  about 15 years ago

    Are bangs still a hair style? Ohh my.

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    jenn74  about 15 years ago

    I am studying medical terminology in college right now and thought that this cartoon was so cute! I sent it to my instructor and posted it on the online discussion board for that course.

    Yes, us Canadians use the word bangs:)

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    grammahotsho  about 15 years ago

    ROFL!

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    jrbj  about 15 years ago

    I heard once that they actually go in through the eye socket and then do their slicing and dicing. I that event there would be no visible stitches.

    Then too, what a shame it is when someone is acting positive, healthy and, gee whiz, normal, and she is taken down for it. We live in a sick, sick world and Calvin, being a product of it, fits right in.

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    Ushindi  about 15 years ago

    Aardvark359 You sure brought a smile to MY face - I dug around in my kitchen cupboards and finally found my Ronco In-The-Egg Scrambler (dated 1978 on the bottom). Takes 6 “C” batteries (My ex-wife used to buy me funny kitchen gadgets).

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    wicky  about 15 years ago

    Susie has no clue, she is saying that to impress.

    I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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    bandz  about 15 years ago

    Susie comes home from school in an unusually happy mood, even for her. Her mother asks why she’s so happy. Susie blushes and says, “Today at recess, Calvin kissed me.” Her mother is surprised and says, “I didn’t think Calvin would do a thing like that. How did it happen?” Susie says, “It wasn’t easy. But three other gils helped me catch him and hold him down.” That’s an old joke, but, nah! Susie would never stoop to that.

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    Leonardeuler  about 15 years ago

    Good one, Bandz !! Even it’s an old joke.

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    Hugh B. Hayve  about 15 years ago

    Sorry I’m late!

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    linsonl  about 15 years ago

    I live in the Atlanta area. We went from summer to winter in a week. Some places.have spring and fall. We go from too hot to too cold. Indeed, what happened to summer

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    ratlum  about 15 years ago

    When it comes to Susie I remember lots of them Calvin in this case would fit in with most of us boys

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago

    Nice one, Hugh!

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    rdh288  about 15 years ago

    If I remember correctly, this is the original Suzy strip

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    mroberts88  about 15 years ago

    I KNEW IT, THEY BRAINWASH KIDS….BUT I WAS TOO SMRT TO FALL FOR IT!

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    Vonnegut  about 15 years ago

    Perhaps Calvin is unstuck in time. It’s been known to happen…

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    marvee  about 15 years ago

    I agree with ratlum. Girls loved school, but might deny it. Boys said they hated it, but probably enjoyed at least part of it. The most common whine during the summer is “I’m bored!” School is better than that.

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    marvee  about 15 years ago

    BTW, bangs cut straight across like Susie’s have never gone completely out of style. They may not be as common as they once were and aren’t becoming on everybody, so it’s personal choice. Hair sytlists call that part of your hair “bangs” no matter how you cut it.

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    misvicki  about 15 years ago

    i love this comic

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    fbmce  about 15 years ago

    To eliminate confusion, why not call ‘bangs’ ‘forelocks’?

    They have been so called among the equestrianistas for eons with no confusion.

    And, holding to the dictionary description thereof, Susie’s DO fall forward between her ears.

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    Gretchen's Mom  about 15 years ago

    As smart as Susie is, I don’t think Calvin’s “lobotomy” comment went over her head. I think she just can’t believe how fast it took him to rain on her parade of excitement regarding the first day of school!

    P.S.: Marvee … I’m one girl that NEVER looked forward to going to school … and I’m not just SAYING that either!!!!! One of the top 5 or 6 happiest days of my life was the day school let out for me for good!!!!!

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    JTGAM  about 15 years ago

    Do you think Susy Derkins will grow up to be a nerd or a teacher?

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    Yukoner  about 15 years ago

    Susan001, she can’t. She doesn’t come from Alaska.

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    MatureCanadian  about 15 years ago

    Yukoner, Ouch!

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago

    “The Essential Calvin and Hobbes” shows Suzy’s first appearance when Calvin offers her a squid eyeball sandwich. Two strips of foreshadowing (“There’s a new girl in our class…do you like her?” “Here comes that new girl…She’s cute, isn’t she?”) precede her appearance.

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    awgiedawgie Premium Member about 15 years ago

    At six years of age, Calvin’s incredible knowledge of science and medicine is staggering. Perhaps he really doesn’t need school after all, as he keeps insisting.

    Of course, while he is remarkably intelligent, he still misses the obvious opportunity to use his immense knowledge to become filthy rich, and then pay off his parents so they’ll quit antagonizing him.

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago

    That’s his most endearing character!!!

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    Destiny23  about 15 years ago

    It used to be, kids didn’t know HOW to be bored during summer vacation. It’s only in today’s preposterously over-programmed world that kids are (literally) addicted to constant mental and sensory stimulation. It never would have occurred to ANY of us to look forward to the first day of school!

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    ToniaP  about 15 years ago

    Of course Susie got it! …Havent u guys read the comix’s lol….and she is gonna be really pissed and obnoxious with him next time she sees him!

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