Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 23, 2010

Ahhh yes……

Since when did Calvin believe in ethics?

Good Morning, Marg!

Ahhh all these philisophical lessons with Hobbes…

Yes, that was a very important detail. Calvin is exceptional after all.

How could such a small kid be so smart and still only get a D- instead of an A+?

Well, Hobbes thought otherwise, mud boy.

‘Morning Grog!

Ooooooow. I HATE when that happens!

Hobbes is wise beyond his stuffing.

We could all use a Hobbes to keep us on track!

He forgot our elected people’s favorite: “Greed is Good.”

Gosh, it would be so cool for Calvin to meet Danae. Think of the possibilities.

Gosh, it would be so cool for Calvin to meet Danae. Think of the possibilities.

Here’s mud in your eye! Good work, Hobbes.

I think of the possibilities of Calvin meeting Danae, all the time. If they didn’t kill each other then they’d take over the world, and then probably hire Pinky and the Brain as their chiefs of staff (and Lio as their head of the Dept. of Homeland Security).

If I really wanted to bore you all to death, I could type out what Dr. Linda Berens says about ENFPs like Calvin and me when they go sour in a particular way. They talk and act exactly like this. YIKES.

When Plato and Socrates walked, was this their discussion?

Mud!

Sounds like the glibertarian and Tea Party platforms.

Kind of an interesting way to insert the “Golden rule” into the discussion.

How is it that the Sarah Palin gun nuts don’t realize that, if it came down to it, the Liberals would be hunting them! Ethical and open-minded progressives vastly outnumber neanderthals.

ladywolf–didn’t einstein and edison fail many classes in school? calvin gets Ds because he’s bored.

notbugme,

It also sounds like the progressives and Democrats to me.

ALL politics is “the end justifies the means”.

It is about keeping your party in power.

Flagged that Air Jordan double-spam!

Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy!

Let the mud slinging begin!

We’ll have that nasty thing flagged unanimously in no time! “Worldwidely” even!

and I avoid cliché’s like the plague

Good Morning Mike Firesmith and Loki. Hope this is the extra treats Sunday.

Johanan Rakkav .. Myers-Briggs (ENFP stuff) was popular with TV’s Dr. Phil types 20-30 years ago. No longer widely used It points to personality types and says nothing about intelligence. When you post an ego rant of more than one line, I skip over it and keep going. That’s a real shame because you do have a nice sense of humor when you quit trying to impress and choose to amuse.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

He’s either going to be a cop or a lawyer when he grows up.

Ah Ha…..so what will Hobbes be when he grows up?

“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”

Emanuel Kant

Known as the Categorical Imperative.

I say Calvin for President… Oh wait we already have one just like him now!

A seminar in politics in 9 panels.

And, in the comments section, a lesson on all sides using the same statements to hit each other over the head

?About Calvin, politics, personalities, egos, philosophical preferences, other?

LW18 (LADYWOLF) said, “How could such a small kid be so smart and still only get a D- instead of an A+?”

I know I said this already awhile back, but Calvin probably has Aspergers syndrome

Sorry, no comment. Just a question. How do you pronounce Hobbes? Is it Hobbs or Hobbies? Thanks for the help.

Jim Wilkinson: It’s pronounced “Hobbs.”

baslimthebegger said: When push comes to shove…

…… sometimes you land in the mud! ;o)

Thanks, Hobbes! I’d like to say that hopefully, this was a lesson well-learned for Calvin but somehow, I doubt it.

thanks, hobbes! see, this is why i missed u last week!

Vigilante de noche:

Great comment for a the leader of a night mob.

Thank God Calvin has his “Hobbes” side. If only he would learn the lesson!

Dirty tricks trump demagoguery every time.

Agreed Cleokaya – Danae & Calvin cut from the same mold. Except Danae has a decent dad and a really cool mom to be while neither of Calvin’s parents seem to want to be involved – they only do it when forced to.

And whatever happened to the Golden Rule – I know I was in school a long time ago, but then it seemed ageless – little did we know.

I know this may sound a little weird but considering the number of sites on the internets dedicated to arguments and rants could we not find one place where we could just kick back and enjoy a comic strip?

It’s enough that something is funny, isn’t it?

Calvin, are you the dog that eats, or the dog that gets eaten? Say no Moe!

Time for a new philosophy Calvin: the means justify the end.

Vigilante de notche means: Night Watchmen… Another way of saying it is: Vigilantes nocturnos

Your putting a spin on “Vigilante” from the wrong point of view. But nonetheless your right it’s a Great comment!

“Do as I say, not as I do.”

Excellent move, Hobbes! He got you again, Calvin. WHO’S the dolt?

Hobbes: “My bad.”

sounds like congresses belief system. calvin and hobbs is still great 20+ years later! still as true today.

Flagged cabrobst for being insulting and demeaning.

But what happens when others judge you wrong, Calvin?.

Naughty Hobbes! I love it :D

Vig:

Touche

I still don’t like your comment.

It’s pronounced “Hobs” and the name of the strip is a play on the names of 2 philosophers: John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes.

It’s hard to believe that this strip was inked last century but it’s message is timeless and very applicable to today. Watterson was great and it’s a real shame that he ended the strip so long ago.

In this strip we see Calvin’s selfish side and the consequences of living in a selfish world. Tea party activists and their ilk can learn much from this strip. Or perhaps not…

In some ways I see teenagers to young adults doing the same to get ahead in the world. Having Calvin’s way of thinking. Evan though this is a comic strip I guess I will never get ahead with man or woman kind.

Who is Danae?

An ethics class (college) student tried Calvin’s line with his professor, who responded, “Good. Now I don’t have to bother reading your papers or tests. I’ll just arbitrarily give you Fs.” The student objected, “You can’t do that! That’s not fair!” The Prof smiled, and replied, “OK, so you agree that there are rules of behavior. Now we can talk about what they are and why.”

Hobbes got the same result, with more directness.

@kathryn74, Danae is the Calvin-like girl from Non Sequitur. (She’s all by her discomboblated lonesome in panel 3 today, Monday.)

That look’s a little bit like “POOP” to me. Poor little “Stinker!”

If only some people wouldnt lost his hobbes…….

Here’s mud in your eye!