Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 06, 2010

Gotta love that Hobbes!

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.

Good Morning, Marg!

Trying to have a little discussion with you!

Hang on Hobbes!

GM Marg & Grog.

Well Hobbes, it’s definitely difficult being you!

Calvin’s glass is half empty,

Hobbes’ glass is half full….

‘Morning all my fellow C&H fans!

Good morning all.

How about taxes and the next election?

Dogsniff, re yesterday. We called him Bill but his mother always referred to him as William. He was a good friend of mine as was has cousin Julius Caesar. (act 2, sc. 2, l. 32)

Grog, Thank you for the Spock quote.

Yeah Hobbes, stop being so morbid.

Amazing how a 6 year old kid can understand a fundamental principle of economics whereas many adults cannot.

Future Goods are discounted over current good, and is the reason why there are rents, profits, and interests. I am willing to give up 102 dollars next month because I value 100 dollars right now more.

Of course the process of maturity tends to moderate such preferences as the region of the brain responsible for planning and consequences becomes fully developed.

SUSAN I agree

I said

Imagine you’ve never had a lobster. You keep building that lobster up in your mind so that when you finally have it you ask “Why did I wait?”

She said

Not until we see the preacher.

Grog. Maybe Bill Watterson had just seen “Amok Time” for the tenth time (or by the 1980’s maybe for the hundreth time) before drawing this strip. Live Long and prosper.

Cute Lew!

The point Calvin isn’t getting is that once he gets something, he only plays with it for a few miutes and then gets bored.

Truly, nothing will replace his imagination.

Gee .. I wonder why!!! Especially downhill the ‘Suicide Slope’ ..

It’s easy being morbid on that sled.

Wosnder how Roz did on the big test she was studying for?

Wonder if stuffed tigers can turn gray…

all that anticipation is well and good, but watch out for those trees, they don’t have any give to them

Who wants to anticipate death? I’d rather anticipate LIFE!

Sometimes you are even disappointed when you have it, so perhaps anticipation is better!

God! Dad’s a Vulcan. Hey Hobbes! Remember Spock killed Jim Kirk his captain? Well, Calvin is captain of the sled! Get my drift? Live long and prosper!

Heads up!! Death coming….

dogsniff, I don’t think they were actually talking about lobster in that joke

With lot of difficulty, Calvin created such a conducive environment for a little discussion and then Hobbes goes morbid. Tchah…

Yeah, I agree with Hobbes.

Anticipation is so overrated! Gratification rules. Especially the instant kind.

I love how the sled never touches the ground. It’s like flying on a magic carpet.

Hobbes is such a fradey cat!

Gratification is so overrated! Anticipation has the juice.

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. ~ James Dean

MontanaLady said, “Calvin’s glass is half empty,

Hobbes’ glass is half full….”

My glass is twice as tall as it needs to be

Way to much air under that sled, its a wonder they both have not got their eyes covered

Good comment, lewreader! At least lobkiller understood it. Dogsniff, not everything said is meant to be taken literally.

Televisions that jump in the air, a sled that goes downhlll and never touches the ground, an ascerbic philosophical tiger for a companion - some world this kid lives in. Hard to tell which one is in his forties, however…..

“Be careful what you pray for; you may get it!” If God wished to be cruel, he could give us what we want rather than let us anticipate it.

Re: Lobster … or not ~~~~~ You’ll note that at the end of Lewreader’s post: “She said - Not until we see the preacher.”

That wouldn’t apply to a lobster.

Both can think and talk something abstract while facing death… for Hobbes, pretty fast thinking to come up with the answer as death..

He just said the first thing that popped into his mind!

Can’t imagine why Hobbes might be a “fraidy cat” living with Calvin.

Anticipating death’s not fun at all.

I think that’s called dread… unless, of course, you anticipate that there is something wonderful waiting for you on the other side.

Ah yes, ENFP Calvin and his furry INFJ conscience…:))

Calvin will just have to learn, as every ENFP does, that imagination is one thing and reality another and comparing the two is often comparing apples and oranges.

I like the apple of anticipation, but I also like the orange of realization. Deal with it, Calvin. :P

Be not afraid, strive forth into the great unknown with eyes wide open!

Hobbes is right!

Leave it to Calvin to talk about philosophy on a sled plummeting downhill. XD

I’m always more philosophical when plummeting downhill. But am still happy in that I’m still able to plummet.