Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 23, 2010

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    Amen, dad!

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    Deepal  over 14 years ago

    well said dad..

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    vibjyor  over 14 years ago

    Of course one never knows how to take care of EVERYTHING. It cannot be done. The point of reaching adulthood is to know precisely that and to know you still have to take decisions. You cannot put it onto others.

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    MontanaLady  over 14 years ago

    Margueritem………………….MAGNIFICENT lily!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    MontanaLady  over 14 years ago

    These parents are really cool…!!!

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    Rakkav  over 14 years ago

    No, Dad, that’s what happens when God makes you as He is.

    Stick around.

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    margueritem  over 14 years ago

    Thanks, ML!

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    parethed  over 14 years ago

    As a grand-dad, still flyin’ by the seat of my pants…

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    Yukoner  over 14 years ago

    I have no real control over the present or the future but I know the one who has and in Him I find real peace.

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    But you should have figured it out before Calvin was six years old!

    Amen, Yukoner!

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    ChuckTrent64  over 14 years ago

    My kids are in their 30’s & there is so much I should have figured out, but didn’t. That was with almost constant prayer. Now I pray that our kids will be better parents than we were.

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    violet_music  over 14 years ago

    there’s quite a lesson here- live for the moment, don’t try to rush or slow down time, because you won’t affect time, you just have to go with it

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    The Duke 1  over 14 years ago

    Start by cutting out the whining and take charge of protecting your family! Geez!

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    Tineli  over 14 years ago

    What happened? Mom and Dad changed places? Two days ago, Mom was on the left side, now she’s on the right side of the bed…

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    ladywolf17  over 14 years ago

    I bet good ol’ Hobbes scared the burglar away.

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    Herocoder  over 14 years ago

    Thats why you learn Kung-fu! Let Calvin take some lessons atleast Dad.. :-) ..

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    Cymbol  over 14 years ago

    You speak volumes Yukoner, well said.

    I completely missed mom and dad changing places! The change seems to have happened yesterday. In the first panel mom’s head can be seen on the right but in the last panel it seems like dad is on the right.

    Unfortunately being the head of the house doesn’t make you exempt from feeling violated when your home is broken into. In fact it can make you feel more so simply because you feel it’s your job to ensure that sort of thing doesn’t happen but since it did you feel you failed in some way. Dad’s feelings are quite justifiable. I’m hoping this thread continues until the burglars are caught and the family’s ‘stuff’ is returned, but since I heard this is based on a real break-in I don’t think that’ll happen.

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    moronbis  over 14 years ago

    Yukoner said: I have no real control over the present or the future but I know the one who has and in Him I find real peace.

    I think of it daily but have failed to succeed in practice. I wish I could find peace in Him and Him alone. But I am bothered by human relationships and other material things. But well said Yukoner. :)

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    kpreethy  over 14 years ago

    amen once more !!

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    tirnaaisling  over 14 years ago

    Someone must be a really restless sleeper, they keep swapping sides of the bed… Wouldn’t you be restless after having your house burgled?… But still ;)

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    cdward  over 14 years ago

    Oddly, I find it very comforting that we are all ad-libbing a bit. The idea of having it all plotted out and knowing exactly what to do all the time sounds good but would squeeze all the life out of living. And this from a father of two teenaged boys!

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    jweb1510  over 14 years ago

    I absolutely agree with dad on this one.

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    friarwilliam  over 14 years ago

    growing up is so….?? i still remember what is was when i was a novice - 18 years ago. now i am a novice director.

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Right on, Dad

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    lewisbower  over 14 years ago

    But where are Calvin & Hobbes? Haven’t seen either forever. Did the burglar snatch them? Did they sneak out to snatch the burglar? Is Dad’s main fear that those two will take over the earth? Calvin, where are you?

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    He’s sleeping, Lewreader.

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    cambelr  over 14 years ago

    Do you think maybe that Calvin’s dad is really Charlie Brown grown up?

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    “Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:4 “Someone to Watch over Me”

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    rw1h  over 14 years ago

    There’s been some awful heavy stuff going through here. Makes me wonder if Mr. Watterson was experiencing some unpleasantness during this time……….

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    “And we know that all things work TOGETHER for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28

    It’s not really ad-libbed, Dad. It only seems that way, sometimes. “He has the whole world in His hands”

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    Puddleglum2  over 14 years ago

    “THERE’S ONE THAT GOD’LL HAFTA REPLACE!” Dennis the Menace

    God is sovereign! It’s his prerogative.

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    Rise22  over 14 years ago

    I ALWAYS sleep on the right side of the bed (as you stand at the base looking at it).

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    Mythreesons  over 14 years ago

    Teneli” Shucks, I wanted to post about the side of the bed issue and you beat me to it.

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    moonaa  over 14 years ago

    they switched side! I never switch side, can’t sleep if I’m on the wrong side.

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    haryotomo  over 14 years ago

    It should be Calvin and Hobbes instead of Mom and Dad isn’t it?

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    JanLC  over 14 years ago

    I noticed the bed switch, too, both yesterday and today. My husband always sleeps on the side closest to the door of the room we’re in. That means we switch sides when we sleep in the RV. Took the cat camping with us last week-end, and he was sooo upset that we weren’t on the “right” side of the bed.

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    lazygrazer  over 14 years ago

    God made us so we could learn and, by God, learn we will!

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    Wildmustang1262  over 14 years ago

    Marg, HI! :-) yes! Double Amen! I can say “Amen!” many times.

    Well done, Dad! (Calvin’s dad) ;-) wink!!

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    wrmswt  over 14 years ago

    rise22, the right side is always the right side of something you are on or in (car, stage,bed). I’m disappointed in mom and dad, they thought adults had it all figured out when they were kids? Most of got most of their education from ugly puppets with irritating voices on TV.

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    coffeeturtle  over 14 years ago

    you mean we have to grow up??!!? ;-)

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    ratlum  over 14 years ago

    BOY you got that right Dad.

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    ocean17  over 14 years ago

    Being left-handed, I prefer that my partner sleeps on my right. She seems to like it better too. She’s right-handed.

    I wonder if there’s been a study about opposite-handed couples being more compatible and nocturnally fulfilled than same-handed ones. I bet we are.

    Dagwood Bumstead, the SKNXXX king, has always slept on Blondie’s right. I don’t even know why I know that. I haven’t seen the strip in at least 15 years. As a kid, I used to wonder if they ever had sex or if they were more like my parents.

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    brewwitch  over 14 years ago

    cambelr said

    “Do you think maybe that Calvin’s dad is really Charlie Brown grown up?”

    Nope. I think he is more like Calvin, all grown up.

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    GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago

    More like Watterson all grown up.

    Can we spam the spammers with our comic comments?

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    du55  over 14 years ago

    rw1h said, about 4 hours ago

    There’s been some awful heavy stuff going through here. Makes me wonder if Mr. Watterson was experiencing some unpleasantness during this time……….

    He was victim of the same type of break-in.

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    alan.gurka  over 14 years ago

    Kinda like parenthood: no rule book, no instruction manual, just wing it!

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    Gretchen's Mom  over 14 years ago

    Rise22 said: I ALWAYS sleep on the right side of the bed (as you stand at the base looking at it).

    I always sleep on the left side of the bed (as you stand at the footboard looking at the headboard).

    ocean17 said: I wonder if there’s been a study about opposite-handed couples being more compatible and nocturnally fulfilled than same-handed ones. I bet we are.

    My husband and I are both right-handed and after being married for almost 22 years now, I’d say that we’re still just as “compatible and nocturnally fulfilled” as the day we married!

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    ChukLitl Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Hum a few bars & I’ll fake it.

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    bmonk  over 14 years ago

    Amen, Dad! Adults have only a few advantages: they have made enough decisions to have some idea of what not to choose, and they know who to ask. Likewise grandparents: they’ve seen a lot of the problems earlier, so are good ones to ask when in doubt…

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    JTGAM  over 14 years ago

    Well, we are all on the same wavelength ‘cause as I finished reading this strip today I thought “Amen!” and it’s already been said here… a few times. But it can’t hurt to say it again so Amen! I think that alot of what we read about in this strip reflects Watterson’s thoughts thoughts and feelings at the moment just as any work of art will transmit it’s author’s thoughts. Anyway, he was and still is a friggin’ genius. Bill, come back! We miss you!

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    mrprongs  over 14 years ago

    When did they switch sides?

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    rentier  over 14 years ago

    When I was a child I thought everithing is obvious, to have a job, to have a flat or a house to live, to have money and something to eat. When school was over I recogniced that it is not obvious to have a job and money. I had to learn it!

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    Kano7  almost 14 years ago

    Nothing is much fun without Calvin and Hobbes in the scene…

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