Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 23, 2009

Well, it works for the sparrows….

Unfortunately Calvin you’re no sparrow….and you shouldn’t really crow!

Calvin the Great shall take his revenge!!

Can’t believe everything you read, Calvin.

The dumb meets the dumber…

Just sitting there on the swing isbeing stupid in a NO STUPID Zone. Good luck with one,Calvin.

I remember those days. How I hated them.

And Moe stings like a bee.

Calvin, you are not a sparrow, although in this instance you seem to be a bit of a bird brain.

Did you hear THAT sparrow fall G*d?

Brilliant little planet and spaceship going with the stars in last panel!

calvin, when you watch those nature channels you should try checking the internet to find out if there are any side effects to what they say

Calvin it’s because the sparrow have learn’t not to talk to the crows about it first

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa

Somehow I can’t imagine Calvin watching a nature show. Especially when they get to the mating rituals…

Greater maneuverability wouldn’t help a sparrow IF IT JUST SAT THERE!

Morning all!

I like the animatet ones! Funny!

Well, obviously Moe didn’t watch the same program. Sort of like the old saying about bumblebees. According to the laws of physics, it’s impossible for a bumblebee to fly, but they do anyways because bumblebees don’t know anything about physics.

Calvin should never overlook the obvious. In this case the obvious is that fact that Sparrow Hawks knock Sparrows, like Calvin, right out of the air. As a matter of fact, some of them do it simply because they can. Learn to fly away and hide, Calvin.

I can’t believe our Calvin actually hit Moe with his chin!

Calvin, you birdbrain! The key word is maneuverability. Sparrows don’t just sit on their perches waiting for the crows to knock them off.

…there’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow…

Teach Calvin to watch PBS instead of Capt Spiff

Yeah but can moe outrun a tiger?

Get Hobbes and start talking to him again in front of Moe!

just another example of having just enough knowledge to hurt yourself

Hobbes is never really there when you need him! Is he?

Other than jail, where are all the grown up Moe’s?

Moe must go! MOE MUST GO!

@Calvinator: playing sports (especially hocky and American football).

Hey, im in on did u hear THAT sparrow fall good! lol

Calvin needs a ccp and a piece.

I personally like Calvin’s approach. However, I think Calvin needs to not be so masochistic in chiding Moe. Sabotage the swing Calvin, and sit there as bait for Moe.

key word there is maneuverability …not a sitting duck

New lesson learned well, Calvin….. Aerodynamics don’t count for diddley squat when it comes to calling the school yard bully “stupid”.

What Calvin forgot to realize is… smaller size & greater maneuverability only come into play if the “sparrow” is MOVING.

Apparently Calvin missed the episode when the Cheetah pounces on the speedy Gazelle.

He wouldn’t have caught the gazelle if he hadn’t cheetah’d!

This got me thinking Where did the bullies go from my school days

By the time they hit fourth grade, they got the Discovery Channel don’t they?

The bullies from our class either went into the service or into jail. The update from the last class reunion is that a couple have become, “career criminals”. The ones that came back from the service look like they were, “Rode hard and put away wet!” Hugh B. Hayve: I enjoyed this animation too. It reminded me of my little dog. He’d eye his tail like that and grab it and spin in a circle. He’d finally end up snarling at it and chewing voraciously until you’d hear a yelp that he’d hurt himself. It was always entertaining to watch but I worried he had brain damage sometimes!

Calvin….

Just get the tiger, who will take care of it. Omigosh. Just do it, leave the bully-overpowerment to Hobbes and fly away like an ACTUAL sparrow would do. Although don’t even try it with hummingbirds- a few of them can drive off a full-grown Bald Eagle. Just a little something. I don’t need the Genius button, I’m too smart for my own good. Ow.

Several of you thought of the same thing before I did: no sparrow outmaneuvers a crow by just sitting there on the branch and taunting it! :))

BW was of the opinion that Moes bred on locker room floors.

Calvin should pull out his transmogrifier and turn the bully into something more pleasant. I suppose it would be safe to say it wont happen tho.

have to know how to take care of yourself before mouthing off to someone that’s bigger and meaner then you.

I know what you mean Dino-1, I see the kittens at the barn doing the same thing all the time. I think they do it to hone their hunting skills….or maybe they are mental or something.