Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 17, 2009

Are you implying that Mom is a less than stellar cook?

Eating in his superhero suit is not a problem. Not eating is.

I have a stomach of steel. It is quite the luxury.

Mom didn’t say “please”.

I needed my taste buds removed. I had them put back after I started doing my own cooking. Vegetables were over-cooked, but was better than the meat, (also over-cooked) which tasted like shoe leather.

I like broccoli. I wish I got it when I was a kid.

Give him credit for wanting to dress for dinner.

A lot of people here pick on mom unnecessarily, but today she’s got it coming.

I don’t think so, thebird55. Even a superhero ought to honor his faither and mother…especially after he implies that only a super digestive system could, er, stomach his mother’s cooking.

First he disobeys Mom and then he insults her cooking? I don’t think it’s Mom that has something coming.

But he is what, 6 years old? Anyway you can get them to eat without going overboard, so be it. And this IS pretty harmless.

Calvin? Harmless?!? BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!

Oh. Pardon me. Maybe it’s the late hours that are getting to me. ;)

Calvin you do not have a steel stomach XD

Maybe Calvin could loan his outfit to the Foxtrot gang, Tofu burgers….Yuch!

hey if thats what it takes 2 get the kid 2 eat then why not? i’m on calvins side w/ this 1

I’m on the fence to be honest… :D

East your Tortellini, Calvin!

Oh the things we wish we could take back as parents after we realize too late the pandora’s box we’ve opened.

Calvin’s mom needs to learn how to cook. My mom didn’t like cooking and her food wasn’t the most exciting in the world but it wasn’t bad. Only when she cooked liver and spinach (and I asked her if she HAD to make that gakky stuff to put the two together in one meal so only one meal is a disaster instead of two) did I flat refuse to eat.

It’s been years, and I still giggle inside at the phrase “stomach of steel.”

My mom’s cooking was so bad that she once served burnt peas in the TV dinners on Thanksgiving. I took over the cooking when in 7th grade (back in the 1940s).

I couldn’t stand cooked canned veggies or fruit cocktail, so I made arrangements with my folks by the time I was 9. I took up making the fruit salad, and got my own celery and carrots rather than eat canned peas or spinach or succotash.

Mom didn’t say “please” outright, but she did say “OK?”. Perhaps that implies please. She also said, “Do as I asked you”, which is gentler than do as I ‘told’ you.

Calvin may be 6 in that he attends st grade, but his attitude and behavior covers every age from 2 to 17.

I was lucky. Liver was the least expensive type of meat when I was a kid. So we had it often. I could take the liver - I still do. My brother could not stand liver. I could not stand boiled (steamed) spinach. We traded. It worked out well. Mostly, desert was fruit cocktail. We hit the trifecta at least once a week.

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Since Stupendous Man has a stomach of steel, Calvin is just showing his mettle (metal) in resisting his mother’s efforts. That’s another one of my ‘baaaad’ puns. I feel kind of sheepish about posting it. :o) If Calvin and Mom were both reasonable, they might ‘iron’ out their differences, but I guess it’s not a ‘pressing’ matter for them to come to an amicable conclusion.

Stupendous man better have a butt of steel if mom really gets ticked off.

so why not let calvin eat in his costume?

stupendous man needs to be ready to fight crime at a seconds notice and he doesn’t have time to go get his super hero suit on, he might forget his cape and crash into the window frame when he tries to take off

Loosen up Mom! They’re only small for such a short time. My granddaughter’s been wearing her Tigger costume on and off since last Halloween. She wears it around the house and loves wearing it to bed since it’s like her zip-up fuzzy pajamas. She would have worn it out for Thanksgiving but she didn’t mention she wanted it until were almost at our destination.

Calvin, your mom’s cooking probably isn’t as bad as you make it out to be, my brothers complain about their food even when it is good, unless it’s pizza. And mom, what’s wrong with letting stupendous man eat Calvin’s dinner, you already know that Calvin isn’t going to eat it and if stupendeous man will, well that’s just stupeneous.

Be careful what you say, Calvin. That might be your last dinner.

Able to stomach mom’s cooking in a single serving!

Oh, let him eat in his suit that you made him. Take a picture, talk super hero, and do something motherly for a change. Her food always looks like it came from a can, for dogs… store brand!

We didn’t wear costumes at the supper table when we were kids and letting Calvin do it wouldn’t set a very good example.

LOL

My earlier comment wasn’t directed at what mom said, but her attitude. Look at her face in the fourth panel. She could say the exact same words with a smile. Or, at least, a smirk.

But you’re Stupendous Man. Not the costume.

Mom giveth and mom taketh away. Too bad the menu wasn’t as well received as the costume!

Mom may not be the best cook in the world, but remember, Dad’s cooking is far worse.

Calvins doing the right thing but I bet he gets hungry very soon after meal time

Show me a 6 year old that doesn’t insult his mom’s cooking. I wouldn’t eat anything at that age – I’ve, of course, made up for it in later life.

I’m with Calvin on this one because if he’s only willing to eat his mom’s sub-par cooking while wearing a superhero costume, he can go right ahead as far as I’m concerned.